When was the last time you or your friends visited a foreign country, armed with a map in one hand and a foreign-language phrase-book in the other, as you tried to figure out where the next museum, bridge or mountain peak is? In my experience asking this question to students at CSUN, the answer is never — they have rarely, if ever, ventured outside the United States, let alone California. I find that unfortunate as an international student. One… Read more

Chicano community activists shared their life experiences of being immigrants in this country and how art helped them survive Thursday. The book “Rushing Waters, Rising Dreams: How the Arts Are Transforming a Community,” which was written and published by collaborative efforts of different people from the Chicano community, is a compilation of memories, essays and pictures of people whose lives were a continuous struggle with the world and how the art had become a turning point and even a lifeboat… Read more

CSUN hosted a lecture “Islam: Beyond the myths to social change” in the Flintridge Room at the USU, featuring a speaker from the University of Michigan. Amer Ahmed, associate director of multi-ethnic student affairs at University of Michigan, started the lecture by talking about basics of Islam. “Everything you do matters in the afterlife,” Ahmed said. “It is an objective of our religion and we truly believe in that.” The lecture was devoted to challenging the increased Islamophobia among Americans…. Read more

  CSUN’s Department of Pan African studies held the second day of the 2012 Film Festival of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense Thursday at the Satellite Student Union. The festival was conducted in honor of the 46th Anniversary of the Black Panther Party with a screening of the documentary film “Passing it On” and a post-screening discussion with former member of the Black Panther Party, Hank Jones. The Black Panther Party was a progressive political organization and powerful movement… Read more

CSUN students can have a chance to see a real firestorm, when the West Gallery’s exhibit “Burning Wall Street” goes up in flames on Oct. 13. The exhibit, which is a miniature version of Wall Street banks constructed from matches and streets made of fake money, is the creation of nearly 200 non-art major students who took a couple weeks to create the project. A matchstick-made Wall Street is surrounded by paintings of well-known artist Alex Shafer, whose work inspired… Read more

The Department of Religious Studies at CSUN held a lecture  on Sikh culture at the United States at the Northridge Center in the USU. The main points of “From Stockton, California to Oak Creek, Wisconsin: Sikh Century in the United States” were about the history of Sikh culture, their gurus and people who gave birth to the Sikh community at the northwest part of India, the land called Punjab. The speaker, Dr. Gurinder Singh Mann, the chair of Sikh Studies… Read more

Cal State University Northridge students now have a chance to eat healthy outside the campus in the newly opened grill restaurant Dickey’s Barbecue Pit. Dickey’s, which  is located at 9035 Reseda Blvd, in Northridge, only opened a month ago, but already it is the home to regulars and hungry crowds. The original owner, Travis Dickey, opened his first restaurant in Dallas, Texas, in 1941.  Since then, Dickey’s has become a popular restaurant for smoked meat all over the country. The first impression you get … Read more

The Daily Sundial had a chance to interview union activist, mother of two sons and CSUN Chicana/o studies associate professor Theresa Montaño. With 30 years of teaching experience, she has dedicated her life to Chicana/o studies and helping students give back to their community. Daily Sundial: How long have you been teaching? When did you start teaching at CSUN? Professor Theresa Montaño: I think I’ve been teaching for over 30 years already. I started teaching in a junior high. After that… Read more