Students can once again enjoy a quick game of pool and bowling or spend time in the TV lounge on the first floor of the University Student Union, which has been partially repaired and re-opened this week. The rest of the floor is scheduled to open shortly after spring break,[Read More…]
News
Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events on campus and around Long Beach.
Students to visit New Orleans on spring break humanitarian mission
Cal State Long Beach students will be going to New Orleans with Habitat for Humanity as part of the fifth annual Alternative Spring Break (ASB). Since 2006, CSULB has participated in the rebuilding of New Orleans and areas in the Gulf region that were affected by hurricanes Katrina and Rita;[Read More…]
Falling tree injures student
A Cal State Long Beach student got “very, very lucky” yesterday after a fallen tree by Parking Lot 4 fell and branches knocked her to the ground, according to University Police. “It was a gigantic tree,” said University Police Lt. Scot Willey. The student suffered a minor laceration to her[Read More…]
ASI makes changes after routine audit
Associated Students Inc. is asking student organizations to be more specific in their requests for funding after an audit revealed instances of error in the funding request process. An audit on ASI showed four instances of unauthorized people requesting or approving expenditures. ASI has since updated some of its business[Read More…]
Provost candidate wants to help CSULB ‘change lives’
Check out how it all started here – Search for new provost begins The Cal State Long Beach College of the Arts grew for the last eight years with Donald Para at the helm, and now he is looking to take over as the next provost. As the college’s former dean,[Read More…]
ASI presidential candidates drop from 5 to 1
Associated Students Inc. is investigating why four presidential candidates dropped out, leaving one candidate, James Ahumada, in the race. The hearing at the ASI Senate Chamber discussed the complaint filed by Jason Aula — a former presidential candidate who is now running for treasurer — against the ASI board of[Read More…]
Health care bill passage met with mixed feelings on campus
U.S. House Democrats on Sunday pushed through the health care bill that will extend coverage to more than 32 million uninsured Americans. The narrow victory of 219 to 212 votes in favor of the health care bill promises full health care reform by 2014. Under the new bill, insurers will[Read More…]
Former international student back in UAE
International student Majid Khalid Shuhail returned home to the United Arab Emirates on March 8 after he was reported missing last month, according to news reports. Shuhail, a 19-year-old former Cal State Long Beach American Language Institute student, went missing Feb. 15. According to an article from the Contra Costa[Read More…]
6 CSULB buildings seismically unsafe
This article was edited by Daily 49er News Editor Antoinette Luzano in order to focus on Cal State Long Beach. Several buildings at CSULB have been deemed unsafe in the event of an earthquake, according to the reporting initiative California Watch. The organization, part of the nonpartisan Center for Investigative[Read More…]
Law Week to discuss ‘the intricacies of law school’
The first on-campus event of its kind, Law Week will give students interested in pursuing law the opportunity to speak with judges, lawyers and receive information on applying to law schools. The three-day law information event begins today at Cal State Long Beach, and takes place on the eve of the[Read More…]