Hundreds of students, faculty and staff gathered at a variety of venues to hear CSU Chancellor Charles Reed speak yesterday about issues concerning the future of California's state universities.

At both the convocation and a hastily-arranged luncheon with Faculty Senate members, Reed's comments were met by coughs, jeers and hostile questions about the chancellor's vision for the future of the CSU system.

"I'm not here to negotiate," Reed told the audience at the convocation.

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Administrator calls Bee's stadium report misleading
CSUS administrators are denying they bungled a multimillion dollar deal to build a new baseball and softball stadium.

CFA outlines move to faculty strike
The struggle between the California Faculty Association and the CSU Chancellor's office merit pay and system-wide faculty salary increases has been an ongoing aspect of campus life since 1996. Recently, however, CSU faculty have upped the ante in October by passing a strike authorization vote that could lead to the first-ever system-wide strike by CSU faculty.

Dancers bring the old to the new
Bodies intertwined, arms waved gracefully back and forth and up and down while the mouths of seven dancers opened and shut mimicking fish in an underwater garden. Specifically, an "Octopus' Garden," a song released by the Beatles on their album "Abbey Road" in 1969.

Uncle Nick's Factory o' Fun

Hornets can't fly past the Eagles
Records are meant to be broken. After Eastern Washington University's 31-25 victory over the Hornets Saturday, three records fell, but only one decided the outcome of the game.

Men's basketball works out the kinks in exhibition game
Good thing it was only an exhibition. The Hornet men's basketball team lost to Five Star Sports 100-75 on Sunday.

Faculty Forum: On the ethics of striking at a university
Since the Hornet quoted (roughly) my comments about a strike, I would like to elaborate on its ethics. It is a widely shared opinion that Chancellor Reed has chosen not to bargain because he wishes to demonstrate the ineffectiveness of the faculty contract bargaining agent (CFA). We have no one else effectively fighting for us, since the Senate has no official voice in these matters. We need to support CFA.

Letters to the Editor
Chancellor Reed addresses faculty contract talks