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…]
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Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events on campus and around Long Beach.
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…]
Forty-Niner Shops puts $100,000 in hands of CSULB student investors
Forty-Niner Shops, Inc. is giving $100,000 to Cal State Long Beach students, sort of. The Student Management Investment Fund program allows CSULB students to manage three portfolios that total more than $300,000. Among its customers is Forty-Niner Shops, which gave the student-investment advisers $100,000 in fall 2009. “The students were[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…]
University Police offer tips on theft prevention
Preventing theft before it happens can help people financially, and sometimes emotionally. Since the start of the semester, there have been four vehicle burglaries. “We’re seeing a variety of things being stolen,” University Police Capt. Fernando Solorzano said. “Things such as MacBooks, purses and stereos.” Junior journalism major Denise Bender[Read More…]
Help yourself by contacting CSULB’s Lost & Found
After two weeks of fumbling around with spare keys, biology senior Van Bui finally received the ones he lost from Cal State Long Beach’s Lost & Found. “I kept checking in, and they let me know right away when they had it,” Bui said. Luckily for Bui, CSULB’s[Read More…]
Cars collide in CSULB parking structure
University Police say that injuries were reported from a car accident that occurred today in Parking Structure 1. The accident happened around 11:57 a.m., said Capt. Fernando Solorzano, University Police. It involved a 2008 Mitsubishi Eclipse and a 2006 Mercedes-Benz. Solorzano said Long Beach Fire Department assisted the drivers, who[Read More…]