Cal State Long Beach proved the strength of its computer science program by taking first and third place at Knowbility’s OpenAir 2016, a web design competition where teams all over the world participated. OpenAir 2016 had 30 teams competing over the last 13 weeks to create or improve websites for[Read More…]
Long Beach
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Belmont Shore welcomes 34th Christmas Parade
While children danced in the street, holiday floats drove by, leaving artificial snow along the route at the 34th Belmont Shore Christmas Parade on Saturday. Between Livingston Drive and Bay Shore Avenue, people surrounded the entire block of Second Street. Those who arrived early sat in the middle island of[Read More…]
Anonymous letter threatens Long Beach mosque
On Friday, the Long Beach Islamic Center received a Donald Trump-praising letter that threatened the Muslim community, leading to an increase in police protection for local mosques. The anonymous letter said that Trump is going to make sure that “America is clean again” and that he was going to start[Read More…]
CSULB student arrested during lecture
Around 12 p.m. Monday, University Police arrested a male student in Lecture Hall 151 after Long Beach Police issued a warrant for the student’s arrest as part of an active investigation. According to Terri Carbaugh, associate vice president of government and media relations at Cal State Long Beach, LBPD directly[Read More…]
Students, faculty protest CSU Board of Trustees
Protesters gathered for the second time this week outside of the Cal State University Office of the Chancellor in downtown Long Beach Wednesday morning to protest a possible CSU systemwide tuition hike. If Board of Trustees votes to approve the rising tuition fee in an upcoming March session, the tuition[Read More…]
Long Beach City Council advocates for Jose Alvarez’ return
The Alvarez family and community members gathered at the Long Beach City Hall on Tuesday night as a resolution that would help Jose Alvarez return to the United States was passed with a majority vote. The story of Alvarez’ deportation sparked controversy within the community when he was pulled over[Read More…]
Trump’s proposed immigration policies threaten DREAMers
President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge of mass deportations and changes to the Deferred Action for Children Arrivals has left hundreds of thousands of undocumented people with an uncertain future in the United States. DACA allows students, also known as DREAMers, who were brought to the United States before June 2007 and[Read More…]
LB City Council to discuss return of Jose Alvarez
Long Beach City Council will be asking the federal government to grant Humanitarian Parole to Jose Alvarez at its meeting Tuesday. According to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Humanitarian Parole is granted in rare situations to bring someone into the United States for emergency circumstances. Alvarez’s February deportation began with[Read More…]
Business student, dancer remembered
Jerry Vu was a jack-of-all-trades: a dancer, brother, choreographer, son, director, student, friend. According to family, the 19-year-old Anaheim native always had his hands in some sort of project, whether relating to activism-based performance or his pursuit of a business degree at Cal State Long Beach. On Nov 4., Vu’s[Read More…]
Bikes take over midtown Long Beach during Beach Streets
Anaheim Street came alive with pedestrians, skaters and bikers alike who took part in Beach Streets on Saturday morning. Beach Streets, which is an open event that showcases local businesses and the culture of surrounding neighborhoods, was last held in downtown Long Beach in March. In the past, Beach Streets[Read More…]