• Rec. center brought to students
  A.S.I.: The proposed student recreation center caused a heated debate at Wednesday’s meeting.
  

• Shuttle service will soon end
  The Beach Cruiser shuttles used for the overflow parking that was necessary at the beginning of the fall semester will cease on Oct. 24.
  
  
• Panel presents breast cancer awareness
  Health: Women gather to provide information on the life-threatening disease.
  
  
• On-campus jobs cater to student interests
  Jobs: Working on campus may not pay well, but is convenient for many students.
  
  
• Crime Log
  
  
• Germany’s election is a hot topic for one professor
  Germany’s 2002 election have been touted as the most exciting in recent history by a Cal State Long Beach professor.
  
  
• City council adresses Long Beach parks
  Issue: Disgruntled residents want the council to take action on the way Long Beach uses open land.
  
  
  

Opinion

• California needs Prop. 50
  As California’s population continues to grow the importance of the quality, safety, availability and protection of its water also increases.
  
  
• Bush’s politics interfere with policy
  What resides in any given politician, as Nietzsche said, is his or her “will to power” — the desire to gain and maintain control. George W. Bush is no exception.
  
  
• Letters to the Editor
  As an art gallery owner and Cal State Long Beach alumnus, I am writing in response to the reaction to the Graphic Design Junior Art Show poster with a picture of a noose.
  
  
• Missiles go unnoticed
  On Monday October 14, at about 7 p.m., Californians noticed a zigzag trail of billowy, nebulous smoke in the sky, pointing seaward, like a flaming arrow.
  
  

Diversions

• Professionalism shines in show
  The visual communications class of 2004 teaches us an invaluable lesson in attaching meaning to things we are only willing to see flatly or fleetingly.
  

• Ghost Ship in need of another ocean to sail on
  “Ghost Ship” is jam-packed with carnage and terror.
  
  
• Weekend Calendar
  
  
• Latin museum celebrates the dead on Sundays
  Museum: Workshops at the Museum of Latin American Art are dedicated to the Day of the Dead.
  
  

Sports

• Men’s golf faces tough field, takes 15th
  The Long Beach State men’s golf team faced one of the toughest fields of the year Monday and Tuesday at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational in Fairfax, Calif., and the 49ers finished 15th out of 17 teams.
  
  
• LBSU student-athlete grad rates drop
  Recent NCAA report shows a decrease for LBSU student-athletes, but those numbers can be deceiving.