With 12 days left before the voter registration deadline, Cal State Long Beach is still 3,450 students short of its registration goal of 4,900 student voters. The ’49ers Vote’ campaign kicked off a few weeks ago and since has registered about 1,450 students to vote. Associated Students Inc. President John[Read More…]
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Blotter: Student detained for possession of brass knuckles
University Police responded to a reported disturbance at Los Cerritos Hall room 138 at 10:26 p.m. on Saturday, University Police Captain Scott Brown said. The disturbance was found to be a party upon arrival, Brown said. There were nine people in the dorm room, and the students were found to[Read More…]
Hillside dining undergoes more changes
Cal State Long Beach’s Residential Dining Services is still looking to spruce up the student eateries by opening a previously closed patio section to students. The opening comes in addition to the dining halls’ new menu and interior renovations. The Hillside dining hall has lent its outside patio to various[Read More…]
ASI presses for more printers
Additional printing stations in the University Student Union and the Student Recreation and Wellness Center may allow students more places to print wirelessly in the near future. Associated Students, Inc. Senator Angelica Cortez-Hernandez said she has received multiple requests from students about adding more printing stations. Students last semester and[Read More…]
On campus club juggles play with classes
Most school days, Walter Heth walks out of class – sporting a traveler’s tool belt and raccoon tail – hops on his unicycle and pedals over to the Speaker’s Lawn for a few hours of juggling with the on campus performing arts club, Beach Balls. Like Heth, who is president[Read More…]
Art students push to reopen locker space
Associated Students, Inc. Senators from the College of the Arts are drafting a petition to reopen the lockers in Fine Arts building 4, saying that the lockers’ closure is an unfair burden on art students. The petition, which will be circulated in a few weeks, would aim to reverse a[Read More…]
Congressional district candidates show their stances on economy, health care
No seats were left unfilled throughout the 47th Congressional District Forum with Democratic State Senator Alan Lowenthal and Republican Long Beach Councilman Gary DeLong, despite the muffled volleyball game taking place above. Cal State Long Beach hosted the forum from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. on Friday in the Pointe of[Read More…]
Brown signs bill allowing illegal immigrants drivers licenses
Undocumented students in California who qualify for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program (DACA) will now be able to apply for drivers licenses under new state legislation signed by Gov. Jerry Brown. The bill, Assembly Bill 2189, was presented by Assemblyman Gil Cedillo (D-Los Angeles) and signed by Brown[Read More…]
Local beaches closed due to sewage spill
All recreational beaches were closed in Alamitos Bay last week because of a sewage spill from a private system into the Cerritos Channel. The spill was contained shortly after the city became aware of it on Sept. 30. Mother’s Beach was the first to be affected by the spill and[Read More…]
Long Beach Marathon treks through campus
The Long Beach community joined together yesterday to cheer on the expected 25,000 participants of the Long Beach International City Bank Marathon. The event consisted of three possible routes for runners as well as a 26-mile route for cyclists. John Parks, executive vice president of marketing for Run Racing –[Read More…]