On the final day of Cal State Long Beach’s Seven Days of Service, 150 student volunteers spent their Saturday painting for the elderly and disabled at the Friendly Village mobile home park in North Long Beach. Kristen Lawson, board member and founding member of Rebuilding Together, said the students represented[Read More…]
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Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events on campus and around Long Beach.
New positions elected to student senate
The Associated Students Inc. Senate approved one candidate for government elections officer, an associate justice and three commissioners at Wednesday’s meeting. After the Senate finished interviewing Panhellenic Council member Alicia Erby and former Sen. William Sanchez for the position as ASI Government Elections Officer, Sen. Lucy Montano of the College[Read More…]
Speakers discuss death penalty problems
Two speakers discussed the flaws in the judicial system regarding the death penalty during the Wrongful Convictions Tour in the University Student Union Ballroom Monday. Thomas Goldstein, one of the speakers at this presentation, said he spent 24 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. He was arrested[Read More…]
Students may need more than just a degree
With the upcoming job fair on campus, many Cal State Long Beach students are looking into the available careers pertaining to their degree. College degrees provide the necessary critical thinking, analytical and writing skills needed to succeed in any profession, but the degree alone is sometimes not enough. Betty Schmicker-Black,[Read More…]
Our View – Democratic voters may get suckered
Democratic voters might get suckered into voting for State Treasurer Phil Angelides come November because of his new promise to rid Iraq of California’s National Guard. Don’t be one of them. Angelides has, from day one, ridiculed Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for his rocky friendship with President George W. Bush, and[Read More…]
CFA gives Gov. Arnold ‘a failing grade’
The California Faculty Association (CFA) held a news conference Wednesday to launch its new anti-Arnold Schwarze-negger campaign titled “Flunk Arnold.” “We are here today because Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has failed the Cal State educational system,” said Lillian Taiz, vice president of the CFA and professor at Cal State Los Angeles.[Read More…]
CSULB follow its leaders to mountain Teamwork retreat
Students and faculty members will pack up their flashlights and sleeping bags and head to the mountains for the 24th annual Teamwork Leadership retreat from Oct. 6 to 8 at YMCA Camp Arbolado in the San Bernardino National Forest. The theme for this year’s weekend trip will be “Cross-Cultural Communication.”[Read More…]
LBPD reports sexual assault at LBCC
The Long Beach Police Department reported a woman was sexually assaulted in the women’s bathroom at Long Beach City College Tuesday, according to LBReport.com. A woman was in the bathroom stall of a women’s restroom in Building D on the LAC Campus of LBCC when “the suspect forced his way[Read More…]
Students protest against use of sweatshop labor
Several Cal State Long Beach students are working alongside the Campus Progressives and the Sociology Students Association to form a campaign against the use of sweatshops. One focus of the campaign will be targeted toward the 49er Shops, as well as any vendor that CSULB permits to sell items on[Read More…]
Organization fights HIV, drug abuse
More than 2.8 million people died from AIDS in 2005 worldwide, 38.6 million people living with AIDS worldwide and the numbers are rising, according to avert.org. But Project Choice is a program on campus that promotes AIDS awareness as well as substance abuse awareness. The program’s goal is to make[Read More…]