EDITOR’S NOTE: The article has been updated due to an incorrect title used in the article. When Daniel Hernandez learned of Associated Students Inc’s plan to implement the web program OrgSync, he was skeptical. One month later, he had mobilized his college to oppose the plan. “In general, engineers tend[Read More…]
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CSULB to implement new e-mail system
Students who use Cal State Long Beach’s e-mail service will have to switch to the new BeachMail system by Jan. 31. The system will be launched on Dec. 1, giving students two months to switch systems. Microsoft is providing BeachMail as a free service for a minimum of five years.[Read More…]
Late-night shuttles keep campus safe
Campus shuttles are available until midnight, but most students stop using them around 10 p.m. Still, the shuttles continue to run as a matter of safety. According to sustainable transportation coordinator at CSULB Elissa Thomas, student facilities such as the library, the Student Recreation and Wellness Center and the Horn[Read More…]
Maniacs debut new mascot at Pyramid sleepover
The Maniacs unveiled a new mascot at the second annual Homecoming Eve Camp Out at the Walter Pyramid Nov. 12. Hype, the new Maniacs mascot, was dressed from head to toe in a bright yellow spandex suit, topped off by a Speedo with the 49er logo. “Hype is the epitome[Read More…]
Film program to screen students’ movies at festival
Cal State Long Beach is one of 12 colleges and universities across the country that is offering students a chance to screen their movies at a major film festival in June 2011. The Sprite Refreshing Films program will choose six student screenplays to be turned into six- to 12-minute movies.[Read More…]
CSULB students advocate non-violence, peace
California Congressman Bob Filner joined with student and community organizations to discuss the true costs of war at CSULB’s third annual Practicing Peace Festival on Nov. 10. “The violence, the thinking that goes behind it, the injuries — we as a society need to know the different kinds of costs[Read More…]
CSU raises tuition by 15 percent
The board of trustees for the Cal State University system approved a tuition increase of 15 percent today. Tuition will increase 5 percent for spring 2011 and 10 percent for the 2011-12 academic year. Lt. Gov. Abel Madonado, an ex officio member of the board, and student trustee Nicole Anderson[Read More…]
CSULB University Police save man’s life
University Police saved an 80-year-old man’s life in the Physical Education building on Oct. 31, Lt. Scot Willey of the University Police Department said. University Police were called to room 106 with a report of an elderly man who was semi-conscious and barely breathing. When officers arrived to the scene,[Read More…]
CSU students fight likely tuition increase, stand up to trustees
The Cal State University Board of Trustees made a procedural move Tuesday that will set the table for a vote on two separate tuition increases when the board reconvenes today. In two 6-1 decisions, the board’s committee on finance approved a motion to raise tuition 5 percent or $105 for[Read More…]
CSU Board of Trustees ratifies agreement with student union
In an open session a little after noon, the Cal State University Board of Trustees unanimously ratified a collective bargaining agreement with United Auto Workers Local 4123, a union that represents academic student employees. While ratification occurred in the open session, the board’s committee on collective bargaining met behind closed[Read More…]