Eddy Cermeno


Long Beach Current •

How Apple could make the switch to console gaming

As Apple continues to improve and release new custom processors for its devices each year, it should invest more in video gaming.
With a dedicated gaming console, Apple can bring more video games from developers to its platforms.
The most console-like product Apple makes is the Apple TV streaming device.
If Apple were to upgrade its current Apple TV device with a more powerful processor, it would be capable of handling graphics-intensive games sold on other consoles.
Apple TV allows people to st...
Long Beach Current •

CSULB awarded $2.6 million engineering federal grant

Long Beach State and city officials announced that the College of Engineering received a $2.6 million federal grant during a ceremony held at the Vivian Engineering Center Courtyard on Monday, Oct. 20.
The grant from the Economic Development Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce helps fund public projects that support workforce development.
With the grant, the College of Engineering will be able to purchase equipment for labs that work with satellites, rocketry, advanced manufacturin...
Long Beach Current •

Rainy day at The Beach: CSULB weathered a storm

The daily commute around campus was disrupted as rain poured down onto the open spaces of Long Beach State, causing students to scatter and huddle on Tuesday, Oct. 14.
The CSULB community dealt with the effects of the storm during the morning as they navigated a wet campus with umbrellas to find their way to covered areas to avoid having damp clothes throughout the rest of the day.
As people arrived on campus around 9 a.m., the sky was cloudy and dark with gusts of wind swaying tree branches bac...
Long Beach Current •

Liquid Glass: How iOS 26 is making a clear path toward the future

Ever since I first owned an iPhone in 2019, the digital interface of Apple’s smartphone operating system has remained the same. However, because I joined the Apple ecosystem six years after the 2013 iOS 7 design overhaul, I didn’t get to experience that change.
The unveiling of the Liquid Glass software design at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference on June 9 intrigued me.
A major shift in the software design language in iOS would allow me to experience a change in its user interface that I w...
Long Beach Current •

Faith and action: How a local organization is enacting social justice reform

Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice members are working to raise awareness and seek solutions to local issues impacting marginalized communities, including the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and recent immigration detentions.
Two members of the organization, CLUE, discussed programs and campaigns addressing these issues at an event in the Academic Services building on Tuesday, Sept. 16.
CLUE is a faith-based organization where faith leaders and community members collaborate to help people wi...
El Camino College The Union •

Find Your Frame: see through the lens of 5 types of glasses worn by students

Glasses are used to enhance your vision with a prescription, protect your eyes from UV radiation from the sun or make a fashion statement as an outfit accessory. According to research by Overnight Glasses, approximately 66% of adults in the United States used some form of vision correction including eyeglasses, contact lenses and/or vision correction surgery in 2023. From sunglasses bought on Amazon and flea markets, to prescription glasses worn for years, Warrior Life asked five El Camino Colle...
El Camino College The Union •

The Hairapist is in: a mother’s experience with freelancing, her educational career and cancer

A black makeup toolkit is pulled from a suitcase and set on a desk.
Once it is opened, a colorful assortment of products organized in pockets such as brushes, face and eyeshadow primers, facial moisturizer and hair clips are ready to use.
An El Camino College student sits on a salon chair in the college’s cosmetology department. A black makeup cape is draped over her and a tissue is wrapped around her neck.
Yuika Nakai, 25, a cosmetology major, is asked if she is comfortable in her current posit...
El Camino College The Union •

From classroom to curator: A rebel artist’s journey

Carrie Lockwood was sitting in her kindergarten class when she was a child.
She was cutting a workpiece of paper with scissors.
Her teacher noticed something, knelt beside Lockwood and asked, “Carrie, why can you not cut on the lines?”
She was floored by that question.
“Why do I have to cut on the lines? Why can’t I cut where I want to cut?” Lockwood said to herself.
For Lockwood, that moment is when she knew she had an art mentality.
A rebel artist was born.
Years later, Lockwood, 62, is now an...

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