CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH
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The USU came alive over the weekend for the third Beach Hackathon. For the full story, see pages 4 and 5.
VOL. LXVIX, ISSUE 72 | APRIL 23, 2018
Courtesy of LBSU Athletics
The Long Beach State men’s volleyball team celebrates winning the first-ever Big West Championship at the Walter Pyramid after sweeping Hawaii Saturday.
SPIKING GOLD
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fter sweeping Hawaii 25-23, 25-14, 25-19 Saturday, the Long Beach State men’s volleyball team took the inaugural Big West tournament championship at the Walter Pyramid. The next day, the NCAA men’s volleyball committee announced the seven teams that will partake for the opportunity to hoist the volleyball championship. Long Beach will receive a bye week, and will face the winner of Ohio State/King and UC Irvine in the semifinals. The other first round game will be UCLA and Harvard, where the winner will face BYU in the semifinals. The first round games will be at UCLA at the Pauley Pavilion where Long Beach will play the semifinal game May 3 and the championship game May 5. For the full story, see page 7.
BUDGET
CSU opts to not raise tuition for 2018-19 school year Cal State administration aims to press state legislators for more funding. By James Chow
Senior News Assistant
Officials from the California State University system announced Friday that a tuition in-
crease would not go into effect for the 2018-19 school year. Since November, the CSU Board of Trustees has been discussing a potential tuition hike to compensate for systemwide financial shortfalls from the state budget. Representatives attribute the state’s healthy economy as a primary reason to keep tuition as it stands. “In light of California’s strong economy, California’s students and their families should not be
saddled with additional financial burden to attain public higher education,” said CSU Chancellor Timothy P. White in a press release. “We will continue to make the case to lawmakers, who represent all Californians, that an educated citizenry should be at the top of the state’s highest priorities.” Jocelyn Espitia, a junior computer science major, said she was initially worried about the potential increase.
“I think that’s great [that there won’t be an increase],” Espitia said. “Having that extra burden, even if it’s just $200, it really adds up.” Douglas Domingo-Foraste, Long Beach chapter president of the California Faculty Association, sympathized with students facing financial hardships. “You can’t do well in school if you can’t afford the gas to get here or the books to study,” Domingo-Foraste said in an emailed
statement. The Cal State system receives funding from two sources: tuition revenue and the state budget. In January, California Governor Jerry Brown proposed allocating $92.1 million toward the CSUs. Last November, Cal State representatives estimated $263 million to fulfill universities’ needs across the 23 campuses, but see MONEY, page 2