The Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act was placed into effect Monday with the intent to protect credit card consumers from unfair credit card billing and fees. President Barack Obama signed the CARD Act into law last spring. Aside from some of the major new protections, there are[Read More…]
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CSULB international student missing
An international student from Cal State Long Beach’s American Language Institute has gone missing. Majid Khalid Shuhail, 19, went missing after he went to an airport Feb. 15 but didn’t board his flight, said Lynne Richmond, director of the institute. CSULB found out Feb. 19 that the student from United[Read More…]
Fair to promote healthy habits
Cal State Long Beach’s fourth annual Health Fair will be held outside of the University Student Union on Feb. 24 between 11 a.m. and noon to encourage students to practice healthier habits even as college students. “The fair is for everyone. … It will be focusing on general health, promoting[Read More…]
Recycling center sees hope in state bill
From lawsuits to student government intervention, there are a few funding options for Associated Students Inc.’s financially strapped recycling center. Lee Johnson, ASI recycling coordinator, said the recycling center might have to stop some of its services if the state doesn’t begin paying the center the amount it used to[Read More…]
LB community counters church’s anti-gay protests
The city of Long Beach showed Westboro Baptist Church members this weekend that they are not in Kansas anymore. Seven members from the controversial church attracted hundreds of protestors outside of Wilson Classical High School and the Alpert Jewish Community Center on Friday afternoon. The WBC is an independent Baptist[Read More…]
HeadSTRONG to smash scales in support of positive body image
The Cal State Long Beach campus organization HeadSTRONG will host free events this week, National Eating Disorder Week, to get students informed about self-esteem and eating disorders. HeadSTRONG, along with many community and campus organizations, such as Frog’s Fitness, Active Minds and Counseling and Psychological Services, is using the week[Read More…]
Floridian heads to west coast to become new dean
Kenneth Millar of Florida Gulf Coast University is packing his bags and heading to the west coast. For now, he’s preparing for his position as the new dean of the College of Health and Human Services at Cal State Long Beach beginning in June. Millar spent the first 20 years[Read More…]
Sheephead populations affected by overfishing
Overfishing affects many fish species in California. Fisheries yield 70 million tons of fish per year. However, only 20 species — including the sheephead — constitute 50 percent of that 70 million. Cal State Long Beach professor Chris Lowe and associate professor Kelly Young spoke on Feb. 17 at the[Read More…]
A celebration of ‘all things Jewish’
The Jewlicious Music, Arts and Culture Festival is a three-day gathering of Jewish students and young adults hosted at the Alpert Jewish Community Center in Long Beach annually since 2005. The festival will be held in Long Beach from Feb. 19-21. Ongoing weekend activities include comedy, a disc jockey lounge,[Read More…]
Anti-gay group tours Long Beach
An anti-gay Topeka, Kan., church has planned meetings in Long Beach to speak out against President Barack Obama’s appointment of Kevin Jennings to the U.S. Department of Education. The Kansan Westboro Baptist Church is protesting Jennings, who is the founder of the Gay, Lesbian, Straight, Education Network (GLSEN) and was[Read More…]