While students searched for parking and raced to class Thursday morning, flowers and shells covered the earth and ancestral songs filled the air near Lot 20 as Cal State Long Beach celebrated the reburial of Native American remains and artifacts. The event, which was a celebration of the actual reburial[Read More…]
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Going global
Representatives from various study, intern and volunteer teaching abroad programs visited Cal State Long Beach yesterday to inform interested students of the different global options available to them. The event, which was held at the Speakers Platform near the University Bookstore, allowed students from all majors to speak with representatives[Read More…]
CSU and CSULB push for increased four-year graduation rates
Graduating from college in the span of four years is a dream in 2016 — especially since almost 60 percent of students who enter college to pursue a bachelor’s degree graduate in six years, according to the Department of Education. The California State University system, along with Gov. Jerry Brown,[Read More…]
Cal State Long Beach hosts September 11 Remembrance Day
On Sept. 11, 2001, 2,977 innocent people died in the largest terrorist attack on U.S soil; fifteen years later, Cal State Long Beach students, faculty, and staff gathered to honor the lives lost in the aftermath. CSULB’s 9/11 Remembrance Day, held Friday on the University Student Union’s north lawn, was[Read More…]
Heating and cooling upgrades will soon keep Cal State Long Beach comfortable
Behind the dirt, loud drilling and obstructed routes from construction fences near Brotman Hall and the University Student Union, there are plans to continue making Cal State Long Beach a more sustainable campus. The construction project is called the Hot Water Piping Infrastructure project, which began in April of last[Read More…]
Cal State Long Beach Carpenter Center closes curtains on NWC
The controversial play “N*gger, W*tback, Ch*nk,” will no longer be playing at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center after President Jane Close Conoley said the university would not support it as a part of the academic curriculum for the fall 2016 semester. At the start of this week, Executive Director of[Read More…]
Cal State Long Beach to add new solar panel system
Cal State Long Beach will be undergoing a $20 million solar panel installation process beginning in May 2017, according to a university press release. In addition to the three solar panels currently installed on campus at Brotman Hall, the Vivian Engineering Center and the yard next to the University Print[Read More…]
Smorgasport returns to the Cal State Long Beach campus
Students crowded into Cal State Long Beach’s parking lot 3 Friday night to enjoy carnival rides, live music and food at the 16th annual Smorgasport. Located between the University Student Union and the kinesiology building, the typically car-filled lot was cleared out and flooded with bright lights, food trucks and[Read More…]
Amazon@TheBeach set to open soon
Students who order products from Amazon will soon be able to pick up their orders at the Cal State Long Beach University Bookstore beginning Sept. 20. 49er Shops and Amazon will open Amazon@TheBeach, located on the south side of the University Bookstore, with its own entrance available from lot 5.[Read More…]
Cal State Long Beach Associated Students Inc. elects students as trustees-at-large
The Associated Students, Inc. Senate is still getting the ball rolling, with elections continuing during its second meeting of the semester this Wednesday. Last week, the senate elected seniors Julio Rosales and Matthew Taylor as trustees-at-large for the the Media Board. The Media Board oversees KBeach Radio, College Beat and[Read More…]