The U-PASS program, which provides free bus service for Cal State Long Beach students, faculty and staff, will be suspended for summer, but university officials are negotiating a contract with Long Beach Transit to continue service for the next school year. Mark Rudometkin, general manager of parking and transportation services,[Read More…]
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Rabbi speaks out against Israel
Rabbi Dovid Weiss spoke out against Zionism and the State of Israel to a scattered crowd of Cal State Long Beach students and Long Beach community members Tuesday. Weiss, who was invited to speak by the Muslim Student Association, called for the peaceful “dismantlement of the State of Israel” and[Read More…]
CSULB dancers leap, kick their way onto dance team
Twenty-four women auditioned for the Cal State Long Beach Dance Team in the Walter Pyramid Tuesday. The audition consisted of women ranging from incoming freshmen to fifth-year seniors and included some who had been on the team in previous years. Dance Team Coach Rey Lozano said the team would be[Read More…]
Food truck craze takes Long Beach
Gourmet food trucks lined up on Coronado Avenue off Anaheim Street, serving delicious and unique foods in Long Beach’s ZaSo design district Wednesday. The new weekly event dubbed “Lunch Truck It” will take place every Wednesday from 11 a.m to 2:30 p.m and until Aug 4. The event is sponsored[Read More…]
Rough-and-tumble paintball team wins national acclaim
Students darted around inflated bunkers and dodged bullets of paint from guns that shot about 12 paintballs per second. Everyone was covered in paint from mask to boot. The Cal State Long Beach paintball team recently placed second at a national competition in Lakeland, Fla. The national scene Since[Read More…]
University Library to stay open 24 hours
The University Library will stay open 24 hours a day beginning May 8 until May 20 as final-frenzied students stress out over last-minute projects and looming exams. The University Library Starbucks will also extend its hours from 7:30 a.m. to midnight, providing free coffee while supplies last. By extending the[Read More…]
Jazz ensemble wins best in US
The top vocal jazz ensemble in Cal State Long Beach’s Bob Cole Conservatory of Music was named best vocal jazz ensemble in the collegiate division by DownBeat Magazine. “The vocal jazz program has received awards for five of the last six years,” CSULB’s director of vocal jazz Christine Guter said[Read More…]
Student designers, models to present ‘fashions of tomorrow’
The 11th annual University Student Program Council’s Rags II Rhythms fashion show will feature student models and designers from Cal State Long Beach as well as the local community. The show, “Fashion of Tomorrow,” will consist of a concert, a fashion show and vendors. It will be different from other[Read More…]
Wes Craven screens ‘Scream 4’
A screening of “Scream 4” and a discussion with director Wes Craven drew a large crowd to the University Student Union Monday night. Craven elaborated on what it takes to make a movie, discussing the fourth installment of the “Scream” franchise’s direction, as well as its planning and implementation. The[Read More…]
BIN LADEN DEAD, PRESIDENT CONFIRMS
President Barack Obama announced Sunday night that Osama bin Laden was killed in an American-led operation in Pakistan. The search for bin Laden, whom Obama called a “terrorist responsible for the killing of thousands of innocent men, women and children,” was a top priority for the United States since al-Qaida[Read More…]