22 West Magazine - 2022 Community Issue

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STUDENT LIFE

BY KAMRYN BOUYETT

A HUB FOR STUDENT ENGAGEMENT? AN INTERVIEW WITH @CSULBAFFIRMATIONS

Who is @csulbaffirmations you may ask? I don’t know.

and @csulb.art.building.heat.

The divide between students, faculty and admin-

Through private interviews, I asked some anonymous

Another popular account you may know is @

istration is more than severed. Students are done

accounts their perspective on the power of anonymity

csulbcuriosities, a page where students can submit

on social media. I also asked how they felt about new

photos from campus that they’re ‘curious’ about. @

@Csulbaffirmations is a page of affirmations that

accounts speaking on behalf of the student body of

Csulbcuriosities told me they were unable to commit

LBSU students can relate to. Although their page is

Long Beach, like @csulbtruth, @fundthearts.csulb,

to an interview due to their availability.

considered a meme page, their posts shed a light on

standing back with their complaints.

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