The Long Beach State baseball team took two out of three against Utah Valley for its second consecutive home weekend series at Blair Field. Senior right-hander Kyle Friedrichs threw a career-high seven innings in the Dirtbags’ (5-2) 6-2 series opening win Friday night. Friedrichs also set a personal record of[Read More…]
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49ers’ losing streak reaches four
Another dismal first-half performance doomed the Long Beach State men’s basketball team, which dropped its fourth straight game in a 65-58 loss to UC Davis Thursday night inside the Walter Pyramid. “I feel like it was like that rush,” senior forward David Samuels said when asked about the team’s slow[Read More…]
Chinese New Year Festival at CSULB educated students on Chinese heritage
Mystical folktales, foods and red envelopes filled with money kept the tradition of Chinese New Year alive at California State University, Long Beach. On Saturday, CSULB’s Chinese Student Association teamed up with Cerritos High School and Whitney High School to host the Chinese New Year Festival on Friendship Walk on[Read More…]
CSULB students meet Ellen Prager, marine biologist
The Aquarium of the Pacific invited California State University, Long Beach students to attend an exclusive meet-and-greet with marine biologist and author, Ellen Prager on Tuesday night. Promoted by the university’s honors program, this event was initially geared towards the program’s honor students but was soon extended to the entire[Read More…]
Kevin Hines speaks at CSULB about depression and suicide
Each year, approximately 38,000 people commit suicide due to a lack of resources or knowledge of telltale signs, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. On Wednesday night, Project OCEAN, California State University Long Beach’s on-campus emergency out-reach program, hosted an event called “Living Mentally Well with Kevin Hines.”[Read More…]
LBSU softball team begins the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic
The Long Beach State softball team will try to bounce back from the Easton Desert Classic as it gets set for five games in three days in the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic in Palm Springs. The 49ers’ (6-4) schedule is about to ramp up significantly with a doubleheader against No.[Read More…]
Dirtbags to face Pepperdine and the NC Dinos
The Long Beach State men’s baseball team continues its home-heavy early season schedule as it turns its hosts Pepperdine and NC Dinos of the Korea Baseball Futures League at Blair Field. Before the start of the season, sophomore shortstop Garrett Hampson said he believed junior right-hander Tanner Brown was ready[Read More…]
LBSU reloads rotation with JC transfers
Coming off one of the most successful seasons under head coach Troy Buckley, the Long Beach State baseball team will have to rely on its inexperienced pitching staff to reach the postseason again. The Dirtbags lost three starters to graduation and the MLB Draft. Colorado Rockies drafted right-hander Andrew Rohrbach[Read More…]
LBSU loses heartbreaker to UC Irvine
A last second game-winning layup by UC Irvine’s Jaron Martin sealed the Long Beach State men’s basketball team’s first home loss of the season in the Walter Pyramid Saturday night, 56-55. A ferocious crowd wasn’t enough to carry the 49ers (13-12, 7-2) past the Anteaters (14-9, 7-2) as sophomore guard[Read More…]
Reggae band Headshine serenades CSULB’s South Plaza
Smooth reggae blues weaved with Wednesday’s warm rays at California State University, Long Beach’s South Plaza. The black slab of stage based the centerpiece to this semester’s first installment of ASI and USU’s Noontime Concert Series. About 30 students came out to watch the four-piece from Huntington Beach belt out[Read More…]