Associated Students Inc. president, Isaac Julian, aims to create a sense of belonging for the Long Beach State community during the 2022- 2023 academic year. "If a student recognizes me on campus, I'd hope they would be comfortable enough to talk to me," Julian said. "I love talking to new people and I really want to connect with the campus."Julian...

President Jane Close Conoley and other Long Beach State academic leaders discussed the implementation of current and future programs which will contribute to the plan for Beach 2030 at the 2022 Annual CSULB Convocation."The world around us is changing even more quickly than we predicted when we started the Beach 2030 initiative," Conoley said. CSULB launched the Beach 2030 plan...

The number of online courses offered by Long Beach State this semester decreased by over 30% compared to fall 2021, while enrollment and the total number of classes offered at the university increased this semester. Before the start of the pandemic, less than 10% of total classes offered by CSULB were online, according to Jody Cormack, vice provost for academic...

Although LA County avoided another indoor mask mandate in late July, Long Beach State continues to require indoor facial coverings for all students, faculty and staff on campus for the fall semester. CSULB President Jane Close Conoley sent an email to the Long Beach State community Aug. 10, announcing "our campus will continue to require facial coverings in many indoor...

A Long Beach State professor asks the Academic Senate of the California State University to develop a Campus Police Accountability Council after alleging to a racially biased incident with campus police. Dr. Steven Osuna was locked out of the psychology building on May 25 when he left to use the restroom before a meeting. When Osuna called campus police, the...

Long Beach State computer science students continue to insist they are innocent after they were accused of cheating in their CECS 328: Data Structures and Algorithms, course during the online 2021 Fall semester. Out of the approximately 50 students who are accused of cheating 13 are attempting to appeal their grade. The students argue that since each student had the...

The CSULB marine biology department houses a shark lab on campus where student researchers can study marine life. Despite the ongoing pandemic, there has been no halt to their research.“We were still able to do a lot of work during the pandemic, each year we tagged a record number of sharks,” said Chris Lowe, the Shark Lab director at Long...

The Associated Students Inc. (ASI) judiciary team hosted their final “Know Your Rights” event that highlighted workers’ rights and protections Tuesday evening. Stephanie Castillo, chief justice for the ASI judicial branch, hosted the event with guest speakers from other CSULB administrations to discuss unionization, wage theft and the process of reporting misconduct and discrimination in the workplace. ASI assistant director...

Long Beach State officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly-constructed Anna W. Ngai Alumni Center on April 16. The center is located along Beach Drive near the University Student Union and will open in Fall 2022. The $11.5 million construction project was funded by private sponsors and contributors, according to the alumni center website. The alumni center aims to...

CSULB students prove their respect for free speech on campus with a visit from an infamous internet preacher. Hundreds of students kept the peace in the Central Quad at CSULB when visited by a controversial preacher, Sister Cindy, on April 11. Cindy Smock, 63, is a popular Evangelical who is known for her derogatory language in proclaiming conservative values on...