Women soccer Jon Cook/Daily Forty-Niner Allison Wiegan of the 49ers battles University of Idaho's Megan Dunn in Sunday's 3-1 victory over the visiting Vandals. For more on the women's soccer team's victory click here.

 

News

• CSULB students angered by flyer
  Last Thursday during an African Student Union meeting, the president of Sigma Phi Epsilon apologized for an auction flier circulated around campus.

• Doctors suggest flu shots
  Because November marks the start of flu season, it is recommended that students get a vaccination now to prevent the troubles of the flu, said Dr. Ming-Yu Cheng, M.D., coordinator of the Health Resource Center.

• Breast cancer awareness promoted
  "My best friend's mom and my mom's two best friends had breast cancer, so I know a lot people who have had it and have gone to fundraisers and parties for it," said Emily Pickett, a freshman dance major at Cal State Long Beach.

• International students feel homesick
  Cal State Long Beach is famous for its large and diverse student body. Approximately 1,500 international students study at CSULB in a degree program representing about 100 different countries. Each of these students has a story to tell about why he or she wanted, needed or had to come to CSULB to study.

• Sniper suspect to represent himself after firing lawyers
  VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) -- Sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad won the right to serve as his own lawyer Monday in a surprise, last-minute request at his murder trial. He broke a year of stony silence by proclaiming his innocence in a rambling opening statement and asking a witness: ''Have you ever seen me shoot anyone?''

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Opinion

• Our View: Senate bill raises business liability
  It's hard to balance the complaints of businesses to the joy of workers, especially in California it seems.

• Clerks lack ambition
  As I drive around, passing all the picketers in front of the grocery stores, I cannot help but think about how pathetic these strikers are. Why would anybody in his or her right mind want to work at a grocery store for a career?

• The new face of terrorism
  I hate to fly. Even before Sept. 11, the idea of getting on a plane made me extremely nervous. The people that fly them earn less than minimum wage.

 

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