Below are the 11 most recent journal entries recorded in csu_spartans' LiveJournal:

Monday, October 9th, 2006
10:49 pm	California Makes a Better State than "San Jose State" The latest article on www.gostate.org examines the huge gulf in prestige and support between the University of California, Berkeley, and "San Jose State University" See http://www.gostate.org (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, June 1st, 2006
8:38 pm	The California State Bell The publisher of http://www.Gostate.org is pleased to announce the Beta Edition of the http://www.CaliforniaStateBell.com website. This website is named after the California State Normal School (A.D. 1881) bell, which commemorates that institution, founded by the California Legislature on May 2, 1982, and now known as “San Jose State”. This site, which will take a statewide perspective on the CSU, is dedicated to: (a) California State Normal School and California State University (CSU) historic preservation; and (b) reform of the CSU system for the benefit of all CSU students, alumni and professors. http://www.CaliforniaStateBell.com (Comment on this)
Sunday, May 7th, 2006
10:50 am	The Spartan MBA Yahoo Group has changed its name to the CSU Students of San Jose and is now open to all San Jose CSU students! This is a group for students who are conscious of San Jose's identity as the original and oldest California State University (CSU) campus, and who want to maximize the value of their degrees by marketing themselves under this prestigious and valuable identity. We currently have more than 170 members on Yahoo and Myspace, but need your help and support. Join Us Today! Join Yahoo Group Via Email: CSUstudentsSanJose-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Join Yahoo Group Via Web: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSUstudentsSanJose Join Myspace Group: http://groups.myspace.com/CSUStudentsofSanJoseState Thank You, CSU Students of San Jose http://www.gostate.org (Comment on this)
Thursday, April 6th, 2006
8:58 pm	SJSU: Apathy State University? Few cast ballots in A.S. - News As the above story from the Spartan Daily indicates, only 469 San Jose State (SJSU) students out of 30,000 bothered to cast votes in the recent race for Associated Students student government positions, despite the fact that A.S. controls $6 million in student fees. Should SJSU be renamed "Apathy State University"? To read more, visit http://csu-spartans.blogspot.com See also: California State University, San Jose (Comment on this)
Thursday, January 5th, 2006
8:55 pm	A Case for California State Spartan Football On the occasion of the NCAA Football National Championship Game, the principal Spartan football fan site www.spartanthunder.com has published "A Case for California State Spartan Football". To read the article, please see http://sanjosestate.scout.com/2/485500.html To discuss the article and other issues related to the University and Spartan athletics, join the Spartan Thunder message board or the California State Spartan Discussion Board at http://p103.ezboard.com/bcaliforniastateuniversity1862. http://www.gostate.org (Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 15th, 2005
10:57 am	CSU Spartans and the Spartan Squad The CSU Spartans ( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSU_Spartans ) was founded in October 2003 to support Spartan athletics and work toward the restoraton of San Jose's identity as the founding campus and flagship of the California State University. This fall, a new group, called the Spartan Squad, has come on the scene. Although a recent news story said the Spartan Squad deliberately left "SJSU" off the front of their free T-shirts, the group does not explicitly support CSU restoration in San Jose. It seems fairly obvious that the CSU Spartans helped inspire the creation of the Spartan Squad. The CSU Spartans urges all of its members, and other supporters of the CSU restoraton movement in San Jose to become involved in the Spartan Squad and try to move it in a more pro-California State direction. The CSU Spartans also urges the leaders of the Spartan Squad to study the school's history, and keep an open mind to the advantages a more regional identity could bring to the school, its students, graduates, and athletics programs. For more info on this, see [link=http://www.gostate.org newwindow]California State University (1862)[/link] CSU Spartans http://www.gostate.org (Comment on this)
Wednesday, September 28th, 2005
9:31 pm	Major newspaper calls SJSU football a "loser" Before SDSU crushed SJSU in football last weekend, the San Diego Union-Tribune published an article saying both schools have “loser” football programs. A new article at http://www.gostate.org examines how the "San Jose State" identity has hurt not only that school and its graduates, but the entire CSU system and State of California. To read more, see http://www.gostate.org (Comment on this)
Thursday, August 25th, 2005
10:40 am	California State University 1862 (San Jose) Message Board! There is a new message board for the oldest California State University (1862) campus, in San Jose, California. Check out the CSU 1862 message board sponsored by Gostate.org: http://p103.ezboard.com/bcaliforniastateuniversity1862 (Comment on this)
Monday, April 18th, 2005
4:30 pm	California State University, San Jose, Tribute Tribute to California State University, San Jose, including images of the 1972 CSU San Jose Catalog: See http://www.gostate.org/California_State_University_San_Jose.htm (Comment on this)
Thursday, January 27th, 2005
10:54 pm	The CSU Trustees voted yesterday to change CSU Hayward's name to "California State University, East Bay". See CSU Leader newsletter below, or visit http://www.calstate.edu/CSULeader/2005/050126.htm . See also the CSUEB name change FAQ at: http://www.calstatehaywardnews.com/news/publish/article_386.shtml The name was changed "help increase regional awareness and visibility of the university, expand fundraising capabilities, enhance the relationship with the East Bay communities, and recruit students, especially first-time freshmen." Now CSUEB, founded in 1959, has both a state and a regional identity, while the oldest CSU, founded in 1862 and located in San Jose, is dependent on its geographically restrictive "San Jose State" identity. Where does this leave "San Jose State," a school that was founded as the California State Normal School (1862-1921), and was named the California State University, San Jose from 1972-1974, but is now almost entirely dependent on the sprawling and disconnected City of San Jose for its identity? Is maintaining an identity that is so dependent on one city good for the oldest California State University, its students and graduates? For information on a plan to expand San Jose's geographic appeal, prestige and stature by capitalizing on its status as the oldest California State University, please see http://www.gostate.org/CSU_Restoration_Program_San_Jose.htm . CSU SPARTANS http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSU_Spartans http://www.gostate.org (Comment on this)
Monday, December 27th, 2004
4:30 pm	Mercury News Writer Gives Nod to California State Spartans See: http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/qa_forum.htm#recent_questions Q. Hi Tim, Are you aware of the movement to restore San Jose State's original name, California State [normal school] (1862-1921) and California State University, San Jose (1972-1974). For more info on the movement see, http://www.gostate.org. In addition to being historical proper, many alumni and students feel that having the more nationally recognizable words California State back in the school's identity would help them market their degrees. We also believe it would help elevate Spartan football from its current image as the team of a small-time city college commuter school, to that of a well known major California State University campus, not to mention the oldest one. Doesn't California State Spartans sound alot better than "SJSU Spartans"? Thanks, Gostate.org Gostate.org, San Jose, CA 12/17/04 A. I agree, though it might get me confused with Long Beach, Fullerton... I'm easily confused. Tim Kawakami 12/17/04 (Comment on this)