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CSU
NEWS
-- Compiled by
Ryan May from information available through CSU Newsline at
www.calstate.edu/newsline/.
CSU receives
grants to fight alcohol abuse
The Cal State University
system will receive about $2 million from various state agencies
to combat alcohol abuse through training, education, enforcement
and prevention on its 23 campuses.
"Student alcohol
abuse is a problem at universities of all sizes and in all
communities," said CSU Chancellor Charles Reed in a statement
released by the Chancellor's Office. "We cannot sit back
and say alcohol is just a part of college life. Our universities,
our communities and our state must work together to attack
this problem with intensity and commitment."
The grant will
partner local "feeder" high schools with CSU campuses
in an effort to cut down on the number of students driving
under the influence of alcohol. Drinking patterns established
in high school are related to those in college, according
to the release.
The grant is part
of an ongoing effort by the system to combat alcohol abuse
on its campuses. Reed established a systemwide committee in
2000 after one student died from alcohol poisoning at Cal
State Chico and two others suffered severe alcohol poisoning
at San Diego State.
The committee created
advisory councils on each CSU campus and called for a review
of campus policies, the first such action taken by any university
system in the country, according to the release.
Study links
misdemeanors to drop in serious crime
Law enforcement's
focus on minor "broken window" crimes has been linked
to a drop in serious crime by a study conducted at Cal State
Sacramento.
The study encompassed
all California counties from 1989 to 2000 and discovered the
first tie relating the policing of misdemeanors, such as graffiti,
prostitution, property damage and public drunkenness, to a
drop in more serious crimes.
The study allowed
for additional control factors such as the probability of
arrest, welfare, unemployment and demographics, yet the study's
author cautioned that a cause and effect relationship has
not yet been proven.
"Broken window"
policing is at the center of much debate as opponents charge
that it leads to police harassment.
Alternative
program prepares over 500 teachers
Over 500 teachers
have received their credential through an alternative program
offered through the Cal State University system known as CalStateTEACH.
The 18-month program
combines independent study with online learning and prepares
elementary school teachers unable to complete the regular
program due to scheduling or distance-related conflicts.
CalStateTEACH is
part of the outreach program instituted by CSU Chancellor
Charles Reed in 1998 and is geared toward teachers on emergency
credential and waivers.
The program is
an attempt by the CSU system, responsible for educating 60
percent of California's teachers, to increase the number of
teachers and the quality of education they receive.
Professors receive
prize for translation
Two professors
at Cal State Long Beach have received the 2002 Premio Internazionale
Diego Valeria prize of the Premio Monselice for their translation
of a pastoral play first published in 1515.
Charles Jernigan,
chairman of CSULB's comparative world literature and classics
department, and Irene Marchegiani Jones, a professor in CSULB's
languages and literature department, translated the play "Aminta"
by Torquato Tasso.
"Aminta"
has been the inspiration for numerous plays throughout Europe
and is also cited as the inspiration for Shakespeare's "As
You Like It," Twelfth Night" and "A Midsummer
Night's Dream."
Jones accepted
the award, which included 2,500 Euros, in a ceremony held
at a medieval castle near Padua, Italy.
English program
receives 5-year accreditation at CSULB
The Intensive English
Program at Cal State Long Beach's American Language Institute
received a 5-year accreditation in May from the Commission
on English Language Program Accreditation.
The program is
the first of its kind to receive accreditation in California
with students from over 50 countries having participated since
it began in 1984.
There are currently
150 international students enrolled in the program.
For an in-depth
story on this issue by Jo Appleton, see the Aug. 8 edition
of the Summer Forty-Niner.
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