California State University officials announced at the Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday that tuition will not be increased for the 2019-20 academic year. Chancellor Timothy P. White opened the State of the CSU address by citing Gov. Gavin Newsom’s “visionary budget” proposal, saying it was the reason for the tuition[Read More…]
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Beach Weekly: Episode 5
News Editor Emma DiMaggio and Assistant News Editor James Chow give a roundup of this week’s notable news stories: California State University Board of Trustees meetings, Associated Students Inc. homelessness panel and the Imagine Beach 2030 initiative. Board of Trustees: 0:32 ASI homeless awareness panel: 8:11 Beach 2030: 10:10 Music[Read More…]
Issues of safety for minority students addressed at Board of Trustees meeting
Audience members and the Board of Trustees fell silent during a public comments period Wednesday as Anthony Lawson played a clip of his brother deliver a speech about what it means to be a man. “A man … takes care of the people around him and not just himself,” the[Read More…]
Protesters defend ethnic and gender studies during Board of Trustees meeting
Correction: Executive Order 1110 and 1100R will not eliminate the need for students to take courses in Ethnic Studies. A circle of concerned students and professors from Long Beach State and California State University, Northridge, among other campuses, gathered near the entrance of the CSU Chancellor’s office Tuesday, chanting slogans[Read More…]
Students and faculty remain ambivalent to trust fund allocation by Board of Trustees
Despite the continued success of Graduation Initiative 2025, California State University students and faculty were concerned about how funds are being allocated by the Board of Trustees at its meeting this Tuesday. Graduation Initiative 2025 was first passed by the Board of Trustees in 2015 with the goal of increasing[Read More…]
Justice for Josiah takes to the Board of Trustees with a list of demands
With only a minute-and-a-half to make her case to the Board of Trustees on the institutional racism she believes is present in the California State University system, Charmaine Lawson found herself speaking far past the allotted time. Supporters of Lawson’s cause gave the grieving mother their time to allow her[Read More…]
Governor Brown approves $364 million for CSUs
After months of lobbying from students, faculty and legislators, California Governor Jerry Brown approved more funding for the California State University system June 12. State lawmakers approved the budget June 14, and Brown will have until the end of the month to sign it in. In January, Brown proposed a[Read More…]
Protesters louder than Chancellor White at CSU Board of Trustees meeting
A much-anticipated tuition hike was revisited by the California State University Board of Trustees during its Tuesday meeting. The $288 increase would mark the second consecutive hike for students in the CSU system, which has received backlash from students and faculty members, along with the group Students for Quality Education,[Read More…]
Students for Quality Education rally at CSU Board of Trustees meeting to fight tuition hike
Over 30 students and faculty congregated around the doors of the California State University Chancellor’s Office in Long Beach Tuesday morning. As the crowd waited for the Board of Trustees meeting to begin, they stood in solidarity against the latest tuition hike. While it will be another two months of[Read More…]
Raising tuition places an unnecessary burden on CSULB students
The Cal State system received a shock when Governor Jerry Brown released his proposal for the 2018-19 state budget. The biggest news was the decrease in funding from the expected $263 million, to a much smaller $92.1 million. This leaves a $171 million gap in funding that is likely going[Read More…]