What People Don’t Get About the Valley
September 9, 2019
As a kid, I liked the space that everyone knows as E.T. Park. I didn't know its actual name and I liked it because of the Spielberg blockbuster. Because I was so young when I first heard about it, that was my first realization that movies I saw were made in real places that surrounded me. As I got old...
Slacktivism: #needtodomore
August 29, 2019
Whether it's #BlackLivesMatter or #MeToo, there’s no doubting the power behind social media in terms of generating awareness about different social movements. This past month, we’ve seen #guncontrol become a trending social media topic after incidents in Gilroy, El Paso and Dayton. But ac...
Letter to the Editor: CSUN’s Students of Color Coalition’s list of demands
May 8, 2019
To whom it may concern, We, the members of the Students of Color Coalition (SCC), stand in solidarity with the mission driving the LGBTQIA+ movements and other like-minded student-led organizations at CSUN (i.e. AASPP, AISA, BSU, CAUSA, MEChA), to fight for the liberation and restoration of historically...
South LA community gathers in honor of Nipsey Hussle
April 17, 2019
Story by Tamara BenitezErmias Joseph Asghedom — the rapper known as Nipsey Hussle — took his final lap around the city of Los Angeles on Thursday.The rapper’s memorial service was held at Staples Center. Many fans found the venue fitting, knowing Hussle was a Lakers fan and would at...
Letter to the Editor
March 23, 2019
Dear Editor: I am writing to respond to some misleading and inaccurate statements in The Sundial article March 5, 2019 titled “Students displaced after EO 1110 implementation.” The article suggests that more students are failing the single semester version of GE University Writing (115). I...
Marijuana black market high on success
January 30, 2019
For Edgar Ascencio, it came down to cost and location. He simply could not afford to buy weed from licensed, commercial shops in Southern California.Living in Thousand Trails Trailer Park in Agua Dulce, the 22-year-old musician and film student is in a peculiar position. Being so close to LA, Ascencio ...
Sophomore violinist joins the CSUN Honors String Quartet
November 20, 2018
Story by Matthew YahataAt 19 years old, Alisa Luera’s success has paid off as she has become one of the youngest students at CSUN to hold the title of the first violinist in the Honors String Quartet. Mentored by her mother who has played the piano since high school, Luera learned how to be indep...
La Llorona
November 19, 2018
Fernando Antonio Martinez, grad student Once I dreamt I was nine years old, stuffed in an eight-seat Chevy Astro with nine other people Cruising down the empty streets of Guanajuato in the dead of night A moment of relaxation we so desperately needed See, we just spent the last 10 hours ...
The Adventurous World
November 19, 2018
Minley Moradian, graphic design major, sophomore“The Adventurous World” When I am asleep I visualize myself being a professional artist, working with different companies by doing what I love. Some interests that I have that are flowing in my hair, such as weight for working out, books, tho...
Wild Flower (Born To Be Wild)
November 19, 2018
Iris Peretz, an art major, seniorThis sculptural piece named "Wild Flower (Born To Be Wild)" actually came to me in a dream. I was in bed with my husband and had a dream about a flowing artwork made from used helmet visors that have been in a crash. My husband and I were in a crash on PCH a few months...
True Magic
November 19, 2018
Ariella Kaniel, seniorMy concept is a true inspiration to the magic that manifests in the darkest hour. It lights up the sleeping subconscious. To illustrate this, I painted an underwater scene as an allegory for the mental struggle. The figure summoning the school of fish from the glowing orb of lig...
Déjà Vu
November 19, 2018
Salma Bustos, electronic media management major, sophomoreOnce I dreamt about an experience that at the time I didn’t know would happen to me in the future. I had dreamt that I had been walking down a path near the beach at dusk after a long day, the breeze was blowing and I was content with wha...