Three campus construction projects are set for completion this summer, according to the Campus Planning Committee. These projects include construction in and around the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music Pavilion, in Pyramid locker rooms and, East Campus Drive safety improvements. The donor-funded Bob Cole Conservatory of Music Pavilion project features[Read More…]
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Bill to double student, faculty trustees
Legislation that would double the number of student and faculty representatives on the Cal State University Board of Trustees passed in the State Senate Education Committee on a 6-2 vote last week. Senate Bill 1515 would also add two nonacademic CSU employees to the board. “This bill gives a greater[Read More…]
ASI may add Veterans Affairs cabinet position
A resolution to create a new cabinet position for Veterans Affairs passed on its first reading during last Wednesday’s Senate meeting. The resolution, sponsored by Senator-at-large Jason Neas, proposed a bylaw amendment to give Veterans Affairs an official cabinet role in Associated Students Inc. Currently, there is no designated position[Read More…]
Protesters march across campus for May Day
Students and members of the Occupy Long Beach movement marched across Cal State Long Beach today as part of May Day, an international holiday celebrating workers’ rights. Students held signs, carried bicycles and wore Guy Fox handkerchief masks as they chanted, “Walk out and let them know student debt has[Read More…]
Students spit on anti-abortion activists
On two separate occasions, students assaulted Genocide Awareness Project anti-abortion activists last week, University Police Capt. Scott Brown said. Both students, 21-year-old Ian Schenck and 22-year-old Madison Witte, were caught spitting on volunteers at the anti-abortion campaign that was located near the Speaker’s Platform across from the University Bookstore, Brown[Read More…]
ASI resolution to add more diaper-changing tables
A resolution to add diaper-changing stations to designated restrooms on campus passed in its first and second reading on Wednesday at the Associated Students Inc. Senate meeting. This resolution originated when Jeane Relleve Caveness, the assistant dean of students, approached Senators Angelica Cortez and Jessica Corral, the two authors of[Read More…]
Increases in loan interest rate opposed by ASI Senate
The Associated Students Inc. Senate passed a resolution on behalf of the Cal State Student Association that took a position in accordance with President Barack Obama’s push for Congress to maintain the Stafford Loan interest rate at 3.4 percent. The student loan interest rate used to be at 6.8 percent[Read More…]
Fashion show to highlight emerging student-designers
Four Cal State Long Beach student-designers have been selected for this year’s Rags II Rhythms fashion show, an on-campus event that highlights emerging designers. The fashion show, which takes place Thursday, also provides an opportunity for student-designers to network within the fashion industry. Ana Rosales, a senior fashion merchandising major,[Read More…]
CSU board faculty trustee speaks at library
Cal State University Faculty Trustee Bernadette Cheyne discussed the importance of trustees understanding students’ concerns during a meeting with students and faculty members on Monday at the University Library. Cheyne spoke briefly before opening the floor to questions for most of the 90-minute meeting. More than 50 students and[Read More…]
Students go on hunger strike until CSU meets demands
Students in the Cal State University system are fasting until the Board of Trustees agrees to reduce the cost of education and improve free-speech rights on CSU campuses. The students involved in the strike are part of Students for Quality Education (SQE), an organization formed by CSU students to build[Read More…]