Stepping up and out, San Luis Obispo Tribune
Liliana Cerrillo sees herself traveling to space some day. The 18-year-old aerospace engineering student wants to learn not only how to build rockets like SpaceShipOne designer Burt Rutan, a 1965 Cal Poly grad, she wants to ride them toward new frontiers.

Supervisor calls for a Cal State in Contra Costa, Oakland Tribune
Contra Costa Supervisor Mark DeSaulnier believes his county should be home to a full-fledged Cal State University. The Concord politician will ask the Board of Supervisors to support the idea at its meeting Tuesday.

Cal State Hayward may become Cal State East Bay, North County Times/AP
Looking to expand its image as a regional institution, California State University, Hayward may get a name change -- to California State University, East Bay.

Tracking the trolley, San Diego Union-Tribune
Transit officials assembled the news media 60 feet beneath San Diego State University for a sneak preview yesterday, showing off the station they all expect will become the pride of the line about eight months from now.

Celebrating 4 decades of mouthing off, San Francisco Chronicle
Veterans of the Free Speech Movement recall its boisterous birth on UC campus.

UCLA Chancellor Calls for a Hefty Tuition Boost, Los Angeles Times
Fees may have to more than double for the university to remain first rate, Carnesale says.

UCLA Chancellor: school may have to raise tuition in coming years, The Orange County Register
The chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles said the campus may need to more than double its undergraduate tuition to remain a top-rate, research university.

UCI wins $7.5 million for atmospheric studies, The Orange County Register
The National Science Foundation is giving UC Irvine $7.5 million to study air pollution and global warming through the analysis of chemical reactions in the region of the atmosphere where air interacts with moisture, such as rain, fog and humidity.

Eye on Sproul class project not newest reality series, Daily Review
UC Berkeley class installs robotic camera to raise awareness of privacy in high-tech times.

Goliath vs. Goliath in Battle to Expand School, Los Angeles Times
Wealthy supporters say Harvard-Westlake needs to be updated, while opponents fear impact on neighborhood.

Schools strain to pass, Desert Sun
Educators strive to teach English, avoid D.C. hit list.

Moorpark College students protest sudden tuition hikes, Ventura County Star
For Ahmed Labnouj and other community college students, the problems began in September. That was when the state budget passed and increases in registration fees took effect, leaving students at Moorpark College and other community colleges across the state to reconsider their future.

Teachers could get break on housing if plan gets go-ahead, San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco's public school teachers could have an easier time renting and buying housing within three to six years under a new plan being pushed by two members of the Board of Education.

Five binge-drinking deaths 'just the tip of the iceberg', USA Today
This month has been deadly for binge-drinking college students.Five underclassmen in four states appear to have drunk themselves to death, police say, after friends sent their pals to bed assuming that they would "sleep it off."

House Votes to Curb Subsidies Paid to Student Loan Companies, New York Times
The House unanimously passed a bill yesterday to close loopholes that allow student loan companies to collect hundreds of millions of dollars in subsidies, and the Senate was expected to do the same as early as today.

Community College in California Is Fined for Failing to Comply With Conflict-of-Interest Laws, Chronicle of Higher Education
The Compton Community College District was fined $100,000 on Thursday by California's Fair Political Practices Commission for failing to file conflict-of-interest statements for key employees over a 20-year period.

Faculty Union Calls for Better Standards of Treatment for TA's Nationwide, Chronicle of Higher Education
The American Federation of Teachers plans to release today a set of national standards for the employment of graduate research and teaching assistants.

Booklet That Upset Mrs. Cheney Is History, Los Angeles Times
The Department of Education destroys 300,000 parent guides to remove references to national standards.

Schools alerted to terrorism dangers, San Diego Union-Tribune
School officials across the country have been advised to watch for strangers loitering near campuses or buses in a stepped-up effort to prevent terrorist acts, like the deadly school siege in Russia.

Oracle director testifies bid may not be final offer, Contra Costa Times
Oracle Corp. director Joseph Grundfest testified that the company's $7.7 billion hostile bid for PeopleSoft Inc. may not be the final offer.

Dan Walters: Governor compiles a mixed record but remains wildly popular, Sacramento Bee
By any objective standard, Arnold Schwarzenegger's first year as California governor has been a mixed bag of limited successes and some obvious failures - such as his inability so far to make a serious dent in a chronic state budget deficit.

Field Poll: Schwarzenegger solid with voters, Sacramento Bee
As governor, that is. Most oppose having immigrant president.

Trade offices revived quietly, Orange County Register
Lieutenant governor to open several after lawmakers tried to shut them down.

 

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