News

• McGillis drops, CSULB turns to McNeil
  The leading candidate for Cal State Long Beach’s vacant athletic director position, Bill McGillis, pulled out of negotiation talks Tuesday after being offered the position the previous week.
  
  
  
  
• CBA dean resigns, signs onto Jesuit university
  The dean of the College of Business Administration announced his resignation Wednesday. He will take a job as the dean of the John M. and Mary Jo Boler School of Business at John Carroll University in Cleveland.
  
  
  
  
• Burial grounds still cause debate
  For the second week in a row, the Associated Students Senate heard public comments and concerns regarding the Puvungna burial grounds Wednesday.
  
  
  
  
• Professor to be remembered
  Dr. Xiaolan Bao, a professor of Chinese and Chinese women’s studies at Cal State Long Beach since 1993, died Jan. 22 after a long struggle with cancer.
  
  
  
  
• Chancellor discusses new alcohol policy
  Charles B. Reed, the chancellor of the California State University system spoke with an array of CSU students in a teleconference Wednesday, addressing current issues, among them was the recently revised alcohol policy.
  
  
  
• Psychology professor’s work, recognized at Lunar New Year
  To kick off the new semester and the Lunar New Year John Jung, professor emeritus of psychology, was honored Wednesday at the Karl Anatol Center by colleagues, students, and the Asian Pacific Island Network (APIN).
  
  

• African continent needs worldwide attention
  Africa has so many problems it is hard to comprehend the magnitude of suffering on the second largest continent in the world. AIDS, malaria, hunger, dehydration, civil war and genocide are just a few of the monumental issues currently facing Africa.
  
  
  
• Reality television programs show human nature
  Shows like “Survivor,” “The Real World,” “Fear Factor,” “The Apprentice” all fall into the fascinating genre of reality TV shows. As reality TV has been popular for some time, a question begins to loom overhead. At what point should reality TV expect to hear the knock of the grim reaper on its dressing room door?
  
  
  
• Daughter unlike mother, individualism worth the struggle against clone trends
  Like most little girls, I wanted to grow up to look just like my mother. But by 10, I realized that dream would never happen.
  
  
  

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Sports

• L.A. quarterback’s career culminates in hall of fame
  This weekend marked an eccentric event for football that continued to set a new milestone for quarterbacks. Recently 30-plus sports writers voted and ultimately enshrined Henry Warren Moon in the Football Hall of Fame as the first black quarterback.