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Native American Students at DQ University Struggle to Save Student Representation
See Below...
Posted: Fri, Jun 8, 2007 8:06pm PDT
Administrators Back Off from 3 yr. Suspension of Prominent Activist
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 8, 2007...
Posted: Fri, Jun 8, 2007 2:29pm PDT
Fairfield Families Win New Policies for Police in Schools
Thursday, June 7, 2007 : (Fairfield, CA ) The City of Fairfield and ten families adopted a settlement agreement yesterday providing for comprehensive new policies to address police conduct on school campuses. This agreement resolved a March 2, 2007 incident when the Fairfield police came onto the campus of Rodriguez High School (RHS) and rounded-up a group of innocent students, accusing them of being gang members. Today, pursuant to the agreement, the Fairfield Police Chief and the RHS Princi...
Posted: Thu, Jun 7, 2007 2:50pm PDT
School Beat: Cultivating and Keeping Our Teachers
Thursday, June 7, 2007 :Teachers are at the center of a strong educational system. Well-qualified, engaging, dynamic educators are what every parent wants for their children and what, hopefully, schools are looking for when they have openings on their staffs. But we all know that being a teacher isnt easy these days (was it ever?) and the challenges are not a particularly well-kept secret....
Posted: Thu, Jun 7, 2007 7:08am PDT
Big Oil, Biofuels and UC Berkeley (audio/mpeg 1.9MB)
The Energy Biosciences Institute is a new partnership British Petroleum - one of the worlds largest oil and energy companies – and a public
university, UC Berkeley. Opponents of the deal dispute biofuels efficiency and say big oil is using the biofuel label to continue business as usual....
Posted: Wed, Jun 6, 2007 11:00am PDT
Letter from Kolkata: Its Summer But Schools Not Out
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 :New America Media, News Feature, Sandip Roy, Posted: Jun 06, 2007 Editors Note: In India the pressure to get onto the information superhighway is intense and doing well in school and beyond requires going to coaching centers year round. The results of this competitive drive can be deadly, writes NAM editor Sandip Roy....
Posted: Wed, Jun 6, 2007 6:38am PDT
Hundreds Show Support for SF Chinatown College Campus
Tuesday, June 5, 2007 :World Journal, Posted: Jun 05, 2007...
Posted: Tue, Jun 5, 2007 11:07pm PDT
Se Necesitan Maestros para Free Skool
¿Tienes unas habilidades y conocimientos únicos? ¿Quieres ver cambio en el mundo? Deseas compartir lo que sabes en una manera interactiva y no autoritaria? ¿Te gusta aprender en un ambiente informal?...
Posted: Tue, Jun 5, 2007 4:43pm PDT
Free Skool Summer Deadline days
Summer Quarter runs July 1st to September 31st. The Free Skool Summer Quarter teacher registration deadline is coming up June 10th. We will not calendar classes after this date....
Posted: Tue, Jun 5, 2007 3:57pm PDT
Free Skool Summer Quarter Deadline
freeskoolsc@riseup.net
831.335.3109
http://santacruz.freeskool.org...
Event Date: Sun, Jun 10, 2007 11:45pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Jun 5, 2007 3:57pm PDT
UAW Grade-In/Rally at UCSC!
Bay Tree Plaza
UCSC...
Event Date: Tue, Jun 12, 2007 11:30am PDT
Posted: Tue, Jun 5, 2007 2:34pm PDT
Global Warming and California's Future
UCSC Music Center Recital Hall (at top of bicycle path!)...
Event Date: Fri, Jun 8, 2007 4:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Jun 5, 2007 2:07pm PDT
Raging Grannies with Angry Tired Teachers Band
The Bistro • 1001 B Street • Hayward, CA 94541 • (510) 886-8525...
Event Date: Fri, Jun 8, 2007 4:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Jun 4, 2007 12:10am PDT
Audio of Forum on Proposed BP-UC Berkeley Deal (audio/mpeg 38.0MB)
Part 1 of 2 audio clips from a forum held at UC Berkeley on March 19 2007 in which people supportive of the proposed BP-funded Energy Biosciences Institute made presentations and responsed to selected questions. The forum was announced on in an email by Chancellor Birgeneau. The pdfs of the presentations are at http://www.ebiweb.org/forum070319.htm...
Posted: Sun, Jun 3, 2007 10:19pm PDT
Peace Camp registration
Orchard School, Aptos, California...
Event Date: Wed, Jun 6, 2007 8:00am PDT
Posted: Sun, Jun 3, 2007 8:46pm PDT
WAR and Sustainability
UC Santa Cruz Classroom Unit 2. Near the Baytree bookstore. Please inquire at Kiosk at the base of campus (and ask students along the way)....
Event Date: Mon, Jun 4, 2007 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Sat, Jun 2, 2007 2:41pm PDT
CSU East Bay Students Cited for Free Speech
Cal State East Bay Refuses Opposition...
Posted: Sat, Jun 2, 2007 11:11am PDT
UC Custodians Win!
On May 22, 2007, after a year-and-a-half of organizing and mass actions, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, and UC Santa Barbara custodians declare victory, winning substantial wage increases! Also part of the equity fight, UC Irvine groundskeepers win their in-sourcing campaign! The custodian pay equity campaign helps push UC to settle additional increases for AFSCME low-wage workers statewide – marking a step toward statewide equity in our contract....
Posted: Fri, Jun 1, 2007 7:51pm PDT
KZSC News on Alette Rally (audio/mpeg 7.5MB)
The following radio segment was aired on student-run radio station KZSC on May 24. It has audio from the Defend Alette rally, with clips from Angela Davis, Acting Chancellor George Blumenthal and more....
Posted: Fri, Jun 1, 2007 2:17am PDT
Voces SIN Verguenzas (Voices Without Shame)
UCSC Student Union located in front of bookstore redwood building second floor....
Event Date: Tue, Jun 5, 2007 6:30pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Jun 1, 2007 1:52am PDT