With the ongoing drought straining California for water, cities across the state have been issued specific water conservation goals to reach. Despite the strong restrictions, Long Beach has once again surpassed its 16 percent water reduction goal for the third month in a row, according to the city’s water department.[Read More…]
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California Assembly passes bill banning concealed carry on campus grounds
The California State Assembly passed a bill Wednesday prohibiting the legal carry of concealed weapons on school campuses. Senate Bill-707 would outlaw permitted concealed weapons carriers from bringing firearms onto school campuses without prior permission from campus authorities. “Many would be surprised, as I was, to learn that California law[Read More…]
CSULB clubs go all out for Week of Welcome
Lively pulsating music filled the air, ASI members ran around frantically, a brigade of food trucks were surrounding the main entrance and free shirts, pens and flyers were being passed out left to right. This could only mean one thing: Week of Welcome. WoW is a huge necessity and a[Read More…]
Smorgasport kicks off fall semester for its 15th year
The idea was simple: bring students together at the year’s beginning to show the smorgasbord of sports, games and non-alcoholic fun the campus has to offer – or, more accurately, a Smorgasport. Rita Hayes, director of club sports and recreation at California State University, Long Beach, first heard of the[Read More…]
Comparing CSU parking permit prices
With 23 different California State Universities, research shows that a parking permit at California State University, Long Beach lands the school in the top ten lowest parking prices across the system. Students at CSULB are required to pay $123 each semester in order to park in any of the nine[Read More…]
CSULB president talks yearly plans
California State University, Long Beach President Jane Close Conoley jumped right into 2015 with a convocation speech that detailed several changes for students and faculty. The Daily 49er spoke with Conoley before the start of this semester about her goals for the year, making campus smoke-free and upcoming faculty negotiations.[Read More…]
CSULB and campus police team up to combat car overflow
Welcome to the fall 2015 “Parking Games,” where students whip through lots and stalk fellow students all in an effort to be crowned parking spot victor. In response to the rise in overcrowded parking lots, California State University, Long Beach partnered with the campus police to develop a parking plan[Read More…]
Exchange students struggle to get full-time status
Before Marco Heid left Germany, the emails welcoming him to study abroad in California warned him that his first week would not be an easy one. But instead of struggling to crash a class or two, the Open University program only allowed Heid to enroll in classes on the first[Read More…]
Chris Burnett becomes interim chair of CSULB’s theater department
With the search for a permanent chair still ongoing, Chris Burnett, a longtime professor at California State University, Long Beach, has readily stepped in to fill the void left in the university’s theater department. Burnett, a former chair of the journalism department at CSULB, took over as interim chair at[Read More…]
Bike thieves roll less on campus as cyclists lock up
Bicycle thieves may be finding it harder to spot “easy pickings” at bicycle racks on campus as University Police are taking extra measures to educate students. Sgt. Keith Caires of the University Police noticed a spike in bike thefts when he began working at CSULB in 2013 and began making[Read More…]