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	Vol.7, No 42, November 10, 1999
	Teacher addresses school crowding By Yoko Ito-Peterson  Daily Forty-Niner Year-round schooling and more online classes could reduce overcrowding in California colleges, said Assemblyman Alan Lowenthal, D-Long Beach/San Pedro, during an on-campus lecture Tuesday. Another possible solution is to put more resources into existing campuses and upgrade new campuses, said Lowenthal, also a Cal State Long Beach psychology professor currently on leave of absence. During his lecture on higher education at The Pyramid, Lowenthal focused on the state and its educational system's current situation and future.  In front of about 60 people, he talked about how the Assembly and Legislature will deal with the state's overcrowded public institutions. "We are just trying to find out solutions," Lowenthal said in his lecture, titled "Higher Education in the Context of State Priorities: A History Revisited, a Future Explored." Lowenthal, who came to CSULB as a clinical and development science professor in 1969, served on the Long Beach City Council from 1992 to 1998. He was elected to the state Assembly in 1998. "Within the last two years, the state Legislature has decreased its reliance on fees of higher education," Lowenthal said.  However, not many people can go to college because an unprecedented number of people are living in poverty, he said. Lowenthal also touched on other issues during his lecture. "We are in the time of great change," Lowenthal said. He said California is in the year of unprecedented change. An example of this is the amount of gun violence. "More people die by gunshot wounds in the last two and half years in the United States than the entire Vietnam War," Lowenthal said.  He also said technology changes, environmental pollution and lack of housing are all unprecedented problems. One community college professor enjoyed Lowenthal's lecture. "I'm impressed that we have a representative for Long Beach from Long Beach who thinks about both school and education," said community college professor Stephen Lange after the lecture.		Teacher addresses school crowding   Journalism class alarms faculty   Fliers on buildings removed   Children learn from Carpenter Center artists   TV won't teach reading   Religious favoritism in Congress   Community service helps career goals   Singer creates average attempt   Club Hockey team Clubbed in Colorado   Pac-10 football has mixed reviews Fall 99 ISSUES  DAILY 49ER HOMEPAGE
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