After the first year of the establishment of the secretary of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) affairs position, many agree that Cal State Long Beach needs to keep the appointment alive. Matthew Bates is the current and first secretary of LGBT affairs and host of LGBT Diversity Week. The[Read More…]
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CSULB speed dating ‘convenient’
In the busy world of college — where students rely on instant coffee, fast food and instant messaging — many seem to have less and less time to go on actual dates, and instead turn to the world of speed dating. In just a few minutes, one can “date” many[Read More…]
ASI presidential candidates talk tactics
Associated Students Inc. candidates running in the 2009-2010 election participated in a moderated dialogue in front of a small crowd at the Southwest Terrace on Thursday afternoon. The candidates for president, vice president and treasurer took part in the ASI Executive Dialogue, moderated by the KBeach General Manager, John Trapper.[Read More…]
High crimes
The number of marijuana citations have been on the rise at the CSULB dorms this semester, according to University Police. In 2007, between January and March, there were only two complaints , followed by six in the same time period in 2008. There have been eight confirmed reports in that[Read More…]
ASI candidates speak against potential fee increase
All four Associated Students Inc. presidential candidates presented their campaign platforms to a Chicano-Latino studies introductory class Monday. Professor Armando Vasquez-Ramos invited the candidates to the College of Business Administration building so that his students could “benefit by being more informed and will hopefully increase the voter turnout.” Vazquez-Ramos asked[Read More…]
LGBT Diversity Week panelists discuss racism and discrimination
Click here to read about other LGBT Diversity Week events LGBT Diversity Week opened on Monday with a topic that had been the subject of many heated discussions in last November’s elections: Proposition 8. While the presentation was called “Prop 8 and Single Issue Politics Panel Presentation: LGBT Professors Discuss[Read More…]
SFAC creates referendum-regulation subcommittee
After voting on their recommendation, the SFAC formed a subcommittee to consider possible regulations for future student fee referendums. “While there were only frivolous complaints in this recent referendum, the SFAC needs to do what it can to assure a fair election so real issues do not manifest in future[Read More…]
Police find meth materials in campus dorms
University Police confiscated materials in Los Alamitos Residence Hall they said were going to be used for manufacturing methamphetamines. “[We believe] these materials and these instruments and this equipment … were there for the specific purpose of manufacturing an illegal substance,” said Stan Skipworth, chief of University Police. One of[Read More…]
Jazz groups get trophy, money and invite to Monterey Jazz Festival
Cal State Long Beach’s two jazz groups, Concert Jazz Orchestra and Pacific Standard Time (PST), won first place last week at the “Next Generation Jazz Festival,” a Monterey Jazz Festival component, earning them a spot at the Monterey Jazz Festival in September. Both ensembles received a trophy and a $1,000[Read More…]
LGBT Diversity Week for community ‘still in transition’
This year’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Diversity Week kicks off today with a panel on LGBT political issues in an effort to help raise LGBT awareness on campus. Together, the LGBT Resource Center and the Associated Students Inc. secretary of LGBT Affairs, Matthew Bates, have planned panels, events and[Read More…]