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NIVERSITY IMES
September 11, 2017
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C A L I F O R N I A S T A T E U N I V E R S I T Y, L O S A N G E L E S
Parking and Transportation costs on campus continue to rise and this semester is no exception. Parking permits increased from $165 to $182, and the price of the Metro U-Pass has also increased from $95 to $125 since the spring.
Cost increases for all permits have left students like business major, Jazmin Figueroa, wondering why students are continually being charged more for these services.
Issue 215.04
PARKING PROBLEMS
'Over 500 spaces will be closed in Lot 5 in Spring as the construction of Parking Structure E begins.'
Parking and Transportation Services Director, Carmen Gachupin, explained that increased costs are funding a new parking structure. Construction will begin in May 2018. According to Gachupin, the estimated cost of the structure is $65 million, and is expected to be completed by July 2019. “The parking prices were increased by 10 percent due to the upcoming construction of the new parking structure,” said Gachupin. “The parking structure is going to run about $65 million, but we are gaining 2,300 parking spaces from it.” (Continued to Page 4)
Ricky Rodas Investigative Reporter Joshua Mejia
Conversations on Race
A campus forum during the 'Get Woke Stay Woke' festival dissects the difficulties in discussing race. Marcela Valdivia Staff Reporter
Last Tuesday at the UniversityStudent Union Theatre, a prerecorded video introduced Columbia University Professor, Derald Wing Sue, whose recent work, “Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race”, captured the theme of the evening–race dialogue. This was part of the “Get Woke Stay Woke” festival organized by the Cross Cultural Centers.
Juan J. Palma
Students write what "get woke" means to them
As professor of Psychology and Education at the Teachers College, Columbia University, Sue coined the term “microaggressions” to illustrate the effect that race talk has in various discussions and environments. “Early childhood memories of being teased due to his ethnicity led to the fascination of human behavior,” said Frederick Smith, Director of the Cross Cultural Centers (CCC). “His deep interest and passion led him to become one of the prominent voices in Cross Cultural Studies.”
Brian Delgado
The "get woke, stay woke' shirt handed out by the Cross Cultural Centers
Sue emphasized the difficulties for people to discuss race without others getting upset. “The problem is that people do
LA ONDA
not have racial dialogues, but racial monologues. People state their positions and stick to their position without making a connection to other possible ideas,” said Sue.
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Page 6 --
"Dreamers y DACA"
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"Be afraid, be very afraid!"
Juan J. Palma
Organizations from Cal State LA informed students about their missions
Sue conducted a series of studies on race dialogue among white students, students of color, white faculty, and (Continued to Page 4)
SPORTS Page 8 --
"Golden Eagles Soar in Overtime"