By Aunjolay Lambert |Staff Writer| Knowing that the strike is so close to becoming reality makes me feel uneasy, but I do think CSU faculty should vote to strike. The faculty and staff are the heart and soul of the CSU campuses and without them it would be next to impossible to run CSU universities. [...]
By Katherine Valadez |Staff Writer| Students who are tired of rising tuition may soon have the opportunity to have more of their voices heard on the Board of Trustees that oversees the 23-campus CSU system. Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco/San Mateo, announced a bill on Feb. 15 that would diversify the CSU Board of Trustees. [...]
By Lizbeth Lopez |Staff Writer| It is no secret that many students are upset with the tuition fee increases, and we have shown our displeasure, but we need to present a proposal to solve the decrease in state funding toward higher education and the constant tuition increases. The state should implement a merit based scale [...]
By Lizbeth Lopez |Staff Writer| CSUSB has been too slow in demonstrating our discontent with the tuition hikes compared to other CSUs. We should all know by now that they have gotten out of hand. For a CSU campus that currently enrolls more than 17,500 students, why does Occupy CSUSB, which expresses the belief that [...]
by Stephanie Paniagua | Staff Writer | Over $333 million has been restored to the CSU system to ease the effect of the already hundreds of millions of dollars cut by state legislators. The CSU system has suffered a $650 million decrease in funding and faces an additional “trigger cut” of $100 million, bring the [...]
by Nicole Maldonado | Staff Writer | Turmoil is brewing in the world of college education. Tuition is spiking every year, classes are cut and a faculty strike looms. I think teachers striking is the worst thing that could happen to the CSU system. We already pay increasingly higher prices for tuition and now we [...]
By Staphanie Barrera |Staff Writer| CSUSB may face another potential budget cut which could directly affect student tuition, financial aid, student enrollment and a reduction in personal cost for the next school year. A press release was distributed earlier this week by CSUSB Office of Public Affairs stating that more budget cuts will lead [...]
By Stephanie Barerra |Staff Writer| CSUSB may face another potential budget cut which could directly affect student tuition, financial aid, student enrollment and a reduction in personal cost for the next school year. A press release was distributed earlier this week by CSUSB Office of Public Affairs stating that more budget cuts will lead to [...]
By Matt Edgerton |Staff Writer| Tuition fees increased yet again for the already impoverished students of CSUSB. But where is this money going? The CSU Chancellor’s office said in a press release, “Pending final approval by the full board, the five percent increase will take effect for the winter/spring of 2011 and will raise tuition [...]