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President search kept secret CSUN community will not be told who is vying to replace campus President Jolene Koester in December ron rokhy andrew lopez daily sundial

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he identities of candidates vying to replace President Jolene Koester will not be revealed, said CSU Chancellor Charles Reed during Thursday’s only open meetng with the selection committee.

Members of the committee were told to honor the confidentiality agreement that keeps candidates unknown to the public, a new practice that began in September.

“Our confidentially agreement is extremely important,” said Debra Farar, a CSU board of trustees member. “If people show up at a closed meeting, the candidate might see this as a breach of the agreement and might reconsider taking the position.”

CSUN student Justin Marks, 23, said he thinks the confidentiality of the selection process is a farce.

“It seems kind of like American Idol,” Marks said. “What’s good for the White House could be good for CSUN, this process needs to be democratized.

The budget crisis is directly linked to the education crisis, and our education is under attack.”

There was a heightened presence of campus police at the meeting.

“They didn’t know what to expect as

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CSU Chancellor Charles Reed and Debra Farar address questions and comments during the open forum session of Thursday’s first and only open meeting with CSUN’s president selection committee.

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Students ditch the costumes to celebrate cultural traditions angela braza daily sundial

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hile some students plan to spend Halloween night partying in their costumes, passing out candy to trick-or-treaters or going door-to-door themselves, Ana Sanchez will be offering food and treats to the dead.

What might seem like a morbid Halloween activity is actually a joyous and celebratory Mexican tradition, she said.

“It’s a time to honor those who have passed on by celebrating their lives,” said Sanchez, 24-year-old health education major.

Sanchez’s offering of food to the dead celebrates El Dia de los Muertos, Spanish for “the day of the dead,” a festive three-day occasion when spirits of the dead are believed to return to their families on Halloween night.

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Handmade skulls are on display during MEChA’s Día de los Muertos celebration at the Chicano House on November 5, 2010.

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NEWS What do you think of CSUN presidential candidates being kept secret? p. 3

OPINION Parental consent is the least of HPV vaccine’s problems p. 6

The celebrations begin the evening of Oct. 31 and culminate on Nov. 2.

Civil engineering major Carlos Maciel, 22, said this event is rooted in religious beliefs. Keeping with tradition, Maciel’s family sets up an altar dedicated to friends and family members who have died.

“The table is often decorated with sweets, cempazuchitl (yellow marigolds) and pictures of the deceased,” he said. “There are also candles that burn to help the departed find their way home.”

On Nov. 1, many Filipino families spend the day at the cemetery to visit the graves of their loved ones, said chemistry graduate student Rhoda Hodes, 30.

Despite the location, Hodes said this annual tradition is far from solemn or sad.

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Costumes, masks, candy, ... protests?

Occupy CSUN celebrates Halloween demonstrating in front of local banks brandon hensley daily sundial

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ccupy CSUN is leaving the campus and taking its protests to the banks, inviting people to “Trick or Treat with the 99%.”

The movement will meet at 1p.m. Monday in front the Oviatt Library before marching to Chase and Wells Fargo banks on the corner of Nordhoff Street and Reseda Boulevard at 3:30 p.m.

The protest is in conjunction with the Nov. 5 Bank Transfer Day, a nationwide movement encouraging people to transfer their funds from big banks to credit unions. Although Bank Transfer Day is later in the week, student organizer Edy Alvarez said playing with the Halloween theme was too good to pass up.

“We wanted to make it on Halloween because the banks are tricking us,” Alvarez said.

“That’s the theme of the whole protest. We also wanted to encourage people to take money out of big banks and put them into small credit unions.”

Ashley Luke, another student organizer, echoed Alvarez’s thoughts.

“It’s a transition of power, from mega banks to the local community,” she said about the movement. “A lot of people nowadays, they’re facing home foreclosures, they’re going out business and accumulating debt from practices that stem from these financial institutions. It basically disengages citizens.”

