It is busy at the Outpost restaurant and convenience store during lunch, and sometimes it seems almost impossible to even get through the doors because of all the people blocking the way. Imagine trying to do that with a disability. The Outpost has signs outside its doors showing that it[Read More…]
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ASI sells cookies to support CSU system
Associated Students Inc. hosted an event called Cookie for Cuts at the University Student Union Southwest Terrace on Tuesday, using a bake sale to rally students against budget cuts to higher education. Drastic cuts from the state are forcing California State University administration to take measures such as furloughs, fee[Read More…]
Student Health Services may open swine flu vaccines to more students
Updated 11-05-09 at 7:31 p.m.: H1N1 Vaccinations are now available to all students Student Health Services is currently distributing its first shipment of the swine flu vaccine in the Student Health Center. The distribution began on Tuesday for athletes, campus police and nursing students. “It was a little bit on[Read More…]
Professor discusses 2 sides to sex trafficking
Sex is being bought and sold worldwide; many women are being forced into sex work against their will, while others voluntarily enter the profession. The Feminist Organization Reclaiming Consciousness and Equality (FORCE) held a screening of the documentary “Trading Women” to a small group of students in the Multicultural Center[Read More…]
Past action in protest of budget cuts ‘just the beginning’
President Chris Chavez praised at this week’s Associated Students Inc. meeting the recent Cookies for Cuts demonstration on campus. Though Chavez called it a “success” in comparison to its counterparts held at other California State University campuses, he addressed it as a mere stepping stone in the ongoing conflict over education[Read More…]
Students head to Sacramento to share their stories – and 2,000 others
While most students and faculty took Monday off to observe the furlough day, Sarah Yoon and Melissa Wheeler were on campus that morning because of the budget cuts. The two Cal State Long Beach students were going to Sacramento later that day to deliver 2,000 letters to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger[Read More…]
Sociologist sees decrease in ‘homo-hysteria’
Cal State Long Beach alumnus Eric Anderson discussed behavioral links to “homo-hysteria” yesterday in a speech titled “Being Straight is so Gay: The Improving Nature of Straight Masculinity.” Anderson, an American sociologist at the University of Bath in England, “came out of the closet” on campus at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender[Read More…]
Alumnus nominated as LAPD chief
Deputy Chief Charles L. Beck was selected as the new Los Angeles Police Department chief of police earlier today. The City Council must still ratify his nomination but no opposition is expected. Former Chief William J. Bratton announced his resignation in August. Beck, a 56-year-old Cal State Long Beach alumnus,[Read More…]
Dorm residents, athletes among swine flu vaccine priority group
CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ H1N1 vaccine priority groups: Pregnant women Caretakers for infants under 6 months Health care employees People 6 months to 24 years old People 25-64 years old with high risk medical conditions People who should not be vaccinated: People allergic to chicken eggs People who[Read More…]
Student veterans find place to connect
Student veterans will soon have a place on campus to call home. The space for a new Veterans Student Learning Center is the first room to be dedicated solely to student veterans at Cal State Long Beach. College of Engineering Dean Forouzan Golshani gathered faculty, staff and student veterans at[Read More…]