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

#thisweek @csun Social Media Recap

Benjamin Andrews March 24, 2013

A look at people, news and events at Cal State Northridge that made a splash on social media this week. [View the story "#thisweek @CSUN - 3/24" on Storify]#thisweek @CSUN - 3/24A look at people, news...

#thisweek @CSUN – 3/17

Benjamin Andrews March 18, 2013

A look back on people, news and events at Cal State Northridge that made a splash on social media this week. [View the story "#thisweek @CSUN - 3/17" on Storify] #thisweek @CSUN - 3/17 A look...

LA Marathon 2013

Karla Henry March 17, 2013

Exploring all the angles, social media tells the story of this year's sold out LA Marathon through the perspective of racers, volunteers, celebrities and spectators. [View the story "2013 L. A. Marathon"...

SuperBowl XLVII Socia Media Recap – Beyonce, Blackouts and Baltimore

Benjamin Andrews February 3, 2013
The 47th Superbowl as told by social media.
Illustration by Gabriel Ivan Orendain-Necochea / Senior Illustrator

Don’t fool yourself, It’s not private

Spencer Kilgore January 29, 2013

It's impossible to graduate college without the Internet. It's almost as hard to maintain a social life without it. Search engines are replacing encyclopedias while smartphones are on par with food...

New California law protects social media privacy

New California law protects social media privacy

Kevin Kiani January 21, 2013

  A new law has been signed in California prohibiting employers and universities from asking applicants for their social media passwords. This new legislation, Assembly Bill 25, also bans employers...

CSUN students get familiar with LinkedIn social media

Terese Torgersen November 29, 2012

A LinkedIn expert taught the CSUN community how to efficiently use the social media website as a tool to promote yourself and find available jobs. Stuart Fried has been an active member of LinkedIn...

Illustration by: Lindsey Maldonado / Contributor

Employers screen applicants’ social media profiles

Hansook Oh September 19, 2011

A growing number of employers are using social-media in background checks to examine prospective and current employees, making students rethink what opinions and images they show to the world. Eighty...

Photo Illustration by: Tessie Navarro / Visual Editor & Mariela Molina / Asst. Visual Editor

Social networking sites creates high for users

Anthony Carpio August 26, 2011

Ekin Eser does his best to avoid logging onto his Facebook account but often finds himself typing the web address into his browser without realizing it. “I know it is a bad thing to go on Facebook...

Students have mixed reactions to befriending professors on Facebook

Juana Esquivel February 8, 2011

CSUN has no policy which prevents professors and students from being friends on Facebook. Steven Stepanek, chair and professor of the CSUN computer science department said that while there is no policy,...

Google Buzz faces privacy backlash

Jacob Nahin February 22, 2010

Last week, the Google war-machine released its latest weapon in the microblogging turf-war. Its name, Google Buzz, sounds less like a jolting juggernaut and more like a bothersome insect. As many GMail...

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