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Dragons • The
Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach
has several weedy sea dragons on display,
but thanks to the research of Kristy
Forsgren, a Cal State Long Beach graduate
student, the aquarium became home to
the first sea dragons ever born and raised
in captivity.
Forsgren graduated in May with her master’s degree in marine biology
and will continue to study fish reproduction in a Ph.D. program at the School
of Aquatic Fisheries and Sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Budget • The state budget agreement between Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Legislature fully funds the compact for higher
education, provides $235.2 million in total dollars representing an increase
of 6.5 percent for fiscal year 2005-06, and ensures enrollment for an additional
10,000 students at the 23-campus California State University system.
The 2005-06 budget increases the CSU General Fund support by 5.4 percent, and
provides $134 million in new revenue, which is the first increase after three
consecutive years of budget reductions. According to the agreement, the CSU’s
general fund budget for the 2005-06 academic year is $2.6 billion.
Alumni • Disneyland celebrated its 50th anniversary
Sunday. Since its opening in 1955, 515 million people have visited the
park. The first person to buy a ticket to Disneyland was David MacPherson,
an English major at CSULB who graduated in 1955. The honor of being the
first paid admission came with a special perk: a lifetime pass for four
to Disneyland and other Disney parks as they opened.
Obituary • James
Doohan, the burly chief engineer of the
Starship Enterprise in the original “Star
Trek” TV series and movies who
responded to the command “Beam
me up, Scotty,” died at 5:30 a.m.
Wednesday. He was 85. Los Angeles agent
and longtime friend Steve Stevens said
the cause of death was pneumonia and
Alzheimer’s disease.
Health • The government warned doctors Tuesday to
be on the lookout for rare but deadly infections in women using the abortion
pill RU-486, citing two more deaths after its use. However, the Food and
Drug Administration stressed that it could not prove the drug was to blame.
But the four deaths caused by bloodstream infections, or sepsis, all occurred
in women who didn’t follow FDA-approved instructions for a pill-triggered
abortion, said agency drug chief Dr. Steven Galson. |
