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CSULB program offers students financial advising

A new program is offering free financial advising to Cal State Long Beach students every Monday at the Career Development Center. Financial Advising, Counseling and Educational Services is a new program that deals with student’s most common financial issues, including student loans, credit card payments and savings accounts. “It’s mostly[Read More…]

CSULB program that helps grads find work receives grant

Cal State Long Beach biology professor Elizabeth Eldon approached fellow professor Lisa Klig in 2008 with a big idea that translated into a $1.37 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). Because of a push by Eldon and writing from Klig, CIRM is helping to fund CSULB’s[Read More…]

Chinese Film Festival opens with taste of culture

The American flag stood to the left of the stage and the Chinese flag stood to the right. The Ansai Waist Drum dance performers entered with a bang as they stormed the stage and brought life to the 2,000-year-old tradition. Cal State Long Beach’s inaugural Chinese Film and Culture Festival[Read More…]

Transgendered community speaks out

After the verdict, the judge approached Mia F. Yamamoto and gave her a hug. “When you said, ‘I would rather die a woman than live another day as someone I’m not,’ that really touched me,” the judge said. Yamamoto, an attorney and criminal prosecutor for Los Angeles County explained the[Read More…]

ASI makes its last effort to gain student voters

Associated Students, Inc. is clearing its last hurdle in the race to register more voters than Cal State Fullerton by Oct. 18. ASI will register students Oct. 18 during “Get the Vote Out.” The event will take place at 11:30 a.m. in the central quad of the University Student Union.[Read More…]

CSULB students mentor local youth

Bridge to College, Trade or Technical School, a local program that helps disadvantaged students map out a plan for college, expects to expand its reach with the help of CSULB faculty and students. The program, founded in September 2009, specifically helps at-risk students who have a criminal record or are[Read More…]

CSULB student faces pre-trial hearing for battery against female

Cal State Long Beach student Avadhut Dipakrao Chaudhari attended his first pre-trial hearing today for two alleged battery charges against two separate females. According to the official CSULB website, Chaudhari is still an international exchange student, working on his master’s degree. Until today, private attorney Michael E. Kraut was representing[Read More…]

CSULB students fight Prop 23

It’s the first day of volunteering for Hugo Gonzalez, a sophomore microbiology major, and he’s already collected several dozen signatures. “I got a lot of signatures,” Gonzalez said, showing off a stack of “No on 23” postcards attached to his clipboard. “A lot of people are interested in the environment[Read More…]

Chinese Film Festival celebrates heritage at CSULB

Cal State Long Beach, along with the College of Continuing and Professional Education (CCPE) will host its inaugural Chinese Film and Culture Festival Oct. 14-21. The seven-day festival will promote Chinese heritage and build a cultural gap between the U.S. and China through film, art and guest speakers at the[Read More…]

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