A bill that could give higher education funding in California a shot in the arm is currently in committee in the Assembly. Assembly Bill 656, authored by majority leader Alberto Torrico, D-Fremont, would place a 9.9 percent severance tax on oil and gas extracted in California. According to a statement[Read More…]
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Conference empowers women to be their ‘own best advocate’
First Lady Maria Shriver thinks no one should feel alone. Shriver admitted, “I need this panel.” Speakers addressed facing death, rape, enslavement, female genital mutilation, sexual trafficking, poverty and discrimination in order to give power back to victims yesterday at the 2009 Women’s Conference at the Long Beach Convention Center.[Read More…]
Bus route decisions a result of ‘overwhelming’ community feedback
The Long Beach Transit board of directors approved proposals Monday to change eight routes but rejected one that would have benefited student bus riders. Due to “extreme opposition” from Long Beach residents in the proposed route area, Passport B will not travel east on Fourth Street to Cal State Long[Read More…]
Professor Jillian Jimenez was the ‘Energizer Bunny’ of social work department
Jillian Jimenez, a long-time friend and mentor to many at Cal State Long Beach, died Oct. 15. She was 66. Jimenez had been diagnosed recently with cancer. Part of what makes Jimenez’s death so painful was the “speed and aggressiveness of the cancer which took her; friends and family had[Read More…]
Show goes green for job interview clothes
A sustainable fashion show is being held on campus today to teach students how to make a lasting first impression during job interviews without breaking the bank. The Rainmaker Network, along with Cal State Long Beach organization Up ‘til Dawn, is hosting the fashion show using clothes donated by Dress[Read More…]
Long Beach nurses plan one-day strike
More than 16,000 California and Nevada nurses, including dozens from St. Mary’s Medical Center in Long Beach, will leave their stations to form picket lines this Friday. The California Nurses Association has been locked in a bitter contract dispute with Catholic Healthcare West since March, when workers’ contracts from three[Read More…]
Colleges stay ‘afloat’ this year due to furloughs
As students wrap up midterms, Cal State Long Beach colleges look over the academic year’s cuts and what has yet to come. “It’s a different time, as everybody’s aware,” said Dixie Grimmet, dean of the College of Health and Human Services. Grimmett said the college had to cut $1.4 million[Read More…]
Professors use technology to increase student involvement in learning
Glenn Zucman, an Art 110 professor at Cal State Long Beach, is currently taking his students on a trip to the Beach World. “I hope to reinvent and reinvigorate general education art appreciation through a series of paralleled physical world and virtual art experiences,” Zucman said in a press release.[Read More…]
Swine flu vaccine in Long Beach this week
Long Beach residents can breathe easy, as the arrival of the swine flu vaccine is expected to arrive in the city this week. The Long Beach Public Health Department will begin distribution plans immediately to allot the arriving vaccine to various hospitals and health care facilities throughout the city, said[Read More…]
Family, friends remember music student Kyle Stevens
Kyle Stevens asked his choir director five years ago if the chamber choir could perform “Precious Lord” for a competition. It was a birthday surprise for his father, Lowell Stevens, who loved the song. “I wanted him to sing [this song] at my funeral, but Kyle didn’t want to wait[Read More…]