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Who’s picking CSUN’s president? More taxes for Selection was postponed, but campus representatives have been chosen Angela Braza daily sundial

ith President Jolene Koester retiring at the end of the semester, the Northridge Presidential Search Committee has been working hard to find her replacement. The search committee consists of the Advisory Committee to the Trustees

Committee for the Selection of the President and the Trustees Committee for the Selection of the President itself, said Liz Chapin, CSU spokeswoman. “The trustees committee is responsible for the recruitment, selection and appointment of the campus president,” she said. “Members of the advisory group help with the selection process and provide advice and consulta-

tion regarding the position.” Members of both committees are selected by the chair of the CSU board of trustees, she added. “Each member of the trustees committee is selected based on their experience (and) whether or not they have previously served on a committee,” Chapin said. “But their selection is really at the discretion of the chair of the board.”

The trustees committee consists of the chair of the board, Chair Herbert Carter, Chancellor Charles Reed, and board members Carol Chandler, Debra Farar, Robert Linscheid and Glen Toney. Below is the list of advisory group committee members who represent the CSUN community.

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The Advisory Committee

Amanda Flavin, president, Associated Students Associated Students President Amanda Flavin is the student representative on the presidential selection committee. As president, Flavin is meant to serve as a voice for the student body, advocating students’ needs

Steven Stepanek, Faculty Senate president Steven Stepanek’s time at CSUN spans multiple decades. He has seen the campus through the eyes of an undergraduate, a staff member, a part-time lecturer and a tenured professor. He began working full-time at CSUN as a professor in the computer science department, where he currently serves as

and defending their interests. She has been with A.S. since her freshman year and is a graduating senior studying business law with a minor in economics. There are a number of characteristics Flavin is looking for in the future president. “I look for someone who demonstrates a willingness to listen to student concerns,” she said in an email. “I also look for a candidate with good listening skills, an ability to work well with others, and a belief in the mission of the CSUs.” Flavin also hopes to see a candidate who is both honest and transparent. “I would be happy to see a candidate that understands how to work in the California political environment and with the CSU board of trustees,” she said. department chair. Stepanek also serves as the president and chair of the Faculty Senate, a position which automatically granted him a place on the advisory group. In the committee’s search for a new president, Stepanek said potential candidates are likely to be compared to the current president. “In many respects, we’re looking for someone with similar qualities as President Koester,” he said. “The campus truly appreciates the qualities she has.” Stepanek wants a candidate who is student-centered, committed to the campus and has strong beliefs in faculty governance. With major issues such as fee increases and budget cuts continually facing the university, Stepanek notes it is important to select a president who has knowledge of how a larger campus can function and can understand how these issues are greatly affecting students.

Dr. William Watkins, vice president for Student Affairs Vice President for Student Affairs William Watkins provides leadership to a number of facilities on campus, including the Klotz Student Health Center, University Counseling Services, Disabilities Resources and Education-

Michael Neubauer, professor in the Dept. of Mathematics and director of the liberal studies program Michael Neubauer is actively involved on the CSUN campus. He has worked as a professor of mathematics since 1995, and currently serves as

al Services, Financial Aid and Scholarships, Student Outreach and Recruitment Services, the Career Center and Student Housing and Conference Services. Watkins’ duties also include oversight of the University Student Union and the Associated Students, Inc. Watkins said he and the advisory group are looking for a candidate who has a clear vision of higher education. The future president should have the ability to build and effectively leverage external resources and relationships, Watkins said in an email. He is also looking for someone with the capacity to exercise sound judgment, courage to do the right thing and the ability to exhibit patience and effective leadership in difficult situations. the director of the liberal studies program. Neubauer has recently served as co-chair of the WASC Re-accreditation Steering Committee, is chair of Intercollegiate Athletics Advisory Committee, a member of the Faculty Senate and serves on the board of directors of The University Corporation. Neubauer is one of two faculty representatives on the Senate Executive Committee. He has worked closely with President Koester and is knowledgeable about what qualities a president should have. “The president needs to be somebody who will respect the culture of the campus community,” he said. “This individual needs to have a great understanding of CSUN and the region.”

