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Warren Hall Demolition Allows Rare Opportunity to Map Hayward Fault

In a landmark study of the Hayward Fault, the United States Geological Survey plans to record seismic waves released by the demolition of Warren Hall in mid-August to study the fault’s structure and predict the impact of future earthquakes, the USGS reports. The project was conceived by Luther Strayer, Ph.D., a professor of Geology at CSU East Bay. Strayer...

Aramark Workers Gain Campus Support

As Aramark workers on the CSU East Bay campus continue their struggle to become unionized, other groups located on campus are finding ways to band together and support the cause. CSUEB’s Associated Students Inc. drafted their resolution in support of the student workers of Aramark last week, but due to lack of research and insight on the matter, the resolution has been postponed until further findings can be made. “We’re really going to make sure we do our part...

Concerns About Meiklejohn’s Broken Elevator

George Jenkins, a custodian at CSU East Bay for the past five years came to work at the crack of dawn, not aware of what would come next. Jenkins, commonly referred to as Roc, started his day no differently than any other. On June 4, around 5:30 a.m., the automatic doors of Meiklejohn opened. He needed his keys from...

Price of A College Education Takes a Financial Toll

Student debt in the United States has tripled between 2004 and 2012 reaching an alarming 1.1 trillion dollars; and on July 1st student loan rates are expected to double. According to the New York Federal Reserve Bank, student loans have exceeded other consumer debts, surpassing auto loans and credit cards to become the second largest source of debt in the nation. “There’s too much student debt, it’s a real burden on people’s future, lives and career choices so we...

Earthquake Preparedness at CSUEB

The ground is shaking; classmates look at each other. A second jolt is rumbling, shaking hard. Loose items, like projectiles, fly off the desktops. The instructor calls: drop, cover and hold on. The lights go out and after the longest minute, the shaking stops. There is ceiling rubble in the hall. Everyone is scrambling for cell phones. Fortunately you...

Former President Norma Rees Remembered at CSU East Bay

Norma Rees, former president of CSU East Bay from 1990 to 2006, died in her Hayward home last week leaving behind a legacy of new curriculums, new campus buildings a well as a new name for the university. “She helped make the university the wonderful, transformative institution it is today,” said current CSUEB President Leroy Morishita in a campus...

CSUEB Advanced Students Host Annual Theatre and Dance Show

Laughter and excitement was brought to the CSU East Bay stage this past weekend with the Theatre and Dance Department’s annual ‘Performance Fusion’. A mix of comical musical numbers, acting, and powerful dance ensembles had the crowd of 150 standing on their feet. “I thought the show was amazing,” said Brandie Low, show attendee. “I loved the acting ones...

Police Chief Climbs Law Enforcement Ladder

CSU East Bay’s new police chief has an inside perspective on how life works for people on the wrong side of the law Sheryl Boykins grew up in Hunters Point, a high-crime, low-income area in San Francisco where her family members have been active both as law enforcers and as lawbreakers. “Half my family is cops and the other side...

David Beckham Forever Changed Soccer in America

David Beckham’s May 18 retirement from the Paris grounds of Parc des Princes marked the end of one of the most celebrated careers in modern era “football.” While boasting 115 England National team appearances and four league championships in four different countries, nothing in the 38-year-old’s career truly succeeded his momentous decision in 2007 to cross the pond and...