Beach Pride Poolside Splash • Top, Special Events Commissioner Nik Ocello has fun tossing Cristine Hirschler in the University Student Union (USU) pool. Bottom, Mikey Sabs, lead singer of LimitPoint, performs at the biannual Beach Pride Poolside event, hosted by Associated Students, Inc., Tuesday at the USU Pool. The event, free for all students wearing CSULB paraphernalia, also featured a live performance from “The Wallabards,” a barbeque and a belly flop contest. “Beach Pride Poolside started as a grand opening for the Beach Pride Center,” said Sally Bulquerin, ASI administrator. It has been a hit ever since but the best thing about it is that it demonstrates school spirit, she said. The 40-some students at the event showed school spirit by dancing and jumping in the pool with their bathing suits in search for CSULB paraphernalia, thrown into the pool by ASI members. Zaira Tinoco, ASI treasurer, said students should look out for other giveaway promotions. Mario Burciaga contributed to this report. Photos by L’Oreal Battistelli / Online Forty-Niner

News

• Campus counseling available for students suffering from depression
  According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), depression– when a person feels sad for more than a few weeks–is a serious condition that affects 3 to 4 million people.
  
• Child center receives $3,000 donation
  The Isabel Patterson Child Development Center (CDC) has received a generous donation of $3,000 from the Target Corp.
  
  

Opinion

• Our View: Iraq troop occupation needs change
  Since the war in Iraq started in 2003, there has been strong opposition toward United States occupation of the Middle East.
  
• Nothing wrong with students staying sober
  Although Cal State Long Beach is a dry campus, I have come to realize that CSULB students, like nearly every other campus’ students in the country, have the ability to drown in alcohol if they wish.
  
• ‘Pornocracy’ fails to recognize porn’s problems
  In the article in the Sept. 27 issue of the Daily Forty-Niner, “Replace Democracy with Pornocracy,” I believe the author made the unfortunate and selfish mistake of not looking beyond her own ideologies.
  
• Accusations of Long Beach Union bias unfounded
  In Sterling Harris’ column in the Sept. 29 issue of the Daily Forty-Niner, he condemns the Long Beach Union—yet demonstrates a bias as strong as the one he ascribes to the paper.
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Diversions

• Click Five’s style different, similar
  They’re not Green Day and they’re not the Backstreet Boys. The Click Five is all together different, with different sound but similar songs.
  
• Secret Machines have catchy riffs, hooks
  Mesmerizing, blissful, psychedelic and enchanting–how can one not get lost in the vibe of such melodramatic beats as the Secret Machines.