The provocatively titled play “N*gger, W*tback, Ch*nk” will not live to see a second year at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center after being cancelled by Cal State Long Beach President Jane Close Conoley due to negative feedback from ethnic studies faculty. Subsequently, the executive director of the arts center, Michele[Read More…]
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CSULB’s Japanese Garden celebrates its 35th anniversary Friday night
Red tables surrounded the pond at the Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden Friday night as members of the Friends of the Japanese Garden celebrated the garden’s 35th anniversary. A string quartet provided tranquil music while guests feasted on food from various food stands and took part in a silent auction.[Read More…]
Crime blotter: lights stolen and family violence
Son attacks father A father and son were brought to the University Police station by a faculty member Monday after the son hit the father. Upon being interviewed by a police officer, the father revealed that his differently-abled son had hit him, but he did not wish to file a[Read More…]
Constitution Day comes to Cal State Long Beach
Every seat was filled at Wednesday’s 2016 Constitution Day Panel, with students eager to learn about serious First Amendment issues regarding the future of our country. The panel, held in Psychology 150, was hosted by Cal State Long Beach’s Center for First Amendment Studies. Constitution Day is an annual event dedicated[Read More…]
Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library opens its doors to the public
After decades of planning, a new branch of the Long Beach Public Library opened in north Long Beach on Saturday. The Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library’s grand opening was attended by Mayor Robert Garcia, Vice Mayor Rex Richardson and city councilmember Al Austin II. The three cut the ribbon at the[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…]
How a prisoner became an activist
Immigrant, prisoner, revolutionary – the narrative of a criminal-turned-social activist will having a special screening followed by a panel discussion at The Art Theatre Monday night. “Breathin’: The Eddy Zheng Story” follows the life of a Chinese immigrant who served 20 years in California prisons and jails for kidnapping and[Read More…]
Crime blotter: student violence and trespassers apprehended
Student Violence University Police received a call on Aug. 31 about two female students who had an altercation outside of Brotman Hall. The two had no prior relationship. The victim had her hair pulled by the suspect after words were exchanged between the two. The suspect left the area and the[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…]
Long Beach man fatally shot by police
An officer-involved shooting left one man dead Sunday night, according to a press release from the Long Beach Police Department. The shooting took place on the 1600 block of Obispo Avenue, between Pacific Coast Highway and Anaheim Street in central Long Beach. Authorities have not yet identified the suspect who[Read More…]