Study break Challenge • Student Skyler Hunter checks out the game “Fear” at the mtvU Gamers’ Ball Video Game Tour that came to campus Monday. The fall tour will hit a number of college campuses, challenging students with various games and competitions. Tracey Roman / Online Forty-Niner

 

News

• Kitahara v. Pollock winds down, debate to finish by next Monday
  The Associated Students Judiciary ended deliberations Monday without a ruling in the case against Associated Students, Inc. President Jamie Pollock.
  
  
• Use of flares to decrease in LB ports
  The South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) passed an amendment to reduce oil refineries’ use of non-emergency flares after testimonies from community members and refinery workers Friday at Long Beach City Hall.
  
  

Opinion

• OurView: Going to the movies has its problems
  The Los Angeles Times reported at the end of October director M. Night Shyamalan saying the collective moviegoing experience is threatened with extinction.
  
  
• California redistricting proposition fair, beneficial
  If you only vote yes on one proposition today, make sure it is Proposition 77, the redistricting initiative. This may be the most important initiative on the ballot in terms of the actual and symbolic message it can send to the legislators of California.
  
  
• Socialized medicine in America worthwhile
  There is so much debate about soaring health care prices and the lack of access to health care programs for the poor.
  
  
  

  Diversions
  

• Hayes still delivers hot buttered soul
  R&B icon and innovator Isaac Hayes was at the Vault 350 in downtown Long Beach Friday, spreading his infectious brand of soul throughout the venue.
  
  

• Rolling Stones too expensive for students
  The year is 2030 and Green Day is playing to packed stadiums throughout the world. Billie Joe Armstrong and company are all pushing 60, but the aging Cali punkers are still out there hammering out the chords to “Longview” in front of 50,000 fans.
  
  
  
  

  Sports
  

• 49er women’s soccer fall to UCR in shootout
  Long Beach State women’s soccer team battled and lost to UC Riverside Sunday afternoon in the first game of the Big West Tournament.
  

• UCLA drowns LBSU water polo
  Long Beach State men’s water polo fell to UCLA at the campus pool Sunday. The 49ers lost 9-8, which is the seventh loss in a row, putting their record at 15-12 and 0-4 in the MPSF.