Valley fever requires self-monitoring, testing for all studentsImagine coming to a university from which you could take home not only a degree but also a potentially life-threatening disease, which you breathed in when you participated in intramural sports on campus. Or walked to class in a dust storm.

Engineering program on hold as faculty, students strive for fundingFor a long time now there has been talk of a budget decrease in the CSU system. Well, it has now become a reality that all CSUs will have to deal with. Many programs will be going through a one-percent cut in funding. The cut in funding will be equally distributed throughout all programs funded in part by the university.

Finance professor loses battle with lung diseaseCarlene Weber, a professor in the Department of Finance and Accounting in the School of Business and Public Administration at CSUB, died quietly this past Saturday. She was 47. Weber had long suffered from cystic fibrosis and was awaiting a lung transplant at the time of her death.

Millie Ablin, friend of CSUB, succumbs to cancer at 77Long-time CSUB friend and benefactor Millie Ablin, who spent much of her life promoting the arts and higher education in Bakersfield, died Monday afternoon in her northeast home of lung cancer after a month-long battle.

King honored in new event at CSUBA day to celebrate peace and diversity is scheduled Friday, Jan. 18, at 9:30 a.m. in CSUB’s Dore Theater. The first Martin Luther King Jr. Peace and Diversity Celebration will have more than 200 fourth through sixth graders attending from several local elementary schools.

National tragedy still affecting CSUB financiallyThe attacks on Sept. 11 have taken their toll on many people and especially on our economy. CSUB can now be included in those numbers.

Tampons, pads may be things of the past at CSUBHappy New Year fellow roadrunners! Over the winter break, ASI has been working on a variety of issues and events.

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