A 5.4 earthquake rattled buildings, students, and faculty at LBCC Tuesday July 29 at 11:42 a.m. The U.S. Geological Survey estimated the quake being centered in Chino Hills 28 miles from the Los Angeles civic center. Student Bill Jones said, "It felt like something crashed into the D building at first but I immediately knew it was an earthquake because of the rolling motion.
LBCC starts the 2008-09 school year with an unrestricted general fund totaling $116.8 million before paying academic salaries, classified benefits, supplies and services, leaving the college forced to tap into its reserves. On Tuesday night, June 24, the Board of Trustees approved the budget with much concern for maintaining programs and projects with low funding.
The D.G. Boxing Gym will organize it first major boxing event Sunday, Sept. 21 at the Cal State Long Beach Pyramid, with an LBCC student in one of the main events. The gym promotes amateur boxing, specifically Long Beach boxers. Three of gym owner David Gonzalez' personalized Championship D.
Over Memorial Day weekend UCLA hosted a student-produced Jazz Reggae Festival. LBCC alumni Frank Refuerzo was the festival's online marketing director. Refuerzo posted the event's information on various Web sites that publicized the festival. He was able to reach professional online marketing sites and networking outlets that spread across the Internet, attracting people from as far as Belize and Jamaica.
Returning to or starting at LBCC means loads of people scurrying around to find buildings, classrooms and mingling with new and old friends. Amidst the chaotic circus of the first day, there are some who haven't forgotten the true intention behind the tall, intimidating buildings filled with chalkboards and tiny desks and chairs: the campus that sits before the students can and has dramatically changed lives for the better.