Most California college students had no idea that Lil Romeo, the son of famous rap mogul Master P, had been on the University of Southern California basketball team for his freshman and sophomore years of college. Lil Romeo became well known at age 12 when his father Master P signed him to his record company, No Limits Records. Lil Romeo, aka Percy Miller, later went on to play guard for the basketball team at Beverly Hills High School. While on the USC basketball team for two seasons, Miller only played in a total of nine games in two seasons, for a total of 19 minutes. During his 19 minute college basketball career he only scored five points, while also racking up three rebounds and an assist. (more…)
Archive for May, 2010
Lil Romeo Gets Dropped From USC Basketball Team
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010Former UCLA Student Faked Own Kidnapping
Thursday, May 20th, 2010Nancy Salas was a former student of University of California, Los Angeles, but her family did not know she had dropped out of college in September 2008. Salas’s trouble began when she ran out of scholarship money and did not have good enough grades to obtain additional funds. Her plan was to return to UCLA the next semester, but she never got back in school and took up a job as a babysitter near campus and hung out in the area. Almost everyone she knew thought she was still attending UCLA, but when her graduation approached Salas panicked as her parents planned to throw a big celebration party in her honor. (more…)
10 Day Hunger Strike Ends at UC Berkeley
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010The University of California at Berkeley has been known for protesting and standing up for what they believe in since the 1960’s, and this trend continues as a 10-day hunger strike on the campus just ended recently. Most of the people in the hunger strike were UC Berkeley students, and they have been camping outside the administration building on campus since May 3. This particular protest at UC Berkeley was in response to the new immigration law in Arizona, which gives police the right to question people which they believe are in the country illegally. (more…)
California State University System Helps Fuel Economy
Thursday, May 13th, 2010The economy in California has been struggling over the past few years, and this trend has hurt the funding of the California State University system. This may not mean much on the surface, but if California wants to recover they need to take the importance of the CSU system into account. A recent report released by the CSU system entitled, “Working for California: The Impact of the California State University System,” goes into depth on how much economic activity the system helps generate. Overall the 23-campus CSU system reported that they generate approximately $17 billion in economic activity for the state, which results in roughly $1 billion in local and state taxes each year. (more…)
California College San Diego Adds Associates Degrees
Thursday, May 13th, 2010Students have been attending California College San Diego to further their education and earn a variety of associates and bachelors degrees since 2003. Now California college students at CCSD will have even more options, with the addition of an Associate’s degree in Business Management and Accounting. Business degrees like this are very popular among colleges in California, as students want to quickly learn the skills needed to get a better job or advance to complete their bachelors degree. (more…)
California State University Faculty Salary Increases on Hold
Friday, May 7th, 2010In 2007 there was a collective bargaining agreement with the California State University system, and part of that involved salary increases for faculty members. However those salary increases are on hold as of now, after a neutral fact-finding team concluded that the salary increases cannot be justified at this time due to the ongoing economic crisis. CSU has had their general fund cut by roughly 20% over the last two years, which has hindered their universities’ ability to operate efficiently and make students, faculty, and administrators all happy. This news is compounded with numerous other events that have hurt CSU schools, like the reduction of classes, cancellation of sports programs, and meeting student demand for enrollment. (more…)
UC Berkeley and UC Davis to Establish Master’s Programs in Sustainable Development
Thursday, May 6th, 2010Sustainable development is becoming increasingly popular, as people and businesses look to decrease their environmental impact to help improve conditions around the world. In order to help this movement, the MacArthur Foundation is donating a total of $5.6 million to 10 universities to establish master’s degree programs in sustainable development. Among those universities selected are California colleges UC Berkeley and UC Davis who will both receive a portion of the $5.6 million grant. (more…)
California Career Colleges Benefiting from Economic Slowdown
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010Unemployment due to downsizing and companies closing in California has left many people looking for a new job, but not having much luck as the market is very competitive right now. In order to keep up in a competitive job market, many people are choosing to enroll in a California career college to learn vocational skills which they can use right away in a real world job. The demographics at career colleges in California tend to be older and with families, as compared to the traditional UC or CSU college student. (more…)
Fresno State Partners With Chegg.com
Monday, May 3rd, 2010College textbooks can be very expensive, and college students in California are feeling the pain right now trying to afford all the books they need each term. As tuition and fees continue to raise for California Universities, students struggle to keep up with all the expenses which include textbooks. This is why one California college partnered with Santa Clara, California-based Chegg.com, by allowing a Chegg kiosk inside the Fresno State Kennel Bookstore. Chegg.com is a leading online ecommerce site which rents textbooks to college students around the country. Ron Durham, the director of Fresno State’s Kennel Bookstore, felt that he wanted to be one of the first California colleges to adopt this strategy and help meet students’ needs for textbooks. (more…)
UCLA Researchers Say Hot Peppers Help Weight Loss
Monday, May 3rd, 2010Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, completed a study that involved a compound that is closely related to capsaicin, which is what contributes to a pepper’s heat. In this research from UCLA they used dihydrocapsiate or DCT, which they chose to determine if this compound could aid people in their quest to lose weight. The theory is that ingesting this compound would cause the body to heat up, which could then help burn fat and calories more easily. Luckily participants in the study did not have to love spicy food, as the DCT compound doesn’t have the heat that a Jalapeno has due to capsaicin. (more…)
