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Election Selections
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CALIFORNIA Â STATE Â UNIVERSITY, Â LONG Â BEACH
Influential men of Long Beach were honored at a Ronald McDonald House charity fundraiser. BY  AMY  PATTON  Assistant  News  Editor
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Roxana  Romero  applies  classic  Dia  de  los  Muertos  face  paint  to  three-Âyear-Âold  Isaac  Gonzalez,  who  attended  the  block  party  festival  with  his  parents.
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Marathons in mind CSULB rowing club team focuses on building endurance in the fall in order to prep for spring sprints.
BY  AMY  PATTON  Assistant  News  Editor
Cal  State  University  Long  Beach  club  rowing  team,  Beach  Crew,  gauged  its  skill  levels  against  other  schools  at  WKH ÂżUVW KRPH PHHW RI WKH IDOO VHDVRQ DW Naples  Island  over  the  weekend.  The  womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  varsity-Âeight  team  came  in  third  place,  at  16  minutes,  50 Â
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VHFRQGV 8QLYHUVLW\ RI &DOLIRUQLD 6DQ- ta  Barbara  and  Orange  Coast  College  FDPH LQ MXVW DKHDG RI WKHP The  menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  varsity-Âeight  team  came  LQ ÂżIWK SODFH DW PLQXWHV VHFRQGV 8QLYHUVLW\ &DOLIRUQLD /RV $QJHOHV DQG 8QLYHUVLW\ RI 6RXWKHUQ &DOLIRUQLD came  in  behind  them.  President  Jane  Close  Conoley  at- WHQGHG WKH PHHW WR VKRZ KHU VXSSRUW RI CSULBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  club  sports.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  love  seeing  our  student  athletes,â&#x20AC;? Â
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