COE to participate in Kaleidoscope

The College of Engineering is set to participate on Saturday in Kaleidoscope, Cal State Long Beach's annual festival.

According to a CSULB press release, Engineering Day will allow visitors — from both the campus and local community — to view and complete demonstrations relating to engineering science. Last year, they held an intercollegiate MicroMouse competition, in which small robot mice race to get through a maze.

Kaleidoscope will be from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, visit the CSULB website. A full guide of the event should be posted by Friday.

Here is a video of last year's Kaleidoscope:

Obama pro-engineering

President Barack Obama, who flew over Cal State Long Beach on Wednesday on his way to Costa Mesa, suggested on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno that there should be more students studying engineering.

According to Computerworld, Obama said, "We need young people, instead of — a smart kid coming out of school, instead of wanting to be an investment banker, we need them to decide if they want to be an engineer, they want to be a scientist, they want to be a doctor or a teacher."

Here is the full interview: