Twenty bags of hand soap were reported stolen from the Kinesiology building at 8:17 a.m. on Oct. 29, University Police Captain Scott Brown said. The theft occurred between Oct. 28 and Oct. 29, between the hours of 3 a.m. and 8 a.m., Brown said. Thefts valued at $2,090 from Parkside[Read More…]
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Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events on campus and around Long Beach.
Athletics department searches for new mascot
Prospector Pete is going Gangnam style. The athletics department held auditions Tuesday in the Walter Pyramid for a new student to become the Cal State Long Beach mascot, who can be found at many athletic and campus events. Nine students attended the tryouts, including seven men and two women. During[Read More…]
Younger generation becomes more interested in voting
Instead of losing interest in the election’s 24-hour coverage on TV and radio, it turns out that young voters are more interested in politics now than they were a few months ago. The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) found that the percentage of young[Read More…]
Voter guide: Candidates
Presidential Barack Obama* Before taking office as president, Barack Obama was a United States senator for Illinois in 2004. Obama’s accomplishments during his presidential term include passing the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare; bringing resolution to the war in Iraq; bailing out General Motors and Chrysler; bringing the unemployment rate[Read More…]
Cuts could bury CLA even further if Prop. 30 fails
Each department in the College of Liberal arts has seen a 75 percent cut in operating funds this year, and with the unknown fate of Proposition 30 weighing on the budget of the Cal State University, even more cuts could come if it fails. The CLA is the largest college[Read More…]
PSSA to talk propositions with students
Californians can easily get tangled up with 11 propositions on Tuesday’s ballot, but Cal State Long Beach faculty members will try to help students untie the knot. The Political Science Students Association (PSSA) will hold an open propositions panel today in College of Business Administration room 140A from 5 to[Read More…]
Professor’s research assistant speaks clearly with no tongue
When Betty McMicken, a Cal State Long Beach communicative disorders professor, met Kelly Rogers in the waiting room of her office 26 years ago, she had no idea what to expect. The then 16-year-old Rogers had been born with congenital aglossia – meaning she was born without a tongue. McMicken[Read More…]
SRWC enables the disabled and abled to play side by side
Alex Garcia decided to sideline basketball when he couldn’t get through a pick-up game without feeling pain in his knee. But now, a new program through the Student Recreation and Wellness Center may get him back on the court. The SRWC is putting a different spin on sports with its[Read More…]
CSSA doubles its voter registration numbers in four years
Four years ago, the California State Student Association registered about 16,000 students for the upcoming election. Now, with a measure that could radically change Cal State University funding, CSSA has doubled that effort – resulting in 31,372 students registered. CSSA Executive Director Miles Nevin attributed the jump in registered voters[Read More…]
Disaster Dollhouse brings dread and darkness
The Disaster Dollhouse Halloween Maze got adrenaline running through students’ veins, made some scream – and caused others to curl up in a fetal position and cry. University Student Union room 101 at Cal State Long Beach was filled with students lining the hallway, a few dressed as the grim[Read More…]