Examination • Presidential candidate Richard H. Wells answers students’ questions about what he will do for the campus as well as asking the students what they want out of him. In response, one student said Wells had to “bleed Beach Pride.” Tracey Roman /Online Forty-Niner Meeting • At an open forum in the Horn Center, presidential candidate Richard H. Wells takes questions about his vision for CSULB. Tracey Roman / Online Forty-Niner

News

• Wells opts to evaluate campus issues first
  The second university presidential candidate to visit Cal State Long Beach, Richard H. Wells, introduced himself to students, staff and faculty Tuesday and expressed his desire to learn more about the campus.
  
• Presidential candidate Bradshaw to visit campus
  Wilson G. Bradshaw, one of the final four candidates who may succeed current Cal State Long Beach President Robert C. Maxson, plans to become acclimated to the university if chosen and is already beginning to understand Beach Pride.
  
• Rising gas expenses caused by environmental, price regulations
  As gas prices climb and commuting students spend more money filling up their tanks and more time searching for the best deals, many wonder what exactly is causing these price increases.
  
  

Opinion

• Our View: Student apathy detrimental to CSULB
  The role of president is an essential position universities must have in order to improve and maintain a school.
  
  
• Celebrity religious fashions hypocritical, trendy
  Fashion is of utmost importance. How can anyone carry on day-by-day without knowing what trend is all the rage in Paris or New York?
  
• Student incentives needed for campus parking problem
  We students are suffering from an extreme lack of parking spaces.
  
• Inexplicable encounters with goodness awe-inspiring
  Goodness is inexplicable. That’s why literature, film, drama and even ancient religious texts remain plaintively silent about how it arises and how to preserve it through turbulent and trying times. I claim no originality in thinking about goodness. Please, then, bear with me.
  
  

Diversions

• Xingolati Groove Cruise provides floating, fantastic fun
  A 40-something year old hair colorist and mom from New Jersey, a standard-issue Orange County frat boy and a dreadlocked Burning Man devotee do not often come together.