California fights over education budget
UC President Mark Yudof had a simple message to deliver Friday morning when he testified before the state senate’s budget committee: If the legislature opts for an all-cuts budget to fill its remaining...
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Gov. Jerry Brown files legal opinion against ban on affirmative action
Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday added his voice in support of a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of California’s ban on racial affirmative action in public university admissions. In a legal...
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UC income from tuition surpasses state funding for first time
For the first time, the total amount that University of California students pay in tuition this year will surpass the funding the prestigious public university receives from the state. It is a historic...
View ArticleCalifornia Supreme Court to decide racial data case
The California Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the State Bar must release racial data from the bar exam to a law professor who believes affirmative action may hurt minorities. An appellate...
View ArticleControversy remains as California DREAM Act progresses
California Legislature is on the verge of passing a new law that would allow illegal immigrants to receive state-financial aid for college. A part of the two-bill package, known as California DREAM...
View Article78% of California High Schoolers Fail Science Test
In the state known for its leadership in high-tech industry, only about one in five high schoolers can pass with basic competence in science. Behold, America’s economic competitiveness collapsing...
View ArticleWhat a Dope
A high school baseball coach in California has been accused of smoking marijuana with students. An assistant baseball coach from John F. Kennedy High School (map) was arrested Monday on suspicion that...
View ArticleCalifornia Considers Tuition Freeze
What if your university guaranteed that your tuition would not increase during your time there? Instead of raising its fees every year, the university would charge you the same amount for all four...
View ArticleHalloween Bloodbath at USC
At the University of Southern California a Halloween party turned violent when a gunman opened fire, shooting one man “3 or 4 times” in the abdomen, and injuring four in total. [The] victim was listed...
View ArticleCalifornia Conservative Groups Fight Homosexual Observance in Public Schools
At least two conservative groups in California urged parents to keep their kids home from school Wednesday, Harvey Milk Day, an annual and official statewide observance that honors the first openly gay...
View ArticleNEWS FLASH: Bloody Shooting Rampage Ends at Santa Monica College
The LA Times reports: The death toll rose to seven in what police and witnesses described as a bloody rampage on the streets of Santa Monica that ended with the alleged gunman being killed by police in...
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Student Ordered to Remove Cross Necklace
Apparently, a cross necklace might “offend” someone who sees it–at least that’s what they think at one California college: An official at Sonoma State University ordered a student working at a freshman...
View ArticleCalifornia Governor Says Boys Can Use Girls’ Bathrooms
Haven’t you heard? There’s no such thing as male and female anymore. At least, not in the state of California. Not in the public schools there. On Monday governor Jerry Brown signed a law that gives...
View ArticleWhat a Second-Rate Law School Doesn’t Want You to Know
Dear prospective law student, You’ve been thinking about it for a while now. And now, maybe, you’re ready to take the plunge and apply to law school. You’ve signed up for the LSAT. You’ve been...
View ArticleCalifornia College Forbids Passing Out U.S. Constitution – on Constitution Day.
The campus speech rights group FIRE reports today on the latest bit of crazy from the state of California: MODESTO, Calif., September 19, 2013—In a stunning illustration of the attitude taken towards...
View ArticleMob of Protestors Calls for Removal of Cal President Janet Napolitano
According to a report by Campus Reform, Obama’s former head of Homeland Security may not be liberal enough for the university of California: Around one hundred protesters called for the removal of...
View ArticleTalking about the Bible Banned at Another California School
Last week we reported that a Southern California teacher seized a first grader’s bible verses at school and threw them in the trash, telling the little boy, “Jesus is not allowed at school.” Today, a...
View ArticleCalifornia Lawmakers Consider Putting Affirmative Action On November’s Ballot
Fox News reports: The fight over affirmative action in California’s higher education system is coming back. Under a proposed constitutional amendment that passed the Senate on Thursday, voters would...
View ArticleSandra Fluke Decides Not To Run for Congress After All
Just a day after it was widely reported that “contraception activist” Sandra Fluke would run for the Congressional seat being vacated by Henry Waxman, Fluke has done an about face. But if you’re hoping...
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Transgender Male School Teacher Will Return to Class as Female
Fox News reports that a male California High School teacher has announced that he will return to class as a female after spring break next month: Parents of students at a California high school are...
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