Brian Dabu knows what it’s like to be unemployed. “Got it like that, gone like that,” Dabu said of his previous job. Dabu, who is a senior art history major at Cal State Long Beach, worked retail-related jobs until he was let go four days before Christmas. Like most of[Read More…]
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Stepping in to compete
Student steppers will entertain more than 200 local high school students of a nearly 4,000-member audience this weekend at the Cal State Long Beach Walter Pyramid. The 19th annual National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) step show will include performances by fraternity and sorority step teams. The show is involved with a[Read More…]
MSA submits boycott call to ASI
Associated Students Inc. listened to the first reading, as well as passionate public comments, of a new resolution regarding the Gaza Strip at Wednesday’s ASI Senate meeting. The Muslim Student Association (MSA) brought to the senate a resolution calling for an end to the Israeli/Palestinian situation in Gaza. It asks[Read More…]
Egos left at door in ‘life’ organization
Friday morning is a time when few students come to campus. But the same cannot be said for Room 305 in the University Student Union. At that time, the Student of Life Organization, or SOLO, holds its weekly meetings, where students can come together to discuss life issues. Co-founders Rodney[Read More…]
CSULB podcasts available with iTunes U
People all over the world will soon be able to learn through Cal State Long Beach for free as part of iTunes U. “ITunes U is a collection of podcasts that are affiliated with the university,” said Leslie Kennedy, director of Instructional Technology Support Services (ITSS). ITunes U, a section[Read More…]
Garden-goers find new Koi
The Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden at Cal State Long Beach has seen no loss in visitors and finances since replacing its entire koi collection that was killed in January. The garden’s 300 koi fish, killed by the koi herpesvirus between October and January, were replaced last month with more[Read More…]
Faculty members learn how to help students that are ‘in the shadows’
In the 1980s, Lee Brown and other San Diego State University faculty members became furious when they were instructed by the government to identify and report any undocumented immigrants on their campus. Twenty years later, Brown, who is now a journalism professor at Cal State Long Beach, finds himself in[Read More…]
NSF recognizes CSULB with continuous funding
Two Cal State Long Beach assistant professors recently received CAREER Research awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for their on-campus research. The award grants them a total of more than $1 million for research. Assistant chemistry professor Xianhui Bu received $597,707 for his 5-year project that, according to a[Read More…]
Author discusses recent shift in electoral map
Acclaimed and controversial theorist of Southern California social dynamics, Mike Davis, spoke about recent shifts in the electoral map in front of a full audience in Lecture Hall 150 on Monday. The author of socio-political works “City of Quartz” and “Ecology of Fear,” Davis has a reputation in the academic[Read More…]
Art knows no age
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Cal State Long Beach will host its fourth annual art show at the design gallery this week. Students and staff members were encouraged to submit up to three pieces of work that have yet to be displayed at an art show. Some of[Read More…]