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Daily Sundial

The student media organization of California State University Northridge

Daily Sundial

The student media organization of California State University Northridge

Daily Sundial

Matadors hope to defy expectations

Matadors hope to defy expectations

Andrew Martinez January 21, 2014

  A Matador squad loaded with young but unproven talent will look to rise above expectations in the country's most competitive conference. In a coaches' poll, CSUN was picked to finish 10th...

Laker fans should find silver lining in disastrous season

Laker fans should find silver lining in disastrous season

Rohit Ghosh January 21, 2014

The 2013-2014 Los Angeles Lakers’ regular season hasn’t been the most satisfying of journeys for the team or its fan base. The season is halfway done and the fans’ reaction to a win or a loss has...

CSUN students discuss New Years resolutions for 2014

CSUN students discuss New Year’s resolutions for 2014

Negin Daneshfar January 21, 2014

Yet another year has come and gone. At the end of every New Year’s Eve party, Americans gather round to set ambitions for the upcoming year. Promises of eating healthier, being kinder to friends and...

Men’s Basketball: Matadors give up lead, game to UCSB at home, 79-69

Men’s Basketball: Matadors give up lead, game to UCSB at home, 79-69

Alex Vejar January 19, 2014

  The Matadors (10-9, 2-2 Big West) were dropped in front of a packed Matadome by the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos (11-5, 2-1 Big West) 79-69 Saturday night. Senior guard Josh Greene led the Matadors...

Women’s Basketball: CSUN enters new year with new attitude

Women’s Basketball: CSUN enters new year with new attitude

Pete D. Camarillo January 18, 2014

While CSUN was on break, the women’s basketball team was hitting the paint as they welcomed the new year with a new attitude, opening the year with competitive play on the road and at home. The Matadors...

Men’s Basketball: Matadors showing improved play under Theus

Men’s Basketball: Matadors showing improved play under Theus

Kevin Linares January 18, 2014

Halfway through coach Reggie Theus’ first season at CSUN, the Matadors have shown signs of improvement, but have still suffered growing pains with several close losses. After a 5-5 start to their...

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti came to speak at a luncheon commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Northridge Center on Jan. 17, 2013 in Northridge, Calif.

Mayor Eric Garcetti, other officials give earthquake advice at CSUN event for 20th anniversary of Northridge quake

Leilani Peltz January 18, 2014

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti was among multiple dignitaries, as well as current and past elected officials, to visit CSUN for a commemorative event Friday in honor of the 20th anniversary of the 1994...

The art of chaos: CTVA professor and her students make a documentary about the Northridge earthquake

The art of chaos: CTVA professor and her students make a documentary about the Northridge earthquake

Alex Vejar January 17, 2014

During the immediate aftermath of the devastating 1994 Northridge earthquake, which reduced much of the Cal State Northridge campus to rubble, one film professor and a large group of her students saw...

Useful tips you need in an event of an earthquake

Useful tips you need in an event of an earthquake

Michelle Dominguez January 17, 2014

It’s 5 a.m. and you’re sleeping soundly when suddenly you wake up to the sounds of crashing plates and rattling windows. Instinctively you rush out of bed only to find that the ground is shaking...

Illustration by: Sarah Cascadden / Contributor

It’s not if an earthquake will hit, but when

Calvin Ratana January 17, 2014

Over 50 people dead, 7,000 injured and 20,000 people displaced from their homes. Billions of dollars in damages. That was the extent of the 6.7 magnitude Northridge earthquake that hit on Jan. 17, 1994...

Mens Basketball: CSUNs perfect conference record halted by Cal Poly

Men’s Basketball: CSUN’s perfect conference record halted by Cal Poly

Kevin Linares January 17, 2014

Both the Matadors and Mustangs came into Thursday’s game with a perfect 2-0 record in Big West play.  Only one team would come out of the game with a perfect conference record. It wasn’t the Matadors...

Podcast: Former Daily Sundial students reflect on Northridge Earthquake

Podcast: Former Daily Sundial students reflect on Northridge Earthquake

Alex Vejar January 17, 2014

[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/129913423" params="color=990000&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] The 1994 Northridge earthquake...

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