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Daily Titan
Thursday November 8, 2007
The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton
DTSHORTHAND TODAY@CSUF
Charity Poker Tournament – The Student and Vo l u n t e e r Center is raising money to benefit the Hunger Coalition. The tournament is being held in the TSU Pub on Saturday from 6 to 10 p.m. The price is $30 to play and $5 to watch. Tickets are sold at the door.
CSU salary increases under scrutiny as audits come out By NATHAN WHEADON
Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
From July 1, 2002, through June 30, 2007, the CSU payroll increased by 9.6 percent to about $225.8 mil-
lion. But increases varied significantly by employment classification. Average executive compensation increased at a significantly higher percentage for executives, who witnessed salary raises of 25.1 percent
from 2002 to 2007. Such salary increases contributed disproportionately to payroll growth according to a letter by Auditor Elaine M. Howle to the governor and state legislative leaders. On Tuesday, the California State
Auditor released its analysis of the CSUs’ controversial executive pay and benefits policies. Average compensation for management personnel plan employees, such as managers and professional technical staff, increased by 10.4
percent. In contrast, average compensation for tenure-track faculty and other faculty increased by just 5.6 percent and 6.2 percent. Over the past couple of years, the See AUDIT, Page 3
Making a statement at CSUF
Stuff Your Face for F.A.C.E.S. – Public Relations management students are hosting a pie eating contest to support the not-for-profit organization F.A.C.E.S. The contest is being held in the Titan Amphitheatre from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday Night Movie – “The Bourne Ultimatum” will be shown at 6 and 9 p.m. in the TSU Theatre.
Homeless man uses church phone for sex CLARKSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) – Thou shalt not use a church’s telephone to call a sex hot line, saith police in this Hudson Valley town. A homeless man has been accused of breaking into a Valley Cottage church by picking a lock so he could dial a sex line. James Macnair was arraigned Monday night before Clarkstown Justice Scott Ugell on charges of burglary, possession of a burglar’s tools and petty larceny. He admitted he had sinned before, breaking into the Elim Alliance Church days earlier for the same reason, the judge said. A church treasurer found Macnair on the phone both times, police said. The first time, when he was in an office, she told him to leave, but the second time, when he was in a basement area used as a nursery for children, she called 911, they said. Macnair, 35, was being held without bail Tuesday at the Rockland County jail and was due in court Wednesday. A desk officer at the jail said it wasn’t possible to put Macnair on the phone to speak to a reporter.
Correction
Due to a reporting error, information was misleading regarding shuttle sponsors in the article titled “RTVF major takes on an internship wehre she sees stars” in the Nov. 6 issue of the Daily Titan. Currently, Mercedes-Benz and Rolls-Royce have no confirmed service with Dubois, Pelin and Associates. The Daily Titan regrets this error.
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By Sara Davis/For the Daily Titan Amanda Trovela, 18, signs the wall of prejudices Wednesday during the rally against hate. Students were encouraged to write stereotypes and prejudices they have experienced.
Above - Students stop to read anti-hate messages written on T-shirts for the “Clothesline Project.” Top - Miniature nooses hang ominously among T-shirts displaying anti-hate messages. The nooses were hung anonymously the night before the rally.
