Students at Cal State Long Beach had the opportunity to ask State Sen. Ricardo Lara from the 33rd District about the present and future action on climate change Tuesday morning. Monica Argandoña, advisor for the environmental science and policy program, arranged for her global environment class to communicate with Lara[Read More…]
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Testing the waters at Cal State Long Beach
Almost a month after multiple drinking fountains at Cal State Long Beach tested positive for lead by a CHEM 100 class, campus members are still awaiting results from the university as to whether the rest of the fountains are affected. “Testing is ongoing,” said Terri Carbaugh, assistant vice president of[Read More…]
Construction at West Campus Drive continuing through Nov. 21
Students will have to wait longer than anticipated to be able to pass through West Campus Drive without the obstruction of blue tarps and fences. Construction at the turnaround by Brotman Hall and the University Student Union has been extended from its original deadline of Nov. 7 to Nov. 21.[Read More…]
Drinking fountains in the McIntosh building at CSULB tested positive for lead
It was confirmed Wednesday that drinking fountains in the McIntosh Humanities building at Cal State Long Beach tested positive for lead. As a component of the CHEM 100 class, students test the drinking fountains each semester at various locations on campus — only this time, they actually found something. The[Read More…]
CSULB drinking fountains turned off after water was found to be unsafe: Updated
Update (Nov. 8 1:40 p.m.): It was confirmed Wednesday that the drinking fountains in the McIntosh Humanities building at Cal State Long Beach tested positive for lead. In a Facebook comment posted to the Daily 49er’s page, chemistry and biochemistry lecturer Elaine Bernal said her CHEM 100 students tested the[Read More…]
Students share their experience about race, ethnicity and diversity
As racial tensions continue to cause debate in America, the Students Talk About Race program is attempting to address and diffuse the issue. STAR is a six-hour training workshop hosted by the Office of Multicultural Affairs each semester. The STAR program started in 1992 thanks to James Sauceda, the director[Read More…]
Second annual CSULB Tech Day showcases humanoid robots
The second annual Tech Day enticed those walking by the University Bookstore in the midst of an otherwise cloudy and gloomy Thursday at Cal State Long Beach. Over 30 booths lined the front of the bookstore, all offering information, demonstrations and prizes from vendors such as Microsoft, Skullcandy, Beach Tech,[Read More…]
NPR host Tavis Smiley visits CSULB to weigh in on higher education
Although there is no quick solution to dissolving barriers within higher education, Tavis Smiley and five panelists attempted to examine the root of problems like access, retention and graduation rates during a panel last week. For the last 25 years, broadcasts from late-night television and National Public Radio host Tavis[Read More…]
CSULB students gain easy access to condoms on campus
As soon as condom dispensers were installed in Cal State Long Beach’s bathrooms, they needed to be restocked. In a recent study conducted by the Sex Information and Education Council of Canada, it was reported that almost 50 percent of college students were not practicing safe sex. In an attempt[Read More…]
CSULB updates BeachBoard to a more user-friendly platform
After ringing in a new year, students will ring in the spring semester with an updated BeachBoard platform, intended to improve mobile access. According to Jonathan Huer, director of instructional technology support, the new platform’s main change is a responsive interface that allows students to navigate BeachBoard by scaling the[Read More…]