Daily Sundial

Upper division writing exam too cramped

Melanie Saxe • May 8, 2007

Taking a test can be stressful for many students, but it can be especially tense if the classroom conditions are not comfortable. On April 21, I waited in line with more than a hundred other students to take the Upper Division Writing Exam. At 10 a.m., we walked into the Johnson Auditorium.

Hispanic enrollment at CSUN among highest in nation

Melanie Saxe • May 7, 2007

CSUN is ranked ninth in the nation with the highest Hispanic student graduate school enrollment, according to data from the National Center for Education Statistics. Of 6,204 students who graduated from CSUN in 2005, 1,295 of them were Hispanic - 21 percent of the total.

Research on indigenous religions, spirituality shared at Oviatt

Kriti Sood • May 7, 2007

Indigenous religions were discussed on Wednesday night at the Oviatt Library's presentation room as professors spoke about the importance of ancestral religions and traditions in modern society. The panel included three Cal State professors who shared their research on the indigenous religions in different parts of the world.

May day rally turns ugly

Khristian Garay • May 7, 2007

May Day (May 1) is celebrated throughout the world as "International Workers' Day." However, it is also known as a day of political protest. Last Tuesday, people in Los Angeles marched for the rights of immigrants. A day characterized by peaceful protests in MacArthur Park in the Pico Union area turned ugly in the late afternoon hours as police armed in riot gear confronted protesters, who at some point began throwing rocks and bottles at them.

Web sites advocating suicide go too far

Katie Sheehy • May 7, 2007

The images on the Web site disturb me, and I squirm as I think of what must have been the final thoughts of the people who I see flash before me. According to www.landfield.com, the images consist of people who have died due to a number of different reasons, but there are many pictures that state that they were a result of suicide.

Well-off Americans should help displaced in Uganda

Marla Schevker • May 7, 2007

Displacement: To be forced to flee from one's home or homeland. Many people will never have to know the feeling of having to be displaced. Yet too many people go through the fear and terror of getting pushed out of their homes every day. As a matter of fact, according to the United Nations, more than 1.

Letter to the editor

defaultuser • May 7, 2007

Dear Editor, In Wayne Cohen's letter of last Monday he stated, "To offer a differing view of the Armenian Genocide is a pretty certain way to invite intense hostility." Duh! To offer a differing view about the Holocaust will buy you the same response, as it should! Don't be fooled into thinking there aren't also crackpots who deny the Holocaust.

Lakers in need of a supporting cast

Justin Satzman • May 7, 2007

Another year, another loss in the first round for the Los Angeles Lakers, and yet nothing has really been done to help the franchise. Ever since Shaquille O'Neal was traded, the Lakers are basically a .500 team with no playoff series wins, and wasting one of the best talents in Kobe Bryant that some have ever seen.

Fantasy or fountain of youth?

Jeremy Foster • May 7, 2007

Most scientists who are optimistic about future breakthroughs in aging intervention research say someday it may be possible to extend the human lifespan by a few decades. One man goes centuries further, claiming that soon we may not only live to a thousand years of age and beyond, but will live those years in the fountain of youth.

TEAM PLAYER

Debby von Winckelmann • May 3, 2007

CSUN senior first baseman Jorge Andrade Jr. didn't know his batting average and although he thought his hitting streak was still alive, he wasn't quite sure. "I just go out there and play," Andrade Jr. said. "I leave all that stuff to everybody else." For the record, Andrade, Jr.

Journalism student dies of cystic fibrosis

Micah Flores • May 3, 2007

Zachary Baim, a former Sundial photographer and photojournalism student with aspirations of one day being a professional scriptwriter, died April 25 at USC Medical Center while waiting for a lung transplant. He was 25. Baim, a senior who suffered the effects of cystic fibrosis, an inherited disease that affects breathing passages of the lungs and the pancreas, an organ that helps break down and absorb food, never let his illness affect his attitude.

Associated Students Senate approves 2007-08 budget

Katie Sheehy • May 3, 2007

The annual budget for 2007-08 was approved by the Associated Students Senate on Tuesday, as 20 amendments to the originally drafted budget, which included proposed changes in funding to varying groups, passed or failed. A proposed decrease in funding for athletic scholarship money by $90,000 was one of the topics most discussed by both the gallery during Open Forum and the senators in a heated debate.