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…]
Tag: California State University Long Beach
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Student expelled after issuing numerous email complaints about administrator
[related title=”Related Stories” stories=”42954″ align=”left” background=”on” border=”all” shadow=”on”] Former Student Life and Development coordinator and doctoral student Alisia Thompson was expelled from Cal State Long Beach on Wednesday after sending as many as 2,000 email complaints regarding Vice President of Student Affairs Carmen Taylor to university officials, colleagues of Taylor[Read More…]
Treasurer-elect strives to bring about change
Free time is nonexistent for newly elected Associated Students, Inc. treasurer Jonathan Wanless. Balancing a schedule consisting of classes, an internship, ASI obligations and club meetings is hard enough – but trying to add in a normal social life is the real struggle. Wanless, a junior communication studies major with[Read More…]
Less hassle, more tassle with the Graduation Initiative 2025
Cal State Long Beach students should expect to see more sections of highly impacted classes, among other changes, thanks to programs and research conducted under the Graduation 2025 Initiative. In January 2015, the California State University system launched the initiative, aiming to increase graduation rates across the 23 campuses. Currently,[Read More…]
Student faces ongoing investigation after issuing complaint against CSULB administration
A former Student Life and Development coordinator is being investigated through the University Police Department on grounds of harassment against Vice President for Student Affairs Carmen Taylor, after sending hundreds of emails over a span of time to Cal State University officials, Taylor and universities where Taylor used to work.[Read More…]
The ASI Senate discuss the rise in tuition and advocate for more Ally training
The tuition increases, the mood decreases Outside the Senate chambers, the gloomy, overcast sky encircled campus. Students sitting at the round tables occupied themselves in quiet conversations and silent note-taking. Inside the chamber walls, the mood was no different. The Associated Students, Inc. Senate was overcast with sullen faces. One[Read More…]
Student Fee Advisory Committee raises Health Service Fee
Vice President of Student Affairs Carmen Taylor released a statement Wednesday that said the student health fee will be increasing from $45 to $75 a semester, taking effect fall 2017. After maintaining the health fee price for nearly 12 years, the Student Fee Advisory Committee, made up of members of[Read More…]
Students, you down with O.P.P.?
Associated Students, Inc.’s new Senate Resolution 2017-17 tries to put pressure on the California State University Board of Trustees to “freeze initiatives and the tuition increase for three to five years.” ASI Senator-at-large Daniel Gomez introduced the resolution, dubbed Opposing Payment Peaks, on Wednesday. “A portion of the resolution is[Read More…]
La Raza Student Center to reopen after renovations
Cal State Long Beach’s La Raza student resource center will be having its grand reopening today after delayed renovations. The center has had limited availability to students this semester because of the work being done. The renovations were mostly fresh paint and new carpeting and provided to all of the[Read More…]