The number of marijuana citations have been on the rise at the CSULB dorms this semester, according to University Police. In 2007, between January and March, there were only two complaints , followed by six in the same time period in 2008. There have been eight confirmed reports in that[Read More…]
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Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events on campus and around Long Beach.
ASI candidates speak against potential fee increase
All four Associated Students Inc. presidential candidates presented their campaign platforms to a Chicano-Latino studies introductory class Monday. Professor Armando Vasquez-Ramos invited the candidates to the College of Business Administration building so that his students could “benefit by being more informed and will hopefully increase the voter turnout.” Vazquez-Ramos asked[Read More…]
LGBT Diversity Week panelists discuss racism and discrimination
Click here to read about other LGBT Diversity Week events LGBT Diversity Week opened on Monday with a topic that had been the subject of many heated discussions in last November’s elections: Proposition 8. While the presentation was called “Prop 8 and Single Issue Politics Panel Presentation: LGBT Professors Discuss[Read More…]
SFAC creates referendum-regulation subcommittee
After voting on their recommendation, the SFAC formed a subcommittee to consider possible regulations for future student fee referendums. “While there were only frivolous complaints in this recent referendum, the SFAC needs to do what it can to assure a fair election so real issues do not manifest in future[Read More…]
Police find meth materials in campus dorms
University Police confiscated materials in Los Alamitos Residence Hall they said were going to be used for manufacturing methamphetamines. “[We believe] these materials and these instruments and this equipment … were there for the specific purpose of manufacturing an illegal substance,” said Stan Skipworth, chief of University Police. One of[Read More…]
Jazz groups get trophy, money and invite to Monterey Jazz Festival
Cal State Long Beach’s two jazz groups, Concert Jazz Orchestra and Pacific Standard Time (PST), won first place last week at the “Next Generation Jazz Festival,” a Monterey Jazz Festival component, earning them a spot at the Monterey Jazz Festival in September. Both ensembles received a trophy and a $1,000[Read More…]
LGBT Diversity Week for community ‘still in transition’
This year’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Diversity Week kicks off today with a panel on LGBT political issues in an effort to help raise LGBT awareness on campus. Together, the LGBT Resource Center and the Associated Students Inc. secretary of LGBT Affairs, Matthew Bates, have planned panels, events and[Read More…]
SFAC recommends new fee to maintain status quo
The Student Fee Advisory Committee will recommend that President F. King Alexander consider implementing a new campus-wide fee after the committee deliberated over the Beach Legacy Referendum results on Friday. Cal State University guidelines require the SFAC to submit to Alexander a recommended course of action on any proposed campus-wide[Read More…]
Dance team wins division for first time
CSULB’s Dance Team won the USA Collegiate Dance Team Nationals in Anaheim, where the Cheer Team and the Mascot also won first place, in late March. Teams from all over the country attended the competition, and CSULB entered three areas: Cheer Small Co-ed, Mascot and Open Dance Division 1, according[Read More…]
Political Portrait: Raul Preciado
The Daily Forty-Niner will be featuring profiles of ASI presidential candidates Christopher Chavez (Monday), Avis Atkins (Tuesday), Ricardo Linarez (Wednesday) and Raul Preciado (Thursday). The Daily Forty-Niner will also publish an ASI election guide on Monday, April 13. Raul Preciado From his junior year of high school to his junior[Read More…]