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“We’re working with 16 Cal State campuses, all of which are not impacted and have the capacity to serve additional stude...
11/06/2025

“We’re working with 16 Cal State campuses, all of which are not impacted and have the capacity to serve additional students,” Grommo said, “Cal State Long Beach was not selected because it is impacted in all majors at both the freshman and transfer levels.”

The state chancellor’s office and the advocacy and state relations team worked very closely with State Sen. Christopher Cabaldon’s office on the legislation, Grommo said. 

“We should make it as seamless for our students to go from 12th grade to the next stage of their education as it was for them to go from sixth grade to seventh grade. Direct admission removes the application hurdle that stops some students from going to college, and relieves the fear that they won’t get in anywhere,” Sen. Cabaldon said in a press release on Sept. 10, the day the bill passed. 

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✍️ : Jayden Sandstrom
📸: Dante Estrada

Long Beach State welcomes Native American Heritage Month with five campus events for students, staff and faculty to part...
11/06/2025

Long Beach State welcomes Native American Heritage Month with five campus events for students, staff and faculty to participate in throughout the month.

✍️ : Ethan Brown
📸: Charlotte LoCicero

The cult classic movie, The Rocky Horror Picture Show commemorates its 50th anniversary this year. Here at the beach, st...
11/06/2025

The cult classic movie, The Rocky Horror Picture Show commemorates its 50th anniversary this year. Here at the beach, students celebrated this achievement through a screening of the film put on by the LGBTQ+ research center. But does this film still hold the cultural power it once had, or has it failed to “rose-tint [the] world” of modern-day viewers?

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✍️ : Christian Robledo
📸: Rehansa Kulatilleke

Smith served chicken fingers to fans in the dining area and drive-thru, all while filming Raising Cane’s commercials – s...
11/06/2025

Smith served chicken fingers to fans in the dining area and drive-thru, all while filming Raising Cane’s commercials – some solo, others alongside Raising Cane’s CEO, Todd Graves.

At the event, Raising Cane’s also provided a generous donation to Smith’s Catching Hope Foundation. Catching Hope was founded by Smith and his wife Cara in 2021 to support programs that provide leadership, self-advocacy and self-sufficiency to underprivileged children in Los Angeles and Louisville. 

“It’s been incredible – we’ve really felt the love from the L.A. community,” Smith said. “This year’s parade was even bigger than last year’s. Dodgers Stadium was packed; fans were cheering and smiling. It never gets old – we do it right here in L.A.”

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✍️ : Junior Contreras, Alyssa De La Cruz
📸: Courtesy of Justin Enriquez

The Beach found themselves down 17-11 before four-straight points from LBSU junior forward and lone returner from last s...
11/05/2025

The Beach found themselves down 17-11 before four-straight points from LBSU junior forward and lone returner from last season, Derrick Michael Xzavierro, and a three from Majstorovic completed a 7-0 run to put LBSU ahead 18-11.

“We were playing the way that we had been practicing,” Acker said. “We knew that it was going to be a tough ball game and I thought we were right there early to start the game and I thought we showed that we can compete.”

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✍️& 📸: Junior Contreras

CSULB Divest, a coalition of student activists, comprises of 13 student organizations and has approximately 800 members ...
11/05/2025

CSULB Divest, a coalition of student activists, comprises of 13 student organizations and has approximately 800 members who collaborate to advocate for change on campus regarding divestment, accessibility, student resources and more.

The 11 organizations currently aligned with CSULB Divest:
* Students for Justice in Palestine ()
* La F.U.E.R.Z.A Student Association ()
* Anakbayan Long Beach ()
* For Undocumented and Empowered Leaders ()
* Chicanx/Latinx Studies Student Association ()
* Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Student Association ()
* Muslim Student Association ()
* Pakistani Student Association ()
* Middle Eastern and North African Student Association (.csulb)
* Students for Socialism
* Students for Quality Education ()

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✍️ : Joshua Flores
📸: Charlotte LoCicero

One stop along the dash was the University Library, where students could visit the Special Collections and University Ar...
11/04/2025

One stop along the dash was the University Library, where students could visit the Special Collections and University Archives as an extra bonus location to receive more raffle tickets.

University Archivist Heather Steele Gajewski said while no item in their collection was considered spooky, there were some that caught her by surprise

✍️&📸: Jason Green

LBSU’s season was ended last year by UC Riverside in the first round of the conference tournament, where the Highlanders...
11/04/2025

LBSU’s season was ended last year by UC Riverside in the first round of the conference tournament, where the Highlanders limited The Beach to shooting just over 25% from the field.

Sophomore JaQuoia Jones-Brown is a rising star point guard for an LBSU team looking to improve this season.

Earning Big West All-American Freshman Team honors last year, Jones-Brown averaged 7.1 points and 5.4 rebounds per game while shooting 34.7% from beyond the arc.

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✍️ : Brianna Apodaca
📸: Devin Malast

From gangster SpongeBob to Coraline, students dressed in their best costumes and treated themselves to clothes, accessor...
11/03/2025

From gangster SpongeBob to Coraline, students dressed in their best costumes and treated themselves to clothes, accessories and jewelry at Thrift Club’s “Thrift or Treat” event on Oct. 30.

Vendors took center stage on the patio of the Student Recreation and Wellness Center, selling accessories such as phone charms, handmade bracelets and keychains, while others sold handbags and clothing.

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✍️ : Ni Baliness
📸: Eddy Cermeno

On Thursday, Oct. 30, the dimming lights of Lecture Hall 151 gave way to silence as students, staff and guests settled i...
11/03/2025

On Thursday, Oct. 30, the dimming lights of Lecture Hall 151 gave way to silence as students, staff and guests settled in for a screening of “Reporting From Uvalde.”

The documentary explores how journalists covering the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting, which left 19 fourth graders and two teachers dead, carried the burden of trauma and grief long after the cameras shut off.

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✍️ : Anna Kuchison
📸: Charlotte LoCicero

From those early days, Mirzaee was hooked, and after moving to the U.S. at age 19, Mirzaee enrolled at Golden West Colle...
10/31/2025

From those early days, Mirzaee was hooked, and after moving to the U.S. at age 19, Mirzaee enrolled at Golden West College, splitting time between teaching and tutoring kids in AI machine learning and the programming language Python.

That tutoring background would come in handy later, when Mirzaee first met and worked with the student who became the club’s future vice president.

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✍️ : Sean Mentzer and JayDe Beaudry
📸: Jason Ramirez

Students are walking past active construction zones and lining up at food trucks daily, but is this the reality being pr...
10/30/2025

Students are walking past active construction zones and lining up at food trucks daily, but is this the reality being presented to students who are considering spending their next four years here?

✍️: Josh Gentle and Mariana Ramos
📸: Charlotte LoCicero, Jorge Hernandez

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