February 1, 2007
CSU/Campus News
Chico State students see little progress in Louisiana
Enterprise-Record 2/1/07
By Melissa Daugherty
Chico State University senior Josh Deadmore spent part of his winter break in New Orleans, helping rebuild homes in a region ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.
CSUMB Teachers Stage Protest
Monterey Herald 2/1/07
By Clarissa Aljentera
Faculty members at CSU-Monterey Bay made a statement during a lunchtime march through the quad Wednesday: It is time to pay attention to their contract negotiations.
Editorials/Commentary
Tuition miscue
Press-Enterprise 2/1/07
Paying today's tuition rates to attend a California university 15 years from now might appeal to parents nervous about the rising cost of higher education.
Knockdown: UC Irvine makes history - by demolishing Gehry building
Press-Democrat 2/1/07
In 1986, UC Irvine was a campus striving for an identity, space - and funds.
So, university administrators asked Southern California architect Frank Gehry, already well-known regionally, to design a cheap, functional engineering research building.
UC News
U. of California Sues the Family of Jacques Derrida Over the Noted Philosopher's Papers
Chronicle of Higher Education 2/1/07
By Richard Byrne and Aisha Labi
The University of California has sued the family of Jacques Derrida, a pioneer in contemporary philosophy and literary theory who died in 2004.
Cal to be hub for study of alternate fuel
San Francisco Chronicle 2/1/07
By Rick DelVecchio, Mark Martin
An unprecedented $500 million grant to develop new biofuels has been awarded to a consortium led by UC Berkeley, making the Cal campus the international hub of research on clean energy and the Bay Area the potential crucible of a new post-oil economy.
California News
Link diploma to voting, says S.J. legislator
Mercury News 2/1/07
By Edwin Garcia
Assemblyman Joe Coto has a provocative proposal to increase voter participation among young people: He wants to require high school students to register to vote before they can receive a diploma.
Inmates at Norco facility earn college degrees
Press-Enterprise 2/1/07
By Paige Austin
The college graduation ceremony for four inmates at the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco on Wednesday might mean as much to the state as it does to the inmates and their families.
Lawmakers vow to aid African Americans
L.A. Times 2/1/07
By Nancy Vogel
A group of lawmakers announced an effort Wednesday to put more African American Californians to work, bring healthier food to inner-city neighborhoods and better prepare students for college.
National News
The Immigrant Factor
Inside Higher Ed 2/1/07
By Scott Jaschik
At a reunion of black alumni of Harvard University in 2003, Lani Guinier set off a discussion on a sensitive subject: whether black immigrants are the beneficiaries, perhaps undeserving, of affirmative action
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