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Stanislaus to offer online MBA program next fall

Cal State Stanislaus announced a new online MBA program, expected to launch in fall 2012, that will allow students to receive an MBA through a combination of online courses and in-person instruction. The degrees will reportedly cost the same amount as an MBA earned on-campus at CSU Stanislaus, about $20,000.[Read More…]

German author first to ‘experience modernity’

Scholars from across the country, Germany, Austria, Canada and England will discuss topics varying from justice to the pursuit of happiness on Friday and Saturday during Cal State Long Beach’s Kleist Conference, which will focus on the theme of occupation, in the Karl Anatol Center. German writer Heinrich von Kleist’s[Read More…]

Committee forming to search for new CLA dean

The College of Liberal Arts is forming a search committee that will help find a replacement for Dean Gerry Riposa, but, as the committee is being formed, more than a dozen applicants have already applied, Provost Donald Para said. Riposa made the announcement last spring that he would step down[Read More…]

Students do push-ups for personal training lessons

Cal State Long Beach students Ron Le and Jenny Guerrero outworked 48 other contestants, placing first in the Student Recreation and Wellness Center’s second annual push-up contest. Le, a junior kinesiology major, was the top male competitor with 100 push-ups. “It feels good to win,” Le said. Le is a[Read More…]

VIDEO: Haunted asylum brings the scares

In a low groaning voice, a mysterious creature in a robe with a candle in hand invited frightened groups through the Psychology building elevator to the asylum waiting room to anticipate the dark, narrow maze. Cal State Long Beach’s Psychology Student Association (PSA) and International Honor Society in Psychology (Psi[Read More…]

LA court backs SLO president’s salary

The Los Angeles Superior Court ruled in favor of the California State University Board of Trustees yesterday, saying the board did not violate a California law mandating open public meetings when it awarded Cal State Poly San Luis Obispo President Jeffrey Armstrong a $350,000 salary. The lawsuit was brought against[Read More…]

Students do push-ups for prizes

The Student Recreation and Wellness Center at Cal State Long Beach will be hosting its second annual push-up contest on Oct. 26 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Main Gym A. The goal of the contest is to get people to participate in activities at the SRWC, according to[Read More…]

Man caught masturbating in library, police say

Inappropriate behavior, phone calls bother students A man was found masturbating on the second floor of the University Library on Oct. 17 in the evening, Brown said. However, the woman who saw him did not contact the police until noon the next day. The man was in his 30s, wearing[Read More…]

Students differ on Obama’s performance

As the economy sputters and the war in Iraq continues through the end of the year, many young Americans appear to be losing hope in the president they helped elect. Some students at Cal State Long Beach, however, are holding on to the hope roused in President Barack Obama’s campaign,[Read More…]

Sailing team rebuilds, improves

Cal State Long Beach’s Sailing Team is making a comeback after 25 years of inactivity; most recently, it took first place in the Frosh/Soph Regatta at the Mission Bay Yacht Club in San Diego. A regatta is a series of boat races, and the CSULB team won by accumulating the[Read More…]

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