Many students who are first-time residents at Cal State Long Beach move to off-campus housing after their first year, but some continuously choose to return to dorm life year after year. Housing Director Carol Roberts-Corb said she believes that students who continue to live on campus choose to do so[Read More…]
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Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events on campus and around Long Beach.
Greek orgs find other ways to raise money
Dressed in neon spandex, sweat bands and knee-high socks, 12 men from various fraternities at Cal State Long Beach danced on stage for a packed house of screaming girls and gawking friends. Last month, the men dressed in fishnet stockings, leopard print and short shorts, all for a good cause.[Read More…]
Students vie for RA positions in dorms
With only 52 positions available, getting hired as a resident assistant is one of the most competitive jobs on campus. According to assistant housing director Elson Browne, 167 students have applied for next year, which is about a 23 percent increase from last year’s 135 applicants. Many first time RAs,[Read More…]
CSULB students excel in innovation challenge, win $10,000
Cal State Long Beach students Ryan Beck and Matt Martin won a $10,000 prize in the second annual Innovation Challenge on Tuesday. The College of Engineering and the College of Business Administration hosted the contest at the Pointe Conference Center in the Walter Pyramid, where four teams competed. Beck and[Read More…]
New CLA dean plans to protect curriculum
David Wallace, the new dean of the College of Liberal Arts, will bring an inclusive vision to the largest college on campus, according to Cal State Long Beach Provost Donald Para. CSULB announced Monday that David Wallace was selected as the new dean for the college and is expected to[Read More…]
Ethnic studies face possible reforms
Ethnic studies programs at Cal State Long Beach are in jeopardy of undergoing structural changes if voters do not approve Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax initiative this November. In President F. King Alexander’s letter to the campus community in February, he said that CSULB could potentially face a $26 million deficit[Read More…]
CSULB international student drowns
The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) located the body of a missing person Tuesday at 11 a.m. in Lake Havasu and identified the body as 21-year-old Dwarkesh Prasannavathanam, a computer science graduate student at Cal State Long Beach. Prasannavathanam, originally from Chennai, India, went missing on March 24 in the[Read More…]
Sign language club holds first meeting
The American Sign Language (ASL) club had its first meeting in March, creating a space for all interested students to practice sign language through educational opportunities and interactions. The newly established club welcomed 12 members on March 20 at the club’s first meeting, in which attendees met and mingled over[Read More…]
Judiciary upholds ruling for excessive petitioning
On March 23, the Associated Students Inc. Judiciary voted to uphold the Board of Elections ruling against John Haberstroh and Jonathon Bolin for excessive posting. The Board of Elections ruled that Haberstroh and Bolin were in violation of the Elections Handbook and imposed a sanction that prohibited the running mates[Read More…]
Some go abroad for internships
Looking for an international job is only a click away, but to some people the most difficult challenge is parting with Southern California. Angela Lee, a junior business management major, said she’s up for the challenge. “I interned at Samsung in Korea last summer, and I really loved it,” Lee[Read More…]