News
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Grant • The
DENSO North America Foundation (DNAF)
has awarded the College of Engineering
at Cal State Long Beach a three-year,
$75,000 grant to establish a non-destructive
testing laboratory and support the
CSULB Society of Automotive Engineers’ student
Mini-Baja and Formula team cars. The
CSULB non-destructive testing lab will
give students hands-on experience in
quality control by learning procedures
and using equipment to identify defects
in manufactured parts without destroying
their functionality.
Entertainment • The Jewish Studies Program at CSULB
will host an on-campus Jewish Film Festival, presenting four films this Saturday
and Sunday in the University Theater. Tickets are $10 for each film if purchased
individually or $36 for a two-day pass for all four. For more information
on the Jewish Film Festival or tickets, call Nancy Weinberger at (562) 426-7601,
ext. 1012, or e-mail her at nweinberger@alpertjcc.org.
Service • Volunteers
are needed for the 21st Annual California
Coastal Cleanup Day, coordinated in Los
Angeles County by Heal the Bay, a Santa
Monica-based non-profit environmental
group. The event will take place
from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday in 12 Long
Beach locations including Belmont Plaza
Beach, Pierpoint Landing and San Gabriel
River north of Seventh Street. Potential
volunteers should call (800) HEAL-BAY,
ext. 122, or visit www.healthebay.org
to register or find the closest Los Angeles
County cleanup site.
Recovery • The
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
Airport reopened to commercial flights
Tuesday for the first time since Hurricane
Katrina struck more than two weeks ago,
and the port was back in operation, too,
as a battered New Orleans struggled to
get up and running again. The slow signs
of recovery came amid promises from the
White House and Federal Emergency Management
Agency to learn from their mistakes and
intensify their efforts to help the victims.
Health • Researchers fear the growing popularity of
portable music players and other items that attach directly to the ears — including
cell phones — is contributing to hearing loss in younger people. “It’s
a different level of use than we’ve seen in the past,” says Robert
Novak, director of clinical education in audiology at Purdue University in
Indiana. “It’s becoming more of a full-day listening experience,
as opposed to just when you’re jogging.” Increasingly, Novak
says he’s seeing too many young people with “older ears on younger
bodies.” |
