Efforts to require financial transparency among Cal State University and University of California auxiliary organizations, which include Associated Students Inc. and 49er Shops, continued this year with the introduction of SB 8 in the California State Senate. The bill, a revised version of previously failed legislation, is intended to make[Read More…]
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Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events on campus and around Long Beach.
Students compete for $10,000 in innovation challenge
Aspiring entrepreneurs on campus are competing for the opportunity to start their own business in the first Cal State Long Beach Innovation Challenge. The College of Engineering and the College of Business Administration have come together to create a unique competition in which teams construct and market an original idea[Read More…]
New CSULB ASI group to lobby for higher ed
A resolution to create the third largest board under the Associated Students Inc. legislative branch was passed Feb 9. The Proposed Bylaw Amendment for Lobby Corps — sponsored by Vice President Lucy Nguyen — will form a lobby corps to represent Cal State Long Beach on local, state and federal[Read More…]
Classes to resume in CSULB science hall
The newly reconstructed Peterson Hall 3 will begin hosting select classes on March 28. The science-building project began in February 2008. The four-level, 164,000 square-foot building will feature six telescopes, a greenhouse, and up-to-date safety regulations. “This was the largest design build project that a CSU school has ever done,”[Read More…]
Student wins prize for furniture design inspired by nature
Cal State Long Beach student Alix Armour found inspiration to create an award-winning cocktail table when a falling pine cone dented her picnic table. Armour, an industrial design major, won first prize in the nationwide 2011 Student Design Competition, sponsored by the American Society of Furniture Designers (ASFD). Armour’s design[Read More…]
Sweetheart Smash event celebrates Valentine’s Day
Students who live in the residence halls decorated cupcakes and cookies, played games and had speed dates at this year’s Sweetheart Smash Feb. 10. The Valentine’s Day-themed event took place at The Point in the Walter Pyramid. Resident advisers Tiffany Sullivan and Lisa Lindeman from the Residential Learning College, and[Read More…]
Speaker shares travels, tries to bridge Israel-Palestine divide
People of all ages filled Room 106 in Liberal Arts 3 last Wednesday to listen to guest speaker Jeff Halper, who visited Cal State Long Beach to speak about his effort constructing and rebuilding homes in Israel. Halper, who holds a doctorate in anthropology, is the coordinator of the Israeli[Read More…]
Sweetheart Smash event celebrates Valentine’s Day
Speaker addresses taboo sex talk, consent
Penis and vagina are two words most of us rarely say, and yet talk about commonly, according to guest speaker Robin Sawyer, who spoke at Cal State Long Beach on Tuesday night in the University Student Union ballrooms. Sawyer, an associate professor of public and community health at the University[Read More…]
More closures expected on I-405
All northbound and southbound lanes on the I-405 freeway were temporarily closed this morning and will be closed early Friday from midnight to 5 a.m. between the Valley View Street and Seal Beach Boulevard exits. “The closure is needed to relocate overhead utility wires,” said Christina Byrne, community liaison for[Read More…]