Daniel MacDonald, 61, a lead custodian at CSUN died Thursday, April 29 on campus. MacDonald, a Reseda resident, was born on March 30, 1949 in Hollywood, Calif. He is survived by his daughter, Jennifer Bolo, son, Jeremy MacDonald and sister, Cheryl Wolff. MacDonald, also known as “The Big Blue Teddy Bear,” attended Reseda High School and L.A. Valley College. Memorial services are pending and funeral arrangement information will be released in a couple of weeks. MacDonald was known for his… Read more

    Rachel G. Blavin, 23, graduated in the summer of 2007 with a major in CTVA. Blavin and her team were awarded the first place award in the Children’s category for the short-film “Turbo” at the 31st Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Television Awards. First place winners receive a $2,000 award. The team included Blavin, a former CSUN- Cinema & Television Arts student and former students of USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. Awards were given to the producers… Read more

Two men were honored at the Wong-Sayaman Equality Award for 2010 for their work with the LGBTQ community. The award was announced at the Queer Studies Spring Lecture Series on March 30. Kevin Zemlicka was recognized for his work on the “Positive Space-Ally Project” (a program which facilitates understanding of common LGBTQ terms, questions and ally experiences) and Erik Mata for his contribution on AIDS Awareness Day and LGBTQ activism in the Chicano/a community. Zemlicka said he always considered himself… Read more

Star rating: 4 out of 5 Andrew Anderson, a 23- year-old Idaho mandolin player, plunges headfirst into his roots in his new self-released album, “As Long as This Thing’s Flyin.’” For those of us (and we are a very small group) who love to get down with a bit of twang this CD is must. It’s a throwback to when songs were more than just slickly produced renderings of verse one/chorus/verse two/chorus. And the self-taught Anderson’s skills are on par… Read more

Last week the CSUN community was shocked by the news that an economics professor was running his own website about sex-tourism in Thailand. This week we are discussing the issue and welcome your input. Go to www.dailysundial.com to comment or e-mail your response to opinion@sundial.csun.edu. As a woman, and human being, there are many things economics professor Kenneth Ng has posted which are considerably alarming, but here are a couple which really stood out: “The naysayers will say its creepy… Read more

When Erica Wohldmann moved to California she made the conscious decision to vote with her fork. For the last two years, Wohldmann, an assistant professor of psychology, has dedicated herself to starting a farmers market on campus. “A CSUN farmers market would serve its 30,000 campus community, plus its surrounding community,” Wohldmann said. “I gave up purchasing produce at the regular grocery store and started buying only what I could from the farmers market. I’ve gotten to know my farmers… Read more

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Data identities were stolen from a nonprofit which services students, schools and lenders in loan financing. The theft of 3.3 million identities occurred at the Educational Credit Management Corporation (ECMC) foundation headquarters in Saint Paul, Minnesota and occurred over the March 20-21 weekend. ECMC published a press release on March 26, 2010 notifying borrowers of the data loss. Paul Kelash, spokesperson for ECMC, when asked about giving more in depth information said he could not answer many questions. “Because this… Read more

CSUN is to hold its 13th annual free multicultural Carnaval event. Hamid Jahangard, University Student Union (USU) program coordinator for major events said Carnaval is a celebration of diversity and the goal is to educate students on the various cultures of the world, most of which are represented at CSUN. “The entire event is free to CSUN students, including food, entertainment, and activities,” Jahangard said. “The entertainment is from various parts of the world, including Africa, Latin America, Europe, Asia,… Read more