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To: STATE EDITORS
Contact: James David Martin of California Institute of Integral Studies, +1-415-575-6165, or jmartin@ciis.edu
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CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHANNEL ISLANDS' OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE has received a $1 MILLION endowment from the Bernard Osher Foundation. ...
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In postwar Los Angeles, African-American entertainment centered on Central Avenue, the Dunbar Hotel and its adjoining clubs: Congo Club, Club Alabam.
These clubs were really hot," says Kent Kirkton, director of the Institute for Arts and Media at California State University, Northridge, as he stands in front of a photograph (circa 1945) taken by Charles Williams of Central Avenue looking north at the hotel. "Guys would play downtown and then stay in the Dunbar, and they'd play until 4 or 5 in the morning at these after-hours clubs.
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CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGE has received a $10,000 gift from Citi for its Bookstein Institute for Higher Education In Taxation. The funds ...
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The following tribute to Bob Holcomb is cut from the home page of the Water Resources Institute at California State University, San Bernardino (wri.csusb.edu).
In Memoriam: Bob Holcomb, Water Hero 2009
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HEALDSBURG, Calif., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Williams Selyem winery announced today the release of a study on the economic impact of a new regulation proposed by the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) that would restrict vineyards from using the Russian River, its tributaries and connected groundwater as a source of frost protection water. The study is authored by Robert Eyler, Professor and Chair of Economics at Sonoma State University and director of the Center for Regional Economic Analysis at Sonoma State University.
According to the Wine Institute, the California wine industry represents over $100 billion of California's economy, with Sonoma and Mendocino counties accounting for roughly $25 billion. The report concludes that the regulation could result in significant loss o...
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Opera Scenes" is a longtime tradition at the California State University, Long Beach, Opera Institute.
Each fall, small but interesting pieces of important operas - operas chosen for their diversity in music, subject and era - are produced, starring young singers.
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Big-budget porn flicks may soon be coming to a college near you. Pornographic production company Digital Playground Inc. is offering its award-winning 2008 release "Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge" free to colleges as part of a nationwide promotional campaign. "Pirates II" features a mix of live-action and computer animation, and at $8 million is the most expensive feature in porn history. The movie was nominated for 29 AVN Awards (the "Oscars of porn"), and won 14, including best director, best screenplay, and best all-girl couples sex scene.
Pirates II" is a sequel to the 2005 feature "Pirates," which was wildly popular on college campuses, a fact that inspired the current promotion. The movie has played to packed houses at Northwestern University, Carnegie Mellon University, Renssel...
... weekend, but a furor arose at the Maryland state House over whether this was a proper use of the un...
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POISED FOR LEADERSHIP - Members of the LAAAWPPI Class of 2008 pause for a quick photo op. Top (I to r): Kathryn Edwards, Eugenia Marshall Marie Lemelle, Arnetta Mack, Diane Robertson, Chaz Whatley, Darla claypool Center (l to r): Janice Burns, Nyora Higgs, Deborah Toni Jones, Eboney Anderson, Elizabeth Badger, Michele Barton. Bottom (l to r): Keisha Sexton, Aura McCracken, Shmel Graham, Alexis Beaman, Rayshell Chambers.
Presentations and guest speakers at the first session of the Institute included Carolyn Webb de Macias, vice president of External Relations at the University of Southern California, Barbara Perkins, author and motivational speaker, Angela Reddock, Esq. president of the LAAAWPPI Board of Directors, Kimberly Freeman of Sempra Energy, and Dr. Melina Abdullah of California ...
...Melina Abdullah of California State University, Los Angeles. Dr. Barbara Young, an aut...