better education Poll finds majority of Californians would shell out more tax money Joelle Katz daily sundial

majority of Californians are willing to pay higher taxes to support public education, according to a recent poll conducted by USC and the Los Angeles Times. Despite the poor economy, 64 percent of Californians surveyed said they would be willing to spend more of their tax dollars for a better state-funded education, whose teachers and programs have been cut. California ranks 42 in the nation in funding per student, according to a news release by USC Dornsife and the Los Angeles Times. The 2011-12 budget signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown on June 30 gives approximately $2.1 billion to K-12 schools from 2011-12 and 2012-13 revenues. The budget reduces California community college funding by $400 million and reduces CSU and UC funding by $650 million each for the 2011-12 year, according to the California Budget Project. The estimated expenditures through the state budget in 2010-11 on K-12 education is 8.4 percent, and on higher education is 6.7 percent, according to the Department of Finance. The CSU system might face a $100 million trigger cut in January, H.D. Palmer, deputy director of California’s Department of Finance told the Sundial in November. “Both the Legislative Analyst’s Office and the Department of Finance will have a budget forecast in by Dec.15,” Palmer said. “The higher of the two forecasts will be used to determine whether or not CSU will face another cut. If the forecast is $1-2 billion lower than expected, the trigger cuts will take affect.” Communications major Micah Shafton, 24, said he would be willing to pay more taxes.

“I’d rather put my money into education than into jails,” he said. “Education is the most important thing you can have. (The government) can take anything away from you except your education.” Some of the disadvantages caused by budget cuts that Shafton has seen are larger class sizes, which means less one-on-one time between students and teachers. As previously reported, the campus is looking to cut about 4,000 full-time equivalent students (FTES), according to academic affairs documents. One example is CSUN’s communication department, which faces a 25 percent cut in full-time equivalent students (one FTES equals five seats for students in classes) planned for Spring 2012, according to Bernardo Attias, chair of the department of communications studies. The original target for the spring was 900 FTES. After some controversy and debate, the department’s new target is 540. This new target has actually made the cuts almost 40 percent before possibly opening new courses, Attias said. “Our department got hit particularly hard by the cuts because of the high number of GE courses concentrated in our field,” he said. “The dean chose to concentrate cuts on GE courses in order to protect courses in the majors. While I think this was a wise decision, it did result in our department getting hit worse than the rest of the college.” According to the California State Controller’s Office, 51 percent of the California General Fund Revenue comes from personal income taxes in 20092010. The California Budget Project shows the impact budget cuts have had on public schools over the last year through surveys by the Legislative Analyst’s Office and UCLA.

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The Valley gets some culture with VPAC opening cornerstone of her presidency. Public figures, celebrities and financial donors gathered at the 1,700-seat buiding for the grand opening. “(The VPAC) is a testament to the vision, persistence and the leadership of President Koester and the board,” Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa told the Sundial in January.

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The Valley Performing Arts Center opened on Jan. 29 after more than two years of construction. CSUN President Dr. Jolene Koester spent 10 years planning her grand ambition, and the VPAC is often seen as the

Time to start the search for a new campus leader braulio campos daily sundial

CSUN President Jolene Koester announced her plans to retire May 9. In the email announcing her retirement, Koester, who was president for 12 years, said her short term plans include rest and rejuvenation. She noted the improved graduation rates and the

universities improved reputation and stature in the greater Los Angeles area as some of the things she was most proud of. The campus was not shy about expressing their gratitude. “It’s a big loss to us all – personally and collectively,” Harry Hellenbrand, provost and vice president of academic affairs told the Sundial in May.

Welcome to CSUN, biggest freshman class – ever braulio campos daily sundial

Fall 2011 welcomed CSUN’s highest number of incoming freshman ever: a whopping 5,200. Budget cuts left professors with limited resources. Although the increase from 2010 to 2011 wasn’t drastic, it was enough to have to add approximately 80

courses to accommodate the incoming freshman in the five weeks leading up to the semester. Elizabeth Adams, director of undergraduate studies, told the Sundial in September that she credited the economic climate for this change because CSUN tuition, expensive as it is, is cheaper than anything but community colleges, where classes are even harder to get into to.

