Design 360

An elevator sign created by Miranda Author, Kristina Baskovic and Matthew Letcher (Team 14) is on display at the Design 360 exhibition on Wednesday. Design 360 features student proposals for the Wayfinding system, or navigation system, for 1000 Park Avenue condominium. The 33-story luxury condominium intended for senior citizens will begin construction in 2011, said John Kleipeter, the program coordinator in the B.A. design program.

Super studying

Victoria Herman (blue) and Natasha Gigante, both senior nursing majors, study on the fifth floor of the library Tuesday night. Both were studying for their psychiatric mental health final and said the library has been more crowded this semester than in prior semesters. Gigante said keeping the library open for 24 hours is a good idea and wants its hours to remain that way year-round.

Marie Cruz, left, a graduate math major, and Erika Sanchez, a junior math major, study for their last quiz in their math numerical analysis class in the University Student Union Tuesday night. Both plan to study in the USU all throughout finals week. “This semester, I’m more tied down than other semesters,” Cruz said.

Rainy reign

Students and staff brave the rain to attend class outside the University Bookstore area and the Social Sciences and Public Administration building on Monday afternoon. Approximately 1.42 inches fell in Long Beach on Monday, according to the Los Angeles Times. City health officer Helene Calvet cautioned beachgoers to avoid beaches for 72 hours after rainfall due to high levels of bacteria entering the ocean, according to the Press-Telegram.

Holiday festival wrestling

Abe Itani, right, wrestles with Mohamad Itani during a holiday eid, or festival, in the area outside of the Fine Arts building on Sunday afternoon. The festival, hosted by the Muslim Student Association, marked the end of hajj, or the pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca, and celebrates the sacrifice of Ishamel by Abraham, said Shazia Kamal, a vendor at the festival. It featured food, clothing and games.

Filipino fundraising

Nicole Biala, left, a senior health science major, and Alyssa Telado, a junior psychology major, sell snacks and drinks to fundraise money for the Filipino Christmas fest on Monday outside the Liberal Arts 5 building. The Pilipino American Coalition and Kappa Psi Epsilon hosted the fundraiser. The Christmas fest will take place on Dec. 5 on the lawn outside of the University Student Union and features entertainment, performances, an art exhibit, food, vendors and a kids’ area, Telado said. The event celebrates Christmas in a Filipino tradition.

You Break It, You Buy It

An untitled piece is on display in the Marilyn Werby gallery at Cal State Long Beach in Laurence Barnett Rubin’s “You Break it, You Buy It” exhibition. The piece features keys hung on pegs. Rubin, a senior sculpture major, explained that keys serve two symbols — that of security and safety. The piece, he said, is a safe zone between his destructive pieces, and also represents a state of mind, as one cannot lose keys.

Foundation drawing

Julio Cruz, a freshman art education major, sketches a tree for his foundation drawing art class outside the Fine Arts buildings on Monday. His assignment was to draw a landscape using ink on watercolor paper with emphasis placed on the “value,” or the shading, of the work. Cruz picked the tree to draw because he found the position, specific angle and the roots of the tree to be interesting. “It feels so alive and vibrant,” he said.