Three Cal State Long Beach design students are finalists in the PAVE the Way 3-D Design Challenge, in which students designed a 3-D display for a pet product of their choice. The chosen finalists will showcase their display at GlobalShop 2011 in Las Vegas, Nev. CSULB senior industrial design major[Read More…]
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ASI candidates to hold meet and greet
Associated Students Inc. is hosting two events this week to give students a chance to get to know the candidates running in the upcoming student election. From noon to 2 p.m. Monday in the College of Business Administration walkway, all of the candidates will hold a “meet and greet” with[Read More…]
Flaunting the pickaxe: The man behind Prospector Pete
For one student, carrying the spirit of the 49er is more than just an attitude: It’s a job and a passion. “Once you put the suit on, you become that character,” said Daniel Abarca, two-time United Spirit Championship winner and senior kinesiology major at Cal State Long Beach. Abarca is[Read More…]
CSULB ASI rules petitioners must be students
The Associated Students Inc. Judiciary ruled Feb. 25 that people filing a petition to recall ASI student executives must be degree-earning students who pay ASI fees. A petition to recall and remove ASI President James Ahumada, Vice President Lucy Nguyen and Treasurer Jameson Nyeholt was first made available for students[Read More…]
Bookstore offers students more options for digital, cheaper textbooks
The bookstore now offers more ways to save money on books, and will have even more options in the coming semester. The bookstore is participating in a pilot program called Digital Marketplace, which provides a database of material for faculty to select books that are either free or very inexpensive[Read More…]
Students ask store for sweatshop-free merch
The International Studies Student Association (ISSA) has asked 49er Shops to purchase $250,000 worth of clothing from Alta Gracia Apparel, a Dominican-based company that aims to improve employee living conditions by paying them higher than average wages. On Feb. 22, eight students representing ISSA delivered preliminary letters to Don Penrod,[Read More…]
New health law to impact student care
A new Department of Health and Human Services regulation issued early last month designed to ensure quality care for college students will impact the Cal State Long Beach student health insurance plan. The regulation attempts to address the limits and flaws in student plans by allowing for protections under the[Read More…]
Meals to be more expensive for dorm students
Cal State Long Beach dining hall rates will rise for both returning and new residents this upcoming academic year, while room rates will remain at their current levels. The price of the meal plans for all residents will rise by 4 percent for the 2011-12 school year and by 3[Read More…]
English professor headlines campus poetry performance
Charles Webb, a published poet and professor of English at Cal State Long Beach, and Ron Koertge, a published poet and a former professor of writing at Hamline University in Minnesota, performed at a poetry reading held by the Hip Poetics club in the University Student Union Beach Theatre Feb.[Read More…]
Bike thefts continue to plague CSULB students, police say
Bike thefts continue Two reports of bike thefts occurred between Feb. 18-20, University Police Lt. Scot Willey said. A woman reported that her bike was stolen Feb. 18 between 11 a.m. and 12 p.m. at the science complex, Willey said. The woman was in class during the theft and left[Read More…]