• Turnout lowest in 30 years
  A fire station, chain bookstore and household garage were transformed into temporary institutions of democracy Tuesday as local voters went to the polls to cast their ballots in the lowest voter turnout in 30 years.

• Program offers support for American Indians
  Diversity: To increase minority's numbers, a major is in the process of being created.

• Vivian backs veto of senator-at-large
  In the wake of last week's Senate meeting, Associated Students Inc. President Danny Vivian stands firmly behind his decision to veto the results of the senator-at-large election.

• CSULB set to be online fall 2003
  Cal State Long Beach is set to implement a new self-service system that will allow students to access their records on the Internet.

• Risk of receiving cancer from birth control low
  Despite birth control pills being 99 percent effective, some health risks are associated with them.
  
  

Opinion

• Non-lethal weapons needed
  About a week ago120 hostages died when Russian forces used incapacitating gas to gain control of a group of Chechen separatists who had taken a theatre with 750 people hostage.

• People have right to decide
  Voters in Nevada will decide today whether or not possession of three ounces or less of marijuana is a crime.

• Voting can be as easy as 1 2 3
  If voting were as easy as "1, 2, 3," would you do it?

   

Diversions

• Professor writes series of inspirational books
  Studying bugs and insects may not be an area most women typically want to go into, but Dessie Underwood and Judith Cohen want to show women it can be a fun and interesting career choice.

• Moscow Ballet modernizes ‘The Nutcracker'
  World-renown Russian dance company, Moscow Ballet, will present the West Coast premiere of its version of a holiday classic this weekend at the Terrace Theatre in downtown Long Beach.

  
  

Sports

• Beach saves its best for 49er Classic
  In its best showing at a tournament this year, the 49er men's golf team beat five Big West Conference opponents and finished seventh in the 12-team field.

• Ice hockey team has fresh, new face on roster
  Katie Roach is not your average girl. When she isn't in school or at work, she is slamming guys into boards and occasionally getting into a few fights. In her free time, Roach plays ice hockey.

• LBSU Intramural sports scoreboard -- Week of Oct. 28-Nov. 1