opinion

• Our view:Don't lose helpful yellow marker
  Have you heard the shocking news? Fox television is getting rid of the yellow line to determine a first down on its football broadcasts.
  
  
• BCS poll not fair to fans
  Technology has certainly come a long way. Practically the entire world, from the youngest children to the oldest adults, depends on high-tech gadgets to perform even the simplest tasks.

diversions

• Ghoulish tunes haunt hall
  String-strumming wizards, percussion-pounding witches and brass-blowing goblins filled the stage at the Daniel Recital Hall Tuesday during the Cal State Long Beach Symphony Orchestra's fifth annual Halloween concert at 5:30 p.m.
  
  
• 'Monsters, Inc.' actors create voices that scare
  Trapped in a gray room with a simple microphone, the actors of "Monsters, Inc." could only imagine their characters' surroundings.
  
  
• Belly dancers to shake up ballroom
  Among the great Turkish cultural contributions to society, we have tobacco, coffee, baths, and of course, belly dancers.