Criminal activity Photos by Jon Cook The annual Criminal Justice Day brought law enforcement organizations to campus Thursday. (top) A K9 demonstration was part of the event. (down) Frank Rodriguez, a criminal justice student, checks out equipment at the Whittier Police display.

News

• University combats online identity theft
  Cal State Long Beach strives to maintain security on its more than 4,000 computer terminals on campus.
  
  
• Program promotes U.S. understanding
  For the first time, a prestigious undergraduate scholarship was awarded to a Cal State Long Beach student.
  
  
• Student receives top TV scholarship
  Cal State Long Beach student Megan Marlena, who works as a morning news anchor on KKJZ, and as a reporter and producer at the campus television station, was one of two students in the West to receive a scholarship at the Associated Press Radio and Television 2003 conference.
  
  

Opinion

• Immigrants deserve rights
  The Supreme Court has ruled that immigrants, legal or otherwise, can be held without a hearing and deported, even if they are not dangerous and are unlikely to flee.
  
  
• Cinco de Mayo not a holiday
  Cinco de Mayo is a day when many people, especially young people, head to the local bars or their favorite Mexican restaurants to purchase American and Mexican beers that are manufactured in the United States.
  
  
• Letters to the editors
  ‘Viva la’ difference
  
  
  

Sports

• Record seven homeruns catapult Dirtbags to win
  Baseball: 49ers lose to Fresno State 5-3 in 11 innings then crush Pacific under weight of seven homeruns.
  
  
• Lewis University tops BYU, wins first NCAA championship
  Men’s volleyball: Lewis wins fifth game 15-12 to win first ever NCAA championship.