FOOTBALL PLAYERS QUIZZED ON SUPER BOWL
Saturday brings music and dancing to campus FEATURES Campus faculty trio prepares for benefit concert CULTURE Bulldogs continue history in Super Bowl SPORTS
Online video: Visit The Collegian online at http://collegian.csufresno.edu to see how they did
FRIDAY Issue FEBRUARY 1, 2013 FRESNO STATE
COLLEGIAN.CSUFRESNO.EDU
SERVING CAMPUS SINCE 1922
Financial NOT IN MY services DOGHOUSE nab 20th examined Bulldogs straight home win Government bureau launches inquiry into campus banking
Story on page 8
Special to The Collegian Last semester, Fresno State joined the ranks of many other higher education institutions by contracting with an outside company to provide financial services for its students. Now, the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has launched a nationwide inquiry into how effective these types of financial institutions are and what impact they have on students. The agency is asking for input from students, parents, higher education communities and the public about their experiences with these financial products. The CFPB hopes to cull responses from these groups about a variety of topics dealing with financial service companies, including: • What information schools share with financial institutions when they establish these relationships; • How campus financial products are marketed to students; • What fees students are being charged to use these products; • How schools set up marketing agreements with financial institutions; and • Student experiences using campus financial products in their day-to-day lives. According to a Thursday White House press release, “The CFPB intends to use the information gathered to determine whether these arrangements are in the best interest of students.” I t w a s n o t s t at e d wh at action, if any, may result from the findings of this inquiry. Colleges and universities have adopted outside financial products to provide students with more options, particularly those without traditional bank accounts. In an Aug. 22, 2012 story in The Collegian, University Controller Anthony Forestiere said that Fresno State sought out a company to provide alternative financial aid services when the university found that 40 percent of its students received their financial aid disbursements in the form of mailed checks, which would often be directly cashed instead of deposited. Fresno State researched a See INQUIRY, Page 3
Roe Borunda / The Collegian
Bree Farley (5) drives the lane for a layup during Fresno State's 60-47 Mountain West Conference victory over Air Force Wednesday night at the Save Mart Center. The win marks the Bulldogs' 20th straight win at home, the nation's fourth-longest active home win streak.
Republicans introduce Prop. 30 revision
Former Fresno Mayor Jim Patterson co-authors AB 67 to ensure funding for education By Haley Lambert The Collegian California State Assembly Bill 67 (AB 67) is written on two and half pages. Other bills, across all levels of legislature, seem to fill scores of paper.
Introduced on Jan. 7 by Republican Assemblyman Jeff Gorell of Camarillo, AB 67 works in conjunction to Gov. Jerry Brown’s Proposition 30. Where Proposition 30 increases both income and sales taxes through the years
2013-14 and 2018-2019, the edu- tuition charged to students of cation funding made possible the California State University by these taxes is guaranteed from exceeding the level of the only for the 2013-14 year. mandatory system-wide fees or According to the official title tuition charged to students of and summary prepared by the the California State University attorney general of California, for the 2011-12 fiscal year.” the revenues gained within the T h e same para g raph is six years of the proposition’s repeated in sequence, with operation may be sequestered Califor nia State University for education funding. being substituted by the words, A number of Califor nia ‘University of Califor nia’ Republican Assembly mem- and ‘California Community bers and state senators believe Colleges’. this to be an empty guarantee Assemblyman Jim rather than a promise. Thus, Patterson, who co-authored AB Gorell and Anthony Canella — 67, is a Republican from Fresno a Republican and for mer state senator c i t y m a y o r. from Ceres He finds AB e want to estabwho authored 67 and SB 58 lish the benchSenate Bill 58 the most commark that as long as Prop p r e h e n s i v e (SB 58), the Senate equivaantidote for 30 taxes are in place, lent to AB 67 keep the commitment not t h e wo e s o f — have introCalifornia to raise tuition.” duced legishigher educalation meant tion. to guarantee “We want to — Jim Patterson, funding for California assemblyman establish the all levels of benchmark California that as long as public higher education. Prop. 30 taxes are in place keep T he langua g e of AB 67 the commitment not to raise states that tuition for all public the tuition,” Patterson said. higher education systems in H e n o t e d B r ow n ’ s p e rCalifornia must not increase suading the University of as long as Proposition 30 taxes California (UC) and California are in effect. State University (CSU) adminThe Le gislative Counsel i s t r a t o r s t o n o t i n c r e a s e summary states: tuition. This, of course, was “The bill, from the 2013-14 made possible by the revenue fiscal year to the 2018-19 fiscal promises of Proposition 30. year, inclusive, would prohibit Patterson — a freshman mandatory system-wide fees or See REVISION, Page 3
“W
Khlarissa Agee / The Collegian
Assemblyman Jim Patterson discusses Assembly Bill 67, which he coauthored with Assemblyman Jeff Gorell. The bill is designed to guarantee that the money from Proposition 30 will stay within higher education systems.