News

• Academic advisers aid in major selection
  Cal State Long Beach requires all students declare a major by the time they earn 60 units, but many students come to CSULB unsure of what they want to do with their lives. With 76 different baccalaureate degrees offered on campus, the selection process can be confusing and frustrating.
  

• Parking problems promote ingenuity
  Parking can be a nightmare during the first several weeks on campus. Some students might witness frantic lane changes, experience the monotonous search between endless lanes of cars or partake in the old-fashioned cat-and-mouse game: following a student to his or her car and getting the parking spot.
  
  
• Center specializes in student health care
  Student Health Services (SHS), on the corner of Beach Street and Merriam Way, provides medical services, preventive health and health education programs for registered students and faculty members.
  
  
• Senate appoints Ronald for elections officer
  In a brief special meeting on Jan 11., the Associated Students Senate unanimously approved a resolution appointing the government elections officer for the coming semester.
  
  
• Research tools abundant at library
  Cal State Long Beach University Library offers a variety of services available to students to help them on- and off-campus.
  
  
  

Opinion

• Our View: Study habits necessary for new semester
  Winter break has come to an end and, for most of us, the change between leisurely deciding the agenda for the day and sticking to a rigorous, demanding schedule can be excruciating.
  
  
• Pledge of Allegiance respectful, necessary
  Last month, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida filed suit against a high school on behalf of a student who claims he was harassed and ridiculed by teachers and administrators for not standing and participating in the Pledge of Allegiance.
  
  
• L.A. water wars deprive California valley
  Ah, good old bottled water. Citizens of Southern California just guzzle the stuff, almost as much as they guzzle gas. But do any of us ever stop to think where that water comes from?
  
  
• Substitute your 21 shots for 21 hugs, kisses, spankings
  So, you are turning 21. You’ve got your big party planned out. All the friends you have had since preschool will be present to celebrate and enjoy the festivities. But did it ever cross your mind this could be the last night of your life?
  

• Readymade is a guide for the crafty, wasteless
  As Californians we try to recycle our cans and bottles to help fix the environment, so that we may say we made a difference. However, do you ever ask yourself: Is there more I can do to avoid waste or recycle some of my everyday products? Well look no further, for the founders of Readymade magazine have just published the book: “Readymade, How to Make (Almost) Everything.”
  
  
• Long Beach area offers various attractions, experiences
  Long Beach is a city full of interesting places to go and see. At first glance one may just see a regular California city, with its many donut shops and gas stations, but there is more to Long Beach than meets the eye.