May 15, 2007
CSU/Campus News
Fresno Bee 5/15/07
By Chris Collins
Fresno State freshman Jonquel Brooks pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that he murdered a former student and shot at three of his friends, wounding two of them.
L.A. Times 5/12/07
By Patrick McGreevy and Stuart Pfeifer
Faced with huge backlogs in unprocessed DNA and other types of criminal evidence, Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca and LAPD Chief William J. Bratton had long been looking forward to Friday's ribbon-cutting for the new joint-agency regional crime lab.
Editorials/Commentary
L.A. Times 5/15/07
The California National Guard claims to be the busiest in the country, which is easy to believe, given the state's size and vulnerability to disasters.
Enterprise-Record 5/15/07
In his May 9 letter, Gene Lucas wonders why Chico State cannot grow faster than it is to make room for more eligible students.
California News
Sacramento Bee 5/15/07
By Judy Lin
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday proposed a revised budget that would dig deeper into social welfare programs.
Sacramento Bee 5/15/07
By Kevin Yamamura
State student loan guarantor EdFund came under fire in 2005 for operating too much like a private company. Now Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to turn the Rancho Cordova-based nonprofit into one.
L.A. Times 5/15/07
By Evan Halper and Jordan Rau
Facing a spring revenue slump for the first time in his tenure, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday proposed filling the gap by selling major state assets and renewing calls for large cuts in programs for the poor, the elderly and public transit.
L.A. Times 5/15/07
By Joel Rubin
In response to a surprise plan launched by a leading charter school organization to take control of one of Los Angeles' most troubled high schools, school district and teacher union officials are hurriedly trying to counter with reform plans of their own
National News
Inside Higher Ed 5/15/07
By Elizabeth Redden
As the conversations around boosting educational benefits for veterans gain traction on national and local levels, a multi-million dollar shortfall faced by public colleges in Illinois may present a reason to pause and ask a politically unpalatable question: At what cost? (Or, a more palatable one: To whom?)
Other Sites of Interest
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