Maribel Franco is remembered as being caring, kind and ambitious. The 22-year-old Cal State Long Beach grad student was in her second year of pursuing a master’s degree in counseling. She aspired to be a high school counselor for minority and underrepresented students. Early Sunday morning, Franco was reportedly killed[Read More…]
Long Beach
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Daily 49er sets pace
The Associated Collegiate Press recognized the Daily 49er with five separate honors during the 2016 Pacemaker Awards, including the namesake Newspaper Pacemaker Award, on Saturday in Washington, D.C. According to the ACP website, the Pacemaker is collegiate journalism’s preeminent award that recognizes excellence in content, quality of writing and reporting, design,[Read More…]
Cal State University system proposes first tuition increase in five years
News of a potential Cal State University tuition increase broke on Facebook after California State Student Association advocacy officer Sarah Bentley posted a status detailing the proposed cost hike on Thursday. CSSA is a student-advocacy organization that lobbies in Sacramento each year for the CSU system. There is an optional[Read More…]
Another perfect score for Long Beach
Rainbow crosswalks, an annual lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans pride festival and a mayor who openly identifies as gay — these are some of the reasons why the Human Rights Campaign has repeatedly acknowledged the city of Long Beach for its LGBT friendliness. Since its inauguration in 2012, the Municipal[Read More…]
Pre-election roundtable talks ballot measures
Legalized marijuana and taxes were up for debate at the Long Beach Pre-Election Political Roundtable hosted by the Long Beach Chapter of the Bruin Professionals Wednesday morning. The roundtable, which took place in Downtown Long Beach, featured Long Beach Vice-Mayor Rex Richardson and Hermosa Beach Mayor Hany Fangary as guest[Read More…]
Cal State Long Beach to hold Light up the Night
Cal State Long Beach, along with Project On-Campus Emergency Assistance Network, is advocating for lower suicide rates among students and increased awareness regarding mental health and illness. Project OCEAN will be hosting its second annual Light the Night with Hope event with a “glow-in-the-dark” theme on Tuesday from 5:30 –[Read More…]
CSULB’s not clownin’ around
For the past few months, creepy clowns have been appearing all over the country — now, the sinister trend has spread to Southern California, according to multiple local media outlets. In the past couple of weeks there have been multiple reports of clown sightings in the Southern California area, leaving[Read More…]
Preserving Peggy’s memory
Cal State Long Beach students and faculty will have the opportunity to honor late physical therapy professor Peggy Moyer with sweat, tears and music by participating in a 5K run on Oct. 22. Moyer, a CSULB professor in the physical therapy department for 31 years, died in August of this[Read More…]
Marathoners jet through Long Beach
The world was quiet at 5:30 a.m. with the typically empty streets of Long Beach filled with sleepy athletes jogging back and forth in the middle of of Ocean Blvd. in efforts to get pumped up for the Long Beach marathon. This was the last place I had expected[Read More…]
Puff puff pass?
The stakes have never been higher for the conversation regarding legalized marijuana. Cal State Long Beach will be hosting a community forum Monday night to discuss the pros and cons of passing Proposition 64, known as the Adult Use of Marijuana Act . If passed, Proposition 64 would legalize the[Read More…]