I’ve always dreamed about being with a dirty politician, haven’t you? Just thinking about hooking up with one, especially a politician that loves to pollute, just gets my feathers ruffled and gets me all hot and bothered. NOT, and Greenpeace shares my sentiment. Just in time for this week’s love fest, known as Valentine’s day, Greenpeace created a spoof dating site for those government officials who have lovely records and like to cozy up to corporate polluters. The site is… Read more

A.S. allocated additional funds to African Student Organization (ASO) and LGBTA from an account of “unassigned contingency funds” which holds $80,000, said Vahan Khodanian, director of finance. ASO received $800 for a Black History Month benefit concert to supplement their $6,000 budget while LGTBA was granted an unofficial loan of $885 for Gay Prom. Khodanian said despite looming budget cuts to the CSU, these supplemental allocations were equivalent to only one percent of A.S.’s budget for the remainder of the… Read more

The use and definition of “Conscious Ecology” is meant to act in a conscious manner about our environment, which involved us the people. Environmental sustainability isn’t only about the”green” aspect like conserving energy, money, water and recycling or down cycling items, it is that and more. Sustainability deals with the people and food, for example, making sure that people live well especially from the products they produce, for those that do since a lot of our consumption comes from them/that,… Read more

Lightning strikes the earth on average 100 times per second which adds up to a mind boggling 8,640,000 zaps every day! For researchers across the nation, this number helps provide frequent opportunity for further study. These scientists have been given the nickname of Lightning Chasers. Everything in life requires a balance, even the earth. Therefore, lightning is the natural mechanism for energy particles to balance between earth and the atmosphere. This incredible weather phenomenon has sparked some ingenious ideas for… Read more

I’m sorry, the inner broke college student meets fashionista loves the retailer H&M, but the inner tree-hugger is not too fond of the brand. I’m not that forgiving when it comes to second, third and fourth chances. H&M, I love your prices and your fashions, but I do not love your practices. In the past year, the retailer has made news by being accused of destroying new clothing by the New York Times, using sweatshops (side note: an H&M sweatshop… Read more

The A.S. Senate heard a special presentation Tuesday from the California State Student Association (CSSA) that addressed the statewide student government organization’s plans for health care reform on campuses. Christopher Chavez, president of CSSA and CSU Long Beach student, said the Obama administration’s health care reform bill will have significant impact on those students who are insured through their university. “Much of how campuses run their health care does not fit the definitions in the new bill,” said Chavez. The… Read more

The top three levels of the G3 parking structure on the east side of campus are closed for tonight’s performance of the Russian National Ballet’s performance of Swan Lake at VPAC.  In an e-mail to students, the department of police services asked students to seek alternative parking facilities starting at 3 p.m., in order to reduce parking congestion.

We cannot be too naive or ignorant nowadays. We really can’t. Technology, some may argue, has turned many into zombies, though now on its own but as a big support, it helps us educate and inform ourselves. Point being, so much is going out there, out in the world and the main aspect of life that makes my stomach turn and even upset, though willing to something about it, is poverty. We Americans love to spend our money, good or… Read more

It might seem that since humanity’s technological gismos have evolved at such a rapid pace, there would be no further interest in outside worlds. For the collective bunch, this may appear to be true, however, scientists are feverishly working on contact with extraterrestrials. In the January 2011 edition of Scientific American, I stumbled across an article written by Tim Folger about contacting civilizations in other galaxies. Curiosity sparked my interest since questions of “are we alone in the universe?” have… Read more