News

• Suspect arrested for rapes in L.B.
  Long Beach police arrested the man believed to be the Belmont Shore rapist in Oxnard Sunday after DNA evidence connected him to a dozen rapes in Long Beach and surrounding areas.
  

• Vandalism motives remain unclear
  Header: Cardenas seen as responsible and social at Tulare Western.
  
  
• Calif. diversity not represented at polls
  Election: Political parties could shift because of representation.
  
  
• Students especially at risk for identity fraud
  Safety: With modern technology like the Internet, personal privacy is harder to keep.
  
  
• Women encouraged to enter engineering by college
  Careers: Conference recruits middle and high school students into the field of engineering.
  
  
• CSULB students work the polls
  Vote: With a shortage in pollworkers, students came in handy this past election.
  
  
• Book buy-back program guarantees the best price
  Although many students are opting to buy their books from bookstores that are not affiliated with Cal State Long Beach, the University Bookstore is making a strong effort to retain its customers by buying back most of the books students purchase.
  
  
  

Opinion

• UC system sets new procedures
  Next year, the University of California system will begin to check students’ claims on their applications regarding their accomplishments and personal circumstances in an attempt to discourage falsifying applications to increase their admission chances.
  

• Lose the money-making strategy
  What do we really learn in college?
  
  
• Letters to the editor
  
  
  

Diversions

• Singer to perform humorous, political Cuban songs
  Performance: Frank Delgado, a singer from the La Novisima Trova musical movement of Cuba, will come to the Museum of Latin American Art. .
  
  
• Wonderland with ‘Playing with the Pieces’
  A rabbit hole may be the only wonderland element missing from “Playing with the Pieces,” which premiers Friday in the Players Theatre at Cal State Long Beach.
  
  
• Proper care saves delicate clothing, money
  When I was young and my mother still had power to veto clothing options, it all came down to one thing.
  
  
  

Sports

• New coach’s old team beats LBSU
  A new era in Long Beach State men’s basketball began Friday night at The Pyramid with a loss.
  
  
• Coach optimistic with veterans, young talent
  The Long Beach State men’s basketball team changed head coaches and lost its top scorer and rebounder, but is still optimistic going into the 2002-2003 season.