Union Weekly - California State University, Long Beach

GETTING YOUR SHIT AROUND

WITHOUT USING A LAME ROLLING BACKPACK EITHER
By Noah Kelly, Campus Page Editor

One of the biggest concerns for new students: how the hell do you get to school? How the hell do you get around school, especially with a spread out campus like CSULB.

Getting to School

   Arriving to campus on time can be an ordeal in its own right, especially if you’re one of those privileged kids with a stupid car. And if you are, well you’re shit out of luck because I won’t help you. Only getting up early and getting to school way too early is going to help you find a parking spot. However, if you feel as though you want to forgo a traditional set of wheels, there are other ways of getting into campus for locals and cheapskate drivers.
      Going through the LB transit system, which with the U-Pass system is free to students, might be the most efficient way of getting onto campus. The 90s (91, 92, 93, 94, 96), 171, and the D line each drop students off in front of Brotman Hall and the dorms. Buses 81 and 173 drop off close enough for walking distance. However if you get the bright idea to park in a neighborhood around campus and catch a bus in, you’ll probably get a ticket. Parking services loves giving tickets, it’s what funds our cool stuff like U-Pass. There is also an off-campus shuttle (RLC) that will pick up along Bellflower, Atherton, Ximeno, PCH and Clark.
      Your other alternative is to get a bike, and who the hell wants to do that? You’ll never catch my cool ass riding a bike around campus. Unless I’m trying to crash into the Literature editor.

Getting Around

Going from one end of the campus to another can be a chore if you’re just walking. That’s why there are shuttles! Three shuttles push you around campus: the East, West and All Campus Tripper. The All Campus circumnavigates CSULB from Earl Warren to Palo Verde, and 7th street to just south of Atherton. The East and West shuttles both take half of the All Campus Tripper’s route, their cardinal directions respectively. Even though these shuttles run every few minutes, you might need to get yourself from the Language Arts buildings to the SSPA buildings, and a shuttle won’t help your ass at all. So instead of funneling yourself onto the crowded Friendship Walk, light up a cigarette and use the smoker’s only shortcut: the grass.

ASI: Awesome Secretive Information
By James Ahumada, ASI President

    GO BEACH!
      These two words serve as the official motto of CSULB as well as my most cherished phrase. Traditionally it is used at the end of speeches, emails and any other public addresses students, faculty, staff, and administration choose to make. It seemed fitting to begin this message with the end in mind, as the best results can only come when we see the year as it truly is...brief, exciting and memorable.
      My name is James Ahumada and I am the President & C.E.O. of the Associated Students, Inc. here at CSULB. My fellow executive officers and I have been working extensively since our inauguration and assumption into office on June 1st and I must say that there has not been such a momentous year for this campus since the opening of the University Student Union back in the 1970s.
      This year the ASI Team has laid out five main objectives: Voter registration & mobilization, effective & diverse publicity of the Student Recreation and Wellness Center (SRWC), sustainability initiatives through transportation and power usage, improving communication between all campus entities and continuing to ensure shared governance so that all students succeed academically.
      We will be accomplishing our objectives in a variety of ways, everything from informing the student body of the pressing issues facing Californians in November, to hosting a variety of interactive events such as Week of Welcome (WOW) to promote student involvement in clubs and organizations. ASI looks to help you find your place here at The Beach, whether it be writing for the Union Weekly, hosting a radio show with KBeach, or getting to know the different branches of student government by joining the ASI Freshman Orientation Program known as Beach Team.
      To get involved and find your place, please contact the ASI office in USU 311 at (562) 985-5241 or via email at Asi@csulb.edu. I look forward to serving as your Associated Students President this year and to meeting all the new and returning students as the year progresses!

As always Go ASI! & GO BEACH!