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2007-09-21
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| College textbook prices have been growing at four times the rate of inflation since 1994, according to a nonpartisan public interest group; but there are ways to save money. |
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Prices of Textbooks Assailed
- San Bernardino County Sun (new window)
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2007-09-20
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| Many students who poured out of Coyote Bookstore at Cal State San Bernardino on a rainy first day of classes Thursday had only one or two books in hand. Even then, many had already spent up to $150, some on just two titles. |
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2007-09-20
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| Students in California could see a drastic reduction in the price of their textbooks next semester if a resolution before the state passes. The College Textbook Affordability Act (SB 832) would require publishers to disclose the price of their books in their marketing materials. |
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2007-09-20
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| A small contingent of students and faculty gathered Thursday at the campus UCen and urged Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign a bill into law which would seemingly make college textbooks more affordable to students. |
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New Laws Try to Rein in Textbook Costs
- Riverside Press-Enterprise (new window)
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2007-09-19
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| College students will spend more than ever on textbooks this year, prompting dozens of state and federal laws aimed at stemming the skyrocketing costs. |
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2007-09-18
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| Political analysts are calling a bill passed last week by Congress the largest overhaul of education reform since 1944, the year the GI Bill helped establish the modern financial aid system for students. |
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2007-09-07
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| The Undergraduate Student Government met with campus student groups and interested students Thursday afternoon to discuss sustainability at USC. Representatives from CALPIRG, USC College Democrats, USC Hillel, graduate MBA students and other groups attended the meeting. |
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Imagine Them a Little Bigger...
- Berkeley Daily Cal (new window)
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2007-08-09
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| A field of 180 pinwheels decorated the lawn outside Wheeler Hall Tuesday afternoon to demonstrate the number of windmills CALPIRG members said would be needed to power the entire city of Berkeley. |
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2007-05-08
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| Students from CalPIRG and the Associated Students Environmental Affairs Board honored Chancellor Henry T. Yang with a plaque and a model windmill at a ceremony in front of Cheadle Hall yesterday, thanking him for his efforts in reducing UCSBâs environmental impact. CalPIRG plans to present such plaques to the chancellors of all 10 University of California campuses, said Garo Manjikian, campus organizer for CalPIRG at UCSB. |
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Campus Raises Money for Homeless
- City on a Hill Press (new window)
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2007-05-03
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| On the weekend of May 18, the Homeless Service Center (HSC) in downtown Santa Cruz will be holding its annual fundraiser, Soupline. The shelter provides a variety of services, including overnight housing, transitional housing, meals, lockers for storing personal items, and a hygiene bay, which includes sinks and showers. |
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Students study homeless life
- Press-Telegram (new window)
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2007-05-02
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| Instead of in a warm classroom, on Tuesday night one lesson at Cal State Long Beach took place outside and overnight. Associated Students Inc. and California Student Public Interest Research Group worked together to bring awareness to the issue of poverty by hosting "Becoming Educated and Confronting Homelessness Sleepout," or appropriately, B.E.A.C.H. |
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2007-04-03
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| TGIF is a student fee referendum for environmental sustainability, on the ASUC ballot this April 11-13. If we vote to create this fee of $5 per student per semester, we will raise $200,000 a year to fund projects that make UC Berkeley greener. |
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2007-04-03
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| The California Public Interest Research Group is charging that textbook publishers are not "adequately disclosing price information," unnecessarily releasing new editions of textbooks and not providing alternatives to "bundled" materials. |
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2007-03-29
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| The Association of American Publishers (AAP) responded forcibly to criticism by the California Public Interest Research Group that textbook publishers are not "adequately disclosing price information," unnecessarily releasing new editions of textbooks and not providing alternatives to "bundled" materials. |
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2007-03-28
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| In response to the Sustainable Endowment Institute ranking USC's sustainability at a "D" in late January, Undergraduate Student Government joined with other student organizations to discuss environmental sustainability at its Town Hall meeting Tuesday evening. |
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2007-03-19
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| Due to concerns over high textbook prices and a recent report released by student public interest groups nationwide about publishersâ pricing tactics, lawmakers introduced the College Textbook Affordability Act to the California Legislature last week. |
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2007-03-15
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| UC Davis Student Sen. Andrew Peake spends about $1,000 a year on textbooks. While Peake's family is able to help him financially, many students cannot afford this cost on top of rising tuition.
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2007-03-12
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| About 40 students from universities across California gathered Saturday and Sunday at UC Berkeley for a conference about global warming and youth activism. Participants attended workshops, panels and protests at the California Campus Climate Challenge Summit to learn about climate change and methods for influencing policy change. |
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CalPIRG Fights Student Debt
- New University (new window)
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2007-03-12
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| As seniors are taking pictures for the student yearbook, California Student Public Interest Research Group is recruiting students to take pictures for a yearbook of their own, replacing the cap and gown with a simple whiteboard reading a number ranging from 10,000 to 150,000. |
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2007-03-09
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| In Minnesota, legislators are considering more tightly regulating the textbook publishing industry and requiring professors to be more cost-conscious in choosing course materials. At least a dozen other statehouses, from California to Connecticut, are taking up the issue. |
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2007-02-28
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| Senators and representatives from both major parties have come together in support of the Student Aid Reward Act, a bill which is aimed at making college more affordable for lower-income students. |
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Here's Looking At USAC
- Daily Bruin (new window)
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2007-02-27
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| Tuesdayâs USAC meeting started a bit later than usual after councilmembers attended a cordial meet-and-greet with Chancellor Norman Abrams earlier that evening.
Councilmembers trickled into the jam-packed meeting room filled with presenters from CALPIRG, the Student Initiated Access Committee, the Community Service Record Committee, and many others who were waiting to share their upcoming projects with the council. |
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2007-02-26
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| At first glance, USC assistant professor Scott Fruin's vehicle looks like something out of "Back to the Future" meets "Ghostbusters." Passersby might be forgiven for gawking at the claw-and-spear combination that sits atop the white Toyota RAV-4 Fruin pilots around town. But far from being stolen out of a Hollywood backlot, the electric vehicle actually performs an important function: measuring concentrations of harmful particles on freeways and in nearby residential areas. |
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2007-02-26
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| In an effort to increase awareness of homelessness issues in Davis, ASUCD, CalPIRG and other organizations have come together to host the first ever Homelessness Recognition Rally. The rally is scheduled for Tuesday from noon to 2 p.m. on the Memorial Union Patio. |
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Ocean Debris Sparks Student Action
- City on a Hill Press (new window)
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2007-02-10
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| Garbage patches twice the size of Texas accumulating along the coasts of Hawaii and the continental United States have students at UC Santa Cruz rising to action. California Student Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) organized in front of the Baytree Bookstore last Thursday in hopes of pulling together student volunteers for beach cleanups. |
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2007-01-12
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| Student leaders at California's two public university systems vowed Thursday to work toward rolling back Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget proposal to raise fees next year by about 7% at UC campuses and 10% at Cal States. |
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UC System Takes Big Step to Stop Global Warming
- It's Getting Hot in Here (Blog) (new window)
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2006-11-06
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| The University of California System took another large step to being a world leader in stopping global warming Friday, October 20, 2006 when the UC Sustainability Steering Committee voted to recommend that the UC System commit to becoming âclimate neutral as soon as possible.â |
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Battling Voter Apathy
- OC Register (new window)
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2006-11-05
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| There has been an ongoing vocal movement on college campuses to register new voters and encourage them to vote. Having a peer solicit them to register is the most successful way of registering new voters, according to Heather Smith of Young Voter Strategies, a nonprofit organization that researches young voter trends. |
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