Groups come together against intolerance Rally Against Hate is an event held for unity and understanding By KEVIN MANAHAN and KARL ZYNDA Daily Titan Staff Writers news@dailytitan.com
Hanging nooses did not keep student organizations from holding the second annual Rally Against Hate on Wednesday in the Quad. The rally pushed forward with guest speakers, open mic dialogues and opportunities for students to
vent their own experiences with hate. Five nooses were found just before 9 a.m. by Lisa Tom, the rally’s coordinator and the cultural affairs director for the Association of Inter–Cultural Awareness. The nooses were spray painted orange and found hanging on the rally’s Clothesline Project, a presentation that was designed to be a testimony for students who have experienced any kind of prejudice. “The nooses are the message of someone who wanted to let us know about how they feel about
this rally,” said co-advisor Anthony Ragazzo, who also serves as the Associated Students Inc. adviser for AICA. “Someone anonymously and cowardly left those last night. One can only imagine why they would do that.” Yen-Ling Shek, co-advisor for the rally and coordinator of the Multicultural Leadership Center, filed a police report on the incident. Event organizers left the nooses up briefly for people to see. “I thought it was strange because I thought this [rally] was against hatred, and the nooses show that
hate is still present,” said undeclared sophomore Natalie Lopez. Ragazzo addressed the crowd about the incident, emphasizing that hate can happen even on this campus despite what people’s general perceptions that prejudice does not happen at CSUF.Awareness, tolerance and being proactive against hate were all key messages for this year’s rally. Tom said the rally was first held last year as a reactionary event following a hate crime that occurred just off campus. Gaston Gastelum, a CSUF student attacked two
women, including another CSUF student, who he believed were lesbians. Instead of having a rally in response to one specific incident, Shek said they wanted to make the rally an annual event to encourage students to take more initiative against hate because it can happen anywhere and anytime. “The main message this year is to educate, to not be silent, and to empower people to take action so that we don’t have to be reactive,” Shek said. “This is a much more See HATE, Page 3
Langsdorf Hall doors get replaced as part of renovations CSUF takes action to start replacing the older building doors By Sylvia MASUDA
Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
Those who pass through Langsdorf Hall on their class commute may have walked by a cacophony of scraping and grating coming from the building’s new installation of glass sliding doors. Physical Plant is involved in a month-long process of detaching three of the building’s doors. The doors will be replaced with automatic sliding doors. “The difficulty in opening manual doors is a reality for lots of people on campus,” said Paul Miller, director of disabled student services. “This really makes everyone’s experience more comfortable.” The doors old age and state of disrepair prompted Physical Plant to take action.
Doors have already been installed in the first floor west entrance. Construction workers are now in the process of replacing the doors in the first floor’s south entrance and are slated to finish Nov. 16. The second floor north entrance will follow suit from Nov. 19 to Dec. 3. “This will make the doors much more handicap-accessible,” said Jim Corbett, manager of the projects organization of the plant. Handicap-accessible doors are already in buildings such as Pollak Library and University Hall. Instead of sliding doors, however, these doors swing open with the push of a button. “In my opinion, the sliding doors are a good idea,” said 18-year-old Justin Samson, a political science major with low vision. “I really don’t mind the [existing] doors. But I can see how they would make them. I don’t think that someone in a wheelchair would be able to pull the handles.” The button-operated doors last anywhere from 20 to 40 years, “de-
pending upon the quality of them,” Corbett said. While sliding doors require complete demolition of the existing doors, the button-operated entrances use the door hardware already there. These type of doors are also cheaper than sliding doors. On the downside, button-operated doors cannot withstand as much wear and tear as their sliding counterparts, Corbett said. Button-operated doors are meant to help disabled students; sometimes, they also pose problems. “In the [Education Classroom building], I have a difficult time with the door with the button,” said 23year-old human services major Jason Quach. “Even though it’s automatic, it doesn’t open all the way. It’s at an angle.” Quach, a wheelchair user, said the sliding doors are much easier to go through because they are wider than the old doors and because they are fully automatic; there’s no need to press a button. “Before they boarded it up, this
BY CAMERON PEMSTEIn/Daily Titan Photo Editor Doors in Langsdorf Hall have been boarded up with new doors to be gradually built in. “Before they boarded it up, this door was small,” CSUF student Jason Quach said.
door was small,” Quach said, pointing to the first floor’s south entrance. “Sometimes I had to push out the other door, or do it carefully. Otherwise, I’d hit the side.” The new doors are not just beneficial to disabled students. The ease of
walking through an entrance rather than pushing open a door can lead to smoother flow of traffic, said 28year-old physics major Corban Riley. “As the campus gets more and See DOOR, Page 3