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Women learn to be aggressive, fight back with RAD

With the help of University Police, a program is teaching women that they can survive anything, even the attacks of a sexual predator. Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) aims to empower women by teaching them they are capable of protecting and keeping themselves safe. The self-defense training classis generally offered once[Read More…]

Alexander: 2,000 CSULB classes ride on Prop. 30

Long Beach leaders stood at the steps of the Walter Pyramid yesterday to discuss how Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax initiative would affect not only schools but also the city itself. “We believe as partners it is our job … to inform everyone of these consequences, whether it’s a negative vote[Read More…]

’49ers Vote’ campaign looking to catch up

With 12 days left before the voter registration deadline, Cal State Long Beach is still 3,450 students short of its registration goal of 4,900 student voters. The ’49ers Vote’ campaign kicked off a few weeks ago and since has registered about 1,450 students to vote. Associated Students Inc. President John[Read More…]

Hillside dining undergoes more changes

Cal State Long Beach’s Residential Dining Services is still looking to spruce up the student eateries by opening a previously closed patio section to students. The opening comes in addition to the dining halls’ new menu and interior renovations. The Hillside dining hall has lent its outside patio to various[Read More…]

ASI presses for more printers

Additional printing stations in the University Student Union and the Student Recreation and Wellness Center may allow students more places to print wirelessly in the near future. Associated Students, Inc. Senator Angelica Cortez-Hernandez said she has received multiple requests from students about adding more printing stations. Students last semester and[Read More…]

On campus club juggles play with classes

Most school days, Walter Heth walks out of class – sporting a traveler’s tool belt and raccoon tail – hops on his unicycle and pedals over to the Speaker’s Lawn for a few hours of juggling with the on campus performing arts club, Beach Balls. Like Heth, who is president[Read More…]

Art students push to reopen locker space

Associated Students, Inc. Senators from the College of the Arts are drafting a petition to reopen the lockers in Fine Arts building 4, saying that the lockers’ closure is an unfair burden on art students. The petition, which will be circulated in a few weeks, would aim to reverse a[Read More…]

Brown signs bill allowing illegal immigrants drivers licenses

Undocumented students in California who qualify for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program (DACA) will now be able to apply for drivers licenses under new state legislation signed by Gov. Jerry Brown. The bill, Assembly Bill 2189, was presented by Assemblyman Gil Cedillo (D-Los Angeles) and signed by Brown[Read More…]

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