Ballet Folklorico, a popular Mexican folk dance, is no stranger to the CSUN campus. There have been past events where this popular Mexican dance has come to CSUN students. At 8:00 pm on Friday, April 30th, there will be an event featuring the “Ballet Folklorico Quetzalli de Veracruz” at the Plaza del Sol performance hall in the USU Pamela Bock, the Director of Marketing and Strategic Communications of the Valley Performing Arts Center, said the event is being brought to… Read more

Los Angeles has a growing population but a shrinking water supply. This is where Bill Sullivan, energy manager for physical plant management (PPM) at CSUN comes in. “Water conservation is a more current issue than it used to be because water used to be so cheap,” said Sullivan, who has been with  PPM since 1994. Now that a change is warranted, Sullivan said CSUN receives incentive money for water-saving projects from both the Department of Water and Power (DWP) and… Read more

International, Western and Midwestern U.S. universities gathered on campus this past weekend as CSUN hosted an engineered vehicle challenge for the first time. The “Human Powered Vehicle Challenge West,” sponsored in part by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and Knovel was held in various areas of the CSUN campus. CSUN placed second in the design competition and won third place overall. “It’s a design competition for undergraduate mechanical engineering students that basically design a human powered vehicle,” said… Read more

LONG BEACH, Calif. – The entire UC Irvine water polo team, including the coaching staff, celebrated its back-to-back Big West Tournament championship on Sunday by jumping into the pool. While the Anteater party was going on, the Matadors huddled up for their final postgame speech of the season with tears running down their faces after losing 12-11. “We gave it our all… unfortunately it wasn’t enough,” said Matador goalie Jillian Stapf, who had 11 saves during the Big West title… Read more

A soft breeze blows across your skin as you head to the mailbox. It’s a new month and you feel great until you open the mailbox. A couple magazines, a letter from mom and credit card bills. Bank statements. Utility balances. If you dread this monthly ritual—and the balance in your checking account— take a look at Mint, a money free money management tool owned by the Intuit, the company that makes Quicken.

Cinco de Mayo, or the fifth of May, lands on a Wednesday and a week before finals which can be a buzz kill for those that want to consume alcohol on that day. No worries, there are other fun things to do to commemorate the victory of the Mexican militia over the French army at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. It is an increasingly popular holiday for people of Mexican heritage living in the U.S. and you can join… Read more

When I first started going to CSUN more than two years ago, students had to meet in person at least once to their complete group projects. At the time, I was commuting from, 57 miles, from Lancaster to campus. Fortunately, there are ways around having to meet in person. Students who need to work group projects can do so remotely from their desktops at home or on their laptops at Starbucks. Just use one of these applications: 1. Google Apps:… 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. As a woman, and human being, there are many things economics professor Kenneth Ng has posted which are considerably alarming, but here are a couple which really stood out: “The naysayers will say its creepy… Read more

It was recently announced that the Congress passed a bill that will penalize China by imposing, tariff; taxes on their products. They’re being impulsive. The US is in no position to make such a demand considering the fact our manufacturing base is short-handed. The Chinese government keeps the value of its currency, the Yuan low to boost its export-led economy. That’s why the U.S. has a trade deficit with China, importing more than exporting. Congress fails to understand that China loans us money… Read more