Hundreds of members of the California Faculty Association will take to the polls today through Friday to vote on the acceptance of a new tentative agreement for CSU faculty.

A polling place will be open in the Library breezeway today and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and on Friday from 9 a.m. to noon in the CFA office located in Temporary Building MM.

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ASI holds special meeting on budget today
Associated Students Inc. President Gary Davis called a special board meeting today to revisit decisions made on the 1999/2000 budget two weeks ago.

WPE, GE under review by faculty
The upcoming review of the general education program by the Faculty Senate will be a time for firsts.

Faculty Senate nears policy to require finals
Faculty Senate members split hairs for the second time trying to re-word a campus policy recommendation regarding the last week of instruction and final exam week.

Year-round education?
New bill could shorten the time it takes to graduate
Cheaper summer school tuition at Sacramento State may be one outcome of a bill working its way through the California Legislature.

Faculty attendance at graduation required
The Faculty Senate is scheduled to review a policy that now requires at least 25 percent of each department’s faculty to attend graduation.

Student trustee bill advances
Assembly Bill 213, which will add a second student member to the CSU board of trustees, was approved 10-1 by the Assembly Higher Education Committee on April 20.

Happy birthday, Hornet
Festive green and gold balloons attached to shimmering streamers greeted guests at the 50th Anniversary reception at the State Hornet offices in the University Union on Wednesday afternoon.

Future uncertain for education center
Stripped of its key leaders, the Institute for Education Reform might seem to have a questionable future as a policy-making center for teacher recruitment and education in California. Director Gary Hart and co-director Sue Burr were called to the Capitol in December to lead the formation of Gov. Gray Davis’ education reform package.

CSSA examines financial aid requirements at CSU
The California State Student Association is asking each CSU campus to review the impact of Executive Order 661, which mandates that one-third of any money raised through mandatory fees on the student body be allocated to financial aid programs.

Construction will close parking lots
During the month of June there will be improvements made to various parking lots, roads and sidewalks within the campus. Some of these improvements will result in closures or partial closures for the following areas.

Bills to affect the future of education
The California State Legislature is currently dabting and considering the following bills which will have an impact on higher education in the future.

Students turn to Ritalin to get through finals
(U-WIRE) BERKELEY, Calif. – During the dreaded season known as finals, many students increase their normal intake of college pick-me-ups such as caffeine and nicotine, flocking instinctively to the cafes.

New union for UC
(U-WIRE) BERKELEY, Calif. – University of California Berkeley’s graduate student instructors have voted overwhelmingly for union recognition, formally ending a 16-year crusade to bargain for higher pay and benefits, the university announced Thursday.