Dressing up in costume and wearing masks is encouraged, Luke said, to have fun with the Halloween theme.

Alvarez and Luke have been working for the past week to gather students and professors to speak in front of the library before the march begins. Luke said they will have a PA system for at least an hour starting at 1 p.m. and that all students and professors are welcome to join the rally.

“It came from the collective mind of students, activists and professors coming together in solidarity,” Luke said. “School administration, as well as campus police are extremely supportive of what students are trying to do.”

Calendar of Events

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Halloween Haunts Six Flags Magic Mountain Fright Fest

Time: Last Day Oct. 31 Where: 26101 Magic Mountain Parkway, Valencia, CA 91355 Price: $39.99 online, $61.99 at the door. $8-10 additional for maze pass Description: New mazes, scare zones and shows have made this year’s Fright Fest the biggest ever. The park is open to 10 p.m.

Los Angeles Haunted Hayride

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“It’s really fun,” she said. “(Families) want to share these moments with their dearly departed because all throughout the year, their graves are lonely.”

Members can take time away from their busy schedules and come together

Time: Last Day Oct. 31 Where: 8039 Beach Blvd., Buena Park, CA 90620 Price: $34-51, online, depends on day; $57 at the door Description: Explore four scare zones, seven creepy shows and 13 mazes. The Very Important Monster Escorted Tour is recommended for guests who want to skip the lines.

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Time: Last Day Oct. 31 Where: Griffith Park (Old Zoo), 4730 Crystal Springs Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027 Price: $25 hayride only; $35 hayride and maze Description: Travel through the haunted woods and hear the story of the Clifton twins, two girls who were rumored to suffer from violent nightmares.

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Knott’s Scary Farm Halloween Haunt

Time: Monday, Oct. 31 Where: Santa Monica Blvd. between Doheney Drive and La Cienega Boulevard Description: Party in your favorite costume from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. when Santa Monica Boulevard will be closed for revelry from Doheny to La Cienaga Boulevards.

for a day of love and remembrance.

But not every culture focuses on family-oriented traditions. On the scariest night of the year, some families focus on superstition.

“My mom is German and grew up believing you’re supposed to hide your knives on Halloween night,” said liberal arts major Kristine Mitchell, 19.

“The belief is that returning ghosts who

are angry and vengeful might bring you harm.”

Mitchell acknowledged this belief was unusual in comparison to other Halloween superstitions.

“Instead of avoiding black cats, my family just hides knives,” she said. “It’s a weird, simple tradition, but it’s in my roots and it’s something I’m proud to say I do.”

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far as protesters go,” said CSU spokeswoman Liz Chapin. “I guess they overprepared.”

The board is efficient at finding out who is qualified to hold the position, Reed said.

“We’ll build the strongest pool of candidates we can,” Reed said. “What we do best is come to a consensus that narrows the candidates to a selection of three or four.”

The applicants are split into four different categories: Lists A, B, C and non-traditional, Reed said.

According to Reed, candidates in List A are people wellknown by the board who are experienced and trusted, while people in List B are less-known by the advisory committee but still qualified. People in List C are unknown applicants who are probably unqualified, and non-traditional applicants are highly-educated professionals but without strong backgrounds in education.

“We’re also in charge of doing background checks to make sure our candidates aren’t felons, sex offenders or about to be indicted” Reed said. “In the past, we noticed that one of our candidates was about to be indicted so we didn’t invite him back for another interview.”

Candidates “must have great administrative skills, communication skills and be able to embrace the richness and diversity of our student body,” said committee member Irene Tovar. “They would also have to be able to make sure the faculty/staff uphold their commitment to students, get alumni involved and be sophisticated about the politics of our time.”

Associated Students President Amanda Flavin said a president must make efforts to be involved in student affairs.

“Students really appreciate it when their president comes out to events,” Flavin said. “We need a president who communicates clearly with students and has a desire to interact with them.”

