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Daily Fourty Niners
Vol. DIX, Issue 3
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Monday, March 23, 2009
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I’m going to blow all of [it] as soon as I get my hands on [it]. -Mark Inez, English Major, on his forthcoming stimulus check
Brotman hall refunds students with $200 stimulus checks Brotman set to distribute checks to students willing to show valid student ID, provide social security, and approach any window By Harry Metzally Staff Editor
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n these rough economic times, everyone is tightening their personal budgets, CSULB students included. Luckily for the Beach, the Federal stimulus package’s effects can now be felt up by all students. Starting today, Monday, March 23, 2009, CSULB students will be able to go to Brotman Hall and pick up their very own cut of Congress’ attempt to boost our struggling economy. Part time students, those taking 11 units or less, will be given checks of $150. Full time students, those taking 12 or more units, will be given $200 checks. All students have to do is provide Brotman Hall with a valid student ID and their social security number. “It’s a great opportunity for students to get some extra money right now,” said Vanessa Schnell, Director of Stu-
dent Monies at Brotman Hall. “We are expecting an enormous influx of students that want to pick up their checks right away, so all open windows will be equipped to give students their checks.” Students that need to utilize Brotman Hall for other purposes will “of course be accommodated” for. The stimulus package, which Congress past into law last earlier last month, has been held up at the state legislative level for some time. “We weren’t getting any of the money at all”, said Schnell. “but thankfully, thanks to the diligent work of the [University] President, we have it now. It was a long time coming.” The student stimulus checks are not without their critics, however. City Councilman Patrick O’Donald (who has
in the passed opposed street lamp lighting on Atherton, Bellflower, as well as student parking in the neighborhood adjacent to CSULB on the Atherton side) has called the See CHECKS / 2
Daily 49rs to Run Union Weekly Articles, Content Desperate newspaper to begin taking content from superior publication to fill pages By Harlan Cassidy Contributing Editor
Dook Puscolon | Daily Fourty-Niners
It took junior Richard Clayson (above and left) at least 15 minutes to notice that we were taking photos of him from the bushes. Clayson, an engineering major, enjoys one of the first of many beers sold at the Outpost, but left in a hurry after finishing his beer.
Beer at the outpost Call (562) 985-8000 for a validation code for free beer at the outpost restaurant/convenience store By Lou Bega
Assistant City Editor
The Outpost, a study dining and snacking facility traditionally located on lower campus near the SSPA building and tennis courts has reopened. After being closed for about two to four years on campus for reconstruction, the Outpost will now be providing both food, drinks, and beer to the engineering, criminal justice, sports, and jurnalism departments. As part of a promotion to get students to
come in, the Daily Fourty-Niners and the Outpost will be offering a free 35 oz. beer of any of the types served there. Because of the Outpost’s relative size to the Nugget, it will only serve three types of beer on tap: Coors Lite, Michelob Amberbock, and Pyramid Hefeweizen. Manager Salvador Guardali has expressed his excitement over the week-long event, “I hope that the students here will enjoy our new facilities and have a drink on us so they can wind-down during midterm week.” In order to receive this promotional beer, students are asked to call our office at (562) 985-8000 to receive a confirmation code, which you must write in the box provided to the right and bring it in to the Outpost to be redeemed. Each day
this week – March 23rd-27th – the first 100 callers will be given a coupon code. It is good for a free beer with the purchase of any regular menu food item. Beer is a mild, frothy, yellow beverage that is made out of alcohol, barley, and hops and is enjoyed in many countries in the world. It was invented in Germany and has since been become a popular student drink in America because it’s refreshing. Beer has been served on campus since 1969 and continues to be a popular drink. There is also a new outdoor café area/ biergarten/that has been build adjacent to See BEER / 2 FREE BEER AT THE Outpost Validation Code ___________________
“We simply do not have the funding nor the will power to continue the Daily Fourty-Niners as it stands,” announced Student Advising Attaché Cathay Diphthong in an e-mail on Sunday. “Instead we will be outsourcing all future content to the Union Weekly.” The decision came in light of constant financial shortfalls the Fourty-Niners has been suffered from over the years. The crisis point came in 2006 when the paper was conned out of $60,000 dollars in advertising space for property in the nation of Poyais. The most infamous of these events was in 1998 wherefore two months they ran Victorian-era sanitation pamphlets under the title “Fourty-Niners Classic.” These financial woes have included the Daily Fourty-Niners dropping their longtime supplier of content the Associated Press. “It’s tough times we’re in. Either we get someone serious about writing to fill [up] our paper or we come up with original content ourselves. And that’s not easy. Some See ARTICLES / 2