Speak out Forum • Senior history major Gennay Banks spoke about President George W. Bush during the open mic session Tuesday. The event was put on by the Campus Progressives and was open to students who wanted to voice their opinions about the war in Iraq. Tracey Roman /Online Forty-Niner

 

News

• Sylvia’s journey a ‘wonderful experience’
  For some professors, name recognition draws them to Cal State Long Beach. For others, it’s the opportunity to research their field of study.
  
  

Opinion

• Our View: Two sides to Tookie’s jail tale
  The death penalty is a black and white issue capable of destructive polarization to this country. Life or death, which does a convicted man or woman deserve? Such decisions are difficult and endlessly debatable.
  
  
• Illegal immigrants deserve chance in America
  Not a lot of things manage to get far beneath my skin, but I’m really sick and tired of the people who call themselves the “Minutemen.” They have managed to pervade the news, promoting their ideology that Latinos, many of them Mexican, who enter the United States illegally, deserve immediate deportation.
  
  
• Common English language errors need change
  The Latino population is on the rise. According to the 2002 government census, Latinos make up 34.7 million of the 296 million people living in the United States.
  
  
  

  Diversions
  

• ‘Patrick’ charms audiences at the Long Beach Playhouse
  The opening night of a stage production often reveals how well the cast members work together. Sometimes the players have that connection and sometimes they don’t.
  
  
  Sports
  

• 49ers deliver beating, dominate CSUSF Gators 108-51
  It only hurt once—at least that’s what the head coach of the San Francisco State Gators could have told his troops in efforts to console them after enduring a massive 57-point beating at the hands of the Long Beach State men’s basketball team Sunday afternoon in The Walter Pyramid.