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Students Rally to Prioritize Languages at UCSC 
On March 8, more than 100 students held a rally outside the UC Santa Cruz Academic Senate's quarterly meeting to demand the prioritization of the language program at the university. They expressed frusteration over lucrative salaries and perks for top-administrators, and excessive amounts of money going towards war in Iraq, while students and workers are told there is a 'budget crisis' that requires cuts to needed programs.
Wednesday's 'Save Our Languages' rally marks a second consecutive ...
Posted: Thu, Mar 9, 2006 4:33am PST
CSUMB Presidential Search Nearly Complete 
CSUMB's process to select a successor to Dr. Peter Smith is nearly complete. The candidates are visiting campus this week to introduce themselves, but is the process transparent or excessively non-inclusive?...
Posted: Wed, Mar 8, 2006 12:17pm PST
What is the Naked Truth? 
On March 1st, students demonstrated at the base of UC Santa Cruz to demand that the UC comply with their "Code of Conduct" Policy adapted in 1999 to only sell products produced under safe and fair working conditions....
Posted: Mon, Mar 6, 2006 5:39pm PST
Mar. 20 Youth and Student Day of Resistance to Imperialism 
March 20th Youth and Student Day of Resistance to Imperialism
Now is a critical time for youth and students to join the anti-war movement. Join actions at San Jose State, Sonoma State, UCBerkeley, and other campuses across the Bay area on March 20 for a youth and student day of resistance to imperialism. Call or email now for more information on these actions or to get involved: 415 821 6545 or answer@actionsf.org....
Posted: Mon, Mar 6, 2006 3:11pm PST
Youth and Student Contingent on Mar. 18 
Money for Education not For Occupation!
Military Recruiter Out Now!
Youth and Student Contigent.
March 18, 10am at Larkin and McAllister...
Posted: Mon, Mar 6, 2006 3:08pm PST
Students Demand Prioritization of Language Program at UCSC (3/8) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MARCH 6, 2006
CONTACT: Save Our Languages’ press team:
Dominique Biello – 858-539-6810 – dbiello@ucsc.edu
Nata Nam – 650-291-7419 – nnam@ucsc.edu
Steven Terán – 831-750-2845 – steranva@ucsc.edu (habla español)...
Posted: Mon, Mar 6, 2006 1:05am PST
We “whores, sinners, infidels” answer hate religion with love at CSUFresno 
We “whores, sinners, infidels” answer hate religion with love at CSUFresno. 2 minute video...
Posted: Sat, Mar 4, 2006 5:52pm PST
3/9: Demand SF Board of Ed Cuts School Ties to Military COME TO THE NEXT BOARD MEETINGS TO
DEMAND THAT THE S.F. BOARD OF EDUCATION
CUT ALL SCHOOL TIES TO THE MILITARY!
Note: The meeting last evening, Tuesday, Feb. 28
did not take up the "Equal Access Resolution."...
Posted: Fri, Mar 3, 2006 11:32pm PST
Compromise Reached on California Textbook Controversy About Hinduism SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Following an impassioned, emotionally charged meeting here Feb. 27 at the California Department of Education, where hundreds of Indian Americans presented their views in front of a Board of Education subcommittee, the five-member panel unanimously voted to recommend adoption of staff recommendations for edits and corrections proposed by the Hindu Education Foundation and Austin, Texas-based Vedic Foundation for its sixth-grade textbooks....
Posted: Fri, Mar 3, 2006 5:39pm PST
Save Our Languages Rally (3/8) *** SAVE OUR LANGUAGES RALLY ***...
Posted: Thu, Mar 2, 2006 11:24pm PST
Sweat-Free Campus Campaign Heats Up (audio/mpeg 4.0MB) United Students Against Sweatshops have been organizing on college campuses around the US, to pressure school officials into adopting policies that strengthen the rights of garment workers who produce university apparel. A clothing optional rally drew about three dozen students to the base of UC Santa Cruz on March 1. Vinny Lombardo has more....
Posted: Thu, Mar 2, 2006 2:19pm PST
Santa Cruz Students Strip for Sweat-Free UC 
On Wed, March 1, students at UC Santa Cruz engaged in a creative "clothing-optional" protest against collegiate apparel produced by sweatshop labor. The protest was also against alleged comments by UCSC Chancellor Denice Denton that 'no one cares about sweatshops.' The students, associated with United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) and the Student and Worker Coalition for Justice (SWCJ), are part of a national campaign to urge colleges to sign on to a designated suppliers progra...
Posted: Thu, Mar 2, 2006 12:52am PST
The Project: February 2006 
The purpose of The Project, a student organized newspaper from UC Santa Cruz, is to document and inspire strategic radical actions that are relevant to local, regional, and global socioeconomic justice. We believe independent media plays a crucial role in facilitating dialogue, organizing mass mobilizations, and encouraging daily acts of resistance.
The February 2006 edition of The Project can be found at various locations on and off campus, such as cafes, mailrooms and libraries, and is n...
Posted: Mon, Feb 27, 2006 11:25pm PST
Free Skool Santa Cruz Begins Spring Quarter 
This quarter, Spring 2006, is Free Skool's one year anniversary and the most ambitious yet. 50 different classes taught by 46 different teachers, with classes sessions almost every day of the next three months....
Posted: Mon, Feb 27, 2006 12:56am PST
Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement (MST): Education & Resistance in Latin America (3/10) 
Andreia Borges Ferreira, of Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement (MST), is coming to Watsonville, CA on Friday, March 10th. The MST is the largest social movement in Latin America, with an estimated 2 million members organized in 23 of Brazil’s 27 states. Since 1985, the MST has peacefully occupied and won title to unused land for over 300,000 landless families. On these lands, the MST has established cooperative farms, constructed houses, schools, and health clinics, and promoted gender equali...
Posted: Sun, Feb 26, 2006 6:03pm PST
2/28: People to Tell SF Board of Ed to Cut all School Ties to the Military TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 7:00 PM
Irving G. Breyer Board Meeting Room
555 Franklin Street, First Floor
San Francisco, CA 94102...
Posted: Sat, Feb 25, 2006 9:47pm PST
School Beat: A Bigger, Better School Board The rough ride we've all taken this academic year has mobilized the public school community, raising anger but also the level of expectations. Much of the frustration with the recent string of crisis-level events is being taken out on the Board of Education (BOE). Some of this is justified. They are the policy making body and the problems that have come to a head have not been sprung on us suddenly, but for the most part were lurking unpleasantly in the background for quite some time....
Posted: Thu, Feb 23, 2006 7:00am PST
Randy Ward's Agenda of Charterizing, Privatizing & Impoverishing Oakland Schools 
With a looming strike by teachers in the Oakland Schools, more background on Randy Ward and his roots in the Broad Foundation is necessary. Broad’s goals are to reduce overall funding for public education while using his foundation’s grants to promote high stakes standardized testing and widespread charterization....
Posted: Wed, Feb 22, 2006 6:12pm PST
Community Meeting Thurs to Save Our Languages! (2/23) ** SAVE OUR LANGUAGES ***...
Posted: Wed, Feb 22, 2006 2:29pm PST
This School MUST NOT be moved!!! 
Students, parents and families of the Fill-no-mo/Western Addition face more displacement and removal . This time its from the San Francisco School Board...
Posted: Wed, Feb 22, 2006 10:18am PST
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