When did spend and tax become just spend? Somewhere between Social Security and health care reform, Congressional leaders, fearing public backlash, continued to pass legislation in the name of social welfare, failing to account for appropriate funds. A little debt is OK — even the most responsible among us carry[Read More…]
Sports
Saturday power outage proves our generation can interact with itself
I know discussing this topic is like beating a dead horse — and about as cliché as employing the phrase — but I feel the need to talk about it nevertheless. There was a campus-wide power outage last Saturday. We were lost! Helpless! Not being able to turn on the[Read More…]
LBSU closes out Gene Hackerman Invitational with double-digit loss
Box score The Long Beach State women’s basketball team finished the Gene Hackerman Invitational with a 78-61 loss to host Rice University at Tudor Fieldhouse on Saturday. The 49ers (1-8) surrendered a career-high 35 points to Owls freshman Jessica Kuster, who also earned her first career double-double in the process[Read More…]
‘Niners drop rematch with PVAMU
Box score The Long Beach State women’s basketball team unravelled late in the second half Friday as it dropped its opening game of the Gene Hackerman Invitational in Houston. The 49ers (1-7) trailed by as little as two points with under 10 minutes left to play, but a string of[Read More…]
49ers swept out of NCAAs by No. 18 San Diego
Box score LOS ANGELES — All season long, the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team has had trouble closing out opponents and that could not have been more apparent at the worst of times Friday night at the Galen Center. Despite early leads in all three sets, the 49ers (25-8)[Read More…]
49ers struggle to put BYU-Hawaii away
Box score Long Beach State rebounded from an ugly loss in Washington as the 49ers took care of business at home with a 90-83 win over BYU-Hawaii on Thursday night. Starting guards Casper Ware and Greg Plater stepped up in the absence of starter Larry Anderson, who is sidelined for[Read More…]
3 schools show interest in Big West
Hawaii, Cal State Bakersfield and one other unnamed institution were expected to submit information for Big West Conference membership consideration, commissioner Dennis Farrell said via telephone Tuesday. The deadline for schools to express interest passed Wednesday. Farrell said Thursday that UC San Diego was the third school and was “exploring[Read More…]
Familiar Toreros stand in 49ers’ NCAA path
The three-time All-Big West Conference junior outside hitter on the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team has experienced more than her share of individual success. Caitlin Ledoux has amassed 1,255 career kills in less than three full seasons, sitting in ninth place all-time on the career top-10 list at The[Read More…]
49ers lose game, Anderson in Seattle
The Long Beach State men’s basketball team suffered two separate setbacks Tuesday night at the University of Washington. Not only did the 49ers drop a road contest with the No. 22 Huskies, 102-75, they also lost a key scoring threat in the process. Junior Larry Anderson broke his hand during[Read More…]
Monson to explore options after injury to starter
Aside from losing to the 22nd-ranked Washington Huskies on Tuesday night, the Long Beach State men’s basketball team received a major blow to an already thin rotation. Junior Larry Anderson, the 49ers’ third-best scorer with an average of 11.7 points per game, broke his left hand while attempting to make[Read More…]