Unveiling of matador statue draws demonstrators braulio campos daily sundial

The matador statue that now stands on Matador Walk was unveiled Sept. 8 to a surprise group of about 20 protesters. “If CSUN can make the effort to find alternatives for funding, why can’t they put that same effort to fund classes?” Cathie Pacheco, student organizer for Students for Quality Education

(SQE) told the Sundial in September. Co-chair of the matador statue project, Marcos Vasquez said funding came “from alumni, businesses, and public and private corporations.” The matador statue cost an estimated $200,000, said Marcelo Vazquez, a 1994 CSUN alumnus and co-chair of the project. “One of our goals was to reach $150,000. We reached it and surpassed it,” he said. “This was all on the backs of alumni dollars.”

Suspected gunman in library shakes up campus ron rohky daily sundial

CSUN philosophy student Gahren Moradian, 22, was identified as the suspected gunman who triggered a chain of events which eventually led to a complete evacuation and search of the Oviatt library on Sept. 28. Witnesses saw Moradian outside the library screaming profanities and claiming he had

a firearm which he threatened to use against himself and others around him. A thorough search of the library yielded no results, but Moradian turned himself in later that night and was set free on bail the following morning. After he was charged, Moradian waived his right to a jury trial and later pleaded not guilty to felony criminal threats in October. If convicted, he could face up to three years in state prison.

Slimming down enrollment using tighter restrictions ron rohky daily sundial

CSUN announced a 15-unit cap for all students and fewer class seats for the Spring 2012 semester in November. If CSUN does not scale back to Spring 2011 levels of full-time equivalent students (FTES), the campus could incur a $7 million dollar penalty from

CSU. Without that threat, there would be no need for the unit restrictions, CSUN Provost Harry Hellenbrand told the Sundial in November. CSUN is allowed to exceed its FTES capacity by 3 percent. After accepting the largest freshman class ever, CSUN is 6.3 percent over, Vice Provost Cynthia Rawitch told the Sundial in November.

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t’s not that Amanda Flavin and Sydni Powell, student government president and vice president, didn’t know what they were signing up for. After all, both served as senators for Associated Students last year. But the way Flavin describes it, she wasn’t fully ready for something like this. CSU's 9 percent tuition increase for Fall 2012, on top of the 12 percent increase for this semester, has students frustrated, and some might turn to A.S. and question what it’s doing to alleviate the problem. Flavin said she is upset, too. “It’s really unfortunate that, one, the state legislature decides that education isn’t important enough to fully fund,” Flavin said. “But the response to that by the CSU is to increase tuition which isn’t fair to students currently attending school." Tessie Navarro / Visual Editor “The most control I have over the After a semester of experience leading A.S., student government President Amanda Flavin and Vice Presistate is to go and lobby state legisla- dent Sydni Powell are prepared for the upcoming months. tors and tell them all these horror stories I hear, as A.S. president, single issue that the duo needs to and try to improve CSUN’s legislaFlavin and Powell both attend about students who can’t afford work on. tive affairs branch and create a grad- different CSU campuses once a tuition.” “But more so, how do we meet uate assistant position to work there. month as a part of the California What Flavin and Powell can con- students’ needs, how are we com“I have a whole new respect for State Students Association (CSSA). trol is their campus visibility, some- municating with them?” Flavin said. Conor than I did before,” Flavin There, they meet with student thing they recognize as needing to Now that they have a semester of said, referring to her predecessor, leaders to discuss financial matters improve. experience under their belt, Powell A.S. President Conor Lansdale. “It’s and how to better lobby state legisla“We’re trying to reorganize our said their goal is to organize their been a journey on how to balance tors for students’ needs. priorities and set time aside for that,” priorities to what they can “real- class, work and projects with A.S. This semester Flavin met with Powell said. “Hopefully next semes- istically get done the next several work.” officials at the CSU chancellor’s ter you will see us walking around months.” That work includes training sena- office and with state legislators in more. It’s definitely a priority.” Flavin’s goal is to better inform tors, communicating with students Sacramento. Flavin said it’s not about one students of the legislative process, and traveling. “Even though it’s a lot more than

