Daily Sundial

Filmmaker tells tale of growing up

Susannah Reynolds • June 20, 2008

Trying to figure out what is next after graduating from college is something many people have to deal with. Ben Litton, the main character in "Finding Bigfoot," finds himself in the same predicament after college. He has to decide whether to follow in his father's footsteps and run a hardware store or pursue a career in photography.

Any American should be allowed to legally marry

Susannah Reynolds • June 19, 2008

It is about time. The California Supreme Court voted 4 to 3 to allow for same-sex marriages on May 15 based on a "basic civil right to marry without regard to their sexual orientation." To claim this is a country where everyone is supposed to be equal is far from true.

Same-sex couples should not settle for court’s pyrrhic nuptials

DANIEL ANTOLIN • June 19, 2008

It is not for the state's supreme court justices to decide whether same-sex couples should be allowed to legally marry. State justices were never elected to their posts, and it is not for them to legislate willy-nilly the interests of?Californians. Even if these justices were elected officials, they could not enact laws for intentions that have again come into question.

Joteria (queer) conference

Mildred Martin • June 19, 2008

The Third Annual Joteria Conference was held on campus on June 7. The event marked the first queer Chicana/o conference at CSUN, and it attracted students, community leaders and family members from the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer (LGBTIQ) community and allies to the campus "(to) acknowledge and invigorate our collective and individual struggles to end all forms of oppression and exploitation: social, ideological and economic," the mission statement shows.

New ballot initiative to challenge same-sex marriages in November

Denise Vastola • June 19, 2008

A slight majority of California's Supreme Court justices, 4 to 3, ruled that same-sex couples have a fundamental right to marriage last month. Though same-sex couples may cherish their nuptials sometime soon, other Californians have worked to stop them with a ballot initiative in November.

Play tells story about magical lives of wicked witches before Dorothy

Denise Vastola • June 19, 2008

Enchanting, bewitching and amusing are just several words that only begin to describe "Wicked," the smash hit Broadway musical that's been playing in Hollywood's Pantages Theatre since February 2007. Based on the novel, "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West," by Gregory Macguire, the musical transports the audience to the Land of Oz before Dorothy and Toto's crash landing.

Sex offenders should have equal protection under law

DANIEL ANTOLIN • June 19, 2008

Proposition 83, if midterms have kept you from reading about what you will be voting for on November 7, is a measure that would call for stricter punishment for sex offenders. While this sounds like a no-brainer since it involves what society considers sick perverts, - and this article is not suggesting that they are not - it prohibits some from being able to reenter society once they have paid their debt.

Film shows fight for student equality in ’60s

DANIEL ANTOLIN • June 19, 2008

There were not enough seats in the University Student Union's Sol Center last Wednesday for CSUN students, professors and alumni who came to see the premiere of "Unrest: The Development of the CSUN Chicano/a Studies Department," a documentary about how black and Chicano/a students in the late 1960s fought for equal representation on campus and curriculums about their histories.

Film to show violent history of campus

DANIEL ANTOLIN • June 19, 2008

Not many CSUN students know that when they walk through Bayramian Hall's doors to pay their fees that they are entering a building with a violent history. "Unrest: Founding of the CSUN Chicano Studies Program" is a student documentary which premieres today, shows how police beat up students in Bayramian Hall 37 years ago who were demanding that more black and Chicano students like them be admitted to the university and that classes about their histories be instituted.

Alumnus, donor faces tax evasion charges

DANIEL ANTOLIN • June 19, 2008

A CSUN alumnus who built a manufacturing empire by making his own machine parts was indicted by the U.S. Attorney's Office for evading $20 million in taxes and intimidating a federal agent who was investigating the case. Gene Haas, who maintains his innocence, is currently working with his lawyers to prepare a defense against the charges and is scheduled in court next January.

Too Late: Loan costs are on the way up

DANIEL ANTOLIN • June 19, 2008

While many CSUN students were enjoying summer days away from the joy and toils of university life, their financial future may have become far more difficult in the course of a single day. For many, college became dramatically more expensive. That fateful day having come and gone, those who failed to consolidate student loans have to pay higher interest on loans borrowed before July 1.

Students face Web portal hacking charges

DANIEL ANTOLIN • June 19, 2008

George W. Bush is the president of what country? How many U.S. states are there? It was apparently as simple as answering secret password questions like these to hack into the personal network account of a student or faculty member last semester. CSUN students Lena Chen, 20, and Jennifer Ngan, 19, are charged with infiltrating the campus account of a political science professor late last May, changing their grades and those of about 300 classmates.