Students clustered around tables in the “free speech zone” outside of the University Bookstore Thursday to discuss controversial issues and connect with people who hold different political perspectives. Marketplace of Ideas, hosted by Young Americans for Liberty, was created to bring people together and encourage them to engage in political[Read More…]
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CSU confirms no tuition hike for next school year
Officials from the California State University system announced Friday that a tuition increase would not go into effect for the 2018-19 school year. Since November, the CSU Board of Trustees have been discussing a potential tuition hike to compensate for systemwide financial shortfalls from the state budget. Representatives attribute the[Read More…]
CAPS applies new funding to improve mental health services at CSULB
When Kelsey Wunder began her freshman year as a business-marketing major at Cal State Long Beach, her future seemed bright. Several months later, things had changed. She began to experience a disconnection from the world around her and feelings of intense anxiety set in. So she did what every student[Read More…]
Smokers continue to find places to light up at CSULB
Although smoking was banned from Cal State Long Beach in 2016, you wouldn’t know that walking through the campus halls. The Breathe Campaign was implemented at the university in 2013 in an effort to eliminate smoking on campus. In Fall 2016, the campaign officially banned tobacco and e-cigarettes from campus.[Read More…]
Battery, grand theft and domestic violence
Domestic violence – Officers received a call requesting assistance in regard to a situation involving domestic violence, which initially occurred in parking structure one at 6:19 a.m. April 12. Both the victim and suspect had left the scene before officers arrived, but were subsequently located on 3722 Lomina Ave. The[Read More…]
Students learn defense in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness month
Cal State Long Beach housing residents bowed and saluted one another as they began a game of capture the flag that was meant to teach them a life lesson. In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, a group of six women gathered on the Los Alamitos Lawn in Hillside College[Read More…]
Student farmers plant their roots at CSULB garden
Forget that can of ravioli, at-risk students who use the Beach Pantry now have access to fresh and organic vegetables — grown right here at Cal State Long Beach. The Grow Beach Organic Garden completed its first harvest of the semester last week as campus farmers who rent these plots[Read More…]
New university initiative announced to academic senate
The Academic Senate gathered Thursday for the first time in over a month to hear President Jane Close Conoley announce her new initiative “Beach 2030: Building our future on changing tides,” which is set to begin fall of 2018. The initiative aims to gather community input to plan for the[Read More…]
Education Week to present job fair and faculty lectures
Cal State Long Beach will host a weeklong series of events to showcase the College of Education’s programs and work opportunities. According to Shireen Pavri, the dean of the department, Education Week is intended to serve many purposes including preparing students for educational careers, providing a platform to learn from,creating[Read More…]
CSULB hosts annual Psychology Day
Students were “psyched” Wednesday to dive into a full day of activities demystifying human behavior. The 46th Annual Psychology Day kicked off at 11 a.m. as attendees filing in were greeted by psychology majors and graduate students alike. The event took place in throughout the entire Psychology Building and offered[Read More…]