April 20, 2007
CSU/Campus News
Enterprise-Record 4/20/07
By Heather Hacking
While Chico State University continues with a month of educational events for Earth Month, a celebration was held Thursday to acknowledge the progress of the new student services building that embraces many of the concepts that are the current buzz on campus.
Times-Standard 4/20/07
By Karen Wilkinson
Humboldt State University students will pay more, class sizes will grow and the president's popularity appears to be taking a plunge with Thursday's announcement of budget cuts and fee increases.
Times-Standard 4/20/07
By Karen Wilkinson
Humboldt State University's esteemed sciences lured 17-year-old Samantha Joy Zamora to the campus for a visit that may have solidified her decision to attend the school that recently lost funding for not hitting its enrollment target.
Mercury News 4/20/07
By Barry Witt and Jon Wilner
A proposal to bring professional soccer back to San Jose at a rebuilt Spartan Stadium died late Thursday after developer Lew Wolff and San Jose State University President Don Kassing decided they could not resolve differences over what Wolff should pay to use campus property.
Orange County Register 4/20/07
By Barbara Giasone
The Cal State Fullerton Housing Authority has agreed to pay $25 million for the construction of 68 workforce housing units in a new development approved by the City Council Tuesday night.
Ventura Star 4/20/07
By John Scheibe
An 18-year-old freshman was pulled out of class at CSU Channel Islands in Camarillo on Thursday afternoon and arrested after she allegedly posted a threat on the Internet about going on a shooting spree.
Editorials/Commentary
Wall St. Journal 4/19/07
By David Wessel
It's a mystery. With all the energy devoted to expanding prekindergarten programs, leaving no K-12 child behind, improving community colleges and sweetening aid for college students, how can the U.S be short of educated workers?
Fresno Bee 4/20/07
Chancellor Robert Birgeneau of the University of California, Berkeley, should delay signing a contract with the oil company BP that would create the largest academic-industry consortium in U.S. history.
UC News
San Francisco Chronicle 4/20/07
By Rick DelVecchio
UC Berkeley faculty members patched over their differences on the $500 million BP biofuels deal Thursday, agreeing to a measure of added faculty scrutiny on this and future industry research partnerships.
Sacramento Bee 4/20/07
By Stephen Magagnini
UC Davis officials said Thursday that if faced with the kind of violent writings and threatening behavior exhibited by Virginia Tech student Cho Seung-Hui, they likely would have taken action within 24 hours.
L.A. Times 4/20/07
By Richard C. Paddock
A $500-million deal between UC Berkeley and oil giant BP to establish a joint energy laboratory has prompted growing protests by students and faculty who fear the arrangement will compromise the university's integrity.
Voice of San Diego 4/20/07
By Vladimir Kogan
The University of California charges no tuition for state residents. The state's blueprint for higher education forbids it.
California News
Contra Costa Times 4/20/07
Associated Press
A group of Stanford University students and employees participated in the eighth day of a hunger strike Thursday to protest what they call the unfair treatment of janitors and other low-wage workers.
National News
San Francisco Chronicle 4/20/07
By Jill Tucker
Just a few years ago, the idea of a "green school" probably referred to the color of paint on exterior walls.
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