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SPORTS Women’s volleyball seniors excel in last conference win. p. 8
CFA strike for salary increase Anthony Carpio Daily Sundial
“We’re all part of the same thing” After talks with the CSU and holding an informational picket at all 23 CSU campuses, CFA President Lillian Taiz rallied about 80 faculty members and students to hold a one-day strike against money mismanagement at CSU Dominguez Hills Thursday. “We are here to protect middleclass jobs, we’re here to ensure that our students become middle class and we’re all under attack,” Taiz said. “We’re under attack by folks who believe that they are part of some special group, some 1 percent that includes the chancellor and unfortunately some of the folks on the board of trustees. They are obsessed with the presidents and their executives, and they are hiring for incredible amounts of money.” Taiz compared the faculty members on strike to Occupy protesters across the globe, saying that they are tired with Chancellor Charles Reed not giving the CFA what they want. “It’s really important for us to be out here and make our voices heard and be part of the voice of the 99 percent. We’re all part of the same thing,” she said. Though the strike only lasted for one day, Taiz said it is likely that another strike will be held next semester. “Well if we don’t get heard, then it keeps going. We are hoping that the chancellor will be reasonable, hoping that he will refocus his priorities to pay attention to needs of the folks in the trenches, but if not we’ll just keep going,” she said. “He’s using students, faculty and staff like they’re ATMs. (Wednesday) they raised student fees another 9 percent. How far can this go?”
“Quality of education” Nate Thomas, CTVA professor and president of the CFA chapter at CSUN, arrived on the CSU Dominguez Hills campus at 6 a.m. “This campus is closed today. There are no classes at Cal State Dominguez Hills today,” Thomas said. “Unfortunately, it’s a concerted action that is disrupting the normal operation of the system, and that’s what we have to do to get their attention in Long Beach at the chancellor’s office.” Thomas had a list of items he wanted to see fixed by the CSU. “We hope to get a contract. We hope to get treated with respect. We hope for them to stop playing games. We’d hope they’d stop misusing the funds and lining their pockets for all their administrators and start putting the money back into the classrooms,” he said. “We would hope that this would end today, I know I would, that we can go on and teach and just move on. Nobody wants to do this. Nobody is happy about having to do a strike.” Thomas was accompanied by a dozen or so CSUN professors, who took the time to support their fellow CSU professors across the state. “Canceling classes was not an easy thing to do” “I think it’s unfortunate that a lot of salary increases have been to persons who are not integrally involved in the classroom,” said Charles Walker, a speech professor at CSU Dominguez Hills. “Teaching is a very demanding profession and I really don’t think (the faculty) were asking beyond that which is deserved.” Walker was put in a difficult situation when the CFA decided to hold the
Anthony Carpio / Daily Sundial
See CFA, page 2
Faculty members march along Victoria Street in front of CSU Dominquez Hills in protest to unpaid raises and quality of education for students on Thursday, Nov. 17.
Third Annual Campus Clothing and Food Drive Volunteers beat last years record, but overall goal was not met Andres Aguila Daily Sundial
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Canned foods and books sit on the steps in front of the Oviatt Library. The Unified We Serve volunteer program collected around 16,000 items in this years 3rd annual CSUN Campus Clothing and Food Drive. Thursday, Nov. 17.
hanks to volunteers and donors, Unified We Serve beat last year’s total number of collected items during the Third Annual Campus Clothing and Food Drive. In spite of this achievement, however, the program’s set goal of 30,000 items was not met during the two-week charity event. Around 16,000 cans, books,
clothes and toys were rounded up during the event, which drew 1,000 items more than last year’s total of 15,000. The items collected will go to the Meet Each Need with Dignity (MEND), a Pacoima-based nonprofit organization that serves over 31,000 individuals per month. Some of the items were displayed on the Oviatt Library steps Thursday afternoon. The items were scheduled to be on display for 24 hours on Wednes-
day afternoon, but was cancelled due to weather conditions. The display was intended “to show CSUN students the impact they themselves have on the community,” said journalism major Talar Alexanian, the program’s events assistant. As volunteers placed items on the steps, people came by to drop off last-minute donations and others stopped to take a look or capture a
See Food drive, page 3