The field hockey and paintball clubs are saying that despite being officially recognized clubs on campus, they are being deprived of field space to practice and hold matches. “One of the conditions for the [field hockey] club to be recognized was that they understand that they need to find off-campus[Read More…]
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CSULB makes cuts to summer session
Cal State Long Beach will be able to keep its existing spring 2010 courses, but students will have to compromise their summer session financial aid, according to Vice Provost David Dowell. California State University Chancellor Charles Reed’s three-year plan to gain back the $564 million that the CSU system lost[Read More…]
Former Wall Street banker to discuss new book
William D. Cohan, a former Wall Street banker, is coming to Cal State Long Beach to give his professional insight on the economic meltdown Wednesday at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center. An award-winning author and investigative journalist, Cohan said his speech will be based on his new book, “House of[Read More…]
Peace festival attempts to wake up ‘apathetic’ generation
In a time where war, terror, massacre, economic downfalls, discrimination and domestic abuse are more prominent than ever, many decide to turn away and pretend the issues don’t exist. There are others, however, who believe that ignoring the issue won’t make the problems go away. Tuesday, the Center for Peace[Read More…]
Backed-up sewage line pushes students out of library
The University Library closed unexpectedly Sunday at about 7 p.m. Paul Johnson, superintendent of building trades, said the evacuation was due to a backed-up sewage line and the shut-off of water to the building. “[The flooding] was contained in the mechanical rooms,” Johnson said. “Nothing came into the occupied spaces.”[Read More…]
Former production manager smells the roses
I started working for the Daily Forty-Niner in 1978 and it was a totally different newspaper. Production was done on compugraphic newspaper computers. Computers — are you ready for this? — had no memory. The reporters typed up the copy in the newsroom on typewriters, editors edited the copy with[Read More…]
60 years of progression
In 1949, Los Angeles-Orange County State College was established in Long Beach with 160 students and 13 full-time faculty members. Classes were conducted in converted apartment buildings and our campus at that time was unrecognizable by current standards. During these last 60 years, Cal State Long Beach has undergone rapid[Read More…]
Design faculty to show work from the past, present
The Department of Design at Cal State Long Beach is hosting its first “Past and Present” exhibition with hopes that it will connect students and professors. The artwork, which will be on display today through Friday, will not be by the students, but by the faculty. Dorothy Ottolia, design department[Read More…]
Cal State Long Beach, Spring 2009
Students attending: 34,844Males: 11,744Females: 17,034 Students living on campus: 1,922 (5.5 percent) Student population from: 93 countries EthnicityCaucasian: 10,775 (30.9 percent)Latino: 9,355 (26.8 percent)Asian: 7,968 (22.9 percent)African-American: 1,917 (5.5 percent)Native American: 272 (0.78 percent) Median age of students: 21-22 for undergraduates, 28 for graduate students Student fees beginning fall 2009[Read More…]
Editor in chief says print isn’t dead
A drastically changing political atmosphere and an economic system that has been quickly collapsing have shaped the first decade of the 21st century. The Daily 49er has been affected internally by these unstable economic times, fighting against the ever-shrinking budget. There was a threat in 2007 that it would be[Read More…]