Campus Voice

What is your reaction to the news that the identities of CSUN presidential candidates will not be revealed?

blanca mejia family consumer science “There shouldn’t be a reason for anonymity, it’s not right. It’s a public university. There is no reason we shouldn’t know. We are the ones paying their salary.”

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“Since this is my campus, I should have a say or at least the knowledge about who will be elected. How will I know they will pick someone who will be accountable to students? This is a state-funded public school, it should be more transparent.”

“I think that it’s good they are keeping the candidates anonymous.

Keeping those on the election private will help everyone in the presidential committee, since they work as a team they will be able to focus on their work and not worry about the outside people.”

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ccupy Los Angeles has staked out the lawns around city hall for almost one month, but last week Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said they cannot continue indefinitely and asked city officials to draft restrictions as to when people are allowed on city property.

LAPD has not yet made a decision if or when the police will take action to break up the peaceful encampment, according to media personnel for Chief of Police Charlie Beck.

City officials and county health inspectors, who had recently visited the camp, have voiced concern over the cleanliness of the camp and the harm the tent city has

caused to the lawn and the trees, Villaraigosa said in an Oct. 26 statement.

About a dozen protestors showed up at Wednesday’s city council meeting to ask the council members to allow them to stay, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Occupy LA posed an official response to Mayor Villaraigosa’s comment on their website.

“We have enjoyed a very good relationship with the City of Los Angeles, whose council two weeks ago announced their support for Occupy LA,” the response read. “As recently as this morning, Councilman Rosendahl reconfirmed his support of the occupiers. We sincerely hope that a positive working relationship between city officials and the LAPD continues. As for a

time stamp on our departure, there is none.”

Lisa Clapier, a media producer for Occupy LA, said there is no plan for vacating the encampment or relocating. She does not think the police will try to force them out.

“I think that if there was any sort of raid (by police) there would be incredible outrage throughout the world,” Clapier said.

Occupiers have been guaranteed in writing and on video by the LAPD that they will absolutely not move in on the encampment, she added.

As of now, demonstrators plan to stay where they are.

Clapier said that at the last count the encampment had grown to more than 700 people and as many as 15,000 on the weekends.

photos by Kat Russell / Daily Sundial

A little boy chooses from a pile of protest signs on City Hall’s north lawn in Downtown Los Angeles on Oct. 8. Occupy LA participants are numbered at approximately 300 people of all ages.

Occupy LA participants camp out on the north side of the City Hall lawn on Oct. 8.

Occupy Voice

A woman writes, “Keep your coins, I want change,” on Spring Street outside of City Hall on Oct. 8.

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Why do you occupy?

Jonathan Uirulia 20, Day 7

Karoline Szymanska 24, Day 15

“To me this movement means a great big deal of change. For now it is somewhere for me to stay, but when it’s all over I hope things will be different.”

“This is what I’ve been waiting for, for a good six or seven years. I came out (to occupy) because I believe there really needs to be a revolutionary change in our current society so that we can all have a much better standard of living.”

James Knox-Davies 23, Day 5 “I’m here because it will give me a chance to so something about a bunch of issues that have been concerning me since I was old enough to understand them. If we can make this work it means that a vastly better world is possible. This is a chance at not only improving my own life but everyone’s around me too.”

Mike “Peacewalker” Oren, 57, Not Occupying, but there daily.

“I was hoping something like this would happen where people would wake up and I think we’re finally starting to wake up and smell the coffee. This is not just a national movement, this is all over the world. People are frustrated by getting the shaft from the top 1 percent of wage earners.”

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Tales of the ta-tas

Students turn experiences with breast cancer into motivation to help others RachelCostahaude Daily Sundial

It is estimated that more than 288,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year, according to the National Cancer Institute. With such a high rate of occurrence, it has become common for most people to have a family member or

friend who has or had breast cancer.

October has been named Breast Cancer Awareness Month and foundations, such as Susan G. Komen for the Cure, take these 31 days to go full force on bringing awareness to the community.

CSUN fraternities and sororities have also joined the cause and work year-round to bring awareness to students and faculty.

