Plans to develop an official online education system for the entire Cal State University have been put into motion after an executive director was hired in mid-December. Cal State Online Executive Director Ruth Claire Black said she will use her background and experiences in online education to kick-start the program.[Read More…]
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Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events on campus and around Long Beach.
$1,313 tuition increase possible
If state tax increases are not passed in November, the Cal State University may raise undergraduate tuition by 22 percent, or $1,313. This increase would be in addition to a $498 increase approved last year by the CSU Board of Trustees. “We are now facing the greatest budget crisis of[Read More…]
Engineering elevators to be fixed after generator failure, burnt motor
Two of three elevators in the Engineering and Computer Sciences building are out of order after breaking down on Monday. According to Steve Skube, elevator service technician for ThyssenKrupp Elevator Americas, elevator No. 3, on the left, had a generator failure, and, elevator No. 2, in the middle, had a[Read More…]
Speaker talks power, rule of corporate CEOs
As part of a statewide tour, former Green Party presidential candidate David Cobb spoke at the Cal State Long Beach Soroptomist House on Sunday in an effort to amend the U.S. Constitution to end corporate rule. As collaborative work with Occupy Long Beach, sponsored by CSULB, Associated Students Inc. and[Read More…]
Report says women get less income
Women occupy the majority of the working class in several fields, and yet, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, their salaries are still reported to be significantly less than men. According to CSULB career counselor Angi Carrillo-Humphreys, the most popular departments at Cal State Long Beach for women to[Read More…]
Student-loan debts increase due to aid cutbacks, unstable economy
Many college students are faced with the financial burden of student-loan debts after graduating from college. Steadily climbing college costs, financial aid cutbacks and an unstable economy are also throwing students into financial difficulties, according to a survey released by the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys. Those changes are[Read More…]
Elevator in engineering building malfunctions
The Engineering and Computer Sciences building was evacuated Monday afternoon after a motor in one of the building’s three elevators burned out. An occupant of the building smelled smoke and called the fire department, according to Toni Beron, associate vice president of university relations. The fire department found no evidence[Read More…]
ASI treasurer, several senate positions still available for 2012-13 school year
The Associated Students Inc. Senate still has open positions available for the 2012-13 school year. Several colleges have re-opened positions to fill the vacancies. These colleges need to have at least one more student running than the number of open positions for the particular position. Applications are due today by[Read More…]
Bus trip to bring students to state Capitol
Associated Students Inc. is reviewing student applications for contenders to travel by bus to the March in March, an annual event created to promote low student fees, on March 5 in Sacramento. The annual march, which has applied exclusively to California Community College students since 2009, will also encompass Cal[Read More…]
State affirmative action law challenged in court
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is looking into whether they should end California’s ban on affirmative action. California’s Proposition 209 put an end to affirmative action in California universities when it was passed in 1996. However, that law is now being challenged, which could make affirmative action legal[Read More…]