Online Forty Niner: v8n1: Welcome back to THE BEACH

I have missed all of you guys, and I am delighted that the new school year term is starting. I want to wish you a great fall semester here at The BEACH!

I look forward to seeing all of you who have been away for the summer and renewing our friendships. For our new Forty-Niners-freshmen and transfers-whom I met during the new student orientation sessions this summer, I look forward to getting to know you better. We'll have about 31, 500 students here for the fall semester, which includes almost 4,000 freshmen.

I would like for you to get involved in your university. School spirit is great at The BEACH! Students here call it Beach Pride, but for most of the students and for their president, Beach Pride is more than a slogan-Beach Pride is a state of mind.

If you're looking to fill your event calendar for the Labor Day weekend here is a schedule of upcoming sports.

The Cal State Long Beach Women's Soccer team will play against Nevada on Thursday at 3 p.m.; the 49ers Women's Volleyball team-ranked No. 2 in the nation-will compete against St. Mary's on Friday 7:30 p.m.; and then our Men's Water Polo will have a scrimmage at the campus pool Saturday at noon.

Take care of your school work first, then in your free time attend as many of the performances, plays, sporting events, concerts, dances, museum exhibits and other campus activities as you can.

And be sure to pick up your Daily Forty-Niner student paper each time you're on campus. Your student newspaper enjoys a well-earned reputation under the solid leadership of Wes Woods II and his talented staff members. Your student paper provides up-to-the-minute news listing of campus and local community events as well as important coverage of issues affecting college students.

Have a great semester, and I'll see you around campus.

Go BEACH!

Sincerely,
Robert C. Maxson
President