CSUN students received an email earlier this week announcing new restrictions on spring registration, including a 15-unit cap and less class seats. The decision to tighten registration rules was implemented to avoid a $7 million penalty from the CSU by reducing students’ unit loads, according to campus officials. If CSUN does not scale back to Spring 2011 levels of full-time equivalent students, the campus could incur a multi-million dollar penalty. Without that threat, there would be no need for the… Read more

Police apprehended a suspect who ran across six lanes of traffic and onto campus Thursday after leading police on a car pursuit. An LAPD motorcycle officer attempted to pull over an erratic driver near Nordhoff Street and Etiwanda Avenue at about 5:45 p.m., said Captain Kris Pitcher of Devonshire LAPD. When the responding officer ran the suspect’s plates, they came back as code 37, or a stolen vehicle, Pitcher said. The suspect, a minor wearing a dark tank top and… Read more

BYU and its impressive 10-3 record entered the Matadome Saturday afternoon on the back end of a six-game road trip along with a heartbreaking defeat the prior night at Cal State Fullerton. All signs pointed towards a weary Cougar team and a solid opportunity for the well-rested Cal State Northridge women’s volleyball team, which hadn’t played since Monday night, to come out of the match with a win. However, the Matadors (6-6) didn’t seize the opportunity as they dropped the… Read more

The USC Trojans out-matched and out-classed the Cal State Northridge women’s volleyball team, sweeping them 3-0 in the Matadors’ Tuesday-night home debut, and showing that while CSUN (4-3) is an improved team, it’s not ready to keep up with the likes of No. 9 Southern California yet. Mahina Haina, “The Flying Hawaiian,” fresh off being named Big West Conference Player of the Week, was grounded against the Trojans (5-2). They were able to keep her and the rest of the Matadors… Read more

The CSUN women’s soccer team (1-4) won its first game of the season on Sunday afternoon, beating Princeton 3-1 at Matador Soccer Field. After scoring only one goal in their previous four games, the Matadors’ offense exploded against the Tigers and scored three times. “I thought we played an excellent game,” CSUN head coach Keith West said. “Today, I felt the girls put a complete game together.” CSUN played a great first half, scoring a goal five minutes into the… Read more