Tag: Long Beach State
LBSU matches up against UCSB and UCLA
The No. 10 Long Beach State men’s volleyball team will try to overcome four consecutive losses when it travels to No. 8 UC Santa Barbara and No. 9 UC Los Angeles on Wednesday and Friday, respectively. The 49ers fell to a losing record in the league (8-8 overall, 5-8 Mountain[Read More…]
LBSU falls to Hawaii
The No. 10 Long Beach State men’s volleyball dropped back-to-back matches to No. 6 Hawaii over the weekend in the Walter Pyramid. The 49ers (8-8, 5-8 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) got off to a terrific start against Hawaii (13-3, 10-2 MPSF) in the first set, taking a 10-5 lead with[Read More…]
LBSU drops thriller, defeats Fullerton
The Long Beach State women’s basketball team split a pair of weekend conference games with a 47-46 on Thursday loss to Hawaii and 69-62 win on Sunday at Cal State Fullerton. With 33 seconds left against Hawaii (20-7, 12-2), senior guard Hallie Meneses slashed into the paint for two of[Read More…]
LBSU sweeps Wichita State
Freshman right-handers Chris Mathewson and Darren McCaughan combined to throw the first no-hitter in Long Beach State history, giving the Dirtbags a three-game sweep over Wichita State at Blair Field on Sunday. Mathewson threw the first seven innings of the game, striking out eight batters in the Dirtbags’ (8-3) historic[Read More…]
Dirtbags’ Steele leading new wave of arms
One-by-one Mike Steele sizes up his pitchers. He knows their pitching repertoires and routines, and his job to help them make the necessary adjustments to improve both as pitchers and people. “He tells us from day one exactly who we are as a pitcher,” senior right-hander Kyle Friedrichs said. “Were[Read More…]
Students have an ethical responsibility to vote
The decision to increase the USU fee is not only our decision to make, but it is also our responsibility to make as well. It was entrusted upon us by every student who came before us and was willing to pay the price so that we could enjoy and benefit[Read More…]
Letters to the Editor
What if an election were held and nobody turned out? That’s essentially what happened back in 2007, when the Student Recreation and Wellness Center was approved by just 6 percent of students. 94 percent of students didn’t vote at all. On Feb. 25 and 26, students will be asked to approve a[Read More…]
The U.S. Coffee Championships brew at the Long Beach Arena
Aggressive slurps echoed across the spacious Long Beach Arena. Spectators concentrated around three competitors who briskly filled round spoons with coffee, sipped violently, licked their lips and repeated for seven minutes. The U.S. Cup Tasters competition was one of four competitions that took place live during the U.S. Coffee Championships[Read More…]
CSULB hosts a Young Women’s Empowerment conference
University President Jane Close-Conoley asked how many in an audience of about 150 female high school students want to go to college, and every student in the room raised her hand. “That decision opens doors,” Conoley told the audience. 60 percent of women in the United States earn college degrees[Read More…]