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Daily Sundial

The student media organization of California State University Northridge

Daily Sundial

The student media organization of California State University Northridge

Daily Sundial

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OPINION: Give me green Hanukkah!

Jaya Roberts, Editor in Chief December 12, 2025

While we debate the spelling of Hanukkah (Chanukah? Hannukah?) and whether the right topping is applesauce or sour cream, we miss the most important question: Why is our holiday dominated by a single,...

OPINION: Why do we feel the need to define ourselves?

OPINION: Why do we feel the need to define ourselves?

Sumeragne Gibson, Contributor December 12, 2025

With social media, we always need everything we do, say and wear to reflect who we are as a person. Our rooms, for example, have to be decorated for an aesthetic reflecting who we are internally. The look...

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OPINION: What it’s like being Jewish and a Christmas Eve baby

Jay Kuklin, Copy Editor December 11, 2025

Fun fact: My birthday was supposed to be on Dec. 31, 1998 – the kind of baby who arrives just in time for countdowns and tax deductions. Instead, I decided to pop out a week early on Christmas Eve. Sorry,...

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OPINION: Netflix buys out Warner Bros.

Daniel Osorio, Contributor December 11, 2025

On Dec. 5, BBC reported the crushing news that Netflix had bought Warner Bros. Entertainment for an astonishing $72 billion. This news immediately sparked outrage amongst the film industry, with many prominent...

OPINION: Deconstructing CSUN’s celebrity guest, SwagBoy Q

OPINION: Deconstructing CSUN’s celebrity guest, SwagBoy Q

J. Nepomuk Meyer, Contributor December 8, 2025

The CSUN men’s basketball team opened its season on Nov. 3 with a blowout against Nobel University. Apart from the rowdy front row of the student section hurling remarks at the visiting team, one person...

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OPINION: The holiday season’s endless cycle of wanting

Sumeragne Gibson, Contributor December 8, 2025

‘Tis the season for our wishlists to be purchased and our trees to shade our gifts. Every year, we make Christmas lists and send them to our loved ones: parents, significant others, aunts, uncles and...

An image of a baseball sitting on top of $20 bills.

OPINION: Why MLB shouldn’t have a salary cap

Alejandro Magana, Contributor December 5, 2025

As the Los Angeles Dodgers’ World Series celebration winds to a close, debates have resurfaced over whether the baseball juggernaut’s ability to spend is fair to other teams. With 2026 Collective Bargaining...

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OPINION: Why I chose to end a 10-year-long friendship

Jay Kuklin, Copy Editor December 4, 2025

We talk about breaking up with an abusive ex or cutting off a toxic family member, but why don’t we ever talk about when our friends go rogue? When we think of the word “friendship,” it should...

Sydney Sweeney as Christy Martin in the 2025 film "Christy."

OPINION: The unfortunate bastardization of queer survivor Christy Salter

Daniel Osorio, Contributor December 3, 2025

Over the past few weeks, the film “Christy,” directed by David Michod, slipped under everybody's radar, failing to generate interest with an astonishingly low $1.3 million domestic box office weekend....

OPINION: Streaming services have lost the plot

OPINION: Streaming services have lost the plot

Emily Velasquez, Reporter November 25, 2025

I would say 2015 to 2020 was the golden age of streaming. Although Netflix’s streaming service began in 2007, the novelty was still there. The COVID-19 pandemic also led to a rise in streaming between...

Cole Hutzler, lead singer of Beauty School Dropout sings to the crowd at Hazheart in Van Nuys, Calif. on Nov. 4, 2025. The band played a pop-up show following the end of their tour supporting punk band Letlive.

OPINION: Rock ‘n’ roll is here to stay

Jaya Roberts, Editor in Chief November 20, 2025

Whether it be journalism, cinema or good old rock ‘n’ roll, public opinion tends to memorialize key tenets of human enjoyment long before they go anywhere. The truth is that rock music can’t die...

Mac and cheese served on a tray. Photo via Adobe Stock.

Opinion: Pass the mac, not the judgement

Danielle De Leon, Opinion Editor November 20, 2025

Thanksgiving is next week, which means people are filling grocery stores, pantries are being prepared and families are organizing their dishes and recipes that have been passed down for generations. One...

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