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House climate changes as emissions bill heads to Senate

President Obama says bill can 'spark a clean energy transformation in our economy'. Full story

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Our View-Redo state’s Constitution or face continuing decay

The cumbersome document desperately needs revision. Full story

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The 'Transformers' sequel suffers from too much boredom

For a two-and-a-half hour film, “Transformers 2: Rise of the Fallen” gets very repetitive. The plot makes sense, but the director slapped in complicated dialogue and “in-your-face” fighting sequences that would get any college guy bored. Full story

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LBSU Year in Review

Long Beach State: 2008-9 Year in Review

Sports editor Danny Lee looks at the past year in Long Beach State athletics. Full story

Opinion & Editorial

Loving King of Pop meant the world had to accept ‘whacko’ moments

Michael Jackson’s quirky behavior overshadowed immense talent

Iran leader situation not about us

Neither presidential choice less volatile than other.

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Our View-Oil tax not too crude to help save higher education

Severance levy should create dedicated funding for state colleges.

Health care reform not socialist

Government-run insurance would help private companies compete

Some conspiracy theorists’ Sept. 11 skepticism teeters on idiocy

Only lunatics and misfits claim Bush masterminded terrorist attacks

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Latest topics: "Are there any plans or dicussions to bring back football to LBSU?"

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Karen Gould

Provost moves from coast to coast

Karen L. Gould leaves CSULB to become the new president of Brooklyn College

Vote

Choosing between 'bad and ugly'

Two CSU employee unions have opted to discuss the possibility of  two-day monthly furloughs, but some are worried that the CSU chancellor’s proposal will result in fewer classes and longer waits to graduation.

Faculty union heated in furlough discussions

Members of CFA agree to vote on furloughs once the details become clearer.

CSULB student murder hearing postponed

Jonathan Huynh, 20, continues to be held on $1 million bail since his arrest in April.

CSU campuses may close 2 days a month

The CSU system might require most faculty to take monthly furloughs in order to combat reductions in state funding. 

Sports

Arroyo selected as an assistant for World University Games

Long Beach State's water polo head coach joins the USA men’s team in Belgrade, Serbia for international tournament.

Ex-Dirtbag included on 2009 Futures Game roster

Former Long Beach State player Danny Espinosa selected to play in annual MLB All-Star Weekend event.

Knipe coaches U.S. to 3-1 win over Italians 

The United States men's volleyball team defeated Italy, 25-19, 18-25, 25-22, 25-20, in an FIVB World League match played in Catania, Italy on Sunday. The squad is coached by 49er head coach Alan Knipe, who is taking a three-year leave of absence from Long Beach State to run the national team.

Three 'Niners selected to fill American squad

Three LBSU women named to USA Volleyball National Training Team for Junior World Championships.

Andy Read

Read between the lines

Interim men's volleyball head coach balances duties on the court, in the classroom.

Diversions

The Mars Volta

The Mars Volta change-up their usual psychedelic sound by scaling back

Octahedron, The Mars Volta’s fifth release, pushes new boundaries by holding back from their usual multi-layering, dramatic music while retaining the same heavy emotion.

The Superego Clinic

Four comedians hang on to their egos with popular podcast

Matt Gourley and Jeremy Carter’s “Superego” comedy podcast has attracted tens of thousands of downloaders interested in weird characters with personality disorders.

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Wilco proves their legendary status at the Fox Theater

Wilco continued to amaze crowds at the Fox Theatre at their June 21 concert, with everything from country to experimental electronica.

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A Skylit Drive’s third release fails to break out of the norm

A Skylit Drive tries very hard to move forward on the post hardcore rock scene with their new release “Adelphia,” but just don’t have the right stuff. Accurately classified in the experimental genre, the results of this experiment show ASD has a lot of work to do.