February 22, 2007
CSU/Campus News
CSU faculty union to hold strike vote
San Francisco Chronicle 2/22/07
With bargaining talks at an impasse, the union representing faculty members at San Francisco State and 22 other campuses of the California State University system has announced plans to hold a strike vote.
Profs may strike at Sacramento State
Sacramento Bee 2/22/07
By Eric Stern
Professors at California State University, Sacramento, will join faculty members at CSU campuses from across the state next month in a vote to strike if contract talks collapse with the administration.
Cal State faculty to vote whether to go on strike
L.A. Times 2/22/07
By Larry Gordon
The faculty of the 23-campus Cal State University system is scheduled to vote next month on whether to authorize strikes if fact-finding and bargaining fail to produce a new contract, union officials said Wednesday.
State grant set to expand CSUB nursing program
Bakersfield Californian 2/22/07
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger doled out $3 million in grants last week to expand nursing programs, including $240,000 to Cal State Bakersfield.
CSUB faculty to vote on authorizing strikes soon
Bakersfield Californian 2/22/07
By Jenny Shearer
Faculty at Cal State Bakersfield will vote in early March if they should strike.
Strike vote by university system faculty authorized
Enterprise-Record 2/22/07
A contract dispute between the California Faculty Association and the California State University system heated up Wednesday, when the union representing more than 23,000 CSU employees announced its authorization of a vote whether to strike at all 23 campuses.
Cal State teachers threaten strikes
Mercury News 2/22/07
By Connie Skipitares
Some 24,000 professors and other faculty who teach at California's 23 state university campuses are threatening to strike at the end of March in what would be the first work stoppage over labor issues in the history of the college system.
CSU faculty strike vote scheduled
Times-Standard 2/22/07
Some 24,000 professors and other faculty who teach at California's 23 state university campuses -- including Humboldt State University in Arcata -- are threatening to strike at the end of March
Cal State faculty to vote on strike
North County Times 2/22/07
By Ned Randolph
Faculty members at the 23 California State University campuses, including San Marcos, will be asked to authorize their labor union to call a strike if a months-long salary dispute with the administration continues to go unresolved.
Cal State faculty could strike in March
Press-Telegram 2/22/07
By Kevin Butler
California State University faculty members next month could decide whether to conduct their first strike in an effort to get a more favorable labor agreement.
CSU is mulling a major strike
Ventura Star 2/22/07
By John Scheibe
Faced with a labor-negotiation impasse, the directors of a union representing some 24,000 California State University faculty members are calling for a membership vote on whether to press forward with a strike.
Editorials/Commentary
Letter: High salaries pay off for all
Enterprise-Record 2/22/07
As a newly retired faculty member, I, like other townspeople, don't at first blush see how the faculty contract dispute affects me. However, the quality of Chico State touches us all.
UC News
Battle of Bowles Hall -- tradition vs. money
San Francisco Chronicle 2/22/07
By Rick DelVecchio
UC Berkeley's latest expansion plans may doom one of the oldest traditions on campus -- the communal male undergraduate lifestyle at Cal's first dorm, storied Bowles Hall.
California News
Garamendi vows `revival' for Lt. Gov.'s office
Pasadena Star-News 2/18/07
By Thomas Elias
The days of quiet, quiescent lieutenant governors who did little more than pass out Thanksgiving turkeys, document their weight-loss programs or spend virtually every waking hour raising money for a run for governor are over.
Analyst: Red ink's ahead
Sacramento Bee 2/22/07
By Clea Benson
California will take in about $2 billion less than previously expected in tax revenues this fiscal year and the next, so lawmakers should cut spending now, the Legislature's nonpartisan budget adviser said Wednesday.
Growth spurs college boom
Sacramento Bee 2/22/07
By Eric Stern
With more than 100,000 students expected to attend Sacramento-area community colleges by 2014, plans are moving ahead for a suburban expansion of satellite campuses.
Student-fee hikes in governor's plan called excessive
Union-Tribune 2/22/07
By Ed Mendel
University student fee increases proposed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger are too high and should be reduced, nonpartisan Legislative Analyst Elizabeth Hill said yesterday.
National News
Private Donations to Colleges Increase for Third Consecutive Year
Chronicle of Higher Education 2/22/07
By Erin Strout
American colleges and universities raised an estimated $28-billion in private donations in the 2006 fiscal year -- $2.4-billion, or 9.4-percent, more than in 2005.
Music companies take crackdown to campuses
CNN 2/22/07
Associated Press
College students who faced lawsuits for illegally sharing large music collections over campus computer networks increasingly risk being unplugged from the Internet or even suspended over lesser complaints by the recording industry.
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