A Town Hall meeting with state legislators discussing statewide issues will be held today in Grand Salon of the USU at 6 p.m. This is one of three forums that make up “Big Politics,” an event A.S. has created and funded for this week. The participants include State Assemblyman Cameron Smyth, State Assemblyma Mike Feuer, Wood Ranch Restaurant Chain Founder and Owner Eric Anders, Valley Industry and Commerce Association Chair-Elect Coby King and State Controller’s Deputy Chief of Staff Audrey… Read more

CSUN students held “A Taste of Northridge Foodraiser” Sunday, featuring donated popular menu items from local restaurants in order to raise awareness and donations for the Los Angeles Regional Foodbank. Epicurean Endeavors, a group of five CSUN students in a Coms 323 class, organized the event in the USU thousand oaks room, setting up food from 10 participating restaurants including California Pizza Kitchen, Chipotle and Starbucks. Students and community members participating in the event brought in three or more non-perishable… Read more

Elephant Bar and Yardhouse are two restaurants that will be opening up in the Northridge Fashion Center later this year.  A summer construction date has been set for both restaurants, with a grand opening for Yardhouse set for the fall and for Elephant Bar it is tentatively set for summer. Both restaurants will be conveniently located near Pacific theatres, joining existing restaurants such as Wood Ranch Barbecue and Grill, California Pizza Kitchen and Claim Jumpers. They will be part of… Read more

Faculty across all 23 CSU campuses will start voting next week to determine if the California Faculty Association (CFA) should organize a statewide strike. Voting starts April 16, and will continue for two weeks until April 27. In addition to online polls, some campuses will host in-person voting stations. “This would be the largest university strike in the history of the state and probably the nation,” said Lillian Taiz, president of the CFA. Taiz, also a professor of history at… Read more

There are many museums located all around Los Angeles and the Daily Sundial has gathered everything you need to know about the newest exhibits and events occurring. Los Angeles County Museum of Art – LACMA Location: 5905 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90036 323 857-6000 Price: Students with their school ID get access to all of the collections and most of the exhibitions for only $10. The “In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United… Read more

The Associated Students passed a bill banning single-use plastic bags from the CSUN campus in order to become a more eco-friendly campus. The bill was passed on Feb. 21 and includes providing 8,000 free, foldable and reusable bags to incoming freshman during their orientation for a period of three years. “CSUN is planning to ban the distribution of plastic bags and educate students about it. It won’t include franchises like Panda Express and Subway,” said Max Aram, director of environmental… Read more

“Would you like a safety escort tonight?” This is a typical question that Peter Sanchez asks his fellow CSUN students during the week. Sanchez, a sophomore sociology major, has been working as a community service assistant, under the CSUN Matador Patrol for a little over a year. As an assistant coordinator of the CSA, Sanchez wanders around campus on the lookout for suspicious people, or students and faculty who are alone and may feel unsafe. “Having safety escorts benefit students… Read more