Antonella Sciortino recalls joining Long Beach State faculty in 2004 and seeing every department chair position in the College of Engineering occupied by men. Now Sciortino serves as chair for the civil engineering and construction engineering management department. “I’m not saying it wasn’t possible for women to occupy any of[Read More…]
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SPECIAL SECTION: Students and faculty endure aging FA-4 building
Jeff Atherton, a foundation art professor, can recall two semesters ago when a dead mouse fell from the ceiling of his color theory class in Fine Arts 4 room 222. “I think that the mouse had eaten some of the poison bait that has been placed around the building,” Atherton[Read More…]
Laptop Ensemble composes musical pieces with digital software
The Bob Cole Conservatory Laptop Ensemble performed a series of musical pieces composed with digital software at Daniel Recital Hall Wednesday.
Beach Weekly: Episode 6
Assistant News Editors Hannah Getahun and James Chow discuss this past week’s notable news topics: LBSU mourns the death of two professors, the San Ysidro border closure and a flooded animation lab. 0:38 LBSU mourns the death of two professors 0:41 Math professor Kent Merryfield 1:20 Linguistics professor Alexandra “Misty”[Read More…]
FA-4 computer lab filled with water after rainstorm
A heavy rainstorm Thanksgiving Day caused a leak in Fine Arts 4 Room 309, an animation and illustration computer room. Water entered through cracks and crevices in the roof, which developed in a lot of old buildings, said Josh Cichuniec, interim associate director of Facilities Management. According to Facilities Management,[Read More…]
ASI Senate hears resolution to make course evaluations more sustainable
College of Business Administration Sen. Robert Martinez proposed a new resolution to the Associated Students Inc. Senate floor Wednesday evening that aims to make teacher evaluations more environmentally friendly, by converting to digital distribution. Specific details as to how to make the form accessible to all students were left vague.[Read More…]
LBSU mourns the death of mathematics professor
This story was updated Nov. 28 at 10:05 p.m. The Nugget Grill and Pub closed early Tuesday after mathematics professor Kent Merryfield lost consciousness and died of cardiac arrest around 2:30 p.m. He was 65. “From the start, I could tell he was a good-hearted man,” said third year Lynn[Read More…]
Professor dies in the Nugget Grill and Pub
Updated: 10:17 p.m. The Nugget Grill and Pub was evacuated and closed after a professor lost consciousness and died in the dining area Tuesday afternoon. Jeff Bliss, executive director of media and digital news for Long Beach State, confirmed that the professor died on the scene. Reporters from the Daily[Read More…]
Tijuana border closes after migrant demonstrations
SAN YSIDRO — Cars inched forward toward the 805 North Freeway at the San Ysidro border after its six-hour closure Sunday. The San Ysidro port of entry, which sits between San Diego and Tijuana, was closed around 11:20 a.m and didn’t fully open again until 5:11 p.m. Central American migrants[Read More…]
LBSU loses accomplished professor
Faculty learned over Thanksgiving break that linguistics professor Alexandra “Misty” Jaffe died in her home Tuesday. Jaffe, who was in her 50s, started her career at Long Beach State in 2001 and worked as both a professor and a department chair in linguistics. She has taught courses spanning from introductory[Read More…]