News

• Students unite to fight budget woes
  Governor Schwarzenegger’s proposed budget plan for the 2004-05 fiscal year has many students and faculty in the state of California up in arms in what they see as a threat to their education.

• Campus ministry group helps fire victims
  The Victory Campus Ministry group at Cal State Long Beach is attempting to raise $5,000 to help a family which two of their members rescued from a burning two-story apartment in Long Beach.

• Mike “The Beave” Johnson voted A.S.I. president
  Associated Students Inc. President-elect Mike “The Beave” Johnson is the only executive officer to go from the position of treasurer directly to being elected president.

• NEWS IN A FEW

• Administrators lobby for simpler visa process to keep foreign students
  BOSTON (AP) — A steep decline in graduate school applications from foreign students has university administrators pushing the federal government to reform the visa process.

 

Opinion

• Our View: Patients’ rights go up in smoke
  A U.S. district judge ruled Wednesday that patients at a Santa Cruz medical marijuana collective can, for the time being at least, grow and use marijuana without the specter of raids by drug agents.

• Letters to the editor

• Armenian claims of genocide distort the real picture
  Every April 24, the Armenian lobby in America mobilizes its might to launch yet another campaign to defame Turkey, Turks, Turkish-Americans and all things Turkish.

 

Diversions

• Artist Review: Former Long Beach student sings with love
  A bright blue sky and a warm Saturday afternoon were the perfect backdrops to the sounds of Cal State Long Beach alumna, Vonyse, who performed at the Kaleidoscope Festival this past weekend.

 

Sports

• Dirtbags off to best start in team history
  The No.5-ranked Dirtbags are off to their best conference start in school history as the team improved its first-place record to 9-0 in the Big West Conference with a three-game sweep over the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Mustangs.

• Women’s tennis takes conference championship
  Trips to the Big West Championship seem to be routine for the Long Beach State women’s tennis team these days.