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BOARD OF TRUSTEES WEIGHS PROP. 30 OPTIONS
LOCAL | Politicians on campus
Democrat Jay Chen to speak at OLLI Osher Lifelong Learning Institute plans to host politicians to inform members and students DANIEL HERNANDEZ Daily Titan
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Acting CSU chancellor Charles Reed laid out his three-part contingency plan if Proposition 30 passes or fails on Nov. 6, election day. In addition to the proceedings, the board ended a drawn out struggle for faculty by ratifying a contract effectively ending the threat of strike.
Board meeting sets course Faculty contract ratified after two-year battle DAVID HOOD & DOMINIQUE ROCKER Daily Titan
The CSU Board of Trustees met Tuesday to discuss the possible outcomes if Proposition 30 passes in November, in addition to ratifying a faculty contract that has been battled out for two years. Cal State Fullerton President Mildred Garcia, Ed.D., described California higher education as a public good, one that gives back to the community of the state and to all its interests. Furthermore, the state of California is in “peril,” she said, if its citizens are not educated. “I think nobody’s happy with what would happen if Prop. 30 fails,” said Garcia. “Everybody’s going to be hurt–not only the CSU, the system and everyone who works in it, but also the citizens of California are going to be hurt.” She called the current educational budget crisis the “civil rights issue of our time” in its magnitude and importance. Proposition 30 is a bill that would fund K-12 schools and community colleges first, with public universities and other social programs taking the leftovers. The measure would increase personal income taxes for earners over $250,000
for the next seven years and raise sales tax by a quarter-cent for four years. It aims to raise $6 billion to stop automatic spending reductions that would take place if the proposition is not passed. Acting CSU Chancellor Charles Reed initiated a three-scenario contingency plan if Proposition 30 passes or fails. The first scenario, if it fails, would institute a 5 percent tuition increase, amounting to about $150 more per student per semester. This will, at its bare minimum, keep the budget where it currently is. The second scenario, if the measure passes, would roll back tuition prices by reimbursing students the $498 that was demanded almost a year ago. “This is really the biggest challenge the CSU has ever had to face,” Reed said in his opening statements about the budget. “The CSU has been in a prolonged financial crisis.” “For the last five years, we have cut our general fund, operating budget by $1.1 billion. That is not insignificant,” he said. The third plan is to eliminate nine upper-division general education classes to reduce the number of units to graduate to 120 for most CSU programs. Audience members who were granted a hearing had serious doubts about the
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Cal State Fullerton hopes to engage its members Thursday from 11 a.m. to noon with political topics at a public forum held at the Ruby Gerontology Center. Jay Chen, the Democratic candidate running for congress against Republican Ed Royce in the newly redrawn 39th district of California, will be featured at the public forum where he will attempt to make a lasting impression on the senior crowd. Chen faces an uphill battle this November, running against an incumbent who has held the congressional seat since 1992. “With the redistricting that took place last year, the 39th district lines were redrawn, and we now have a more competitive district,” said Ron Osajima, chair of the OLLI-CSUF collaboration committee, about why he thought it was important to hold the forum. “So we thought it was appropriate… for our members to hear both the Democratic and the Republican candidates for office.” Congressman Royce’s campaign has not responded to requests from OLLI, asking him to speak at the forum, Osajima said. But Osajima also said the congressman is welcome to speak any time to lay out his platform for reelection. Royce’s platform, which is mainly focused on creating jobs, is outlined on his website. The site states that he wants to lower taxes for small and medium sized businesses, slash the national debt, repeal unnecessary regulation and increase domestic energy supply to lessen the country’s dependence on foreign oil. SEE OLLI, 2
CAMPUS | Alumni donations
Alumni called for donations Some recent grads voice disapproval of being contacted so soon after having paid tuition only months before LAUREN TORRES Daily Titan
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Disgruntled members of the crowd were heard during the meeting in protest of any mention of another tuition increase.
nuances of the plan. They were mainly concerned with programs that by default require more time to complete, such as architecture and engineering, which are high-unit degrees. Reed cited dire circumstances that
the CSU has had to overcome, which resulted in a cut of 3,000 faculty and staff in addition to little-to-no raises since 2007. SEE TRUSTEES, 3
Titan Fund has contacted a number of recently graduated Cal State Fullerton students over the summer, asking if they would like to contribute by making a donation to their alma mater. Titan Fund is a division within University Advancement with the sole purpose of contacting and building relationships with CSUF students, alumni, parents and friends. These efforts are made annually. Titan Fund callers fill recipients in regarding news and upcoming university events, as well as collect contributions from the outreach to help benefit the university’s needs. SEE FUND, 2
WORLD | Facebook’s situation
Facebook to erase fake accounts
At least 83 million accounts on the social media giant are fake JAZMIN SANCHEZ Daily Titan
At almost one billion users worldwide, the social media giant Facebook has its share of fake accounts, which continues to rise. According to a statement released by Facebook earlier this summer, the percentage of fake accounts now caps out at 8.7 percent, an increase from an estimate made in March stating only 5 to 6 percent of profiles were fake. Facebook released in its latest IPO that there are currently about 83 million fake accounts on the socialnetworking site. Of the 83 million false accounts,
over half are duplicate accounts, and almost 23 million are misclassified accounts—that have been written off as personal profiles but are used for companies, groups, or pets—and 14 million have been created for spamming. While Facebook is working towards disabling all false accounts, the company admits it does not delete any accounts from their servers, reported CNN. Kendall Morizono, 19, a kinesiology major, said she’s disappointed in how Facebook has handled registration for the site. “The fact that there are so many fake accounts means that Facebook should eliminate the personal information it requires when you register so that our information isn’t vulnerable to the predators out there,” said Morizono.
Fox News reported that Facebook believes that most of its registered fake accounts come from developing countries such as Indonesia and Turkey. “While these numbers are based on what we believe to be reasonable estimates of our user base for the applicable period of measurement, there are inherent challenges in measuring usage of our products across large online and mobile populations around the world,” said a Facebook representative in a statement regarding how the company conducts its findings. “For example, there may be individuals who maintain one or more Facebook accounts in violation of our terms of service, despite our efforts to detect and suppress such behavior,” the statement continued. SEE FACEBOOK, 3
facebook facts About Facebook
Founded in 2004, Facebook’s mission is to make the world more open and connected. People use Facebook to stay connected with friends and family, to discover what’s going on with the world, and to share and express what matters to them.
Statistics
• 955 million monthly active users • Approximately 81% of active users are outside the U.S. and Canada. • 552 million average daily active users • 543 million monthly active users who used Facebook mobile products
Headquarters
1601 Willow Road Menlo Park, Calif. 94025
Employees
• 3,976 employees SOURCE: Facebook Stats measure up to the end of June 2012