The east campus shuttle stop near the Fine Arts buildings is currently out of service due to construction in Parking Lot 8A, leaving many students frustrated by the inconvenience. The driveway next to Faculty Office building 3 has been under construction since last week, and the east campus shuttle, along[Read More…]
News
Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events on campus and around Long Beach.
CSULB to face likely $7.7 million ‘trigger cut’
A possible ‘trigger cut,’ based on faltering California tax revenue, is expected to have little affect on the Cal state Long Beach’s spring semester. According to Mary Stephens, vice president of administration and finance, the California State University system would take a $100 million cut and CSULB would share about[Read More…]
Occupy CSULB aims to ‘give everyone a voice’
The Occupy movement made its way to Cal State Long Beach’s upper quad Wednesday, collaborating with the California Faculty Association to host “The National Solidarity Teach-in” and “Operation Defend
BofA scraps plans for debit card fees
Bank of America announced on Tuesday that they would abandon a plan to charge customers a $5 fee to use their debit cards. “We have listened to our customers very closely over the last few weeks and recognize their concern with our proposed debit usage fee,” said David Darnell, co-chief[Read More…]
Students question Obama’s re-election, Republican opponents
Cal State Long Beach students are as confused as Republicans seem to be about whose name will appear on the 2012 presidential ballot. The four years Obama has been in office has been enough for some students to want him out of office. “[Obama] had a good thing going,” said[Read More…]
California’s bullet train to cost more than expected
California’s bullet train will cost approximately $98.5 billion, more than double the initial estimated price of $34 billion, and will take nearly 13 years to build. Construction is scheduled to start some time in 2012, with its projected completion date in 2033. The California bullet train would run from Northern[Read More…]
Minors caught under the influence at CSULB
Police were called on a group of nine students playing beer pong in the Residence Commons on Oct. 23. Officers arrived at the dorm room at 1:30 a.m. and found one minor. Although the rest of the students were given a warning, officers contacted the minor’s parents and released him[Read More…]
CSULB program gears toward laid-off teachers
Faculty in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (CNSM) at Cal State Long Beach have designed a program to help laid-off teachers. Through the program, unemployed teachers in the Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) will be able to work toward a single-subject credential in foundational level mathematics or[Read More…]
Club Italia resurfaces with new events, member participation
The Italian community lost its representation for many years until a professor in the Italian department resurrected, revived and restored the club in October 2010. Now, it is prospering. Enrico Vettore is an assistant professor of Italian and also serves as Club Italia’s adviser. When Vettore arrived at Cal State[Read More…]
Students uneasy about winter session benefits
Winter session enrollment has steadily declined at the College of Continuing and Professional Education at Cal State Long Beach during the past five years. This may be due to economic factors and course availability, according to CCPE marketing manager, Anna Behar-Russell. “Our assumptions regarding the decline include a couple possible[Read More…]