Friends, colleagues and students gathered for a memorial in Peterson Hall Thursday evening to honor Geography Professor Tom Frazier who died earlier this month at the age of 51 after 16 years of teaching at Cal State Long Beach. A crowd of 45 to 60 congregated around photographs and a[Read More…]
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Legal woes raise questions over LBCC Hall of Champions inductee
Cal State Long Beach faculty member Richard Foster will be inducted into the Long Beach City College “Hall of Champions” along with seven other former athletes, despite accusations from a former nationally-ranked swimmer he represented in the past. The award is meant to “recognize individuals and teams who have developed[Read More…]
Protesters louder than Chancellor White at CSU Board of Trustees meeting
A much-anticipated tuition hike was revisited by the California State University Board of Trustees during its Tuesday meeting. The $288 increase would mark the second consecutive hike for students in the CSU system, which has received backlash from students and faculty members, along with the group Students for Quality Education,[Read More…]
CSULB club builds a soilless aquaponics system
Environmental Scientists are beginning to realize that 200,000 years of human existence is taking a toll on Earth’s outermost layer of soil. “Generating three centimeters of topsoil takes 1,000 years, and if current rates of degradation continue, all of the world’s top soil could be gone within 60 years,” said[Read More…]
Students for Quality Education rally at CSU Board of Trustees meeting to fight tuition hike
Over 30 students and faculty congregated around the doors of the California State University Chancellor’s Office in Long Beach Tuesday morning. As the crowd waited for the Board of Trustees meeting to begin, they stood in solidarity against the latest tuition hike. While it will be another two months of[Read More…]
CSULB’s 2018 Resilience Charrette sets the bar for change
In cities like Long Beach that are shrouded by smog and pollution — more can always be done to increase climate resilience; the ability to adapt to a changing environment. The four priorities in the city are upgrading the electrical grid, increasing community activism, greenery and electrified transportation. For Cal[Read More…]
Women’s ‘You’re Worth It’ conference premiers at CSULB
Princess II Queen, a committee of The Black Business Student Association, is adopting L’Oreal’s signature slogan for a conference it’s hosting at Cal State Long Beach Saturday, Mar. 24. “You’re Worth It” is a free conference that will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the University Student[Read More…]
ASI announces election results
After two weeks of campaigning, Associated Students Inc. announced the results for the 2018 election Thursday. Genesis Jara, a chief government relations officer, won 52 percent of the vote for president; Leen Almahdi, senator of health and human services, was elected vice president with 54 percent of the votes; and[Read More…]
PowWow theft, marijuana complaint and library disturbance
Assault/battery call – Employees at Student Health Services filed a mandatory report of assault against a subject at 5:06 p.m. March 12. “This was a courtesy report, meaning we took it on behalf of another agency,” said Lt. Richard Goodwin. “It referenced a CSULB student [who] was the victim of[Read More…]
CSULB celebrates women’s rights with Title IX film screening
Just one year after the Title IX legislation passed, nearly 295,000 women were welcomed into the world of sports, and as of 2011, over 3 million women were participating in sports, both in high school and college. A screening of the film “Sporting Chance: The Lasting Legacy of Title IX”[Read More…]