The Speaker’s Platform lawn was covered with large images of aborted fetuses Monday, sparking debate among Cal State Long Beach students. The nonprofit organization Center for Bio-Ethical Reform visited CSULB for the first time to present the Genocide Awareness Project (GAP), a series of displays comparing abortion to, for example,[Read More…]
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Forum signals need to improve faculty ethnic diversity (part two)
This is the second of a two-part report on a faculty ethnic diversity conference at Cal State Long Beach on April 24. Read part one here When James Manseau Sauceda attended Cal State Long Beach as a student, finding faculty with similar ethnic and cultural experiences was out of the[Read More…]
Discrimination case appealed, CSULB bypasses court return
A non-discrimination lawsuit against Cal State Long Beach and San Diego State University has resurfaced after the former campus Christian group, Every Nation Campus Ministries, filed an appeal almost five years later. In 2005 Every Nation Campus Ministries, a non-university backed Christian group, filed a civil rights suit at the[Read More…]
CSU system lacks diversity (part one)
[The first of this two-part series will focus on the low rate of faculty diversity in the California State University system. Tomorrow’s Part Two will spotlight some of the challenges and implications of not having more ethnically diverse faculty representation at Cal State Long Beach.] The messages delivered at a[Read More…]
California Repertory Company concludes season with emotive play
“And the War Came” performed at the Long Beach Armory with emotional narratives opening night, April 24. The play, a tribute conceived and directed by Joanne Gordon, artistic director for the California Repertory Company and chair of the theatre arts department, and written by the company, portrayed the personal side[Read More…]
Students oppose fee recommendation
Flanked with hand-made signs that read, “No means No,” “Green = Greed” and “We Bleed Black and Gold, Not Green,” members of the Cal State Long Beach campus community urged students to write letters to CSULB President F. King Alexander in opposition to a new student fee. A group of[Read More…]
Chavez and Denila elected to ASI executive positions
After a run-off election, Cal State Long Beach has named a new Associated Students Inc. president for 2009-2010 — current ASI Vice President Christopher Chavez. “I’m very honored and very thankful for the students at CSULB who supported me,” Chavez said. “I’d also like to recognize Avis Atkins, Raul Preciado[Read More…]
Cardboard ‘Chair Affair’
Cardboard seems to have more uses than just storage because Jonathan Coop, an industrial design major, is being honored for his cardboard chair design. After reviewing 171 cardboard chair designs from 11 universities and colleges, the judges of the American Institute of Architecture Students 2009 Chair Affair Design Competition chose[Read More…]
Fee opposition rally today
Associated Students Inc. Executive Director Richard Haller opened the senate floor to questions about the proposed 2009-2010 ASI and USU budgets for next year at the ASI Senate meeting on Wednesday. The second reading of the 2009-10 ASI budget was approved by senators and will continue onto its third and[Read More…]
Justice for habitats
The Sociology Student Association is holding the Artists for Environmental Justice Festival on Thursday from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Soroptimist House. “The festival is about generating awareness about the troubling state our environment is in and creating enthusiasm to get involved in the cause,” said Nori Kato,[Read More…]