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…]
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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…]
Alexander says students ‘an easy target’
Cal State Long Beach President F. King Alexander said at the College of Business Administration’s Notable Speakers series Tuesday night that in California higher education, “the balance is screwed up.” Michael Solt, dean of the CBA, said the college chose Alexander as its speaker due to his educational background, as[Read More…]
Haitians ‘strong’ through tragedy, speakers say
More than 100 students gathered yesterday for a forum on Haiti in the Anatol Center. The forum, “Standing in Solidarity with Haiti: Conversations on History, Caring and Support,” discussed the culture, history and current state of affairs of Haiti. “This forum on Haiti is very timely. Haitians are strong and[Read More…]
CSULB reviews post-storm damage
Water damage will cost the music department thousands of dollars and is also forcing the journalism department to consider moving. A week before the spring semester, university personnel found during a storm the music department’s practice rooms — located below the first floor — flooded with water. Peering into the[Read More…]
College students battle ‘health illiteracy’
New statistics report that more college students are becoming overweight and obese every year. An ongoing student health-risk survey by Student Health Services (SHS) at Cal State Long Beach reveals that a number of factors are contributing to weight gain among young adults, including poor diet, lack of exercise, sedentary[Read More…]
Speakers encourage students to ‘realize the dreams we are living in’
Africana studies professor Erylene Piper-Mandy told a fictional story about how a man was raising chickens, but one was black. He took that chicken aside and had him jump from a roof, then from a hill, and finally from a mountain. The chicken managed to fly, and it found a[Read More…]