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Makeovers and Macchiatos: The latest on Cal State LA food options With renovations complete and a new Salazar location open, the University Club has expanded, and they’re looking to hire! Hannah Jacobsen Staff Reporter
Cal State LA’s only sit-down restaurant has welcomed Fall quarter with a brand new look. The University Club, a casual eatery next to the food court, closed down for three weeks during the summer for repairs, redecorating, and the addition of iPads to speed up the old service system. “First, our decision stemmed from a need for repairs and a fresh coat of paint,” Executive Chef, Daniel Keenan said. “The University Club’s been running for 12 years now, and it was due for a face lift.” Walking into the newly remodeled restaurant reveals walls painted in cool blues and greens and a sleek new hostess station, bustling with activity as the restaurant staff work the crowds with iPads in hand. “iPads are a new sale system for us,” Keenan said. “Working on a college campus, a lot of us only have an hour or so to eat before a class or boss calls us back. Our staff is still learning the new system, but the iPads will eliminate the middle man, sending food orders back to the kitchen as soon as the customer orders.”
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While the walls surrounding all this new technology are temporarily blank, the staff plans to use decoration to bring the University Club back to its history. “We’re going to display historic campus photos,” Keenan said. “This school has been here since the 1940s and we’re getting a hold of a wealth of photographic documentation of that history through public affairs.” Besides improving the look of the University Club, the restaurant’s kitchen is now supporting a growing chain of
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campus food stops that have been upgraded and created in the past summer. In Salazar Hall, the well-known Salazar Café has been upgraded with new furniture and flooring. Black lounge and dining chairs take up a large portion of the room filled with students working on homework or lounging with a phone. “With the improvements, it’s now a great place for students over at Salazar to take a break, grab some food, and hang out with friends,” Keenan said.
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The Espresso Bar - a small shop offering pastries, packaged meals, and caffeinated drinks ranging from espresso shots to pumpkin spice lattes - also opened this fall in Salazar’s old Dolcini’s location. At King Hall, another coffee shop is in the making with the proposed name of King Coffee. All of these new options are supported by the University Club kitchen, which makes the available meals fresh every day. “The Club is really expanding its footprint,” Keenan said. “We’ve even partnered up with
the nutritional science department to provide healthy food options to students, such as our very popular kale quinoa salad.” For college students searching for a conveniently located job, the University Club is hiring after all this expansion. With their current staff spread out across multiple locations, they are in need of more waiters and waitresses, bussers, and delivery people. Any interested students can request more information by emailing dkeenan@cslanet. calstatela.edu. Just tell them the University Times sent you.
SPOTLIGHT: SASHA PEREZ
ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER SHOOTING IN OREGON
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To strike or not to strike
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No signs of salary negotiations send faculty to the tipping point. Angeline Bernabe Staff Reporter
In the fight for fair salaries, the California Faculty Association (CFA) is pulling out all the stops to get the raises they deserve. On September 30th, a phone conference was held to discuss the upcoming strike authorization vote – a vote that will determine if CFA members will go on strike if they are unable to come to terms with the California State University (CSU) system. The voting period for strike authorization will occur from October 19th through the 28th. The outcome of the strike vote will ultimately depend on a mediation meeting between CFA and representatives of the CSU Chancellor’s office on October 8th. Currently, the CSU and CFA are in the mediation phase of the labor negotiation process, which means that a hired mediator will work to help reach an agreement for both parties. For years now, the California Faculty Association has demanded for fairer salaries – a task that isn’t seen as a priority in the California State University system. Over the years, salaries of faculty members in CSUs across
the state have remained stagnant. During the phone conference, the main point that CFA Board of Directors members made was that faculty members are simply not being paid the salaries they deserve. CFA Secretary of the Board of Directors, Molly Talcott explains, “Our research has found that regardless of what their (the CSU’s) budget outlook looks like, they don’t prioritize faculty or staff for that matter.” Talcott, who is also a Sociology Professor at Cal State LA, has been on the forefront of the fight for fair salary wages. “In order to cut costs, the CSU has hired temporary faculty and lectures,” she said. “We live in the wealthiest state in the wealthiest country in the world, and students are being cheated by the misplaced budget priorities of the CSU.” Similarly, the chair of the CFA Bargaining team, Kevin Wehr said, “The CSU management is spending more and more on itself and trying to find ways to spend less and less on the people who do the work for the university – people who actually do the teaching.” Some of the effects that have transpired from stagnant salaries over the years include damage to the education of students. With the CSU not placing a priority on faculty, hiring faculty on the tenure line hasn’t happened at Cal State LA over the last decade.
