Noel Gallagher does not disappoint on his second album with his band – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds. The self-produced album, Chasing Yesterday, was released Tuesday and is full of Gallagher’s classic sound of psychedelic guitars, memorable lyrics and pulsing drums throughout the 10-track list. To the delight of his[Read More…]
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CSULB fraternity member of Pi Kappa Phi takes a Journey of Hope
Four thousand, two hundred seventy miles, ten weeks and one bike humbled Brandon Ratner, who pedaled from coast to coast, discovering the philanthropic roots of Greek life. Ratner, a junior business accounting major at California State University, Long Beach, completed his first Trans-America route in the summer of 2014 through[Read More…]
Will Smith brings “Focus” back to his talent
The crimedy dramance “Focus,” starring Will Smith and Margot Robbie, should be on everyone’s list of movies to se. It isn’t the stunning and unique crime movie the previews make it out to be, but there are high-stake deals and plenty of suspense and mystery to keep audiences fixated. With[Read More…]
CSULB weighs in on net neutrality
Internet growth and innovation has flourished since the ‘90s because of its accessibility factor; anyone can go online and research, blog or download content. Luckily, for those with online lives, The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to side with net neutrality, requiring Internet service providers to treat all legal Internet[Read More…]
CSULB prepares for FAR-SITED: Creating and Conserving Art in Public Places
The lucky sculpture on CSULB’s upper campus that has been isolated by chain-linked fencing for the past few weeks is getting a makeover from the Getty Conservation Institute. The institute is restoring the sculpture known as “Duet” by Robert Murray, which was originally crafted in 1965 as part of the[Read More…]
Curtain opens on 85 years
A lady with a volunteer tag comments on the realism of the wooden crossbow, then reassures that the TNT beside it is fake. She then introduces the three Muppets in the corner, posed in mid-harmony and shows intricate thespian costumes fit for any Shakespearian stage. Then with a broad smile[Read More…]
CSULB weighs in on net neutrality
Internet growth and innovation has flourished since the ‘90s because of its accessibility factor; anyone can go online and research, blog or download content. Luckily, for those with online lives, The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to side with net neutrality, requiring Internet service providers to treat all legal Internet[Read More…]
CSULB’s Chicano Latino Studies Student Association channels the ‘40s
Two volunteers stepped forward from the crowd, and the man with the microphone handed them an elongated black, zip-closed bag with clothes inside. They fumbled to unzip it and took turns pulling out the bag’s contents one by one to dress the naked mannequin: a hat, a dress shirt, suspenders,[Read More…]
Bollywood branches out at CSULB
Combine the urban flow of a pulsating hip-hop track, the sharp rhythm of classical Indian folk styles and the intricate allure of middle-eastern belly dancing –the results are an infectious fusion known as Bollywood dance. Members of the Indian Student Association at California State University, Long Beach branched out this[Read More…]
Subtract on the Pier brings house music to Belmont Shore
Modern-day flappers wearing yoga pants and feathers jived alongside their neon-laced male counterparts on the dance floor; but just as important as the thudding house music was the sense of an underground community. Pulsing bass and soothing, ambient melodies shook the end of Belmont Pier on Sunday with the second[Read More…]