The Cal State Long Beach 27th Chicano Latino Graduation introduced a second ceremony to accommodate the high volume of Latino graduates. The two ceremonies took place at the Walter Pyramid on Sunday. Both ceremonies totaled nearly 700 students, though the total number of Latino graduates is upwards of 3,000 students,[Read More…]
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The CFA let them eat cake
Several members of the California Faculty Association celebrated the ratification of the tentative agreement negotiated between the union and management of the California State University system on the free speech lawn May 4. The CFA handed out slices of cake, bags of chips and Subway sandwiches to students and faculty[Read More…]
CFA ratifies tentative agreement
The California Faculty Association members approved the tentative agreement with the California State University system, with 97 percent of those who voted in favor of the deal. The ballot was held online April 22–29. Of the 23,000 CFA members, 63 percent voted. “The [CSU] is pleased the [CFA] Board[Read More…]
CSULB Regional Intelligence Report says U.S. economy slowly but surely growing
Despite all the hullabaloo surrounding the U.S. economy, the state of commerce seems to be slowly making a comeback. Although retail sales barely crept upward by the end of 2015, consumer spending was at its strongest since the Great Recession, according to the Regional Intelligence Report released by Cal State[Read More…]
CSULB signs Climate Leadership Commitment
Cal State Long Beach became a Charter Signatory to the Climate Leadership Commitment Thursday by pledging to have a more environmentally conscious and sustainable campus. CSULB will be responsible for keeping public records of climate target goals and their progress, all while incorporating sustainability into the university’s curriculum. “CSULB has[Read More…]
Family demands CSULB help return deported man
The wife and son of José Alvarez, the man who was deported after being held at the Cal State Long Beach University Police substation, demanded that CSULB help to bring Alvarez back to Long Beach at a May Day demonstration Sunday. Infa Ortiz and Victor Alvarez were joined by[Read More…]
CSULB police chief issues first ICE directive
Immigration and Customs Enforcement aren’t likely to come back to Cal State Long Beach after a new directive issued Wednesday by CSULB Chief of Police Fernando Solorzano. The University Police Department will not cooperate with ICE by holding undocumented foreign nationals whether or not that person has an immigration hold.[Read More…]
Long Beach women battle engineering gender gap
Women have lived in space; astronaut Sally Ride was the first American woman in space when she conducted experiments and deployed satellites from the space shuttle Challenger in 1983. And women have died in space; astronaut Judith Resnik and space-flight participant Christa McAuliffe were part of the Challenger’s fatal crash[Read More…]
CFA and CSU announce terms of new deal
California State University faculty would receive a 10.5 percent salary increase in the three-year tentative agreement between California Faculty Association labor leaders and CSU management, but whether the raise will really solve the faculty wage crisis, especially among non-tenure-track professors, remains uncertain. CSU Chancellor Timothy White and CFA President Jennifer Eagan[Read More…]
CSU and CFA leaders reach tentative agreement
The five-day strike that was scheduled to start Wednesday has been postponed after the California Faculty Association and the California State University management reached a tentative agreement. The two sides will hold a joint news conference Friday at 10 a.m. to announce on a “reopened contract” between CSU administration and[Read More…]