Two weeks after President Donald Trump pulled the plug on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Cal State Long Beach announced Friday that funding will be provided for 2017 DACA renewals. For students completing a renewal by the Oct. 5 deadline, President Jane Close Conoley has committed $200,000 through the CSULB[Read More…]
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‘Baby Driver’ and Stephen King’s reboot of ‘It’ make their way to Movies on the House
For students wanting to experience blockbuster movies without spending an arm and a leg on expensive theater tickets, Associated Students Inc.’s free Movies on the House event returns for another semester bringing some of the summer’s hottest film releases with it. Last week marked the beginning of Movies on the[Read More…]
DACA resolution promised at ASI meeting
Associated Students, Inc. is quickly getting back to work second week of the semester. It’s only the second meeting of the fall semester and new student government positions have been appointed, chair reports conducted and comments about Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals were held. Roll was taken at ASI[Read More…]
New president Nino wants to fight for social justice under term
Former vice president Joe Nino assumed presidential duties after the previous ASI head Daniel Gomez resigned from his position earlier this summer. “I am hopeful and confident about the prospect of my good friend and running mate Joseph Nino taking the helm,” Gomez said. “As you may know, Joe and[Read More…]
ASI senate passes resolution for CSULB to divest in Israel
The Associated Students, Inc. Senate passed in a (15,7,1) roll call vote a divestment resolution from companies that profit from Palestinian oppression. One side of the gallery restrained their cheers and jitters, while the other side donned dispirited, reddened faces as the ASI Senate tallied their votes. This resolution would[Read More…]
Divestment resolution engages campus support and distress
The Senate chambers were filled with people sitting on the floor, crowding in the foyer and outside to show their support or opposition of a resolution at the most recent Associated Students, Inc. Senate meeting. This resolution to divest from Israel has left the Cal State Long Beach campus divided[Read More…]
CSULB campus remains divided over divestment
In an emotional vote that drew gleeful cheers and heavy weeping, the Associated Students, Inc. Senate passed for its second reading a divestment resolution from companies they say are complicit in Palestinian oppression. The resolution passed in a roll-call vote with 12 senators voting in favor, seven voting against it[Read More…]
Everything you need to know about the ASI reorganization
Associated Students, Inc. Senate voted for the second time in a little over a year to reorganize the student government, adding new positions and removing obsolete ones. Last year’s ASI Senate approved the framework for the reorganization in April 2016, and this year’s senate made changes to that new framework[Read More…]
Your not-so-average-Joe
It’s no secret that being involved with Associated Students, Inc. can be a time consuming endeavor, but the Beach’s newest vice president-elect makes sure to balance his academic and social calendar with an off-campus life. When Joe Nino isn’t at Cal State Long Beach, which is most of the time,[Read More…]
‘Moving Forward Together’ takes top ASI positions in run-off election
Cal State Long Beach students submitted their final ballots for Associated Students, Inc. executive offices in a run-off election right before spring break and voted in the rest of the “Moving Forward Together” slate. Joe Nino, vice president-elect, and Jonathan Wanless, treasurer-elect will join Daniel Gomez, ASI president-elect, in June[Read More…]