News

• Senate focuses on graduation
  Senate: Commission takes “proven” methods as rates hit all-time
  lows.
  

• Presidents choose new smoking policy
  Administration: New change on smoking in CSU system would most likely bring compromise between smokers, non-smokers.
  
  
• Lack of communication stops Beach pride
  Beach Pride Day, sponsored by the Associated Students Inc. has found itself stuck in the mud.
  
  
• Women to unite at annual conference
  More than 10,000 women will gather in downtown Long Beach Tuesday for the 16th annual Governor’s Conference for Women, a day-long event featuring speeches by ABC news co-anchor, Cokie Roberts and “The World” magazine reporter, Rebecca Roberts, will be among notable speakers.
  
  
• Knott’s, Queen Mary search for scares
  Halloween is approaching and ghouls and goblins everywhere are being encouraged to rise from the realms of the “other world” and come to work for Knott’s Scary Farm and the Queen Mary to provide scares for thousands of thrill-seekers this season.
  
  
  

Opinion

• Rec center methods questionable
  The Associated Students Inc. Student Senate will vote next Wednesday on the proposed student recreation center. If approved, the issue will be put on the referendum for students to vote on in December.
  
  
• Remain responsible with pets
  Eleven cats live outside the Social Science/Public Affairs Building on lower campus.
  
  
  

Diversions

• Museum educates aspiring art collectors
  A panel of art collectors, gallery owners and curators gathered for a day long symposium at the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach on Saturday, offering expert advice to amateur buyers, collectors and admirers of Latin American art work.
  

• Poet’s Lounge sets artistic scene for students
  Metaphors and similes backed by old grooves and improvised tunes permeated the informal atmosphere, as amateur poets read from scrapbooks of verbal creativity at the Poet’s Lounge.
  
  
  

Sports

• 49ers sweep Idaho, Utah St.
  The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team improved to 10-0 after sweeping both the University of Idaho Vandals, 30-20, 30-20, 30-27, and the Utah State Aggies (30-19, 30-21, 30-24) in six straight games.
  
  
• Men’s water polo falls to Trojans
  Falling behind a few goals short of a win on Saturday’s game, the Long Beach State men’s water polo team finished its home game against USC and lost the 9-5 battle to the Trojans.
  
  
• LBSU men take 14th, women 11th at UCR
  The Long Beach State cross country team competed and fared well in its first “true race of the season,” Distance Coach Geoff Masanet said in a statement earlier this week.