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I thought it would be, it’s definitely been rewarding,” Flavin said. “I’ve learned a lot being A.S. president, whether it’s how to communicate with people, or finances of an organization, or knowing the politics of working on a university campus.” Powell said she is the quieter one. “I’m kind of in the process of learning how to manage people, how to inspire people to do the work on their own, things like that,” said Powell, who is also the CSSA technology officer, which requiring her to oversee specific technological needs in classrooms. Vahan Khodanian, A.S. chief of staff, said both Flavin and Powell are “meticulous” in their work. There’s also the issue of public perception. Khodanian said taking criticism – deserved or not – comes with the territory. “A lot of people just want to be anti-establishment,” Khodanian said. Students feel A.S. should be fighting for them, Khodanain said, and when they feel that’s not happening they look for where to place the blame. “Obviously the first people they’re going to go to are the president and vice president,” he said. Khodanian commended their hard work though, and said any shortcomings is not from a lack of trying. “A lot of previous leaders I’ve seen will get frustrated and (their energy) will die out, especially toward the end of the semester, but they’ve stayed motivated," he said.

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Presidential candidates may be required to visit CSUN in March, open forum with students uncertain Andrew Lopez

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he possibility of campus visits for CSUN presidential candidates has been moved from January to the beginning of the week of March 12 because the search for a new president has been extended 90 days. “None of the process has changed at all,” said Steven

Stepanek, advisory committee member and department chair of computer science. The Trustees Committee for the Selection of the President, comprised of six board members, will decide whether or not candidates will be required to visit CSUN, Stepanek said, and it would be a situation where either all or none are required to visit. “No decision has been made,” Stepanek said. “A deci-

sion won’t be made until we know who the last finalists are.” If the committee does decide campus visits are necessary, each candidate would be on campus for about one day each, allowing them time to tour the campus and speak with faculty, staff and students, Stepanek said. The visits would also include meetings with Associated Students, faculty senate and possibly an open forum with faculty, staff and community mem-

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March 20 in Long Beach. Before the search was extended, the initial plan was to have final candidates presented to the board of trustees Jan. 24, but both the advisory and trustees committee felt it wasn’t enough time to build a deep pool of candidates. “The initial timeline was pretty aggressive,” A.S. President Amanda Flavin said. “(The CSU) wanted to get (the search) out of the way as soon as pos-

sible.” Until a president is selected, Vice President of Student Affairs William Watkins, also a member of the advisory committee, said there has been no indication from CSU Chancellor Charles Reed about who will become CSUN’s interim president after Jolene Koester steps down. “The range of possibilities is not narrow, quite frankly,” Watkins said. “We haven’t heard anything from (Reed).”

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should have a commitment to CSUN and follow the mission of the CSU,” Ward said. “It’s not as easy a thing as many people may think. This is a huge and exciting place to be and making a real commitment to that is important to any new president.”

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Veronica Grant, University Advancement

Veronica Grant has been with CSUN for 13 years. She is the advancement resource specialist at the University Advancement and currently serves as the CSUN staff representative on the advisory group. Grant hopes the committee will find a president with a strong passion for students and higher education. “It would be great to have a carbon copy of the current president,” she said. “In all honesty, CSUN needs a president who, like Jolene, has superb communication and forward thinking skills, as well as team building skills and a culture for collaboration.”

Veda Ward has worked at CSUN for 21 years. In addition to her teaching duties as a professor in the department of recreation and tourism management, Ward serves as faculty advisor to the Associated Students, and is a member of the Educational Resource Committee (ERC), a standing committee member of the Faculty Senate. Despite the varying issues currently facing CSUN, the university has maintained its priorities, which include helping graduating seniors and maintaining first year students. These priorities should be advanced by the future president, she said. “If anything, the president

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Continued from page 1 These include 58 percent of school districts reduced their number of instructional days, 30 percent shortened their school year by a week, 26 percent of schools eliminated programs supported by arts and music grants, 74 percent of schools increased class sizes, 65 percent reduced or eliminated summer schools and 50 percent reduced the number of counselors where there are

already more students per counselor in California than most other states. Karen Matsui, principal at Northridge Academy High School (NAHS), and mother to a current CSUN sophomore, said she would be willing to pay more taxes only if she saw evidence that their money would actually go to education. “Cuts have caused difficulty in the operation of schools due to the lack of human resources,” she said. “At this point, we are at bare bones. It’s difficult to complete required tasks to

provide a strong education.” Barbara Scott, a science teacher at NAHS, also said she would shell out more tax money for a better chance at education in public schools. “Kids can’t get the courses they need and have a harder time graduating,” she said. “They (education) are fundamental rights we have agreed to as Californians. Kids who get educated have a better chance of getting higher paid jobs.” Scott has three children whom she put through college, two went to CSUN.

