April 17, 2007
CSU/Campus News
Sacramento Bee 4/17/07
By Phillip Reese
Within two weeks, fact will replace speculation and Sacramento State President Alexander Gonzalez will know exactly where he stands with his faculty.
Fresno Bee 4/17/07
By Diana Marcum
How close something hits to home isn't always as much about miles as parallels.
Enterprise-Record 4/17/07
A massive effort to make Chico State University sustainable and to spread the word about what people can do to protect resources is not going unnoticed.
Whittier Daily News 4/17/07
Associated Press
A gunman's massacre at Virginia Tech on Monday resonated at a college campus in California where a janitor shot seven people to death 30 years ago.
Editorials/Commentary
Bakersfield Californian 4/17/07
Students beware: Credit card debt can be hazardous to your futures. Schools must help drive home that point as students head off to college. At the end of four years of college, they should not be buried in debt.
UC News
San Francisco Chronicle 4/17/07
By Rick DelVecchio
UC Berkeley faculty members will debate academic freedom and industry-sponsored research this week at a meeting on the $500 million BP biofuels research deal announced earlier this year.
Modesto Bee 4/17/07
By Michelle Hatfield
Research runs the gamut at the University of California at Merced — from physics to biology, with undergraduate and graduate students participating.
California News
Contra Costa Times 4/15/07
By Andrew Becker
Reading, writing and 'rithmetic aren't the only Rs being taught in California high schools these days.
San Francisco Chronicle 4/17/07
By Nanette Asimov
Slightly more California high school seniors this year have passed the high school exit exam, which is required for a diploma.
Union-Tribune 4/17/07
By Jeff McDonald and Eleanor Yang Su
Could it happen here? Yes. University police chiefs in San Diego County said they plan and prepare regularly for every possible crisis, including a rampaging gunman.
L.A. Times 4/17/07
By Tami Abdollah
For Francisco Alvarado, a 22-year-old undocumented immigrant enrolled at Cal State Dominguez Hills, a college education would be impossible without some financial assistance.
Daily Breeze 4/17/07
By Paul Clinton
Houston Magee never seriously considered college
Daily Bulletin 4/17/07
By Jason Pesick
The shooting deaths of 33 people at Virginia Tech on Monday were 3,000 miles away but the reverberation was felt powerfully at Southern California college and university campuses.
Times-Standard 4/17/07
By John Driscoll
A sprawling campus. Thousands of students in dozens of disconnected classrooms. Limited security. A roaming shooter.
Oakland Tribune 4/17/07
By Lisa M. Krieger
In the wake of Monday's massacre at Virginia Tech, Bay Area colleges and universities said they would re-examine their strategies for responding to such a crisis.
Stockton Record 4/17/07
By Michelle Machado
olice at Stockton's college and university campuses said Monday that they are ready should a shooting like the one that left more than 30 people dead at Virginia Tech ever happen in Stockton.
Press-Democrat 4/17/07
By Jeremy Hay
At his Sonoma State University desk, Nate Johnson, the top police official for the CSU system, started taking calls within an hour of the first reports about the massacre Monday at Virginia Tech.
Ventura Star 4/17/07
By Jean Cowden Moore
Luscinda Paguaga read the horrifying news on her laptop before she headed to classes Monday at California Lutheran University.
National News
Wall St. Journal 4/17/07
By Ronald Alsop
Paul Argenti, a professor at Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business, has long taught his M.B.A. students strategies for managing corporate crises. Recently, he helped his own institution practice what he preaches.
San Francisco Chronicle 4/17/07
By Jill Tucker
More than a quarter of teachers in urban school districts across the country say they don't believe their students are motivated to learn, according to a survey by the National School Boards Association.
L.A. Times 4/17/07
By Richard C. Paddock and Tami Abdollah
University officials in California and across the nation, shocked by Monday's massacre at Virginia Tech, said they would review emergency procedures for handling threatening incidents on their campuses.
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