Daily Sundial

Speak Your Mind series kicks off its spring semester

Alondra Hernandez • February 28, 2007

Behind the debate on immigration lies the threat felt by Americans of having strangers within the essence of what is supposed to be the U.S. identity said Pulitzer Prize winning journalist H?ctor Tobar during a panel discussion on immigration, on Tuesday. Small rural towns dominated by Americans are supposed to represent U.

Black Panther Party leader speaks to students

defaultuser • February 28, 2007

Bobby Seale, who helped create the Black Panther Party in 1966, spoke during a Pan African Studies class on Wednesday morning. Students in PAS 350-Advanced Writing were given the opportunity to ask questions of Seale. Excited students waited in the Sierra Hall hallway before the lecture.

A.S. Senate mindful of purse pinch

Tynesha Daniels • February 28, 2007

With a limited budget, student representatives struggled to provide support to clubs and organizations at the Associated Students Senate meeting yesterday. Director of Finance Adam Haverstock reported the Unallocated Reserves Account balance was $42,570 and the Academically Related Reserves Account balance was $17,419.

Finance Committee exercises restraint in latest recommendations

Hilda Yeghishian • February 27, 2007

The Associated Students Finance Committee members are concerned with the quickly disappearing unallocated funds. With only the first four weeks of school behind them, they find that $34,970 remains in their budget, with more to be spent next week, depending on Senate decisions.

Latest Matador Nights event brings in more donations

Kriti Sood • February 27, 2007

More than 1,000 people endured chilly winds at the University Student Union on Friday night to sing karaoke, munch on free food, watch masquerade balls and have their palms read as part of the fourth-ever Matador Nights event. The event was open to CSUN students from 9 p.

Asbestos removal in buildings should be priority

PAUL CASTILLO • February 27, 2007

I may be going out on a limb here, but getting cancer-causing materials out of our buildings seems like it should be a pretty big priority. I would think that we would put the safety of our students, faculty, staff and administrators above pretty much any other concern.

Retrospective comics exhibit at campus library

Rafael Cornejo • February 27, 2007

Beside the annals of august periodicals of The New York Times, The Atlantic and The New Yorker, "Popeye" lay preserved in a glass case, telling its first draft of history. On the second floor west wing of the Oviatt Library, a comic book exhibit composed of works from every genre and decade spanning from early last century to the present are on display until Aug.

Stomach-turning documentary lacks cohesiveness

Darya Riyahi • February 27, 2007

Our Daily Bread" is hard to swallow. Like a bad dream after an all-nighter at a Las Vegas buffet, "Our Daily Bread," a documentary film by Austrian director Nikolaus Geyrhalter, sticks vengefully to the intestines. In the film, more accurately described as a brainstorm, Geyrhalter takes the viewer on a journey through the food industry, set somewhere in Europe.

Memorial honors CSUN engineering professor

Catherine Sheehy • February 27, 2007

His wife of 64 years, Jo, and more than 100 guests, including friends, family and faculty from CSUN's College of Engineering and Computer Science, celebrated the life and legacy of former CSUN professor and engineering pioneer John J. Guarrera on Friday at Jacaranda Hall's Johnson Auditorium.

Ensemble brings forth great black composers

Saharra White • February 27, 2007

There was another sound in the air last Thursday besides the sound of pattered rain. Students walking past the Northridge Center located, in the University Student Union that afternoon could also hear the sound of the CSUN Wind Symphony being conducted by Lawrence Stoffel.

Anteaters take control, beat CSUN in four games

Ivan Yeo • February 27, 2007

Playing against the second-ranked team in the nation on the road without one of its main weapons, senior opposite Dan Rhodes, turned out to be a very tough task for the tenth-ranked CSUN Matador men's volleyball team. The Anteaters were in control of all but one game of their Mountain-Pacific Sports Federation match against the Matadors at the Bren Events Center Saturday night, as they defeated Northridge in four games by scores of 30-25, 30-24, 24-30 and 30-18.

Rapper plays basketball at CSUN

William Kammer • February 27, 2007

Chuck "The Game" Taylor played basketball on Wednesday and Thursday night of last week against CSUN and community competition during open gym in room 160 of Redwood Hall on campus. The Grammy-nominated and multi-platinum selling rapper was accompanied by Lucious Harris, an ex-NBA player for the New Jersey Nets, who teamed up with The Game on both nights, said Logan Hartley, a 23-year-old senior at CSUN and open gym coordinator.