Sac State students OK new arena fees, Sacramento Bee
The Recreation, Wellness and Events Center now depends on private donations.

Cal Poly students, staff protest cuts, Daily Bulletin
Students, faculty and staff rallied at Cal Poly Pomona on Thursday against the governor's proposed $311 million in cuts to the California State University system's budget next year.

Smart money, San Francisco Examiner
SFSU students flock to town hall meeting on education cuts.

Stan St. airs budget woes, Modesto Bee
Budget cuts at California State University, Stanislaus, will eliminate the personalized service the campus is known for, with less staff doing more work, employees said during a forum Thursday.

SDSU fraternity suspended for hazing, San Diego Union Tribune
Kappa Alpha Psi, the oldest African-American fraternity at San Diego State University, has been suspended for hazing.

Pink slips come for 61 CSUH employees, Daily Review
Staff cuts, the university's fourth in two years, won't affect faculty positions.

Cuts at Fresno State frustrate students, Fresno Bee
Registration for fall semester is frustrating students and faculty at Fresno State as the university offers 300 fewer class sections.

Student first at CSUSM to win fellowship award, North County Times
Cal State San Marcos junior James Nguyen has some big plans for the future and a recent fellowship award to a prestigious summer program at UC Berkeley will make his plans all the more attainable.

Cadets set sail, Times-Herald
After back-to-back tragedies that took the life of one cadet and endangered several others, the California Maritime Academy was awash in celebration Saturday as the class of 2004 stepped into the future.

Berkeley offers the ultimate in student housing, San Francisco Chronicle
For the next few weeks, before students disappear into the summer, College Avenue is something to see, with the ivy greened up and energized for its climb toward the roof lines.

UC admissions panel calls for transparency, San Mateo County Times
The University of California needs to take some of the mystery out of its admissions policies in order to promote greater understanding among a public that is often confused about what it takes to get into selective campuses.

Cuts at UC Force Many to Consider Their 'Option', Los Angeles Times
About 7,600 have been offered a guaranteed transfer after two years in community college.

 

Four appointed to school governing board, San Mateo County Times
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed four new members to the California Community Colleges Board of Governors, which guides the state's 109 two-year colleges.

Higher taxes urged at forum, San Jose Mercury News
Legislators, educators, students and Silicon Valley executives Friday urged a crowd of more than 400 people in San Jose to campaign for a new approach to reversing three years of damaging budget cuts to public higher education: higher taxes.

Lottery’s plan would increase payouts — but prove costly to schools, San Mateo County Times
California's 20-year rush for lottery riches is fizzling, but unlike the first Gold Rush, victims of this slump -- which the state has kept virtually secret -- are students in every public school, college and university.

School district is loaning money to home buyers, San Mateo County Times
The program allows teachers to borrow up to $50,000 from the district to put down on their first home. They have five years to pay back the loan with a 2 percent interest rate.

Cal Lutheran Wins Key Honor, Los Angeles Times
The Thousand Oaks university's School of Education is given national accreditation, a prestigious seal of approval.

What's Wrong With Harvard, Chronicle of Higher Education
Every decade or two, most colleges take stock. Curricular committees are formed. Issues are debated. And, finally, after innumerable meetings and countless drafts -- ta-da! -- a report is published.

Insecure and Unaware, Chronicle of Higher Education
An analysis of campus networks reveals gaps in security.

Opinion: And the Rich Get Smarter, New York Times
Yet another string of studies confirms what any high school senior or parent who has just weathered the college admissions mating dance already knew — it's a cutthroat competition where money matters more than ever.

Editorial: Unprepared for college, San Jose Mercury News
High schools just keep passing stuents along; CSU has a better idea.

Governor revives deal-making in Sacramento, San Jose Mercury News
Schwarzenegger gets budget cuts, promises in line before sending them to legislature.

Walters: Jarvis and Gann handed Schwarzenegger potent political tool, Sacramento Bee
More than a quarter-century later, California's politicians are still struggling with the fiscal effects of Proposition 13, the landmark property tax measure enacted by voters in 1978.

Walters: Cultural gap could help state GOP, hurt Democrats, Sacramento Bee
California's cultural diversity is far more complex than a few ethnic classifications. One could argue, in fact, that California is the most complex society in the history of humankind.

Weintraub: How governor may stave off the next crisis in electricity, Sacramento Bee
Before there was a budget deficit, a car tax increase or drivers' licenses for illegal immigrants, the issue that first cracked former Gov. Gray Davis' political armor was the electricity crisis of 2001.

Editorial: Keep doors open at UC, San Francisco Chronicle
The plan by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to raise fees at Boalt Hall School of Law and other UC professional schools this fall by another $5,000 threatens to limit access to some of the university's most popular programs.

Next up - revise of budget plan, Sacramento Bee
Higher tax revenue helps, but new and old gaps loom for Schwarzenegger.

Arnold pays howls no heed, Daily Review
Governor doesn't meet with growing number of groups protesting cuts.

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