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

Ivan Salinas, Author

All content by Ivan Salinas
Face masks with NFL teams.

Meet the ladies making face masks for the LA community

Ivan Salinas, Arts & Entertainment Editor
April 14, 2020
Costco

Grocery shopping during the first weekend of the COVID-19 pandemic

Ivan Salinas, Arts & Entertainment Editor
March 16, 2020
Illustration by JoJo Despard

Editor-In-Chief Update: Latinx Issue

Ivan Salinas and Madison Parsley
November 21, 2019
A man

Rushing Waters: A Mural that Celebrates the History of Pacoima

Ivan Salinas
November 20, 2019
5 men

Culture a l’Aztlán: Fobia Celebrates 30 years headlining at Tropicalia Music Festival 2019 and a US Tour

Ivan Salinas
November 7, 2019
Dia de Los Muertos

Miccailhuitl: A Celebration of Dia De Los Muertos

Luis Vazquez and Ivan Salinas
November 6, 2019
CSUN Playlist

Tunes to Relax Your Mind: A Playlist Curated by CSUN Students

Ivan Salinas
October 31, 2019
A calendar advertisement (CSUN Playlist)

Pa’l Norte: A Sundial Curated Playlist

Ivan Salinas
October 21, 2019
A man

Regenerating Environmental Beauty and Justice

Ivan Salinas
October 9, 2019
Two ladies holding posters together

Pop Culture for Change

Ivan Salinas
September 27, 2019
A map

Gun Accessibility Near CSUN

Ivan Salinas
September 21, 2019
A movie poster

Film & Identity: A Closer Look at the Hollywood Hobo

Ivan Salinas
September 15, 2019
A man standing in front of a brewing machine

8 one 8: Brewing Culture in the Valley

Ivan Salinas
September 5, 2019
A librarian

Social Justice Through Art

Ivan Salinas
August 27, 2019
A female singer in a blue dress with a black sweater singing in a concert

Culture a l’Aztlan: Gaby Moreno brings Spanglish folk-soul to Angelenos

Ivan Salinas
July 8, 2019
A group of mens in fashion clothes

Culture a l’Aztlán: Zoé tours the US as Grammy-award winners of Best Latin Rock Album of the Year

Ivan Salinas
March 5, 2019
A male student sitting on the oviatt lawn enjoying the sunshine and having a colorful bluetooth speaker on the side.

The best disco in town: A playlist curated by CSUN’s discogod

Ivan Salinas
December 11, 2018
women in album cover

Culture a l’aztlan: Vanessa Zamora’s ‘Tornaluna,’ a colorful Mexican psychedelic pop experience

Ivan Salinas
October 27, 2018
three guys in red jackets

Culture a l’aztlan: The Red Pears share insight on early success with their second album

Ivan Salinas
October 25, 2018
rapper under blue lights

Culture a l’Aztlan: Residente delivers powerful performance at The Hollywood Palladium

Ivan Salinas
October 15, 2018
guys in a room looking at map

Culture a l’áztlan presents a band you’ll love: No Te Va Gustar

Ivan Salinas
September 14, 2018
man in black playing at concert

Culture a l’Aztlan: La Tocada Fest recap & the near future of Latin American music festivals

Ivan Salinas
August 6, 2018
4 guys wearing rainbow striped shirts

La Tocada Fest 2018 returns with Porter, a gem of Mexican culture

Ivan Salinas
August 1, 2018
2 guys in red one in black one in white and a woman in brown posing

Culture a l’Aztlan: Introducing The Marías’ superclean sound at Skirball’s Sunset Concerts

Ivan Salinas
July 27, 2018
2 guys and 2 women posing

Jenny and The Mexicats celebrate 10 years of music with “Open Sea/Mar Abierto”

Ivan Salinas
July 20, 2018
four men stand seriously with piñata sticks and an accordion

A la Aztlan: Piñata Protest releases new album, Necio Nights

Ivan Salinas
May 2, 2018
two men dressed warmly standing on the deck of a boat with sailor hats on

Electro-Cumbia pioneers, Palenke Soultribe, announce their “Retorno”

Ivan Salinas
March 28, 2018
band performing on stage

A la Aztlan: Luis Alvarez “El Haragan” talks about the Rock Urbano scene of Mexico City

