Sparked by the fiscal crisis and its negative effects on campus, the Solidarity Symposium will address how the California State University budget crisis has affected underrepresented people on campus, such as blacks and Latinos. Speakers at the event will discuss how fee hikes and program cuts are going to affect[Read More…]
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California now ‘part of the terrible 12’
Cal State Long Beach President F. King Alexander reported on California’s budget problem at the Academic Senate meeting Thursday. Alexander’s presentation was originally used in Sacramento, where he spoke at the third public hearing for the Joint Committee on the Master Plan for Higher Education on Feb. 17. He brought[Read More…]
ASI recycling center gets help from state Assembly
A bill that could save services at the university’s recycling center headed to the governor’s desk after being approved by the California Assembly. Lee Johnson, Associated Students Inc. recycling coordinator, said in an e-mail, “ABX8 7 just passed out of the Assembly with overwhelming bipartisan support. That is the bill[Read More…]
AMA launches its first annual regional conference
The Cal State Long Beach American Marketing Association is presenting its first Southern California Regional Collegiate Conference this weekend. Open to the entire College of Business Administration, the conference invited five Southern California AMA chapters: University of California, Irvine; University of California, San Diego; Cal State Fullerton, Cal Poly Pomona,[Read More…]
CSULB Mandarin Chinese program gets $2.88M
As 2010 begins, colleges are initiating new programs to further educate a generation that is dealing with one of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Recently, President Barack Obama passed a U.S. Defense bill giving $2.88 million to the Strategic Learning Initiative (SLI). “This bill will improve foreign[Read More…]
Faculty not represented in board of trustees
It has been seven months since the California State University board of trustees has had a faculty member representative, yet a new faculty trustee has not yet been appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Craig Smith, former Cal State Long Beach film and electronic arts department chair, stepped down from the[Read More…]
LB Internet could be powered by Google
Google recently announced that it plans to advance a high-speed Internet connection, and city councilors are proposing that Long Beach gets involved. Google announced Feb. 10 that it plans to build and test a new high-speed broadband network in trial locations across the country. Google has asked government officials and[Read More…]
Library to stay open all day, night during finals
When students think of finals week, too much caffeine and a complete lack of sleep usually come to mind. This semester, Cal State Long Beach students can enjoy that stressful week together, around the clock. The library will be open 24 hours a day during finals week due to last[Read More…]
Professor runs to the music
Running marathons is not an easy task. But raising money for the University Wind Quintet is not, either. As a member of the West Point Army Band from 1969 to 1972, John Barcellona was an accomplished flutist early in his life. But it wasn’t until the late 1980s that the[Read More…]
CARD Act keeps young consumers from ‘getting in over their heads with credit cards’
The Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act was placed into effect Monday with the intent to protect credit card consumers from unfair credit card billing and fees. President Barack Obama signed the CARD Act into law last spring. Aside from some of the major new protections, there are[Read More…]