Cinco de Mayo Tracey Roman /On-line Forty-Niner Facilities management employees take a break to enjoy the mariachi band play during Cinco de Mayo celebrations at the Southwest Terrace.

 

News

• Student dies after night of drinking
  Jason Kirsinas, a Cal State Long Beach student and President’s Scholar, died Thursday, three days after lapsing into a coma following a night of drinking on his 21st birthday.

• Controversial mannequin removed after complaints
  A dark-colored mannequin with a noose around its neck was removed from the College of Engineering Monday after several complaints from students.

• KBeach radio accuses Bookstore of censorship
  KBeach Radio, the student-run Internet radio station on campus, appealed to the A.S. Senate Wednesday asking for help in resolving a possible censorship issue.

 

Opinion

• Our View: Diamonds in Iraq’s rough
  It has been an exceedingly painful month in Iraq. It has been, plainly stated, a war.

• History supports claims of genocide
  The Turkish Government began and ruthlessly carried out the in famous massacre and deportation of Armenians in Asia Minor.

• Unknown STD affects half of sexually active
  COLLEGE PARK, Md. (U-Wire) — Close to 50 percent of sexually active people have a sexually transmitted disease that many people do not know even exists, and that statistic is even higher on college campuses.

 

Diversions

• Lynn, White team up to rock album
  Ear candy

 

Sports

• 2004 NCAA Final Four preview