Links for 9-22-09

Mercury News: Money Problems Sowing Discontent in University of California System

I'm for Option 4 - coming up with a new plan for California
"A site for discussion on the California state budget and its impact on K-12 and all of public higher education."

For those at the University of Michigan, I created a new Facebook group for leftists at UM, as a potential springboard for organizing (eventually), and (for now), as a place to find each other and share links and articles:

Umich Staff and Faculty on the Left

This group may be expanded to "Midwestern Academic Staff and Faculty on the Left", depending on the response.