California’s May 19 Special Election has raised several controversial issues between the California State University system, the California Faculty Association and Cal State Long Beach students. While the California Legislature is encouraging voters to approve all six of the propositions on the ballot Tuesday, Proposition 1A has stirred the most[Read More…]
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Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events on campus and around Long Beach.
Cultural, Lavender graduations offer ‘personal’ celebration
With graduation around the corner, some students are choosing a more intimate gathering to celebrate their accomplishments. Every semester about 20 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender graduates participate in the Lavender Graduation. Cal State Long Beach offers seven cultural graduation celebrations: Cambodian, African-American, Chicano/Latino, American Indian, Pacific Islander, Filipino and[Read More…]
Trustees to decide on fee increase today
The CSU board of trustees’ committee on finance voted yesterday to recommend another system-wide 10 percent student fee increase and a raise in the per-unit fee for business administration graduate students. The board is expected to approve the fee increase today. The proposed 10 percent student fee increase, if passed,[Read More…]
Preliminary Hearing date selected in Yi murder case
Yesterday a date was set for the preliminary hearing for 20-year-old Jonathan Huynh, who pleaded not guilty to killing his girlfriend, Cal State Long Beach student Kate Sue Yi late last month. The defendant is being ordered to appear June 24 in Department 3 of the Long Beach Superior Court.[Read More…]
Students blamed for trash and burglary problems near campus
For some residents of the neighborhoods closest to Cal State Long Beach, parking is a constant issue. Every fall brings an influx of students, some of whom choose to park in residential areas. Some residents are pushing to get students off their streets, and the City of Long Beach has[Read More…]
Campus Couture tradition continues
With the absence of the normal fashion scene during Los Angeles Fashion Week it is refreshing to see that the fashion majors at Cal State Long Beach are still going strong and will be putting on the 21st Campus Couture fashion show Wednesday. Every year it seems the show gets[Read More…]
BeachBoard surfs back to original provider
ANGEL Learning Inc., the developer of the system scheduled to gradually take over operations of Cal State Long Beach’s BeachBoard site — currently powered by Blackboard Academic Suite — beginning this summer, was recently acquired by Blackboard Inc. BeachBoard is scheduled to convert to ANGEL Learning Management System completely by[Read More…]
Swine flu at seasonal levels
The Cal State Long Beach student confirmed with the swine flu virus has fully recovered and is back in class. “We have had no further cases of the swine flu here at campus,” said Michael Carbuto, chief of medical staff at the CSULB Student Health Services. “We are seeing a[Read More…]
Chancellor defends 10 percent CSU fee increase
A 10 percent fee increase for the California State University system will be voted on by the board of trustees Tuesday at the Office of the Chancellor in Long Beach. CSU Chancellor Charles Reed defended his recommendation for the fee increase in a teleconference on Thursday, saying the state’s “economic[Read More…]
Students bring sack lunches, restaurants pack up
Due to the economy, students are packing their lunches more frequently and on-campus restaurants are feeling the strain. Cal State Long Beach eateries are offering more specials to encourage student purchases, which have dwindled due to the current economic lapse. Sbarro’s “happy hour” and Subway’s $5 foot-long deal are examples[Read More…]