Silence day Tracey Roman/On-line Forty-Niner Salvador Flores, president of the Rainbow Alliance group, distributes lavender bandanas and cards to draw attention to those silenced by oppression.   Right to vote Jon Cook/On-line Forty-Niner Students line up outside of the bookstore to vote for next year's Associated Students Inc. positions.   Understanding culture Tracey Roman/On-line Forty-Niner The Muslim Student Association hosts a cultural exhibit on The Friendship Walk Wednesday.   Women speak out Photos by Tracey Roman The clothesline project displays various colored shirts, each representing a different kind of violence against woman. Shannon Aldridge (left), liberal studies major, reads the shirts decorated by survivors of abuse.

 

News

• Moderate drinking promoted in college
  As part of an effort to help fight alcohol abuse among students, college campuses are increasingly turning toward new methods of educating the college community.

• Senate presented with butts to prove point
  Have you ever noticed cigarette butts littering the ground all around campus?

• Study: Textbook publishers use unfair tactics
  In a study released in January, the California Student Public Interest Research Group and the Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group found students are paying up to $900 a year on textbooks.

• Athletic department budget improves, scholarships rise
  What a difference a few hundred thousand dollars make.

• NEWS IN A FEW

• CSULB to host festival celebrating diverse community
  To kick off spring, Cal State Long Beach will celebrate the 19th Annual Kaleidoscope Festival Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

 

Opinion

• Our View: Nice cars can save the planet
  The Union of Concerned Scientists on Monday said that technology already exists to reduce automobile emissions of greenhouse gases.

• Tomorrow, recognize our future
  We have Mothers Day, Fathers Day, and Valentines Day. Why not have a Children's Day?

• Clean the Earth and the White House
  Since activists first established Earth Day on April 22, 1970 -- an event American Heritage Magazine 23 years later called "one of the most remarkable happenings in the history of democracy" -- a new environmental ethos has permeated politics.

• Smoke-free: the way to be for CSULB
  Campuses Organized and United for Good Health (COUGH) is a student organization that, in collaboration with an entire graduate class (Health Science 625), will be celebrating Earth Day.

 

Diversions

• Student composes a classic
  The concert in Daniel Recital Hall on April 17, featured a wide selection of works by a contemporary composer: There was a piece for marimba; a piece for violin, cello and bassoon; a solo clarinet piece; a piano sonatine, an orchestral work; and a fantastic string quartet.

• Artists, activists unite in Earth Day Celebration
  What better way to celebrate Earth Day than to attend an event that brings together influential activists and artists who are committed to global change.

• Concert review: Morrissey welcomed back to L.A., rock scene
  Morrissey proved to be arguably one of the best front men of modern rock along with Thom York of Radiohead, Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode, and Bono from U2 at The Grove of Anaheim last Sunday.

 

Sports

• Team U.S.A. has too much for 49er water polo
  After winning its last four games the No. 4-ranked Long Beach State 49ers women's water polo team had a little trouble against a team that head coach Ricardo Azevedo described as "fast, potent, strong and very well coached."

• Former Dirtbag may return this weekend
  SEATTLE (AP) -- An MRI test on Oakland shortstop Bobby Crosby showed a bone bruise on his left knee, and manager Ken Macha said Wednesday night the rookie should return by the end of the weekend.

• Banged up Lakers head to Houston
  EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) -- Slava Medvedenko didn't practice Wednesday with the Los Angeles Lakers because of a strained right Achilles' tendon, and his status for Game 3 of their first-round playoff series against Houston is uncertain.

• Competing against a different opponent
  Nearly 1,000 athletes competed at The Jack Rose Track last weekend, but four stood apart, Gilberto Alavez, Ed Cockrell, April Holmes and C.J. Howard.