Cal State Long Beach business student Bernabe Basurto, 19, died March 18 after being struck by an SUV on the 110 Freeway. According to California Highway Patrol reports, Basurto had been involved in an accident and was exiting his vehicle to deal with the others involved when the oncoming vehicle[Read More…]
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University Bookstore to halt extra fees on course packets
Bookstore fees tacked on to student materials have been deemed inappropriate, and will no longer be used, beginning this summer. “In the past, some departments have asked the University Bookstore to add a surcharge to the price of course materials such as lab manuals, course notes, readers, et cetera, that[Read More…]
University coping with changing enrollment scenario
Cal State Long Beach does not know how many students it is planning on admitting in response to the CSU Board of Trustees’ recent decision to cut enrollment, according to Mike Hostetler, associate vice president for student services and dean of students. The Board of Trustees announced Tuesday that, in[Read More…]
Saving the world, one Dumpster at a time
By day, they are average Americans. They have careers. They have families. They have homes. By night, they are crusaders against the capitalist society with one objective in mind — to live in complete withdrawal from the marketplace. They wear clothes from Salvation Army. They dig in trash for food.[Read More…]
Students may push to increase campus awareness about academic appeal policy
A new resolution by Associated Students Inc. aimed at informing students of their right to appeal academic policy was approved in its first reading. According to csulb.edu, the academic appeal process is a way “students may petition for exception to academic policy.” Issues such as record errors, general education substitutions[Read More…]
ASI requires CSU Board to speak on issue before lobbying about June tax extensions
A resolution urging the CSU Board of Trustees to take a stance on Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed tax extensions for the June ballot before ASI can take one of its own passed in its third reading on March 16. The June tax extensions, if rejected, could result in a 35[Read More…]
Tech gear worth $3,570 nabbed from bag at the Nugget
Two men had more than $3,000 of merchandise stolen Two men had a Nike gym bag stolen with laptops, a camera and clothing inside, University Police Capt. Fernando Solorzano said. The men were sitting outside on the east side of the Nugget on March 15 at 12:20 p.m. when the[Read More…]
CSU to decrease admission
The Cal State University said yesterday it will cope with decreased state funding by cutting student enrollment next year by 10,000. The CSU plans to apply roughly $140 million in revenue from last year’s tuition increases to a governor-proposed budget cut, but it still faces a shortfall. The cuts in[Read More…]
ASI resolution encourages use of evacuation chairs in Brotman Hall
A resolution looking to incorporate evacuation chairs for the disabled into Brotman Hall was passed in its first reading on March 16. An evacuation chair is a more lightweight variation of a wheelchair used to vacate a physically disabled person from a dangerous location when there is a hazard, such[Read More…]
Campus to be honored for being bike-friendly
The League of American Bicyclists will honor Cal State Long Beach with an award for receiving the silver ranking as a bicycle friendly university on April 7. According to Sustainable Transportation Program Coordinator Elissa Thomas, the application was very extensive and takes into account everything from how much bike parking[Read More…]