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. Avis Atkins Avis says she is service-oriented. Most university presidential candidates come[Read More…]
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Political portrait: Christopher Chavez
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. Christopher Chavez As the current Associated Students Inc. vice president at Cal State[Read More…]
CSULB student dies from asphyxiation strangulation
Kate Yi, a 20-year-old Cal State Long Beach nursing student, was allegedly strangled to death by her boyfriend, 20-year-old Jonathan Huynh of Mission Viejo. Yi died from asphyxiation strangulation last Thursday, according to the coroner’s office, after an altercation with Huynh. According to a Long Beach Police Department press release,[Read More…]
Still recovering from hurricane, a New Orleans community gets help from CSULB
Approximately 30 Cal State Long Beach students spent their spring break in New Orleans, not to take in the ambiance of the U.S.’s Mardi Gras capitol, but to rebuild a community. It has been nearly four years since Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, causing more than $80 billion in[Read More…]
HIV panel gives real-life examples
HIV is a disease that no one wants to catch, and education is key to prevention, according to the HIV panel held on Wednesday. Heidi Burkey, a health educator from Student Health Services, spoke about the most updated information regarding HIV. Four HIV positive panelists shared their stories while Burkey[Read More…]
‘Making Connections’ highlights wellness
Disabled Student Services is promoting exercise and wellness tomorrow afternoon in the Making Connections Workshop: Health at The Beach. The Making Connections Workshop is designed to help the disabled population with resources, as well making connections with each other and other students at Cal State Long Beach. Any CSULB student[Read More…]
Students’ spring break plans cancelled by travel agency
For some Cal State Long Beach students, spring break opens up travel opportunities, but recent drug-related activity in Mexico has changed itineraries for many. The Summer Winter Action Tours, also known as SWAT, is a company that provides trips for students. This year, SWAT offered its customers a three-day trip[Read More…]
CSULB student chooses ‘Coffee for a Life’ over Starbucks
Cal State Long Beach student Victoria Aguilera was first inspired to raise money for the indigenous people of Chiapas, Mexico, when her friends began the process of selling five tons of coffee to benefit that same cause in 2007. Since then, Aguilera, an art education graduate student, has been a[Read More…]
Political Science Department to host memorial lecture
The Political Science Department will host the Leroy Hardy Memorial Lecture Thursday at 6:30 pm in room 204 of the Foundation Building. Noted author and political commentator Bill Boyarsky will speak on the topic of “Leroy Hardy and Reapportionment in California.” Hardy died last November after teaching for about 40[Read More…]
Boycott resolution fails to pass at ASI meeting
The Associated Students Inc. Senate failed to pass SR No. 25, a resolution in support of the call for the immediate end to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, on Wednesday. The current resolution was a revision from the previous week and called for a future boycott by ASI and 49er[Read More…]