Hip-hop appreciation Jon Cook/On-line Forty-Niner The Blacklore Raiders perform at the Southwest Terrace of the University Student Union as part of Hip-Hop Appreciation week

News

• Policy restricts smoking areas near buildings
  A new campus-wide smoking policy will likely take effect next fall, Wayne Dick, chair of the Academic Senate told the Associated Student Senate on Wednesday.
  
  
• Student interests in art changing
  Editors Note: This article is part of a series, “State of the Beach,” which analyzes the status of programs on campus.
  
  
• Graduation may hinder job plans
  Of the more than 1,500 international students on Cal State Long Beach’s campus, an estimated 300 will be graduating this May.
  
  
• Fraternity sponsors CPR instruction
  Victor Correa Ortiz went on a boating trip and decided to take a swim. Moments later, his body was recovered and brought on to the boat.
  
  
• Graduation gifts offered on, around CSULB campus
  Shops: New and quality items featured at the University Bookstore, and other shops make the perfect presents for grads.
  
  

Opinion

• Fees unfairly targets students
  We rally and we complain but we don’t really vote.
  
  
• Turks should admit to genocide
  When I say, “Why my best friends hate me,” I am not asking a rhetorical question but making a definite statement, the answer to which I already know.
  
  
  

Sports

• First place Dirtbags beat Pepperdine 6-1
  Baseball: Mike Hofius drives in two in the sixth to lead 49ers past the Waves.
  
  
• English team bringing soccer craze to U.S.
  Soccer in the United States is gradually gaining more popularity.
  
  
• 49er Track ready for NCAA event
  A small group of Long Beach State track and field athletes will be attempting to improve their qualifying marks at the Occidental Invitational on Saturday.