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Vol. LIX, Issue 728
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Thursday, April 24, 2014
Campus discusses ‘uniting under one name’ On-campus publications may be rebranded as Long Beach State University. By Vikanya Chea Staff Writer
Cal State Long Beach was originally named Los Angeles-Orange County State College upon its founding in 1949. Thirteen years and three names later, the school became California
State University, Long Beach, a name that has been steadfast for the past 42 years — until now. Terri Carbaugh, associate vice president of legislative and external relations, said the campus needs to “unify under one name” for marketing purposes and to brand the institution. Currently, campus community mem-
bers and media outlets refer to the university by several names, including CSU Long Beach, Long Beach State, The Beach and Cal State Long Beach. Carbaugh said the name of the university itself would not actually change as it would only be a name change for marketing and publication purposes. She said the university is leaning to-
ward rebranding itself as Long Beach State University, but the decision is still up in the air. The decision to rebrand the university came after the Division of University Relations and Development hired a
See reBranding, Page 2
CSU and UC support DREAM loan program AB 540 students could be eligible for in-state school loans. By Cynthia Mauleon Assistant News Editor
The Cal State University system is considering implementing a loan procial gap for undocumented students by allowing them to apply for campusbased loans. The California State Senate committee on education approved Senate Todd Johnson | daily 49er
Speaking Out
Senior women’s, gender and sexuality studies major Jessica Ross, center, chants with students during the Take Back the Night rally along Earl Warren Drive on Wednesday. The rally advocates for the elimination of sexual assault and domestic violence.
Leaving behind a legacy
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thanks and a farewell to the Cal State Long Beach community Wednesday. “I know that my heart is full of love and full of pride,” he said. friends attended the farewell ceremony that featured a musical performance from four CSULB students on ing Arts Center.
Dowell, who hosted the farewell event, ry from the beginning. The audience laughed throughout the video, which ra’s childhood to the present. Cal State University Chancellor ure as CSULB’s interim president has made his life easier. “If you had screwed things up, I would have been in trouble,” White Carolyn Bremer, chair of the music ship skills when the Gerald R. Daniel his second year as chair of the music
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is a loan program in which funds are distributed for eligible students by each participating campus. “These are students that, through no fault of their own, are in the U.S. trying to obtain a higher education, trying to pursue their goals in higher education,”
After 26 years, Interim President Donald Para says farewell to Cal State Long Beach. By Crystal nieBla
the bill is now being reviewed by the Senate Appropriations Committee for
said. “It’s not necessarily diverting aid from students who already have citizenship.” Both the University of California “The CSU is behind the bill, but we are still anxiously anticipating the
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Interim President Donald Para speaks at his farewell ceremony. department. ble for facilities where students and faculty could hold classes and music practice, from practicing in a mall to
are talking about it; it’s a lot of money however we slice it.” If passed, the bill would allow As-
a library. “He took the attitude that ‘You gotta do what you gotta do,’” she said.
campus-based loans. Signed in to law umented students to pay in-state tuition
See Para, Page 2
See SB 1210, Page 2