KKJZ disc jockey dies Obituary • KKJZ disc jockey Sam Fields was found dead Sept. 30 in his North Hollywood home. He was 55. Fields worked at the station, located on upper campus, since 1990, and at KKGO since 1972. He also worked at KROQ, KMET and KLAC, according to the Los Angeles Times. He is survived by two sisters, a brother, a niece and a nephew. Tracey Roman /Online Forty-Niner

News

• Is ‘smart technology’ smart?
  
  Cal State Long Beach faculty are finding it easier to teach, thanks to new smart technology. CSULB currently has 99 smart room classrooms and several new requests are on file at the audio and visuals facility.
  
• New condoms arouse student curiosity
  The vibrating condom, a new product from TouchMe USA, is giving new meaning to safe sex on college campuses across the nation with its extra sensation.
  
• Pajama Run fundraiser gets Long Beach out of bed
  Children, parents, students and community members gathered together in their favorite pajamas Saturday evening to participate in the 3rd annual Pajama Run on the scenic beach bike path in Long Beach.
  

Opinion

• Our View: South African shark concerns all hype
  Everything we ever wanted to know about sharks was more than adequately explained in “Jaws.” We learned that sometimes “you’re gonna need a bigger boat."
  
• Be respectful or pack up and leave — for good
  Oh God, here it comes. Class ends in five minutes. Only five! I had better start putting my notebook in my backpack. I might as well zip my backpack up as well.
  
• Don’t let others find God for you
  In the recent article in the Sept. 28 of the Daily Forty-Niner issue by David Whisler “California’s gay marriage ban nonsenical,” I was reminded and upset by how often people attach characteristics or references to God that are not attributable to him.
  
• Katrina response flawed
  Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and parts of Mississippi.
  
  

Diversions

• No hole-in-one for 'Greatest Game’
  “The Greatest Game Ever Played” may not be the greatest movie ever made, but nevertheless tells an interesting story about golf, class struggles and ambitions.

• Yankees prove their net worth
  The suspense and anxiety over who would end up being the title-holding team of the AL East finally reached its climax Saturday at Fenway Park.
  
• LBSU weekend wrap-up
  Women’s soccer - Long Beach State defeated the Pacific Tigers1-0 in their conference opener Sept. 30, but an injury to freshman Hayley Bolt took her out in the second half.