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Sex work in higher education “I started stripping when I was 19 because I had huge debt. I was in a private college and I had student loan and credit card debt, and I decided that what was going on was ridiculous,” said Jane Doe, 32, a doctoral student at USC. Karlee Johnson Daily sundial

oe, now pursuing her Ph.D in literature and creative writing, said she had a friend that had made her way out of debt by stripping and did not seem emotionally damaged by the experience. “I loved it,” Doe said. “Of all the shit jobs I had ever had, it was the only shit job that was not a shit

job.” Doe’s story is not atypical; according to a recent study on discussing sex work by Widener University’s Sarah Elspeth Patterson, M.Ed. The study notes that “10 percent of students know of students who engage in sex work in order to promote themselves financially, with 16.5 percent indicating that they might be willing to engage in sex work to pay for their education.” Sex workers, as defined by the Sex Worker Out-

reach Project (SWOP), are those who earn money by providing sexual services. This includes prostitution, erotic dancing, pornography, phone sex operators, fetish modeling and any other “transactional erotic labor.” SWOP is a national social justice network dedicated to the fundamental human rights of sex workers and their communities, focusing on ending violence and stigma through education and advocacy, according to swopusa.org.

Sex work while enrolled in school For Jessie Nicole, 25, sex work was the only employment option that allowed her to make ends meet and remain a full-time student. “I was broke,” Nicole said. “I had a scholarship that paid my tuition and 70 percent of my books, but that doesn’t pay your rent, that doesn’t give you food, and you still have 30 percent of your books.” Nicole, now the direc-

tor of SWOP’s Los Angeles chapter, began dating “sugar daddies” when she was a 19-year-old undergraduate at Florida State University, but turned to escorting when she moved to Chicago for graduate school. “One of the easiest things about escorting in grad school was that I could pay to live and work a couple of hours a week,” Nicole said. “That was so crucial to me. I had a thesis to write. I did a nine month master’s program. [My]

time [was] really precious.” Though sex work helped pay for both Doe and Nicole’s schooling, the cost of education left each of them in an incredible amount of debt. According to the Widener University study, 2010 college graduates are carrying an average of $25,250 worth of debt, and student loan debt has increased 511 percent from 1999 to 2011. “I did sex work to live and be a student and then I graduated and couldn’t find a job because I have

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Jessie Nicole, 25, now director of the Sex Worker Outreach Project, became an escort after moving to Chicago for graduate school.

a master’s in humanities,” Nicole said. “The economy is not kind to women in their early twenties with master’s degrees in humanities. So I kept doing sex work. And I’m still using sex work to pay off my student loans. College expenses don’t just go away.” Doe, who took a break between earning each of her degrees added, “(Sex work) was about school debt, even when I wasn’t in school. My student loans were $800 a month.” Though Doe has the ability to set her own schedule as both a stripper and a “sugar baby,” between her schoolwork, and participation in Occupy Los Angeles – where she was arrested during the police raid – the money she makes when she works does not allow her the ability to save. “I don’t usually work a shift where I make less than $400,” Doe said. “There

have been nights when I’ve walked $800, $1000, and there have been some nights when I’ve walked out with $200. But $200 for a shift at a job isn’t that bad. If I wasn’t doing Occupy I’d probably be working a lot more.” Nicole said she also cannot afford to save the money she earns. “Sex work helps pay for you to live, but it doesn’t let you save money and it doesn’t let you prepare for after graduation,” Nicole said. “It’s instant gratification most of the time. It’s, ‘my rent’s due. I’m going to see a client.’ Then pay your rent and that’s it. So you don’t have money saved up.” The choice Miss Claw, 18, is a digital animation student at Gnomon School of Visual Effects and a professional

