Daily Sundial

More cell phone minutes, less sperm?

PAUL CASTILLO • November 9, 2006

Men's virility has always been one of their primary concerns, and one of the major ways it is measured is sperm count. Now it turns out more men may have a much lower sperm count than they first thought. According to a study presented by the Reproductive Research Center at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio at the recent American Society for Reproductive Medicine's annual meeting, men who use their cell phone for more than four hours a day have an almost 45 percent lower sperm count than men who do not use cell phones at all.

Real estate center offers students valuable experience

PAUL CASTILLO • October 30, 2006

On the third floor of Juniper Hall, in the office of the department of finance, real estate, and insurance, lies the home of the Center for Real Estate. It currently resides in the office of Dr. Donald Bleich, the founding and current director of the center and chair of the department.

Failure is the theme of Adult Swim’s Venture Brothers

PAUL CASTILLO • October 19, 2006

Imagine, if you will, a world where super science and the supernatural meet, where, for one family, the fantastic is an everyday occurrence. Except everyone is a failure in one way or another. Without a doubt one of the best shows on TV right now is "The Venture Brothers," now in its second season as part of the "Adult Swim" block on Cartoon Network.

No criminal background checks for Matador escorts

PAUL CASTILLO • October 12, 2006

Members of the Matador Patrol are not required to undergo criminal background checks, fingerprinting or drug tests because there isn't enough of a risk to necessitate them, said Chief of Campus Police Anne Glavin. Applicants to the program, whose main responsibility is to escort students who are by themselves at night from class to their car or dorm, do have to go through tests and reference checks by the police leader of the program, Captain Scott Vanscoy.

Dormitory life for the over-30

PAUL CASTILLO • October 2, 2006

Having a "problem" roommate is not an unfamiliar situation for many, especially when it comes to living in the dorms. Numerous conflicts can arise, from conflicts of taste to preferred levels of cleanliness. But how often is the problem a difference in age? Mark Harris, a 38-year-old senior Cinema and Television Arts major, has certainly had this problem before.

Simplicity shines in ‘Lego Star Wars II’

PAUL CASTILLO • September 21, 2006

As a wee lad I, like many of my generation, was infatuated with Legos for a time. I mean, let's be real. What's cooler than being able to build anything? Not that you could ever figure out, nor have the patience for, building anything too awesome, but the possibilities were there.

Fraternity, neighbors continue to clash

PAUL CASTILLO • September 19, 2006

Every Sunday, members of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity put on clothes that display their letters and walk around their neighborhood, picking up trash as they go. They walk from their home on Halsted Street up Etiwanda Avenue and through the surrounding streets, "picking up anything, from something small like bottle caps to something big like a car battery," said Geoffrey Peterson, president of ZBT.

CFA seeks to raise awareness

PAUL CASTILLO • September 18, 2006

The California Faculty Association is launching a campaign, called "Stop the Rip Offs," that will seek to make students aware of how much money executives in the California State University system are being paid, said CFA President John Travis. Travis said that executives in the CSU are being paid a full salary for up to two years, even after having left their previous jobs, which they are calling golden parachutes.

Officer hit by car

PAUL CASTILLO • September 18, 2006

A CSUN police officer was hit by a car Sept. 13 while patrolling the CSUN dorms on a bicycle, police said. The officer, James Hartmann, was patrolling with his partner around 10 p.m. when a car sideswiped him, police said. The blow knocked Hartmann into his partner, who remained uninjured.

Meal plans to expand Dining Dollars program on campus

PAUL CASTILLO • September 7, 2006

The University Corporation is changing the meal plan Dining Dollars program for Fall 2006 to make it available for use in almost all of the campus eateries, in addition to officially opening the program to all students, said David Nirenberg, director of commercial services for the University Corporation.