The youth festival of Jewish culture called the Jewlicious Festival 5.0 is back for its fifth consecutive year at the Alpert Jewish Community Center in Long Beach with a variety of entertainment and activities. “Last year we had around 700 people attend the festival, out of those approx. 500 were[Read More…]
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Our View- Even political satire deserves free press protection
You’d think we would get tired of tossing the First Amendment’s old shoe at you, but we don’t. There are just too many clauses in the wonderful doctrine to slam the gate at the Fourth Estate. The latest offensive challenge to free speech, freedom of the press — and all[Read More…]
Blacking out a ‘racist’ CSU
Cal State Long Beach students protested yesterday to spread awareness about the low number of black students on campus and demand an increase in those numbers. The protest, called “The Blackout,” began at 12:30 p.m. at the Speaker’s Platform and was held by the Africana Studies Student Association (ASSA). “Its[Read More…]
ASI, CFA host budget protest
More than 100 students shuffled by to sign forms resisting the recently passed state budget plan at a protest at the West Turnaround, but most did not seem to notice the table or understand what was happening yesterday. The low-key protest, hosted by Associated Students Inc. and the California Faculty[Read More…]
Engineering team beat nine other West Coast teams to win state competition
With a first place regional victory under their belt, Cal State Long Beach’s “Construction Engineering Management Team” prepares to compete in the Associated General Contractors National Student Championships next week. The construction team won the “Design Build” category in the competition. They beat out nine other universities from California, Oregon,[Read More…]
Report makes case, arguments over hotel worker wages
For more than two decades, downtown Long Beach has continued to thrive, evident from its continually rising buildings and beautified historic landmarks, but closer studies of its tourism industry reveal some sectors may not be getting their piece of the lucrative pie. A recent study conducted by the Los Angeles[Read More…]
LGBT community questions future of gay rights
After the passage of Proposition 8 and Barack Obama’s inaugural address in January, the main question for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender community now is what happens next? “In the form of policies, that’s hard to say, it’s still early on,” said Steven Pham, a student assistant at the[Read More…]
‘Bring Back 49er Football’ faces many blockers
Cal State Long Beach might be one of the few CSU campuses to have a football team as early as 2012, at least that’s the mission of the “Bring Back 49er Football” organization. Jason Aula, a senior finance major and founder of the organization, and his lead team members Courtney[Read More…]
Bruce Berg, 54, graduate adviser and professor, dies
Bruce Lawrence Berg, a Cal State Long Beach criminal justice graduate adviser and professor, died of a heart attack on Friday in Santa Ana. He was 54. Berg was born on Oct. 7, 1954, in Brooklyn, N.Y. He studied sociology, earning his bachelor’s degree from Brooklyn College in 1975 and,[Read More…]
CSULB pays to keep student cars off streets
While students pay to park on campus, Cal State Long Beach pays to keep students from parking on residential streets close to campus. Patrick O’Donnell, the fourth district council member of Long Beach, said the university agreed to pay up to $12,000 this year for residents’ preferential parking permits. According[Read More…]