Daily Sundial

Water polo goalie Stapf had stellar first season

Michelle Donner • October 25, 2007

As a water polo goalie recruit riding on a full scholarship at CSUN, Jillian Stapf, a Hudsonville, Mich. native, has not let her school or coaches down since she started playing for the team as a freshman last year. Stapf played in every game last season and even managed to score from her position in the goal.

Writer’s strike might be good for viewers

Katie Dibene • October 25, 2007

For the first time since 1988 the Hollywood writers union has been authorized to go on strike, a decision fueled by the lack of proper residuals given to the writers from DVD and internet sales. Authorization to strike was determined in a vote cast by the Writers Guild of America last Thursday.

Reduce gang violence by understanding race

Harriet Miranda • October 25, 2007

African-Americans and Latinos have a shared history of oppression, which is why I don't understand the reasoning behind all the racial tensions in Los Angeles among these two ethnic groups. Last week, federal prosecutors brought charges against 60 individuals from the Latino Florencia 13 gang, ranging from racketeering, drug charges and racially motivated crimes against African Americans.

Matadors travel to Riverside, Irvine

Debby von Winckelmann • October 25, 2007

The women's volleyball team, energized by their win against UC Santa Barbara last week, hits the road to take on UC Riverside on Friday and UC Irvine on Saturday. The Matadors are just 2-7 on the road this season and hold a record of 8-14 overall, with 5-5 in conference action.

CSUN women are sixth at Titan meet

Debby von Winckelmann • October 25, 2007

Julie Bradin was the top finisher for the CSUN women's cross country team in the 2007 Titan Cross Country Invitational last Friday with a 19:47 time for the 5k course. Bradin's time gave her a 31st place finish. Julie Swail from Cal Coast TC won the meet with her time of 17:34.

Plastic women have never been so fake in comedy film

Tiffany Kelly • October 25, 2007

Men, especially in Los Angeles, are often accused of going after 'plastic' women. Though the word plastic is used metaphorically to describe dull, flirty, materialistic party girls, it is explored in the literal sense in "Lars and the Real Girl." Lars Lindstrom (Ryan Gosling) is a quiet, socially inept young man whose only social activities include attending church and his daily office job.

Rilo Kiley puts away their political shoes for a new image

Tiffany Kelly • October 25, 2007

She appears from the curtains wearing only black hot shorts, a tight black bodice, and golden flats. Her fiery red hair flows down her chest, taking up a third of her petite, 5-foot-1-inch frame. She steps up to the microphone wearing a genuine, girl-next-door smile, which is refreshing compared to her audience of Santa Monica hipsters.

CSUN succeeds in season series sweep of UCSB

Ivan Yeo • October 24, 2007

Teams that have faced the CSUN women's volleyball team this year are quickly finding out one thing - getting the ball to the Matadors' side of the court can be pretty tough. The Matadors posted 23.5 blocks and 43 blocks assists against the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos at the Matadome Saturday night, as the Matadors defeated the Gauchos in a thrilling five-game match.

Matadors fight Terrapins to tie

Ivan Yeo • October 24, 2007

Facing a team like the 27th-ranked Maryland Terrapins on its home field, a place where they had gone 59-2-3, can be a very tough task. However, the CSUN men's soccer team was hardly intimidated by its trip to College Park on Sunday afternoon, and came away with a 1-1 tie.

Commitee members, court appointee approved by A.S.

Melissa Mills • October 24, 2007

It was business as usual at the weekly A.S. Senate meeting on Tuesday. One of the agenda items addressed was approving people to join A.S. committees and an appointment to the judicial court. Albert De La Rosa was approved to join the finance committee. Christian Bishop was approved to join the elections committee, and Max Franco was appointed to the judicial court.

Smoke and water

Dennis Mahan • October 24, 2007

While 16 wildfires consume southern California and only three of those fires are contained, three major fires continue to burn in the Santa Clarita and Castaic area to the north of CSUN. Helicopters could be seen going back and forth from the Ranch Fire in Castaic and refilling their water tanks in Castaic Lake.

Clubs experience difficulty filing registration documents

Meredith Sweet • October 24, 2007

Nearly half of CSUN's currently-chartered clubs for the 2006-2007 school year failed to submit the necessary club recognition documents for the 2007-2008 year by the 6 p.m. deadline Oct. 12. CSUN is home to 266 recognized clubs and organizations, including fraternities, sororities, clubs affiliated with various colleges on campus, honor societies, and special interest groups.