Journalism Day


Speaker • James O’Byrne, features editor at the New Orleans Times-Picayune, fought through Hurricane Katrina to bring New Orleans news, which in turn helped win the paper the Pulitzer Prize. O’Bryne, the keynote speaker at the annual Journalism Day, shared his experience with journalism students and answered any questions they had pertaining to news coverage of a disaster. Tracey Roman / Online Forty-Niner

News

• Students oppose 49er/Dig referendum
  The consensus of the small percentage of Cal State Long Beach students who voted in the 49er and Dig Referendum ruled against a $4 student fee increase which would fund the two publications.
  
  
  
  
• Kaleidoscope brings music, awareness and fun to CSULB
  More than 30,000 people accumulated at Cal State Long Beach’s campus Saturday for the 21st annual Kaleidoscope festival and open house.
  
  
  
• CSULB Multicultural Festival highlights diversity
  Students had the opportunity to visit with more than 20 cultural, religious and social organization booths last Thursday as a part of the Second Annual Multicultural Festival. The event, sponsored by Associated Students Inc., was meant to give students and organizations an opportunity to meet and learn, event organizers said.