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

Students unite against fee hikes, layoffs

Ainsley Sanchez wiped the sweat off her forehead and punched her fists in the air as she marched and chanted alongside students, faculty members and parents who showed up Tuesday to protest outside California State University Chancellor Charles Reed’s office. Sanchez, a Cal State Long Beach student whose father is[Read More…]

Dorm wait lists not needed this year

Last July, students were scrambling to find on-campus housing. This July, Housing and Residential Life is scrambling to find students. In the past, on-campus housing had wait lists of more than 2,000 students, but due to the troubling economy, an increase in room and board, and fewer students admitted to[Read More…]

Student fees to rise by $978

Full-time undergraduate students at all 23 campuses of the California State University system will find themselves paying an extra $978 in fees beginning this fall. The CSU board of trustees voted Tuesday to add $672 in fees for undergraduate students, in addition to a $306 increase approved in May, bringing[Read More…]

LB youth to be trained for eco-friendly jobs

The city of Long Beach will match more than $10 million in regional resources to offer job training for American youth, concentrating on 1,500 at-risk young adults, economic expansion in California and construction of a cleaner environment. According to the governor’s office, the city of Long Beach was awarded $935,797[Read More…]

‘We have a long fight ahead of us’

As the California State University system prepares for a projected 20 percent cut in state funding, students and faculty are putting up resistance to additional fee increases, furloughs, layoffs, and enrollment and class reduction. Due to the $26.3 billion state budget gap, the CSU is facing an approximate $584 million[Read More…]

CSU shuts out spring 2010 applicants

The California State University system announced July 9 that it will not be accepting applications for the spring 2010 semester. The system usually admits approximately 35,000 freshmen and transfer students each spring term. Campuses that follow the quarter system have also been asked to stop accepting applications for the winter[Read More…]

CSU shuts door on spring 2010 applicants

The California State University system announced July 9 that it will not be accepting applications for the spring 2010 semester. The system usually admits approximately 35,000 freshmen and transfer students each spring term. Campuses that follow the quarter system have also been asked to stop accepting applications for the winter[Read More…]

CSU considers additional 15-20% fee increase

Students at California State University campuses could pay 25 to 30 percent more for classes starting this fall as part of a solution to a half-billion dollar budget gap. At a special meeting Tuesday of the CSU board of trustees, Chancellor Charles B. Reed said a projected $584 million deficit[Read More…]

CSULB student fulfills dream as NASA intern

Cal State Long Beach aerospace engineering student Anusha Prabhakar recently won the second annual American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) summer internship program. Prabhakar, a senior at CSULB, is already working at her internship and will spend eight to 10 weeks at the Ames Research Center in Moffett Field[Read More…]

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