Although she was covered in fake blood from severe burns and wore clothes that were in tatters, Aileen Chen was full of excitement playing the role of an injured passenger from a plane crash at the Long Beach Airport (LGB) Triennial Drill on Friday. During this drill, the airport conducted[Read More…]
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OBAMA: Don’t let loan rates double
President Obama is calling on Congress to stop interest rates on student loans from doubling, continuing a push to make higher education a campaign issue. The U.S. Department of Education offers six different federal loans but if Congress doesn’t act before July 1 the interest rate on subsidized Stafford loans[Read More…]
Daily 49er wins eight awards
The Daily 49er was recognized for excellence in student media this weekend, taking home eight top prizes at the California College Media Association (CCMA) awards – the most in almost a decade. Stefan Agregado, Daily 49er photo editor, won first place for best sports photo, best photo series and best[Read More…]
ASI resolution changes selection process for Students-at-large
The Associated Students Inc. Senate approved a resolution to amend a Lobby Corps bylaw that would change the way Students-at-Large are selected, on its first reading Wednesday. In the current process of selecting Students-at-Large for Lobby Corps, the ASI president interviews applicants and then recommends potential candidates to the Senate[Read More…]
Reed moves to keep grad student grant programs in place
Cal State University Chancellor Charles Reed moved yesterday to keep graduate student State University Grants (SUGs) in place for the 2012-13 academic year, after speculation that some grants would be eliminated. Reed and all 23 CSU presidents met for their regular bimonthly meeting in Long Beach, where they discussed a[Read More…]
Business student scores prestigious internship with Gallup Company
Cal State Long Beach graduate student Lucy Craig was selected out of almost 1,300 applicants from business schools across the country for an internship with The Gallup Company. According to Craig, she is one of seven applicants chosen to intern with the research-based consulting company. Craig will be working as[Read More…]
Bill to allow students to approve fees
The Cal State University system and Cal State Long Beach President F. King Alexander are speaking out against a new bill that could give students the final say in establishing mandatory fees on CSU campuses. Last week, the bill, Senate Bill 960, passed through California’s Senate Education Committee. It was[Read More…]
Professor overcomes obstacles to lose weight
Two years ago Nancy Adams, a high school drop out turned Cal State Long Beach professor, decided she had one more challenge to conquer: her lifelong battle with obesity. Diet after diet had failed, and she knew that losing weight would be a big challenge. But challenges are nothing new[Read More…]
Masturbator ‘yanked’ from library
A student was caught masturbating at a computer station in the Spidell Technology Center in the University Library on April 11 around 12:35 p.m., Brown said. The reporting party had described the suspect as an Asian man in his late 20s with black, spiked hair, wearing a brown striped shirt[Read More…]
Donate Life spreads awareness of need for organ, tissue donation
About 50 students gathered outside Peterson Hall 1 for an opportunity to win prizes and submerge volunteers into a dunk tank in between classes on Tuesday. Sean Pellerin, graduate student and host of KBeach’s 3Up 3Down show, created the event with nonprofit organization Donate Life, to spread awareness about the[Read More…]