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Cal State chancellor to ask for 10% student fee increase

May. 6, 2009
The university's Board of Trustees is expected to approve the $306 annual hike. Layoffs and further cuts are threatened if state ballot measures do not pass in the May 19 election. California State University Chancellor Charles B. Reed said Tuesday he will ask the university's Board of Trustees...
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch