Despite stereotypes of male nurses, male enrollment in the nursing program at Cal State Long Beach has increased. According to Loucine Huckabay, director and professor of the nursing program, the increase in enrollment is because of diminishing stereotypes and the opportunities offered by the nursing program. Huckabay said the stereotype[Read More…]
Author: snoadmin
Needed skills lacking from current generation
As an employee at a sewing store in Long Beach, I have met my share of people interested in sewing. While I was working a few nights ago, a customer and I got into a conversation about my generation’s lack of interest in sewing. While I know this is a[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor – NASCAR diversity closing in on the finish line
In response to the article by Patrick Creaven, “NASCAR needs its Tiger Woods” in the July 27 online edition of the Daily Forty-Niner, I am a white-collar professional and former Cal State Long Beach student who never thought he would find himself a fan of NASCAR. One day, sitting bored[Read More…]
‘The Night Listener’ holds up to suspense
Miramax Films’ new psychological thriller “The Night Listener,” directed by Patrick Stettner and starring Robin Williams and Toni Collette, will open in theaters on August 4. Some psychological thrillers leave audience members with the impression that the story is an impossible occurrence, a definitive “that was a great fiction” feeling.[Read More…]
‘Ant Bully’ a good family-oriented film
Exterminators of the world should beware. “The Ant Bully,” a new family-oriented computer-animated film directed by John A. Davis (who also directed “Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius”) and co-produced by Tom Hanks, will likely have many children worldwide demonizing bug killers everywhere. “The Ant Bully’s” premise is simple and straightforward. Ten-year-old[Read More…]
Children enjoy fun activities at 49er Camp
While it may seem the Cal State Long Beach campus is emptier and quieter during the summer sessions, the sound of children playing sports, swimming and otherwise enjoying the summer fills lower campus where 49er Camp is held daily Monday through Friday in the campus physical education areas. Swimming, golf,[Read More…]
NASCAR needs its Tiger Woods
I don’t get NASCAR. Maybe to appreciate stock car racing you have to love cars, be born below the Mason-Dixon line or listen to Tim McGraw. For me, NASCAR is slightly more exciting than curling. Although, NASCAR does a have chance to win me over. All it needs is a[Read More…]
Ibekwe shoots for spot with 49ers, again
Like most days, Onye Ibekwe suits up for practice by putting on his 49er gear – except he’s not running early-bird suicide drills with LBSU basketball head coach Larry Reynolds. Actually, its not even basketball season. It’s not LBSU. And it’s not college ball. It’s the San Francisco 49ers. With[Read More…]
‘Sunshine’ is worthwhile but still falls short
On paper, “Little Miss Sunshine” seems like a can’t-miss idea: It is a black comedy that serves as both an ensemble piece about a dysfunctional family and a biting satire of kiddie pageants. It certainly impressed audiences at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, where the film was greeted with both[Read More…]
Music of Middle Earth comes to San Diego Symphony
In a summer otherwise filled with super men, pirates of the high seas and Leonardo da Vinci paintings, the San Diego Symphony reminded us on July 20 of why Middle Earth fascinated us just a few years ago. The San Diego Symphony gave a special performance of the “Lord of[Read More…]