Associated Students Inc. Senate members voted no on the Negative Propaganda Act 9 in their meeting Wednesday. The resolution sponsored by ASI Senator-at-Large Mark Rizk called for the removal of the image of revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara from a mural in the McIntosh building. The 480-square-foot mural, which spans two[Read More…]
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GRE changes an attempt to ease testing process
A new version of the Graduate Record Examination is scheduled to go into effect by September 2011. According to Inside Higher Ed, more than 600,000 applicants take the GRE annually in order to get into graduate school. The Educational Testing Service (ETS) plans to modify parts of the test’s content[Read More…]
Proposal hopes to remove Che Guevara from mural
More than 40 years after the death of Ernesto “Che” Guevara, students at Cal State Long Beach protest the placement of his image next to other historical figures in a campus mural an Associated Students Inc. senator calls “propaganda that promotes a murderer.” The Negative Propaganda Act 9 to be[Read More…]
High cost drives some students away from dorms
A new requirement asking incoming freshmen to live on campus next year is making current students glad they will not be freshmen next year. The requirement, developed by the Division of Student Services and approved by Cal State Long Beach President F. King Alexander, was introduced to Associated Students Inc.[Read More…]
CSULB community has mixed thoughts on Afghanistan troop increase
President Barack Obama announced last Tuesday plans to send 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, and some Cal State Long Beach students and faculty are questioning the decision. The plans were announced during a speech in front of cadets at West Point and broadcast live on television. The troop increase will[Read More…]
CSUs to make exceptions to keep special programs alive
The California State University system is planning to prioritize its enrollment by setting aside enrollment slots for athletes, ROTC, musicians and other special-skills students this fall. The decision is being made amidst plans to cut enrollment in the system by 40,000 students next year. A $564-million budget cut is affecting[Read More…]
CSULB receives 71,000 undergraduate applications for fall 2010
Cal State Long Beach received the most undergraduate applications of the 23 California State University campuses for the fall 2010 semester. At 69,656 prospective students, the university also broke its own record for the number of applicants. Including international students, the applications top 71,000. Of those students, however, only 5,500 will[Read More…]
Professor calls for a revolution
In the wake of the 99th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution, Cal State Long Beach professor Armando Vazquez-Ramos wants to ensure that students understand the historical and contemporary implications the revolution has in today’s society. “There is no student movement against the war, budget crisis or [a movement] to boot[Read More…]
Audit reveals Cal State official received over $150,000 in ‘improper reimbursements’
Students in the California State University system may not know everything their fees help pay for, but they’d probably be surprised to learn that one CSU official used University money to pay for trips to China, Amsterdam, and Australia. In a report released Dec. 3, California State Auditor Elaine Howle[Read More…]
CSULB moot team in court with other colleges this weekend
Cal State Long Beach will host the American Collegiate Moot Court Association’s Western Regional this weekend for the eighth year in a row. Moot court is a simulation of a court proceeding. Each team is made up of two individuals who argue a hypothetical legal case in front of a[Read More…]