CSULB vying for more voters than Fullerton As of Wednesday, Cal State Long Beach is putting up a fight in the competition against Cal State Fullerton to register student voters for the November election. The competition began slowly with 300 CSULB students registered and more than 650 students for CSUF.[Read More…]
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CSULB students to cheer on marathon runners
Cal State Long Beach students will cheer on thousands of people who will be running through campus during the Long Beach Marathon Sunday. “Anyone is welcome to come cheer,” said Nikita Rambaran, receptionist at the Beach Pride Center. “We have clubs and organizations from our campus come and set up[Read More…]
CSULB alumna offers investment advice
Cal State Long Beach alumna Alison Fleming found her niche in finance while she was still a student, but it wasn’t through the most typical means. Fleming was working outside sales for a personnel agency by knocking on doors of businesses when she happened to knock on the door of[Read More…]
State budget restores funds to universities
The California Legislature approved a budget Friday that restores $199 million to the California State University system. The budget includes the first restoration of state funding to the CSU since 2007, and provides $60 million for increasing enrollment on the 23 campuses, according to calstate.edu. Cal State Long Beach has[Read More…]
CSULB celebrating National Coming Out Week
The official National Coming Out Day may be on Monday, but Cal State Long Beach has an entire week planned to celebrate this international observance. Julie Potter and Maria Carmen Hinayon, student assistants at the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Student Resource Center, are responsible for putting on campus events in[Read More…]
CSULB encourages campus community to use Rideshare services
Rideshare Week runs until Friday, and Cal State Long Beach wants students and faculty members to take advantage of the Rideshare opportunities available to them. The nationwide event is aimed at encouraging the public to use alternative forms of transportation in order to reduce gas emissions. Popular with the CSULB[Read More…]
Update: Prospector Pete statue gets undressed
Cal State Long Beach’s mascot had been sporting a makeover since Tuesday, but it has since been taken down. The Prospector Pete statue by the Language Arts buildings was dressed in a cape with the CSULB emblem and Walter Pyramid design on the back. He was also endowed with a[Read More…]
CSULB professor guides medical mission to Nigeria
Denise Cucurny looks ordinary enough as she leans back comfortably in her brown office chair, her interlocked hands resting behind her head — yet her work is anything but common. As well as being a professor of anthropology at Cal State Long Beach, Cucurny is also co-founder of Women for[Read More…]
ASI senator presents resolution addressing Union Weekly article
Sen. Roxanna Gracia presented her resolution at the Associated Students, Inc. meeting Wednesday to address an article in the Union Weekly’s third issue. The feature, “How to Get Laid: A Girls’ Guide for Guys,” promotes sexual violence, according to Gracia. One part of the article said, “When you get to[Read More…]
Rec center opens doors to international students
International students involved in University Study at the Beach were permitted access to the Student Recreation and Wellness Center last Thursday. Access to the recreation center is now available to all University Study at the Beach [USB] students, provided they pay the mandatory membership fee. “The College for Continuing and[Read More…]