Bicyclist struck by car A 37-year-old woman was struck by a car while riding her bike near the Liberal Arts 1 building on Feb. 22 at 5 p.m. The woman sustained injury, but denied medical treatment. According to police, the two parties involved exchanged insurance information. She was hit by[Read More…]
Campus
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OLLI offers classes to students age 55 and over
“Learn more, age less, join OLLI,” is the motto for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Cal State Long Beach, a program committed to enriching and elongating lives through education for people over 55. Registration for OLLI’s spring session starts March 5 and is conducted in person at the OLLI[Read More…]
Daily 49er wins 20 statewide awards at CCMA
LOS ANGELES – The Daily 49er took home 20 statewide honors including second place for Best Daily Newspaper at the California College Media Association awards banquet Saturday night. The awards included first place for Best Breaking News Story. Yasmin Cortez, Miranda Andrade-Ceja, Kevin Flores and Amy Patton were recognized for[Read More…]
Fresh Air Advocates aim for smoke-free campus
Anti-tobacco and smoking advocates at Cal State Long Beach launched phase one of the Breathe Campaign Monday to prepare for a smoke-free campus in the Fall 2016 semester. The Fresh Air Advocates are a group of 15 students from CSULB’s Health Science Department that have been trained to perform[Read More…]
ASI senate recommends Greek life adviser position
The Associated Students Inc. senate approved resolution to officially urge Student Life and Development to create and fill a position for a Greek life adviser during their Wednesday meeting. This position would act as an intermediary between Greek life and other organizations in addition to advising their members. “I’ve been[Read More…]
La Raza demands accountability after reported sexual assault
In response to the recent alleged sexual assaults on and off campus, cultural and political organization La Raza and Cal State Long Beach students staged a silent protest against sexual assault Tuesday. The group sported posters cut into silhouettes of women and lined up along one of the pathways in[Read More…]
Kappa Sigma formally suspended after alleged sexual assault at party
The Kappa Sigma chapter at Cal State Long Beach has been suspended from campus, pending a legal investigation into a sexual assault that allegedly took place at the fraternity’s house off-campus. On Monday, an unnamed female student reported she was sexually assaulted in the early hours of Sunday morning after[Read More…]
Mobile HIV bus tests students
Student Health Services offered free, rapid HIV testing from the Long Beach Health Department’s mobile unit on campus yesterday. Rosario Rivas, a health educator for the Long Beach Health Department, said that more students get tested for HIV during the “party seasons.” “The number of students who get tested varies[Read More…]
Crime Blotter
You can’t park there Officers responded to a disturbance call at Lot 10 on Saturday at 12:40 p.m. According to the report, a construction worker got into a verbal altercation with a parking officer after receiving a ticket. The male in question left the scene, but officers were able to[Read More…]
Students research use of robots for human health
After three failed attempts, an arm successfully lowered a tennis ball into a plastic cup Friday afternoon. This might not seem difficult to do but it may be more impressive considering the arm is robotic and programmed by Cal State Long Beach students. The robotic arm, named Jaco2, is part[Read More…]