Stephanie Cortes Sophomore- undecided

Karen Aguilar Fourth year- psychology

Jerrid McKenna Senior- business management

Stephanie Cortes, member of Sigma Lambda Gamma, a sorority with breast cancer awareness as its core philanthropy, watched her grandmother battle breast cancer for a year before the cancer won.

“Since my grandma passed away from breast cancer I thought it would be good to join an organization that will support breast cancer awareness,” Cortes said.

She recalled that the hardest part of witnessing her grandmother’s fight was watching her mother cry. Her family grew closer from the experience and, she said, they created lasting memories.

“When she was diagnosed with breast cancer, our family would try to have more family gatherings,” she said. “We got together on every holiday when we usually didn’t, we took her to the zoo because she had never been to the L.A. Zoo, we took her to Chuck E. Cheese’s because she had never been there.”

Cortes, who is now concerned that her mom may be diagnosed, wears her breast cancer pin while participating in cupcake and horchata sales and step competitions to raise money for the cause.

“I always check my twins to make sure they’re OK,” said Karen Aguilar, who knows her fair share of people diagnosed with breast cancer.

Ten years ago, Aguilar’s aunt was diagnosed and is now a survivor along with Aguilar’s 24-year-old friend, Darlene.

“People don’t really think about it,” Aguilar said. “They think, ‘Oh, it’ll never happen to me.’”

Aguilar joined Sigma Lambda Gamma for the connections she formed with other members, and for the opportunity to educate others on a topic that has affected her for the past 10 years.

“One way or another we’ve all been affected by someone with breast cancer,” she said. “I really try to bring more awareness to it.”

Aguilar uses her sorority and the month of October to accomplish this by talking to people and learning how breast cancer has affected the lives of others.

“Hearing other people’s stories is really impactful,” said Aguilar. “As a girl, you want to make sure you’re healthy.”

Jerrid McKenna, president of Tau Omega Rho, chose breast cancer awareness as the fraternity’s philanthropy with his aunt, a stagefour breast cancer survivor, in mind.

“I vividly remember going to the hospital and she had no hair. I was a kid and it was my first experience seeing anybody have cancer,” McKenna said. “It kind of hits you because you are so young and you realize, ‘Wow, this is bad.”

Other members of McKenna’s fraternity began coming out with their own breast cancer experience stories, he said.

The fraternity chose to pair breast cancer awareness with sports for philanthropy that could appeal to both sexes.

“All the professional teams wear the pink. It’s cool, guys helping out women and supporting something that’s a serious thing,” he said.

“We went out to the softball game last semester and I brought 30 guys out there. We were all in pink shirts screaming and cheering.”

Sporting and special events, organized by McKenna and his fraternity, are prime opportunities to spread awareness and learn people’s stories.

“When you see a family member with it, you’re able to connect with it and see the impact directly. Almost every person has had family member who’s had it,” said McKenna, who advocates getting involved wherever possible. “If you are able to help, you should be doing things that don’t necessarily benefit you, but will help others.”

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HPV vaccine gets a shot, sans parents’ OK The vaccine is important, but new bill probably won’t change much Abbey Seltzer daily sundial

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new bill passed by Gov. Jerry Brown permits girls ages 12 to 18 to receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine without parental consent. The vaccine is administered in three shots over the course of six months and wards against certain strains of HPV and cervical cancer.

While the idea at the heart of the law is admirable, its execution is lacking. There are benefits to girls gaining access to medical care and making more decisions about their own health care, but if there is no discussion about these new liberties and what they mean, nothing can change.

“The HPV vaccines are important tools to prevent cervical cancer and genital warts,” according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) website. “As with all vaccines, the benefits outweigh potential risks. … The best way to be sure that a person gets the most benefit from HPV vaccination is to complete all three doses before sexual activity begins.”

But just because the California law permits freedom, it doesn’t mean that it will be effective in getting more girls to get vaccinated, or even know what the vaccine does.

