Mena works three on-campus jobs to support himself
Brianna Egan, Web Editor
August 8, 2011
Apolinar "Apple" Mena, pictured here at the game center, appreciates the convenience of working on campus. “Hey Apple!” A student slaps three dollar bills on the counter and saunters over to Lane 2, blue bowling ball in hand. The distinct ring of balls against pins against hardwood... Read more »
Mark Gonzales Aims for Medical School
Will Jones
August 8, 2011
Mark Gonzales will be there to greet you at the information desk of CSU Long Beach. He might also be the next person to put you under in your next surgery. As a chemistry major at CSU Long Beach, Gonzales fascinated by the creation of compounds such as plastics and metals. However, his plans go further... Read more »
Nancy Drew, Keep Up
Karina Reiss
August 8, 2011
“You can ask me questions if you power walk with me,” said Susan Taus. A nurse practitioner and recent graduate of Cal State Long Beach, Taus dedicated the last three and a half years of her life to her health and to her education only to find that the increase in her salary at the Departement... Read more »
Coffee: more than a daily grind
August 8, 2011
Coffee: the word conjures images of tired commuters drinking a mug at the start of a new day, students downing cup after cup in order to cram for a test late at night, or writers trying to get a burst of energy while working toward a looming deadline. However, for Rose Vanderkappellan, coffee helped... Read more »
Lenny Constanza: Future Psychologist
Alexis Maldonado, Web Editor
August 8, 2011
Lennie Constanza, a senior at Cal State University of Long Beach, is currently studying and majoring in psychology. Now how did this young man get interested in such a profession like this you may ask. Well, as Lenny explained, he was interested in seeing the different ways people act and why... Read more »
Jennifer the Journalist
Lauren Lee, News Editor
August 8, 2011
Professor Jennifer Flemming, a tall blond with a slight New York accent, walked into a noisy room filled with more than 40 high school journalists after lunch. She smiled softly as she opened up her laptop. But when she began talking, everyone else stopped talking. Flemming spoke to a Newspapers2 Editors... Read more »
A Maverick at the LA Times
Dot Cannon
August 13, 2010
Tony Pierce discovered his passion for journalism in the middle of a party. Well, sort of. Pierce, who is the LA Times’ blog editor, told the Newspapers2 class on Wednesday that he’d attended UC Santa Barbara, rather than UCLA, because he thought he would study more. What he found instead, Pierce... Read more »
Teen is national fencing champion
Christina Ko
August 13, 2010
When Jenn Horowitz, 14, started fencing at the age of 9, she had no idea that she would become the best female fencer of the Y14 age division in the nation. It began as a hobby; now it is a lifestyle. “I started fencing because when I was 9, my 7-year-old brother Charlie’s favorite hobby became hitting... Read more »
Teen strives for the simple life
Meghan Legg
August 13, 2010
Asleep between her floral green sheets, Cinthia Gonzalez dreams of the spiritual Mother Earth. Mother Earth leans down and whispers to Gonzalez, preaching minimalism and charity. Gonzalez listens, turns in her bed and begins striving to “live a simple life, giving to the community,” having done so... Read more »
California high school student volunteers at Cambodian orphanage
Madeline Perrault
August 13, 2010
Mayfield Senior School junior, Alana Victor, traveled across the world changing lives April. Victor and ten of her classmates visited the Sprouting Knowledge Orphanage (SKO) in Battambang, a province in Cambodia. There, the volunteers used their fundraising money toward buying cots, water purifiers,... Read more »
