The 2011 Associated Students Inc. executive candidates showcased their goals and experience at a question-and-answer forum yesterday. Current ASI Vice President Lucy Nguyen and Alyssa Gelinas, a freshman nursing major, are the presidential candidates, while ASI Sen. Stephen Thomas and fourth-year student Melissa Molina compete for the office of vice[Read More…]
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Graduate art program may expand to downtown arts district
The Cal State Long Beach graduate arts campus may soon have a downtown extension with features like artists’ studios, group workspaces and a printmaking lab. Long Beach’s Redevelopment Agency (RDA), which has been working with CSULB to build a graduate arts campus in downtown Long Beach, has set a March[Read More…]
Lack of federal support ends some student grants
The federal Academic Competitiveness Grant and the National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant will not be awarded to students during the 2011-12 school year. An e-mail from the department of financial aid was sent out to students on March 8, stating that the 2010-11 school year is[Read More…]
Woman reports having buttock grabbed
Sexual battery A woman reported a sexual battery on Feb. 24 at 4:50 p.m. near the Liberal Arts corridor women’s restroom, according to Solorzano. The woman left the restroom and was walking toward the University Bookstore when she felt someone grab and squeeze her buttock. When she turned around, she[Read More…]
CSULB student government candidates hold meet and greet
Associated Students Inc. hosted an election “meet and greet” yesterday at the College of Business Administration, geared at assembling this year’s student government candidates, but only a few actually attended. What was intended to be a gathering of 2011 ASI election candidates ended up being a modest show of only[Read More…]
Former CSULB president to be honored
A public memorial honoring former Cal State Long Beach President and Long Beach congressman Steve Horn will be held at the Carpenter Center April 30. The event, “A Celebration of Life,” is limited to the capacity of the center, which is 1,074, and those who want to attend must RSVP[Read More…]
Students stress importance of financial literacy, credit
The Cal State Long Beach Bateman Case Study team hosted an on-campus financial literacy workshop for students last week. As part of a national public relations competition, students planned the event that focused on financial credit and management of personal budgets. The free hour-long workshop, which covered student-specific financial situations,[Read More…]
Multicultural festival promotes diversity
The Associated Students of Social Work presented “Social Workers Changing the Future” in its eighth annual Multicultural Festival yesterday at the University Student Union ballroom. The social work field-based event, open to the public, promoted both Cal State Long Beach’s diverse demographic population and many cultures through its guest speakers,[Read More…]
Art displays reflect on urban individualism
Six Cal State Long Beach artists exhibited several pieces on urban individualism at the University Art Museum on Thursday evening in hopes of exposing their personal depiction of life among the inner walls of the city. A diverse group of students and community members gathered to share in the work[Read More…]
Daily 49er, Dig take home California College Media Association honors
Students at the Daily 49er and Dig Magazine took home five awards at the California College Media Association competition March 5. The winners were announced at CCMA’s annual banquet in Hollywood. Dig Magazine placed third in the General Excellence category for the spring 2010 Music Issue. Daily 49er editor in[Read More…]