Changes made to Pell Grants, altering new eligibility requirements, will not only affect incoming students in the fall but could also affect current students receiving aid. Pell Grant eligibility now limits the number of semesters a student can qualify for aid, eliminates government subsidized interest payments on federal student loans[Read More…]
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Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events on campus and around Long Beach.
Employees, CSU reach tentative agreement
The Cal State University Employees’ Union and the Cal State University successfully concluded negotiations for a new contract on Jan. 13. CSUEU is composed of more than 15,000 employees in the health care, operations, clerical and technical support functions. Bargaining teams for the groups reached a tentative agreement that will[Read More…]
Occupy Long Beach continues despite low turnout
The Occupy Long Beach movement is continuing to plan and participate in new events, even as the number of active members ebb. In the first several months of the movement, OLB had as many as several hundred people showing up to general assembly meetings in Lincoln Park, with large numbers[Read More…]
Lou Reed talks vinyl over MP3 at CSULB
The Carpenter Center hosted legendary rock ‘n’ roller and Velvet Underground frontman Lou Reed on Friday night. Reed spoke with his team of four sound composers about his sound art exhibit currently on display at the University Art Museum. The exhibit focuses on Reed’s infamous and nearly career-ending 1975 experimental[Read More…]
President of NAACP to lecture on campus
Benjamin Todd Jealous, president and CEO of the NAACP, will be kicking off black history month at Cal State Long Beach by giving a lecture in the University Student Union Ballroom at 12 p.m. on Thursday. Jealous has been a prominent fixture in the civil rights movement and in the[Read More…]
New parking meters eliminate use of coins
Cal State Long Beach Parking and Transportation is replacing all single parking meters with larger devices called Lukes, located at the front of lots to handle payments for all individual parking spots. This replacement started at the beginning of the semester and will continue until all lots with single meters[Read More…]
BOT caps president pay at meeting
The Cal State University quelled statewide criticism of its executive compensation policy Wednesday by capping presidential salaries at no more than 10 percent above an incumbent’s base pay. The cap is not retroactive and will only affect compensation afforded by state support. The 23-campus system’s universities may still supplement presidential[Read More…]
Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden still profitable, educational
University of California, Los Angeles is receiving criticism after announcing it will sell the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden in Bel-Air — causing some to question the usefulness of Cal State Long Beach’s Japanese garden. Facing steep budget cuts, UCLA is trying to use the sale to generate approximately $4.2 million[Read More…]
CSULB proves a common destination for international students
A report from the Institute of International Education’s “Open Doors” shows that Cal State Long Beach has consistently ranked within the nation’s top universities for hosting international students for master’s degrees. Junior journalism major Rabiya Hussain is from Pakistan, and chose CSULB because her older siblings are graduates. Hussain said[Read More…]
Proposal to toughen Cal Grant requisites
Gov. Jerry Brown submitted a proposal to the California Senate and the Assembly of the California Legislature on Jan. 5, increasing the grade point average requirement for students receiving Cal Grants. According to Erik Fallis, Cal State University spokesperson, the grade point average requirement for Cal Grant “A,” which focuses[Read More…]