February 19, 2007
CSU/Campus News
University leaders take to the pulpit to hike enrollment
Union-Tribune 2/19/07
By Michelle Locke, AP
OAKLAND – Leaders of the nation's largest four-year public university took to the pulpit yesterday to preach the importance of going to college.
Homeless by choice, O.C. student learns self-reliance
L.A. Times 2/19/07
By Seema Mehta
After a long day of film classes, working at the Apple Store, rock climbing at the gym and finishing homework in the student union, Cal State Fullerton senior Andy Bussell heads home — to a white Toyota Tacoma with a twin-size mattress in the truck bed, a camper shell for protection and black curtains for privacy.
CSUB set to operate all year long in '08
Bakersfield Californian 2/19/07
By Jenny Shearer
Cal State Bakersfield will operate year-round beginning in summer 2008.
CSUEB adding doctoral program
Daily Review 2/19/07
By Kristofer Noceda
California State University, East Bay, will launch its first doctorate program beginning summer 2008.
CSU woos black students in 'Super Sunday' drive
Oakland Tribune 2/19/07
By Alejandro Alfonso
As the music of God's gospel reverberated through the pews filled with parishioners, outside in God's lobby recruiters stood ready to lead them onto a higher path.
The path of higher education.
CSUMB exchange student missing; officials concerned
Monterey Herald 2/19/07
Officials at CSU-Monterey Bay are concerned about an exchange student who has been reported missing since Saturday afternoon.
CSU visits Vallejo congregation as part of minority recruitment
Times-Herald 2/19/07
By Nolan Hebert
Leaders of the nation's largest four-year public university took to the pulpit Sunday to preach the importance of going to college.
New CSUSM police chief to take helm in March
North County Times 2/19/07
By David Garrick
Cal State San Marcos has hired a police chief with three decades of law enforcement experience to help the university cope with changes brought on by the rapid enrollment growth projected for the campus.
University leaders take to pulpits to recruit pupils
KESQ-3, 2/19/07
Associated Press
Leaders of California State University took to the pulpit today to preach the importance of going to college.
Engineered chaos excites Sac State
Sacramento Bee 2/19/07
By Lakiesha McGhee
Hundreds of spectators gathered Sunday to watch 16-ounce robots battle it out inside a plexiglass arena at California State University, Sacramento's "Smackdown in Sactown III" tournament.
Editorials/Commentary
The fabulous $50,000-a-year education
L.A. Times 2/18/07
By Peter Hong
Last week, George Washington University became the first school in the country to charge undergraduates more than $50,000 a year.
UC News
Candy maker's a sugar daddy for UCD cocoa health studies
Sacramento Bee 2/19/07
By Carrie Peyton Dahlberg
For a candy maker, it is a tantalizing vision: The same plant that is fermented and pulverized into chocolate might also maintain sound arteries, protect against cancer and diabetes, and even boost brainpower.
California News
Bill would boost L.A. school board pay 650%
Sacramento Bee 2/18/07
By Jim Sanders
For generations, California has paid its school board members as vital elected officials serving their communities part time.
State to adopt pay system despite errors
L.A. Times 2/19/07
By Tami Abdollah
A computerized payroll system that has left thousands of local public school and community college employees improperly paid will be adopted by state government next year despite its many problems.
Blacks on pace to make Valley political inroads
L.A. Daily News 2/18/07
By Brad Greenberg
After Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa spoke to a cadre of young Latino politicians at a fundraiser at the Hansen Dam Equestrian Center this month, a black woman approached Robert Winn and asked about African-American political might.
National News
U. of Illinois Decides to Banish Chief Illiniwek, Expecting to Return to NCAA's Good Graces
Chronicle of Higher Education 2/19/07
By Brad Wolverton
Chief Illiniwek, the controversial American Indian mascot at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will dance for the last time this week, the university has announced.
Huge IPEDS Lives
Inside Higher Ed 2/19/07
By Doug Lederman
The U.S. Education Department is quietly moving ahead with plans to significantly expand the information and data it collects from colleges each year through an online survey
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