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Summer is fast approaching, and Monterey County is host to a several summer programs to fill the free time.
Starting next semester, Cal State Monterey Bay (CSUMB) will start seeing changes in on-campus housing and East Campus. One of the larger changes to on-campus housing is the placement of new furniture in the dorms. The new furniture options were on display in a Furniture Showcase in the University Ballroom lobby from April 17 to 19 for students to give their input.

On April 20 President Obama signed the proclamation to make Fort Ord a National Monument under the Antiquities Act. The former military base will remain open to the public with restricted no trespassing areas for research and safety reasons. Fort Ord offers over 80 miles of hiking, biking, and horseback-riding trails.

Now that Duane Lindsay’s, Senior, SBS, dream of becoming AS President has come true, he plans to implement his platform to reality. The policies he proposed during the AS race is to involve the student body. This is going to be initiated through increased electronic use of officers to Cal State Monterey Bay (CSUMB) students.

When members of the LGBT community consider getting more involved in campus events at Cal State Monterey Bay (CSUMB), joining a fraternity or sorority is probably not the first option that comes to mind. Because the intersection of Greek life and LGBT culture is seldom discussed, members of each community may be uninformed about the other.

On Wednesday, April 25, over 60 students, staff, and faculty wearing hoodies, carrying candy, and posters to bring their voices marched in solidarity. The Cal State Monterey Bay, Otter Cross Cultural Center and Black Students United (BSU) presented, “We are Trayvon Martin ‘HOODIE WALK’ for Social Justice.” 

On April 17, the Center for Student Success (CSS) honored the top 1 percent of freshmen who earned a 4.0 Grade Point Average in at least 15 units their first semester here at Cal State Monterey Bay (CSUMB). The event was held at the University Center Living Room.

After years of grueling course work and intense preparation, top seniors at Cal State Monterey Bay (CSUMB) received recognition for their efforts at the Honors Convocation on April 20. Seniors with the highest Grade Point Averages (GPA) are put into three different categories of academic honors. These categories are Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude, and Summa Cum Laude.

With the end of another spring semester looming in the air, and with an entire class of soon-to-be-graduating seniors spending all of their waking moments in the library in a mad scramble to finish off their capstone projects, it’ll soon be time to say goodbye to a great deal of our classmates as they graduate.

As graduation nears, students in all classes are probably wondering what this generation of graduates will accomplish. After talking to fifteen Cal State Monterey Bay (CSUMB) graduates, we have found that students coming from our campus have had a plethora of experiences, and many of them have valuable advice for current CSUMB students.

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