Feeling just like a princess in her pink, floor-length evening gown, Danielle Sappleton stands beneath a sign hanging in her Long Beach apartment that reads “Babe Cave.” She is showing off the six-hundred-something-dollar dress that she has chosen for the Miss California USA pageant. “It’s like the best dress I’ve[Read More…]
Arts & Life
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Alumni in love, 46 years later
“She’s the best thing that I got out of the university,” said 86-year-old Jack Kates, sitting at the head of the wooden dining room table. “I got my degree, my credential and my wife.” His wife, Marilyn Kates, 79, fought a smile and tried to crawl further into her timid[Read More…]
Dropping the ball on dropping the bass
Last Sunday, the Black Keys performed at San Diego State University. Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes, Ryan Adams and David Gray will perform in December at a benefit concert at Cal State University Northridge. G-Eazy played a show last month at University of California, Santa Barbara. So, why aren’t headliners[Read More…]
Molding a career out of clay
Ceramics helped him get through high school. Once he graduated, he knew he would pursue a career in the arts. Brian Trimble attended Cal State University Long Beach for his Bachelor of Fine Arts, and then went back for his master’s degree in art education and doctorate in educational leadership.[Read More…]
Platinum Celebration
Twenty years ago, dance was a franken-major, the love child of physical education and theater arts at Cal State Long Beach and the Carpenter Center was merely a vacant field. Both the dance department facilities and the Carpenter center are celebrating a 20th anniversary this year. Both created in 1994,[Read More…]
Resurrecting Vintage Hollywood at the Racetrack
The Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in San Diego, Calif. opened its gates in the fall for the first time in its history last Friday. The racetrack that used to exclusively operate in the summer hosted its inaugural Bing Crosby Season to fill a void left by the closing of another[Read More…]
Through the eyes of student films
Anthropology Graduate Student Association (AGSA) is hosting its first ethnographic film festival on Thursday on campus at Cal State University Long Beach. The festival will feature films that showcase various topics such as alternative cultures, crafting, video games, environmental issues and human rights topics. Associate professor for the department of[Read More…]
A Space Story for the Ages
Christopher Nolan, the mind behind movies like “Inception” and “The Dark Knight Rises,” has returned with his most ambitious movie yet: “Interstellar.” Ever since the trailers for the film were released, it has become one of the most anticipated films of the year with its mesmerizing glimpses of space. However,[Read More…]
Go Pro or go duct tape
Ten years ago, documenting adventurous moments on camera was difficult when journeys were underwater or hundreds of feet above the ground. Enter the Go Pro. “Sometimes, I was able to record myself going on a roller-coaster, but the footage was horrible,” sophomore history major Aiden Carson said. “Other times, I[Read More…]
Banking big with “Expensive Taste”
The debut album by Azealia Banks has finally dropped without notice, and the release was worth the wait. Her debut single “212,” was released in 2011, and it feels strange to finally hear the track on the debut album by Banks titled “Broke with Expensive Taste.” The songwriter, singer and[Read More…]