• Our View: Sexual accusations made against Trinity
  The world's largest Christian broadcasting group is in trouble.

• Cal State fee hikes flawed, unfair to students
  California is in a huge financial crisis and students are the ones who pay the price.

• Proposition 63 will drive the rich out of Calif.
  Adding a small tax to millionaires in order to expand health services for mentally ill children, adults and seniors may sound like a great idea, but a closer look at Proposition 63 reveals that it simply does not do enough.

• Vote for the best party, not for the best candidate
  My entire adult life has been spent studying politics. In doing so, I think I've come to understand a few things about what's important and what's not important when it comes to presidential elections.

Diversions

• "The Grudge" gives horror films a run for their money
  For me, it is a rare thing when I see a horror movie that is actually scary. It's sad, but movies of this genre come a-dime-a-dozen, and most of the time they are not actually frightening in the least bit.

• Widescreen Film Festival offers frights and freaks
  Beginning Oct. 27 and ending Oct. 31, the Film and Electronic Arts Department, with support from Panavision, will be hosting the Widescreen Film Festival at the Carpenter Center and University Theater.

• Comedy Central's new animated reality show is a toon hoot
  If you've been searching for a show that has familiar animated characters letting loose and acting like the cast of "The Real World" and "Girls Gone Wild" combined, then "Drawn Together" is the show for you.

• Athletes have it good
  It's good to be an athlete. Aside from the millions of dollars, the instant celebrity status, the women, the cars and the mansions, pro athletes get the biggest perk of all – living above the law.

• Pro baseball back in Long Beach
  When the Long Beach Breakers folded along with the Western League after the 2002 season, fans thought they had seen the last of professional baseball in Long Beach. Not the case, thanks to the Golden Baseball League, pro baseball is coming back to Blair Field.

• Beach fall to Matadors, rebound against Pacific
  The women's volleyball team split two matches over the weekend with both matches going the full five games each.

• Quaresma: ‘It feels good to win'
  "It feels good to win," 49ers' freshman forward Katelyn Quaresma said about Friday's 3-1 conference match over UC Irvine. "Our goal was to win it for the seniors, to give them something to remember. This is a start."