Celebrating Fall Tom Carey/On-line Forty-Niner Students take time to play in the blown up bouncing machine at the design department’s fall festival.

News

• Media exploit blacks’ image
  Advertising: Certain companies purposely target people of African descent.
  

• Event to celebrate education week
  International: CSULB is gearing up for International Education Week.
  
  
• United Airlines job cuts reflect economy
  Economy: Recent cuts by United Airlines shows how bad the travel industry is hurting.
  
  
• WPE Iis harder for ESL students
  Testing: Langauge acquisition plays a key role in whether ESL students pass or fail the WPE.
  
  
• Act lets parents check teacher quality
  Education: More money would be given for teacher training and recruitment.
  
  
• Lecture discusses problems in Africa
  Sierra Leone: A small place in Africa has been ravished by the diamond industry.
  
  
  

Opinion

• Church continues secrecy
  The nation’s Roman Catholic bishops voted 246-7 with six abstentions to adopt revisions to their sex abuse policy Wednesday.
  
  
• Letters to the editor
  
  

Diversions

• Sound of ‘Stormy Weather’ makes sweet music
  A dazzling lineup of 10 ladies took the stage at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles to perform in “Stormy Weather 2002,” a benefit concert for the Walden Woods Project and the Thoreau Institute at Walden Pond Wednesday night.
  
  
• Band to perform noon concert today
  Artists: Detour Posse, a reggae group, will be performing at noon today at the Southwest Terrace.
  
  

Sports

• Women’s volleyball beats Anteaters twice
  The No. 10 Long Beach State women’s volleyball team went undefeated in its last six matches after beating the UC Irvine Anteaters in back-to-back matches this weekend to improve their record to 24-3 overall, 13-3 in the Big West Conference.
  
  
• New coaching staff nets first win at LBSU
  Although it will not count in the standings, the Long Beach State men’s basketball team won its first game under the direction of its new coaching staff Wednesday night at The Pyramid.