Based on comments collected from CFA chapter members, some are already in favor of voting ‘Yes’ to the Strike Vote. Douglas Domingo-Foraste of CSU Long Beach shared on the CFA website, “I am voting yes because getting and retaining good faculty is key to getting students to finish quality degrees.” With the nonexistent efforts to raise faculty salaries, what CSU faculty members across the state are proposing for is a 5% General Salary Increase (G.S.I.) – the minimal amount that CFA has researched and decided would ultimately assist in basic things such as the daily costs of living. Presently, CSU faculty’s salary wages are not enough. CFA members are endorsing “The Fight for Five” campaign, which has reached government attention. Among the legislatures who have urged Chancellor White in making faculty a priority in California was Senator Pro Tem, Kevin De Leon who pleaded White to, “recognize the valuable contributions the faculty makes to students.” Overall, if a strike does take place after the strike vote period is over, a strike can likely span a couple of days or even a week. Follow more on “The Fight for Five” at www.calfac.org.
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Golden Eagles have solid first day at tennis Fall Regionals Women's tennis team makes it wayy to the USTA/ITA national collegiate championships. Athletics Department Cal State LA’s women’s tennis team opened play in the 2015 United States Tennis Association/ Intercollegiate Tennis Association (USTA/ITA) West Regional Championships Thursday at the Cal State LA Tennis Complex. No. 2 seed Nozomi Matsuoka won her second-round match over Kristy Mountain, 6-0, 6-0, while sophomore Elizaveta Sokolova outlasted Sonoma State’s Jordan Keaney, 7-5, 5-7, 11-9 to advance to Friday’s Round of 16. Sokolova had a 5-2 lead in the second set only to see Kearney win five straight games, and then fell behind 9-7 in the tiebreaker before bouncing back to win and advance. Cal State LA’s Iris Raileanu and Kayleigh Hall won their firstround matches, but lost in secondround contests. Raileanu beat Brooke Briseno of Dominican, 6-2, 6-1, before falling to Sonoma State’s Jensyn Warren, while Hall beat Caitlin Utzi of Concordia before falling to Academy of Art’s Taisua Andrieva, 6-4, 4-6 (10-7) in a second-round battle.
Cal State LA’s Pyper Brown lost her first-round match to Azusa Pacific’s Lisa Schnider and Snezana Ivanovic lost a tight three-set match to Jaella Conway of Cal State Stanislaus, 4-6, 6-3 (10-8). The top five seeds all advanced to the Round of 16. Kyra Scott of UC San Diego, Matsuoka, Natalie Johnson of Azusa Pacific, Jasmine Hosseini of UC San Diego and Nikki Newell of Point Loma all won their second-round matches. The Golden Eagles also fared well in doubles, where the teams of Matsuoka and Raileanu and Sokolova and Hall advanced to the quarterfinals. Matsuoka and Raileanu had a first-round bye before beating Yeom and Bettencourt of Azusa Pacific, 8-3. Sokolova and Hall beat Riki Mae Torres and Brooke Briseno of Dominican, 8-4, in the first round and Samantha Schuster and Caitlyn Uzzi of Concordia in the second round, 8-4. The first day of the men’s competition was being held at Azusa Pacific. The three-day tournament features most of the top NCAA Division II men’s and women’s tennis players in the West Region. All women’s matches will be played on the Cal State LA Tennis Courts in the Billie Jean King Sports Complex, while the men’s draw will conclude at Cal State
LA on Friday and Saturday. Cal State LA is hosting the event for a sixth straight year. The singles and doubles champions will advance to the USTA/ITA National Small College Championships, which will be held on Oct. 15-18 at the Palmetto Tennis Center in Sumter, South Carolina. The national championship event will include all eight regional champions from the NCAA Division II and III, NAIA and Junior/Community Colleges. The USTA/ITA National Small College Championship is the only national championship event for singles and doubles at the NCAA Division II and NAIA levels. As in the past, the singles and doubles champions at each level will then compete to become the overall “Super Bowl” champions. The “Super Bowl” champions will earn wild cards into the USTA/ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Intercollegiate Championships with the opportunity to win the culminating event held at the USTA-Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. in November. In all, 8,000 varsity tennis players from more than 600 schools will be competing in USTA/ITA Regional Championships.
