A second student at Cal State Long Beach may be infected with the H1N1 virus that causes swine flu. In an e-mail sent to all students shortly before 4 p.m. Thursday, CSULB President F. King Alexander said the university was informed of the presumptive positive test Wednesday night. The student,[Read More…]
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California votes down five of six propositions
Proposition 1A 66 percent voted no. 34 percent voted yes. Proposition 1B 63 percent voted no. 37 percent voted yes. Proposition 1C 64.6 percent voted no. 35.4 percent voted yes. Proposition 1D 66 percent voted no. 34 percent voted yes. Proposition 1E 66 percent voted no. 34 percent voted yes.[Read More…]
First ‘master class’ stars Reading Rainbow’s Levar Burton
Director and actor LeVar Burton directed Cal State Long Beach’s first master class in film directing, featuring a seven-minute film scene created by CSULB film students on Friday at the Player’s Theater. “The workshop was a very full house with 85 attendees, and the film students were very professional,” said[Read More…]
Economic Forecast: Housing market to settle soon, but unemployment to continue
The local and national economies will soon be getting “better, but not good,” with housing-sector problems expected to bottom out this summer and pave the way for “recovery mode” in 2010, according to this year’s Economic Forecast produced by Cal State Long Beach’s Office of Economic Research. The bad news,[Read More…]
Parking ease: a CSULBer’s dream
With plans to cut enrollment, parking should be a little easier next fall. If you’re having trouble, consider parking on the east side of campus: Parking Structure 3 had plenty of open spaces this spring. Expect fall semester permit prices to remain the same at $123. If you have summer[Read More…]
ASI Senate ends year with four final approvals
In its last meeting of the year, the Associated Students Inc. Senate voted on the final readings of four proposed acts for 2009. ASI voted to approve the Shared Governance Enhancement Act of 2009. The amendment calls for the establishment of a committee on shared governance, which will assist in[Read More…]
Board approves $306 fee increase
Cal State University fees will rise next year after the CSU board of trustees approved a 10 percent fee increase on Wednesday. The trustees said the increase was necessary to maintain CSU operations and that increases will be necessary until the state legislature gives greater priority to funding for higher[Read More…]
Special election Tuesday will decipher future budget cuts
California’s May 19 Special Election has raised several controversial issues between the California State University system, the California Faculty Association and Cal State Long Beach students. While the California Legislature is encouraging voters to approve all six of the propositions on the ballot Tuesday, Proposition 1A has stirred the most[Read More…]
Cultural, Lavender graduations offer ‘personal’ celebration
With graduation around the corner, some students are choosing a more intimate gathering to celebrate their accomplishments. Every semester about 20 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender graduates participate in the Lavender Graduation. Cal State Long Beach offers seven cultural graduation celebrations: Cambodian, African-American, Chicano/Latino, American Indian, Pacific Islander, Filipino and[Read More…]
Trustees to decide on fee increase today
The CSU board of trustees’ committee on finance voted yesterday to recommend another system-wide 10 percent student fee increase and a raise in the per-unit fee for business administration graduate students. The board is expected to approve the fee increase today. The proposed 10 percent student fee increase, if passed,[Read More…]