When I was 16, I went to the doctor for my yearly physical. I got a tetanus booster and an HPV shot. My doctor didn’t explain what it was, and my mom didn’t tell me why I needed it. They didn’t give me a choice; it was just like the other vaccines I’d been given.

At the time, I didn’t think twice about it. I didn’t realize it was a brand new vaccine – approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in June 2006 – or even what it did. A few years later, I researched it and discovered what Gardasil and Cervarix actually did, and was incredibly grateful for getting it.

Doctors have proven that the vaccine is more effective with younger patients.

But at 12, the age that the new law allows girls to receive the vaccine without consent, I didn’t need really need an explanation other than that it would be helpful. It would have turned into yet another lecture on STDs and safe sex habits everyone seemed to be giving me at that age.

There are two brands, Gardasil and

Cervarix, and studies show they are both effective. California minors can currently seek confidential care, diagnosis and treatment for STDs, contraception, pregnancy, mental health problems and drug abuse, but they cannot get vaccinated without parental approval.

In 2007, Texas Gov. and Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry passed an executive order mandating the HPV vaccine for all girls entering sixth grade, with a parent optout. The order was overturned by Texas legislature.

Virginia’s House of Delegates attempted in January to kill a law four years after it had been approved, which mimicked Perry’s and required girls receive the vaccine before entering sixth grade, also with a parent optout. The law still stands.

If I hadn’t been given the vaccine, I wouldn’t have looked it up and asked for it.

Without my doctor beginning the conversation, I wouldn’t have even known about it and at 12- or 13-years-old, I wouldn’t have gone behind my parents’ backs to get a vaccine they opposed.

If anything, I would have asked for permission for it – even though the law now doesn’t require parental consent.

The new law allows minors more freedom with their health care, but unless discussion about the vaccine – and why parents support or oppose it – is open, the legislation won’t have any effect.

Another complication of the law is that it doesn’t consider who will pay for the vaccine.

If a girl’s parents are unaware, how will she pay?

It will show up on a doctor’s bill or insurance claim.

Since the shot is given in three installments over six months, how will she get to the doctor without arousing suspicion?

There’s also the parents’ retribution to factor into the equation. What will they do to their daughter when they find out? If the parents are opposed to the idea, but their daughter was willingly inoculated anyway, there is no predicting the outcome.

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letter to the editor Lower Tuitions Fee, Don’t Subsidize the Rec Center When the new Recreational Center is opened, all students will be automatically given membership. This is not, however, kindness. This comes not as a special offer, but rather as a forced purchase. Students will be unable to opt out of paying for the membership, regardless of whether they use it. What this means, in essence, is that those who don’t use it will be subsidizing those who do. Why are we standing for this?

This was not a necessity for the recreational center to have been built. When a new business opens, no one is obligated to purchase from them, and an entrepreneur has to be careful when investing whether people will be interested or not. It is because of this that they have an innate interest in ensuring that their businesses offer what people want.

Why should the recreational center not need to oblige this economic law?

If it has something for everyone, why does it need to force us to purchase its membership?

Mind you, this is not a matter exclusive to the recreational center. We are forced to support things we don’t support or want all the time by not only the university, but by the state as well. Why do we stand for it? It is our hard earned money, is it not? If it is our money, then have we not the right to use it as we wish?

Michelangelo Landgrave Students for Liberty – CSUN Economics Major Michelangelo.landgrave.461@my.csun.edu

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Women's Basketball

Behind Erving, CSUN cruises in exhibition game Gilberto Manzano

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asmine Erving didn't care that the game against The Master's College on Saturday was only an exhibition.

The 6-foot-2 senior center had no mercy on the non-Division I school from Santa Clarita, scoring 23 of her 27 points in the first half en route to CSUN's 87-53 victory over the Mustangs at the Matadome.

Erving slowed down in the second period, scoring only four points and didn't play the final 15 minutes.

