After President Barack Obama’s March 9 executive order easing limitations on stem cell research, Cal State Long Beach received $1,337,700 for cell studies. Lisa Klig, a biological sciences professor and adviser of the biotechnology certificate program, said the program is glad to be awarded a Bridges to Stem Cell Research[Read More…]
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Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events on campus and around Long Beach.
UAW says strike may be something it has to do
An academic student employee union and the California State University are looking to the state to resolve their disagreements over the inclusion of fee waivers in their upcoming contract. The United Automobile, Aerospace and Agriculture Implement Workers of America (UAW) 4123 have been discussing the contract with the CSU since[Read More…]
Political Portrait: Avis Atkins
The Daily Forty-Niner will be featuring profiles of ASI presidential candidates Christopher Chavez (Monday), Avis Atkins (Tuesday), Ricardo Linarez (Wednesday) and Raul Preciado (Thursday). The Daily Forty-Niner will also publish an ASI election guide on Monday, April 13. Avis Atkins Avis says she is service-oriented. Most university presidential candidates come[Read More…]
Political portrait: Christopher Chavez
The Daily Forty-Niner will be featuring profiles of ASI presidential candidates Christopher Chavez (Monday), Avis Atkins (Tuesday), Ricardo Linarez (Wednesday) and Raul Preciado (Thursday). The Daily Forty-Niner will also publish an ASI election guide on Monday, April 13. Christopher Chavez As the current Associated Students Inc. vice president at Cal State[Read More…]
CSULB student dies from asphyxiation strangulation
Kate Yi, a 20-year-old Cal State Long Beach nursing student, was allegedly strangled to death by her boyfriend, 20-year-old Jonathan Huynh of Mission Viejo. Yi died from asphyxiation strangulation last Thursday, according to the coroner’s office, after an altercation with Huynh. According to a Long Beach Police Department press release,[Read More…]
Still recovering from hurricane, a New Orleans community gets help from CSULB
Approximately 30 Cal State Long Beach students spent their spring break in New Orleans, not to take in the ambiance of the U.S.’s Mardi Gras capitol, but to rebuild a community. It has been nearly four years since Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, causing more than $80 billion in[Read More…]
HIV panel gives real-life examples
HIV is a disease that no one wants to catch, and education is key to prevention, according to the HIV panel held on Wednesday. Heidi Burkey, a health educator from Student Health Services, spoke about the most updated information regarding HIV. Four HIV positive panelists shared their stories while Burkey[Read More…]
‘Making Connections’ highlights wellness
Disabled Student Services is promoting exercise and wellness tomorrow afternoon in the Making Connections Workshop: Health at The Beach. The Making Connections Workshop is designed to help the disabled population with resources, as well making connections with each other and other students at Cal State Long Beach. Any CSULB student[Read More…]
Students’ spring break plans cancelled by travel agency
For some Cal State Long Beach students, spring break opens up travel opportunities, but recent drug-related activity in Mexico has changed itineraries for many. The Summer Winter Action Tours, also known as SWAT, is a company that provides trips for students. This year, SWAT offered its customers a three-day trip[Read More…]
CSULB student chooses ‘Coffee for a Life’ over Starbucks
Cal State Long Beach student Victoria Aguilera was first inspired to raise money for the indigenous people of Chiapas, Mexico, when her friends began the process of selling five tons of coffee to benefit that same cause in 2007. Since then, Aguilera, an art education graduate student, has been a[Read More…]