Students save in shade Money • Students take a break from classes and the heat to check out the $1.49 book sale in front of the campus bookstore. Temperatures in Long Beach reached 97 degrees Fahrenheit Wednesday. Tracey Roman / Online Forty-Niner

News

• Volunteering in Vietnam called ‘life changing’
  Volunteers are needed to renovate a hospital in Vietnam during a two-week program put on by Peacework, a non-profit organization.

• Academic Senate election results reconsidered
  The Associated Students Senate met Wednesday in a short and subdued meeting.

• CSUs now set to offer education doctorate degrees
  Education students can now look forward to obtaining education doctorate degrees (Ed.D) at California State Universities due to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s signing of SB 724 last week.

• Local libraries recieve cuts, students, programs suffer
  Beginning Oct. 1 the Main and North Long Beach Public Libraries will be closed Mondays and reduce their regular weekly hours as a result of the new city budget cuts.

 

Opinion

• Our View: Medicine detrimental to nation under therapy
  For thousands of years people have sought to alleviate the pain of diseases with the use of medicine. 
  
• Evolution’s erotic intentions are sex, anthropology
  Now I’m no fancy anthropologist, but I’ve been told the peacock with the prettiest feathers gets the most gets laid first. Now I don’t know about you, but I think that says a lot about sex.
  
• Intelligent Design actually intelligent, valid
  Though I often rant about religion, the theory of Intelligent Design is something I had not heard much about. I had always called it creation.
  
• Government quip shortsighted
  Comedian Wanda Sykes showed a clip Tuesday, Sept. 27 on the 2005 Comedy Awards show on BET of President George W. Bush saying he wants to give money back to the American people because they know how to spend it best.
  
• Global capitalism may be going too extreme
  President Bush and his administration profited through investments from the attacks of 9/11, the war in Afghanistan, the war in Iraq and quite possibly Hurricane Katrina.
  
• Metrosexual revolution shatters gender differences
  Manicures, facials, jewelry, makeup — these are the tools women use to look beautiful and more attractive. Or at least they used to be.
  
• Senator, editor biased show through, hurt campus
  Last week the Associated Students Senate ap-pointed four candidates to the Student Media Board out of a total of seven applicants.
  
  

Diversions

• Happy Tree Friends DVD: This ain’t your father’s
  
  If you think nothing relaxes you after a long day like watching a baby squirrel take it in the jewels from a runaway yo-yo, then have I got a DVD for you.
  
• Liquor, who can resist?
  While watching Love Buk-owski at the Edison Theatre, do not be surprised if it seems like a bar has sprung up overnight.
  
• Album sales aid charity
  Orange County natives Thrice strive on thick guitars, heaving drums and larger-than-life vocals. But this time around, it is their words that will have their fans hooked.
  

• Athletes race in triathalon, support AIDS education
  Early Sunday morning, more than 1,200 swimmers, cyclists and runners got together for the annual Long Beach Triathlon presented by Pacific Sports LLC.
  
• After three weeks, some NFL teams stuck on the sidelines
  The NFL season is off and running as week three brings drama, injuries, suspensions and horrible loses. The Cincinnati Bengals have completely surprised the NFL nation, while Green Bay must prepare for the wrath of its loyal cheeseheads.