The Freedom Writers Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting at-risk students and their teachers, will host a screening of its documentary “Stories From an Undeclared War” at the Carpenter Center on Monday in an effort to reform the education system through inspiration and empowerment. Foundation President Erin Gruwell, whom[Read More…]
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Students ‘PAVE the way’ with fresh design
Two Cal State Long Beach industrial design students were awarded $500 and an honorable mention at the international Planning and Visual Education 3-D Design Challenge in Las Vegas for their original store display. Sophomore Ayako Otani and senior Kelvin Harly worked as a team to put together a design that[Read More…]
ASI campaigns against cuts to child programs
The Associated Students Inc. Senate passed a resolution in opposition to Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed cuts to the state’s child development programs during its third reading Wednesday. According to the Preschool California website, Brown’s budget proposal would cut $517 million from programs and about 62,000 children would be affected by[Read More…]
Electrical outlets to be added to library
More electrical outlets will be installed this semester in the University Library before finals week. Lucy Nguyen, Associated Students Inc. president, contacted David Salazar, the associated vice president for physical planning and facilities management, via email about students’ need for more outlets. “[The issue has] always been on our radar,”[Read More…]
Former CSULB basketball player comes out, performs comedy act
Standing at 6 feet 7 inches tall, Travon Free, a Cal State Long Beach alumnus with a degree in criminal justice, exudes a domineering stature like that of an all-American basketball player, and yet, Free’s persona breaks all stereotypes. Free is an openly bisexual comedian and actor working in Hollywood.[Read More…]
LA buildings to undergo $4 million renovations
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to correct the cost of renovating Liberal Arts buildings 2, 3 and 4. Liberal Arts buildings 2, 3 and 4 will be closed from summer 2012 until fall 2013 due to seismic retrofitting and upgrades to the mechanical and electrical systems. LA 1[Read More…]
University Art Museum launches online collections viewing room
The University Art Museum vault collections are now accessible through a new kiosk system, which allows the public to view and comment on a variety of art pieces either online from a personal computer or from the on site kiosk. This new collections kiosk, which launched in February, contains works[Read More…]
Students rally against tuition hikes
Hundreds of students gathered at Cal State Long Beach’s upper quad Thursday to rally against budget cuts and ongoing tuition hikes. The rally was part of a nationwide Occupy Movement that extended to other Cal State University and University of California campuses. Students filled the upper quad waving fliers and[Read More…]
President Alexander talks funding with Obama
Cal State University presidents, including F. King Alexander, flew out to Washington, D.C. last week to lobby for higher education funding. Alexander said this recent meeting was a continuation from a meeting in December with President Barack Obama discussing the use of federal funds as leverage to force states to[Read More…]
Reduced-cost eTextbooks available for rent in the fall
More than 5,000 eTextbooks will be available next fall at a reduced cost of 60 percent or more, compared to printed books, as part of a systemwide digital textbook rental program. The reduced rates for eTextbooks is a result of a partnership between the Cal State University and Cengage Learning,[Read More…]