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The Alumni Report: Sasha Perez How a confused college freshman became a professional advocate living her dream.
Hannah Jacobsen Staff Reporter
For those just entering Cal State LA, and those nearing the finish line, college is a confusing adventure. It’s the time to figure out what we want to do with the rest of our lives. This is, obviously, much easier said than done. Sasha Perez, who graduated last June with a double major in political science and social and behavioral economics, was in this same state of confusion in her freshman year of college. “Coming in, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do,” Sasha said. “I was really involved in high school, but when I first arrived at Cal State LA and became interested in Associated Students Inc. (ASI), a member of the team actually told me not to join!” Though discouraged, Sasha entered college right when the Student Success Fee was stirring up campus politics. “I started getting involved in student protests, and I met a friend of mine who joined ASI and told me to come in,” Sasha said. “I became one of the first lobby corps members, which is more of a volunteer route
because I hadn’t been at Cal State LA for enough quarters to join ASI officially.” Through lobby corps, Sasha discovered her skill for activism and politics. She earned her first official position in ASI and a spot on the neighborhood council in El Sereno in her junior year. “I won South Region Director for the council that April, and in June I was a Vice President board member; everything went into full throttle,” Sasha said. “Lobbying and advocacy have always been my strong points so I got into working with California State Student Association, an organization that is doing amazing things for Cal State students!” Sasha remembers her biggest ‘aha! moment’ coming right before her college graduation last June. This was the year that the California State University (CSU) system was pushing for an extra $97 million in the support budget. “Every year, the governor releases a budget and the CSU asks for more. I’ve always been an advocate for more government support,” Sasha said. “It was my last year, and I made a point to go to President Covino and Jose Gomez to say that I was there as a resource.”
Sasha helped a team of lobby corps members, advocated in Washington D.C., and hosted the Senate President Pro Tempore - and one of the three people who sat at the budget negotiating table - Kevin de León, on Golden Eagle Radio’s show The Eagle’s Nest.
Oct. 5, 2015 “To have one of the people who determined the budget come to Cal State LA so soon before the budget is set was such an opportunity,” Sasha said. “I threw myself into it, even with finals and graduation. I didn’t get to buy my sash until almost the day before graduation!” On the 15th of June, Sasha got the call that she’d worked so hard for. The CSU got the $97 million. Perez is now employed full-time as one of the senior staff members of the Pat Brown Institute, a center at Cal State LA, working for public policy and community-driven initiatives. “This job happened because of all the work I’ve done for higher education,” Sasha said. “I
met with the executive director, Dr. Raphael Sonenshein, so many times for advice and to talk about higher education and the budget. They saw what I’ve accomplished, and what I aspire to do, and they hired me.” When asked what personal choices can lead to success in college, Sasha gave two key points of advice. “Get involved with what interests you and have fun,” Sasha said. “Focus in school of course, but make sure to get out there and show people that you care enough to focus on your passion.” Sasha Perez continues to focus on her own passion, fighting for the policy rights of higher education.
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Society Gone Mad:
We need empathy now more than ever
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Recent campus shooting helps us rethink our generation’s sense of community. Marrian Zhou
Newsroom Intern On October 1st, a massacre took place at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon. The gunman was shot dead by the police, with 9 people reported dead, and at least 10 injured. Our nation was again traumatized by a heavy tragedy. The gunman was identified as Chris Harper Mercer, a 26-yearold Roseburg resident, who was equipped with body armor and was heavily armed with six various weapons at the scene. The officials said Mercer was depressed and he felt the world was against him. Mercer was described by his former acquaintances and social media status as a withdrawn young man from the army who spent a lot of time on the Internet. Prior to the tragedy, Douglas Country Sheriff John Hanlin told the reporters, “He is a local resident and I know personally I haven’t heard of any warning
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signs coming from this person.” The investigation is still ongoing and the precise motive has not yet surfaced.
