Two professors from the Department of Film and Electronic Arts have filed two joint lawsuits against the Cal State University, asking for more than $6 million in damages stemming from allegations of slander, libel, defamation, discrimination and retaliatory acts. The lawsuits also name Cal State Long Beach, President F. King[Read More…]
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NCAA Division I certifies LBSU athletics – again
Long Beach State athletics is fully certified by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I for a third consecutive year, as of Aug. 5. Certified programs are determined by operating principles adopted by the NCAA Division I membership, which include governance and commitment to rules compliance, academic integrity and[Read More…]
Recreation center offers day of prizes, Olympic star signing
The Student Recreation and Wellness Center began its one-year anniversary celebration on Sept. 1 with a DJ spinning tunes near the indoor track on the second floor while vendors from Robek’s and Elektric Hair and Nail Salon gave away free goodies to students in the lobby. The event, held from[Read More…]
Week of Welcome to unite students with campus
Students will have the opportunity to join a club, dance, bowl and learn more about campus at Cal State Long Beach’s Week of Welcome, beginning today and lasting until Sept. 9. Today’s events begin with the Associated Students Inc. information day. Starting at 11:30 a.m. at the University Student Union,[Read More…]
Arts professor ‘inspiring’ during illness
Cal State Long Beach associate professor of drawing and painting, and visual arts Linda Adair Day, 59, died in her San Pedro home on Aug. 24 of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Born in Worcester, Mass. on July 23, 1952, Day was the daughter of an engineer. She graduated high school at the[Read More…]
Outpost applies for beer license
Students may start purchasing certain alcoholic beverages from the Outpost Grill no later than the start of spring semester, said Don Penrod, chief executive officer of 49er Shops. The restaurant, which is operated by the Cal State Long Beach auxiliary organization, applied for a license to sell beer and wine[Read More…]
SRWC celebrates one year
Cal State Long Beach will celebrate the anniversary of the opening of the Student Recreation and Wellness Center (SRWC) with fitness classes, activities and free giveaways on Thursday. There will also be a showing of “Groundhog Day” in the Aquatic Center at 9 p.m. for students, faculty and alumni to[Read More…]
On-campus KJazz concert to provide blues, boogies, beats
Harmonica tunes and guitar riffs will fill the Carpenter Performing Arts Center on Saturday at 6 p.m. when legendary and up-and-coming musicians perform at the KJazz Blues Bash. The second annual Blues Bash boasts a line-up including James Cotton with special guest Robby Krieger of The Doors, Lil’ Ed and[Read More…]
Professor featured on Spike TV
Cal State Long Beach history professor Andrew Jenks is one of the brains behind Russia’s czar Ivan the Terrible on Spike TV’s “Deadliest Warrior” last night. Jenks’ focus on Russian history gave him an opportunity to show Spike TV audiences one aspect of Ivan the Terrible. The studio called Jenks[Read More…]
ASI prepares for new transparency legislation
A transparency bill that has cleared both houses of the State Legislature is expected to have little effect on auxiliary organizations such as Associated Students Inc., said Richard Haller, executive director of ASI, but the student government organization has taken to implement the legislation. Senate Bill 8, written by Sen.[Read More…]