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Office of the Chancellor / Public Affairs
February 25, 2004
 
CSU/Campus News
 

A prof's surprise props, San Bernardino Sun
Karnig drops by teacher's class to bestow award.

$1.5 million gift is music to university's ears, San Luis Obispo Tribune
Cal Poly has received a $1.5 million gift from a famous alumnus to help fund the renovation of the university's H.P. Davidson Music Center and the Cal Poly Theatre.

Tech High to stay on SSU campus, Press-Democrat
On a night when they considered cutting 27 teaching jobs and reducing several programs, Cotati-Rohnert Park school board members decided Tuesday to keep Technology High School on the Sonoma State University campus.

Right Way to Farm the Classics, Los Angeles Times
Victor Hanson, a fruit grower and expert on ancient Greek warfare, has won fans in the Bush White House by likening the U.S. to Athens. [Fresno State professor]

 
UC News
 

News briefs from California's Central Coast, North County Times/AP
The new Chicano Studies doctoral program at University of California, Santa Barbara, was celebrated by hundreds shouting "Viva!" during a ceremony Monday.

 
California News
 

Passage likely for schools, Salinas Californian
Statewide, proponents said the bond will address the problems of aging schools as well as a growing population they serve.

SLO can learn lessons from other party cities, San Luis Obispo Tribune
Plus, Cal Poly dealt with own Poly Royal riot.

Students head to Sacramento to plead against Cal Grants cuts, Ventura County Star
Aid has been boon to those attending CLU, other private colleges.

Private university aid may be slashed, San Francisco Chronicle
Governor wants to reduce Cal Grants to state school level.

Governor spurns school bill, San Diego Union-Tribune
Rejecting what he sees as a piecemeal approach to school reform, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has sent back legislation that would have granted districts limited flexibility in setting student-teacher ratios in kindergarten through third grade.

San Juan trustees OK buyouts to tackle deficit, Sacramento Bee
The voluntary plan is expected to save $2.7 million during the first year.

Longer Classes Give Students a Chance to Focus, Los Angeles Times
Block scheduling's backers say spending two hours at a time on a subject aids learning.

 
National News
 

Services Claim to Cut College Costs, Wall St. Journal
As Tuition Increases, So Do Pitches For Finding Scholarship Funds; How to Tell Which Are Useful.

Yale U. Opens an Orientation Program, Formerly for Minority Students Only, to All Freshmen, Chronicle of Higher Education
Yale University has decided to let white students participate in a high-profile freshman-orientation program formerly reserved for members of minority groups.

P.S. 172 Teaches Reading, But Not by the Book, Washington Post
School Resists Bush Administration's Approach.

Burying a Test Score Scam, Washington Post
I was more than a little curious when I saw a Washington Post story in June 2002 that test scores at Moten Elementary School in the District of Columbia had gone through the roof.

 
Editorials/Letters/Opinion
 

Opinion: Will State Budget Cut Too Deep?, San Francisco Chronicle
Higher education, once a luxury item reserved primarily for the children of the wealthy, is now a necessity for people who hope to join the middle class -- as well as for a state that depends on innovative graduates to boost its economy.

Editorial: Bond a good idea at a rotten time, Chico Enterprise-Record
California voters have rejected only two of the last 17 bond measures that have appeared on the ballot, adding billions of dollars in annual payments to the state budget.

Opinion: Yes on 55 is an investment in our kids and the economy, San Jose Mercury-News
No one disputes that passage of Proposition 55 will help our children. Many of our school facilities are old and need significant repairs. Some schools have bathrooms that don't work. Other schools have overcrowded classrooms.

Editorial: Paige's Point, Wall St. Journal
A fact of political life today is that if you favor meaningful educational reform, you can automatically count yourself a political enemy of two groups: the teachers unions that prefer the status quo and too many politicians who depend on them for financial support.

Letters to the Editor, Ventura County Star
Schools need help.

Editorial: Measure G funding, San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Citrus College, the oldest community college in Los Angeles County, is in need of a little refurbishment, modernization, a building or two.

Editorial: UC Merced keeps up the fight, Bakersfield Californian
Campus backers continue the battle to gain funding so doors can swing open next year.

Editorial: Greenwood’s achievements, Santa Cruz Sentinel
The next leader of UCSC has some big shoes to fill.

Letters to the Editor, Orange County Register
Proposition 55: school bonds.

Dan Walters: Two congressional vacancies touch off primary battles, Sacramento Bee
California congressional seats don't fall vacant very often, so when one becomes available, aspiring legislators come out of the woodwork.

 
Politics
 

Support swells for $15 billion bond, San Diego Union-Tribune
Poll results on Prop. 57 indicate bipartisan campaign is effective.

Treasurer disputes bond facts, San Jose Mercury-News
State Treasurer Phil Angelides, a leading critic of Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to borrow $15 billion, accused the governor Tuesday of running a deceptive campaign for the ballot measure.

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