In an evening filled with dancing, beer and go-green enthusiasm, hundreds of Long Beach community and campus members gathered Thursday evening to celebrate Earth Week at Cal State Long Beach. The seventh annual Green Generation Mixer was the university’s biggest sustainability event of the year. It allowed for Long Beach[Read More…]
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CSULB hosts Danny Trejo and Scott Budnick to talk about incarceration
Before actor Danny Trejo was “Machete,” he was a foreman who spent the better part of a decade in and out of jail. On April 23, he and two other keynote speakers will tell the stories of their lives as formerly incarcerated individuals to an auditorium of students. Associated Students[Read More…]
CSULB Student Health Services hosts cannabis informational
All perspectives on the longstanding cannabis debate converged Wednesday as experts and advocates came together to discuss the green debacle. The event took place in Room 303 of the University Student Union for this week’s Wellness Wednesday, “What’s the 4-1-1 on 4/20: It’s legal, what now?” This week’s session took[Read More…]
Complete Guide for first Big West Tournament
The Big West men’s volleyball programs have been competing in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation since 1992. But the Big West Conference did not recognize volleyball as a conference sport until May 31 2016, when Big West commissioner Dennis Farrell announced that men’s volleyball would become the 18th sponsored sport[Read More…]
Long Beach City Council approves styrofoam ban from restaurants
After months of deliberation on how to combat pollution, the Long Beach City Council voted Tuesday to approve an ordinance banning the use of polystyrene in food packaging. The ordinance, which targets single-use containers for both food and drinks, will be phased in across the city starting with larger restaurants[Read More…]
ASI addresses racism at Cal Poly SLO
Students were outraged at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo two weeks ago when a fraternity was exposed for one member wearing “blackface” at a party. This week, flyers were found by a SLO professor targeting African-American students, creating more controversy for the campus. This situation did not go unnoticed at[Read More…]
Long Beach State dealing with a trio of Tommy John surgeries
Although Tommy John surgery has become almost a routine medical procedure for pitchers in high-level baseball, to have three cases affect a team in the same season is less common. That is what the Long Beach State Dirtbags have had to endure this year after a trio of arms were[Read More…]
Long Beach State gets late offense to top Loyola Marymount 9-6 in an ugly midweek win
Coming off a series win against CSUN last weekend, the Long Beach State Dirtbags came out on top in an ugly, three-hour and 50 minute midweek game against Loyola Marymount Tuesday at Blair Field. The contest saw 16 total walks, five wild pitches and over 300 pitches thrown, but the[Read More…]
CSULB celebrates Earth Week planting tips for indoor plants
In the midst of their busy schedules, students found the “thyme” to learn about the various health benefits plants provide, even when indoors. The Indoor Plants 101 was a collection of short sessions spaced out between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Tuesday in the University Student Union Sunset Lounge to[Read More…]
CAPS applies new funding to improve mental health services at CSULB
When Kelsey Wunder began her freshman year as a business-marketing major at Cal State Long Beach, her future seemed bright. Several months later, things had changed. She began to experience a disconnection from the world around her and feelings of intense anxiety set in. So she did what every student[Read More…]