Joelle Katz Social media editor Would you like to buy some  Girl Scout cookies? Before you say no, read ahead. Recently, a teenager from Ventura County appeared in a YouTube video promoting a boycott of Girl Scout cookies after a troop in Colorado admitted a 7-year-old transgender child into their troop. Soon after, a flier went viral on Facebook, with the title, “You deserve to know what Girl Scout cookies fund,” showing the promotion of LGBT agendas and Planned Parenthood… Read more

Joselyn Pena The men and women who founded this nation sought to provide basic freedoms to the people, and central to these freedoms were the universal rights of self expression, speech, and press. As Thomas Jefferson once said, “Information is the currency of Democracy” and no government can claim to truly exhibit democratic values while still maintaining a veil of secrecy. During the Bush administration, the public was told that state secrets were not to be shared with the people…. Read more

A truly democratic nation must rely on journalism to provide accurate information to its citizens so they can make decisions and analysis based on fact, not on sensational hype or rumor. In the globalized world we live in today, where technology allows the spread of information to have more transnational impact, an accurate and fair media is crucial to the stabilization and progress of the human race. In the case of the “Arab Spring,” a succession of violent uprisings in… Read more

Letters to the Editor/Contributing pieces The reader’s voice is important to us at the Daily Sundial and we value your opinions about our content. The Letter to the Editor is a way for you to let us know how you feel about a story, photo or multimedia we publish, as well as address anything going on in the CSUN community. Here are our guidelines: 1. Please limit your letters to 200 or fewer words. Shorter letters have a better chance… Read more

Queering Campus with Karlee: The beauty of the word “queer” is the fluidity of its definition. While there is a proud reclamation of the word amongst the younger demographic of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) folk – appealing for both its simplicity and its inclusivity beyond the acronym – the word goes beyond the politics of sexual orientation. In embracing one portion of the dated meaning, the action of “queering” will be to highlight the eccentricities of subversive culture…. Read more