Campus Safety 101: Walking around CSUEB at night
Sierra Perales,
Contributor
January 24, 2018
Winter time on Cal State East Bay’s campus can get cold and especially dark since daylight savings time ends in November. The dark evenings will continue until daylight savings returns in early March. For anyone on campus studying or taking night classes, this means having to cross parts of campus...
Beginning fall 2018, CSUEB parking permits could reach nearly $200
Myles Watkins,
Staff Writer
January 10, 2018
As we enter the last official academic winter quarter in CSUEB history, I have begun to wonder more intensely about what the semester conversion will look like and how it will affect students as we edge closer to fall 2018. Upon researching on how the semester conversion will affect my academics, I als...
A hit and run accident was my introduction to CSUEB
Robert Glasspole,
Contributor
November 1, 2017
I was involved in hit and run accident on Sept. 21 while parked near the bookstore in Lot A. As a student who commutes to Cal State East Bay daily from San Mateo, parking is the most stressful part of my drive. Drivers can be easily distracted while driving in parking lots which leads to accidents. Two...
Temporary parking woes on campus
Jeremy Truesdell,
Contributor
November 1, 2017
Approximately 16,000 students attend CSU East Bay, and a vast majority of them are commuters who visit the university at least once a week, according to the California State University Office of the Chancellor. There are transit options available to these students: BART, AC Transit, campus shuttles...
Time not of the essence for East Bay shuttles
Erika Martinez,
Staff Writer
October 19, 2017
What ever happened to that sheet stuck on the pole that would tell you the approximate times the Cal State East Bay shuttle should arrive? It’s annoying how it always ends up disappearing -- but then again what good does that timesheet do if the shuttle is hardly ever on time anyway? It’s ...
Parking is bad, but it could be worse
Janice Sobrepena Domingo,
Contributor
August 10, 2017
With fall quarter coming up and a new batch of freshmen coming in, the hunt for parking spots may resemble a scene out of “Game of Thrones;’” Cutthroat, suspenseful, and full of drama. Most students who drive to campus have been guilty of one of these two things at some point: attempting to sh...
Summer quarter beats all other seasons
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
July 26, 2017
Summer quarter is the best. The halls are empty and the parking spots are plentiful. When I was young, from elementary school to college, I hated summer school. How cruel it was to be locked in a classroom all day, while the sun peered through the window calling my name. I used to be afraid of miss...
Parking on service roads may cause problems
Kestutis Rushing,
Contributor
June 28, 2017
Students are leaving their cars out in front of the service road in between Residence Halls Diablo, Calaveras, and Shasta at Cal State East Bay for extended periods of time. This road is located after a right turn when leaving lot C. Whether it be to drop off or pick someone or something up,...
New shuttle aims to connect campus to housing
Michele Dennis,
Contributor
November 16, 2016
Fall transfer student Rohit Reddy uses a new university loop shuttle up to five times a day. He travels back and forth from his classes at the science building to his dorm at University Village, and then back up to the Dining Commons for meals. The walk between his dorm and campus takes up to 30 minu...
Summer construction continues on Hayward campus
Kali Persall,
Managing Editor
August 1, 2016
A series of maintenance projects to renovate campus buildings, repair parking lots and replace outdated equipment are taking place across the Cal State East Bay Hayward campus this summer. Keat Saw, director of the Planning, Design and Construction department at CSUEB, told The Pioneer construction pr...
Electronic parking signs now accurate
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
June 9, 2016
Finally, they work. The electronic signs for general parking lot A, the former site of Warren Hall, have been giving accurate numbers on available spaces for the past couple weeks, according to a Pioneer investigation. Since the signs were installed in September 2015, there were problems with the a...
Dread the overflow lot: Rocky road to student parking
Ian-James Vitaga,
Contributor
April 6, 2016
Driving down the entrance to the overflow parking on the corner of Harder and Loop roads is smooth, until your car physically enters the lot. As soon as your tires touch the rocky road, a pothole greets you. If you washed your car recently, prepare for the dust clouds that are kicked up all day long...
