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UCSC Student Union located in front of bookstore redwood building second floor....

San Francisco’s Board of Education (BOE) has identified the finalist whom they hope will be our district’s next Superintendent. Assuming that the formalities of reference checks and final offer negotiations pan out, Carlos Garcia will take over from Interim Superintendent Gwen Chan as head of the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD)....

Fellow UC Alumni - We are writing to ask you to join us in supporting the UC Activist Defense Committee's campaign in defense of Alette Kendrick. Alette was targeted as a Black woman and a central organizer of the student speak-out that took place on Oct. 18, 2006, resulting in her arrest. The Office of Doug Zuidema, Student Judicial Affairs, has now announced its intention to suspend Alette for a period of 3 years—essentially a sentence of expulsion for the third year student. For more ...

National and state groups will protest Santa Clara District Attorney's decision not to press charges in the rape of a 17-year-old girl at an off-campus party attended by De Anza College students and athletes. The two De Anza students who came to the aid of the young victim (a local high school student) will be presented with recognition by the California National Organization for Women, and representatives from women's and anti-violence organizations will speak. DA's office in San Jose, 1:0...

Academics don't like academic boycotts. In fact, we detest external limits of any kind. We treasure our own universities for offering precious sanctuary for critical debate (even though they rarely do) and we don't like to see any of them banned, even for ostensibly laudable reasons. Sure, universities in some countries are little more than fig leaves for their regimes. But that's not usually their fault. So we avoid the lectures of state hacks rather than denounce them and we protect the uni...

Virginia is steeped in history. Recently, I decided to take in Jamestown. It sits on the James River, not far from the Chesapeake Bay. Founded in 1607, by the Brits, it almost went the way of the lost colony of Roanoke. However, Captain John Smith, a so-called “commoner,” saved the day. By the time, the Native Americans leaders figured out what a mortal threat the British interlopers posed to them, it was too late for them to do anything about it....

Michigan Democratic Governor Jennifer Granholm ordered new funding cuts May 25 in the wake of reports that the state’s budget deficit has doubled since January. The order includes the elimination of the Department of Civil Service and the consolidation of its functions with other departments....

Oakland Education Admin Building, 1025 2nd Ave(near Lake Merritt)...

California State University, East Bay's Queer/Straight Alliance hosted a mock wedding entitled: A Wedding To Remember to commemorate Marriage Equality Month....

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 23, 2007 UCSC Admins Seek 3 yr. Suspension/Expulsion of Prominent Black Activist Community Fights to Defend Alette Kendrick, Protect Free Speech & Fight Racism...