The Women’s Resource Center and the Young Women’s Christian Association are presenting The Clothesline Project at Cal State Long Beach to promote awareness about violence against women. “[The Clothesline Project] is a chance for students to speak out and break the silence,” Karina Zamora, a senior psychology major and project[Read More…]
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Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events on campus and around Long Beach.
Improvisation comes to CSULB
At a Thanksgiving dinner with an old friend, Stefan Agregado got the idea to start an improvisation group at Cal State Long Beach. Drawing inspiration from the TV show “Whose Line Is It Anyway,” Agregado said he hopes to transform “their shenanigans into something positive.” Agregado hosted some high school[Read More…]
PFLAG representatives speak on campus about diversity
Delta Zeta, Zeta Beta Tau and Phi Kappa Psi will host a panel of PFLAG: Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays speakers on Wednesday from 5-7 p.m. at the Soroptimist House. The panel will consist of one parent of a lesbian or gay child, a lesbian or gay[Read More…]
CSULB Psych Day provides career therapy
The 38th annual Psych Day will be on Wednesday at the Psych Quad and Beach Auditorium, offering valuable academic and professional resources. The event also gives students the chance to socialize and network with representatives from other universites’ psychology departments. The Cal State Long Beach Psychology Students Association and Psi[Read More…]
CSULB Internet outage under investigation
Cal State Long Beach Information Technology Services (ITS) is investigating an apparent attack that caused an outage in Internet service on campus Monday morning. ITS management sent an e-mail to faculty and staff on Monday reporting that the Internet was inaccessible or slow throughout campus from 9:24-10:15 a.m. Once campus[Read More…]
Documentary explores creativity
A preview screening of David Lynch’s “Catching the Big Fish: Part II” will show students the process of becoming creative human beings through transcendental meditation. The documentary, showing April 27 at Cal State Long Beach’s University Theatre, will have two free screenings at 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. The documentary[Read More…]
Colloquium focuses on women’s health
The Women’s Research Colloquium will be hosted at the Pointe this Thursday. Cal State Long Beach professors Deborah Thien and Savitri Singh-Carlson will discuss the complexities of women suffering from gynecological and breast cancer. Thien, an assistant professor of Geography, said she is “fascinated by the complexities of human emotions,”[Read More…]
CSU, Alexander pass student loan policy
Cal State Long Beach President F. King Alexander, who recently won the California State Student Association’s President of the Year award, was part of a recent Cal State University systemwide effort to pass a bill that will end decades of federally guaranteed student loans. Alongside an overhaul of health care,[Read More…]
Transgender student assaulted with weapon at CSULB
A 27-year-old transgender student at Cal State Long Beach reported he was assaulted in a university restroom at 9:30 p.m. on April 15. The student said he was approached by a suspect in a restroom located on the west side of the KKJZ building. According to a press release, “the[Read More…]
Palestinian Wall focuses on world conflict
The Palestinian Awareness Wall has returned to Cal State Long Beach giving students a chance to look at the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the Palestinian perspective. “The wall is something the Israeli’s built along the Gaza strip, and it represents the occupation of Palestinians -— mentally, emotionally and financially,” said Faris[Read More…]