Letter to the editor: The Degree Progress Report and My Academic Planner

There have been some controversies in regard to the article published on Wednesday November 19th, 2008 by the Daily Sundial on the Academic Advisement resolution passed by the Associated Students senate. The main purpose of my resolution is to help students be on track and expedite their path to graduation by having the right information provided to them by advisors. It was my only intention to request mandatory advisement for freshmen and transfer students for them to get to know… Read more

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Staff Editorial, Week 16: Education after graduation

Graduation may signify the culmination of a student’s academic career but learning does not end with a diploma or cap and gown. Education becomes a choice.

Learning moves out of the classroom into daily life and professors are replaced by friends, family, acquaintances and personal experience. Simultaneously class schedules become work schedules while assignments and grades become projects and promotions.

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Get off the bandwagon, please, Lakers fans

There is something different about Los Angeles Lakers fans. Like an expensive, well-done, Beverly Hills’ boob job, it’s hard to tell if they are real or fake.

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Staff Editorial, Week 15: We can?t forget the role a teacher plays

All levels of the education system are in shambles even as stimulus funds begin to roll in. Changes are underway here at CSUN as some summer classes have been canceled or are only being offered to seniors. The lower levels of education are being hit just as hard though. Young students and parents are being affected by this crisis, and it trickles down into the rest of society.

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Notebook: Nua acting like an All-American

In preparation for the semifinal match against second-seed Pepperdine, the Matadors men’s volleyball team have used their left-handed opposite hitter, Tanner Nua, to provide them with some inside scouting. Kind of.

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Win tickets to an advance screening of Star Trek

How to Win: Join Twitter: https://twitter.com/signup (or log in to your twitter account if you already have one) Follow the Daily Sundial on Twitter: http://twitter.com/dailysundial Then copy the message below EXACTLY: RT @dailysundial is giving away 10 pairs of Star Trek tickets to 10 lucky CSUN students. Find out how to win! http://is.gd/udUX #csun Paste it into the Twitter update box and click update! Winners will be notified via Twitter.

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Staff Editorial, Week 14: Public deserves to honor our fallen

April 5 marked the first time in 18 years that the media were allowed to photograph the return of fallen soldiers’ coffins into the United States, by way of Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.

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Looking back: CSUN then and now

1958: Events -Los Angeles Valley College becomes San Fernando Valley State College. -Matador becomes campus mascot -U.S. Supreme Court rules schools must integrate -Nikita Khrushchev becomes premier of the U.S.S.R. Facts Student Enrollment: 2,525 Semester Tuition: $29 President: Dwight D. Eisenhower U.S. Population: 174,881,904 World Population: 2.945 billion Unemployment: 7.4% ‘ 1968: Events Presidential candidates Robert F. Kennedy and Sen. Eugene McCarthy visit campus Janis Joplin performs on campus Facts Student Enrollment: 15,600 Faculty: 619 Semester Tuition: $57.50 President: Lyndon… Read more

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$35k on membership dues

On Tuesday, Associated Students (A.S.) senate approved to keep spending $35,000 on funding for the California State Student Association (CSSA) membership dues, that every student on campus belongs to, instead of transferring those funds to student clubs and organizations on campus.

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