Her teammates picked up the slack as the Matadors increased their lead to 34 points to close out the Mustangs in their lone preseason game of the year.

After the game, Erving was unable to walk to the locker room due to cramps.

She sat on the ground grimacing in pain while trainers attended to her. Erving wasn't available for postgame comments.

"She's fine, it was just cramping issues... it was nothing," CSUN head coach Jason Flowers said about his star center. "It's an exhi-

bition game, so we're not going to force her to play a lot of minutes. She did really well in the minutes she played. She'll be back for us."

Even though the Matadors won by a large margin, Flowers wasn't pleased with the 44 free-throw attempts his team allowed.

"The biggest thing with our defense is that we have to stop fouling," the second-year head coach said.

"Obviously it's our first time playing with referees and it's a little different from how we play in practice, but we need to make the adjustments."

The CSUN defense came up with 18 steals and forced the Mustangs into 36 turnovers. The Master's College shot a cold 24.6 percent from the field compared to Northridge's 44.3 percent.

With Erving bullying her way through the Mustang defenders, CSUN dominated the battle in the paint.

The Matador forwards and centers accounted for 65 out of CSUN's 87 total points.

Sophomore guard Haley White had no problem with Erving taking the spotlight.

"It's makes our lives

Mariela Molina / Visual Editor

Jasmine Erving (34) scored a game-high 27 points against The Master's College in exhibition play Saturday afternoon.

easier as guards, because I know if I shoot the ball she'll be there," White said about Erving, who picked up eight rebounds. "She posts up hard and gets rebounds."

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The Master's College's biggest advantage was three points and they never led after CSUN went up 20-19 with 6:10 left in the first half.

Minutes later the Matadors went on a 12-0 run to

increase their lead to 38-24 and never looked back.

Junior forward Violet Alama scored 11 points and freshman Jessica Duarte chipped in 12 points. None of the Mustangs scored in

double figures.

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Zip, zilch, nada, nil, nothing For the second straight match, CSUN plays in scoreless draw Anthony Carpio Daily Sundial

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t was a repeat from Wednesday night’s match as CSUN again failed to score and drew with Cal Poly, 0-0, Saturday night.

With the tie, Northridge (7-7-3, 3-3-2 Big West) fell to fifth place in the Big West Conference standings while UC Santa Barbara (11-5-1, 4-4-0) moved into fourth. Only the top four teams make it into the conference tournament.

The Matadors have two games left in their schedule.

The next one is Tuesday at home against the Gauchos.

“It’s going to come down to the last week,” CSUN head coach Terry Davila said. “I’ve told you from the beginning of the year and I haven’t changed my motto about that.”

Davila and his club are getting tired of draws and at this point in the season, they want to get back to getting wins.

“I want wins, baby,” said Davila, whose team also played UC Irvine to a scoreless draw Wednesday night. “I don’t look at the overtime losses like that.

We’re just finding a way to put the ball into the back of the net.”

The Matadors had two opportunities to score in the first half, both coming from midfielder Chris Smith. One of Smith’s shot opportunities came when he ran up the right side of the pitch and received a cross from one of his teammates. The ball was a bit too high for Smith, but he still got a shot off. But due to the angle and height of the cross, his shot sailed to the left of the net.

Smith’s other shot was a header collected by goalkeeper Patrick McLain of Cal Poly (6-7-3, 3-4-1).

“Sometimes it just doesn’t come through for you,” Smith said. “I just didn’t come in clutch where I needed to.”

He continued by talking about movies that had good finishes, and said Saturday’s match had a “disappointing ending.”

CSUN had more chances to get the win. Midfielder Alberto Rosas struck the crossbar in the first overtime period.

“We just got so unlucky there when (Rosas) hit the crossbar with a minute left,” defender and co-captain Joe Franco said. “First half was a little sluggish, but we picked it up because it was coming down to crunch time.”

