January 26, 2007
CSU/Campus News
School libraries' new page
Sacramento Bee 1/26/07
By Eric Stern
The library at California State University, Sacramento, is vintage 1970s -- concrete corduroy surrounds the blocky building like a pair of out-of-style jeans.
Students, staff protest CSU bid
Daily Bulletin 1/26/07
By Charlotte Hsu
Decked with shirts and signs reading "I don't want to strike but I will," about 50 Cal State San Bernardino faculty members and students marched across campus Thursday to protest what they believe is a cheap contract offer by the California State University system.
Exhibit marks San Jose State University at 150
Mercury News 1/26/07
By Connie Skipitares
For years it languished in a plain white box, gathering dust in a storage closet at San Jose State University. But when SJSU official Jennifer Cauble unearthed it recently, she knew right away that the black Victorian-style dress from 1880 was a special find.
Stan St. lecturer verifies his past with alleged cult
Modesto Bee 1/26/07
By Michelle Hatfield
A California State University, Stanislaus, sociology lecturer confirmed that he was a member of a controversial religious group some refer to as a cult.
Despite faculty pay dispute, Cal Poly president gets raise
SLO Tribune 1/26/07
By Nick Wilson
Cal Poly President Warren Baker’s pay is jumping to nearly $300,000 a year thanks to raises being given to more than two dozen top California State University executives.
SSU faculty pickets over contract
Press-Democrat 1/26/07
By Bob Norberg
Sonoma State University faculty members picketed at the spring convocation Thursday to protest a lack of progress in contract negotiations with the CSU system and wage increases given top executives.
CSU Teachers May Strike Over Pres. Pay Raise
CBS-13 Sacramento 1/26/07
Over 100 teachers came out to protest a pay raise awarded to Sacramento State University President Alex Gonzalez. He and 22 other Cal State presidents received a 4 percent raise from the Board of Trustees.
Editorials/Commentary
Students pay for salary increases
Enterprise-Record 1/26/07
When the California State University trustees presented the system's top executives a 4 percent raise Tuesday, professors were among those protesting.
Letters: Fairness in faculty pay
SLO Tribune 1/25/07
There can hardly be a group of employees more poorly served by their union than the Cal Poly faculty.
Competitive salaries: A 4 percent pay raise for CSU presidents is fair
Press-Telegram 1/26/07
There certainly are problems with some of the executive compensation policies in the California State University - namely allowing former officials to stay on the payroll for a year after they quit - but the recent pay raise for campus presidents is not among them.
UC News
Berkeley students counter drug rule
L.A. Times 1/26/07
By Seema Mehta
Some UC Berkeley students who are denied federal financial aid because of a drug conviction will be eligible for a new scholarship funded by the student government, the organization decided this week.
California News
Education plan goes from L.A. to nation
Press-Telegram 1/26/07
By Lisa Friedman
In an ambitious move to end urban poverty and aid the nation's struggling cities, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Thursday unveiled a $100 billion plan to guarantee a college education to future generations of American children.
National News
Colleges Regroup After Voters Ban Race Preferences
New York Times 1/26/07
By Tamar Lewin
With Michigan ’s new ban on affirmative action going into effect, and similar ballot initiatives looming in other states, many public universities are scrambling to find race-blind ways to attract more blacks and Hispanics.
The Gold Standard of Green Standards
Inside Higher Ed 1/26/07
By Elia Powers
Justin Bates makes the rounds on his campus carrying a sack of light bulbs. They are compact fluorescent models — the kind that use less energy than the standard incandescent ones found in many dorm rooms.
Scrutiny for the Student Press?
Inside Higher Ed 1/26/07
By Doug Lederman
From the moment in 2005 that a federal appeals court applied to a public university a 1988 Supreme Court decision that allowed censorship of high school student newspapers, press freedom advocates have anticipated — or at least feared — a crackdown on campus journalists.
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