Long Beach State’s Annual Campus Security Report, released Oct. 1, showed that some felonies have decreased in the past two years, namely liquor and drug law arrests. The report is a mandatory annual release in conjunction with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crimes Statistics Act,[Read More…]
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ASI kicks off Homelessness Awareness Week by hosting a panel with students who have used the Basic Needs Program
Jorge Sandoval, a graduate psychology major, had to take an educational leave because college turned out to be too expensive. Just before his return, Sandoval was injured a car accident that left him unable to work. However, Sandoval was able to use the Student Emergency Grant and food resources to[Read More…]
CSUN fight to keep Ethnic Studies
Correction: Executive Order 1110 and 1100R will not eliminate the need for students to take courses in Ethnic Studies. California State University, Northridge and Long Beach State joined forces on Thursday to discuss their grievances on the Executive Order 1100R and 1110. The meeting was held in the multicultural building[Read More…]
Protesters defend ethnic and gender studies during Board of Trustees meeting
Correction: Executive Order 1110 and 1100R will not eliminate the need for students to take courses in Ethnic Studies. A circle of concerned students and professors from Long Beach State and California State University, Northridge, among other campuses, gathered near the entrance of the CSU Chancellor’s office Tuesday, chanting slogans[Read More…]
CSU audit finds administrative and operational problems in ASI and SLD
After the California State University system audited student organizations at Long Beach State earlier this year, it found “operational, administrative, and financial” issues that will change the way Associated Students Inc. administers funds and how clubs organize events. Auditors found that 26 out of the 40 LBSU sports clubs were[Read More…]
Justice for Josiah takes to the Board of Trustees with a list of demands
With only a minute-and-a-half to make her case to the Board of Trustees on the institutional racism she believes is present in the California State University system, Charmaine Lawson found herself speaking far past the allotted time. Supporters of Lawson’s cause gave the grieving mother their time to allow her[Read More…]
Senate Bill 320 to bring medication abortion services to all public universities in California
An abortion pill which allows the termination of pregnancies that are less than 10 weeks along, using mifepristone and misoprostol, may soon be offered at public university campuses across California if signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown. The California State Senate passed SB-320, Aug. 30, a bill that would[Read More…]
CSU launches fully online program to increase enrollment opportunities
The California State University system has introduced yet another program meant to help increase the number of students graduating in a timely manner. The new CSU Fully Online program will enable full-time students to take one free online course at another Cal State each term — a semester or a[Read More…]
Governor Brown approves $364 million for CSUs
After months of lobbying from students, faculty and legislators, California Governor Jerry Brown approved more funding for the California State University system June 12. State lawmakers approved the budget June 14, and Brown will have until the end of the month to sign it in. In January, Brown proposed a[Read More…]
CSULB doubles down on students doing ‘more in four’
Cal State Long Beach is climbing the ladder to elite school status as timely graduation rates continue to rise. But some students argue they actually suffer from the fast-paced movement in-and-out of college. The university system has shifted attention on its Graduation Initiative 2025, a $75 million plan to increase[Read More…]