CSU fees on the rise, KSBY-Channel 6
California State University fees are going up once again, after trustees in the nation's largest public university system approve a student fee increase for the 2005-2006 school year.

Cal Maritime holds anti-terrorism drills, Fairfield Daily Republic
The bad news is that when it comes right down to it, civilian commercial vessels are potentially easy prey for terrorists.

Trial for ex-SDSU equipment manager's suit July 15, San Diego Union-Tribune
A July 15 trial date has been set for Steve Bartel's defamation and emotional distress lawsuit against several former and current San Diego State employees and supporters.

Educator hailed for dedication to college readiness, Desert Sun
An administrator at the Palm Desert Campus of California State University, San Bernardino, has earned "Educator of the Year" recognition from a valleywide organization.

Cal Poly Pomona increase will be roughly 8 to 10 percent, Daily Bulletin
Cal Poly Pomona students learned this week that they and all other Cal State University students will be paying more for their education next fall.

The postman only rings once under new CSUN system, Los Angeles Daily News
Tight budgets have forced CSUN to cut its on-campus mail deliveries to just once a day, infuriating instructors who say urgent parcels -- like boxes of live crickets and specimens frozen in dry ice -- are getting lost in piles of delayed post.

Cal Poly student-athletes fall back, San Luis Obispo Tribune
Cal Poly student-athletes on athletic scholarships graduated last year at a rate below both the national average and the rate of their classmates on campus, according to a national study.

CSUSB unseals door for transfers, San Bernardino County Sun
Students who wouldn't normally have enough credits to transfer to Cal State San Bernardino have a chance to sneak in.

Cal State San Marcos business division gaining support, looking to expand, North County Times
The signing of a steel beam by scores of supporters, the raising of nearly $6 million, the staying power of the top administrator and the not-too-distant opening of its first permanent home have brought the College of Business Administration at Cal State San Marcos a new level of stability and a renewed sense of purpose.

U. of California Reaches Multimillion-Dollar Settlement With Wall Street Firm in Enron Case, Chronicle of Higher Education
Lehman Brothers, the financial-services company, announced on Friday that it would pay $222.5-million to the University of California and other investors to settle its liability in a class-action lawsuit.

UC settles one Enron suit, Sacramento Bee
Lehman Brothers brokerage will pay over $222 million.

Big Science with tiny particles hits a snag, San Francisco Chronicle
PG&E opposes UC proposal to study neutrinos at nuclear plant.

Wal-Mart health care costs studied, Monterey County Herald/AP
Citing a study that showed taxpayers spend $32 million a year to subsidize health care for employees of Wal-Mart, legislative leaders said Thursday they will hold budget hearings into whether the giant retailer's policies unfairly burden the state treasury.

Mascots can give schools an identity, Modesto Bee
Sports fans in New York might not be able to find the University of California at Santa Cruz on a map, but according to the places the school bookstore ships logo merchandise, they certainly are aware of the Banana Slugs.

Some Cal students anxious, others indifferent about draft, Oakland Tribune
While presidential candidates trade accusations about re-instituting a military draft, most students at the University of California, Berkeley are concerned, but hardly losing sleep over the possibility of their number coming up.

Lawyer Who Stole From Plaintiffs in UCI Embryo Thefts Gets 4 Years, Los Angeles Times
Melanie Rae Blum, the lawyer who embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars from her clients, many of whom were victims of an extraordinary embryo theft scandal, was sentenced Friday to four years in state prison.

Dynamo is taking reins in burgeoning district, Sacramento Bee
Steven Ladd almost never stops moving. Walking through the hallways of the San Luis Coastal Unified School District headquarters, he leans forward, and his shiny dress shoes carry him to meetings in a near sprint.

Political renaissance on college campuses, San Francisco Chronicle
Students of both parties active in electioneering.

Settlement will keep educators very busy, Contra Costa Times
No one dreamed so many students would be affected when state officials settled a landmark lawsuit over conditions at low-performing schools across California.

Education law due to draw lawsuits, Contra Costa Times/AP
As costly penalties begin to kick in this year for schools that fail to meet the act's performance standards, many educators expect a flood of lawsuits aimed at avoiding the sanctions.

