Monday Melody Saxophone player Michael Rose of the Joel Penner Sextet performs at Cal State Long Beach on Monday. The band played songs that bring the sounds of bebop,'40s and big band that create their original sound. See page 5 for more photos.

News

• Administrators', CFA's financial bills shelved
  Conflict arises as California State University administrators clash with faculty members after two controversial bills regarding the spending practices of CSU systems are shelved, said Alice Sunshine, communications director of the California Faculty Association.

• Employers to insure thousands of workers
  With approximately 6.3 million Californians currently uninsured, a new healthcare bill aiming to protect and insure thousands of working citizens, was passed by the Legislature last Wednesday and is now awaiting the governor's signature.

• University offers students more choices
  Students unsure of which academic direction to take now have some new options available. As of this year, Cal State Long Beach is offering three more undergraduate majors, a new joint doctoral program, an additional minor program and four new options within majors.

• Teenager dies after taking abortion pill
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Holly Marie Patterson went to a Planned Parenthood clinic earlier this month to quietly consider ways to handle a life change she wasn't ready for. One week later, the 18-year-old lay dying on an emergency room table, the victim of complications after she took the abortion pill.

• Young adults have little interest in government
  Teenagers and young adults are less likely than older adults to value voting or the way government works, and the reason is that the nation is failing to teach the basics for taking part in a democracy, according to a report released Monday.

Opinion

• Our View: Ticketmaster rip-off
  We all know how hard it can be to get halfway decent tickets to a concert you really want to see. Now a new hurdle has been added to our path.

• Racial double standards
  Just about every school across the nation has clubs that students create for the purpose of meeting similar people and relating to issues that they may have a mutual interest in.

• Bush's big cover up
  It is an ironic fact that the number of victims in the Sept. 11 World Trade Center bombing is close to the same number of Panamanian civilians human rights experts estimate were killed by American forces in our 1989 "arrest" of Manuel Noriega.

• Depression poses problems for many students
  LOS ANGELES (U-Wire) -- Many college students take a major step toward adulthood by leaving home. For some, the stresses of college can push them into an area beyond unhappiness, where nothing is possible and life becomes overwhelming.

 

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