Q & A with Cal Poly Pomona's new President, J. Michael Ortiz, Daily Bulletin
When J. Michael Ortiz envisions Cal Poly Pomona's future, he sees a place with tremendous potential and an institution whose outstanding programs are more unified and recognized.

Cal Poly Pomona: More than just a university, Daily Bulletin
The community of Cal Poly Pomona prides itself on the "learning by doing" motto. Whether it’s students tending Arabian horses, faculty researching the foliage of the rainforest or administrators negotiating with business partners, the university takes its philosophy to heart.

Cal Poly offers variety of youth summer camps, Daily Bulletin
This year, Cal Poly Pomona will offer a wide variety of youth summer camp programs which promote learning, enrichment and fun.

The other wine degree, Los Angeles Times
Although it lives in the shadow of the renowned wine education program at UC Davis, Cal State Fresno's is the only one of its kind in the United States, the only university enology program with its own commercial winery.

Graduates move on to next phase, Daily Bulletin
At Mt. San Antonio College's commencement ceremony Friday, outgoing Cal Poly Pomona President Bob Suzuki, the commencement speaker, told graduates to be prepared for an ever-changing technological world where a wide array of career opportunities are at hand.

Half the battle is knowing what not to say, The Chronicle of Higher Education
After finishing another round of faculty hiring for the English department at California State University at Northridge, English chair Donald E. Hall has some advice to job seekers on interviewing at a teaching-oriented university.

Fresno hotel, housing, office and retail space considered for land near Save Mart Center, Fresno Bee
California State University, Fresno, officials are closer to a decision on what to do with 45 acres of prime real estate next to the soon-to-be-completed Save Mart Center.

HSU students to present research on Fortuna water, Eureka Times Standard
Three Humboldt State University students will present the results of their semester-long research projects on Fortuna's wastewater facilities on Wednesday.

SJSU finds dramatic design for new museum, San Jose Mertcury News
For its new museum, the School of Art and Design, San Jose State University searched for a design to transcend the ordinary. To find the right architect, it held an open competition among architects big and small, young and established, foreign and domestic.

Iraqi Advisors Are Left Cooling Their Heels, Los Angeles Times
A team of nearly 150 Iraqi exiles assembled months ago to advise American authorities during the early phases of a U.S.-led occupation of Iraq remains largely stranded in Kuwait and the United States, with most members still waiting to begin their work. [A Cal Poly Pomona professor is one of them and is mentioned in the story].

CSULB graduations begin, Long Beach Press-Telegram
More than 5,000 Cal State Long Beach students will attend graduation ceremonies today through Friday at the campus's Central Quadrangle.

CSUS begins search for Terpstra's replacement, Turlock Journal
Members of the community were invited to attend the open interview session for the new men's basketball coach.

Art school draws plans for Inland, Press-Enterprise
Buildings and businesses surrounding White Park will be demolished or will have to relocate to make room for the school, a partnership of Riverside Community College, UC Riverside and UC Redlands.

Gates has praise for university research model, San Diego Union-Tribune
Because Bill Gates was onstage at Price Center, UCSD students formed long lines yesterday seeking clues to the next plateau of computer technology, around which many will build their own careers.

Bad Initiatives Won't Lead the Way to a Colorblind Society, Los Angeles Times
Ward Connerly is at it again. First the University of California regent led the charge against affirmative action at the university. Then he sponsored Proposition 209, which barred racial and gender preferences for all state institutions.

Efforts stepped up to aid test-anxious students, North County Times
The battle to get teens to pass the California High School Exit Exam has begun in North County.

L.A. Unified Trims Another $57.4 Million, Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Board of Education voted Tuesday to cut $57.4 million from its proposed 2003-04 budget, but postponed action on the controversial plan to furlough the LAUSD's 80,000 employees for up to five days without pay next year as a way of dealing with a projected $381-million budget shortfall.

