Daily Sundial

Societal change dependent upon organization unity, mogul says

Bejan Siavoshy • March 28, 2008

Environmentalist and entrepreneur Paul Hawken told students and faculty attending the Speak Your Mind discussion at the University Student Union on March 13 that connectivity between people is the key element in achieving environmental and social change on a worldwide level.

Learning never stops for 81-year-old college student

Bejan Siavoshy • March 15, 2008

William Bloom is an 81-year-old CSUN student who is in the over-60s life-long learning program, which allowed him to attend classes on campus, nearly free-of-charge, for the past 16 years. Bloom says that his continued education is for a "life-long pursuit" of knowledge.

Screening the residual effects of slavery

Bejan Siavoshy • March 10, 2008

The Black Student Union held a showing of "Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome," a film about how the residual effects of slavery in America dictate current race relations, at the Black House on Tuesday. The BSU hosted a screening of Dr. Joy DeGruy Leary's 2004 lecture in Mount Vernon, N.

Selling sweet bread for a sweet cause

Bejan Siavoshy • February 15, 2008

Challah, pronounced holl-ah, is a Jewish sweetbread that is traditionally served during Shabbat on the day of rest in Judaism-Fridays, for those not in the know. The taste and smell of the sweetbread are inviting to anyone who is new to challah, or to anyone who likes to eat something delicious, for that matter.

Evangelical group protests gays, American society

Bejan Siavoshy • February 13, 2008

Sierra Quad was the site of a hostile encounter between an evangelical group preaching against homosexuality and the downfall of Americans and CSUN students who oppose their views on Tuesday. The group members, who were on a campus tour of southern California colleges and universities, were holding signs displaying their beliefs.

Billiards tournament rallies students

Bejan Siavoshy • January 29, 2008

Table-tennis and billiard enthusiasts on campus can test their skills against fellow students in the Associations of College Union International (ACUI) Qualifier tournament, which will be held in CSUN's Games Room at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The annual tournament for single-player table-tennis and 9-ball will be held in the Games Room.

Old-school video game art exudes humor

Bejan Siavoshy • May 23, 2007

Originally Published May 2, 2007 For video game fans, aficionados, addicts and those who are fortunate enough to remember the 99-lives code to Contra, the art exhibit "iam8bit" is an aesthetic trip down pixilated memory lane. The 8-bit, video game-inspired art pieces in the show at the 1988 Gallery on Melrose Avenue bring observers to a time when Pac-Man passed the torch of crowd favorites on to Mario.

Music holds the key to locksmith’s heart

Bejan Siavoshy • May 23, 2007

Originally Published March 1, 2007 Lance Rickman is a name you might not be too familiar with. As a matter of fact, there are a lot of staff and faculty members on campus any one of us would not know just by hearing his or her name. The background of these people would be even more foreign to students.

Cuban revolutionary gems finally on U.S. free market

Bejan Siavoshy • May 8, 2007

Communist-inspired funk music may sound like some musical anomaly that will make for a better joke than a serious release, but "Si, Para Usted: The Funky Sounds of Revolutionary Cuba Vol. One" shatters any sense of skepticism as soon as the bongos hit your ear.

Old-school video game art exudes humor

Bejan Siavoshy • May 1, 2007

For video game fans, aficionados, addicts and those who are fortunate enough to remember the 99-lives code to Contra, the art exhibit "iam8bit" is an aesthetic trip down pixilated memory lane. The 8-bit, video game-inspired art pieces in the show at the 1988 Gallery on Melrose Avenue bring observers to a time when Pac-Man passed the torch of crowd favorites on to Mario.

Professors discuss celebrity culture

Bejan Siavoshy • April 30, 2007

The second part of the Humanities Department's "Teaching and Learning in the Age of Media Spectacle and Celebrity Culture" panel discussion took place on Wednesday in the Whittsett room in Sierra Hall. Six professors discussed culture, violence and genocide with a room packed full of students and faculty for the second installment of the discussion series.

Professors and the office spaces they occupy

Bejan Siavoshy • April 18, 2007

Office spaces have a dreary look to them, even here at CSUN. The closet-like working area, the institutional colors or the stale air is enough to drive a proletariat into utter boredom, causing said worker to diverge from the path of productivity and, probably, onto the internet, watching YouTube.