For the better part of a year we've been hearing how this is a historical election. Headlines and sound bites have drilled this idea into our heads to the point where we catch ourselves trying to convince others how important it really is.

Three or four years ago, the concept of a tiny computer that can browse the Internet, take high-quality photographs, give on-point directions via satellite and oh yeah, make phone calls, was unheard of. Now so called 'smartphones' are huge business, and the major players in the industry are no longer content to let Apple and BlackBerry eat the whole pie.

The Matadors are coming off a difficult loss at home to UC Santa Barbara. They were playing well and looked in control, but then, in just 10 seconds, it was all gone. Now, they are forced to win. It's that or bye bye Big West Conference Tournament. With that being said, they have a great shot at getting their first win in four games Saturday as they visit the Highlanders of UC Riverside. They're last place, so it should be an easy win, right? Not so fast, says Head Coach Terry Davila. He considers UC Riverside just as tough a game as the one he just came off.

The Northridge women's volleyball team plays two of its three remaining home matches this weekend as they take on conference foes UC Riverside Friday and UC Irvine Saturday. Both Highlanders and Anteaters defeated the Matadors earlier this season. The Anteaters beat CSUN in four sets on Oct. 3.

The Iranian government has confirmed the arrest of 28-year-old Esha Momeni, a grad student who was arrested on Oct. 15 in the Middle Eastern country while she was working on her thesis project.

For at least the third time in a row Associated Student elections encountered technical difficulties which caused the Elections Committee to suspend the elections and void all the ballots.' A.S. is opting for paper ballot voting next month because they couldn't guarantee the integrity of the votes, they said.

The Matadors return home for a pair of games to finish off their 2008 regular season. Today they host UC Riverside while Sunday they wrap up the season as they welcome Cal State Fullerton. Despite a winless last weekend, Northridge is still in good position to reach the Big West Conference playoffs.

Retired newsman David Dow and Los Angeles Daily News columnist Mariel Garza met with students Tuesday during a question-and-answer session that discussed the shifting role of media in elections.

One player labeled it as heartbreaking, another one called it a choke job, Head Coach Terry Davila said it was like a cardinal sin.

A traveling exhibition of collective art by world-renowned artists, Christo Javacheff and Jean-Claude Denat de Guillebon, is currently at the CSUN Art Gallery in the Art and Design Center through Dec. 13 for a special showing.
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New safety measures are in place for Matador Nights Halloween on Friday in response to safety concerns from the previous Matador Nights event in September. Attendance is now limited to CSUN students only and a new security contractor is in place for the evening.

Sophmore psychology major Caroline Jones, 19 and senior geography major Minda Greenberg, 22, are married in a mock ceremony presided by minister Vania Ellison, secretary of the LGBTA Club, in opposition to Prop. 8, on Tuesday, Oct. 28.

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