The student media organization of California State University Northridge

Daily Sundial

The student media organization of California State University Northridge

Daily Sundial

The student media organization of California State University Northridge

Daily Sundial

Iraq vet turned student-activist

Iman Jafarynejad February 22, 2008
Playing on his Nintendo Wii and listening to NPR instead of the video game sound effects, 25-year-old Jabbar Magruder is the face of the anti-war movement on CSUN's campus. For Magruder, it started one day while he was sitting in a music appreciation class.

Discrimi-Nation: Middle Eastern

Iman Jafarynejad December 10, 2007
Originally Published November 15, 2007 I saw what most of us did when I woke up that Tuesday morning. One tower of the World Trade Center was already crumbled in the streets of Manhattan. Smoke billowed from the windows of the other. One thing was painfully clear to me that day; nothing was going to be the same after that.

A.S. Senate rejects Dream Act resolution

Iman Jafarynejad December 10, 2007
Originally Published October 15, 2007 An Associated Students Senate meeting became the platform for a heated debate on immigration between senators and students as a resolution to support legislation making financial aid available for undocumented students was denied. SB1, also referred to as the California Dream Act, would allow California grant agencies to set up financial aid programs that would be available for AB-540 students, college students who attended a California high school for three years and graduated with either a diploma or the equivalent, show documents produced by Dreams to Be Heard, an immigrant advocacy group, and the Movement of Chicano/a students of Aztlan (the native word for Central and parts of North and South America) or MEChA.

Family makes music – and food – together

Iman Jafarynejad December 10, 2007
Originally Published September 17, 2007 A young couple sat in the corner of the room, next to a vacant disc jockey booth, immersed in conversation as they wait for their dinner. "I have to bake more bread," the burly man with dreadlocks behind the counter said as he rushed from one end of the shop to the other.

Slain reporter’s name added to memorial

Iman Jafarynejad November 20, 2007
Another reporter's name was added to the Fallen Journalists Memorial Wall in CSUN's Manzanita Hall on Thursday. Chauncey Bailey, the editor of the African-American Bay Area weekly, the Oakland Post, was the latest journalist to be assassinated in the U.S.

Discrimi-Nation: Middle Eastern

Iman Jafarynejad November 15, 2007
I saw what most of us did when I woke up that Tuesday morning. One tower of the World Trade Center was already crumbled in the streets of Manhattan. Smoke billowed from the windows of the other. One thing was painfully clear to me that day; nothing was going to be the same after that.

Northridge gets fresh ink

Iman Jafarynejad November 5, 2007
In 1991, a German couple hiking in the Alps, between Austria and Italy, found a mummified human corpse laying face down in a glacier. Other than being Europe's oldest mummy, the 5,300-year-old body bore signs that help us understand more about our own past.

San Diego Ablaze

Iman Jafarynejad November 1, 2007
The large scope of the Southern California wildfires was what humbled most residents in San Diego County. An eerie red, glowing sky gave insight into how widespread the fires actually occured. Just outside the cities alongside Interstate 5, the back country was ablaze in a massive display of the power of nature.

Crisis in San Diego

Iman Jafarynejad October 29, 2007
San Diego residents recuperate after witnessing their beloved properties in flames. For the full story, read this coming Tuesday's issue (October 30, 2007).

Crisis in San Diego

Iman Jafarynejad October 26, 2007
San Diego residents recuperate after witnessing their beloved properties in flames. For the full story, read this coming Tuesday's issue (October 30, 2007).

A.S. Senate rejects Dream Act resolution

Iman Jafarynejad October 15, 2007
An Associated Students Senate meeting became the platform for a heated debate on immigration between senators and students as a resolution to support legislation making financial aid available for undocumented students was denied. SB1, also referred to as the California Dream Act, would allow California grant agencies to set up financial aid programs that'd be available for AB-540 students, college students who attended a California high school for three years and graduated with either a diploma or the equivalent, show documents produced by Dreams to Be Heard, an immigrant advocacy group, and the Movement of Chicano/a students of Aztlan (the native word for Central and parts of North and South America) or MEChA.

Ugandan delegate visits campus

Iman Jafarynejad October 11, 2007
The U.S. State Department's political officer to Uganda visited CSUN classes on Thursday, encouraging students at his alma mater to consider careers in diplomatic foreign services. "I remember what it was like sitting in those chairs," Jarahn D. Hillsman said.
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