A new poll conducted by the University of Southern California Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles Times shows that California voters are willing to pay more in taxes if their money went directly to public schools. Public schools in California have lost many arts, music,[Read More…]
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Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events on campus and around Long Beach.
Students shop for best deals on Black Friday, Cyber Monday
Camping outside of stores on Thanksgiving night for deals and bargains has become the norm in recent years. However, Black Friday is no longer the only day for great shopping deals. The following Monday, deemed Cyber Monday, allows people to purchase cheap items online. Some students at Cal State Long[Read More…]
How to lose weight, get back on track after Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving has come and gone, but some students have a few souvenir pounds of extra weight to show for their holiday indulgences. Certified personal trainer and Cal State Long Beach alumna Melina Christidis said its not too late to get back on track with diets and exercise. She offered the[Read More…]
PETA push for more vegetarian options
PETA2, an animal rights group, teamed up with Cal State Long Beach students to petition for more vegan and vegetarian meal options on campus. The group originally set out to collect 1,500 student signatures, but collected 2,000 at the University Student Union and University Dining Plaza on Nov. 10 and[Read More…]
CSULB part of global reading day in honor of Kleist
Actor Eric Braeden came to Cal State Long Beach on Monday to take part in a reading of the works of Heinrich von Kleist, the famed 18th century German writer who is considered one of the earliest modern short story writers, as part of a worldwide reading event. Braeden won[Read More…]
Students feed less fortunate, ‘trot’ to the finish line
In addition to city events planned for Thanksgiving, Cal State Long Beach students are doing their own part to give back to those less fortunate. Diana Alcivar, a senior journalism major, and her parents have been involved in a Thanksgiving charity dinner for six years. Her parents decided to charge[Read More…]
Program to inform on risks of childhood obesity
Cal State Long Beach nutrition professor Gail Frank is coordinating an effort to eventually have CSULB graduates educate pre-school students on healthy eating habits. The program is divided into three phases: Develop a tool kit, certify undergraduates and educate the community. Although the second phase won’t begin for another four[Read More…]
Faculty members strike for pay increase
Hundreds of California Faculty Association members gathered at Cal State Dominguez Hills in an attempt to shut down the campus as part of a one-day strike on Thursday against lost pay raises from the 2008-09 and 2009-10 academic years. The current union contract included these pay raises, but the Cal[Read More…]
New Student Media Board bylaws take effect
Associated Students Inc. Executive Director Richard Haller clarified that the new student media bylaws, which passed on its third reading Nov. 16, do not have a content approval process but a review process. Haller made several clarifications regarding Student Media Board bylaws during its final ASI Senate reading last week,[Read More…]
Dance class provides place for ‘socialization, music, exercise’
Students shuffled across the dance floor to the beat of the music. Some were swinging. Some were waltzing. But all were learning how to become more comfortable with dancing outside of the classroom. Last Friday, students from the social dance workshop, an advanced social dance class taught by Phillip Martin,[Read More…]