Lack of maintenance shuts doors of school tech labs, Daily Bulletin
At least $1 million in computer equipment used to teach Los Angeles Unified students robotics and other high-tech skills has fallen into disrepair because the school district doesn't have the money or expertise to maintain it, officials say.

New schools shine, Los Angeles Daily News
Students and teachers at the Los Angeles Unified School District's new Van Nuys and Northridge campuses can't seem to wipe the giddy grins off their faces.

Students who drop out often find themselves paying a high price, Orange County Register
It is almost impossible to find out why students drop out, researchers say, because the state doesn't track them and schools don't explain what happens to each student.

Learning outside school, San Gabriel Valley Tribune
The newly opened road toward college for one small group of seventh- and eighth-graders is lined with trips to the bowling alley, Disneyland, snow-covered slopes and even museums and plays. Such experiences are foreign to practically every student in the low-income El Monte neighborhood near Kranz Middle School.

La Verne University center focuses on gerontology, San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Noting the rapid growth of the country's aging population, the University of La Verne's business school has created a new center to support the growing field of gerontology.

Scientists take flight to learn about bay, Monterey County Herald
What can scientists learn about ocean kelp and marsh grass from a plane flying 10,000 feet in the air? Quite a lot, according to a crew that will fly over Monterey Bay this week. [CSU involvement]

Veteran Teachers in City Schools Help Colleagues Sharpen Skills, New York Times
For the new teachers, the goal is to improve the abysmal retention rates, which officials say have reached crisis levels. For the veterans, the hope is to give them a reason not to retire or to leave the city for higher-paying jobs in the suburbs.

College-Bound, 8 Heed Their Inner MapQuests, New York Times
Whatever the county's high school seniors may have felt about ghosts and goblins until now, this fall they are coping with something spookier than Halloween. It is college application time.

Oracle Raises Bid For PeopleSoft To $24 a Share, Wall St. Journal
Oracle Corp. sweetened its bid for software rival PeopleSoft Inc. by 14% to $8.8 billion and set a Nov. 19 deadline for what it called its "best and final offer," raising the stakes in the long-running takeover fight.

Enrollment Is Shifting At Black Universities, Washington Post
Increasingly, white students are enrolling at the nation's 120 historically black colleges and universities, changing the landscape of institutions that were created when African Americans were barred from attending most colleges.

Opinion: UC cost shifted onto fees, Sacramento Bee
With the higher student fees now in place at the University of California, undergraduate students (or their parents) are paying for 83 percent of the actual cost of their education.

Editorial: Leftist cant at CSU Long Beach, Washington Times
What passes for an appropriate paper topic in Professor Clifton Snider's English 100 course at California State University, Long Beach?

Daniel Weintrab: Governor tries to soften Legislature's partisan edge, Sacramento Bee
Schwarzenegger is now campaigning throughout the state to increase the number of Republicans in the Legislature. It's a longshot goal - most of his candidates were considered underdogs when he endorsed them - and he will rightly take credit if even a handful of them prevail.

Dan Walters: Californians still frustrated by state's dysfunctional politics, Sacramento Bee
As real issues are ignored, either in campaigns or in the governmental processes that follow, Californians' frustration builds and those with causes bypass a legislative process that wallows in trivia and interest group agendas and take their nostrums to the ballot.

Dan Walters: Governor goes for checkmate with full-press campaigning, Sacramento Bee
As bodybuilder, as movie actor and now as politician, Arnold Schwarzenegger's hallmark has been his drive - perhaps even obsession - to dominate the venue.

 

Schwarzenegger stumps for Bush in crucial Ohio, San Jose Mercury News
Looking to latch his deadlocked Ohio campaign to one of the Republican Party's marquee attractions, President Bush joined forces Friday with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in this critical battleground state where fence-sitting moderates could play a deciding role in the White House race.

Schwarzenegger Star Power Fades for GOP in State Races, Los Angeles Times
Republican hopes that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's popularity would help the party win more seats in the Legislature have faded in the final days before Tuesday's election as Democrats enjoyed a boost from the presidential campaign.

Governor turns his focus to propositions, Sacramento Bee
With time running out before Tuesday's election and the fate of several ballot measures too close to call, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger kept his pitches for President Bush and Republican legislative candidates to a minimum in two campaign stops Sunday, focusing on the nonpartisan propositions in which he has a stake.

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