Although 49er Shops is citing low demand for printed school catalogs, the physical copies are sold out and students are no longer able to buy them. The 2,520 copies of the 2011-12 catalog that were printed this year have all been sold, according to 49er Shops Director Fred Neely. Last[Read More…]
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Steve Jobs dies, students react
Steve Jobs, the face of Apple, died Wednesday in Palo Alto, Calif. — a day after the iPhone 4S announcement was made. He was 56. Jobs had been battling a form of pancreatic cancer known as islet cell neuroendocrine tumor. He announced for the first time that he had a[Read More…]
Health services holds flu shot clinic
Student Health Services offered flu shots to students Tuesday and will continue to offer them today for $15 in the University Student Union Ballroom from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Student Health Services (SHS) has held a flu shot clinic in the USU for the past four years at the[Read More…]
Student’s unattended property attracts thieves on campus
A student’s wallet was stolen from their backpack on Sept. 28 at 9 p.m. after he or she left it unattended while using the rest room in the Vivian Engineering Center, University Police Capt. Scott Brown said. The thief left the other items in the backpack, but took off with[Read More…]
Apple upgrades iPhone 4 hardware, not aesthetics
Apple Inc. announced its new iPhone 4S on Oct. 4 and, like the past upgrade from iPhone to iPhone 3GS in June of 2009, no major changes were made to the external appearance of the phone. It is retaining the same display, casing and overall appearance. The internal specifications have[Read More…]
‘Gap’ may be briefly blocked as experiment
Design students are collaborating to create full-scale structures made out of sustainable material and will be placing these structures around campus to observe the impact they have on people. About 72 design students from three sections of the environmental communication design class worked in teams to create one part of[Read More…]
49er Shops increases price of Scantrons
Scantron prices on campus have gone up from 25 cents to 32 cents, and although testing forms are essentially a rectangular piece of paper, they are a required supply for most college students. Prices of Scantrons increased in July 2011 due to an increase in manufacturing and transportation costs. The[Read More…]
Long Beach plastic bag ban may extend to bookstore
The Long Beach plastic bag ban might extend to 49er Shops, meaning shops like the bookstore will no longer provide plastic bags to carry items purchased by students. “At this time, the 49er Shops Inc. is looking into options and evaluating our own practices that may be affected by any[Read More…]
Long Beach group to protest for social change
Occupy Wall Street, a protest movement intended to change America through a public demonstration of discontent with the current financial and government system, has escalated into a nationwide protest with hundreds of protest sites, including one in Long Beach, Calif. Occupy Long Beach, a group with nearly 700 fans on[Read More…]
ASI president promotes advocacy, makes duties and availability known
Associated Students Inc. President Lucy Nguyen describes herself as mildly obsessed with Cal State Long Beach. Cramming up to 30 meetings with administrators, faculty and Beach Club organizations a week, Nguyen often forgets to eat. One of Nguyen’s primary goals this fiscal year is to promote ASI advocacy and make[Read More…]