The down economy, cuts to the university’s budget and fee increases have affected students on many levels. Job-seeking international students have not been immune. Last summer, the state reduced the 2009-2010 California State University budget by $571 million. Cal State Long Beach’s share of the cut was $44 million. Faculty[Read More…]
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U-Pass program suspended for summer
Cal State Long Beach’s joint U-Pass program with Long Beach Transit will take a summer hiatus and resume on Aug. 16, according to a recent press release. Effective May 29 to Aug. 15 all CSULB identification card holders will have to pay the standard Long Beach Transit fee of $1.25[Read More…]
International students feel the pressure
The down economy, cuts to the university’s budget and fee increases have affected students on many levels. Job-seeking international students have not been immune. Last summer, the state reduced the 2009-10 California State University budget by $571 million. Cal State Long Beach’s share of the cut was $44 million. Faculty[Read More…]
Colle Carpenter speaks out against hate crimes on campus
On April 15, transgender graduate student Colle Carpenter, 27, was reported attacked with a weapon at Cal State Long Beach. Using what police suspect to be an X-Acto knife, the attacker reportedly slashed Carpenter’s chest several times and carved the word “it” into his chest. “After my attack, an instructor[Read More…]
CSULB ‘Dad & Grad’ compete on Wheel of Fortune
Cal State Long Beach student Rachel Gibbs and her father, Paul, competed on Wheel of Fortune’s “Dads & Grads” Week, which will air on the American Broadcasting Company May 20 at 7:30 p.m. “Dads & Grads” week began as a way to acknowledge graduations taking place this time of year,[Read More…]
‘Boom box guy’ takes campus by storm
Among being a senior philosophy and psychology major at Cal State Long Beach, and a member of the Taiwanese Student Association, Japan Club and International Student Association, Kyle Durich may be better known as the student who wanders around campus in a loincloth, dancing to his oversized boom box. “It[Read More…]
H.U.B. brings community together
As Cal State Long Beach increased its efforts to get more bicyclists safely on the road, a bike cooperative has been gaining support from students and the Long Beach community. Habitat Unto Bicyclists (H.U.B.), which was founded by CSULB alumni Allyson Clark, opened in early April. “We’ve had a steady[Read More…]
LGBT community celebrates pride at Lavender Graduation
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Resource Center at Cal State Long Beach will host this year’s fourth annual Lavender Graduation on May 24 at 6 p.m. at the University Student Union Ballrooms. Guest speakers at the event will include College of Business Administration Assistant Dean of Students Jeane Caveness,[Read More…]
ASI can charge summer fee
The California State University Chancellor’s Office reinstated the ability for Associated Students Inc. to charge a $33 fee per student during summer sessions. As previously reported by the Daily 49er on March 10, the CSU Chancellor’s Office issued guidelines on March 8 denying the 23 CSU campuses charging a summer[Read More…]
Police shutdown area north of campus
An area north of Cal State Long Beach was shut down following a shooting that involved a California Highway Patrol officer, according to LBReport.com. Parts of Willow Street around Woodruff Avenue were closed off. As a result, some CSULB students faced a traffic jam and had difficulty getting to campus.[Read More…]