Maintaining Parental Involvement in High School, Los Angeles Times
On a recent Friday morning, a handful of women huddled around a table at Edison High School in Huntington Beach, cross-referencing their calendars to free up time for school activities. They wanted to be sure they could make staff picture day, textbook day, summer mail-outs and registration.

Microsoft founder's group donates millions for LA charter schools, Monterey County Herald/AP
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced Tuesday that it will give a $5.7-million grant to a charter school network to help it open six charter high schools in Los Angeles over the next five years.

The Changes Unwelcome, a Model Teacher Moves On, New York Times
The door to Room 7 was still locked, but the kindergartners could not wait for the school day to begin. They were jumping up and down in the hallway, trying to peek through the high window and get Ms. MacLeish to let them in early.

GOP hints at softer stance on taxes, Sacramento Bee
In their public pronouncements, most Republican lawmakers say they won't vote for a tax increase this year. They have no interest, they say, in rewarding Democrats for high-spending ways they believe put the state in a budget hole now approaching $40 billion.

Assembly Democrats move budget plan, San Gabriel Valley The Tribune/AP
In a move considered largely procedural, Democrats in charge of the Assembly's budget committee approved Tuesday a budget proposal that largely reflects what Gov. Gray Davis proposed earlier this month.

Panel Rejects Some Davis Budget Cuts, Los Angeles Times
Over objections from Republicans, the Assembly Budget Committee approved a plan Tuesday to balance California's budget with billions of dollars in new taxes but without some of the spending cuts called for by Gov. Gray Davis.

State parties split on windfall's use, Contra Costa Times
A $2.4 billion federal gift to California has thrown the latest wrench into lawmakers'deliberations over how to fix the state's massive deficit.

Davis allies now fighting recall effort, Sacramento Bee
After months of downplaying a campaign to recall Gov. Gray Davis in the midst of a state fiscal crisis, supporters of California's unpopular second-term Democrat are taking the effort seriously.

The Buzz: Davis pulls big gun to fight recall drive, Sacramento Bee
One way to gauge the seriousness with which Gov. Gray Davis is taking the recall effort against him is to look at the movements of his top political people.

Group Fights Davis Recall, Los Angeles Times
Responding to a threatened special election to recall Gov. Gray Davis, key supporters of the governor have launched a committee to try to kill the effort before it qualifies for the ballot.

Gov. Davis' backers begin work to fight recall, San Francisco Chronicle
The move to recall Democratic Gov. Gray Davis has sparked new political activity on both sides, including a broad coalition of labor, teachers and religious leaders planning today to kick off the first organized effort to fight the campaign.

Unions fight with 10,000 jobs on line, Sacramento Bee
For 14 years, Keith Wimer has taught state prison inmates how to read better, but soon he may be scanning the help-wanted ads instead of short stories and textbooks.

Sacramento's profiles in cowardice, Orange County Register
Following my column last week, detailing the vociferously anti-business and anti-freedom climate found among the Democrats who control Sacramento, several readers have asked me what they can do about the matter. My answer: Be afraid, be very afraid.

Affirmative action doesn't work, Orange County Register
University presidents opposed to affirmative action are few and far between. I am one. My opposition is based on my belief that affirmative action does not accomplish its intended purpose. [By James Doti, President of Chapman University].

A test for the California GOP, North County Times
Rosario Marin, the highest-ranking Latina in the Bush administration, a pro-choice woman with a remarkable life story to tell, acknowledged she already has conferred with Bush's chief political adviser, Karl Rove, about her chances of knocking off Barbara Boxer. [Marin is a Cal State L.A. alum].

Politicians forget what it's all about, North County Times
Focusing on the budget, we as a nation tend to forget what is education all about.

Note: On Tuesday, May 27, The Orange County Register reprinted Sacramento Bee columnist Dan Walters' column, "Hypocritical Charge of Wasteful Spending," which did critize the CSU for its CMS project, but more directly took the legislators to task for their own inability to get things done.

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