January 18, 2007
CSU/Campus News
We're No. I! CSUB celebrates after fundraising goal is met
Bakersfield Californian 1/18/07
By Jenny Shearer
In a pep rally-like atmosphere, Cal State Bakersfield on Wednesday celebrated reaching a fundraising goal to transition its athletics program to Division I status.
Ex-CSUS professor on epic journey
Sacramento Bee 1/18/07
By Blair Anthony Robertson
After 30-plus years of teaching college students about the mysterious Greek poet famous for the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey," Hohlwein is enjoying something of an epic second act.
CSUEB faculty considering strike
Oakland Tribune
By Kristofer Noceda
Frustrated over how contract negotiations have turned out, California State University, East Bay, faculty held an informational picket Wednesday afternoon in conjunction with pickets scheduled at all 23 CSU campuses.
CSUS part of regional theatre cast
Turlock Journal 1/18/07
By Holly Koehn
In February, 25 California State University, Stanislaus students and staff will be recognized at the 2007 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Regional Festival because of the university's October production of “Little Shop of Horrors.”
CSU Responds as Faculty PIcket at Cal State East Bay
CBS-5 San Francisco 1/17/07
Professors are picketing at California State University, East Bay in Hayward after an impasse in contract negotiations, but CSU spokeswoman Claudia Keith said today the university "provided what we feel is a very generous salary offer and their union office has rejected it.''
Editorials/Commentary
Letter: Budget hits CSU students harder
Mercury News 1/17/07
I concur with everything Jan Frydendahl wrote (Letters, Jan. 14) regarding Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's anti-education tax proposals.
UC News
Boalt Hall dean says hefty student fee hike essential to standards
San Francisco Chronicle 1/18/07
By Tanya Schevitz
The dean of UC Berkeley's law school warned Wednesday that he and his top faculty will probably leave if he doesn't get a commitment for hefty student fee increases to keep improving his school, already one of the best in the country.
UC fee autonomy for professional schools proposed
Union-Tribune 1/18/08
By Eleanor Yang Su
University of California regents considered a radical plan yesterday that would raise professional student fees to address the diminishing quality of instruction.
Santa Cruz dean named new leader at UC Merced
Fresno Bee (Merced Sun-Star) 1/18/07
By Victor A. Patton
Months of speculation came to an end Wednesday as the University of California's Board of Regents selected Sung-Mo "Steve" Kang to be UC Merced's new chancellor.
UC labor studies' funding coming, Nunez says
Contra Costa Times 1/18/07
By Matt Krupnick
Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez assured University of California leaders Wednesday that the state would permanently fund beleaguered labor studies centers on the Berkeley and Los Angeles campuses.
California News
Antonio unveils plan for LAUSD
L.A. Daily News 1/18/07
By Naush Boghossian
With his LAUSD reform plan mired in court, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa unveiled Wednesday night an ambitious proposal that relies on six "pillars of school excellence" to reinvigorate the nation's second-largest school district.
Community colleges head to 2008 ballot over Proposition 98
Capitol Weekly 1/18/07
By John Howard
California's community colleges, the nation's largest higher-education system with more than 1 million full-time students, want to change the state's Constitution to protect their funding.
National News
The Route From Research to Start-Up
New York Times 1/18/07
By James Flanigan
Hartmut Neven came from Germany to the University of Southern California a decade ago to lead research efforts in computerized face and object recognition.
House Passes Bill to Halve Student-Loan Interest Rate
Chronicle of Higher Education 1/18/07
By Kelly Field
By a vote of 356-71, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday evening that would halve the interest rate on federally subsidized student loans over a five-year period.
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