Dust to dust

Ashes • The Rev. Tom Glynn from the Beach Catholic Neuman celebrated mass to commemorate Ash Wednesday for Catholic students on campus. Ashes are drawn on foreheads to remind the faithful they come from dirt and will return to dirt upon death.
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News

• PRSSA reconstructs Habitat for Humanity
  After being inactive for three years due to a lack of commitment, the Cal State Long Beach chapter of Habitat for Humanity (H4H) is hoping to revive itself with the help of Public Relations Students Society of America (PRSSA) and the University Student Union.
  
  
  
• Long Beach transit stops gets smart
  The Long Beach Transit installed 15 TranSmart signs — solar-powered electronic signs that display bus arrivals at real-time — in adition to the 13 already in operation.
  
  
• CHLS department chairman’s book honored
  Department chairman of chicano and Latino studies (CHLS) at Cal State Long Beach Victor Rodriguez received an honorable mention for his book “Latino Politics in the United States: Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Class in the Mexican American and Puerto Rican Experience,” from the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights at the 2005 Myers Outstanding Book Awards in December for books on the topic of discrimination.
  
  
• Sen. promotes participation, involvement
  Ashley Stanton uses her position as senator-at-large to help students at Cal State Long Beach and the community through her volunteer work and involvement in student government.
  
  
  
• Senate approves student fee increase options
  In their longest meeting yet this semester, the Associated Students Senate debated and approved the ASI fee increase options to be presented to students at the spring elections March 27-29.
  
  
  
  

Diversions

• ‘Block Party’ shows music, comedy for social change
  Dave Chappelle, Comedy Central’s famed funnyman, has made a career from stand-up comedy and his role in the hit film “Half Baked.” However, in his new documentary, “Dave Chappelle’s Block Party,” but he demonstrates he has not only perfected the art of laughter, he also has a passion for music and is concerned with the betterment of the disadvantaged, urban community.
  
  

• Aerosmith return to rock Anaheim Arrowhead Pond
  Aerosmith and Lenny Kravitz ended four months of touring together with a show at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim Friday night. This show, along with a show at the Staples Center in Los Angeles earlier last week, marks Aerosmith’s first performance in Southern California in over two years.
  
  

 

 

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