Music lovers on campus rejoice! The Underground Music Society is officially a club on campus. Founder and President of UMS Nathan Phung said he has always noticed the diverse music culture on campus, a culture where different tastes collide. He said he thought students should have a place to interact,[Read More…]

The Red Bull Flugtag drew masses from all over California to Downtown Long Beach on Saturday, when contestants from Alaska to Hawaii launched their comically designed aircrafts into Rainbow Harbor. Since 1992, when Red Bull held its first Flugtag in Vienna, Austria, teams of five have been assembling each year[Read More…]

Reality will seem to be suspended as Cirque du Soleil brings TOTEM to the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, Calif. on Oct. 11. The big top has been raised in the Port of Los Angeles. Darkness will surround those who step inside, blotting out the industrial characteristics of[Read More…]

Best Drama Series: “Breaking Bad” or “Game of Thrones” While “Homeland” and its cast dominated most of the Emmy awards last year and is up for nomination once again, it seems that “Game of Thrones” and “Breaking Bad” are neck in neck for best drama series. According to Yahoo statistics,[Read More…]

Imagine listening to the same lecture every day because a professor thought it was his absolute best. Or picture yourself being sucked into a campus-wide death match, struggling to find random artifacts set aside by the dean. This is only a taste of Adult Swim’s “China, IL,” an animated series[Read More…]

Sulking in the shadowy corner of the University Art Museum (UAM) exhibit stands a trenchcoat-bearing “Surgeon General” with a rusted bear trap for a mouth, brown leathery skin and a soul-less facial expression. He is one of the many disturbingly interesting sculptures featured in a three month-long exhibition to be[Read More…]

Hail_Nero is the name, playing really loud and diversified music is the game. The band is composed of Associated Students Inc. Vice President Jonathon Bolin on guitar and vocals, ASI President John Haberstroh on bass, John Jost on drums and Robbie Zdjelar on lead guitar. Bolin referred to the group[Read More…]

Although the internet is a powerful outlet, local bands still struggle to gain a following in their communities, let alone overseas with the added factor of the language barrier. Long Beach-based band The Greenery has managed to make a mark both here and overseas in Europe since they formed in[Read More…]

A Cal State Long Beach alumna has moved into the horror movie genre after playing a feature role in “Bloodline,” a new fantasy thriller. Former communications major Gina Comparetto has played roles in multiple TV shows, including “How I Met Your Mother,” “NCIS,” “Parenthood,” “Dexter” and “The Mentalist.” Now, Comparetto[Read More…]