Multicultural Center The Multicultural Center is located in the Faculty Office 3 building, room 3 and offers a multitude of free services for all students on campus. Students have access to an extensive library of journals, magazines, books, articles, newspapers and other resources including feature films and documentaries that address[Read More…]
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Incoming students settle into dorms
Editors note: This article corrects a previous article which incorrectly identified the organization that mandated new Cal State Long Beach students live in university dorms. This mandate was implemented as university policy by CSULB. The Cal State Long Beach dorms were buzzing with an estimated 2,500 incoming students, along with[Read More…]
Hamada named director of equity and diversity
Larisa Hamada was named Cal State Long Beach’s new director of equity and diversity last Wednesday after a nationwide search and an estimated 40 applications. In an email sent to campus community members, President F. King Alexander announced Hamada’s appointment and touted her qualifications. family.” At CSULB, the director of[Read More…]
Board of Trustees reviews pay policy, faces criticism
The second Board of Trustees meeting on executive compensation and hiring practices, motivated by public outrage and legislative action, was met with a chicken on Aug. 24. On July 12, the Cal State University Board of Trustees approved San Diego State President Elliot Hirshman a $400,000 salary — $100,000 more[Read More…]
Alexander, Para talk CSULB budget
Cal State Long Beach faculty and staff assembled at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center on Aug. 26 to hear President F. King Alexander and Provost Donald J. Para discuss the challenges facing the Cal State University system, among other topics. CSULB received 70,000 applications for admissions — 40,000 of them[Read More…]
CSULB students “call-in” for undocumented
Cal State Long Beach students were invited to a “call-in” in open support of AB-131, the second half of the California Dream Act that went unsigned by Gov. Jerry Brown, at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Long Beach on Aug. 24. AB-131 would complement its counterpart AB-130 by allowing undocumented[Read More…]
Geology professor charts SoCal fault
The San Jacinto fault in Moreno Valley could cause an earthquake at any time that would affect the Riverside and San Bernardino area. However, one Cal State Long Beach professor hopes his research will reduce the damaging effects. Nate Onderdonk, assistant professor in the Department of Geological Sciences, has been[Read More…]
Forums held to hire new director of equity and diversity
Cal State Long Beach held forums to find a director of equity and diversity following the departure of Perrin Reid. Reid left in February to become executive assistant to the chancellor of the Los Angeles Community College District, according to university officials. She worked as the director for almost seven[Read More…]
CSULB student, professor observe wetlands for wildlife behavior
A Cal State Long Beach student and professor teamed up to design a project that tested how salt marshes responded to climate change, with the local Huntington wetlands as a model. The experiment, CSULB student Anastasia Shippey’s master’s thesis, is designed to study how a gradual increase in temperature will[Read More…]
Undocumented students gain private aid, search for stability
California Gov. Jerry Brown’s signing of AB-130 has advocates for undocumented students wondering if and when AB-131, the second part of the legislation, will be approved. AB-130 means progress for undocumented students in California, who can now apply for private financial aid. However, critics argue that nothing will change until[Read More…]