New view Jon Cook/ On-line Forty-Niner Workers clear the fences from around the new science building that had been scheduled for completion spring 2003.

 

News

• Students take vow of silence observing Hate Crime Awareness Week
  A series of events to raise campus awareness of hate crimes and their affects will be featured this week at Cal State Long Beach in observance of Hate Crime Awareness Week.

• In abortion trials, even language is a battleground
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- An ''abortion'' versus a ''procedure.'' A ''baby'' versus a ''pregnancy.''

• Microbiology Building wall beautified by artistic mural
  Last month, the Biology Student Association held a contest to determine who was going to paint the mural in the Microbiology Building--207.

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• UC enrollment down, minority numbers drop
  BERKELEY (AP) -- Admissions to the University of California this fall declined 7 percent due to state funding cuts, with the numbers for black students dropping even more sharply.

 

Opinion

• Our View: Terrorism aids dictatorships
  Since Sept. 11, 2001, the United States and a broad coalition of countries have become embroiled in a "war" on terror.

• Latinos are missing opportunities
  The Latino community has been called the sleeping giant for more than half a century.

• Ignorance leads our country down the wrong path
  The proceedings of Washington's Sept. 11 investigative committee show that ignorance on the part of administration officials, under presidents Clinton and Bush, led to the terrorist attacks in September of 2001.

 

Diversions

• 'Die Fledermaus' gives opera a bat name
  Last weekend, the Opera Institute of Cal State Long Beach presented its yearly operatic production.

• This summer packs in the packaged tours
  So many package tours, so little money.

 

Sports

• 49ers net easy victory on senior night
  Senior night is supposed to be easy. But in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, nothing comes easy and any opponent would've loved to spoil Saturday's festivities in The Pyramid

• Tennis heads to postseason with loss
  The Long Beach State women's tennis team may not have ended the season with a win when they hosted No. 34 ranked Oregon at The Campus Courts last Friday to finish its 2004 regular season, but it did come close, very close.