submissive at a Los Angeles dungeon, a gathering place for bondage/discipline and sadism/masochism (BDSM) play. She has been part of the BDSM lifestyle since high school and now works at the dungeon to pay for her extra expenses. “My parents pay my rent, tuition, gas and groceries,” Claw said. “I pick up everything else. I don’t have to be in the adult industry. But I love my work so much. Now that I’ve had this job, I could never go back to a regular job.” According to Nicole, who conducts dialogues about the misconceptions of sex work with SWOP Los Angeles, many who critique and condemn sex work see the industry as coercive and degrading. “(Sex work) is a job like any other job,” Nicole said. Nicole said that she has never engaged in “survival sex,” prostitution that is one’s only viable means of staying alive. Survival sex is most common among street workers, who are primarily women of color or transgender, she said. “The lines are drawn so clearly on class, on education, on race, on gender, gender identity,” Nicole said. Misconceptions The study suggests that, because sex workers are not immediately identifiable by appearance, it is easier for them to stay “closeted” and avoid the stigma and legalities of sex work. Because of this, it is difficult to gather accurate data, though

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according to Nicole, there are more student sex workers than one might think. “I didn’t (out myself) when I was in school,” Nicole said. “When I did come out, I found at least three other friends that were doing sex work in Tallahassee at the same time

that I was. I was like, ‘are you fucking kidding? Is this just my group of friends or is everyone carrying this around? Why didn’t we work together?’” Nicole was quick to note that although student sex workers make up a large portion of the industry, they are not repre-

sentative of the whole. “(My experience) is normal in a sense that this is in every fucking college in the country,” said Nicole. “But it is not representative of the sex industry. There’s a radical feminist argument that says, ‘well, you’re sex workers of privilege so you’re not representative so your story doesn’t count.’ That’s not what we’re saying, and it’s really unfair to point at someone and say that their life doesn’t count. My life experience still matters. I know of a lot of people who have had a very similar experience to me.” Doe concurred with Nicole, adding that she is a sex worker who has “started from a position of privilege and stayed there.” According to Doe, there is a class and racial disparity between sex workers. “(Student workers are) mostly white, as far as I know,” Doe said. “There’s a really disturbing class divide amongst women who do sex for pay, between indoor and outdoor workers, and between whose bodies are most criminalized. And we aren’t. Very rarely do we go to jail for it. Black women and Latina(s) in particular, a lot of them are not going to have stories like (ours).” For Claw, fighting general misconceptions about sex work means telling her own story. “People think that in sex work you are compromising yourself in some way,” said Claw. “It’s helped me grow and learn in ways that nothing else could.”

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aving lost six of their first seven games entering their Dec. 10 road match at Pepperdine (recap of that game available online at www.dailysundial.com), the Matadors will be off until this weekend when they face Pacifica College at the Matadome. The Saturday match at 7 p.m. is only the third home game of the season for the Matadors, who split their previous two as the host. Pacifica is as undersized a team as it comes. Its roster lists 6-foot-5 forward Jason Spann as its tallest player. Following that, CSUN will continue its winter break schedule with one last non-conference game at Washington on Dec. 22. The Matadors last faced the Huskies on Dec. 6, 2009, where they fell 88-76. The Matadors, who entering the weekend were only shooting 34 percent from the field, will begin the league part of their schedule by hosting four of their first five Big West Conference games.

The conference opener on Dec. 29 brings UC Irvine to the Matadome. After, the Matadors travel to UC Riverside for a Jan. 2 meeting with the Highlanders. After, CSUN has a three-game homestand that starts with a Jan. 7 game against conference favorite Long Beach State. The 49ers were selected to win the Big West by a preseason coaches poll. CSUN hosts Pacific and UC

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Sudoku #1

Word Puzzle #1 Below, 10 nine letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters. These chunks have been mixed up, no chunk is used twice and all chunks are used. Can you determine what the 10 words are? hol man ort dec uit

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Cryptogram #1 Vgx dwnloxh wq s vgwnjsob ftzxj mxytoj ktvg s jtoyzx jvxu.

