Last year, less than half of new students in the California State University system transferred from state community colleges. But in light of recent budget cuts and enduring systematic flaws, it has become increasingly difficult for this large segment of the college population to attain higher education. The Institute for[Read More…]
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Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events on campus and around Long Beach.
Packs to protect against swine flu
Although bombarded with budget cuts, Associated Students Inc. still hopes to solve the health and budget obstacles the university is currently facing this semester. Dr. Michael Carbuto from Student Health Services (SHS) announced that it is fully prepared for any further H1N1 outbreaks on campus. In May, a student at[Read More…]
2010 budget looks ‘grim’
An additional ongoing 10 percent drop in enrollment and state budget cuts can be expected in the 2010-11 academic year at Cal State Long Beach. Warned by Interim Provost Donald Para with a PowerPoint presentation Wednesday afternoon at the Anatol Center, the faculty were visibly dejected after the meeting mapped[Read More…]
Bike shop owner helps CSULB go out for spin
It’s Labor Day at Jax Bicycles in Long Beach and Matt Gfell is greeting customers. Tall and friendly with close-cropped black hair, he greets customers with a beefy handshake where they see his pink breast cancer awareness bracelet. Jax Bicycles is the oldest bike shop in Long Beach still operating[Read More…]
Your major might not matter
Networking isn’t easy to do, but for those trying to find jobs after graduation, it just might be the one thing that can get you that paycheck you’ve been dreaming about, whether it uses your degree skills or not. Director of the Cal State Long Beach Career Development Center Manuel[Read More…]
With loss of shuttles, some students opt for sidewalks
There were a lot of confused faces on the first day of school as students awaited an off-campus shuttle that would never come. In previous years, Parking and Transportation Services provided Cal State Long Beach students with four Campus Connection off-campus shuttles. They would pick students up at four locations[Read More…]
SB 218 approved by Assembly
A landslide vote from the Assembly on Senate Bill 218 brings the spending and financial practices of California State University auxiliaries and foundations closer to transparency Thursday. Sen. Leland Yee’s (D-San Francisco) bill was approved in a bipartisan vote, 67-0, and the amended version will return to the Senate, which[Read More…]
ASI gathers student support for new bus routes
A former Associated Students Inc. member is gathering support from students to approve changing Long Beach Transit Passport routes. Brian Troutner, a former ASI treasurer, tried at the ASI Senate meeting Wednesday to gather student support for changing the current Passport B and D routes. Forms will be presented at[Read More…]
Bill would unveil CSULB private funds
Senate Bill 218, which would affect the financial records of California’s public universities and community colleges, is on the Assembly floor to be voted on this week. If passed, the bill would disclose the finances of private foundations — or auxiliaries within schools to raise and spend money — to[Read More…]
Students zip down fast lane in rental cars
Rental cars, which are usually available in airport parking lots or busy city areas, will now be available at Cal State Long Beach. Parking and Transportation Services has recently began offering students, faculty and staff a new way of traveling through the use of rental cars via Zipcar. Elissa Thomas,[Read More…]