CSUSB looking at cuts in jobs, San Bernardino Sun
Part-time faculty and temporary staff members at Cal State San Bernardino may lose their jobs next year as the university cuts $8.3 million from its budget.

Real-life history lesson for Cal State San Marcos students, The Press-Enterprise
Armed with cameras and videocassette recorders, notebooks and plenty of enthusiasm, a group of Cal State San Marcos students is helping preserve the culture and history of the San Luis Rey Band of Luiseño Mission Indians.

Bonds to aid university planning, The Press-Enterprise
Cal State San Bernardino President Al Karnig said Thursday that he is more hopeful about planning the campus' future after the passage this week of Gov. Schwarzenegger's two bond measures.

CSUMB to build center, Salinas Californian
It will house alumni office, visitors gateway.

Cal Poly, bus firm clash, San Gabriel Valley Tribune
A bus stop on Cal Poly Pomona's campus has been shut down by the school despite federal transit money spent to upgrade facilities around it.

Ex-Aztecs dismiss allegations, North County Times
Three former San Diego State football players said Thursday that they never saw strippers dance for recruits.

CSUSM program melds teaching experience with real life, North County Times
The cohort is part of a year-long program to teach a group of 25 college students how to become educators, while allowing them to directly apply their lessons to the children on the premises.

Cal State celebrates new $44M library, North County Times
Cal State San Marcos threw a party Friday to celebrate its new $44 million library, which has become the focal point of the 15-year-old campus after only a few weeks of operation.

University planning 'milestone' program, Ventura County Star
School raises money for 50 to 100 scholarships.

Students present ideas on health, education during CSUS conference, Turlock Journal
Community leaders who attended Friday’s youth conference at California State University, Stanislaus, left the campus impressed with the students who participated.

Tobacco firm's presence at CSUS job fair sparks controversy, Sacramento Bee
Two and three decades ago, college students rebelled against the CIA visiting their campuses, seeking fresh recruits. The recruitment wars are back, but this time with a contemporary new "villain": Philip Morris.

Rocketry students at SDSU hope to soar sky-high today , San Diego Union-Tribune
A group of aerospace engineering students at San Diego State University know all about the trials of rocket science. Last September, after building a rocket and pressing the go button in the Mojave desert, theirs, too, met a fiery end.

Students, staff still in shock over hate crimes, Chico Enterprise Record
The shock of three campus hate crimes since Feb. 21 hasn't subdued for students and staff at Chico State University.

CSUH administrator honored for contributions to students, Oakland Tribune
Her haunting memories of growing up in Alabama during the 1950s, a time when Jim Crow segregation laws prevented African Americans from achieving social justice and economic equality, have faded through the years.

Cal State Campuses Team Up to Offer Engineering Minor, Los Angeles Times
Dominguez Hills students can enter a new field with study in Fullerton.

Catching up, Contra Costa Times
UC's transfer students work to turn late start to advantage.

UCD sees future in brain science, Sacramento Bee
The campus hopes to make its mark with a new research center.

FedEx, after goof, will help scholars, Sacramento Bee
University of California, Berkeley, officials cleared the final hurdle Friday in their fight to ensure that 30 graduate students won't be denied a chance to win a coveted Fulbright fellowship to do research abroad.

UC Berkeley, FedEx to Split Fulbright Costs, Los Angeles Times
The delivery service and the university announced Friday that they will split the cost of Fulbright scholarships for Berkeley doctoral students who were disqualified when FedEx did not pick up their applications on time.

Second arrest in UCLA body parts scandal, San Francisco Chronicle
Police arrested a second man Sunday in their investigation into the sale of body parts by employees at UCLA's School of Medicine, as relatives worried about the fate of loved ones whose bodies were donated to the school in recent years.

Man Says He Sold UCLA's Cadavers, Los Angeles Times
An alleged middleman in the sale of body parts from corpses donated to UCLA medical school said Sunday night that he cut up about 800 cadavers with the full knowledge of UCLA officials and then sold them to "giant" medical research companies over a six-year period.

Chamber adds colleges chief, Sacramento Bee
The California Chamber of Commerce has chosen the chancellor of the state's community college system to serve on its board of directors.

Cuts Will Detour Some Students Bound for UC, Cal State, Los Angeles Times
For 40 years, California kept a remarkable promise to its college-bound high school graduates: The top eighth would have a place in the University of California, the top third at Cal State University.

College for the Home-Schooled Is Shaping Leaders for the Right, New York Times
Of the nearly 100 interns working in the White House this semester, 7 are from the roughly 240 students enrolled in the four-year-old Patrick Henry College, in Purcellville.

President's Initiative to Shake Up Education Is Facing Protests, New York Times
Democratic legislators in Oklahoma were so unhappy with President Bush's No Child Left Behind school improvement law that they drafted a resolution calling on Congress to overhaul it.

On Campus, Rethinking Biology 101, New York Times
Brown and Sarah Lawrence, in Yonkers, will offer housing for the first time this fall to accommodate transgender students.

Report warns of hidden costs in college spring break trips, Oakland Tribune
Ads for cheap getaways flood campuses but are often misleading.

A Contrarian Approach to Technology Transfer, Chronicle of Higher Education
Universities should use inventions to seek relationships with companies, not big profits, says Santa Cruz's Gerald Barnett.

Editorial: Kids won't learn science if a lecture is all they get, San Jose Mercury-News
You can tell kids about electricity, or you can turn them loose with capacitors and resistors to learn about it.

Opinion: Still more raves for charter schools, Orange County Register
Analysis by nonpartisan LAO confirms their success and cost-effectiveness.

Editorial: Don't diminish diplomas, Orange County Register
We hope Gov. Schwarzenegger and Secretary of Education Richard Riordan pressure the board to reject any waivers of the algebra requirement. A diploma should be something more than a parchment.

Letters to the Editor, San Bernardino Sun
Prof makes the grade.

Editorial: Math Class vs. Sex Class, Los Angeles Times
Congress will have to help the president get his educational priorities in order: The schools need math teachers a lot more than abstinence teachers.

Letters to the Editor, Turlock Journal
Hughes thanks voters for approving propositions.

McClintock: State $6.5 billion more in red, Sacramento Bee
By conventional analysis, the stunning and overwhelming passage of Propositions 57 and 58 has placed California on the road to fiscal recovery.

Weintraub: Let public know this is three-year bailout plan, Sacramento Bee
Suddenly, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's biggest problem isn't a budget deficit. It's a surplus. The $15 billion bond California voters approved last week is far more than is needed to retire about $9 billion in budget debt accumulated to date.

Walters: Is politicians' indifference to state prison rot finally changing?, Sacramento Bee
Is the wall of political indifference to California's very troubled prison system - a barrier erected by the very powerful union that represents those who guard inmates - finally crumbling?

Democrats to Shift Tactics in Push for State Tax Hikes, Los Angeles Times
Before urging increases, they plan to take a cue from governor and seek out wasteful spending.

Deukmejian takes prison-reform post, Sacramento Bee
Prisons: Romero praises selection of ex-governor.

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