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51 min ago | California Greening

CA State Education Budget Cuts and the Governor's Race

The recent upsurge of student strikes and rallies surrounding the CA budget cuts and education cutbacks are significant in their scale and scope.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Berkeley, CA, UC Berkeley, San Francisco Metro, UC Davis

8 hrs ago | Truthdig

Books, Not Bombs

California campuses have been rocked by protests this past week, provoked by massive student fee increases voted on by the University of California Board of Regents.

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Related Topix: California, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis

Wed Nov 25, 2009

Spencer New Leader

'My heart is shattered ...'

Anyone who has one knows that pets have personalities and quirks; they're members of the family rather than property.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Patrick Kennedy, Democrat

WJLA

Police Seek Help in Stabbing Death

Annapolis police are asking for the public's help finding whoever killed 22-year-old Kenneth Andrew Gram.

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Related Topix: Edgewater, MD

CBS 5

UC Davis Agrees Not To Punish Student Protesters

Officials at the University of California, Davis have agreed not pursue disciplinary action against 47 students arrested in protests over fee hikes and budget cuts.

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Related Topix: UC Davis, Davis, CA

Santa Cruz Sentinel

UCSC demonstrators say they're not done; damage from Kerr Hall...

As campus officials continue to clean up the mess left behind by the three-day occupation of Kerr Hall at UC Santa Cruz, student organizers are rallying support and planning their next move.

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Related Topix: Santa Cruz, CA

Austin American Statesman

Navarrette: Get used to disappointment

When the make-love-not-war generation finally got around to having kids, they were so proud of their accomplishment that they fawned over the little darlings and protectively adorned their minivans with yellow caution signs that warned of precious cargo: "Baby on Board." Now, after many years of being told they were special and entitled to endless ...

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, California, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Irvine, Opinion

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Arizona Daily Star

Around the nation

WASHINGTON a ' The Department of Homeland Security has spent $230 million to develop better technology for detecting smuggled nuclear bombs but has had to stop deploying the new machines because the United States has run out of a crucial raw material, experts say.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, US Politics, US News, Brad Miller, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Science / Technology, Space

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

UC regents face outcry, prepare to hike fees 32%

Amid rowdy protests, a committee of the University of California regents voted Wednesday to raise student fees by 32 percent in two steps over the next year, bringing the annual cost of a UC education above $10,000 not including room, board or books.

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Related Topix: California, UC Berkeley, Santa Cruz, CA, Santa Cruz Metro

The Southbridge Evening News

Pros, cons seen in Town Hall closing

Residents appear to have little problem with Town Hall closing for two weeks, but there are those who disagree.

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Related Topix: California, US Military, US Air Force

Mon Nov 23, 2009

KCBS

Kerr Hall Damaged in UC Santa Cruz Protest

A protest that saw dozens of University of California, Santa Cruz students barricading themselves inside the main campus administrative building came to an end Sunday.

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Related Topix: Santa Cruz, CA, Santa Cruz Metro

The Sidelines

Students rightfully protest tuition hikes

In the near future, MTSU students will be subjected to an increase in tuition cost.

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Related Topix: California, California Government, Opinion

San Jose Mercury News

Santa Cruz protesters occupy building

More than 200 protesters occupied Clark Kerr Hall at UC Santa Cruz Thursday, continuing protests that began Wednesday against UC regents' decision to hike fees by 32 percent.

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Related Topix: Santa Cruz, Alternative, Science / Technology

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Star Tribune

Victim ID'd in fatal NYC subway seat stabbing

A subway passenger stabbed to death in front of horrified straphangers has been identified as 36-year-old Dwight Johnson of Brooklyn.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News

KTVU

Demonstration At UC Santa Cruz Ends Peacefully

Officials at the University of California, Santa Cruz say dozens of protesters who were occupying the university's main administrative building have ended their protest.

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Santa Cruz Sentinel

Fall Passport brings new customers to SC wine region

For Bob and Catherine Cooper, making the rounds on the Fall Passport wine circuit isn't just a pleasant way to while away a sunny afternoon -- it's a big tradition.

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Related Topix: Wine, Drink, Santa Cruz, CA, Soquel, CA, Gilroy, CA, Prunedale, CA

Monterey County Herald

UCSC protesters not budging

More than 100 students angry about substantial fee hikes approved by University of California regents remained holed up in UC-Santa Cruz's Kerr Hall Saturday, refusing to leave unless administrators meet a shrinking list of demands.

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Related Topix: California

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Ledger Dispatch

UC regents give final approval to fee hikes

As angry students chanted outside, University of California regents Thursday approved a 32 percent fee increase that will raise the price of a UC education to more than $10,000 per year for the first time.

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Related Topix: August, CA, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Metro, Santa Barbara, CA, Santa Cruz, CA

The Valley Post

Back in the Trenches

For much of Gary Bloom's career in education, his resume read much the same as many others who leave the classroom to take on leadership roles.

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Related Topix: Santa Cruz, CA, Education Etc., Santa Cruz County, CA, Aromas, CA, Standardized Testing, Education

KXMC-TV Minot

UC Santa Cruz remain barricaded after Berkeley arrests...

UC Santa Cruz remain barricaded after Berkeley arrests BERKELEY, Calif. Students at the University of California, Santa Cruz, aren't ceding any ground in their protests against fee hikes and budget cuts after 41 demonstrators were arrested at UC Berkeley.

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Related Topix: Berkeley, CA, UC Berkeley

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