HSU lecturer qualifies for recall ballot, Eureka Times-Standard
Darin Price, the Humboldt State University chemistry lecturer, submitted about 123 of 150 needed signatures to the county Elections Office on Saturday, with more en route from other parts of the state.

CSUF kicks out 904, Orange County Register
Students booted for failure to pay fee hike that many say they weren't notified of.

Davis appoints two trustees to CSU board, Oakland Tribune
Two new trustees have been appointed to the governing board of the 23-campus California State University system.

Mentor project given grant, Los Angeles Daily News
California State University, Northridge, has received a three-year, $375,000 federal grant that will give a boost to a tutoring program at four San Fernando Valley sites.

CSUSB shuts out applying students, San Bernardino Sun
Students waiting to be admitted to Cal State San Bernardino this fall had the door shut on them this month, and it likely won't crack open for at least a year.

How city, SJSU made peace to become library partners, San Jose Mercury-News
The partnership between San Jose State University and the city on the new Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library symbolizes a dramatic shift from a relationship that in recent decades was one of indifference and sometimes disdain.

Microsoft Is Ordered to Pay $521 Million in Patent Case, Wall St. Journal
A federal jury ordered Microsoft Corp. to pay $521 million to a Chicago area start-up and the University of California, which jointly sued the software company for patent infringement over technology used in Internet browsers.

L.A. Unified Finds $33 Million More Left Over, Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Unified School District announced Monday that its budget balance from last school year is $33 million more than previously anticipated and that the extra money will fill the holes left by deeper-than-expected cuts in the current year.

Citrus College officials settle free-speech lawsuit, San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Citrus College has reached a settlement in a lawsuit filed over the community college's ‘‘free-speech zones.''

Enrollment padding target of state audit, Press-Enterprise
The state has launched a "significant number" of audits of school districts statewide to determine how widespread enrollment padding is to support applications for construction funds.

Taking 'college protest' to a new level this fall, San Francisco Chronicle
S.F. school will offer a degree in activism.

Princeton Stands in for Beijing: Studies of China Adapt to SARS, New York Times
When the SARS crisis stretched into May, the directors of many of these programs were forced to cancel their plans. But others scrambled to make alternative arrangements on American soil.

Students Face Another Year of Big Tuition Increases in Many States, Chronicle of Higher Education
Come fall, more students at public colleges will face sticker shock than ever before.

Editorial - A ready-made budget for would-be governors, Orange County Register
Attention, candidates. There's a detailed state budget proposal available that combines reform, restructuring and selected cuts in duplicative programs to promise a $1.5 billion surplus in 2005.

Daniel Weintraub: Family leave a good hot button, for the moment, Sacramento Bee
In one of Arnold Schwarzenegger's first national television appearances as a candidate for governor last weekend, he was asked whether he supported the state's new paid family leave program, which is scheduled to take effect next year.

Editorial: The real issue is clear, Sacramento Bee
Union puts power ahead of students.

Dan Walters: Schwarzenegger's high-concept campaign: Save state from robot, Sacramento Bee
Schwarzenegger's campaign for governor of California has the same high concept as Terminator 3: He's offering himself as the savior of the state from its robotic governor, Gray Davis.

Estimate of Recall Now $66 Million, Los Angeles Times
The large number of candidates and short notice ensure errors, the secretary of state says.

State analyst sees Prop. 54 in court, Sacramento Bee
The nonpartisan official says the measure to limit collection of race-based data is ambiguous.

Governor hits the ground running to fight for his job, San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Davis defends record on the campaign trail.

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