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The student media organization of California State University Northridge

Daily Sundial

The student media organization of California State University Northridge

Daily Sundial

Jamie Chastened, Right holds Maria Casteneda, Armando Villas aunt as she speaks to the press after President Dianne F. Harrison reads the report on the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity incident at the University Hall on Friday. The fraternity Pi Kappa Phi chapter at CSUN has been forever removed from the university following the death of Armando Villa. (Photo credit: David J. Hawkins/Sundial Staff

Zeta Mu, hazing practices evident in CSUN report

Mateo Melero September 10, 2014

    The investigation report released Sept. 5 into the death of CSUN student Armando Villa stated the fraternity subjected pledges to boot-camp-like conditions and made them "promise...

CSUN student debt by the numbers

CSUN student debt by the numbers

Mateo Melero August 26, 2014

While most students were vacationing during the summer and venturing off to distant lands, President Barack Obama exercised his executive order rights to sign legislation that could save students with...

A graduate from the David Nazarian College of Business and Economics is congratulated by President Dianne Harrison during commencement ceremonies at the Oviatt Lawn Thursday morning. Photo Credit: Vincent Nguyen / Contributor

Almost 10,000 graduates participate in first ticketed commencement ceremonies

Mateo Melero May 23, 2014

  CSUN's first-ever ticketed commencement ceremonies ran smoothy as roughly 10,000 graduates took part in six major commencement ceremonies at the Oviatt Lawn, which began Monday and concluded Thursday. With...

#selfie#nofilter#instafollow, the word selfie has been integrated into the Oxford Online English dictionary

Mateo Melero May 8, 2014

There is always that one friend who acts as if their cell phone is a world-renowned photographer, and their social media page is their personal glamor magazine. Their Instagram is a deluge of selfies,...

Donna Rosenthal the author of The Israelis: Ordinary People in an Extraordinary Land, talks to students about why she wrote the book from an Israeli perspective in Sierra Hall on Wednesday.

Author speaks about various Israeli perspectives and cultures

Mateo Melero April 24, 2014

The media has done well in depicting Israel as a nation in constant conflict, according to journalist Donna Rosenthal, and the confusion expressed by a former student of hers about the country and its...

‘Two Women’ share their stories in unique performance piece

Mateo Melero April 15, 2014

Telling a personal story can be more than a means of explaining one’s self, for Monsoon Bissell and Benaifer Bhadha, storytelling can enrich a conversation and be used as a tool for discovering shared...

Junior guard Janae Sharpe dribbles up-court during the first half of CSUNs first round game against the No. 1 seed South Carolina Gamecocks.  Photo Credit: Mateo Melero

Women’s Basketball: Matadors give gutsy effort but fall to Gamecocks in NCAA Tournament

Mateo Melero March 23, 2014

  The Matadors gave testimony to the age-old adage that all good things eventually come to an end. Suffering heavily from the height of the South Carolina Gamecocks, the Matadors gave up the...

Despite odds stacked against them, CSUN matches up well with USC

Despite odds stacked against them, CSUN matches up well with USC

Mateo Melero March 19, 2014

  Cal State Northridge The Matadors have turned a bad start this season into a matchup up against one of the best teams in the country in the NCAA Tournament , and it will take all that they...

Police find pipe bomb after routine traffic stop on Reseda and Devonshire

Mateo Melero March 19, 2014

The Los Angeles Police Department detonated a pipe bomb at a gas station on the corner of Devonshire Street and Reseda Boulevard in Northridge, after pulling over a vehicle for speeding Wednesday afternoon. Officers...

Big West Tournament: Women win first-ever conference title, headed to Big Dance

Big West Tournament: Women win first-ever conference title, headed to Big Dance

Mateo Melero March 15, 2014

  It was a long last minute. Trailing by 13 down the wire, the Cal Poly Mustangs began to foul in aim of stalling what was inevitable. They were close only moments before, having rallied...

Big West Tournament: Matador women head to first-ever conference final

Big West Tournament: Matador women head to first-ever conference final

Mateo Melero March 14, 2014

  ANAHEIM - Utilizing a devastating strategy against Irvine’s proven offense, the Matadors secured their first and most critical win 78-60 this season against the Anteaters March 14, to...

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Microstamping our guns is hurting our economy

Mateo Melero March 11, 2014

Because it wasn’t enough of a hassle already for a law-abiding Californian to obtain a firearm, anti-gun lawmakers have decided to make it even harder by implementing an unproven microstamping technology...

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