East Bay splits doubleheader against Dominguez Hills
Marissa Marshall,
Sports Editor
April 19, 2018
Filed under Campus, Showcase, Sports
The California State East Bay baseball team is slowly climbing their way up the California Collegiate Athletic Association Conference (CCAA) standings. After they beat Cal Poly Pomona (20-18 overall, 17-15 CCAA) 3-1 in a four-game series two weeks ago, the Pioneers followed it up with a 2-2 split...
ASI makes changes to Spring Mayhem
Tanaya Landry,
Contributor
April 19, 2018
Filed under Campus
Associated Students Inc. is stepping up security for Spring Mayhem with a ban on backpacks, bags and even wallets larger than the size of your hand. The biggest entertainment event of the year that ASI puts on at Cal State East Bay, for the first time, will require students who want to bring a guest...
CSUEB welcomes comedy contortionist
Paz Sandoval,
Contributor
April 19, 2018
Filed under Arts & Life, Campus, Showcase
Most Cal State East Bay students can relate to the thoughts of what their life and career will look like after they graduate. This is something comedian Jonathan Burns also had to face after he received an Art Education degree from Millersville University in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 2004. “I know wh...
Campus organization to host STEM fair
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
April 11, 2018
Filed under Campus
There is no doubt that the acronym STEM has become ingrained in most students brains in today’s era. STEM, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, has been an emphasis of most schools, especially here at Cal State East Bay where funding has recently gone into new programs and facilities ded...
Potential CSU tuition increase ignites protest
Erika Martinez,
Staff Writer
April 11, 2018
Filed under Campus, Metro, Showcase
“Free the CSU” was a popular chant on April 4 in Sacramento at the State Capitol building. With a potential Cal State University tuition hike looming, the CSU Student for Quality Education organization and the California Faculty Association organized a demonstration to voice their discontent with t...
CSUEB club sends letters to students of the Parkland shooting
Alexis Figuera,
Contributor
March 14, 2018
On Feb. 14, a former student gunned down Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Seventeen people were killed and the shooter, Nikolas Cruz, was arrested. The event has left students, parents and teachers emotionally devastated and struggling to return to school. Two days later, in response...
East Bay Action Congress makes moves
Ana Cortez,
Contributor
March 14, 2018
Filed under Campus
Feb. 24 marked the first annual event for a new campus organization at Cal State East Bay: East Bay Action Congress (EBAC). This new organization, run by students, was initiated this quarter by way of the approval of Associated Students Inc. (ASI). Seven students, all lead directors of the organization,...
‘CORE’ building will be replacing the library
Daniel McGuire,
Staff Writer
March 14, 2018
Filed under Campus
As of 2016, the CSUEB library is still number five on the CSU Seismic Priority List, a list of buildings that are to be seismically retrofit. The university has plans to replace the building with the Collaborative Opportunities in Research and Engagement (CORE). The university was given a budget of $82...
CSUEB prepares to end contract with Aramark
Erika Martinez,
Staff Writer
March 7, 2018
Filed under Campus
The Philadelphia-based corporation, Aramark, took over the university food services on July 1, 2006. This contract with Aramark came with an expiration date, June 30, 2018. Just a little over four months left, the question of who will be the next food service provider that will take over the univers...
‘She Loves Me’ makes way to Cal State East Bay’s stage
Tanaya Landry,
Contributor
March 7, 2018
The cast of “She Loves Me” gathered together on stage for their warm-up, stretching their vocal chords and bodies in preparation for their rehearsal of their new upcoming musical. The pace of the music increased with intensity as it became faster and faster and their voices grew louder as one. Then...
Oakland Athletics celebrates 50 years at CSUEB
Miguel Almodovar-Weinstein,
Contributor
March 7, 2018
Filed under Campus
Excited Cal State East Bay students enrolled in the History of Baseball class poured into the Old University Union with other Pioneer baseball fanatics as a discussion panel unfolded this past Monday. The panel discussion was organized and moderated by CSUEB’s Benjamin Klein, a lecturer in the histor...
Should professors ban laptops?
Yasmine Castañeda,
Contributor
February 14, 2018
Filed under Campus
For years, college students have been using their laptops in class during lectures and class discussions. Laptops aid in note taking, assignments, projects and getting a headstart on the workload. Ultimately, laptops should be banned in college classrooms. What happens to the students who don’t uti...
