News
in a few
Ranking • For
the second time in a row, Cal State Long
Beach has been ranked one of the top
three public master’s universities
in the west by U.S. News & World
Report in its 2006 edition of America’s
Best Colleges Guide, released Aug. 19.
In addition to ranking third among the
64 western public master’s universities
ranked by the magazine, CSULB once again
was included among the publication’s
first tier of rankings, placing the campus
in the top 25 percent of a total of 123
public and private universities in its
category in the region.
Sports • James Logeman, a golfer from the men’s
team at CSULB, has been selected as a Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar
this summer. Logeman, who is a senior this fall, has been a 49er Academic
All-Star eight times. A three-year letter winner for the 49ers, Logeman
is a criminal justice major with a minor in political science.
Award • Daniel Huss, a senior, has been selected
as a recipient of the 2005 Peg Connolly Scholarship by the American Therapeutic
Recreation Association’s (ATRA) Office of Continuing Education. The
scholarship will allow Huss to attend ATRA’s 2005 Annual Conference,
set for Oct. 7-11 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Crime • A young man performing court-ordered community
service in a cemetery has been charged with desecrating a Civil War-era
tomb, pulling apart the skeleton, and posing for pictures with the skull
and other bones. “It’s bizarre, absolutely bizarre,” police
Lt. Richard Siemasko said. “I can’t even imagine what was in
his head. This is just a whole new level of weird for me.”
Economy • In an effort to gain some control over
what motorists pay at the pump, Hawaii on Wednesday became the first state
in the U.S. to set caps on the wholesale price of gasoline. The state’s
Public Utilities Commission said Wednesday that, beginning Sept. 1, wholesalers
in Honolulu may not charge more than $2.1578 a gallon for regular unleaded,
or about $2.74 a gallon when taxes are included.
Business • Eastman
Kodak Co., battling a steep drop in demand
for photographic film and paper, is scaling
back film manufacturing in China and
closing various businesses in Rochester
and West Virginia, eliminating about
1,000 jobs. |
