Students who have the chance to set aside time for relaxation can find assistance to their leisure in the student art galleries. Cal State Long Beach MFA sculpture student and video installation artist Elena Roznovan shows viewers the importance of patience and soaking in the beauty of a desert sunrise[Read More…]
Arts & Life
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Win tickets to see Jimmy Buffett live
Jimmy Buffett fans at Cal State Long Beach – or just fans of live music and margaritas – have a chance to win tickets to the March 30 grand opening of the new Margaritaville restaurant. Located at Universal CityWalk, the event will feature an invite-only performance by the singer, song-writer[Read More…]
BeachCon returns to CSULB
Do you remember having sleepovers with your friends when you – fueled by loads of soda, Red Bull, chips and candy – would stay up all night playing video games? Well, BeachCon 2017 was like that, amplified tenfold. The Cal State Long Beach Esports Association hosted its third BeachCon March[Read More…]
“Logan” is the best X-Men movie yet
Sold as Hugh Jackman’s final appearance as Wolverine, “Logan” is Twentieth Century Fox’s third try at a solo adventure for the Canadian hero. Unlike past installments, this movie does not play out like most superhero cinema, drawing more inspiration from Westerns than it does any comic book. The film is[Read More…]
The hidden world of CSULB’s shrinking cat colonies
Most students attending Cal State Long Beach spend their days on campus rushing along the grounds in a flurry of motion. With this regular stream of activity, it can be easy to miss the fact that all of the people who occupy CSULB on the daily are in fact sharing[Read More…]
Changing the world one volunteer at a time
The Peace Corps has been providing a way for volunteers to fully immerse themselves in the culture of another country since its establishment in 1961. The mission of the organization has remained the same for 56 years — to promote world peace and friendship. Alben Phung, a former Cal State[Read More…]
Safe place for creative space
Almost three months ago, a warehouse in Oakland that had been converted into an artist collective named Ghost Ship caught flame and quickly killed 36 people. Ghost Ship had a business license, but was not up to fire safety code. Since then, cities all across the nation have been forcing[Read More…]
Award-winning author Trisha R. Thomas ends Black History Month at CSULB
“One of my agents told me my book wasn’t ‘black’ enough,” Trisha R. Thomas, author of the “Nappily” Series, said. “[So in the first version], I killed someone in the book inadvertently… because I wanted to get published. I believe that’s what the people wanted.” These are the words of[Read More…]
Jose Feliciano comes to Carpenter Center
Seventy-one-year-old celebrity, musician and actor Jose Feliciano will be performing his trademark pop music, including hit song “Light My Fire,” at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center March 4. Feliciano, born blind as one of eleven siblings in Puerto Rico, immigrated to New York City with his family when he was[Read More…]
CSU hospitality and tourism career recruitment
The CSU Southern California Hospitality and Tourism Career Expo will be held at the Pointe, March 2 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The CSU Hospitality & Tourism Management Education Alliance started this expo in 2015 as a way to give students and graduates in the field an outlet to[Read More…]