Show your ID, Sacramento Bee
What do you call that university by the river? The new president steps into the name game.

30 Hoover students to do research in Mexico, San Diego Union-Tribune
San Diego State University is looking for 30 teenagers from Hoover High School to help conduct summer research alongside scientists in the diverse ecosystem of Mexico's Sea of Cortez.

SDSU students face decision on fees for athletics, San Diego Union-Tribune
San Diego State students will vote in April on a fee-increase referendum that would mean $2.4 million annually to the athletic department and decrease by the same amount the money athletics receives from the school's general fund.

Plenty of space available at Cal State Hayward, Hayward Review
Admission guaranteed for high school seniors, transfer students who make school their first choice.

Within its walls are the sounds of Auden, Ginsberg and Walker. Their words still echo at the Poetry Center, 50 years after its birth, San Francisco Chronicle
The center -- now called the Poetry Center & American Poetry Archives at San Francisco State University -- has become one of the most important repositories of poetry recordings in the nation.

Murder-Suicide Is Suspected in Bizarre Deaths of Cal State Professor and Former Student, Chronicle of Higher Education
A California State University at Los Angeles professor was stabbed to death and beheaded early Monday in what police investigators believe to be a murder-suicide that was perpetrated by a former student she had once supervised.

Beheading suspect had history, San Gabriel Valley Tribune
A man suspected of decapitating a Cal State L.A. professor was a co- worker with an extensive and violent criminal history.

Suspected killer had prior record, San Gabriel Valley Tribune
A convicted felon suspected of killing a Cal State Los Angeles professor he worked with in 2001-02 lied on his employment application to the school, saying he had no criminal convictions, officials said Wednesday.

Grads help out at UCR, Press-Enterprise
American Indian Alumni Association raises thousands for university at dinner.

Push back UC Merced opening, report says, Modesto Bee
In a report issued Wednesday, the Legislature's nonpartisan budget adviser again urged lawmakers to push back the opening of the University of California at Merced to save money.

Broadcom Ex-CEO Gives Kids' School $10 Million, Los Angeles Times
St. Margaret's in San Juan Capistrano will use the donation from Henry Nicholas to build a field house and science center.

Feds looking at consultant, college, San Diego Union-Tribune
Probe to see if public funds used for school bond effort.

School districts support Prop. 55, North County Times
In less than two weeks, citizens will have the chance to vote on another school construction bond, Proposition 55. The $12.3 billion bond would pay for school construction and renovation projects for public elementary, middle and high schools as well as community and state colleges.

Bill seeks college efficiency, Orange County Register
California taxpayers spend more than $10.billion a year on higher education. For the first time, they might be able to get a clear picture of how well that money is working, under legislation introduced Wednesday.

College town grapples with recruiting scandal, CNN/AP
For three weeks, professors, students and residents have been hit with an almost daily barrage of accusations against Colorado's football program.

Jacksonville U. Becomes 2nd University to Dissolve Athletics Department, Chronicle of Higher Education
Jacksonville University will formally dissolve its athletics department and transfer coaches and administrators into another office, officials at the Florida institution announced on Wednesday.

Programs That Pay College Costs in Exchange for Job Pledges Are Popular but Unproven, Report Says, Chronicle of Higher Education
A new report questions the effectiveness of state and federal programs that cover the college costs of people who agree to work in certain occupations or underserved regions.

Editorial: Invest in the future: Vote yes on Prop 55, Turlock Journal
There’s a measure on the March 2 ballot that will allow California voters to decide whether to approve a more-than $12 billion bond for the construction and modernization of public elementary, secondary and higher education facilities, from kindergarten through college.

Editorial: Vote 'no' on state Prop. 55, Salinas Californian
A state ballot measure that would pump $12.3 billion into the public schools system for construction is ill-advised at this time.

Opinion: Glitzy schmooze campaigns hard to stomach, Los Angeles Daily News
Fleishman-Hillard's main objective for the LACCD is to "build confidence in the district's ability to deliver the bond project on time and within budget." That's verbatim from a memo sent from Dowie to the LACCD board of trustees last week.

Daniel Weintraub: S.F. mayor has the right idea, but wrong approach, Sacramento Bee
Gay marriage isn't the only issue at stake in San Francisco this week, nor the most important. What is at issue is the rule of law, and whether one public official, even if his cause is just, has the right to take the law he has been sworn to uphold into his own hands.

George Skelton: Schwarzenegger Earns Respectable Marks, but Big Test Is Coming Up, Los Angeles Times
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's 100th day on the job will be next Tuesday. It's the traditional point when a governor's first grade is due. Give Schwarzenegger an A for charm and an incomplete for problem solving.

Opinion: Proposition 55 - Yes, San Diego Union-Tribune
$12.3 billion school repair and construction bond.

Opinion: We've got a stake in Prop. 55, North County Times
In spring 2000, voters in the Oceanside Unified School District approved Proposition G by nearly 70 percent, authorizing up to $125 million to modernize school buildings and classrooms and to build new schools to ease overcrowding. The money is generated by sale of general obligation bonds secured by increased property taxes.

Editorial: Admission standards, Orange County Register
The Legislative Analyst's Office recommended last week that the University of California and California State University systems tighten their eligibility requirements in the light of lean state fiscal times. The proposal is a good one, but it doesn't go far enough.

Court won't hear license fee challenge, Sacramento Bee
The California Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to hear a suit to reverse Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's rollback of vehicle license fees and his cuts in spending for university outreach and other programs.

Growing budget gap seen, Sacramento Bee
Governor's plan is a 'good start' but fixes are needed, analyst says.

Analyst: State should take more money from schools, North County Times
About a month after the governor proposed taking $2 billion from schools to help balance the budget, California's legislative analyst's office said Wednesday that lawmakers should consider pulling more money from the education budget to put the state in the black.

Gas Tax Hike for Roadwork Urged, Los Angeles Times
The legislative analyst calls on lawmakers to add 6 cents a gallon and to reject the governor's proposed $2-billion cut in transportation funds.

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Bermudez Named Legislator of Year, CSU Public Affairs
Assembly member Rudy Bermúdez (D-Norwalk) has been selected as Legislator of the Year by the California State University system.

Simitian Named Legislator of Year, CSU Public Affairs
Assembly member Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) has been selected as Legislator of the Year by the California State University system.

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