• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

Coyote Chronicle CSUSB

The Independent Student Voice of CSUSB Since 1965

  • News
  • Community
  • Politics
  • Opinions
  • A & E
  • Features
  • Sports
  • Expressions
  • Multimedia

CA

Ending Student Hunger on CSU Campuses

April 28, 2017 by Brittanie Gutierrez 66 Comments

By Brittanie Gutierrez |Staff Writer| College can be—and is—expensive. Students often have to sacrifice certain things in order to afford their education, but food should never be one of them. Assembly Bill 453 (AB-453) was presented to CA Legislature to fight student hunger among California State Universities by requiring campuses to implement a meal plan donation program on April 25. AB-453 was introduced by Assembly Member Monique Limón after Assembly Bill 214 (AB-214), a bill that "would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to reduce the incidence of hunger and homelessness among college students in California [...] provide definitions of “on-campus … [Read more...] about Ending Student Hunger on CSU Campuses

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Brittanie Gutierrez, CA, California, Campus, college, coyote chronicle, end student hunger, Fight Hunger, food pantry, legislature, Young Invincibles

More scrambling around for increased tuition

April 13, 2017 by Brittanie Gutierrez 1 Comment

By Brittanie Gutierrez |Staff Writer| The California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees approved a $270 tuition increase to take place fall 2017. According to a statement released from the CSU Office of the Chancellor on March 22, the tuition increase will “generate $77.5 million for student success initiatives.” “If our advocacy efforts do not result in adequately funding the trustees’ budget request, the revenue generated by this increase will allow us to add faculty, courses, advisors and other resources to improve students’ opportunities for success,” said CSU Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer Steve Relyea. At CSUSB, students have felt the impact of … [Read more...] about More scrambling around for increased tuition

Filed Under: Community, News Tagged With: Brittanie Gutierrez, budget, CA, classes, college, community, csu, csusb, increase, news, tuition

Obama turns attention toward California drought

February 21, 2014 by Archived posts 5 Comments

By Greg Avetisyan |Assistant Sports Editor| The state of California is in its worst dry spell in the last 100 years. President Obama made a trip down to Southern California to address the drought. Obama and Governor Jerry Brown met with farmers in Fresno, CA. Fresno’s farmland has suffered through a winter with a lack of rain and snow. Obama has pledged over $183 million from an existing federal fund to help farmers recover from the severe drought. “Water has been seen as a zero-sum game: Agriculture against urban, north against south. We’re going to have to figure out how to play a different game. We can’t afford years of litigation and no real action,” Obama said to The Huffington … [Read more...] about Obama turns attention toward California drought

Filed Under: News Tagged With: CA, Fresno, gov., jerry brown, President Obama, water drought

Background checks, mental health need to be at the center of gun control debate

January 22, 2013 by Archived posts 184 Comments

By Brenda Acuna |Staff Writer| Now more than ever, the issue of gun control has become a controversial topic of national conversation. In the aftermath of the tragedy that struck Newtown, Connecticut claiming the lives of 20 children and six elementary school employees and the Aurora Colorado massacre, it’s not hard to see that the issue of gun control can no longer be ignored. There needs to be a common ground between public safety and gun control. Personally, the belief that increasing gun control is the solution to gun violence is just as short-sighted as believing that there is one universal cure for cancer; death has always been natural to human beings. Keeping Americans … [Read more...] about Background checks, mental health need to be at the center of gun control debate

Filed Under: Opinions Tagged With: american liberty, CA, California, csusb, gun control, gun laws, gun violence, guns, inland empire, Obama, rights, southern california

CSUSB prepares for “Great ShakeOut”

October 19, 2012 by Archived posts

By Jocelyn Colbert |Staff Writer| Millions of Californians statewide dropped to the ground last Thursday for “The Great California ShakeOut,” the earthquake preparedness drill. At 10:18 a.m. in coordination with the date Oct. 18, people across Southern California “ducked and covered.”  Together everyone braced for a mock 7.8 magnitude earthquake. The Great ShakeOut is the world’s largest earthquake preparedness drill meant to get people ready for the big one.  The purpose of the ShakeOut is to encourage people and organizations to be prepared to survive and recover when the next big earthquake happens. This practice drill was once a regional event that began five years ago and is … [Read more...] about CSUSB prepares for “Great ShakeOut”

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: CA, earthquake drill, emergency preparedness, Great Shake, ShakeOut

Footer

Search the website

Pages

  • About
  • Advertising
  • Alumni
  • Archives
  • Contact
  • Newsletter Signup
  • Submissions

Meta

Login

Copyright © 2022 · News Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in