International student Majid Khalid Shuhail returned home to the United Arab Emirates on March 8 after he was reported missing last month, according to news reports. Shuhail, a 19-year-old former Cal State Long Beach American Language Institute student, went missing Feb. 15. According to an article from the Contra Costa[Read More…]
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6 CSULB buildings seismically unsafe
This article was edited by Daily 49er News Editor Antoinette Luzano in order to focus on Cal State Long Beach. Several buildings at CSULB have been deemed unsafe in the event of an earthquake, according to the reporting initiative California Watch. The organization, part of the nonpartisan Center for Investigative[Read More…]
Law Week to discuss ‘the intricacies of law school’
The first on-campus event of its kind, Law Week will give students interested in pursuing law the opportunity to speak with judges, lawyers and receive information on applying to law schools. The three-day law information event begins today at Cal State Long Beach, and takes place on the eve of the[Read More…]
ASI funding drops due to summer fee regulations
Associated Students Inc. is reporting a $219,000 loss, the greatest of the California State University student governments, from not being able to charge a summer session fee. “The summer fee plus enrollment fee has a reduction of 14 percent revenue loss for 2010 to 2011,” said ASI President Chris Chavez. “One[Read More…]
ASI increases recreation center fee to $116
The opening of the Student Recreation and Wellness Center this fall will also bring an added fee of $116 each semester. Students voted in February 2007 in favor of building the Student Recreation and Wellness Center (SRWC). The fee referendum included an agreement to give Associated Students Inc. the ability[Read More…]
Chicana Feminism Conference to host workshops for both women, men
“Ya basta!” — or “enough!” — is the slogan used by civil rights activists in Mexico. The phrase is now being used by a new group on campus to express their discontentment with suffering. Conciencia Femenil will host its first Chicana Feminism Conference at the Anatol Center today at 5[Read More…]
Social media makes its mark on younger generation
If you’re one of the 175 million people who log onto Facebook everyday, then you may be constantly exposed to marketing messages, according to sociologist Hope Schau. Cal State Long Beach Associate Dean for Accreditation Mary Wolfinbarger-Celsi introduced Schau to about 110 people in the College of Business Administration lecture[Read More…]
Provost finalist wants to ‘push and prod’
Check out how it all started here – Search for new provost begins With experience as a professor, department chair and dean at Cal State Fullerton, provost finalist Anil Puri wants to make Cal State Long Beach a cutting edge, innovative campus. With enough funds for faculty members to research applicable[Read More…]
Recreation center ready to open in fall
The opening of the Student Recreation and Wellness Center this fall will also bring an added fee of $110 each semester. Students voted in February 2007 in favor of building the Student Recreation and Wellness Center (SRWC). The fee is part of a debt reduction because the school took a[Read More…]
CSULB students seeking different writing services on campus
As budget cuts limit the resources of the Writer’s Resource Lab, more students are being turned over to the Research Paper Clinic. No additional staff has been hired at the resource lab, and space is an issue, according to Todd Fox, coordinator of the lab. “We’re outgrowing our capacity,” Fox[Read More…]