Cal State Dominguez Hills News

Here are snippets from some of our blogs last week. The blogs, and others, can be seen in their entirety at www.norcalblogs.com. The end of the fifth grade.

There's a growing body of research on phantom cellphone vibrations and the other problems associated with technology obsession, and leading the way is Larry Rosen, the author of iDisorder.

It turns out that the phantom cellphone vibration syndrome is fairly common. Ask around.

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UC Davis psychology professor Robert Emmons practices what he researches, expressing thanks for a $5.6 million grant to advance the science of gratitude.

The CSU system on Monday released its admittance numbers for fall 2012, and while overall admission was up slightly, officials say the 23-campus system will be forced to cut back on enrollment next year due to steep cuts in state funding.

It was all sunshine, smiles and celebratory speeches as officials marked the arrival of an undersea fiber-optic cable they promised would end Cuba's Internet isolation and boost web capacity 3,000-fold. Even a retired Fidel Castro had hailed the dawn of a new cyber-age on the island.

When Natasha Smith-Patterson walked the stage to claim her associate degree from Compton College back in 1988, she clutched her 6-week-old daughter with one hand while accepting her piece of paper with the other.

Cal State University Dominguez Hills began their 2012 commencement ceremony Friday with the Colleges of Natural and Behavioral Sciences and Extended and International Education being the first to award degrees.

California State University students who engaged in a weeklong hunger strike over soaring tuition and high executive pay have called it quits.

Student protesters on Wednesday repeatedly interrupted the CSU trustees' meeting with chants, frequently calling for the resignation of Chancellor Charles Reed.

John Garcia, 21, a double major at California State University, Dominguez Hills, is one of eleven CSU students who have been staging a hunger strike for a week.

Bowing to public pressure, California State University trustees are backing off a policy giving 10 percent raises to campus presidents, but there's a catch: They'll ask campus nonprofit groups to pick up the tab.

Sheriff's homicide detectives today investigated the fatal shooting of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agent who was killed by a single round fired through a window from outside his Carson home.

CSUN student Sarah Garcia, 19, participates in a hunger strike to protest university cuts talks to students.

The California Faculty Association today will announce whether California State University teachers have authorized a strike, in part to protest what they decry as a lack of progress in contract talks.

Today he'll give up food altogether as part a statewide hunger strike California State University students are holding to protest budget cuts and fee increases.

Whether you want to spend your day in the sun, eating at your favorite Mexican restaurant, or watching the Kentucky Derby, it's all going on this weekend in San Bernardino.A Cinco de Mayo is here and there are plenty of events to attend in the Inland Empire.

Thousands of workers, immigrant-rights activists and other protesters will take part in May Day marches and rallies today in support of causes ranging from better-paying jobs to immigration reform, triggering street closures in downtown Los Angeles.

A group of Cal State University students, including one from Cal State Fullerton, will begin a hunger strike Wednesday to protest tuition hikes, enrollment caps and cuts of other services and programs.