About 10,000 fewer students will be admitted to California State University campuses in the coming spring and fall semesters, Chancellor Charles Reed said this morning. These cuts represent only a small portion of the chancellor’s three-year plan, which will ultimately lower enrollment by 40,000 students. The plan has already enacted[Read More…]
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House passes health care bill
The U.S. House of Representatives passed its health care reform bill on Saturday by a whisker, with a 220-215 vote. Democrat support was high, with 39 Democrats in opposition and one Republican in support. The Affordable Health Care for America Act, or H.R. 3962, guarantees coverage for 96 percent of[Read More…]
House passes health care bill
The U.S. House of Representatives passed its health care reform bill on Saturday by a whisker, with a 220-215 vote. Democrat support was high, with 39 Democrats in opposition and one Republican in support. The Affordable Health Care for America Act, or H.R. 3962, guarantees coverage for 96 percent of[Read More…]
Student group shines light on rape in the Congo
Jenny Hoang shifted in her chair, staring at the movie screen filled with faces of rape victims telling their stories. She didn’t know how to react to the woman who had been raped by 20 different men, nor did she comprehend why a rapist mutilated a woman’s sexual organs after[Read More…]
Some buildings on campus not easily accessible to disabled students
It is busy at the Outpost restaurant and convenience store during lunch, and sometimes it seems almost impossible to even get through the doors because of all the people blocking the way. Imagine trying to do that with a disability. The Outpost has signs outside its doors showing that it[Read More…]
ASI sells cookies to support CSU system
Associated Students Inc. hosted an event called Cookie for Cuts at the University Student Union Southwest Terrace on Tuesday, using a bake sale to rally students against budget cuts to higher education. Drastic cuts from the state are forcing California State University administration to take measures such as furloughs, fee[Read More…]
Student Health Services may open swine flu vaccines to more students
Updated 11-05-09 at 7:31 p.m.: H1N1 Vaccinations are now available to all students Student Health Services is currently distributing its first shipment of the swine flu vaccine in the Student Health Center. The distribution began on Tuesday for athletes, campus police and nursing students. “It was a little bit on[Read More…]
Professor discusses 2 sides to sex trafficking
Sex is being bought and sold worldwide; many women are being forced into sex work against their will, while others voluntarily enter the profession. The Feminist Organization Reclaiming Consciousness and Equality (FORCE) held a screening of the documentary “Trading Women” to a small group of students in the Multicultural Center[Read More…]
Past action in protest of budget cuts ‘just the beginning’
President Chris Chavez praised at this week’s Associated Students Inc. meeting the recent Cookies for Cuts demonstration on campus. Though Chavez called it a “success” in comparison to its counterparts held at other California State University campuses, he addressed it as a mere stepping stone in the ongoing conflict over education[Read More…]
Students head to Sacramento to share their stories – and 2,000 others
While most students and faculty took Monday off to observe the furlough day, Sarah Yoon and Melissa Wheeler were on campus that morning because of the budget cuts. The two Cal State Long Beach students were going to Sacramento later that day to deliver 2,000 letters to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger[Read More…]