Newsitem List
324 of 412
Hundreds Rally for Hayward Teachers
Hundreds of striking teachers, parents and students rallied today in downtown Hayward demonstrating their militancy once again....
Posted: Wed, Apr 25, 2007 10:31pm PDT
Solidarity Action with Hayward Teachers 4/27
Several carpools are going to Hayward High School this Friday, April 27, at 8:00 a.m. to walk the picket line with striking Hayward teachers....
Posted: Wed, Apr 25, 2007 9:34pm PDT
Banks’ profit drive spurs student loan scandal
Each month, Jennifer Pae, forks over hundreds of dollars in payments on $40,000 in student loans she owes for her education at the University of California, San Diego. Pae, president of the United States Student Association (USSA) spoke to the World as she led a National Day of Action April 17 demanding that Congress reauthorize the Higher Education Act and also provide relief for millions of students struggling with crushing debts....
Posted: Wed, Apr 25, 2007 8:07pm PDT
Crisis of the California Commons conference this weekend in Berkeley
What exactly are commons? How do they work? How can we protect them? Join scholars, activists, scientists and writers from around the state to examine the crises of California’s commons, recover their history and imagine their possible futures.
Friday, April 27, 2007 - Sunday, April 29, 2007 at Berkeley City College, 2050 Center St., Berkeley, CA...
Posted: Wed, Apr 25, 2007 2:39pm PDT
4/20 intrigue
Trying to stop the event on campus on 4/20 is futile....
Posted: Wed, Apr 25, 2007 11:52am PDT
Are We Safe Anywhere?
Could something similar to the V-Tech shootings happen at my school?...
Posted: Wed, Apr 25, 2007 10:24am PDT
Response to Article about Oakland teen violence
The Oakland Council wants to fund programs for students to get them off the street, where they encounter gang violence....
Posted: Wed, Apr 25, 2007 10:17am PDT
Rebellion and Rhyme: An Evening of Poetry and Resistance
Mills College - Staff/Faculty Dining Hall
Directions available at http://www.mills.edu/maps/index.php...
Event Date: Thu, Apr 26, 2007 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Apr 25, 2007 9:33am PDT
4-25 rally by Parents and other supporters of H.E.A. strike
Parents and other supporters of the Hayward Teachers strike will be gathering at 5 pm at the Hayward Main LIbrary then marching to attend en masse the School B...
Posted: Wed, Apr 25, 2007 9:15am PDT
Gas Prices Reach Absurd Levels
This is an editorial peice in response to the article, "Gas Concerns Force Drivers to Buy, Drive Less," which was published last Tuesday, April 17th in the San Jose Mercury News. The editorial discusses the idea of organizing a national protest against high gas prices....
Posted: Wed, Apr 25, 2007 7:14am PDT
Is '420' at UCSC good for the University?
This is a response to the article by the Santa Cruz Sentinel in Tuesday's paper, about the event of '420' on campus at UCSC. The article makes this weed smoking day a cherish event for the school and promotes drug acceptance and use on campus. The school should be taking action to discourage and enforce the laws against this event in the future....
Posted: Wed, Apr 25, 2007 3:35am PDT
Letter to the Editor: Stanford hunger-striker heads to infirmary
In regards to the article: Stanford hunger-striker heads to infirmary...
Posted: Wed, Apr 25, 2007 2:58am PDT
Driver’s Gone Wild (The streets no longer feel safe)
Driving on the streets of Santa Cruz over the past two years has just gotten plain dangerous. Plea for students to please tell their friends to stop driving while on substances! Maybe we should have a tipsy taxi like UC Davis where it only costs $2 for a ride and everyone is safe!...
Posted: Wed, Apr 25, 2007 2:50am PDT
Is There More Than Tragedy?
This passage focuses on the importance of community activism and how sad it is that little news coverage is given to people and events concerned with possitve change....
Posted: Wed, Apr 25, 2007 12:50am PDT
Students Protest Military Recruitment at UCSC
The debate of whether it is fair or not that students prohibit military recruiters from coming to UCSC....
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 11:58pm PDT
Positive Role Models
Supporting the recognition that local activists deserve....
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 11:45pm PDT
There's Still Hope
"Free World Kresge" was an event held at UC Santa Cruz on Saturday, April 21. The feeling of community and spirit of togetherness that could be seen at Free World Kresge is a sign that our generation can overcome the problems facing us....
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 10:58pm PDT
UCSC Student Activist Tolerance for Militarism
Students at UCSC gathered today, April 24 2007 in celebration of the absense of military recruiters at todays job fair on campus. There was a rallly that started at 10AM at Bay Tree Plaza and ended outside the chancellors office at Kerr Hall. Student activists proved themselves hypocritical by claiming to embrace tolerance while at the same time cheering for the fact that they 'kicked off' military recruiters from UCSC....
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 10:50pm PDT
Cutting Mental Health Programs
Shootings at Virginia Tech indicative of University priorities...
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 10:24pm PDT