With the high costs of education, housing and gas, students might ask themselves whether or not they can afford health insurance, and how and where to find affordable coverage.According to the Census Bureau, approximately 8 million young adults – ages 18 to 24 – were uninsured in 2007. Cal State[Read More…]
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Prostesters say Prop 8 battle ‘not over’
If Cal State Long Beach student Ismael Flores was asked what his post-graduation plans are, he would say they include a career in teaching kindergarten and a family of his own. Last week, it may have seemed like a plausible future for the 27-year-old liberal studies major, save for the[Read More…]
More cuts to classes, financial aid possible for fall semester
Cal State Long Beach administrators and faculty are treading carefully as class cuts, financial aid changes and additional fees become an option in the event of a $481 million loss in funding from the state and the elimination of Cal Grants. In response to California voters rejecting five of the[Read More…]
Students search for affordable health insurance
With the high costs of education, housing and gas, students might ask themselves whether or not they can afford health insurance, and how and where to find affordable coverage. According to the Census Bureau, approximately 8 million young adults — ages 18 to 24 — were uninsured in 2007. Cal[Read More…]
Students want to study the night away in 24 hour library
A voice over the intercom echoes throughout the Cal State Long Beach. It is 15 minutes until closing time and a group of about 156 reluctant students pack books, headphones and computers into their backpacks and ready themselves for their trek back to dorm rooms, apartments or parents’ residences. Some[Read More…]
iClicker picked to be CSULB standard for tech tests
iTunes, iPods, iPhones and even iPillows seem to be taking over the technology world. Starting fall 2009, Cal State Long Beach will take part in the popular i-trend by applying the iClicker as the standard handheld electronic polling device in classes. The iClicker is a device that allows professors to[Read More…]
2nd CSULB student diagnosed with swine flu
Another Cal State Long Beach student was confirmed yesterday to have tested positive for Novel Influenza A (H1N1), or swine flu. According to the CSULB website, the student, who was diagnosed as “presumptive positive” prior to receiving test results from the Centers of Disease Control, experienced flu-like symptoms last week. After being[Read More…]
Supreme Court keeps Proposition 8 in the Calif. Constitution
The California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8’s ban on same-sex marriage in a 6-1 vote on Tuesday. Before its vote Tuesday morning there had been some confusion about gay couples who married before November’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriages. The Supreme Court said that the approximate 18,000 couples already married[Read More…]
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Women’s studies name change to be more ‘inclusive’
By changing its name from women’s studies to women’s, gender and sexuality studies in fall 2009, the department hopes to change its reputation some students commonly associate with feminism and women’s health. “[The new name] reflects who we are and where our discipline is going,” said Wendy Griffin, professor emeritus[Read More…]