For the Long Beach State dance team, the competitions come second; what is meaningful is the time they spend together preparing for them. “We don’t think about placing,” coach Rey Lozano said. “We think about how we grow as a team and how we challenge ourselves.” The team of 11[Read More…]
News
Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events on campus and around Long Beach.
Petition to recall ASI members gains attention
A petition to recall and remove Associated Students Inc. student executives has earned more than 400 signatures, according to Jason Aula, a spokesperson for the anonymous group that wrote the document. The petition to recall and remove ASI President James Ahumada, Vice President Lucy Nguyen and ASI Treasurer Jameson Nyeholt[Read More…]
CSULB event to promote energy-saving tips
Cal State Long Beach will host the seventh annual Green Campus Energy Efficiency Summit this weekend. The invitation-only event is expected to draw about 160 attendees, including representatives from 16 college campuses, 75 paid student interns, CSULB faculty members, CSULB President F. King Alexander and Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster.[Read More…]
Ancestral poles stolen from Puvunga grounds
University Police received a report that ancestral poles were removed from the Puvunga ceremonial grounds in 22 Acres, just west of Parking Lot 20 sometime between Dec. 29 and Dec. 31, Solorzano said. One ancestral pole was found and one remains missing. Reports of local drunk driving on the[Read More…]
CSULB student creates textbook swapping website
In an attempt to make college textbooks affordable, Cal State Long Beach industrial design major Tyler Rogina set up Bookswapp.com, a free website that allows students to set up a profile, post their used textbooks and ultimately set up an exchange. According to the website, “Bookswapp was created for the[Read More…]
ASI funds students’ rocket for flight
The Associated Students Inc. Board of Control granted funds to a student organization planning to make one small step for its club, one giant leap for Cal State Long Beach. The Experiment Sounding Rocket Association (ESRA), a student organization that won first place in 2009 for its 10,000-foot rocket, is[Read More…]
University Bookstore uses rentals, e-books to lure students to on-campus buying
The University Bookstore has implemented several new options for students who are in search of cheaper textbooks. Director of Communications Rosa Hernandez-Henderson said the bookstore has partnered with Chegg.com, a website where students can rent, buy or sell books that can be directly accessed through the University Bookstore. If a[Read More…]
Friends mourn slain CSULB alumna
Students are mourning the death of a Cal State Long Beach alumna, who was also a contributing writer and illustrator for the campus’ weekly newspaper The Union. LAPD detectives told local media that Lisa Nguyen, a 27-year-old recent graduate, was murdered on the morning of Jan. 9 by her father[Read More…]
University president responds to deep budget cuts
California State University officials are coping with uncertainty after Gov. Jerry Brown announced a $500 million cut to the CSUs in the proposed 2011-12 budget. “It was worse than we thought,” Cal State Long Beach President F. King Alexander said. “This will not help the state out of its economic[Read More…]
On-campus gym to serve kinesiology students, elderly
A new exercise center for senior citizens and former clients of the Beach Wellness Center in the kinesiology department will open Feb. 1 in the Walter Pyramid, where Frog’s Fitness was formerly located. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) has partnered with the College of Health and Human Services to run[Read More…]