Ivan Salinas
February 21, 2018
man holding guitar and man holding keyboard

A la Aztlán: An album review of The Dank’s self-titled LP

Ivan Salinas
February 13, 2018
Rolling Loud concert flyer

Start off winter break with the Rolling Loud SoCal Festival

Ivan Salinas
December 14, 2017
band dressed in all black posing for a photo shoot

A conversation with Victimas del Dr. Cerebro

Ivan Salinas
December 5, 2017
arts and literature logo

Arts & Literature 2017: The culture behind your art

Ivan Salinas
November 29, 2017
woman dressed in black holding drum sticks looking seriously into the distance

Q&A with Yissy Garcia, a leader in the new generation of Cuban artists

Ivan Salinas
November 28, 2017
woman dressed in black holding drum sticks looking seriously into the distance

Q&A with Yissy García, a leader in the new generation of Cuban artists.

Ivan Salinas
November 28, 2017
4 men posing black and white photo

‘I Am Another You’: a multicultural album in support of all immigrants in the world

Ivan Salinas
November 14, 2017
4 men posing black and white photo

‘I am Another You’: a multicultural album in support of all immigrants in the world

Ivan Salinas
November 14, 2017
brick building named Bookstein Hall

University confirms Las Vegas shooter was a CSUN alumnus

Ivan Salinas
October 3, 2017
crime blotter logo

Crime Blotter 9/20 – 9/25

Ivan Salinas
September 26, 2017
Betsayda Machado is part of many ensembles of music in Venezuela. Currently, she is touring with La Parranda El Clavo. Photo Credit: Courtesy of The Skirball Cultural Center

Sunset Concert Series’ grand finale with Betsayda Machado y La Parranda el Clavo

Ivan Salinas
August 23, 2017
Five men who appear to be in their 30's pictured

Culture a la Aztlán: Enjambre presents their newest album “Imperfecto Extraño”

Ivan Salinas
July 30, 2017
Two people sit outside barclays car and chat

5 places to eat off campus that offer diverse foods

Ivan Salinas
July 24, 2017
Jungle Fire band members wear matching all white ensembles and concert-goers dance to the music

50 Free Concerts at The Levitt Pavillion

Ivan Salinas
July 24, 2017
Karim pictured explaining his book, "the Great Bangladesh Romantic Comedy"

Self-published student writes fictional e-book on Bangladeshi culture

Ivan Salinas
May 8, 2017
Mexican rock band members pictured, three men in their mid-thirties wearing matching navy blue and white oufits

Mexican rock band, DLD, conquers American audiences

Ivan Salinas
May 1, 2017
hollywood sign pictured spring 2017 matador nights

Matador Nights returns with Hollywood theme

Ivan Salinas
April 24, 2017
Marcelo Tijerina and Ulises Lozano pictured posing for their album cover

Culture a la Aztlán: The unique sound of Mexican Dubwiser

Ivan Salinas
April 10, 2017
Chicano rock band called Quetzal pictured

Culture a la Aztlán: Q&A with Quetzal

Ivan Salinas
March 29, 2017
Band plays at shanking reggae festival

Culture a la Aztlán: An interview with Casa de Calacas

Ivan Salinas
March 17, 2017
Panteon Rococo band members pose for a photo

Skanking Reggae festival preview

Ivan Salinas
March 6, 2017
Students used cans of compressed air to "clean the exterior walls of The Sundial"

Student demonstrations aim to make a statement

Ivan Salinas
February 23, 2017
photo shows woman biking to work

Reducing carbon footprint effectively

Ivan Salinas
February 21, 2017
CSUN Alumni Ed Burke holds his class Yearbook from 1959 during Homecoming at the SRC. Photo credit: Ivan Salinas

CSUN Homecoming returns, bringing alumni back together

Ivan Salinas
February 13, 2017
LSC band members. From left to right: Pepe, Miguel, Marisol, and Alex. (Courtesy of the VPAC)

An interview with La Santa Cecilia

Ivan Salinas
February 10, 2017
People protest the muslim ban

Trump’s executive order temporarily blocked

Ivan Salinas
February 4, 2017
Tim Halloran gives a presentation in the Armer Theater

Experiencing the seventh art at the Cinematheque

Ivan Salinas
January 30, 2017
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