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Long Beach makes quick work of Idaho

After sweeping St. Mary’s in three straight games Thursday night, the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team continued its hot play with a sweep over Idaho Saturday night in The Walter Pyramid. Long Beach State did not exactly lay out the welcome mats for Idaho, which was a former member[Read More…]

LBSU beats St. Mary’s in three matches

The Long Beach State women’s volleyball match started with an ace and ended with an ace by The Beach in a three-game sweep of Saint Mary’s College, 30-25, 30-23 and 31-29, Thursday night. Despite the sweep the 49ers (6-2) struggled throughout most of the match and relied upon their depth,[Read More…]

‘Tree hugger’ explains why nature rocks

Call me a tree hugger or John Muir, but I really just love the outdoors. There’s something pure, something unadulterated and wild about the biggest mother of them all – Mother Nature. Perhaps this is why I firmly believe nothing created by human beings will ever match what natural processes[Read More…]

Professors need to be more understanding

College is a time to blossom and figure out what you want to do with your life. The choices are yours, all yours. The process you go through to find out could be long or short. As you take class after class, you will encounter every kind of teacher on[Read More…]

Long Beach State has an easy weekend at home

After playing three tough matches last week, winning two and losing to No. 1 Nebraska, Long Beach had a much easier time against St. Mary’s and Idaho in the Long Beach State Invitational at The Walter Pyramid this past weekend. The Long Beach State women’s volleyball’team’didn’t lose a game in[Read More…]

Tool provides good soundtrack for modern days, times

If there were a prize given to the biggest anonymous band around, Tool just might be in the running for the award. The four-piece band fills arenas and sells plenty of CDs. Yet compared to its ’90s-based contemporaries like the instantly recognizable Green Day and No Doubt, the band is[Read More…]

49ers hope to keep winning streak alive

With a win over St. Mary’s in a five-game match at the Nebraska Labor Day Invitational last Saturday, the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team hopes to do it again today as it try to keep dominance over St. Mary’s. The 49ers (5-2) have never lost to the Gaels (3-3),[Read More…]

Crocodile Hunter’s death not to be taken lightly

So by now I figure everyone knows about Steve Irwin’s shocking death, which occurred Monday morning. Irwin, known to the world as the ever-exuberant, fun-loving “Crocodile Hunter,” was snorkeling off Batt Reef, part of the Great Barrier Reef, when he was killed by a stingray barb that pierced his heart,[Read More…]

Facebook’s new item creepy and intrusive

In a world where so many people have access to an individual’s private information at the click of a button, do we really need more creepy Web sites that tell everyone when the littlest details in one’s life change? There has been quite a buzz online about new developments on[Read More…]

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