COVID-19 concerns show face-to-face connection is essential to student employee experience
Calvin Sam, Reporter
March 27, 2020
An unconscious exasperated sigh left my body as I swirled my second iced coffee of the day lethargically. As an individual who describes himself as a sleep connoisseur, I desperately wanted to go partake in my favorite hobby. I couldn’t, however, due to the fact that I was at work, and my goal would...
Surviving in an era of no sports
Bryanna Winner, Sports Editor
March 25, 2020
Two weeks. It’s been two weeks without a sport to watch, professional or otherwise. My name is Bryanna Winner and I am a graduate student in the mass communication program. Not only that, but I am also the sports editor for The Sundial, meaning that I assign stories to reporters whether game or fe...
What to do on your COVID-19 St. Patrick’s Day
Elaine Sanders, Production Manger
March 17, 2020
I was disappointed to watch the announcements come in that parades would be canceled, pubs would be closing and people should be practicing social distancing due to COVID-19. As a lover of St. Patrick's Day, it seemed to me that this day was doomed to be dismal this year. But then I remembered what...
Grocery shopping during the first weekend of the COVID-19 pandemic
Ivan Salinas, Arts & Entertainment Editor
March 16, 2020
Friday the 13th of March couldn’t have felt more apocalyptic than it did this last weekend. I don’t see myself as someone who is superstitious, but this is one day that truly felt as if luck was set to run out. The night before, my mom and I had decided to go grocery shopping before things “started...
Umoja : Students Pathway to Success
Michaella Huck, Opinion Editor
March 1, 2020
Through community building and promotion of Black excellence, students are able to prosper despite negative outside influences. Umoja is a program that focuses on enhancing the educational experience for Black and other students. “Umoja” is a Kiswahili word that means unity. Umoja was founded in...
The Unspoken Truth
Dailyn Simmons, Contributor
February 28, 2020
In a world with discussions surrounding diversity within the media to fight to retain ethnic studies on campuses, you would think that a certain term would enter these discussions more often. Unfortunately, this does not occur — leaving an unspoken truth left untold. This term is none other than...
Resources on campus for Black Students
Michaella Huck, Opinion Editor
February 26, 2020
Every student deserves equal access to opportunity Being a person of color, this can be hard. CSUN has many places that cater to the Black student population in particular however, it can be hard to locate them. Here is a map of places that can assist you in your time at CSUN.
Chatroom Q&A: Juggling the reserves and college life
Michaella Huck, Opinion Editor
February 19, 2020
Brianna Lea is a junior majoring in kinesiology at CSUN who also doubles as a hospital corpsman Navy SEAL. She shared her story about how she is able to juggle both and gives advice to students who are unsure if a military path is the right one to take. Q. Why did you decide to join the Navy? I did...
Stopping Generational Trauma in Communities of Color
February 3, 2020
Over the past decade, clinicians and scholars have intensely studied and treated the effects of intergenerational trauma suffered by communities of color (i.e. one generation to the next — be it individual or collective) that is passed onto future generations. Intergenerational trauma is defined as...
Let’s Vote Defiantly
January 28, 2020
This time feels different, and not just because in-person voting will now be open for 10 days in LA County.This political moment feels like the most pivotal in my lifetime. We have a choice to make that will define the rest of the decade and affect all of our lives to come.Overstatement? I doubt it. Can ...
Students’ grades shouldn’t be a mystery
December 15, 2019
CSUN professors should be required to utilize the available online platform to maintain grades and publish any course work. Students should not have to calculate their own grades when the resources are there. Students are required to turn in assignments with deadlines, so professors should also have...
The Art of Journalism
December 10, 2019
What is art? Is it anything? Is it everything? That definition is continuously up for debate, but for me, an art major with an emphasis in photography and design, art is communication.So, when I joined The Sundial in fall 2018, it was shocking to find there were only a few artists residing in the ne...