For the first time since California’s pre-recession epoch, the state funded budget requests made by the California State University System were approved in full. However, prioritizing where the grant should be dispensed is where the strands begin to split. Within one-year’s work, a CSU task force finalized their decision that[Read More…]
Campus
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49er Shops unsure of how minimum wage increase would affect students
A 49er Shops representative said she doesn’t yet know how they will adapt to the new developments after the Long Beach City Council agreed Jan. 19 on an ordinance that will increase the minimum wage incrementally for the next coming years in hopes of stabilizing the economy. “The most recent[Read More…]
Administration and governor harness Active Learning classrooms and other technologies in attempt to graduate more CSULB students
It could be unnerving sitting in a classroom, marker in hand, knowing the mark won’t stain the table, but being unable to stop thinking it will. Then the lights go down and each individual screen flips on, reminiscent of a drive-in movie but at the table. Technologies on campus, including[Read More…]
CSULB alumnus dies after 1,500-foot fall on Mount Baldy
Cal State Long Beach graduate Daniel Nguyen died after he slipped and fell 1,500 feet down Mount Baldy in the San Bernardino Mountains Tuesday morning. Nguyen was saving a friend from slipping at the time. He was hiking with two other CSULB students during the incident, who asked not to have[Read More…]
Long Beach Transit announces new bus schedules
Due to change in demand of public transportation, Long Beach Transit announced new service changes that will take effect on Feb. 7. Since many students typically end their school day between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m., westbound bus lines 91, 92, 93, 94 and 96 will arrive every 8 minutes[Read More…]
ASI senate requires president at CSSA meetings
Associated Students Inc. Senate approved a resolution Wednesday that will require President Jose Salazar to attend California State Student Association meetings. The resolution was authored by Marvin Flores and Logan Vournas, both senators-at-large. The CSSA, a large student organization encompassing 23 colleges, charges $2 from every CSU student in the[Read More…]
Crime Blotter
Ex-lover’s quarrel Officers responded to parking structure 1 in response to an assault call Feb. 1 at 9:03 p.m. When officers arrived, a female told them that she had been hit in the face with a blanket by a male. The two were formerly in a relationship. The female told[Read More…]
Study abroad students at Cal State Long Beach are not guaranteed classes
Most Cal State Long Beach students know week three of the semester as the last to drop a class without a withdrawal. But with most class schedules already set, many students may not be able to tell you the last day that you can add a class. But for study[Read More…]
CSULB to add more employee parking spaces
Cal State Long Beach parking will undergo a redevelopment phase this April that will last until August 2016 and will impact the flow of parking on campus. The areas affected will include Lot 7, an employee parking lot, and South Campus Drive and the South Campus Turnaround, both of which[Read More…]
LGBT Resource Center closes after theft
Three Mac desktop computers were stolen yesterday from the LGBT Resource Center. “We received a report yesterday, Jan. 28, 2016 of a theft of three MacBooks taken from FO4,” Lt. Richard Goodwin said. “The time frame is Jan. 27, 2016 at about 7 p.m. until about 12 p.m. on January[Read More…]