SEMESTER IN REVIEW
Union fees mandatory
Oct. 14, 1999
Some Cal State Long Beach professors are
angry over a law forcing all California State University employees to pay
partial union dues even though they are not union members.
Signed by Gov. Gray Davis on Sunday, SB645
makes nonunion CSU faculty pay received for free.
Nonmembers will have to pay "fair share"
dues, which amount to 75 to 90 percent of the full union fees. The partial
fees cover for labor representation they previously labor representation,
but do not pay for lobbying and political campaigning by the union. The
fee is slightly less than 1 percent of a faculty member's salary.
"It's a disaster -- it's an imposition
of the union," said Alejandra Edwards, an economics professor at CSULB.
"This is a democracy and people should not be obliged to belong to any
organization."
-- Staff reports
Vets battle CSULB
Oct. 25, 1999
Federal investigators conducted roughly
six hours of on-campus interviews last week following a string of unfair
labor complaints made against Cal State Long Beach by a university veterans
group.
The unusual campus visit by U.S. Department
of Labor investigators proceeded a closed-door meeting between university
officials and representatives of the CSULB Veterans Group.
It was the second time in less than a month
that the two parties came face to face to discuss the controversial claims,
which date back to 1996.
The Veterans Group, comprising nearly 30
university employees, contends the university engaged in fraud and discrimination,
denying campus veterans federally mandated benefits.
-- Kristopher Hanson
Forty-Niner celebrates 50th anniversary
Nov. 11, 1999
Fifty years of sizzling news coverage was
celebrated Thursday as former and current editors, staff and students gathered
in the University Library to commemorate the Daily Forty-Niner's 50th anniversary.
A stream of people strolled along and looked
into the glass cases displaying Forty-Niner issues going back half a century.
The past and the future collided as former
editors relived their times in the '50s, '60s, '70s, and '80s as current
Editor in Chief Ana Tintocalis shared her vision for the newspaper's future.
Tintocalis, master of ceremonies, introduced
editors from each decade to reflect on their experiences and significant
events.
-- Christine Rhee
Smashmouth plays to half-packed Pyramid
Nov. 4, 1999
CONCERT REVIEW
The first big concert in The Pyramid failed
to pack the house, but it was still a great time for those who did attend.
A.S.I. representatives estimated attendance
to be about 2,600, but the facility has a maximum capacity of more than
5,000.
With bands like Smashmouth, Reel Big Fish
and the Black Eyed Peas, there should have been more people in the place,
but it was only the first concert event, and a half-full Pyramid is better
than an empty one.
Greg Camp, the band's guitar player, was
unaware of the history Smashmouth made Tuesday in The Pyramid.
"We like playing colleges because the people
are happening," Camp said.
-- Ken Hanson
The Beach loses grip of first
Nov. 16, 1999
The third-largest crowd ever at The Pyramid
turned out to watch the Long Beach State women's volleyball team lose to
the University of Pacific in four games Saturday.
Pacific claimed the Western Division title
in the Big West Conference by winning the match.
In just four games (4-15, 15-13, 11-15,
10-15) LBSU yielded the final Big West Conference match of the season in
front of 4,318 people.
The home court loss also marked the end
of the 49ers' home win-streak of 57 matches, the third longest in NCAA
history.
Ironically, Pacific was the last team to
beat LBSU at home on November 9, 1996.
--Elyse Medlin |
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