There is no time to waste when it comes to providing sustainable solutions for our actual waste on-campus, at least according to the information provided at Green Games, an eco-friendly event held at the Speaker’s Platform Tuesday. The environmentally charged event provided students with a variety of interactive mini-games highlighting[Read More…]
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New Student Success Center coming to campus by spring semester
An old building is set to receive a breath of fresh air as its renovations will provide a new hub for several organizations on campus. Peterson Hall 2, located on Long Beach State’s upper campus, will serve a new purpose in spring 2019 as the home of the Student Success[Read More…]
LBSU limits Prospector Pete merch after retirement announcement
Students will soon be seeing a lot less of Prospector Pete in the 49er Shops Bookstore after President Jane Close Conoley announced that the 51-year-old statue is officially retired, Sept. 20. According to Kierstin Stickney, director of marketing and communications at 49er Shops, the merchandise for the mascot has never[Read More…]
Hundreds of protesters take a stand at Campus Clash tour
Crowds of protesters chanted, “Go home fascist” and held signs that read phrases such as, “Unite to fight patriarchy and bigotry,” among other slogans on the bottom steps of the Long Beach State University Student Union Tuesday night. This protest was in response to Campus Clash, a talk hosted by[Read More…]
From prison to risen
There are students on this campus who started to experiment sexually when they were 14 years old, others were raped at the same age. Some students have never lived without a roof over their head, others have experienced homelessness. Some students have never experimented with drugs, others have resorted to[Read More…]
Beach Weekly: Episode 1
Daily 49er News Editor James Chow and City Editor Emma DiMaggio give a roundup of last week’s news including the broken University Student Union escalators, a protest honoring murdered Humboldt State student David Josiah Lawson and an art piece recognizing victims of police brutality. Music used: Lee Rosevere – Wireless
Campus Clash tour brings Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk to LBSU
Long Beach State will be a stop for Campus Clash, a Turning Point USA national tour featuring founder Charlie Kirk and communications director Candace Owens Tuesday. The seminar will be held in the University Student Union Beach Auditorium, located on the first floor of the USU. Doors will open at[Read More…]
Google gives female engineers $35,000 grant
Growing up in Venezuela, Society of Women Engineers President Stephanie Avenando received a huge amount of support from her family and peers for enrolling in engineering courses at La Universidad Nacional Expo. As a junior at Long Beach State, this has not been the case. This inspired her to raise[Read More…]
Timeline established for general education policy and colleges propose name changes
Proposal to change College of Business Administration to College of Business College of Business Administration Dean Michael Solt presented a request to change the name of Long Beach State’s “College of Business Administration” to “College of Business” at the Academic Senate meeting on Thursday. “As economies and societies continue to[Read More…]
Domestic violence and technology symposium dissects ‘power and control’
In the spirit of domestic violence awareness month, symposium “Behind the Screens: Domestic Violence and Technology” was held at the Anatol Center Wednesday and dissected the concept of “power and control.” The strategy combats the typical “perpetrator-survivor” analysis, in which the perpetrator and survivor are identified in a gender-based violence,[Read More…]