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High gas prices leave students fuming

Some Cal State Long Beach students are being forced to re-evaluate their spring break plans as well as their normal driving habits due to increased gas prices. The United States Energy Information Administration reported Monday that the price of a gallon of regular unleaded gas on the West Coast was[Read More…]

Osher Life Learning receives $1 million

The Osher Foundation gave a $1 million endowment to Cal State Long Beach’s Osher Life Learning Institute (OLLI) last week for the second time. Barbara White, executive director of OLLI at CSULB, hopes that OLLI will be able to use the money to expand one of its current sites or[Read More…]

USU board to decide on repairing plumbing in building

Cal State Long Beach’s University Student Union is set to undergo an evaluation by the USU Board of Trustees to decide if infrastructure renovations should be made to the 40-year-old building.  Dave Edwards, USU executive director and Associated Students Inc. associate executive director, said recent piping and drainage issues in[Read More…]

Freedom Writers to show new documentary at CSULB

The Freedom Writers Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting at-risk students and their teachers, will host a screening of its documentary “Stories From an Undeclared War” at the Carpenter Center on Monday in an effort to reform the education system through inspiration and empowerment. Foundation President Erin Gruwell, whom[Read More…]

Students ‘PAVE the way’ with fresh design

Two Cal State Long Beach industrial design students were awarded $500 and an honorable mention at the international Planning and Visual Education 3-D Design Challenge in Las Vegas for their original store display. Sophomore Ayako Otani and senior Kelvin Harly worked as a team to put together a design that[Read More…]

ASI campaigns against cuts to child programs

The Associated Students Inc. Senate passed a resolution in opposition to Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed cuts to the state’s child development programs during its third reading Wednesday. According to the Preschool California website, Brown’s budget proposal would cut $517 million from programs and about 62,000 children would be affected by[Read More…]

Electrical outlets to be added to library

More electrical outlets will be installed this semester in the University Library before finals week. Lucy Nguyen, Associated Students Inc. president, contacted David Salazar, the associated vice president for physical planning and facilities management, via email about students’ need for more outlets. “[The issue has] always been on our radar,”[Read More…]

LA buildings to undergo $4 million renovations

Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to correct the cost of renovating Liberal Arts buildings 2, 3 and 4. Liberal Arts buildings 2, 3 and 4 will be closed from summer 2012 until fall 2013 due to seismic retrofitting and upgrades to the mechanical and electrical systems. LA 1[Read More…]

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