Nutrition • Three-year-old Dante Velez enjoys an apple served during the scheduled afternoon snack. Tracey Roman / Daily Forty-Niner (See related story - Patterson)

News

• CSSA strives to lighten financial load
  Financial aid, textbook prices and voter registration were the main topics discussed by the California State Student Association (CSSA) when the Board of Directors met in the University Student Union for a conference Saturday and Sunday.
  
• Patterson Center ensures children's nutritional needs
  When the Isabel Patterson Child Development Center opened in 1975, children enrolled used to have to bring their own lunches to school.
  
• CSULB ranks 20th among U.S. schools in fitness magazine
  Health worries should not be a major problem for students at this campus because Cal State Long Beach recently earned the 20th spot for fittest students among various colleges across America.
  
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Opinion

• Our view: Arnold a powerful proponent of change
  Last week, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger told a crowd in San Diego he intends to run for re-election.
  
• Taxation needed for more societal contributions
  Republicans are notorious for their disregard of the lower class. An obvious example is the lessening of social programs.