The newly founded Institute for Community Health and Wellbeing will sponsor its first health fair on campus, May 1. Dr. Louis Rubino, the director for the institute said the Health and Wellbeing Fair will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the north side of the campus in parking lots E6 and D6. For community members who may not be familiar with the parking lots, the address is 18111 Nordhoff Street with Reseda Boulevard and Lindley Avenue as… Read more

A dual access tracking solar system is the latest generation of solar energy panels in the CSUN campus. The third generation of solar panels is in the construction process in parking lot E6, said Bill Sullivan, energy manager for CSUN’s Physical Plant Management (PPM). “It’s being installed as we speak and its dual access tracking solar system,” Sullivan said. He added the project cost $1.97 million to install and it is currently at 30 percent efficiency, although the goal is… Read more

  Light rain greeted the middle and high school students as they arrived for the on-campus 40th anniversary of Earth Day Celebration hosted by the Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Geology departments along with Noyce scholars. About 200 local middle and high school students were invited on April 20 to participate in science projects designed and implemented by CSUN students, including how to clean up oil spills in the environment, composting, chemistry reaction in Ziploc and pickle battery tests. Virginia Vandergon,… Read more

Student-parents at CSUN, When I made the decision to go back to college as a parent, I knew there would be a lot I would have to sacrifice. So I was never hesitant to try to find ways to save money or to find a good bargain. Kid’s clothes can be expensive, and they also grow out of them quickly. It’s because of this reason I’m often left with clothes that are never worn. This is why I’ve never been… Read more

Last week the CSUN community was shocked by the news that an economics professor was running his own website about sex-tourism in Thailand. This week we are discussing the issue and welcome your input. Go to www.dailysundial.com to comment or e-mail your response to opinion@sundial.csun.edu. Once class starts and the lecture begins, Professor Kenneth Ng may be all business and economics. CSUN can’t take the man’s job away just because we morally disagree with his private life outside of the… Read more

Modern technology is amazing. It’s helped to save lives, win wars and helped major networks choose the next biggest talent in this country. But the main use for technology that we have all come to embrace and rely on is something so medieval and so commonplace that I wonder if it’s more harmful than beneficial. Communication. The idea that human connection and interaction are disappearing was brought back to my attention during a recent adventure to the busy tourist-crowded streets… Read more

As the self-proclaimed “world’s pickiest eater”, Chanel Villanueva took family and friends by surprise when she announced that she was going to school to pursue her goal of becoming a registered dietician. “I’ve always been such a picky eater,” admits Villanueva. “It’s surprising even to me that I want to work with and study food.” Despite her own personal preferences, Villanueva has decided that this a perfectly suited field for her. “I want to become a dietician because it’s just… Read more

Star rating: 4 out of 5 Andrew Anderson, a 23- year-old Idaho mandolin player, plunges headfirst into his roots in his new self-released album, “As Long as This Thing’s Flyin.’” For those of us (and we are a very small group) who love to get down with a bit of twang this CD is must. It’s a throwback to when songs were more than just slickly produced renderings of verse one/chorus/verse two/chorus. And the self-taught Anderson’s skills are on par… Read more

The Ballet Folklorico Aztlan de CSUN is a 13-year-long veteran group who is being brought to CSUN by the Chicano/a Studies Department. The ballet is scheduled for performance at 6 pm on Saturday, May 1st at Birmingham Community Charter High School. Cindy Padilla, Chair of the Ballet Folklorico Aztlan de CSUN, evaluator at the Tseng College and graduate student of the Chicano/a Studies Department, said this group has been around for almost 40 years. “Ballet Folklorico Aztlan de CSUN was… Read more