California community colleges will face dire consequences if the governor’s tax initiative is rejected by voters in November, Community College Chancellor Jack Scott said Tuesday.
24/7 Tutoring coming to campus
24 hour tutoring is being implemented via website through a company called Smart Thinking, beginning in June, officials say.
AS voting underway
Voting in the Associated Students 2012-2013 Executive Board general elections is under way, with results expected on Friday.
Librarian ready to start a new chapter.
After working at the Shatford Library for 32 years, Mary Ann Laun has decided to retire and pursue other goals. “I would like for people to remember me as a passionate person and always saying yes to students,” said recently.
Fall classes to be cut by almost 8 percent
The number of class sections being offered this fall has been cut by almost 8 percent from the previous year. The number of sections will drop from 2,361 last year, to 2,180, officials said this week.
QR codes making the physical world clickable
Almost everyone has seen one: the little square images that look like digitized ink blots appearing on ads outside store windows and in newspapers. They’re called “Quick Response” codes, QR for short, and they allow access to information in the physical world as if from a link on the internet, by pressing a button.
Shatford Library shifts to new research database
The Shatford Library is shifting its current database to a new catalog database, according to library Dean Mary Ann Laun.
Sustainable living event to be presented
The Associated Students’ Sustainability Committee will sponsor it’s third annual Sustainable Living Week starting Tuesday, with a series of sustainability documentary screenings and workshops run by local organizers with environmental groups like Transition Nela, Can Coffee, and Arroyo Seco Foundation.
Accomplished writer inspires many to vote
A strong advocate and supporter of undocumented youth and the Dream Act, Evelyn Cortez-Davis, author of “December Sky: Beyond My Undocumented Life” has many roles.
UCLA Day
Despite the heat, a large crowd flocked to the Quad on Wednesday for UCLA Day to get information about transferring, majors, and other programs.
There were about 18 tables with at least one representative each to hand out information and talk to students. The UCLA Departments and the Undergraduate Admissions tables had the most students waiting to gather the information available.