Cultural graduations for students may be more meaningful than traditional commencement ceremonies. Cal State Long Beach now has six different cultural graduations to participate in — African American, American Indian, Chicano/Latino, Pacific Islander, Pilipino and Lavender graduation. Lavender Graduation is a ceremony for the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Intersex Questioning[Read More…]
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Touch-screen napkin worth $20,000
The idea of using napkins as touch-screen computers helped get a Cal State Long Beach student top honors in Microsoft’s Next Generation PC Design Competition May 30. Avery Holleman, a recent CSULB graduate, won the competition’s Judge’s Award and Chairman’s Award, each worth $10,000, for his Napkin PC. The competition,[Read More…]
Groundbreaking work on breaking ground
Cal State Long Beach geological sciences assistant professor Nate Onderdonk received a $25,000 grant from the Southern California Earthquake Center to research the San Jacinto Fault, which goes through the middle of San Bernardino, about 75 miles northeast from Long Beach. “The overall goal is just to get a better[Read More…]
Stanford professor discusses fallacies in U.S. immigration policies
In a lecture on the ‘Polarization, Politics and the Legal Architecture of American Immigration and Refugee Policy, Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar discussed the recent failures of immigration policies and the uprising movement for immigrant legalization. “Immigration is connected to some of the biggest questions this country has to face,” said Cuéllar, a[Read More…]
Long Beach students take a broader perspective
Students, faculty and staff came together to hear about the journey of “Becoming Global Citizens” in Cal State Long Beach’s University Theatre Wednesday. Art department professor Carlos Silveira organized a social justice community service project that placed American students in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, a place that had a lifestyle the[Read More…]
Bracelets for the cause
Academic clubs associated with Cal State Long Beach’s College of Liberal Arts promoted their college’s departments on Thursday by selling bracelets and giving out tattoos. About 10 booths were set up on the grass area in front of the University Bookstore from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Human Development[Read More…]
Student-built micro plane takes second place prize in international competition
Three Cal State Long Beach engineering students took second place in this year’s Society of Automotive Engineers International Aero Design East Competition with their self-designed and built micro plane. The team, which consisted of senior David Algarin, graduate student Dan Dougherty and junior Adam Vore, had a winning design that[Read More…]
Campus Couture shows pieces inspired by well-known designers
An audience full of fashionistas, press, family and friends gathered in the Carpenter Performing Arts Center Wednesday to immerse themselves in a flood of fashion for the 20th annual Campus Couture Fashion Show. Fierce cat-walkers treaded a bright stage while selections from DJ Marlon Fuentes entertained the audience. The night[Read More…]
AS Judiciary dismisses suit against Chavez
The AS Judiciary dismissed a libel suit against the newly elected Associated Students, Inc. Vice President Christopher Chavez late Tuesday afternoon. Vice presidential election runner-up Jason Aula, who is also president of the Conservative Student Union, filed a lawsuit last Thursday in response to comments made by a Chavez campaign[Read More…]