Accepting Applications Jon Cook/Daily Forty-Niner Week of Welcome brought out campus organizations, clubs, fraternities and sororities to the Friendship Walk Tuesday. The event, which was organized by Associated Students Inc., is designed to reach out to students who are interested in joining a group on campus. The event will run until Thursday.

News

• A.S.I works to increase voting among students
  In an attempt to combat low voter turnout among young people, Associated Students Inc. continues its campaign, "Students to Reinvigorate Democracy," by attempting to register hundreds of students during Week of Welcome.

• Profits from events spread throughout campus
  College campuses in Southern California have become a prime spot to host events with the Summer Pro League and the Warped Tour at Cal State Long Beach, but where does the money from these events go?

• Times hacker turns him-self in on federal warrant
  SACRAMENTO (AP) -- A nationally known itinerant computer hacker surrendered in California Tuesday on a federal arrest warrant accusing him of breaking into The New York Times' computers.

• Women's Resource Center continues to educate, assist CSULB students
  The Women's Resource Center at Cal State Long Beach continuously works to inform and educate students about women's issues through various services, workshops and programs sponsored by the center.

• Backpacks shown to cause back injury, pain
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (U-Wire) -- University of New Mexico students returned to class this semester with the weight of their academic choices not on their shoulders, but on their backs.

Opinion

• Our View: Bush has a big mouth
  I can't tell you how many zeros are in a trillion dollars but I can tell you that is what our new national deficit is going to be after Bush gets his extra $87 billion for the continuing conflict in Iraq.

• Get lost, get rich by Sarah Thigpen
  Many of us have protested the war in Iraq. As a result, there has been a push to promote this conflict and gain the support of America. But recently, the mass media has taken a step from the patriotic to the inane.

• Short-sighted support by Thomas Hartnett
  I am officially declaring war on the College Republicans. I remember fondly last spring when I was participating in a campus peace rally against the pre-emptive war in Iraq.

• This semester's real issues revealed by Nick Genisauski
  After getting the first-week jitters out of my system, I decided to reflect on the real, hard-hitting issues on this semester's agenda.

• Speeches-smeeches
  Huntington, W. Va. ((U-wire) -- Sunday night, television sets across America played host to President George W. Bush as he addressed the American people.

• Letter to the editor: A voter's rebuttal
  Is the "Our View" section really the conjoined opinion of twenty co-workers or is it an editorial piece doctored by someone with a powerful demand to be looked upon favorably by her peers?

 

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