Cal State students announce hunger strike at six campuses (LA Times)
Excerpt:
Cal State has lost nearly $1 billion in state funding since 2008, forcing cuts in classes, layoffs of faculty and staff and denial of entry to thousands of students.
Tuition has increased for six years in a row, including a 9% hike this fall that will raise the annual rate for undergraduates to $5,970, not including campus-based fees that average more than $1,000.
The university also recently announced plans to freeze enrollment for the spring 2013 term and to wait-list all applicants the following fall pending the outcome of a proposed tax initiative on the November ballot....
San Onofre No Nukes Rally Sunday (NavelGazing)
…Expect to hear a lot of that, or some variation of it, Sunday afternoon near the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), where activists and concerned folks will hark back to 1970-era "no nukes" rallies.
These are strange days indeed at SONGS. Heading into the power-sucking summer months, the plant is offline until operator Southern California Edison can convince the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) it has addressed and corrected problems with steam-generator tube wear in units 2 and 3. Just as Edison was telling the media SONGS will be good to go for summer, a small fire broke out, with the cause at least initially unknown.…
The SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT — "[The] blog he developed was something that made the district better." - Tim Jemal, SOCCCD BoT President, 7/24/23
Saturday, April 28, 2012
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