Quite similar to a few campus shooting incidents in the past, the shooter was young, isolated, quiet, filled with hatred towards
the world and showed no sign of their capability to do something horrifying as such. While we are busy showing
empathy to the victims’ families and friends, perhaps we should also wonder what kind of horrible experience these shooters have encountered in modern society that could evoke such rage in a young man for him to give up his entire future just to kill. If he had a few friends, wouldn’t they have more reasons to linger among us? If they were more included in our society, couldn’t a tragedy like this be avoided? If someone took the step to say hi first and got to know him, mustn’t he say 'hello' back and give this world another chance? If we were capable of showing more empathy to the ones that were isolated, depressed, awkward or maybe just too shy, wouldn’t this society become a more caring place for all of us? As a college student, we have way passed the “mean girls” stage and deep inside you know we all want to be involved in one way or another. If you see someone that’s having a bad day or always sits in the corner, spare some time and talk to them because they might just surprise you. We have the responsibility to learn to put ourselves in other people’s shoes and to be more understanding. A little more compassion with a little less selfhood would make a significant difference. We are interdependent beings, and therefore without a functional community we will have nothing. With all the hate crimes and campus shootings happening in our nation, we need empathy now more than ever.
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NOTICIAS DE LATINOAMÉRICA Premio “Gabriel García Márquez” a reportaje censurado
INFORMATIVA LOCAL Becas para DREAMers Nueva oportunidad para obtener ayuda financiera Por Graciela López Con el nuevo año escolar, los gastos aumentan por la colegiatura, libros, transporte y muchas otras necesidades. Existen diversas fuentes de ayuda financiera y entre ellas están las becas que son concedidas a estudiantes con diferentes necesidades. Unidos Por La Música es una organización ubicada en Los Ángeles que tiene la misión de apoyar económicamente a estudiantes indocumentados mejor conocidos como DREAMers. Esta es una de muchas instituciones sin fines de lucro que ofrece más de una beca por estudiante para solventar gastos escolares. Este será el segundo año en el que se otorguen cuatro becas de $2,000. La institución informó a La Onda que hasta el momento no hay muchos solicitantes para la beca, por lo tanto las probabilidades de ser elegido son mayores. Se realizará un evento musical el 6 de noviembre en Los Ángeles
dedicado a la recaudación de fondos que serán destinados a esta causa. Dicho evento contará con la participación especial de los cantantes SIE7E y Christian Chávez. Unidos Por La Música invitó a estos grandes artistas por considerarlos un gran ejemplo de superación personal y profesional. Ambos han demostrado que lucharon por sus sueños hasta alcanzarlos y manifestaron su apoyo a los alumnos sin estatus migratorio. Los boletos para este concierto tienen un costo aproximado de $35 y se pueden adquirir en www.ticketon.com. Los requisitos para solicitar la beca son: ser mayor de 18 años, cursar el último año de preparatoria o estar matriculado en clases universitarias, tener un promedio de 2.0 en adelante, una copia actual de calificaciones, escribir un ensayo y estar presente en el evento mencionado anteriormente. La fecha límite para enviar la solicitud es el 19 de octubre y se puede llenar en el sitio web: www.unidosporlamusica. org. Dirección del evento: Los Globos - 3040 Sunset Blvd | Los Angeles, CA 90026
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Aristegui recibe el reconocimiento Por Mindy Galindo La comunicadora mexicana Carmen Aristegui y su equipo de investigación recibieron el premio Gabriel García Márquez de Periodismo 2015 gracias al reportaje sobre la “casa blanca” adquirida por la primera dama de México. Dicho galardón fue entregado el miércoles 30 de septiembre en Medellín, Colombia. Este hecho simboliza un triunfo para la libertad de expresión de muchos miembros del periodismo internacional, en especial para los de la prensa mexicana que han sido el blanco de ataques por parte de grupos caciquiles y de las propias autoridades. La investigación especial sobre la casa blanca, publicada en el portal Aristegui Noticias y la revista Proceso, cuestiona el origen de los bienes del
