Monique Matautia, a sophomore political science major at Cal State Long Beach, said not many people know about the cyclone that caused Fiji horrendous damage in mid-March. Matautia, who is a sister of the Long Beach City College sorority Phi Epsilon Lambda Epsilon, said her sorority wanted to help Fiji[Read More…]
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ASI expects financial trouble ahead
Associated Students Inc. will be making difficult cuts for the 2010-11 fiscal year because of a drop in revenue, according to Dave Edwards, ASI associate executive director. He said that at this point ASI is “looking at cuts in a number of areas: Student employment, club funding, support of campus[Read More…]
ASI expects financial trouble ahead
Associated Students Inc. will be making difficult cuts for the 2010-11 fiscal year because of a drop in revenue, according to Dave Edwards, ASI associate executive director. He said that at this point ASI is “looking at cuts in a number of areas: Student employment, club funding, support of campus[Read More…]
‘Invisible Children’ now showing at CSULB
Cal State Long Beach is hosting a film screening of “Invisible Children: Rough Cut” tonight at 7 p.m. in Liberal Arts building 4-Room 108. CSULB student Kaitlyn Nelson and co-president of the CSULB Invisible Children Club Charlee Vickers will have a presentation about the current situation in Uganda and what[Read More…]
Scientist shares research with students and faculty
Biologist Eric Wieschaus, a co-recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in the physiology category, spoke to about 100 students, faculty and staff at the University Student Union Ballrooms on Monday. Wieschaus’ speech, titled “Embryo Development: Does knowing the Science Help with the Social and Ethical Issues?,” was co-sponsored by the[Read More…]
Toyota Grand Prix raises adrenaline over weekend
Combine rubber, asphalt and 90 to 180 degree turns in a racecar and the result is walls of smoke and screaming race fans at the 36th annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach (TGPLB). Brian Austin Green, one of the original actors of the television series “Beverly Hills, 90210,” took[Read More…]
Nobel Prize-winning scientist speaks at CSULB
Nobel Prize winning scientist Eric Wieschaus will speak at Cal State Long Beach on April 19. A co-recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in the physiology category, Wieschaus was recognized along with geneticist Edward Lewis and biologist Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard “for their discoveries concerning the genetic control of early embryonic development,”[Read More…]
Student booked for battery
University Police arrested a Cal State Long Beach student on April 14 after he allegedly touched a female student’s breast. University Police Captain Fernando Solorzano said they received a call at 7 p.m. from a shuttle bus stop in Parking Lot 14B about a battery. Once at the scene, University[Read More…]
Identity explored during LGBT event
Diversity Week’s final event, “Queer Transgender Identities”, shed light on the common misconceptions of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender identities and gave Cal State Long Beach students a better understanding of what those terms mean. According to Jennifer Reed, assistant professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, the idea of[Read More…]
Cruising past the competition
A team of Associated Students Inc. candidates who campaigned together also won together, sweeping three executive positions on April 16. Lone ASI presidential candidate James Ahumada won with 100 percent of the vote while his running mates — Lucy Nguyen and Jameson Nyeholt — won vice president with 64 percent[Read More…]