News

• Former CSULB student wins prestigious awards
  Brian Fischer, a former Cal State Long Beach film student, swept the top four awards at the 2003 Media Arts Festival in November and is planning for a great career in filmmaking.

• Muslims to host Patriot Act forum
  In an effort to raise student awareness about the effects of the Patriot Act, the Muslim Student Association will host a forum with a variety of speakers today from noon to 2 p.m. in the Speaker's Platorm across from the University Bookstore.

• Senate discusses accountability, health fees
  Senator Morgan Wheeler advocated the importance of the Senate being accountable for its actions and decisions at yesterday's Senate meeting.

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• Cal researchers advance goal of artificial muscles
  BERKELEY. (U-Wire) -- University of California at Berkeley researchers have taken a significant step in the development of synthetic muscles.

Opinion

• Our View: Picture of an American war
  It's not really fair, is it, when seven Spanish intelligence agents killed in an ambush by insurgents get front page coverage, for more than one day, and our brave soldiers, dying alongside the foreign agents get nary a picture, mention or honor for their lives.

• Teaching evaluations are futile
  It's that time of the year again. It's time to fill out those useless teacher evaluations. Yes you heard right, useless.

• Women's lives: different but equal
  When I think of feminism now, I become a little flustered