Students will be unable to park in Parking Lot 11A from now until March 25. According to Mark Rudometkin, associate director of Cal State Long Beach Parking and Transportation Services, the cast and crew of “Alvin and the Chipmunks: the Squeekquel” has reserved the parking lot. The movie is being[Read More…]
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Orchestra students get jazzed up for festival
Syncopating rhythms and hammering down notes describe Cal State Long Beach’s Concert Jazz Orchestra’s preparations for an upcoming jazz festival. The CSULB Concert Jazz Orchestra, led by the director of jazz studies, Jeff Jarvis, will make its way back to Monterey, Calif. to compete in the fifth annual Next Generation[Read More…]
Filmmaker to Give Lecture on Al-Jazeera Documentary
Jehane Noujaim, the daughter of a U.S.-born mother and an Egyptian-born father, will speak at the International Forum on Human Rights about her 2004 documentary, “Control Room.” The film depicts the differing editorial approaches of U.S. and Arab news agencies, who covered the 2003 Iraq war. Noujaim began her media[Read More…]
CSULB and Long Beach community unite for hotel workers
Cal State Long Beach and Long Beach community members discussed how to ensure that community members and hotel workers receive benefits from the $750 million investment of taxpayers’ dollars by the City of Long Beach in the tourism industry in downtown. The College of Liberal Arts, the Center of Community[Read More…]
Grill fires up new dining
After months of waiting, students will finally have a new choice for dining on Cal State Long Beach’s North Campus: The Outpost Grill and Convenience Store. The Outpost celebrated its grand opening Friday following a lengthy construction project. CSULB President F. King Alexander took part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony at[Read More…]
Speaking out about freedom of speech at annual forum
Cal State Long Beach’s second annual President’s Forum on International Human Rights will take place later this week, focusing on helping students understand and react appropriately to the challenges that take place in the fight toward social advancement. The forum will take place Wednesday through Friday, mainly at the University[Read More…]
Bikers seek easier cycling
Reaching Cal State Long Beach can be considered a competition between cyclists, pedestrians and motorists. The CSULB Cyclists are hoping to make the campus more cycling-friendly. “I cycle for transportation, and zipping past pedestrians or cruising by cars stuck in gridlock is definitely satisfying,” said Sasha Harvey, a freshman marine[Read More…]
More questions, some answers to budget blues
The 17-month California state budget was signed on Feb. 20 by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, but its implications for Cal State Long Beach students still remain largely unclear. According to CSULB President F. King Alexander, many of the belt-tightening measures CSULB has already set in place are likely to continue under[Read More…]
Alexander addresses ASI
President F. King Alexander said to Associated Students Inc. that the effects of the pending state budget on Cal State Long Beach are still unclear, at Wednesday’s ASI Senate meeting. “It really is a house of cards,” Alexander said, referring to the uncertainty of what cuts will be directed at[Read More…]
Long Beach plans for dry seasons to come
Long Beach has a plan to handle a three-year drought, despite the recent heavy rains, by using several methods, according to the Long Beach Water Department. “This rainfall is a drop in the bucket,” said Namika Raby, a Cal State Long Beach anthropology lecturer and member of the U.N./World Bank[Read More…]