Blood Brother Cara Garcia/On-line Forty-Niner Senior Vinh Nguyen, a liberal studies major, donates blood at the biannual American Red Cross Blood Drive in the University Student Union Ballroom. The drive continues today.

opinion

• Our view:Three more years to election day
  Hanging chads. Katherine Harris.
  
  
• Lamar lights it up on and off court
  Across the board, every true sports fan must unanimously agree that of all the spectacular games that have been played this week, one particular event has certainly overshadowed them all.
  

diversions

• Disney, Pixar create a 'Monster' film
  As technology fills our world, the distinction between reality and virtual reality seems indistinguishable.
  
  
• Student filmmakers make the cut
  Hollywood agents, studio executives and industry insiders will sit in the darkened theater of the Director's Guild of America alongside nine nail-biting Cal State Long Beach film students at tonight's11th Annual Student Filmmaker's Showcase at 7920 Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles.