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Garth Milan/ Daily Forty-Niner Flying high on a half pipe outside the Student Union is Anthony Carney of Anaheim during the Focus Californopia '99" tour Wednesday. Union Fees Mandatory Some Cal State Long Beach professors are angry over a law forcing all California State University employees to pay partial union dues even though they are not union members.   Textbook tax may be tossed State legislation that would repeal all local and state sales taxes on college textbooks may be in the developing stages, said Associated Students Inc. President Toby Sexton, who last week appealed to local representatives for their support.   L.B. City Council affirms gun control measure The Long Beach City Council voted 7-2 Tuesday to approve an ordinance that will drastically affect licensed gun dealers in the city.   Service week to begin Cal State Long Beach colleges and student organizations will exhibit various community service programs during their Six Days of Service, beginning Oct. 25. Too many babies The United Nations released its annual State of World Population Report this week. The report shows a significant decline in the world birthrate.   Holiday for those without maps I had to swing by my bank early Monday morning to grab my allowance for the week only to find about twelve people just milling around. One man was complaining that the bank was late in opening for the business day.   Open space wasted I am not an architect. I am a victim of architecture. Car brings excitement to University Student Union Everything -- the music, the video game simulation, the skateboarders -- revolved around a car.   Compilation shows many qualities of Os Mutantes Pioneer-pop music, way ahead of its time, can be found on the compilation "The Best of Os Mutantes," from the defunct Brazilian band Os Mutantes.   Cage Rage At 5 years old, a scrawny Mavrick Harvey got his first taste of fighting -- assaulting a 26-year-old drunken driver for crashing into his mother's car.   Latino Heritage Month highlighted on campus Mariachi music, Mexican food and native Latin American arts and crafts accented the Latino Heritage Month celebration held at The La Raza Student Association sponsored the celebration. The association organizes the event every semester in observance of Latino Heritage Month celebrated from Oct. 15 to Nov. 15.   Weberg's weekend video picks are full of fright Aside from the Alfred Hitchcock movies, which in many cases offered too much plot and thought, there are several videos that offer just enough thought coupled with weirdness to be simply scary and thought provoking. Soccer team will try for pair of victories The Long Beach State women's soccer team plays two Big West Conference teams this weekend, and Head Coach Julie Cochran hopes her team is ready to meet the challenge.   LBSU hopes to take control of Big West this weekend UC Santa Barbara lost its  No. 1 position in the Big West Conference after a five-game upset last weekend at Cal Poly.   Midnight rings in basketball madness Its called Midnight Madness.  However, Long Beach State will open The Pyramid with its version called  "Pyramidnight Madness".

TODAY

• Yearbook -- Yearbook portraits for the Class of 2000 will be taken from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. in USU-223. To make an appointment one may call Lauren Studios at (800) 888-5155.

 
• Meeting -- The Vietnamese Student Association will meet from 1 to 3 p.m. in USU-305.

 
• Meeting -- Delta Sigma Chi fraternity will meet in USU-304 from 1 to 2 p.m.

 
• Meeting -- The Black Student Union will meet in USU-303 from 2 to 4:45 p.m.

 
• Meeting -- The CSULB Recreation Society will meet from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in USU-306.

 
• Meeting -- Campus Crusade for Christ will meet from 5 to 10 p.m. in USU-303.

 
• Meeting -- The Filipino American Coalition will meet from 5 to 10:30 p.m. in USU-305.

 
• Meeting -- The Korean Campus Crusade for Christ will meet from 6 to 9:30 p.m. in USU-306.

 
• Event -- The Filipino American Coalition is sponsoring a film festival highlighting Filipino filmmakers from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the USU Multipurpose Room A. 

 
• Workshop -- The Career Development Center will hold a workshop on graduate, business and law school from noon to 1 p.m. in Brotman Hall, Room 250. No sign-ups are required. For more information, one may call the center at (562) 985-8468.

 
• Workshop -- A workshop on Web job searches will be sponsored by the Career Development Center from 5 to 6 p.m. in Brotman Hall, Room 250. For more information, one may call (562) 985-8468.

• Meeting -- The Shotokan Karate Club will meet from noon to 1 p.m. in PE-60A.

 
• Meeting -- The Muslim Student Association will host Aljumaa Prayer on Campus, a meeting designed for prayer and discussion of the organizationís agenda. The meeting will be held at 1 p.m. in the USU Multipurpose Room. For more information, one may call (562) 494-2926.

• Seminar -- The Society of Professional Journalists is hosting a seminar from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. For more information, one may call (323) 259-3350.