The ASI Conservation Commission is hosting Earth Week this week with activities ranging from interactive forums and panels to a fashion show. “I want the students to know that there is more to the green movement than most people expect, it’s more than just hugging trees,” said Thuy Nghiem, ASI[Read More…]
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Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events on campus and around Long Beach.
Dorms to be split into three colleges
The realm of Harry Potter will soon be coming to Cal State Long Beach housing – only the new residential learning colleges will not be called Gryffindor or Slytherin. Next year, the campus residence halls will be split up into three residential learning colleges, according to Housing Director Carol Roberts-Corb.[Read More…]
Mi Casa, Mi Universidad in ‘transition’ phase
The five-year grant period that was funding Mi Casa, Mi Universidad, a project to help enrollment and graduation rates among Hispanic and Latino students, has expired, leaving the program in a transition period. Cal State Long Beach was designated as a Hispanic-serving institution (HSI) in 2005, which made programs like[Read More…]
CSULB students participate in Long Beach airport drill
Although she was covered in fake blood from severe burns and wore clothes that were in tatters, Aileen Chen was full of excitement playing the role of an injured passenger from a plane crash at the Long Beach Airport (LGB) Triennial Drill on Friday. During this drill, the airport conducted[Read More…]
OBAMA: Don’t let loan rates double
President Obama is calling on Congress to stop interest rates on student loans from doubling, continuing a push to make higher education a campaign issue. The U.S. Department of Education offers six different federal loans but if Congress doesn’t act before July 1 the interest rate on subsidized Stafford loans[Read More…]
Daily 49er wins eight awards
The Daily 49er was recognized for excellence in student media this weekend, taking home eight top prizes at the California College Media Association (CCMA) awards – the most in almost a decade. Stefan Agregado, Daily 49er photo editor, won first place for best sports photo, best photo series and best[Read More…]
ASI resolution changes selection process for Students-at-large
The Associated Students Inc. Senate approved a resolution to amend a Lobby Corps bylaw that would change the way Students-at-Large are selected, on its first reading Wednesday. In the current process of selecting Students-at-Large for Lobby Corps, the ASI president interviews applicants and then recommends potential candidates to the Senate[Read More…]
Reed moves to keep grad student grant programs in place
Cal State University Chancellor Charles Reed moved yesterday to keep graduate student State University Grants (SUGs) in place for the 2012-13 academic year, after speculation that some grants would be eliminated. Reed and all 23 CSU presidents met for their regular bimonthly meeting in Long Beach, where they discussed a[Read More…]
Business student scores prestigious internship with Gallup Company
Cal State Long Beach graduate student Lucy Craig was selected out of almost 1,300 applicants from business schools across the country for an internship with The Gallup Company. According to Craig, she is one of seven applicants chosen to intern with the research-based consulting company. Craig will be working as[Read More…]
Bill to allow students to approve fees
The Cal State University system and Cal State Long Beach President F. King Alexander are speaking out against a new bill that could give students the final say in establishing mandatory fees on CSU campuses. Last week, the bill, Senate Bill 960, passed through California’s Senate Education Committee. It was[Read More…]