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Originally Posted by navane
For what's it's worth, when I was an undergrad at CSU-Long Beach, there was a question brought before the students are to whether or not to officially change the name to "Long Beach State University". The measure was voted down. We did, however, officially vote in the 'previously unofficial' school colors of black and gold. 
I don't know if things were different before or after I went there (mid-late 1990s), but I never heard anyone call CSULB "State" and I lived in Long Beach for 7 years. We called it "The Beach". Though, here in San Diego, "State" most definitely refers to SDSU. |
The locals definitely call CSULB "State. " As opposed to City...y'know, the University of Carson&Clark?!!! I wondered when they officially changed the colors...there was a proposal in the 80's to change the mascot and the colors to something more "ocean" themed but nobody really liked the idea! I think they started selling all the "Beach State" stuff about that time but it took a little while to catch on...Kelly, do you know when the baseball team adopted Dirtbags as their nickname?
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