Drum beat Tracey Roman/ On-line Forty-Niner Children drummers from Free to Be Me Drum Circle, a group that helps at-risk children, elders, K-12, and people with mental disabilities.   Spreading culture Tracey Roman/ On-line Forty-Niner Muslim Student Association members Hillary Gomez, Did Henry and Tahlia Nunez dress for Kaleidoscope.   Lending a paw Tracey Roman/ On-line Forty-Niner Raider gets his paw printed at the Criminal Justice Student Association booth during Kaleidoscope.

 

News

• Removal of finance chairman sparks intense controversy
  Removal: The dean’s decision and job performance attract both criticism and support. Sources report low morale in the College of Business.

• Alumnus creates new lab from discarded computers
  The chemical engineering department experienced a windfall when members of its staff rescued several computers and brought long-needed resources to the small, struggling department.

• Turks and Armenians ‘agree to disagree’
  The Turkish and Armenian Student Associations have finally put their differences aside and “agreed to disagree,” a conclusion that took more than five months to arrive upon.

• NEWS IN A FEW

• Regulators vow to push clean engine rules despite court ruling
  LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Clean air regulators vowed Wednesday to keep pushing for stringent anti-smog requirements for public vehicle fleets, despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that they may have overstepped their authority by setting rules in Southern California.

 

Opinion

• Our View: Bush is afraid of the light
  Author Sissela Bok once observed that “while all deception requires secrecy, all secrecy is not meant to deceive.”

• Images of fallen soldiers indelible
  On Friday, newspapers across the country, including the Press-Telegram, released pictures of flag-draped coffins containing dead American soldiers arriving home from Iraq.

• Letter to the editor

• A bad job is better than no job at all
  When it comes to the workforce, would you agree that times have really changed?

• Medical Marijuana Ban: A Painful Death Sentence

 

Diversions

• The handy Coachella 2004 pocket guide
  What to bring money for: Gas (or drive all your friends and guilt them into paying for it).

• Albums to really, really look forward to

• ‘Queer As Folk’ with marriage in mind
  LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Producers Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman figure they have bragging rights when it comes to putting the ‘‘queer’’ into television.

• The ultimate top five list of entertainment

 

Sports

• Golf earns first championship since 1973
  Fifty-four holes were on the scorecard at the Big West Championship Tournament and thought the 49ers men’s golf team thought it had missed winning its first championship since 1973 by one stroke.

• Nicklaus nearly done with competitive golf
  TRAVELERS REST, S.C. (AP) -- It turns out Jack Nicklaus might be finished with more than just the Masters.

• Rally jackets work for Dirtbags again
  The Dirtbags turned their jackets inside out in the ninth inning for the third time this season, and for the third time the team rallied to win the game.