Housing and Residential Life added a metal plate to one of the Residential Learning College gates after students held the gate open using cinderblocks. “We added the metal plate to prevent people from trying to ‘pop’ the lock, usually with a screwdriver, or jam the lock and thus get in[Read More…]
News
Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events on campus and around Long Beach.
Students’ opinions to pay off in the form of free tuition, parking
Associated Students Inc. is conducting a student survey regarding the University Student Union and food services on campus, offering those who participate a chance to win a free semester of tuition in the spring, a free iPad 2, two free parking permits and a bike cruiser. Chair of USU[Read More…]
Pi Kappa Phi pedals to support disability awareness
Members of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity are pedaling three stationary bicycles nonstop for 48 hours on campus to raise donations and disability awareness under their philanthropy “Push rotating.” According to Philanthropy Director Bryan Garcia, Pi Kappa Phi’s goal is to raise $10,000 by the end of next spring semester.[Read More…]
8 dead in Seal Beach shooting, gunman IDed
Eight were killed and another one critically injured, after a man opened fire in a Seal Beach nail salon at 1:21 p.m. Wednesday. Six people — five women and one man — died on the scene and two were pronounced dead at a local medical center in what The Orange[Read More…]
Statistics show CSULB Greek community increases, members disagree
Although members of the Greek community have expressed concern with their fellow brothers and sisters leaving their fraternity or sorority, statistics show an increase in the interest in Greek life. Approximately 200 men attended the information session for the Interfraternity Council and an increase of 12 percent of women registered[Read More…]
ASI votes to eliminate plastic bags, promote ‘green’ campus
Associated Students Inc. unanimously voted Oct. 5 in support of extending the Long Beach plastic bag ban to campus. The resolution proposed by senators Lizette Felix and Sagar Ramachandra would aim to cease the distribution of plastic bags with purchases from 49er Shops. However, according to Ramachandra, ASI has no[Read More…]
Students’ costly bikes reported stolen
A student reported that his or her bike was stolen from the Liberal Arts 1 bike racks on Oct. 3 around 4 p.m., University Police Capt. Scott Brown said. The white and red Trek bike was not locked with a U-lock and is valued at $1,000. After locking their bike[Read More…]
Events provide support for LBGT community
Students were provided with an actual platform to publicly announce their sexual orientation during “National Coming Out Week,” which has the goal of providing support for the LGBT community. Roughly 15 students gathered under clusters of rainbow balloons and pumping club music on the Southwest Terrace of the University Student[Read More…]
Long Beach Promise to streamline higher ed
Gov. Jerry Brown signed the “Long Beach College Promise Act,” Monday, validating a higher education pledge signed by Cal State Long Beach President F. King Alexander, Long Beach City College President Eloy Ortiz Oakley and Long Beach Unified School District Superintendent Christopher Steinhauser in 2008. The bill, SB 650, authorizes[Read More…]
Design students draw attention to ‘the gap’
Bizarre, perplexing and curious describes the strange structure that went up Monday near Brotman Hall in a tight space informally described by students as “the