Three Long Beach State students share how the pandemic brought unexpected changes to their summer plans, and despite the challenges, helped them rediscover what is important to them.
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Why some CSULB students are choosing to not return for fall semester
As instruction is conducted mainly virtually for the fall semester, four CSULB students decide not to return to the university until next year. For them, the loss of the in-person experience proved to be too great.
IN PHOTOS: CSULB’s visible and abstract changes across campus
Despite many visible changes being made to Long Beach State, like construction on the Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum and Parkside North Housing, the empty campus continues to be most noticeable.
In Photos: First day of fall 2020 at CSULB
The first day of fall semester kicked off on Monday to a quiet start as Long Beach State continues with alternative forms of instruction.
Incoming transfer students share their excitement for CSULB
Farah Hammam, Taylor Triplett and Rocio Mares share what made them decide on transferring to CSULB and what they hope to accomplish while at the Beach.
CSULB’s Kleefeld Contemporary receives Millard Sheets Mosaic
California based artist Millard Sheets’ historic mosaic will be installed at Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum.
How this CSULB drag queen went digital amid the coronavirus
Senior Africana studies major Gregory Gasco used to perform six times a week on average as his drag alter ego, Paradisa Lahore. But as bars and clubs closed indefinitely in adherence to state-wide social distancing mandates, many drag artists like Gasco are left without a stage to perform. But the[Read More…]
Cars instead of bars: Honk twice to wish happy birthday
The COVID-19 pandemic may have disrupted mine and my cousin’s birthday plans, but it did not stop our friends and family from coordinating surprise car parades. For me, this was more memorable than anything else that could have happened, pandemic or not.
The quarantine diaries
The Quarantine Diaries is an intimate perspective into how life has changed for individuals as a result of COVID-19. Pairing portraits of self-isolation and handwritten accounts of their experiences, the series gives an insight into the life of staying at home amidst the global pandemic.
‘It was like a semi-truck had hit me’; CSULB nursing student recovers from coronavirus
CSULB graduate nursing student Jovani Rioja shares his painful moments battling and recovering from COVID-19.