Ballet Folklorico Aztlan de CSUN held their seventh annual Folklore de Mexico on May 1 at Birmingham Community Charter High School. The event celebrated 40 years of Mexican dance, culture and education at CSUN. The annual event included traditional dance of different regions accompanied by live music from Mexican recording artists Hermanos Herrera as well as the nine-piece mariachi band, Mariachi de Mi Tierra. BFA de CSUN is comprised of 32 members (CSUN students, alumni and community members) who keep… Read more

UPDATE: The memorial service honoring Piper will be held Monday, May 17, 2010 at 2 p.m. on the Manzanita Hall Lawn. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Terry D. Piper Endowment. Dr. Terry Piper, vice president for Student Affairs, who had taken an indefinite leave at the beginning of the spring semester to focus on his health, died Thursday, May 13. Piper, who had been diagnosed with melanoma, a malignant type of skin cancer, was expected… Read more

Valley Performing Arts Center Fall Line-Up on Dipity.

Professor injured during March 4 protest speaks March 09, 2010 “On the morning of March 4, Professor Karren Baird-Olson was teaching one of her American Indian Studies classes and gave students a choice to join in on the “Day of Action.” “I had learned through advertising that a demonstration was going to take place throughout the day,” Olson said.” Olson then walked and stood in front of the Oviatt Library with her students to listen to speakers talk about the… Read more

For our last issue of the academic year, we as a staff have decided to look back and reflect on all that has transpired in the pages of the newspaper and try to capture some of the most important moments. In addition, we have included comments from the web and quotes from students and faculty members on the events covered by the Daily Sundial. We have written often in the pages of the Daily Sundial about the unique challenges our… Read more

With the new performing arts center opening in the fall, and the lineup underway the Sundial look back at the performances of last semester and what’s to come for next semester. On February 2, Dance Theatre of Harlem, founded by Arthur Mitchell and Karel Shook in 1969 as the first black classical ballet company, came to CSUN as part of their nationwide tour. Having recently celebrated its 40th anniversary, the company put on a series of Interactive Performances, in which… Read more