News

• Soot, ash and smoke spark serious health concerns
  LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The fires burning across Southern California have left millions with a scratching in their throats and a burning in their eyes -- telltale signs of the significant health risks the smoke and soot clouding the entire region can pose, officials said Monday.

• Instruction, funding may be threatened
  In May, legislators, the California Faculty Association and the Cal State University system set out to protect certain university programs from budget cuts by writing the Supplemental Report Language, a document of legislative intent that outlines CSU budget priorities.

• Strikers focus on medical coverage
  Student workers at Vons, Ralph's and Albertson's are not only picketing in a protest against the implementation of a new contract that will force supermarket employees pay 50 percent of their healthcare, they are picketing for what they say they think is important: their co-workers, the rights of the little man and what they consider to be the basis of the United States.

• Greeks, academics share similarities
  For many students at Cal State Long Beach, it is a tough decision to pick between joining a Greek organization or an academic association.

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Opinion

• Our View: Media mishandle fires by forgetting sensitivity
  All of us have seen the portrayal of the media as scoop-hungry reporters, vultures lurking around disasters waiting to bombard suffering relatives with questions, microphones and cameras.

• Grieving the loss of picnics at cemetaries
  When death becomes the topic of discussion, I do not associate it with the mourning process.

• Don't point the finger
  Many media organizations, including the On-line Forty-Niner have been debating the ethical issue of whether or not to disseminate the name of the alleged Kobe Bryant rape victim, a 19-year-old Colorado woman who attended the University of Northern Colorado.

• Letter to the Editor: Save Bush
  Regarding Karl Kalman's indict ment of President Bush, he and those who indict Bush for Afghanistan and Iraq should remember that Bush went to action with a strong support of the American people and Congress.

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• Cop it or drop it: Spain makes slow music cool, popular, receptive

• Pink tees, accessories sold, worn for a cause
  October is national Breast Cancer Awareness month, and this year the power of the pink ribbon  spread throughout the fashion industry abroad and at home with students at Cal State Long Beach.

• FILM review: Compelling narration, drama in 'Refugee'
  Documentary: The lives of three young Cambodian refugees that grew up in the streets of San Francisco's Tenderloin district, are forever changed when they embark on a long trip to Cambodia to visit the home they never knew. "Refugee," a new documentary by Emmy Award filmmaker, Spencer Nakasako follows the struggles and triumphs of these men.

 

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