The opening of the Student Recreation and Wellness Center this fall will also bring an added fee of $116 each semester. Students voted in February 2007 in favor of building the Student Recreation and Wellness Center (SRWC). The fee referendum included an agreement to give Associated Students Inc. the ability[Read More…]
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Chicana Feminism Conference to host workshops for both women, men
“Ya basta!” — or “enough!” — is the slogan used by civil rights activists in Mexico. The phrase is now being used by a new group on campus to express their discontentment with suffering. Conciencia Femenil will host its first Chicana Feminism Conference at the Anatol Center today at 5[Read More…]
Social media makes its mark on younger generation
If you’re one of the 175 million people who log onto Facebook everyday, then you may be constantly exposed to marketing messages, according to sociologist Hope Schau. Cal State Long Beach Associate Dean for Accreditation Mary Wolfinbarger-Celsi introduced Schau to about 110 people in the College of Business Administration lecture[Read More…]
Provost finalist wants to ‘push and prod’
Check out how it all started here – Search for new provost begins With experience as a professor, department chair and dean at Cal State Fullerton, provost finalist Anil Puri wants to make Cal State Long Beach a cutting edge, innovative campus. With enough funds for faculty members to research applicable[Read More…]
Recreation center ready to open in fall
The opening of the Student Recreation and Wellness Center this fall will also bring an added fee of $110 each semester. Students voted in February 2007 in favor of building the Student Recreation and Wellness Center (SRWC). The fee is part of a debt reduction because the school took a[Read More…]
CSULB students seeking different writing services on campus
As budget cuts limit the resources of the Writer’s Resource Lab, more students are being turned over to the Research Paper Clinic. No additional staff has been hired at the resource lab, and space is an issue, according to Todd Fox, coordinator of the lab. “We’re outgrowing our capacity,” Fox[Read More…]
Nursing students to volunteer for Haitian orphans
Students across the country are making travel plans for the upcoming spring break, but contrary to popular belief, not all are heading out just to have fun. Four Cal State Long Beach nursing students will be traveling to the island of Hispaniola to volunteer in poverty-stricken communities in the Dominican[Read More…]
Group starts petition to oust Kevin MacDonald
An organization has started a petition to get psychology professor Kevin MacDonald removed from his position because of his personal views. Doug Kauffman, an activist and student at Cal State Long Beach, said more than 1,000 people have already signed the petition created by Students Fight Back. “The ones who[Read More…]
UAM receives grant to examine post-WWII California
The Getty Foundation recently announced that the University Art Museum (UAM) was chosen to receive part of a $3.1 million grant to fund its forthcoming initiative highlighting a post-World War II California, beginning September 2011 through fall 2012. The initiative, called “Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980,” is the[Read More…]
Academic Senate OKs new graduation policy
The Academic Senate approved Thursday a new policy for the 2010-11 catalog that will keep some students from adding additional degree objectives. The new policy states that students may earn up to 120 percent of the number of units required for the degree in their declared primary major. Any additional[Read More…]