The Sundial

CSUN expands laptop loaner inventory to fulfill over 1,700 outstanding requests

Trissean McDonald, Reporter | September 21, 2020

As the fourth week of the semester approaches, the Information Technology department has run into a loaner laptop shortage and currently has a total of...

Teens raise funds for hygiene kits for local homeless shelters

Samantha Bravo, Assistant News Editor

September 21, 2020

Earlier this year, 16-year-old Nirvan Rayamajhi was planning to travel to Nepal to help create a school sports program, but due to COVID-19, his plans changed. Since then, Nirvan Rayamajhi has focused...

Kinesiology department’s athletic training program uses virtual curriculum to their advantage

Brandon Darmiento, Reporter

September 20, 2020

With COVID-19 shutting down both CSUN fall sports and physical class meetings, the kinesiology department’s athletic training program has been put in a difficult spot. Not only does the program have...

Burbank Boulevard now open after LAFD contained one-acre brush fire in Sepulveda Basin

Emily Holshouser and Logan Bik

September 19, 2020

Burbank Boulevard is now open after a small brush fire broke out near the intersection of Woodley Avenue and Burbank Boulevard at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve in Van Nuys around 6:30 p.m. The...

Residents and activists remove stones set up to deter homeless encampments

Samantha Bravo and Melanie Gutierrez

September 19, 2020

Earlier last week, local community members in the neighborhood of South Robertson placed dozens of boulders at the 10 Freeway underpass, also referred to as Cattaraugus Tunnel, on Cattaraugus Avenue in...

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake shakes Southern California; officials say aftershocks are expected

Sloane Bozzi, Emily Holshouser, and Logan Bik

September 19, 2020

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake shook Southern California around 11:40 p.m. on Friday. The epicenter was near South El Monte, according to the USGS; the earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 miles. There...

Activists say the 2028 Olympics could cause police militarization and increase disparity in L.A.’s low-income neighborhoods

Trevor Morgan, Contributor

September 17, 2020

Amid a large scale advertising campaign, the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics are under intense scrutiny by a group called NOlympics L.A., who say the games will cause lasting effects including an increase in...

COVID-19 Update: Mayor Garcetti encourages Angelenos to get flu vaccines by end of October

Sloane Bozzi, News Editor

September 17, 2020

Los Angeles County has the most cases in the United States, as other hotspots like New York have seen a decrease in the number of new cases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention forecasts...

Five back-to-school movies to watch as the virtual school year starts

Yasmine Cardenas, Reporter

September 17, 2020

When COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization in March, schools shifted to virtual learning for the remainder of the spring semester. After a summer filled with stay-at-home orders...