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	Vol.7, No 1, August 30, 1999
	Enlightening One proposes a plan By Eric Boyum Daily Forty-Niner Again, the question lingers: Is Long Beach State a volleyball, basketball or baseball school? The answer is none of the above. Long Beach State is a football school. That's right, football.  With this declaration, I am proposing a full-proof plan that will return the sport that ruled Long Beach for years. However, unlike Associated Students Inc. President Toby Sexton, who promised he would fight to return football to LBSU if elected, I plan to actually make good on my pledge. And I am not even running for office.  But we must examine why we lost the game played on the gridiron in the first place.  Title Nine, the gender equity law, states all public institutions must have the same amount of male and female athletes in athletics. In other words, if you have 25 men fielding a team (such as baseball), you must have 25 women (such as softball).  By cutting football, the 49er athletic department eliminated its concerns about how it would field enough teams to serve nearly 50 female student athletes. To right this wrong, I am proposing LBSU add women's sports in hockey and wrestling. What better way to truly equate the violent nature of testosterone-driven football players as we enter the millennium? Former wrestler and current Minnesota Gov. Jesse "The Mind/Body" Ventura would be proud.  Women's hockey captured the hearts of Americans by steam rolling anyone in its way of the gold medal during the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan. The U.S. women showed the U.S. men's hockey team how to play the game the way it is supposed to be played. Female wrestling is riding a larger bandwagon of followers than the one that put Ventura in office. Perhaps LBSU can get the female wrestler formerly known as Sable and high-flying volleyball player Misty May together in a cage match. Imagine the pay-per-view profits the athletic department could generate. A prime time event such as this could smash the attendance marks set a few weeks ago when robotic gladiators dueled to the death in the Battlebots competition. This is the stuff elected officials are supposed to come up with. Sexton, I challenge you to propose a better plan as A.S.I. president. Football and women's hockey and wrestling. They could not be more politically correct.		Student fees refunded CSULB enrollment exceeds 28,000 Professor faces legal messes Sexual battery case to be heard Campus crimes down; hate crimes increase Students ticketed mostly for using invalid permits School starts later Upperclassmen GPAs increase; lower division grades decline 50th anniversary takes off at CSULB Dorms beyond capacity Professors bunk in dormatories for room, board Roofs soon fixed; classes disturbed While you were gone ... The summer's top stories Faith not reliant on one's religion Strap up your children  Editor's expectations exceeded President welcomes students Live Bait lures in university crowd A second street on Second Street 'The 13th Warrior' no 'Braveheart' for Banderas Thriller thrills Cochran ready for second year Enlightening One proposes a plan UCLA football seeks redemption Expectations high for volleyball team Soccer team shut out 7-0 Fall 99 ISSUES DAILY 49ER HOMEPAGE
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