Darian Tautalafua became the most prolific home run hitter in Long Beach State softball history and only the most important people in her life were paying attention. Tautalafua’s teammates were not the only ones reminding her about the record. Her father, who is also her personal hitting coach, began making[Read More…]
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LBSU excited for postseason play in San Diego
The Long Beach State women’s basketball team will play in the Women’s National Invitational Tournament for the second time in three years against the University of San Diego on Thursday at Jenny Craig Pavilion. The Beach (22-9, 9-7) earned a postseason berth after winning over 20 wins during the regular[Read More…]
The Lombardi sisters are hitting their stride at LBSU
Inseparable since childhood, Julia and Lauren Lombardi are reunited and thriving at Long Beach State. Born only a year apart, Julia and Lauren moved up the youth softball ranks and attended West Ranch High School in Stevenson Ranch together for three years until Lauren graduated to play softball at LBSU.[Read More…]
Criminal justice agencies inform CSULB students
Criminal Justice major serves more than just the police officer or lawyer career path. The Criminal Justice Student Association hosted a job fair on Wednesday to help students network with agencies in the criminal justice field. “In our field law enforcement is a very broad, very general field of work,”[Read More…]
ASI Senate to recognize the Armenian Genocide
Associated Students Inc. read a resolution on Wednesday to recognize the Armenian Genocide and commemorate its 100th anniversary. The resolution called for California State University, Long Beach to memorialize April 24, 2015 as a day dedicated to remembering the Armenian Genocide. ASI Vice President Nayiri Baghdassarian wrote the resolution herself[Read More…]
LBSU excited for postseason play in San Diego
The Long Beach State women’s basketball team will play in the Women’s National Invitational Tournament for the second time in three years against the University of San Diego on Thursday at Jenny Craig Pavilion. The Beach (22-9, 9-7) earned a postseason berth after winning over 20 wins during the regular[Read More…]
Police investigate alleged thefts at science center
University Police is investigating a string of thefts reported from the Hall of Sciences Center and the Molecular and Life Sciences Center. On March 9, students and faculty reported seven incidents of possible theft to police, including four wallets, from the two science buildings. The most recent incident took place[Read More…]
U.S. consumption of inhumanely slaughtered meat must stop
Thanksgiving just wouldn’t be right without a turkey, Christmas without ham or tamales, Independence day without hotdogs, Cinco de Mayo without tacos or Saint Patrick’s Day without corned beef hash. But how can people enjoy meat when factory farms across the U.S. treat animals so inhumanely? These factory farms keep[Read More…]
Jody and Derek Wynn have made 49ers contenders
Jody met Derek Wynn in her junior year at Southern California. Derek, then a student at Cal State Fullerton, coached high school basketball. “A mutual friend of ours, who was a football player at USC introduced us,” Jody said. “It was late in my junior year; he came to a[Read More…]
LBSU baseball will travel to the desert to play Arizona State in weekend series
An emerging pitching staff and improved offense will lead the Long Beach State baseball team into Phoenix to take on No. 21 Arizona State for a three-game series starting Friday night. The Dirtbags (8-4) rank 13th in the country in earned run average and fifth in strikeouts per inning. Freshman[Read More…]