Cal State Long Beach’s second annual President’s Forum on International Human Rights will take place later this week, focusing on helping students understand and react appropriately to the challenges that take place in the fight toward social advancement. The forum will take place Wednesday through Friday, mainly at the University[Read More…]
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Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events on campus and around Long Beach.
Bikers seek easier cycling
Reaching Cal State Long Beach can be considered a competition between cyclists, pedestrians and motorists. The CSULB Cyclists are hoping to make the campus more cycling-friendly. “I cycle for transportation, and zipping past pedestrians or cruising by cars stuck in gridlock is definitely satisfying,” said Sasha Harvey, a freshman marine[Read More…]
More questions, some answers to budget blues
The 17-month California state budget was signed on Feb. 20 by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, but its implications for Cal State Long Beach students still remain largely unclear. According to CSULB President F. King Alexander, many of the belt-tightening measures CSULB has already set in place are likely to continue under[Read More…]
Alexander addresses ASI
President F. King Alexander said to Associated Students Inc. that the effects of the pending state budget on Cal State Long Beach are still unclear, at Wednesday’s ASI Senate meeting. “It really is a house of cards,” Alexander said, referring to the uncertainty of what cuts will be directed at[Read More…]
Long Beach plans for dry seasons to come
Long Beach has a plan to handle a three-year drought, despite the recent heavy rains, by using several methods, according to the Long Beach Water Department. “This rainfall is a drop in the bucket,” said Namika Raby, a Cal State Long Beach anthropology lecturer and member of the U.N./World Bank[Read More…]
Israeli professor discusses ‘new age’ Kabbalah
When most Southern Californians think about Kabbalah, red bracelets and Madonna come to mind. A professor from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rachel Elior, came to Cal State Long Beach’s Karl Anatol Center on Monday to discuss the difference between the medieval age practice of Kabbalah and “new age” Kabbalah.[Read More…]
Artists, writers get ‘Jewlicious’
The youth festival of Jewish culture called the Jewlicious Festival 5.0 is back for its fifth consecutive year at the Alpert Jewish Community Center in Long Beach with a variety of entertainment and activities. “Last year we had around 700 people attend the festival, out of those approx. 500 were[Read More…]
Our View- Even political satire deserves free press protection
You’d think we would get tired of tossing the First Amendment’s old shoe at you, but we don’t. There are just too many clauses in the wonderful doctrine to slam the gate at the Fourth Estate. The latest offensive challenge to free speech, freedom of the press — and all[Read More…]
Blacking out a ‘racist’ CSU
Cal State Long Beach students protested yesterday to spread awareness about the low number of black students on campus and demand an increase in those numbers. The protest, called “The Blackout,” began at 12:30 p.m. at the Speaker’s Platform and was held by the Africana Studies Student Association (ASSA). “Its[Read More…]
ASI, CFA host budget protest
More than 100 students shuffled by to sign forms resisting the recently passed state budget plan at a protest at the West Turnaround, but most did not seem to notice the table or understand what was happening yesterday. The low-key protest, hosted by Associated Students Inc. and the California Faculty[Read More…]