Sudoku #2

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46 Remain a little longer 48 Setting for this puzzle’s theme 49 Become a member 50 Author Tyler 51 “Good buddy” 52 Emulated Michael Phelps 53 Is out sick 54 With perfection 56 New Jersey fort

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Cryptogram #2

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35 Make ___: rake it in 37 Sign anew, as a contract 40 Thirty feet 41 Soldier of Seoul 46 Sighs of relief 48 Difficult 50 “The Chronicles of Narnia” lion 52 “___ the Greek” 53 Handle, as a baton

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54 Rain gutters run under them 55 System of belief 57 Banana covering 58 Like “la” in Fr. or Sp. 59 Quarterback Manning 60 Like many lifelike museum displays 61 Opposite of WSW 63 Buffalo Sabres’ org.

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6 Turkish title 7 Doctor’s selfemployment, and a hint to the starts of the five longest across answers 8 Hombre’s title 9 Low-crime section of town 10 Sine __ non: essential 11 Ocean State sch. 12 River to the Rhine 13 Activist Nellie 18 Addams Family nickname 22 Howard Hughes’s airline 24 Scale, as Everest 25 Improvises like Armstrong 26 Welcomes to the penthouse 27 Blog piece 28 Freelance writers’ encls. 30 Zoo swinger 32 Hold tightly 33 Ancient Greek region that was home to Heraclitus 34 One with no hope

28 *Extremely easy task 29 Actress Holmes 30 Pumps and clogs 32 Day at the movies 36 Milano’s land 37 Strike lightly 40 Enjoyed every bite of 43 Teacup poodles, e.g. 45 Unimportant person

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ACROSS 1 Brewpub choices 5 Bottle tops 9 Newly hatched pigeon 14 Lower California, familiarly 15 Mother Goose baddie 16 Hearing-related 17 Downside of reading in poor light 19 Magic wand wielder 20 PC go-to type 21 Use the ballot 23 Mlles., in Spain 24 Drive-thru cleanings 29 Checkpoint “Hold it!” 31 Little-known information 32 Prefix meaning “billion” 36 Harbor landing 38 Bridge positions 39 Range for indoor comfort 42 “Tomorrow” title singer 43 High spirits 44 1974 Sutherland/Gould spoof 45 “Burnt” crayon color 47 Egyptian cross 49 Staunch political group member 51 Montezuma subject 56 Admin. aide 57 Hawkish 58 Not so many 62 Solid baseball hit 64 African antelope 65 Muscular woe 66 Born and __ 67 Prepares, as cocktails 68 “Little” Dickens girl 69 “Besides that ...”

Parks 9 Online money 14 Hairdo that’s picked 15 Barely manages, with “out” 16 “I’m not kidding!” 17 Corner Monopoly space 18 *Strikers’ formation 20 Soldiers’ shelter 22 Most restricted, filmwise 23 TV oil family name 24 Thoroughfare 25 Volcanic rock 27 Futuristic personal transport devices 31 “Filthy” money 32 Pastrami seller 33 Former Mideast leader 34 Were in the present? 35 *Severe reprimand, in metaphor 38 Simpson judge 39 Indian breads 41 Prehistoric threat, for short 42 Kate’s TV roommate 44 Pollution legislation goal 46 13-piece suit? 47 Tenn. athletes 48 Train schedule listings 49 “I, Claudius” star Derek 52 Not draw any cards 55 1963 hit for the Drifters ... or where you can see the ends of the starred answers 57 Mixed bag 58 Demander’s words 59 “Othello” conspirator 60 Fund-raising dinner, often 61 Like pocket protector wearers 62 Cyclops and Wolverine, e.g.

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Game Time! Give your brain a break from studying and solve these puzzles Solutions on page 9

Word Grid using the grid below, how many words can you ﬁnd? Each word must contain the central m and no letter can be used twice. the letters do not have to be connected. Proper nouns are not allowed, however, plurals are. there is at least one nine letter word. excellent: 63 words. good: 48 words. average: 35 words.

Logic Puzzle there was an old woman who lived in a shoe, and the only food she had for her ten children was six potatoes. how did she make sure that each child had an equal share?

Cryptogram #3 mj jmu ty xuzaurk. kfu huzu asrk kfsk jmu ty fbhsm ty s acsV tm tkyuca. - zjduzk futmcum

Sudoku #3 Word Puzzle #2 complete these words by inserting the same three letters in each one. ana___y co___ne Pro___ue s__an b___ger

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