Cal State Long Beach senior Julie Boll is $19,000 in debt. She had to sell her car and some of her wardrobe to pay her daily expenses. When the semester began, she realized textbooks were going to cost more than she expected — nearly $700 for the semester. With no[Read More…]
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Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events on campus and around Long Beach.
Change to GE system removes science lab course
The Academic Senate made a number of revisions to Cal State Long Beach’s general education courses, including limiting natural science laboratory requirements to only one physical or biological science lab, last Thursday. The current GE policy was amended with a 75 percent majority vote. According to members of the Senate,[Read More…]
Comic and Horror Con to be ‘more personal’ than others
The Long Beach Convention Center will host the third annual Long Beach Comic and Horror Con on Oct. 29 and 30 in celebration of comic books, horror and the people behind the productions. Events at the convention will mainly consist of Q&A panels, where fans can interact with the creative[Read More…]
VIDEO: Audience ‘Muzzled’ after speech
Fox News political analyst Juan Williams held a discussion entitled “Muzzled: Political Debate in America” about the polarization of free speech and media censorship at the fifth annual Distinguished Speakers Series at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center on Thursday. Williams drew from his life experiences throughout the speech, mainly detailing[Read More…]
Green Books push eco-friendly campus
The examination Green Book, made of 100 percent recycled paper and 30 percent post-consumer paper, is taking the place of the Blue Book. In efforts to make the campus more eco-friendly, 49er Shops made the decision to switch to the Green Books. Blue Books can still be found in some[Read More…]
Fox News commentator to appear at CSULB
Fox News political analyst Juan Williams will discuss his views on media censorship and racial dialogue at the fifth annual Cal State Long Beach Distinguished Speakers Series on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Carpenter Performing Arts Center. Williams’ impressive resumé includes jobs at National Public Radio (NPR) and The[Read More…]
Employee union marches on campus
More than 60 members of the Cal State Employees Association marched in front of the Social Sciences and Public Administration building Wednesday afternoon in protest of administrative powers. Chapter 315, which represents the university’s grounds laborers, healthcare workers, clerical workers and technical employees, blew whistles and waved signs with messages[Read More…]
Long Beach to survey bike use, decide city improvements
Long Beach will conduct the fourth annual bicycle and pedestrian count research project on Thursday and Sunday to inform the city where bike and pedestrian improvements are needed. The city collaborated with Cal State Long Beach and Bikestation, a service that offers 24-hour secure indoor bike parking facilities, to organize[Read More…]
Festival brings art, music to CSULB
Cal State Long Beach will host its second annual Chinese Film and Culture Festival, featuring unique treasures from Tianjin Province in China, screenings of recent Chinese films, and a cultural heritage and craft exhibit, from Oct. 20-26. The cultural craft exhibit will include bottle gourd painting, kites and stilt walking,[Read More…]
Physics Nobel laureate talks religion, lasers
Charles Townes, Noble Prize laureate in physics and co-creator of the laser, spoke about the middle ground between science and religion during the inaugural talk, entitled right.” The strategy of pursuing the most logical explanation regarding science or religion is what helped Townes develop the laser. “The laser, in my[Read More…]