Daily Sundial

Governor urged to stop pay hikes

Chrystal King • September 27, 2007

The California Faculty Association is urging Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign two bills, AB 1413 and SB 190, which would regulate further pay increases for CSU executives. California State University trustees recently approved executive pay increases ranging from 9 percent to 18 percent.

CSUN student’s and professor’s vehicles crashes in front of campus

Dennis Mahan • September 27, 2007

A 2006 Mercedes Benz rear-ended a 1995 Pontiac Grand Am in front of Nordhoff Hall yesterday. The Pontiac, driven by CSUN sophomore Diego Viramontes, was pushed into the back of a CSUN math professor's vehicle.

Former William Morris VP speaks to students

Michelle Donner • September 26, 2007

Samuel Haskell, former executive vice president for the William Morris Agency, Inc., gave a speech to broadcast journalism students at the Armor Theatre in Manzanita Hall last Thursday for the Executive Speaker Series program at CSUN. The Executive Speaker Series was initiated in 2004 to give CSUN students the opportunity to learn life skills and receive professional advice from some of the top executive minds in the U.

Letter to the Editor

defaultuser • September 26, 2007

Dear editor, I am writing in regard to the article titled "Center pushes for national 'no junk mail' registry" found in the Sept. 5 issue of the Sundial. I found this article to be informative as well as appropriate for a community such as ours, with the massive amounts of advertising and useless jabber hurled at us in so many different ways.

Governor appoints new gang czar

J. Alfredo Santana • September 26, 2007

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has created a new 10 member panel and instated a gang czar to help solve gang problems in our state. Paul L. Seave will serve as the director of gang and youth violence policy for the governor's California Gang Reduction, Intervention and Prevention program.

Student trustee to talk at next A.S. meeting

Tiffany Kelly • September 26, 2007

The Associated Students will have a special guest speaker next week for their Tuesday Senate meetings. The student on the Board of Trustees who voted in favor of raising executive salaries will take a question and answer session about her vote. One other priority in the opening reports of the meeting was to express the importance of the Dream Act.

CSUN wins Big West opener against UCSB

Ivan Yeo • September 26, 2007

The CSUN women's volleyball team had a tale of two games in its trip up the Central Coast this past weekend. The Matadors opened up Big West Conference play with a bang on Friday night, upsetting the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos in five games at the Thunderdome, but their trip to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo the next day was a far different story, as the Mustangs swept the Matadors out of Mott Gymnasium.

Students evacuated from Sierra Hall, Oviatt Library

Danielle Directo • September 26, 2007

Fire alarms went off in two campus buildings yesterday afternoon in what appear to be unrelated incidents. Students evacuated Sierra Hall and the Oviatt Library after alarms were heard at about 11:55 and 11:50 a.m. respectively in the buildings. Bobby Jeromin, a creative writing major, was in his playwriting class in Sierra Hall when the alarm sounded.

Panels discuss California as an inclusive society

Chrystal King • September 26, 2007

CSUN's 19th annual Envisioning California Conference was held on Sept. 19 at the Skirball Cultural Center, convened by the Center for Southern California Studies at CSUN and the Center for California Studies at Cal State Sacramento. Professionals from across Los Angeles and from various racial backgrounds came together to discuss and answer questions about this year's theme, "Immigration in California: Conflict, Resolution, Transformation.

New York, New York

Gabriela Gonzalez • September 26, 2007

New York City is considered one of the greatest cities in the world. It's population of over 22 million in the New York metropolitan area also makes it one of the largest urban cities in the world. In 2005, there were over 170 different languages that were being spoken in the city.

Matador football is alive!

Debby von Winckelmann • September 26, 2007

It's hard not to feel left out these days. It's bad enough that Los Angeles doesn't have a football team, but since CSUN's football program was eliminated in 2001, students haven't been able to experience the joy and pain of cheering for Matador football. Until now.

Young people should realize how important voting is

Meredith Sweet • September 26, 2007

There's no doubt that 2008 will be a year to remember. Potential candidates for United States President have been campaigning for what seems like years now. What started out as a veritable rat race has slowly condensed into a more organized competition, but just barely.