A Cal State University online university is in the developmental stages following an initiative created by the Technology Steering Committee. The CSU Online Overview, a document from TSC outlining the initial ideas of the framework for CSU Online, states that “the California State University ‘CSU Online’ is being developed to[Read More…]
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Valuables stolen from ASI officials
Associated Students Inc. Treasurer Michael Quibuyen’s laptop and ASI Chief of Staff Deborah Rowe’s wallet were stolen from the ASI Student Government Office on July 18 while staff members were out for lunch. The police were able to get a picture of the suspect when he used one of Rowe’s[Read More…]
CSULB student voted off ‘Think You Dance’
Cal State Long Beach dance student Clarice Ordaz was voted off of Fox’s reality competition “So You Think You Can Dance” last Thursday during the Top 10 elimination round. Nineteen-year-old Ordaz survived six weeks on the show and will tour the country with the Top 10 contestants in November, visiting[Read More…]
Hirshman, CSU defend $400K salary
Last week, many Cal State University students were left confused about their university’s educational priorities when the CSU Board of Trustees awarded San Diego State President Elliot Hirshman a $400,000 salary while increasing student fees by 12 percent. CSU Media Relations Specialist Erik Fallis said that while presidential salaries may[Read More…]
CSULB lab teams up with Discovery Channel’s ‘Shark Week’
The Cal State Long Beach Shark Lab will be featured in the first episode of Discovery Channel’s Shark Week series on July 31 at 9 p.m. in what is being advertised as a riveting look at the ocean’s most predatory fish. “Our part of the show is about our research[Read More…]
Long Beach Bag Ban Goes Forward as Planned
The Long Beach plastic bag ban, which was voted in on May 24, will prohibit the distribution of all plastic carry out bags in Long Beach and will begin on Aug. 1. According to the Long Beach Press Telegram, city officials proposed to delay the plastic bag ban for large[Read More…]
JetBlue customers take fastlane as SoCal averts ‘Carmageddon’
While the freeway closure dubbed “Carmageddon” highlighted Southern California’s precarious car culture last weekend, JetBlue stood out for its pluckiness and civic mindedness by offering $4 flights between Long Beach and Burbank Saturday — a day that was expected to be the worst of the traffic blocked weekend. The deal[Read More…]
Annual origami festival largest to date
All of the tables filled up in the first hour as the Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden hosted it’s annual origami festival Sunday, July 17, with nearly a thousand people in attendance, the most the event has ever seen. More than 40 origami experts including Michael Sanders and Yami Yamauchi,[Read More…]
CSULB design student chosen as finalist in Electrolux competition
CSULB graduate design student Matthew Schwartz is one of eight finalists chosen in this year’s Electrolux design competition to go on an all expense paid trip to London in September, where prizes for the top three entries will be given out after contestants make 10-minute presentations. The winner will receive[Read More…]
CSSA sponsors bill to ease future tuition hikes
In light of continually rising tuition, the California State Student Association has sponsored AB 970, a bill designed to limit the impact of future tuition hikes. “Over the past ten years we have seen a constant trend and even more recent trend of tuition increases that we need to start[Read More…]