Former Long Beach Mayor Beverly O’Neill kicks off the start of the Notable Speaker Series Thursday. After the success of the series’ first semester, the College of Business Administration has brought back the event as a way to connect students to successful professionals who share real world knowledge. “The stories[Read More…]
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Smorgasport introduces students to campus life
At the end of the Associated Students, Inc.’s annual Week of Welcome, Cal State Long Beach students experienced an evening full of free activities, games, food and performances at Smorgasport on Friday. ASI vice president Lucy Nguyen said a record number of student organizations contributed to Smorgasport this year. “[Smorgasport][Read More…]
Long Beach Transit service reductions take a toll
Students using the U-Pass Program may notice that some of the busses don’t come around as frequently as they used to. That’s because Long Beach Transit decreased the frequency of its service on Aug. 29 due to state budget cuts. Evening services for Route 181-182 and Passport B/4th Street will[Read More…]
Students make the transfer into a brave new world
Small clusters of people standing here and there, laughing and talking; countless others rush by in order to make it to class on time. A woman is having a passionate conversation on her cell phone while struggling to juggle a purse, her coffee, and a pile of books. She’s not[Read More…]
New art exhibit set in motion at CSULB
The University Art Museum at Cal State Long Beach will be opening its tribute exhibition “Perpetual Motion” on Thursday, commemorating the work of Abstract Expressionist Michael Goldberg. Spanning six decades of his career, the exhibition will display more than 30 large-scale paintings and works on paper, which were loaned to[Read More…]
University president refutes website’s claim
Statistics from the U.S. Department of Education may indicate that graduation rates have more to do with individual students than their respective universities. According to a 2006 report released by the department, graduation rates are “directly and inversely related to the size of [a university’s] low-income population.” The report also[Read More…]
Million more graduates by 2025
Academic Senate Inc. passed a resolution Wednesday to endorse the “Campaign for College Opportunity for 1 Million More Graduates by 2025.” The Public Policy Institute of California, a nonprofit organization, estimates that, by 2025, California will have “one million fewer college-educated workers than the economy will require.” As a result[Read More…]
Film department receives Hollywood grant
Cal State Long Beach film students received happy news last week when the department was awarded a $50,000 grant from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The film and electronic arts department has received the grant for the past three years, serving as a testament to the kind of work that[Read More…]
Online textbook program at CSULB
Cal State Long Beach is part of a new program that started in the fall semester, which will help offset expensive textbook prices for students. Several textbook publishers have teamed up with four other Cal State Universities including; Dominguez Hills, Fullerton, San Bernardino and San Francisco in order to provide[Read More…]
CSULB philanthropist E. James Brotman dies
A philanthropist who had a campus building named after him has died. E. James Brotman, from which Brotman Hall gets its name, died Aug. 30. He was 93. Cal State Long Beach President F. King Alexander made the announcement via an e-mail to students. “It is with great regret that[Read More…]