Water bottle. Tennis shoes. Jazz shoes (optional). Face full of makeup (highly desired). The list of items given to auditionees for Long Beach State’s first all-Black dance team perfectly captured the playful, fiery spirit of its seven performers. New life was added to the team during auditions in the Kinesiology[Read More…]
Features
Features are not limited to features on people. Articles in the features category are in-depth, written analysis of a certain topic. This can include a feature of a restaurant, group, person, organization, location, hobby, club, etc.
‘Cabaret’ makes dazzling debut at Studio Theatre
Ladders hang from the ceiling in a small, dark room dimly lit by an array of mismatching chandeliers from times gone by. A woman in knee-high fishnets catches your eye. She smiles. A man in knee-high fishnets catches your eye. He winks. A wide array of characters are sleuthing about,[Read More…]
‘Bad environmentalists’ attempt green humor
A new alternative in green thinking is vulgar, absurd and sexual. More individuals are loosening up to challenge remarks of environmentalists being stern, gloomy hypocrites. Bad environmentalism is a relaxed, comical approach that informs the public of the damage that it creates on the environment. “These artists and activists are[Read More…]
‘Giraffe 4 Mascot’ campaign reaches new heights
The night before the Imagine Beach 2030 online event, two students made their way across campus with a roll of tape and a stack of flyers with “Giraffe 4 Mascot” in bold, black lettering. By morning, over 50 pink and blue flyers were posted throughout campus calling for the giraffe[Read More…]
‘Nine’ — more than just a number
Nine Bachelor of Fine Art students came together with a culmination of different artworks and ideas in their group exhibition, “Nine” in the School of Art Galleries. The name of the exhibit, while it represents the number of artists involved, is a tribute to the number nine and its many[Read More…]
Students share their first-year experiences at Long Beach State
Every semester, new students walk through the halls of Long Beach State that many of us have walked for several years. It can be difficult for some students to transition to a four-year institution because it’s a completely different environment from what they’re used to. The Daily 49er sat down[Read More…]
51st Annual Holiday Art Sale sells one of a kind art pieces
Junior communications major, Joy Watanabe, picked up a pair of handcrafted silver earrings, placed it back down then glanced at minimalistic earrings shaped like an elongated “u.” She, like many of the attendees at Long Beach State’s School of Art Holiday Art Sale, was browsing student-made pieces being sold on[Read More…]
SPECIAL SECTION: LBSU’s nursing program experience: An inside look
Students hoping to be accepted into Long Beach State’s nursing program must complete a minimum of 56 units in the major, have a minimum 3.0 GPA, pass the Test of Essential Academic Skills and complete a series of prerequisite courses. Yet getting past the application process is half the battle.[Read More…]
SPECIAL SECTION: The LBSU Shark Lab is more than a one-man show
The name Christopher Lowe, a professor of marine biology at Long Beach State, has become synonymous with the on-campus Shark Lab. For years, Lowe has served as a guiding captain, overseeing the lab’s countless research projects. Yet, the Shark Lab is far from a one man operation. Rather, Lowe’s vision[Read More…]
SPECIAL SECTION: LBSU history lecturers create on-campus video game center for study
From a young age in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Jeffrey Lawler and Sean Smith were immersed in video games. They each sat in front of their scan-lined cathode-ray tube television sets with a wood veneer black and brown box situated atop the TV set. Three lines and the[Read More…]