The student media organization of California State University Northridge

Daily Sundial

The student media organization of California State University Northridge

Daily Sundial

The student media organization of California State University Northridge

Daily Sundial

Brittney Griner and the high octane Phoenix Mercury among favorites for 2014 WNBA Championship. Photo by MCT.

WNBA Playoffs Preview: Column

Candice Criss August 30, 2014

This weekend, the WNBA began  its annual Playoff competition. Despite any regular-season woes, all four teams are essentially coming into the finals 0-0 and are only concerned with taking home...

Pelicans center Anthony Davis leads a Team USA which is low on superstar power.

Team USA Preview

Javier Cabrera August 29, 2014

  While the NBA remains on hiatus for another two months, team USA is prepared to start its run to win gold at the FIBA World Cup in Spain. The United States’ roster is filled with NBA...

The feature film Superbad was shown on the screen in front of the Oviatt Library on Thursday, August, 28, 2014 in Northridge, Calif. Photo Credit: David J. Hawkins/Sundial

Students, community gather to watch ‘Superbad’ at final Summer Movie Fest

Michael Erazo August 29, 2014

As summer draws to a close so does CSUN's third annual Summer Movie Fest. The final movie shown yesterday was the R-rated film “Superbad.” Every Thursday during the summer the Associated Students...

USC Cody Kessler needs to the focal point of head coach Steve Sarkisians offense as the Trojans continue to build on last seasons success.

The Sundial’s local college football preview: USC Trojans

Shaka Dixon August 28, 2014

With no pro football team, Los Angeles' two powerhouse football teams give football fans at CSUN plenty to be excited for as the season beings Saturday. Not a fan of the college football team from West...

The dunk tank was among the many attractions of CSUNs Matafest. Saqib Bahadar, 21, a senior computer information technology student, attempts to strike the target in order to dunk Jeremy Hamlett, event organizer and USU commercial services manager, Thursday, at Plaza del Sol. Photo Credit: Lucas Esposito /  Senior Photographer

Matafest informs students about USU services

Alex Vejar August 28, 2014

  CSUN’s 2014-15 academic year kicked off Thursday with Matafest, an event geared toward welcoming the students to the campus and also providing information about services offered by the...

The Pac-12 Football Conference features an abundance of competition for the Los Angeles area college football teams in 2014. Photo courtesy of MCT

The Sundial’s local college football preview: UCLA Bruins

Shaka Dixon August 28, 2014

Since CSUN discontinued football in 2001, there has been no college football team on campus for Matadors to support. No sweat. With the college football season set to begin this weekend, there are...

Some students left their classrooms in Manzanita Hall during the short power outage while others used their laptops and cell phones to illuminate their desks. Photo Credit: Calvin Ratana/ The Sundial

Campus buildings experience brief power outage

Andrew Martinez August 28, 2014

  UPDATE>> The power outage affected the entire campus, according to Jason Wang, senior director of Physical Plant Management (PPM). Several CSUN campus buildings experienced a brief...

Illustration by Maricruz Meza/Visual Editor

Send planes, not people, to Iraq

Ryan Mancini August 28, 2014

From a distance, the more fresh disasters seen in Iraq would make any reasonable person’s jaw drop. Let’s acknowledge that the United States’ unspeakable actions in 2003 had inevitably led to...

Sparks fly on Imogen Heaps fourth studio album

“Sparks” fly on Imogen Heap’s fourth studio album

Macie Bennett August 28, 2014

British singer- songwriter Imogen Heap celebrates this year with her summer release of Sparks, her fourth studio album. Heap is well known in the electronica-ambient scene dating back to 2005 with...

Gretchen Macchiarella, the new publisher for The Sundial is looking to lead the student run paper to a digital focused news outlet. Im here to support a creative and journalistic endeavor, she said. Photo Credit: Trevor Stamp / Senior Staff

The Sundial’s new digital guru

Melisa Fumbarg August 27, 2014

Some people have such a passion for their craft that they strive to share their skills with others. This is the case for Gretchen Macchiarella, the new publisher for CSUN’s student newspaper The...

The CSUN Police Department arrived on the scene of a Toyota minivan that crashed on Lindley Avenue near the VPAC loading dock. The suspects fed the scene and were later apprehended by CSUN PD. Photo credit: Calvin Ratana/Opinion Editor

Police: two suspects apprehended in pursuit “acting very suspiciously”

Jonathan R. Diaz August 27, 2014

The Oxnard man involved in high-speed pursuit that ended on the CSUN campus Tuesday morning was being booked at the Ventura County Jail Wednesday, authorities said. Andrew Coombs, 25, and Melissa...

The fair had various booths where students could interact. Free games such as bowling, sand toss, and basketball were at the Associated Students Welcome Fair outside the bookstore. 
Photo Credit: Rasta Ghafouri/ The Sundial

Associated Students welcome back semester with fair

Rasta Ghafouri August 27, 2014

Students gathered at the Associated Students (AS) Fair to learn about the services AS offers and to take a break between classes. The event was held on Bayramian Lawn to inform students ways to...

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