Hunting begins Congestion • Starting the semester can test one’s patience with students finding “lot full” signs posted where they intended to park, extra long lines everywhere they turn and jammed-packed campus shuttles. To top it all off, those who normally park in Lot 11 found one-third of it under construction for a new parking structure. Tracey Roman / Daily Forty-Niner

News

• Committee formed to replace criticized director
  The tenure of Athletic Director Bill Shumard, who is leaving The Beach to become CEO of the Southern California Special Olympics, is seen by a large portion of the athletics booster/donor community as nothing more than satisfactory.
  
• Film grant to fund student documentaries
  On July 15 the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced they would be donating a $20,000 grant to the Cal State Long Beach film and electronic arts department documentary program for the 2005-06 school year.
  
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Opinion

• Our view: New army ads reflect propaganda style
  Anyone who spent the dog days of summer watching TV is probably familiar with the newest U. S. Army ads, which depict parents discussing the military with their sons.
  
• Schwarzenegger works to rebuild, renew California
  Arnold Schwarzenegger has come a long way from flexing muscles to get his first Mr. Universe title in 1970, to flexing muscles in politics to become the next governor of California.
  
• Modern mega oil problems have no solutions
  I’ve previously written about the dangers as global rates of oil extraction start to level off and inevitably decline.
  
• United States Internet technology behind the times
  A downer is when after years of dorm T1 Internet connection, you move into your own place and discover that the best speed on your modem is a puny 300 kilobits per second.

Diversions

• Dave Matthews Band ends summer in Carson
  The Dave Matthews Band (DMB) rocked Southern California with shows in Carson Saturday at the Home Depot Center and Sunday at the soccer stadium at Cal State Dominguez Hills.

• Long Beach State upcoming sports events