University Police arrested a Cal State Long Beach student on April 14 after he allegedly touched a female student’s breast. University Police Captain Fernando Solorzano said they received a call at 7 p.m. from a shuttle bus stop in Parking Lot 14B about a battery. Once at the scene, University[Read More…]
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Identity explored during LGBT event
Diversity Week’s final event, “Queer Transgender Identities”, shed light on the common misconceptions of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender identities and gave Cal State Long Beach students a better understanding of what those terms mean. According to Jennifer Reed, assistant professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, the idea of[Read More…]
Cruising past the competition
A team of Associated Students Inc. candidates who campaigned together also won together, sweeping three executive positions on April 16. Lone ASI presidential candidate James Ahumada won with 100 percent of the vote while his running mates — Lucy Nguyen and Jameson Nyeholt — won vice president with 64 percent[Read More…]
LGBT event showcases diversity
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Resource Center hosted an author and film screening sponsored by Queer Ink on Tuesday as part of Diversity Week in the University Student Union ballrooms. A crowd of more than 50 people gathered to listen to author and professor emeritus of English Clifton Snider,[Read More…]
CSULB School of Nursing receives funding to expand services
The Cal State Long Beach School of Nursing received a six-figure Song-Brown program grant earlier this month to support their growing family nurse practitioner (FNP) program. The California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) awarded CSULB with $170,000 after nursing department chair, Loucine Huckabay, wrote and defended the[Read More…]
Peace Corps volunteers from CSULB on the rise
Celenia Cano, a senior mathematics major at Cal State Long Beach, will join the Peace Corps and serve in Burkina Faso, in West Africa, shortly after she graduates. Cano said she decided to join the Peace Corps because it was something she wanted to do while she was in community[Read More…]
False claims made by ASI candidate
Jason Aula, currently an Associated Students Inc. treasurer candidate in this year’s election, made false claims on a 2009 application that resulted in a $2,500 scholarship. Aula said that on the application he claimed to be a senator for the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (CNSM). However, ASI President[Read More…]
CSULB professors discuss sex, drugs, and radical chemistry
The Cal State Long Beach College of Natural Science and Mathematics (CNSM) Fellows Colloquium Dean’s Breakfast will be hosting a speech on “Sex, Drugs, and Radical Chemistry Wednesday. According to their Web site, the CNSM Fellows program consists of a group of people and companies that provide funding for the[Read More…]
“A Night for Haiti” raises funds for primary school
Music, art, poetry and dancing made “A Night for Haiti” fun, and helped raise almost $3,000 to rebuild a co-ed primary school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Le Petit Train School was one of many buildings destroyed by the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck near Port-au-Prince in January. All proceeds from “A[Read More…]
Zen teachings come to Long Beach
The Yokoji-Zen Mountain Center held a free public talk on April 8 at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Long Beach. The event focused on the background of Zen practice and how it can be achieved in Long Beach. The talk was led by Charles Tenshin Fletcher Roshi, the abbot of[Read More…]