Culture Fest premiered prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, but has since returned to the Long Beach State campus on Thursday ready to make up for the lost time. Organized by the Associated Students Inc. and Beach Pride Events, students that attended were able to immerse and educate themselves on the different groups present. Because CSULB students come from many different...

Long before X-ray machines and pharmacies, holistic healers used natural and herbal remedies to cure most health issues. The term holism refers to the theory that all parts of the whole are intimately interconnected. For example, if you are experiencing intense stress and anxiety, your body may show this through physical symptoms such as stomach pain, or fatigue. Holistic medicine...

By: Renzo Pocasangre and Luis Castilla From vinyl giants to hole-in-the-wall shops, record stores across Long Beach are ready to drop the needle on this year’s Record Store Day on Saturday, April 22. Since the first Record Store Day in 2008, independent brick-and-mortar record stores nationwide have become a celebrated institution. On this day, dozens of exclusive vinyl records and...

Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is a yearly music and arts event that takes place in Indio, Calif., showcasing a wide range of musicians, as well as visual attractions like sculpture and installation art. With an average audience of 250,000 people in the middle of Coachella Valley, it could get quite overwhelming. Before attending, there are numerous tips to...

It’s safe to say that singer Camila Cabello loves it when Shawn Mendes calls her senorita because the two were caught snuggling and kissing throughout the first weekend at the 2023 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. On Friday, the pair were spotted in a clip enjoying each other’s company while watching a performance. Cabello and Mendes smiled at each...

Season four of Netflix's reality TV show "Love Is Blind" attempted to have its first-ever live reunion special on Sunday. The reunion was scheduled to go live at 5 p.m., but it never happened. When 5 p.m. came around, an error message from Netflix appeared on the screen.“We’re having trouble playing this title right now. Please try again later,” the...

SustainU, an environmental organization at Long Beach State, is raising awareness about the impacts of factory farming on the environment this Earth Month."Seeds of Greed" was a workshop hosted by the organization this past Tuesday, inviting students to learn about what factory farming is and what steps can be taken to undo its damage. Factory farming is a method of...

There has been a substantial rise in Latinx representation in mainstream Hollywood productions in the past decade, as it recently occurred with Chilean-American actor Pedro Pascal with the popular recent HBO series, “The Last of Us.” It also occurred as early as 2015 with Guatemalan-American actor Oscar Isaac in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”While big strides have been made with...

The Long Beach State School of Art has had an above average increase in students, mostly bolstered by first-time freshmen, who immediately have additional challenges as soon as they start classes. According to the CSULB Institutional Research & Analytics database, the School of Art had an increase of 27% in freshmen from Fall 2021 to Fall 2022. Over the last...

Although vinyl was popular in the 1980s, its resurgence is due to the millennial and Gen Z population rather than the adults who lived through that particular time period. Once a novelty, vinyl records give listeners a personal connection to music in a field dominated by deceptive advertising techniques and cheap tricks. Not to mention that, for some, it's not...