The official National Coming Out Day may be on Monday, but Cal State Long Beach has an entire week planned to celebrate this international observance. Julie Potter and Maria Carmen Hinayon, student assistants at the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Student Resource Center, are responsible for putting on campus events in[Read More…]
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Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events on campus and around Long Beach.
CSULB encourages campus community to use Rideshare services
Rideshare Week runs until Friday, and Cal State Long Beach wants students and faculty members to take advantage of the Rideshare opportunities available to them. The nationwide event is aimed at encouraging the public to use alternative forms of transportation in order to reduce gas emissions. Popular with the CSULB[Read More…]
Update: Prospector Pete statue gets undressed
Cal State Long Beach’s mascot had been sporting a makeover since Tuesday, but it has since been taken down. The Prospector Pete statue by the Language Arts buildings was dressed in a cape with the CSULB emblem and Walter Pyramid design on the back. He was also endowed with a[Read More…]
CSULB professor guides medical mission to Nigeria
Denise Cucurny looks ordinary enough as she leans back comfortably in her brown office chair, her interlocked hands resting behind her head — yet her work is anything but common. As well as being a professor of anthropology at Cal State Long Beach, Cucurny is also co-founder of Women for[Read More…]
ASI senator presents resolution addressing Union Weekly article
Sen. Roxanna Gracia presented her resolution at the Associated Students, Inc. meeting Wednesday to address an article in the Union Weekly’s third issue. The feature, “How to Get Laid: A Girls’ Guide for Guys,” promotes sexual violence, according to Gracia. One part of the article said, “When you get to[Read More…]
Rec center opens doors to international students
International students involved in University Study at the Beach were permitted access to the Student Recreation and Wellness Center last Thursday. Access to the recreation center is now available to all University Study at the Beach [USB] students, provided they pay the mandatory membership fee. “The College for Continuing and[Read More…]
Plans set to renovate CSULB buildings for seismic safety
Cal State Long Beach has plans to make Language Arts buildings 2, 3 and 4 more earthquake-safe by the end of fall 2011. During this time, the buildings will be closed and vacated. According to Sue Brown, director of physical planning and construction management, because the Hall of Science will[Read More…]
Vehicle crimes get reported
Six cars were burglarized and two cars were vandalized within the past two weeks, according to the University Police activity log. • On Oct. 5 at 3:07 p.m., a vehicle burglary was reported. • On Oct. 3 at 8:45 p.m., a vehicle was vandalized in Parking Lot 6. • On[Read More…]
CSULB is safety leader in spite of Long Beach city crime
Two paradoxes dividing students’ perceptions about campus safety are city and campus crime, but with the 2009 Cal State Long Beach Crime Statistics report published Oct. 1, students can base their perceptions on the facts. According to a recent article in the Long Beach Press-Telegram, violent crime in Long Beach[Read More…]
Author tries to ‘de-Disneyfy’ fairy tales at CSULB
To many people, fairy tales and Disney go hand in hand, but Dr. Jack Zipes, an expert on the matter, disagrees. The University of Minnesota professor and author hosted an analytical seminar Monday night in the Anatol Center at Cal State Long Beach. The title of the lecture, “De-Disneyfying the[Read More…]