The Associated Collegiate Press recognized the Daily 49er with five separate honors during the 2016 Pacemaker Awards, including the namesake Newspaper Pacemaker Award, on Saturday in Washington, D.C. According to the ACP website, the Pacemaker is collegiate journalism’s preeminent award that recognizes excellence in content, quality of writing and reporting, design,[Read More…]
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Cal State University system proposes first tuition increase in five years
News of a potential Cal State University tuition increase broke on Facebook after California State Student Association advocacy officer Sarah Bentley posted a status detailing the proposed cost hike on Thursday. CSSA is a student-advocacy organization that lobbies in Sacramento each year for the CSU system. There is an optional[Read More…]
Cal State Long Beach changes streaming habits
Cal State Long Beach is currently undergoing changes in its campus media server due to legal examination over copyright issues, according to an email sent on Oct. 11 to faculty from Francine Vasilomanolakis, the instructional design coordinator for Academic Technology. Dean of the Library Roman Kochan and Associate Dean Tracey[Read More…]
Associated Students Inc. to fight possible tuition hike
The Associated Students, Inc. Senate denounced the idea of an increase in tuition for Cal State Long Beach during its meeting last night. ASI Vice President Logan Vournas announced there could be a tuition increase for the 2017-2018 academic year for all 23 colleges in the California State University System.[Read More…]
Cal State University system proposes first tuition increase in five years
News of a potential Cal State University tuition increase broke on Facebook after California State Student Association advocacy officer Sarah Bentley posted a status detailing the proposed cost hike. CSSA is a student-advocacy organization that lobbies in Sacramento each year for the CSU system. There is an optional payment of[Read More…]
Wheels up, feet down
Students coasting across campus on skateboards or scootering their way to class now have more than crowded walkways and narrow turns slowing their trips. Across campus, signs featuring Kevin Hart, a posed lemur and “pedestrian zone” warnings are set up to keep congestion to a minimum. The Risk Management Department[Read More…]
Going green in October
October is not just about orange and black – it is also green, thanks to Cal State Long Beach’s Campus Sustainability Month, a month to raise awareness on how to make the campus more sustainable. Associated Students Inc.’s Sustain U committee advocates for CSULB to be a more sustainable campus.[Read More…]
Cal State Long Beach to hold Light up the Night
Cal State Long Beach, along with Project On-Campus Emergency Assistance Network, is advocating for lower suicide rates among students and increased awareness regarding mental health and illness. Project OCEAN will be hosting its second annual Light the Night with Hope event with a “glow-in-the-dark” theme on Tuesday from 5:30 –[Read More…]
Vote 2016 forum tackles gender and race issues
About 100 people packed the Anatol Center Wednesday night, with attendants standing in the back of the room and sitting on the floor to join the Vote 2016 forum on race, gender and the presidential election. This forum, the third in the Vote 2016 panel series, featured anthropology graduate student[Read More…]
Students and community honor AB540’s author
This year marks the fifteenth anniversary of AB 540 — the California assembly bill, proposed by Marco Antonio Firebaugh, that exempts qualifying non-resident students from paying out-of-state tuition even while living in-state. On Oct. 13, Future Underrepresented Educated Leaders , described on their website as an organization that aims to[Read More…]