Strong language and dueling accusations are headed into today’s meeting between California State University and California Faculty Association officials in Sacramento to clarify what the last best contract offer is.

Sam Strafaci, head of the collective bargaining team for the CSU, said it is important that the two parties clarify their individual positions following the rejection on Feb. 26 of a tentative contract by the CFA membership.

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Eateries still lose money: Egger blames rising food costs
Food Services on campus are reporting six-figure losses for the seventh consecutive year, said Elroy Littlefield, interim executive director of the CSUS Foundation.

Event center has support
The Fitness and Event Center Task Force released the results of a campus-wide survey Wednesday that showed nearly all of the students surveyed would use a fitness and event center if one was built on campus.

Campus car theft rates nearly double last year
The number of car thefts at CSUS more than doubled in 1998 compared to 1997. The Student-Right-to-Know report, updated and published annually by University Police, says car thefts in 1998 totaled 61, in contrast to 27 thefts reported in 1997.

Technology at CSUs uncertain: $100 student fee is a possible option
The future of technology in the CSU is still up in the air nine months after the California Education Technology Initiative, an agreement with several corporations to provide technology to the CSU campuses, collapsed.

Plaza nears completion
Construction on a new plaza and open-air amphitheater at the base of the Guy West Bridge is nearly completed.