Cal State Long Beach film students have a chance to use a near-in-the-future production facility — which is still pending on a deal agreement. The Boeing Company and Long Beach Studios LLC are in the process of finalizing a deal for a 77-acre, former-aircraft plant north of the Long Beach[Read More…]
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Nursing department to get long-awaited building addition
The parking lot next to the Cal State Long Beach nursing building will soon be transformed into an addition to the existing nursing building to house classrooms, computer labs and offices. The groundbreaking ceremony will be held Oct. 28 for the new single-story teaching building, which is expected to be[Read More…]
More students applying to CSU campuses
After only a week of accepting applications, the number of prospective California State University students has almost doubled since last year. The official CSU application submission Web site, CSU Mentor, received 66,399 applications from Oct. 1 to Oct. 8, while last year, only 35,020 students applied during the same first-week[Read More…]
Senate bills would’ve had ‘chilling effect’ on higher ed, governor says
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed two Senate bills Sunday that would have limited pay for public higher education executives and unveiled financial records of campus organizations. Senate Bills 218 and 86 were introduced by Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, and passed by both houses of the state Legislature last month. They[Read More…]
Health services director finishes 100th marathon
On Sunday, Michael Carbuto made a run for it for the 100th time. And with a time of 5:01:18, he crossed the 100th finish line. Over the weekend at the 25th anniversary of the International City Bank Long Beach Marathon, Carbuto lined up at the starting line for the hundredth time[Read More…]
Students to aid victims of tsunami in Pacific
The destructive underwater earthquake with a magnitude of 8.3 struck the Pacific Ocean off the northern coast of New Zealand on Sept. 29, sweeping Faaputu Vaafuti’s uncle’s home away with its huge waves. Vaafuti said both sides of her family were affected by the tsunami. Moments later, a family member received a[Read More…]
Students take buses to local homes, mingle at end of festival
It was dusk when the yellow school buses pulled into the Alpert Jewish Community Center. The buses brought dozens of students from UC Irvine, Cal State Fullerton and others to meet the crowd already there. Overall, there were more than 100 people. Students greeted each other in English and Hebrew,[Read More…]
Campus auto thefts spike during 3-week period
There have been 20 grand theft auto burglaries at Cal State Long Beach this year, excluding a car that was reported stolen over the weekend, according to Police Captain Fernando Solorzano. Looking at sheer numbers in comparison to last year, the number of car thefts is not excessively high, police[Read More…]
Former Senator Bob Graham visits Cal State Long Beach
Former U.S. Sen. Bob Graham spoke to CSULB students and faculty Tuesday at the University Book Store to promote his new book America, the Owner’s Manual: Making Government Work for You. Graham, who was a two-term Governor of Flordia before his election to the U.S. Senate, also spoke to students[Read More…]
Jewish students celebrate holiday of unity
Some students may be questioning why Beach Hillel set up a Sukkah in front of the campus bookstore in celebration of the Sukkot festival this week. Sukkot is the traditional time of harvest in the Jewish faith. Jeffrey Blutinger, a Jewish studies professor, said it is about “going out into[Read More…]