Daily Sundial Dorena Knepper, longtime CSUN director of governmental affairs, began her retirement on Dec. 31, 2005 after working at the university for more than 30 years. Knepper's job took her from Sacramento all the way to Washington, D.C., lobbying lawmakers to improve the lives of students.

Daily Sundial Etiwanda Avenue was closed permanently between Plummer and Halsted streets Jan. 2 after a traffic study indicated that several homeowners were concerned about the flow of traffic, according to university officials. The closure of Etiwanda Avenue came after an April 2004 traffic study that was aimed to document traffic during peak hours, said Colin Donahue, director of Facilities Planning at CSUN.