A voice over the intercom echoes throughout the Cal State Long Beach. It is 15 minutes until closing time and a group of about 156 reluctant students pack books, headphones and computers into their backpacks and ready themselves for their trek back to dorm rooms, apartments or parents’ residences. Some[Read More…]
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Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events on campus and around Long Beach.
iClicker picked to be CSULB standard for tech tests
iTunes, iPods, iPhones and even iPillows seem to be taking over the technology world. Starting fall 2009, Cal State Long Beach will take part in the popular i-trend by applying the iClicker as the standard handheld electronic polling device in classes. The iClicker is a device that allows professors to[Read More…]
2nd CSULB student diagnosed with swine flu
Another Cal State Long Beach student was confirmed yesterday to have tested positive for Novel Influenza A (H1N1), or swine flu. According to the CSULB website, the student, who was diagnosed as “presumptive positive” prior to receiving test results from the Centers of Disease Control, experienced flu-like symptoms last week. After being[Read More…]
Supreme Court keeps Proposition 8 in the Calif. Constitution
The California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8’s ban on same-sex marriage in a 6-1 vote on Tuesday. Before its vote Tuesday morning there had been some confusion about gay couples who married before November’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriages. The Supreme Court said that the approximate 18,000 couples already married[Read More…]
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Women’s studies name change to be more ‘inclusive’
By changing its name from women’s studies to women’s, gender and sexuality studies in fall 2009, the department hopes to change its reputation some students commonly associate with feminism and women’s health. “[The new name] reflects who we are and where our discipline is going,” said Wendy Griffin, professor emeritus[Read More…]
Alumnus to receive ‘Medal of Valor’
Sgt. Chris Gomez, a former Cal State Long Beach student and current member of the Los Angeles Police Department, will receive the Medal of Valor for saving a life while on duty. On May 28 at the Kodak Theater while many CSULB students will be receiving degrees, Gomez will be[Read More…]
Guerrilla gardeners plant public soils with controversy
For the urbanite living in boxes on top of more boxes there is little or no space to grow with no soil to tend to, no vegetables to prune and no flowers to pick. City dwellers around Southern California and other booming cities, like London, Berlin, Miami and Dublin, have[Read More…]
CSULB student may be infected with H1N1 swine flu
A second student at Cal State Long Beach may be infected with the H1N1 virus that causes swine flu. In an e-mail sent to all students shortly before 4 p.m. Thursday, CSULB President F. King Alexander said the university was informed of the presumptive positive test Wednesday night. The student,[Read More…]
California votes down five of six propositions
Proposition 1A 66 percent voted no. 34 percent voted yes. Proposition 1B 63 percent voted no. 37 percent voted yes. Proposition 1C 64.6 percent voted no. 35.4 percent voted yes. Proposition 1D 66 percent voted no. 34 percent voted yes. Proposition 1E 66 percent voted no. 34 percent voted yes.[Read More…]