Holding Court

Royalty • The Queen Mary 2 arrived at Long Beach harbor at noon Thursday, drawing a huge crowd of spectators on surrounding boats and the coast.  This rare occasion of the two Queens meeting brought out those who remembered stories of the original Queen Mary’s arrival to the states.  Tracey Roman / Online Forty-Niner


News

• Campus progressives highlight crisis in Darfur
  Around 50 people gathered in the Multicultural Center Conference Room Wednesday night to watch a video and hear a lecture from Gabriel Stauring about the genocide crisis in Sudan.
  
  
  
• Author argues for affirmative action increase diversity
  Cal State Long Beach hosted a discussion about affirmative action policies in university admissions Friday led by Bob Laird, former director of undergraduate admissions at UC Berkeley and author of “The Case for Affirmative Action in University Admissions."
  
  
• Self-defense workshop held by WRC
  One out of every three women will be sexually assaulted in her lifetime, some before they are even 18.
  
  
  
• Parking permit forgeries not fooling anyone
  Altered and forged parking permits have always been a possibility for those trying to get around the law, but they are becoming easier to detect, and fines make it costly for a violator.
  
  
  
• Senator works to increase awareness, communication
  Zion Redie sets an example for current and prospective students by involving herself in many organizations on campus and through her work in the Associated Student Senate as a senator-at-large.
  
  

Diversions

Sports

• LBSU overpower on the mound
  The No. 17-ranked Dirtbags kicked off a two-week home-stand with a 5-3 victory Friday and a 6-0 victory on Saturday against University of Illinois-Chicago at Blair Field.