A few new stories and view points:
Weber says he wasn't told of feds on campus
May 10, 2008
San Diego State University President Stephen Weber was unaware federal agents were posing as students to crack a campus drug ring until about two weeks before the end of the five-month undercover effort.
Weber said yesterday that he didn't learn about the federal role in Operation Sudden Fall until April 21, shortly before the yearlong investigation culminated Tuesday with the announcement of 96 drug-related arrests that included 75 students. By the end of the week, the District Attorney's Office reported those numbers had grown to 125 total arrests, 95 involving students. Weber didn't notify his boss, California State University Chancellor Charles Reed, until Monday. ..........
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/m...-1n10sdsu.html
The Family of Purported SDSU "Drug Kingpin" Speaks
The family of the man at the center of the SDSU drug ring speaks exclusively to FOX6 news.
Kenneth Ciaccio sits in a jail cell thinking about the damage to his family and his future........
http://www.fox6.com/mostpopular/stor...f-aeaacc4ff0d3
Frats condemn crimes at SDSU
UCLA Greek system members say drug activity here is unlikely to occur on large scale
A day after dozens of students at San Diego State University – including several fraternity members – were arrested in a major drug bust, leaders of the Greek system’s Westwood chapters expressed confidence that no such incident was possible at UCLA.
Almost 100 people were arrested Tuesday, 75 of them SDSU students, after a six-month investigation that was prompted after a student died of a cocaine overdose. During the investigation, another cocaine overdose death occurred at an SDSU fraternity house.......
http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/...n-crimes-sdsu/
Drug arrests are busting up SDSU's rep
A university is a brand, complete with an image that it sells to potential customers.
Well, it's damage control time. San Diego State's brand suffered a major disaster Tuesday, when "Operation Sudden Fall" caused the national image of SDSU to suddenly plummet. Anytime CNN, MSNBC and every major news outlet plasters a university's name across their front page as headline news, that's a huge problem.
Make no mistake about it: Not all publicity is good publicity. The students who chose to deal drugs out of on-campus fraternity houses, using their connections within the Greek system to build a network of customers, just devastated the Aztec brand.....
http://media.www.thedailyaztec.com/m...-3367243.shtml
BTB: What happened with the IRC meeting/report from the other day. Anyone hear anything on that?