This document consists of all three 1997 issues of "Senate Rostrum," the Newsletter of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges. The January 1997 issue includes a brief analysis of the Carver Model of authority delegation; Chancellor Thomas J. Nussbaum's perspective on major community college issues; a discussion on faculty primacy; a description of the Fall Plenary Session 1996 and the break out of part-time faculty into the Executive Committee; and a brief description of a video documentary concerning Proposition 209. It also outlines a strategic telecommunications master plan. The June 1997 issue examines welfare reform; problems with the Board of Governors; the proposed California Virtual University; faculty development; the Spring Plenary Session 1997; legislative and technology issues; student equity; and standards of practice for California community college counseling programs. The September 1997 issue deals with the problems associated with a proposal for performance based funding; the challenges faced by the academic senate, including welfare reform and distance learning; a critique of a report on community colleges produced by the California Citizens Commission on Higher Education; and a recap of the 1998 Summer Faculty Leadership Institute. It also discusses technology opportunities for 1997-1998. (YKH)