Students at Cal State Long Beach say no human mascot for the school is acceptable, ... we came to know that the 1849 California gold rush was a time in history when the indigenous peoples of ...

California State University, Long Beach has announced the shark as the new mascot for the university. A 53% student-led vote chose “sharks” over “stingrays” and even considered not having ...

Cal State Long Beach is sending Prospector Pete packing. Cal State Long Beach retires Prospector Pete mascot amid cries of racism and genocide during California gold rush - Los Angeles Times ...

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Cal State Long Beach President Jane Close Conoley said during Prospector Pete’s retirement that a new mascot will be up for discussion during Beach 2030, a two-day online forum in November that ...

California State University, Long Beach, is ditching its historical mascot amid accusations of racism and officially moving to pick either a new symbol get rid of the mascot altogether.

Connor King, who is the man under the Prospector Pete mascot costume, pumps up the crowd at a Long Beach State men”s basketball game at Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, CA. on Thursday, January 9 ...

"As long as it's not a giraffe, I think it'd be okay, because it has nothing to do with California or the beach," student Alex Romero said with a laugh.

Students at California State University Long Beach are searching for a mascot with the help of an online poll after the university decided Prospector Pete would no longer be the face of the school ...

Long Beach State leaned more heavily into "The Beach" once Prospector Pete was removed. "We have evolved from Prospector Pete," Conoley said in 2018 . “We are more than one mascot.

Cal State Long Beach is sending Prospector Pete packing. The towering bronze statue that sits in the plaza outside the liberal arts building soon will be relocated to a less prominent place on ...

Cal State Long Beach’s mascot Prospector Pete will soon be no more. After more than a year of controversy over whether to remove the statue of Prospector Pete, Cal State Long Beach President ...