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Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events on campus and around Long Beach.

Scholarships aid future filmmakers’ careers

Cal State Long Beach film and electronic art students have been given the opportunity to apply for funding for documentary projects this year. The CSULB Film and Electronic Arts Department received a $35,000 grant for the academic year from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association on July 30 and will be[Read More…]

Parking woes

It’s almost a 50-50 chance, maybe a one-in-two possibility you could wake up in the morning and flip a coin to determine whether or not you’ll get a parking spot when you arrive at Cal State Long Beach. CSULB has sold 20,956 parking permits so far – 20,150 fall semester permits[Read More…]

Students dare to DREAM

 Jesus Iniguez, a Cal State Long Beach student, is handed his diploma; his degree is finally in his hands. The moment is bittersweet as he feels he has accomplished his dream, but knows that many others with the same dream will never have it realized. Iniguez attended CSULB as an[Read More…]

Return of the Cats

Over the summer, coyotes ransacked the simple lives of Cal State Long Beach’s feral cat population, leaving cat carcasses scattered across campus and worried administrators calling for removal of the feral cat population within 40 days. The California Department of Fish and Game investigated the coyote behavior and possible habitat[Read More…]

Putting emphasis on the undergrad experience

In a cross-country move from the East Coast, Lynn Mahoney has landed a newly established position, associate vice president for undergraduate studies, which is intended to improve the undergrad experience for Cal State Long Beach students.  Mahoney, born and raised in New York City, made her way over to CSULB[Read More…]

Forum highlights Obama and McCain’s differences

Pastor Rick Warren questioned Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain in the “Civil Forum on the Presidency” at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest on Aug. 16. Warren interviewed Obama and McCain separately so they had no knowledge of the other’s answers. The two “have very different views on how America[Read More…]

Feral cats will stay on campus

After a protest and possibilities of euthanizing coyotes and feral cats alike, Cal State University Long Beach revoked its plan to remove the 150-plus feral cats residing on campus and is working out a policy with long-time cat caretakers. The California Department of Fish and Game investigated the situation on-site[Read More…]

Long Beach Art Museum removes sculpture

In under two years, CSULB graduate Matt Wedel has already established a name for himself in the art world. After recently graduating with a master’s in fine arts, Wedel has accepted a job offer for the next year teaching ceramics in Canada. Wedel will be teaching at the Nova Scotia[Read More…]

News in brief: Cherry Bust

Cal State Long Beach’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter Cal Lambda recently changed the name of their annual “Cherry Bust” party. The decision came after a editorial in the Daily Forty-Niner written by WSSA members Marina Wood and Erin Hale, on July 30 “Women’s group decries annual frat party.” Wood received[Read More…]

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