Fox News political analyst Juan Williams will discuss his views on media censorship and racial dialogue at the fifth annual Cal State Long Beach Distinguished Speakers Series on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Carpenter Performing Arts Center. Williams’ impressive resumé includes jobs at National Public Radio (NPR) and The[Read More…]
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Employee union marches on campus
More than 60 members of the Cal State Employees Association marched in front of the Social Sciences and Public Administration building Wednesday afternoon in protest of administrative powers. Chapter 315, which represents the university’s grounds laborers, healthcare workers, clerical workers and technical employees, blew whistles and waved signs with messages[Read More…]
Long Beach to survey bike use, decide city improvements
Long Beach will conduct the fourth annual bicycle and pedestrian count research project on Thursday and Sunday to inform the city where bike and pedestrian improvements are needed. The city collaborated with Cal State Long Beach and Bikestation, a service that offers 24-hour secure indoor bike parking facilities, to organize[Read More…]
Festival brings art, music to CSULB
Cal State Long Beach will host its second annual Chinese Film and Culture Festival, featuring unique treasures from Tianjin Province in China, screenings of recent Chinese films, and a cultural heritage and craft exhibit, from Oct. 20-26. The cultural craft exhibit will include bottle gourd painting, kites and stilt walking,[Read More…]
Physics Nobel laureate talks religion, lasers
Charles Townes, Noble Prize laureate in physics and co-creator of the laser, spoke about the middle ground between science and religion during the inaugural talk, entitled right.” The strategy of pursuing the most logical explanation regarding science or religion is what helped Townes develop the laser. “The laser, in my[Read More…]
Faculty push petition for Reed’s removal
Cal State University faculty are circling an online petition that calls for the ouster of Chancellor Charles B. Reed, but with only 85 signatures, some have made it clear they think the CSU’s problems run deeper than its top executive. “Just getting rid of Reed would not be a cure-all,”[Read More…]
DREAM Act hits home with CSULB
“Graduation Begins Today,” is a well- known slogan to students of Cal State Long Beach. Posted throughout campus on banners and light posts, the phrase is meant to remind students they need to work toward graduating. However, this message does not always apply to the entire student body. For many,[Read More…]
CSULB ranks in US News list for most freshmen applications
Only five schools received more freshmen applications than Cal State Long Beach in fall 2010, according to rankings released by U.S. News & World Report. U.S. News surveyed more than 1,800 undergraduate colleges and universities in 2011 and, of the 1,311 schools that reported, CSULB ranked No. 6 in the[Read More…]
Matching dreams
They are each other’s mannequins. They wake up from matching beds, shower, slip on identical outfits and make sure every strand of hair is perfectly in place. Twins David and Joseph Lee said they are simply embracing their inner twin by maintaining this daily routine. Every day, their jet black[Read More…]
Couple caught having sex in lot
The police were contacted after a couple was seen engaging in sexual activity on Oct. 9 in the afternoon. They were seen on the third floor of Parking Structure 2 and were cited when police arrived at the scene, said Brown. Items stolen from locker rooms After leaving her insulin[Read More…]