presidente Enrique Peña Nieto y de su esposa Angélica Rivera. La mansión en Las Lomas valuada en 7.5 millones de dólares fue financiada y construida por un contratista del Grupo Higa, quien se benefició monetariamente cuando el presidente Peña Nieto desempeñó el cargo de gobernador del Estado de México desde el 2005 al 2011. Los autores del reportaje agradecieron el reconocimiento que les dieron los organizadores y el jurado del certamen. En su mensaje, Aristegui señaló que la supuesta compra de la residencia “es un escándalo de corrupción por los cuatro costados”. Asimismo, lamentó la cancelación de su programa radiofónico en MVS y sostuvo que los empresarios no tienen derecho a censurar. Cabe recordar que el programa de Aristegui, era el de mayor audiencia en México y que después del informe los empresarios construyeron una serie de argumentos en contra
de la periodista para despedirla y sacar su programa del aire. El problema fue ventilado como un asunto entre particulares, cuando en realidad existía corrupción que beneficiaba al mandatario. Vale la pena mencionar que los trámites ante la justicia para la defensa de su espacio radiofónico llegó a la Suprema Corte de Justicia mexicana. Los argumentos de defensa de Aristegui fueron desechados en una resolución que favoreció a la Empresa MVS y por supuesto, a un gobierno que buscaba eliminar un espacio de libre expresión. El 2 de octubre, Aristegui presentó una demanda ante la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos por denegación de justicia y la censura a su equipo de trabajo. Periodistas latinoamericanos que presenciaron el festival y los miembros del Consejo Rector de la Fundación Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano apoyaron a su colega en la demanda.
Invasión extranjera en minas peruanas 4 muertos a causa de enfrentamiento civil Por Martha J. Orellana Las libres operaciones en Perú por parte de empresas extranjeras desataron un conflicto entre la población y las autoridades de la región de Apurímac. El pasado 25 de septiembre, cuatro manifestantes murieron durante un enfrentamiento civil con la policía.
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Las leyes para las operaciones mineras desfavorecen los derechos de los ciudadanos de esta nación. Un decreto aprobado en el 2013 por el gobierno peruano, permite que los proyectos de minería se realicen sin necesidad de notificar a la población local ni de modificar el estudio de impacto ambiental no significativo. El proyecto Las Bambas en Apurímac, realizado por la empresa china MMG, fue la tercera en beneficiarse de este decreto ya que solo pide un informe sobre la ausencia de daños ambientales. La
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industria trasladó las plantas de tratamiento de molibdeno, filtros y un almacén de elementos concentrados sin dificultades. Además, la mudanza no se realizó a través de mineroductos subterráneos sino en camiones. Al enterarse de estos cambios, las organizaciones locales que abogan por los derechos de los habitantes de Grau y Cotabambas pidieron a Lima una explicación sobre las consecuencias de estas modificaciones pero aún siguen sin recibir respuesta. En el artículo “El conflicto minero se enroca en el Perú” publicado por El País, Guillermo Shinno, viceministro de Minas y
Energía, señaló que “la empresa realizó los cambios de acuerdo a la ley del proyecto minero, pero no reconoció que la norma implica la falta de información para la población potencialmente afectada por la mina”. Conforme a la explicación del Ministerio de Energía y Minas (MEM), el trámite de modificación del estudio de impacto ambiental es más caro y obliga a la empresa a reportar los cambios a la población. El MEM estima que entre julio de 2013 y mayo de 2014, 66 empresas mineras han realizado cambios en sus proyectos mediante esta vía rápida.
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#GetHeartChecked Free Heart Health Screening 10:00am to 5:00 p.m., U-SU Plaza Cup of Culture: Chopper! Chopper! Poetry From Bordered Lives - An Afternoon with Veronica Reyes 3:15 p.m., Alhambra Room, 3rd Floor, U-SU
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WPE Workshop 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., JFK Library, Palmer Wing, Rm 1039A Let's Break the Ice: The APISRC Open House and Mixer 3:15 p.m., Los Angeles Room BC, 3rd Floor, U-SU Fraternity and Sorority Information Night 8:30 p.m., U-SU Plaza, 1st Floor, U-SU
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Independent Visions: Blackbird 6:15 p.m., U-SU Theatre, 1st Floor, U-SU Music Event: PCMC – Malta 1st Prize Winners 7:30 p.m., Music Hall
Golden Eagle Fest 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., U-SU Plaza, 1st Floor, U-SU STARS: Writing Grad School Statements 3:15 p.m., Alhambra Room, 3rd Floor, U-SU
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