The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Resource Center at Cal State Long Beach will host this year’s fourth annual Lavender Graduation on May 24 at 6 p.m. at the University Student Union Ballrooms. Guest speakers at the event will include College of Business Administration Assistant Dean of Students Jeane Caveness,[Read More…]
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Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events on campus and around Long Beach.
ASI can charge summer fee
The California State University Chancellor’s Office reinstated the ability for Associated Students Inc. to charge a $33 fee per student during summer sessions. As previously reported by the Daily 49er on March 10, the CSU Chancellor’s Office issued guidelines on March 8 denying the 23 CSU campuses charging a summer[Read More…]
Police shutdown area north of campus
An area north of Cal State Long Beach was shut down following a shooting that involved a California Highway Patrol officer, according to LBReport.com. Parts of Willow Street around Woodruff Avenue were closed off. As a result, some CSULB students faced a traffic jam and had difficulty getting to campus.[Read More…]
Donald Para selected as CSULB provost
Cal State Long Beach President F. King Alexander announced via e-mail Wednesday afternoon that the interim provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs, Donald Para, has been selected officially for these positions. Para told the Daily 49er that he is “very honored” to be offered the position, which, according[Read More…]
Local concert Friday to prevent domestic violence
The Long Beach Interval House will host its third annual concert fundraiser for the prevention of domestic violence this Friday from 6 p.m. to midnight at Don The Beachcomber restaurant in Huntington Beach. According to a flyer, musical artists Tiana Star, Bootleg Honey, Monkeys with Fire, Darren Ortiz and Dennis[Read More…]
LGBT Resource Center to offer ‘queer-friendly’ classes in fall
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Student Resource Center released on May 5 its first list of “queer-friendly” classes to be offered in fall 2010. “We basically wanted to put this together for students who are interested in queer studies,” said Jennifer Reed, assistant professor of women’s, gender and sexuality studies.[Read More…]
CSULB bicycle thefts are headed downhill
University Police has increased their surveillance of bicycle racks to crack down on bicycle thefts and potential thefts. Ten arrests were made in April alone with help from the campus camera system. University Police Lieutenant Scott Brown said that, “last year we had 80 bicycle thefts on campus and 54[Read More…]
Senior art show makes students ‘Say Awe’
Cal State Long Beach’s Bachelor of Fine Arts Drawing and Painting show, “Say Awe,” which opened on Sunday at the Gatov Gallery, features the work of a class of graduating seniors and will be the class’s final exhibition. The course is meant to teach students how to run an exhibit,[Read More…]
Hawaiian shaved ice makes cool entrance in LB
Family-run Hawaiian Tropical Shave Ice Truck, which will visit Cal State Long Beach in mid-May, is joining a movement of developing, independent food-truck services. Cal State Fullerton alumnus Rick Kukahiko said he and his wife Emilie wanted to make shaved ice affordable, convenient and enjoyable and chose to join the[Read More…]
ESPN College GameDay at CSULB
Cal State Long Beach may not have a football team anymore, but at least it has ESPN College GameDay, a show that previews college football games. ESPN set up in front of the on-campus Outpost restaurant and started filming the promotions for its college football pregame show on Monday. The[Read More…]