It was a slow first period for

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Rene Anguiano (10) defends in CSUN's scoreless draw against Cal Poly Saturday night at Matador Soccer Field.

both teams. Shots were scarce, with CSUN tallying five and Cal Poly four. Smith’s shots were the only shots on goal for the half.

Both teams had more fouls than shots in the first 45 minutes, with the Matadors earning 10 while the Mustangs had five.

Matador co-captain Rafael Garcia was taken out of the match midway through the first half and didn’t see any minutes in the second half. Defender

Yuval Barak came onto the pitch after halftime with a captain’s armband.

Cal Poly and CSUN tried to make a push in the second, but to no avail. Defenses on both sides stopped all scoring opportunities. The Matadors added another five shots to their stats and had a total of three shots on goal at the end of the second half. SLO also doubled its shot count from the first half and managed to find their first shot

on goal in the second half.

With UC Santa Barbara coming to town Tuesday for the last home game of the season, the Matadors won’t be getting much rest.

“Right now, we need to freshen our legs, that’s the main thing,” CSUN goalkeeper Michael Abalos said. “We played two overtime games in a row and our legs are getting a little heavy. We have to be fresh.”

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Despite loss to 49ers, CSUN gets split weekend Alonso Tacanga Sports Editor

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The Matadors get split on the road in Big West play this weekend.

SUN had a golden opportunity to make its greedy weekend hopes a reality.

Trailing 2-0 to Big West Conference leader Long Beach State Saturday night, the Matadors came out in the third set ready to give the 49ers and their Walter Pyramid fans a run for their money, getting off to 10-5 lead.

The advantage, the biggest of the night for the Matadors, gave them belief they could stretch the game and make it a long night for the 49ers.

Following act, however, LBSU went on a 9-2 run to retake the lead, 14-12, and control of the match. CSUN was outscored 11-7 the rest of the way and dropped the set 25-19, giving the hot 49ers (16-6, 10-2 Big West) the sweep and their eighth consecutive win.

The loss snapped a three-game winning streak for the Matadors.

Heading into perhaps the toughest two-game road stretch of the season, the Matadors (1111, 5-5) knew they had their work cut out for them, with games

at defending Big West champion Fullerton and the 49ers. They still planned to win both games.

While LBSU proved to be too tall a feat to overcome this time around, CSUN defeated Fullerton in straight sets Friday night to keep pace in a Big West where it seems like every other team not named Long Beach State is playing for second place.

Matadors and 49ers were tied at 11-11 in the first set before LBSU went on a 12-5 run to take command of the frame and eventually win it 25-18. Freshman middle blocker Alma Serna had three kills to pace the 49ers in the frame.

The second set saw an even more dominant LBSU. The 49ers raced to a 9-3 lead and kept the Matadors at bay throughout.

Leading 20-13, LBSU scored five consecutive points to end the frame and take a 2-0 lead into intermission.

CSUN then had its opportunity to make it a game, but fell short as Serna had four kills to up her game total to a game-high 11. Outside hitter Caitlin Ledoux also had four kills in the set and finished the match with nine.

For the Matadors, who hit a Halloween-ish .064 for the game, middle blocker Casey Hinger and outside hitter Mahina Hiana had eight kills apiece.

Long Beach State hit .322 for the game.

Despite the loss to LBSU, CSUN comes home satisfied.

Prior to the trip, the Matadors had expressed their hopes for “at least a split” from the weekend.

During CSUN’s victory over Fullerton at Titan Gym, the Matadors won the first two sets in tight fashion and then held the Titans off in the third to complete the sweep of the match and the season series. CSUN had also defeated Fullerton on Oct. 1 at the Matadome.

Fullerton got 21 of its 37 game-total kills from monster outside hitter Kayla Neto Friday night. CSUN spread its offense more evenly. Haina, Hinger and Natalie Allen combined for 31 of the Matadors’ 44 total kills.

CSUN hit .236 for the night while limiting Fullerton to only .083.

The Matadors' next two games pit them up against UC Davis and Pacific at the Matadome Friday and Saturday respectively.