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University Times

The student news site of California State University - Los Angeles

University Times

The student news site of California State University - Los Angeles

University Times

Teamsters

Teamsters on strike across the CSUs

Anne To, Editor-In-Chief December 15, 2023

After negotiations with the CSU fell through, Teamsters Local 2010, representing skilled trade workers, went on strike across 23 CSUs on Nov. 14, including Cal State LA.   Strikers marched the...

CSU Teamsters rally with fellow CSU Union workers at the September meeting of the CSU Board of Trustees.

CSU skilled trade workers set to strike

Leslie Magaña Arias, Multimedia Reporter November 30, 2023

The Teamsters Local 2010 union at 22 California State Universities plan strike on Nov. 14 in opposition to unfair wages. The strike comes after the union failed to come to an agreement with the CSU on...

King Hall A Wing elevators under repair.

King Hall A Wing is getting new elevators

Anne To and Brian Lai November 21, 2023

  Fenced off with yellow barriers, the two elevators at the south end of King Hall have been closed down for over a month as the university works to replace them with new ones. This leaves...

Students Against Tuitions Hikes held their first tabling after a pro-Palestinian march happened on campus.

Students plan walkout in protest of tuition hikes

Anne To, Editor-In-Chief November 16, 2023

Activism is brewing in the classrooms as a group of Cal State LA students have organized a walkout to happen on Nov. 28. The strike is planned to take place at noon in front of the university bookstore.   “As...

Students celebrate life after death

Students celebrate life after death

Marcos Franco, Managing Editor November 9, 2023

A celebration dating back 3,000 years, Día de los Muertos was first practiced by the Aztecs and Toltecs in Central Mexico, who honored the dead with ceremonies using human skulls, according to the History...

CFA professors close to approving strike

Leslie Magaña Arias, Multimedia Reporter November 9, 2023

  (As of Oct 30th, CFA members voted to authorize the strike.)     The California Faculty Association (CFA) Los Angeles chapter held a strike authorization vote last week along...

Umbrella shade structures installed near Cal State LA Library.

Cal State LA’s upgraded outdoor seating areas met with mixed reactions

Anthony Aguilar, Multimedia Reporter November 7, 2023

Umbrella shade structures installed near Cal State LA Library. (Anthony Aguilar)   Over the summer, Cal State LA upgraded outdoor seating areas, providing students with more shade from the...

Pro-Trump graffiti tagged on the second-story elevator door in the music building on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023.

Vandals bring politics to the university walls

Xavier Zamora, Multimedia Reporter November 7, 2023

    Messages written in black marker and stickers resembling miniature political yard signs seem to be the media of choice for the unknown vandals responsible for tagging up several...

Cal State LA is known as a Hispanic serving institution. Photo by Camille Jessie.

Cal State LA receives prestigious Seal of Excelencia for its commitment to Latino students

Marcos Franco, Managing Editor November 7, 2023

    After witnessing the sacrifices her parents made to raise a family in one of the country’s most costly places to live, psychology major Michelle Espinoza knew that she had to hit...

Attendees of the event were able to get a traditional Vietnamese drink and Bánh Mì of their choice.

Banh mi event draws on French-Vietnamese fusion, colonialism

Brian Lai, Multimedia Reporter November 7, 2023

    The Asian Pacific Islander Student Resource Center (APISRC) gave out around 200 free bánh mì sandwiches and traditional Vietnamese drinks to students during their Bánh Mì(d...

Music for the Masses: CSULA Students Love Scenario with K-pop.

Xavier Zamora and Anne To October 11, 2023

Tables were packed in the U-SU Los Angeles Rooms with students all with a single interest, K-pop.    “K-pop fan culture is like a little thing of its own,” said CSI student assistant Andrea...

Students roam the quad at Cal State L.A. If passed, the tuition increase proposal would raise their schooling costs by 6% annually over the next five years. (Aug. 25, 2023/ Photo by Marcos Franco)

CSU employee unions and supporters stand against inequitable wages and tuition

Marcos Franco, Managing Editor September 19, 2023

Like many other students enrolled at a CSU, 18-year old Christopher Rodriguez relies on grants to cover campus expenses and other costs of living while at Cal State L.A. But what the first-year electrical...

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