The student media organization of California State University Northridge

Daily Sundial

The student media organization of California State University Northridge

Daily Sundial

The student media organization of California State University Northridge

Daily Sundial

Summer Fun on a Tight Budget

Michelle Verne May 4, 2010

Student-parents at CSUN, Summer will be here soon, and the kids will be out of school.  On a tight budget, it’s hard to keep them occupied.  Since I’ve decided to go back to school, I’ve had...

Report says engineering program growing fast

Michelle Verne May 3, 2010

CSUN’s engineering programs is the fastest growing in the nation, according to a report by PRISM, a publication for the American Society for Engineering Education. In 2005, CSUN awarded 97 bachelors’...

Ways to Manage a Tight Budget

Michelle Verne April 28, 2010

Student-parents at CSUN, When I made the decision to go back to college as a parent, I knew there would be a lot I would have to sacrifice. So I was never hesitant to try to find ways to save money...

Kinesiology professor receives fellowship to study the effect of fatigue on the biochemics of human movement

Michelle Verne April 27, 2010

Professor in Kinesiology, Dr. William Whiting was awarded one of the nine fellowship rewards given each year to support research and academic development. Whiting, who over the past 30 years has...

Teaching our Kids about the Planet

Michelle Verne April 21, 2010

Teaching our kids about how our planet works and the things that we can do to help our environment can be difficult especially when their heads are consumed with video games and the latest technology. ...

Transportation survey to include comprehensive campus sample, students, faculty, staff asked how they commute to CSUN campus

Michelle Verne April 21, 2010

Using different methods of transportation offers a way for students to help reduce the impact greenhouse gas emissions, pollution and congestion have on our environment as well as the cost and space given...

Making kids a part of spring cleaning

Michelle Verne April 20, 2010

I don’t know who came up with the idea of spring cleaning, but for some reason whenever spring arrives I feel the need to clean.  It’s hard to get the house cleaner than normal with kids around. After...

Endowment honors former professor

Michelle Verne April 12, 2010

The Department of Political Science has received its first endowed professorship, after a bequest was received for $409,000 from Richard John in memory of his late partner, former political science professor...

Children and the Common Cold

Michelle Verne March 30, 2010

One of the problems most of us can relate to is when one of our children gets the common cold. Before every semester starts I decide on an emergency back up plan, in case one of my kids comes down with...

New changes in Psychology Department geared to help students with more job opportunities

Michelle Verne March 28, 2010

Students that major in psychology will experience a change in their required courses beginning this fall that will help provide a better opportunity to obtain a job in the community once a bachelor’s...

College parent: Handling temper trantrums

Michelle Verne March 22, 2010

Student-parents at CSUN, Our day consists of endless ways of trying to figure out how to handle it all.  I find myself trying to find time to breathe and to keep from suffocating under pressure. ...

Finding time for fitness

Michelle Verne March 19, 2010

View Finding Time for Fitness - Bike Path in a larger map Student-parents at CSUN, Not only do we have an entire list of things to accomplish each day, we must also include staying healthy and keeping...

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