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Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events on campus and around Long Beach.

Students rally for Boxer near CSULB polling place

Chants of “Fuck Fiorina,” “We want votes and hoes” and “Vote Barbara Boxer” sounded outside the Cal State Long Beach Soroptimist House Tuesday night.  “[Boxer] does not support offshore drilling, she cosigned the DREAM Act and the Clean Air Act and she’s pro-choice,” said Monica Viera, a freshman social work[Read More…]

Bomb threat hoax leads to CSULB evacuations

Cal State Long Beach students were evacuated Tuesday after a hoaxed bomb threat. Lecture Hall rooms 150 and 151 were evacuated around noon. Yellow tape and people in military fatigues blocked off an area near the Lecture Hall building. The University Police activity log said there was a report of[Read More…]

CSULB students practice peace on campus

Community and student organizations will come together to share how they practice peace in their community in honor of the third annual Practicing Peace Festival at Cal State Long Beach Nov. 10. For the first time, the College of Liberal Arts Student Council will plan and organize the event. April[Read More…]

Prop 19 supporters react to loss

Cal State Long Beach students gathered in West Hollywood to watch the election results for Proposition 19 Tuesday night. The initiative, which would have allowed people 21 and older to posses, cultivate or transport marijuana for personal use, was expected to fail. However, campus coordinator at CSULB  Yes on Prop[Read More…]

Boxer victory has special meaning for CSULB students

There was jovial shout in the Sweet Water Saloon as Barbara Boxer was elected to a fourth term as a United States senator over Republican challenger Carly Fiornia.     Boxer’s victory Tuesday was, in part, due to the efforts of volunteers like Sara Castledine, a women’s gender and sexuality studies[Read More…]

Student candidate vows to continue to raise awareness

“We will continue regardless of the polls,” said Marylou Cabral, Cal State Long Beach student and secretary of state candidate in yesterday’s midterm election. Cabral received roughly 50,000 votes or one percent, finishing last in a six-candidate race. Cabral said she ran the campaign not to win but to “raise[Read More…]

Prop 23 opponents breathe sigh of relief

Proposition 23, which would have suspended carbon limits, failed Tuesday night. The Cal State Long Beach student chapter of Choice USA and California Public Issues Research Group (CALPIRG) were two of the organizations that encouraged hundreds of thousands of people to vote no on Proposition 23. Senior political science major[Read More…]

CSULB student on the ballot for secretary of state

In its 160-year history, California has elected one third-party candidate to secretary of state. That was in 1856. That doesn’t bother Marylou Cabral, a Cal State Long Beach student and secretary of state candidate for the Peace and Freedom party. What makes Cabral’s third-party candidacy special is that she’s on[Read More…]

ASI program guides freshmen to government positions

Some current leaders of Associated Students Inc., including ASI President James Ahumada, spent their freshmen years dedicated to Beach Team, an introductory program that trains freshmen on becoming leaders and taking an active part in student life. “In ASI, you are not allowed to hold a position until a semester[Read More…]

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