The Cal State Long Beach design department will keep the spirit of Nohemi Gonzalez alive with major plans to refurbish a workshop after receiving a generous donation of $10,000 for the Nohemi Gonzalez Shop Initiative. The international tragedy hit home when news of Gonzalez’s death in the Nov. 13, 2015[Read More…]
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Column: The reality of being Greek at CSULB
There’s a lot of validity to the phrase “it’s all Greek to me.” In the world of fraternities and sororities, words like “rush,” “pledge” and “big” have practical definitions that tend to differ notably from what one could find in the dictionary. For those of us in the Greek system,[Read More…]
Crime Blotter: Trespassing, public intoxication and assault
Kung-foolery Officers received a call about a male carrying what appeared to be a Samurai sword on his back March 9 at 11:23 a.m. After investigating the call, the officers determined that it was a student carrying an umbrella with a handle that looked like a sword handle. Unwanted[Read More…]
Official email reveals details of knife incident
The 20-year-old male student who displayed a knife in a sociology class Feb. 25 comes from a “mixed-race family,” contrary to posts on social media up to this point that stated he was white. [related title=”Related Stories” stories=”38338,38305,38174,38440″ align=”right” background=”on” border=”all” shadow=”on”] The race of the individual became an issue[Read More…]
Meet the Candidates: Dylan and Novy
Dylan Tom and Ennovy “Novy” Bowman have big ideas. Tom, a senior majoring in public relations, is running to be the next president of Associated Students, Inc. Bowman, also a senior majoring in public relations, is running as his vice president. Tom and Bowman have been friends since they attended[Read More…]
Student hit by car
A 21-year-old female student was transported to the hospital after sustaining non-life threatening injuries after being hit by a car. The driver of the car was a 52-year-old woman. The accident occurred March 10 at 5:07 p.m. in parking lot 16. The Long Beach Fire Department responded to treat the[Read More…]
Student with knife revealed to be community service officer
Update: March 11, 7:42 p.m. The student who displayed a short knife in a sociology class on race, class and gender did so while his group was standing to give a presentation to the rest of the class, according to CSULB President Jane Close Conoley in an email to the[Read More…]
Long Beach Target aims to customize convenience
A “flex format” Target will host its grand opening Sunday at its location in the Bixby Village Plaza shopping center and officially opened Wednesday. Target spokesperson Kristy Welker said “flex format” Targets are named because of its flexibility of store elements like size and product selection in order to tailor[Read More…]
NAACP investigates CSULB knife incident
This story has been updated March 12 at 12:14 a.m. The NAACP’s Long Beach chapter announced Wednesday it will launch an investigation into the Feb. 25 incident where a student brandished a knife in a sociology class at Cal State Long Beach. “The Long Beach Branch NAACP is currently gathering[Read More…]
Cal State Long Beach student government adopts new investing policy
ASI senate members voted in favor of adopting Senate Resolution 2016-11, which advocates humanitarian and environmentally friendly investing practices, at tonight’s meeting. The Socially Responsible Investing resolution is a suggested investing policy from ASI to the 49er Foundation in regard to the corporations in which it invests. The 49er Foundation is[Read More…]