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Financial problems push back soundstage construction

Film students at Cal State Long Beach will have to wait a little longer to use the promised soundstage from the upcoming Long Beach Studios due to lack of financial funds. The escrow to sell the Boeing 717 facility and make it into a state-of-the-art studio has recently been extended[Read More…]

Senate passes stimulus bill

The Senate passed the $838 billion stimulus bill crafted to curb widespread recessionary pressures through tax cuts and government spending on Tuesday morning with a 61-37 vote. As the final decision on the bill approached, Cal State Long Beach students either said they hoped the bill passes or that they[Read More…]

Beach Cruiser service ends Thursday

Students who commute from the Marina Lot to Cal State Long Beach on the Beach Cruiser shuttle service will find themselves without a ride after Thursday. Since fall 2008, the Beach Cruiser has shuttled students from CSULB and the Long Beach Marina parking lot, but an increase in on-campus parking[Read More…]

Daily Forty-Niner advertisement causes confusion

A full-color insert found in Monday’s issue of the Daily Forty-Niner raised concerns on campus. The insert was a graphic depiction of abortion procedures. It was unclear to many readers that the insert was a paid advertisement, and the Daily Forty-Niner and several campus administrators received phone calls from members[Read More…]

‘Legacy’ fee increase breakdown

The chart (right) breaks down the costs of a full-time undergraduate student for fall semester in 2009 and shows the differences in charges for fall 2010. If the Beach Legacy Referendum passes students will be charged $95 per semester starting in fall 2010. The $110 fee for the Student Recreation[Read More…]

Cinematography honorable mention for ‘Heritage Award’

What began as a childhood interest in photography has led Golnar Fakhrai, a Cal State Long Beach senior, to an honor from the American Society of Cinematographers. Fakhrai’s role as cinematographer in the award-winning student film “Half” has earned her runner-up for the ASC Burton Stone Heritage Award. “I was[Read More…]

The 10th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration

On the heels of the election of President Barack Obama, the 10th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration had even more meaning. Obama was compared by some to Dr. King as a way to show the similarities in how they promote peace and unity. Thursday’s commemorative program packed California State[Read More…]

Forum commemorates lost immigrant lives

Crosses adorned the room in honor of unidentified immigrants who have died crossing the border, at Wednesday’s Marcha Migrante forum and candlelight vigil. Marcha Migrante volunteers, faculty, staff and students gathered to address immigration reform, and to provide a place where students could express their own experiences in being undocumented[Read More…]

CSULB enrollment crunches with economy

Approximately 2,000 fewer prospective first-time and transfer students may be admitted to Cal State Long Beach for the fall 2009 semester compared to last fall. The enrollment changes were planned to offset taking more students in previous years than the university can fund. “We’re kind of victims of being the[Read More…]

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