New genderless bathroom in progress and discounted faculty gym membership becomes official Maritess Inieto, University Student Union Board of Trustees chair, said that construction was underway on a new genderless, multi-stall bathroom in the USU. At the Associated Students Inc. Senate meeting Wednesday, she said that the stall is set[Read More…]
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LBSU limits Prospector Pete merch after retirement announcement
Students will soon be seeing a lot less of Prospector Pete in the 49er Shops Bookstore after President Jane Close Conoley announced that the 51-year-old statue is officially retired, Sept. 20. According to Kierstin Stickney, director of marketing and communications at 49er Shops, the merchandise for the mascot has never[Read More…]
Soiled paper products no longer compostable at LBSU
Students dining at Long Beach State may be surprised to learn that soiled paper waste is no longer composted anywhere on campus, despite signs on many compost bins that claim otherwise. EDCO Disposal, the company that hauls the school’s waste, is only able to transport food waste because “[soiled] paper[Read More…]
ASI Senate discusses BEACH 2030 event and Samantha Brown is confirmed as Commissioner for Disability Affairs
Associated Students Inc. voiced increased student engagement and publicity on the BEACH 2030 initiative. The BEACH 2030 initiative will have a two-day, online public event Nov. 14 and 15 that is meant to involve the entire LBSU community to plan the future of the university. The initiative is led by[Read More…]
ASI Board of Control allocates student travel and research funds to three students
The Associated Students Inc. Board of Control granted money to two students from the student travel fund and to one student from the student research fund Tuesday. According to ASI Treasurer Jesse Luna, there are $7,356 remaining in the student travel fund for the academic semester. Dorri Mang, who received[Read More…]
A royal flush among campus restrooms
In the first floor of the University Student Union, scores of students in the Art Gallery and Study Lounge sit quietly while scrolling through their phones, sleeping or doing homework. One dry wall adjacent to the lounge, the men’s restroom harvests swaths of schoolboys sitting just one stall away from[Read More…]
Negative comments recorded by Facebook live stream during senate meeting break
Associated Students Inc. President Genesis Jara spoke to senators about professionalism after negative comments were recorded during a break in last week’s senate meeting. The break was taken to give Vice President Leen Almadhi time to pray. The former CSULB Muslim Student Association vice president was born to Syrian parents[Read More…]
Students get an advanced showing of ‘A Star Is Born’
Hundreds of students lined up outside of the University Student Union for the advanced screening of “A Star is Born” Wednesday night. Associated Students Inc. employees stood outside handing out movie posters to the highly anticipated movie starring Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. When students stepped into the auditorium, excited[Read More…]
Compton resident says former ASI employee was on drugs at time of murders
A former Associated Students Inc. employee, Jamie Williams, who is facing capital murder charges, may have been high on PVP, or “bath salts,” when he was arrested, according to longtime family friend and Compton resident, Brandy Riley Fletcher. According to Fletcher, Williams was seen running out of his stepfather’s house[Read More…]
ASI Senator at-large maintains his position after multiple missed meetings
Associated Students Inc. Senators voted to keep Senator at-large Aaron Jordan in his position after he missed four Senate meetings, an action which provided grounds for a vote to take place deciding whether he remains in the group. According to Chapter 2, Article 1, Section 8 of the Associated Students[Read More…]