Students at California State University Stanislaus have discovered evidence that documents related to an upcoming speaking engagement by Sarah Palin were shredded and dumped after the university claimed that no public documents existed, a state senator said on Tuesday.

The students appeared at a Sacramento news conference with State Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco this morning and said they found the documents on Friday in a dumpster outside the school’s administration building in Turlock. They include four pages of a contract for a “speaker” who will be traveling from Anchorage, though they do not identify the speaker by name.

The senator in March questioned how much the university is paying the former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate for her speaking engagement on June 25. The university said a private university foundation contracted Palin for the $500-a-plate event and the contract included a privacy clause preventing officials from disclosing the speaker’s fee. Continue reading this article over at the San Francisco Chronicle.

And if you want to see how many first-class airfares and luxury hotel rooms ole Sarahdactyl wants, check out this AP article, and don’t forget the bendable straws! (Seriously, read the article!)