The California State Student Association launched its spring
awareness campaign on the 22nd of last month, with a statewide
contest called The CSSA Challenge at the forefront of the
campaign.
CSSA is sponsoring the contest in collaboration with the
Associated Students at each campus. The campus ASIs are being
encouraged to inform constituents about CSSA and the statewide
issues and policies affecting CSU students by hosting on-campus
information events such as tablings or forums. Students who
participate in those information events and complete an online
quiz (www.csustudents.org) will be eligible to win valuable
prizes such as a semester of free tuition, book grants, and
free parking permits. This ongoing contest will draw winners
every semester, and entries for this semester’s drawing will
be accepted until Monday, May 31st. Winners will be notified
in June.
“Our goal is to create awareness about CSSA and let students
know how they can be active members of our campus community,”
said Danny Vivian, the CSSA Chair of External Affairs. “Students
care about their education, from getting the classes that
they need, to financial aid and the cost of tuition and text
books, to outreach, and so much more. We want to let students
know that they have a voice and we, the CSSA and Associated
Students, want to hear it. Take the CSSA Challenge, learn
and win!”
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Bill of Rights? Conservative commentator and writer
David Horowitz purportedly drafted the “Academic Bill of Rights”
to protect academic freedom and promote pluralism on the nation’s
campuses. The manifesto states it is founded on the concept
that academic freedom and intellectual diversity are indispensable
to the American university. For these values to flourish,
Horowitz argues, our universities must be free of political,
ideological, and religious orthodoxy. And there’s the rub:
according to Horowitz and other conservatives, the overwhelmingly
liberal climate of the nation’s campuses constitutes an orthodoxy
that is stifling academic freedom. More»
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Bills Clarify the Transfer Process from
Community Colleges to the CSU
Two bills introduced this winter create pathways for community
college students to transfer to the CSU.
Assembly Bill 2833 (Plescia) would require the CSU to establish
a dual admissions program beginning in academic year 2004-2005.
Under the program students not directly admitted to the CSU
as freshmen would be offered the opportunity to enter into
dual admission agreements with the CSU that would guarantee:
1) Admission to a CSU campus in a future academic year, provided
the student successfully completes lower-division transfer
requirements at a California Community College; 2) Waiver
of California Community College fees; and 3) Community college
counseling services to ensure the student is informed of course
requirements for transfer to the CSU. The bill lays groundwork
for implementation of the governor’s budgetary proposal for
redirection of 10 percent of fully qualified applicants to
the CSU to the community colleges.
The system office of Academic Affairs at the Chancellor's
Office commented that the dual admission program it is developing
is not yet available for release. The CSU, according
to Academic Affairs, is not redirecting students; it will,
however, identify otherwise eligible students denied admission
to impacted campuses. Those students will receive a dual admission
offer. Academic Affairs said details should be available
in the next two weeks. More»
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“ReNew CSU,” the student movement for a CSU sustainable building/
renewal energy policy, held its first systemwide day of action
on April 1 st . “Fossil Fools Day” saw students at several CSU
campuses signing petitions and writing letters urging Chancellor
Reed to support the creation of CSU clean energy and green building
standards.
Humboldt used home-rigged renewable-energy cooking gismos—a
satellite dish turned giant popcorn popper and a pedal-powered
smoothie blender—to attract students to sign petitions and write
letters. Sonoma featured speakers and a light-bulb exchange.
Northridge set up three solar-powered TV and video game systems.
Chico, San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles, and San Marcos tabled,
canvassed, and did class raps. Their combined efforts yielded
several hundred signatures on petitions and over 100 handwritten
letters.
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Jenny Oropeza is completing her second term as Assembly Member
from the 55th California Assembly District, representing the
cities of Carson, Rancho Dominguez, Wilmington, Harbor City,
Harbor Gateway, and parts of Long Beach and Lakewood.
Jenny began her political career as a two-term student body
president at CSU Long Beach.
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