Peace, man Toby Lewis/On-line Forty-Niner Demonstrators from the Peter Carr Peace Center set up a peace vigil Wednesday in an attempt to educate students and help put a stop to the impending war on Iraq.

News

• Students speak out on violence
  “No more violence; No more rape; No more silence; No more hate” chanted students as they marched around campus holding candles as part of the “Take Back the Night and Day” Wednesday.
  

• Catching cheaters via Internet database
  Professors are utilizing a powerful new tool to combat plagiarism this semester, an Internet service called turnitin.com.
  
  
• Judiciary still withholds senator-at-large seat
  The Senate enjoyed a relatively uneventful meeting Wednesday, compared to the events of the past few weeks, when the Associated Students Judiciary announced a preliminary hearing for the senator-at-large position for the campus cultural community.
  
  
• Crime Log
  
  
• Organizations educate students
  Representatives from internationally-related organizations lined up their table Wednesday at the Speaker’s Platform of Cal State Long Beach giving opportunities for students to gain information about them.
  
  
• Viable careers found in sports management
  Luncheon: Panel at event also discusses how much sports franchises contribute to community.
  
  

Opinion

• Special interests dominate agency
  The Senate joined the House to approve the creation of the Department of Homeland Security Tuesday in an effort to prevent terrorism in the United States.
  
  
• Argument for the existence of God
  I would like to argue today that the existence of God can be discovered through self-contemplation without obeying religious doctrines.
  
  

Diversions

• ‘Celebrating Dance’ to offer variety, live music
  Dance: Cal State Long Beach dance department performs its annual concert at the Carpenter Center.
  
  
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Sports

• 49ers close out Big West play at home
  After another successful season so far, the No. 10-ranked Long Beach State women’s volleyball team will wrap up conference play this weekend at The Pyramid.