April 30, 2007
CSU/Campus News
Mercury News 4/29/07
By Lisa Krieger
Some of the biggest lessons that Joel Bridgeman learned at San Jose State University happened outside the classroom.
Sacramento Bee 4/28/07
By Phillip Reese
Sacramento State faculty decisively expressed a lack of confidence in President Alexander Gonzalez's leadership Friday, dealing a harsh blow to his three-year tenure as head of the university.
Union-Tribune 4/29/07
By Sherry Saavedra and Brooke Williams
Even as San Diego State officials are trying to quell rage over mini-dorms in neighborhoods around campus, a university golf program director and a former coach are among investors renting houses customized to sleep bunches of students.
Times-Standard 4/28/07
By Karen Wilkinson
In what appears to be one of the highest turnouts in campus history, Humboldt State University students overwhelmingly voted against raising fees that are already going through.
Press Telegram 4/30/07
By Hanna Chu
Broken beer bottles, used condoms on the Fremont Elementary School campus and parties ending in the wee hours of the morning: These are only a few of the nuisances neighbors say they've had to deal with from the Sigma Pi fraternity house
Mercury-Register 4/28/07
By Sean Murphy
If the communication gap between Chico State women's basketball player Amber Simmons and Athletic Director Anita Barker was already vast, don't expect it to narrow anytime soon.
Union-Tribune 4/28/07
Associated Press
Faculty at Sacramento State University overwhelmingly lack confidence in campus president Alexander Gonzalez, according to the results of a new referendum.
Editorials/Commentary
Sacramento Bee 4/30/07
By Dan Walters
A reader in Santa Barbara County asked this question via postcard recently: "Have you ever done research into the money that goes into the California Lottery? It was supposed to solve all problems of finances to the public school system. What happened to that money?"
Sacramento Bee 4/29/07
By Robert J. Birgeneau
We at the University of California, Berkeley, have a treasured tradition of accommodating diverse perspectives and understand that the free exchange of opinion is essential to a healthy democracy.
Contra Costa Times 4/30/07
About one in five California teachers leaves the profession after four years, according to the Public Policy Institute of California.
Contra Costa Times 4/30/07
California's community colleges could be getting some much-needed additional revenue. A measure has qualified for the Feb. 5, 2008, presidential primary ballot that would increase funding by hundreds of millions of dollars
Press-Democrat 4/30/07
Californians who don't breathe the rarified air inside the state Capitol know the public school system is in trouble.
California News
Union-Tribune 4/30/07
By Eleanor Yang Su
In the springtime months of March and April, colleges around the country roll out the red carpet to persuade accepted students to enroll.
Fresno Bee 4/29/07
By Doug Hoagland
A Fresno State student heard a voice that no one else did. Campus officials remember the case: A mentally ill student believed that the voice belonged to a university staff member.
Times-Standard 4/29/07
By Karen Wilkinson
Higher education is more than a means for intellectual growth, an opportunity for career advancement and way to ensure higher lifetime earnings through securing a degree.
Oakland Tribuen 4/29/07
By Steve Geissinger
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's ambitious agenda this year ignored perhaps California's biggest problem — and now it's haunting him and, in particular, kids in four Bay Area school districts.
National News
Bakersfield Californian 4/29/07
By Lisa Schencker
Golden Valley High senior Nancy Nasrawin thought her valedictorian status and long list of extracurricular activities would give her a decent chance of getting into an Ivy League school.
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