Former California State University Chancellor Charles Reed died Tuesday, according to a press release from the CSU Office of the Chancellor. Reed, 75, was the sixth chancellor of the CSU and served from 1998 until 2012. Timothy White, the current CSU chancellor, offered his condolences to the Reed family and[Read More…]
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What CSULB students should know before joining the Peace Corps
Cal State Long Beach is one of two schools in Southern California to have Peace Corps campus recruiters, according to the Peace Corps website. CSULB is now ranked in the top ten for Top Volunteer Producing Hispanic Serving Institutions. The stated mission of the Peace Corps is to provide service[Read More…]
CSULB parking app in the works
The Cal State Long Beach Department of Parking and Transportation Services announced that it is in the process of developing a mobile app during the Associated Students, Inc. Senate meeting Wednesday afternoon. The mobile app will allow students and faculty to pay for daily permits, track how much time they[Read More…]
CSU won’t question documentation
California State University Chancellor Timothy P. White declared in an open letter published Nov. 17 that CSU campuses will not cooperate with local, state or any federal department for the enforcement of federal immigration laws on campuses. “Our duty is to protect our students and enforce what we have coming[Read More…]
First Undocu5k in the CSU system held at CSULB raises $11,000
Runners wearing tennis shoes and shirts that read “Breaking Fronteras: Undocu5k” were seen across the Cal State Long Beach campus Nov. 19 at the first ever Undocu5k, an event organized by the CSULB Latino Student Union. Senior anthropology major and one of the lead organizers of the 5k, Gaby Hernandez,[Read More…]
Students, faculty protest CSU Board of Trustees
Protesters gathered for the second time this week outside of the Cal State University Office of the Chancellor in downtown Long Beach Wednesday morning to protest a possible CSU systemwide tuition hike. If Board of Trustees votes to approve the rising tuition fee in an upcoming March session, the tuition[Read More…]
Trump’s proposed immigration policies threaten DREAMers
President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge of mass deportations and changes to the Deferred Action for Children Arrivals has left hundreds of thousands of undocumented people with an uncertain future in the United States. DACA allows students, also known as DREAMers, who were brought to the United States before June 2007 and[Read More…]
Latino Student Union hosts first undocu5k in the CSU system
Cal State University Long Beach’s Latino Student Union will host the first “Breaking Fronteras: Undocu5k” to financially aid undocumented students in the California State University system. The event will take place Nov. 19 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. with check-in starting at 7 a.m. outside the Walter Pyramid. The[Read More…]
Japanese fusion coming to Cal State Long Beach
Cal State Long Beach students will no longer see an empty vendor stand in the University Dining Plaza, as Hibachi-San will soon be setting up shop. Although Hibachi-San is planning to open by Nov. 30, Panda Express Area Coach of Operation Vanda Srisaeng-ek said that the opening might be delayed[Read More…]
Vote on CSU tuition increase postponed
The Associated Students, Inc. Senate announced that the California State University Board of Trustees will vote on a potential tuition increase in March rather than January. If the CSU Board of Trustees votes to increase tuition, undergraduate students could pay an extra as $270 per semester and graduate students could[Read More…]