In a unanimous decision Monday night, the California Faculty Association’s board of directors authorized its members to vote on a potential strike. The vote will take place on Cal State University campuses between April 16 and April 27. The CFA board’s authorization came after 18 months of labor negotiations between[Read More…]
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Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events on campus and around Long Beach.
Honda Civic stolen from campus
A student reported his 1994 red Honda Civic stolen from Parking Structure 1, the structure closest to the Walter Pyramid, between the times of 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Feb. 13, University Police Capt. Scott Brown said. The vehicle was parked on the ramp between level one and two.[Read More…]
Students continue to text and drive despite laws
The California 2011 Statewide Traffic Safety Survey showed that cellphone use while driving has become the No. 1 safety concern, surpassing the No. 1 concern of 2010 — speeding and aggressive driving. Many Cal State Long Beach students agreed. Senior civil engineering major Anthony Dombrowski said that other drivers are[Read More…]
CSULB to launch bike share program
Cal State Long Beach is preparing to launch a bike share program that will be implemented by January 2013. The solar-powered bike kiosk will connect the dorms to the rest of the campus by providing a better means of transportation. “You can just grab a bike by the residence halls[Read More…]
Parkside washing machines broken
Broken washing machines in the Parkside residence halls are causing some students to do their laundry off-campus. Ashley Ector, a sophomore sociology major, lives on campus in Parkside, but she does her laundry at a laundromat off campus. She has to pay $1.75 to wash one load of laundry when[Read More…]
Student moves from ASI to national campaign for Obama
Justin Lawson wore a white collared button-up shirt, black slacks and a golden-yellow tie as he stood at the podium for the Associated Students Inc. Daily 49er executive candidate debates last spring. He motioned with his hands as he spoke from a podium in front of him, answering the question[Read More…]
Professor writes about value of all cultures
Ingrid Aall, a retired Cal State Long Beach professor of art and history of culture and religion, wrote a book, “The Multicultural Challenge,” which features a foreword written by President F. King Alexander. Alexander encourages readers to accept Aall’s philosophy of equal opportunity. “I believe it’s useful for students as[Read More…]
The face behind the mouse
By day, creative writing major Genesis Arcos is a hard working student at Cal State Long Beach. By night she becomes the familiar crowd-pleasing mouse at that pizza parlor where, they say, “a kid can be a kid.” Arcos has worked at the Walnut Park Chuck-E-Cheese for more than a[Read More…]
CSULB memes page spars with CSUF
For many students at commuter schools like Cal State Long Beach the only source of school pride may be Facebook pages like Brandon Osborn’s Csulb memes. Osborn, a CSULB sophomore nursing major, started Csulb memes on Feb. 9 and since then the page has gone viral — attracting more than[Read More…]
Student to research link between heart disease in women and secondhand smoke
Senior biochemistry major Tuyen Tran recently received a $3,000 research scholarship to aid him in his studies on how exposure to secondhand smoke may increase the risk of heart disease for women. This research project will focus primarily on heart disease among women because, according to his statistical research papers,[Read More…]