• Noose poster incites reaction
  The image of a white-15-inch noose on a black background was posted around the campus and caused the campus community of Cal State Long Beach to take a second look.
  

• Forni addresses the importance of civility
  People who chew with their mouths closed, raise their hands to ask questions and say “thank you” and “you’re welcome” do not automatically qualify as civil individuals.
  
  
• Ships still tied up outside ports
  West Coast ports have been up and running since 6 p.m. Wednesday when President Bush invoked the rarely used Taft-Hartley Act to send 10,500 dockworkers back to work — a move anticipated by the International Longshore Warehouse Union and its management company, the Pacific Maritime Association.
  
  
• Technology park breaks ground after 5 years
  Ceremoniously breaking bread and breaking earth are distinctly different. Bread is not usually broken twice.
  
  
• Grants help send students to grad school
  Students: Professor increases number of minorities in mental health professions.
  
  
• Long Beach addresses housing issues
  Every day people are discovering Long Beach, said Mayor Beverly O’Neill when addressing one of the many issues regarding density and housing at a forum Wednesday night at Cesar Chavez Park.
  
  

Opinion

• Police chief criticizes media
  The eastern United States has been abuzz with news of the recent eight victims, six of who are dead, of the still unapprehended sniper.
  
  
• War makes empire out of U.S.
  Today is a historic day.
  
  
• Letter to the Editor - Noose not necessarily slave related, but free speech
  
  

Diversions

• Fashion show gives students chance to walk the catwalk
  Cal State Long Beach students had the opportunity to strut their stuff on stage during a fashion show put on by Glamour on Campus Thursday.
  

• Concert to benefit LA’s oldest Free Clinic
  “Give into the Groove,” a benefit fundraiser for the Los Angeles Free Clinic will be held at the Temple Bar in Santa Monica on Oct. 27.
  
  

Sports

• 49ers defense is too much for UOP, CSUN
  The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team relied on a stifling defense to beat the University of the Pacific Tigers, 30-23, 22-30, 30-27, 30-22, and the Cal State Northridge Matadors, 30-20, 24-30, 30-15, 32-30, at The Pyramid this past weekend.
  
  
• LBSU holds late rally, but falls to Cal
  A strong rally late in the game made things exciting for the Long Beach State men’s water polo team, but the No. 4-ranked University of California narrowly escaped with the win on Friday at the 49er Campus Pool, with a final score of 5-4.