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For Kenneth Lien, campus sophomore and executive director of Cal Hacks, the failed renewal of the Student Technology Fund, or STF, fee during the ASUC elections in April is a “loss of a safety net.” Without the STF fee — a campus-based student fee referendum that provided all UC Berkeley students with equitable access to a range of technology services — Lien said he will no longer have access to a Wi-Fi hot spot and laptop that he relied on to take virtual classes during the pandemic, w...

For Kenneth Lien, campus sophomore and executive director of Cal Hacks, the failed renewal of the Student Technology Fee, or STF, during the ASUC elections in April is a “loss of a safety net.” Without the STF — a campus-based student fee referendum that provided all UC Berkeley students with equitable access to a range of technology services — Lien said he will no longer have access to a Wi-Fi hot spot and laptop that he relied on to take virtual classes during the pandemic, which was ...

PSU reduces mandatory student fees for Spring 21 term share In a University Communications email released on April 2, Portland State announced it will be reducing mandatory student fees by $39. This cut in fees is due to a lack of student presence on campus as the pandemic continues to take a toll on student life and on campus activities.    The cuts are broken down by a 50% decrease in the student building fee, making it $19, and a reduction in the incidental fee to $20. These fee reductions...

Released a report that puts a price tag on federal regulations. after tallying it all up the price to consumers is almost $2 trillion in productivity and averaged around $15,000 per household. while congress has more than 3500 new regulations put on the books calling for congress to cease delegating power to unelected agency personnel. louisiana state university is going to be cutting back on the budget because of a deficit and one thing not on the chopping block, a lazy river spelling out lsu...

Failure, theyre having liver failure. there are all these problems. and they said teams knew this. they were aware of this. >> all right. well talk much more about this, cindy, as we learn more about these allegations and see what the nfl says in response to them. thank you very much. its always great to have your insight on these things. a florida high school is trying to defend its decision to charge parents and guests # $00 for premium seats at graduation. they said the $200 is for a row of...

point, partisan politics and a sitting u.s. attorney general cot in the cross fire. eric holder is in copenhagen this morning. yesterday a house committee voted to recommend citing him for contempt of congress for not turning over documents from that botched fast and furious gun operation. you will remember that program allowed guns to end up in the hands of mexican drug cartels and is connected to the death of at least one u.s. law enforcement officer. those documents are now off limi...

The first one i had was a palestinian that called me up and said you have got to shut up. this is right after september 11. because we are a peace-loving people, because if you dont shut up i will behead you myself! i was like okay, i dont think you are helping the cause. where that with a badge of honor. >> rutgers earlier in the year had a student fee sponsored program that was going to spend a flotilla to gaza. the state department said that is illegal, you cant do that. i was again threatene...

I have been threatened to be sue an petitioned by outreach coordinator of the middle eastern studies department to be kicked out of my job. and ive been physically threatened by the same woman call me out to a meeting, saying shes palestinian and i have to get through her before i can get to the -- >> glenn: you know what the first death threat i ever had? the first death threat i ever had -- i get a lot of them. i spend $1 million a year in personal security. that comes out of my pocket. for de...

Tuition, cuts in student services, crowded classes and reductions in funding for higher education. this is georgia, where the states university system plans a 35% tuition hike and a possible $1,000 student fee. in colorado, lawmakers are looking at cutting $1.3 billion from the budget and higher education appears to be a key target. the movement to stop education cuts and tuition hikes came out of california. fees at californias community colleges are up 30% this year, and $1 billion plus is bei...

That should be a very interesting meeting, what comes out of that here at the white house late krr this morning. >> thank you so much from the white house. tickets to a baseball game, thats at the center of a scandal with patterson. he accepted free yankee tickets for last years world series. the case has been referred to authorities for a possible criminal investigation. they want to know whether he violated the gift ban and whether or not he lied about paying for the tickets. >> fed up with ...