Palm Trees made of green water bottles and cardboard, giant paper-mache hamburgers and a beer bottle sculpture decorated the Speaker’s Platform yesterday as Associated Students Inc. kicked off its annual ECO Week. ASI is hosting ECO Week with other organizations, such as the Environmental Science and Policy club, Smart Deco[Read More…]
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Admiral Eric T. Olson shares war stories, political views
Retired U.S. Navy Admiral Eric T. Olson has seen it all throughout his four decades as a Navy SEAL. Olson spoke about what it means to live in the rapidly changing world, which he has witnessed firsthand, at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center on Thursday night. Olson was the featured[Read More…]
Blotter: Residents suspected of public intoxication
Resident assistants reported a group of eight people who appeared to be drinking outside of Parkside College at 5:59 a.m. on Oct. 13, University Police Captain Scott Brown said. The group was not drinking at the time the police arrived and was not intoxicated enough to be arrested for public[Read More…]
CSULB students struggle to graduate
Cal State Long Beach senior nutrition major Valerie Djaja may have two more years left until she can walk at graduation. “I would be able to take more than 16 units if I could take winter or summer,” Djaja said. Fifty-four percent of first-time freshmen who entered Cal State Long[Read More…]
Students mix with politics and hot dogs
It can be hard to get students to care about politics, but free food usually helps. Cal State Long Beach students gathered in the grass before the Speaker’s Platform on Thursday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to listen to politicians speak of the importance that November’s ballot carries for[Read More…]
Professors remain inseparable since childhood
Fifty years ago, professors Henry Yeh and Hsien-Yang Yeh grew up in the same house in Taiwan. Now, half a century and 7,000 miles later, little distance has been put between them still. Henry Yeh is an electrical engineering professor in the College of Engineering at Cal State Long Beach[Read More…]
Professors volunteer to teach English across seas
Professors have been venturing outside of white-walled lecture halls to countries like Chile, India, Iran and Africa to teach English to other professors all over the globe. Universities worldwide have started teaching curriculum in English – either partially or entirely. Various reasons for this switch include improved graduate employment, international[Read More…]
Beatnicks and cool cats lounge it out
Cal State Long Beach students can prepare to snap their fingers for a new line of artists at this month’s Poet’s Lounge later tonight. Hosted by the University Student Union Program Council, the monthly event provides students with the opportunity to perform their latest works of poetry, spoken word, comedy[Read More…]
Fraternity members bike for disabled children
While many students are focused on passing midterms and avoiding the October heat, members of one Cal State Long Beach fraternity are devoting their days, and nights, to biking for charity. Members of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity are riding stationary bicycles for 48 straight hours to help raise money[Read More…]
CSULB employees go green while going to work
Cal State Long Beach employees are paid not only to work but also to commute to work – granted they use the right mode of transportation. The Rideshare @ The Beach program program, sponsored by the parking and transportation department, is an incentive program designed to encourage CSULB employees to[Read More…]