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Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events on campus and around Long Beach.

CFA to mourn students, higher ed plan

A service will be held Wednesday for the “death” of the California Master Plan for Higher Education in attempt to get California State University system administration to take a stronger leadership role. As the CSU board of trustees meets, the California Faculty Association will hold a mock funeral for the[Read More…]

CSULB honors lost, missing soldiers

Cal State Long Beach held its seventh annual National Prisoners of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) Recognition Day to pay tribute to soldiers from past and present wars. Supporters ranged from CSULB students to President F. King Alexander at the Veteran’s Flag Pole next to the Vietnam Memorial on Friday morning.[Read More…]

Scenarios play out another 10% increase, greater cuts

Faculty and staff continue to focus on possible scenarios for Cal State Long Beach’s budget outlook for 2010-11. Mary Stephens, vice president of administration and finance, presented three different plans via PowerPoint along with Vice Provost David Dowell at last Thursday’s Academic Senate meeting. All three scenarios were prepared without[Read More…]

Senator resigns from ASI due to course load

A senator resigned from Associated Students Inc. and the senate nominated three students for the Student Fee Advisory Committee at its meeting yesterday. Christina Avila, senator of the College of Engineering, credited her decision to an overload of 18 upper-division course units. “I’ll study near USU though,” she said. “I[Read More…]

Socialist Party protests LB education cuts

“They say cut back, we say fight back!” people chanted on the corner of Ocean Boulevard and Pacific Avenue in downtown Long Beach on Tuesday afternoon in protest of the city budget cuts. Some people driving by honked their horns as a sign of approval and agreement, encouraging the people[Read More…]

Anthropologist shares insights from time in Afghanistan

Everyday, war and political information about Afghanistan and Pakistan is reported by the media, but many times people are left wondering what else is going on with those countries and their people. Guest speaker and applied anthropologist Patricia Omidian marked the Center for Peace and Social Justice’s first event at[Read More…]

GI bill has checks vets can’t cash

When the post-Sept. 11 GI Bill became effective in August, Cal State Long Beach student veterans were given an opportunity to receive greater benefits while attending college. Although the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs initially announced that qualified beneficiaries will receive their housing and supplies checks in 30 days of[Read More…]

Artwork profits to be donated to community

Seven Cal State Long Beach students, alumni and faculty have donated their newest works to be auctioned off Sunday at the Long Beach Museum of Art. Ysabel Gray, MJ Kim, Tae-Hoon Kim, Tony Marsh, Gerardo Monterrubio, Robert Moore, Matt Wedel and more than 100 other artists will be featured in[Read More…]

Taiko club drums without missing beat

Downright thunderous, the sound from the drums echoed across the lawn. Their hands gripped firmly onto the sticks. Yelling to each other in encouragement, the players pounded mightily with powerful snaps of the wrist. Passersby looked upon them curiously. This was Umi Daiko, Cal State Long Beach’s taiko club, enjoying[Read More…]

CSULB community not ‘starving’ due to cuts

Many students welcomed the first scheduled furlough as an opportunity to  sit back and relax, though some are unhappy about the mandatory campus shutdowns. In order to address California’s budget crisis, the California State University system instituted furlough days before the start of the fall 2009 term. That means fewer[Read More…]

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