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

Third grade students recreate history with class book

Third grade students recreate history with class book

Araceli Castillo March 11, 2014

Dreaming big and being creative is no challenge for two third-grade classes from two different South Los Angeles elementary schools. Wisdom Academy of Young Scientists and Estrella Elementary School...

Facebook offers more gender options to users

Facebook offers more gender options to users

Brionna Lewis March 10, 2014

Male, female, or “custom”? Facebook now offers the option to customize gender identity on profiles, including the option for gender neutral pronouns to accommodate the transgender and genderqueer...

CSUN parking lots showcase student hot rods and cool wheels

CSUN parking lots showcase student hot rods and cool wheels

Himerria Wortham March 9, 2014

Time shall no longer be idly wasted waiting for parking. Instead of pouring energy into the parking lot rage, a glance toward the surrounding cars in parking structures and lots can turn into a free mini...

Is safe sex becoming less relevant for college students?

Is safe sex becoming less relevant for college students?

Neelofer Lodhy March 5, 2014

Sex: the golden word that is on every college student’s mind. While it is a natural part of life, sex does come with consequences. Forty-six percent of high school students ages 12 to 17 in the United...

CSUN students use pet shelters as an affordable alternative for a furry companion

CSUN students use pet shelters as an affordable alternative for a furry companion

Lisette Rosales March 4, 2014

Jessica Cervantes, 20, a junior majoring in child and adolescent development, did not expect her life to change when she walked into her local animal shelter one morning. Little did Cervantes know she...

Kelcie Berge, junoir speech-language pathology major, was born with Sturge-Weber a type of Vascular Birthmark. She wants to raise awareness and is currently raising money for the Vascular Birthmark Foundation.

Philanthropic CSUN student organizes online fundraiser inspired by her birthmarks

Joanna Jacobo March 3, 2014

On a regular school day, walking around campus, Kelcie Berge blends in, unnoticed by the massively populated student campus that is Cal State Northridge. She goes to class, sits with the rest of her...

CSUN students and professors work on research projects alongside NASA, US Air Force

CSUN students and professors work on research projects alongside NASA, US Air Force

Jonathan Nelson February 27, 2014

While most students hurry from class to class, a small group is working on projects for NASA and the U.S. Air Force in an inconspicuous lab located on the first floor of Jacaranda Hall. A collection...

Former governor of Hawaii and CSUN alumna returns to campus

Former governor of Hawaii and CSUN alumna returns to campus

Gabby Escamilla February 25, 2014

From a CSUN student to the first female governor of Hawaii, alumna Linda Lingle has returned this spring to teach a course on public policy at Cal State Northridge. “I got my first experience in leadership...

CSUN student raises awareness on the importance of organ donations

CSUN student raises awareness on the importance of organ donations

Lisette Rosales February 24, 2014

She lived a mere 24 years, with over 180 hospitalizations, 37 operations and died on June 4, 2013 in her husband’s arms in the hospital waiting for a four-organ transplant. The couple had only been...

CSUN students list the many things that make them Matadors

CSUN students list the many things that make them Matadors

Crystal Chwierut February 23, 2014

Picture this. A student commuting to school as he makes way into the parking lot. It’s almost noon and he know what’s coming his way: an hour spent just to find a parking spot. He passes along...

CSUN professors reveal interesting expertise

CSUN professors reveal interesting expertise

SheDaye Brown February 19, 2014

Herpetologist, entomologist and ichthyologist are career fields that are uncommon to most of us. One may ponder who these individuals are and what they may do, but luckily for us, we have them right...

CSUN students share coping mechanisms for homesickness

CSUN students share coping mechanisms for homesickness

Nicole Socala February 18, 2014

That first gut-wrenching glimpse of sodium drenched Ramen noodles or Hot Pockets in place of mom’s home cooked meals, the cramped space devoid of purrs or wagging tails and the lack of familiar faces....

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