Long Beach State’s Commencement Office announced on Thursday, Jan. 20 that the 2022 commencement ceremony will take place at the Angel Stadium of Anaheim from May 16 to May 18. In order to participate in this year’s commencement ceremony, graduates must complete their graduation application by March 1 in order “for their name to be added to the Graduate Recognition...

On the top floor of an apartment complex on 2nd street, Kathryn Bishop’s sunny apartment doubles as her art studio. With the company of Bishop’s golden retriever Stanley and walls dressed with her artwork, Bishop creates. Though Bishop has been an artist her whole life, in the last three years she’s developed her own signature style using differently weighted ink...

I like to think that I was influenced in the best ways by Kanye West, but that was not always the case. When I was a sophomore in high school, I thought West being overconfident and rude on songs like “The Glory,” was cool and I began to embody the cocky attitude he had. I became too cocky and it...

By: Lauren Ramirez and Ulysses Villa Long Beach State officials announced on Thursday, Jan. 6 that most face-to-face spring semester courses will transition to online instruction in order to reduce the spread of the Omicron variant. Due to following local public health recommendations, CSULB’s spring semester will begin on Thursday, Jan. 20 “by offering primarily remote instruction to students,” until...

CSULB Parking and Transportation Services announced in a campus-wide email they would postpone the Jan. 10 sale of spring semester parking permits due to switching to two-week remote instruction. For campus commuters, paid parking will still be enforced at the Beach 24/7 including holidays, PTS stated in the email sent to students and faculty members on Thursday, Jan. 6. Instead,...

The California State University (CSU) system announced on Wednesday, Dec. 22 that students, faculty and staff members accessing in-person university facilities in spring 2022 will be required to receive their COVID-19 booster shot by Feb. 28, or six months after their final dose of the COVID-19 vaccination. However, the CSU Chancellor's Office will continue to maintain the COVID-19 policy to...

Long Beach State Parking and Transportation Services will be offering spring semester students offsite parking permits marked 50% off the regular price of $210 at Cottonwood Church, according to a campus-wide email sent on Friday, Dec. 17. As the number of in-person classes increases next semester, CSULB's efforts to mitigate parking overflow will allow students to park at the church...

The Long Beach Airport (LGB) announced on Monday, Nov. 22 that they are expecting an increase in flight passengers this holiday season after a long period of reduced passenger numbers due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During the week of Nov. 22 to Nov. 28, LGB estimated their flight passenger numbers would be "five times greater than in 2020," according to...

By: Lauren Ramirez and Ulysses Villa Long Beach State students and alumni gathered over 600 signatures calling for the removal of part-time Chicano and Latinx studies professor, Julio Perez due to previous sexual misconduct allegations. The petition’s organizers stated how discouraging it was to hear Perez “was placed inside a classroom as a professor with a position of power” despite...

Multiple students have reported cases of food poisoning after eating in the Parkside and Hillside dorm dining halls around mid-November. CSULB's residential dining services offer meal plans at a price range of $3,658 to $4,324 per academic year, according to the University Housing website. Each of the meal plans can be used at any of the three CSULB dining halls...