Congress passed a student loans bill Friday, preventing interest rates from doubling on direct Stafford loans and saving millions of dollars for many college students. The bill, which passed in the House 373-52 and in the Senate 74-19, will keep the interest rate on direct subsidized Stafford loans at 3.4[Read More…]
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No decision from CSU on tuition buyout, UC agrees to the deal
With state legislators offering the Cal State University an additional $125 million in state funding, the CSU now faces a heavy question: to rescind the 9 percent tuition increase or not to rescind. Last week, Gov. Jerry Brown signed an education trailer bill that promised an extra $125 million in[Read More…]
Coca-Cola Foundation gives $500,000 in grants to CSULB students
Cal State Long Beach has become a little sweeter for 25 incoming freshmen who will receive a four-year grant from the Coca-Cola Foundation. CSULB is one of 17 campuses in the nation that will split a $5 million dollar grant from the foundation. CSULB will receive $500,000 dollars to benefit[Read More…]
CSULB Engineering students participate in global competition
Two Cal State Long Beach engineering students finished as one of the top teams Friday in an international engineering and business competition that took place in Paris. The competition, called Go Green In The City, featured CSULB students Pushpender Singh, a senior electronics engineering major, and Manmeen Kaur, a junior[Read More…]
Cal State senior appointed as first student trustee on chancellor search committee
Human rights activist and Cal State University Chico student, Jillian Ruddell, has been selected as the single student trustee to be a part of the selection process for the next CSU chancellor. Ruddell is part of the eight-member special committee that will meet 10 a.m. to noon Thursday in the[Read More…]
Japanese Tree Cutting Ceremony: Photo Slideshow
Daily 49er named No. 1 college newspaper in SoCal
The Daily 49er was awarded best college newspaper for the 2011-12 school year at the annual Southern California Journalism Awards held last Sunday. The Los Angeles Press Club has honored journalists for 54 years at the Southern California Journalism Awards. The Daily 49er ranked above the Los Angeles Collegian from[Read More…]
The art of tree trimming
Most people may not think of trimming trees as being a “traditional art form,” but to Cal State Long Beach alumnus Tash Kushi, there is no other way to trim a black pine tree. The Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden hosted a workshop Sunday to educate spectators about the unique[Read More…]
Proposition 29 cigarette tax failing by narrow margin
Supporters of Proposition 29 have admitted defeat after nearly three weeks of vote counting. The California ballot initiative was designed to raise the tax on cigarette packs by $1 to fund cancer research. Although the official vote count will not be released until early July, supporters of Prop. 29 have[Read More…]
Pleas for an improved chancellor arise during BOT open forum
Heads turned as Susan Green, a California Faculty Association member, rolled out a 76-page report with the results of a survey that questioned 1,200 CFA members on what they wanted in a new chancellor. Many were not surprised by the numerous qualities faculty members are looking for in Charles B. Reed’s[Read More…]