November 14 2014

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THE COLLEGIAN FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2014

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Student dies in car accident Collegian Staff @TheCollegian

VETERANS REMEMBERED By Megan Ginise | @SimplyMeg13 In honor of Veterans Day, university students, faculty and alumni gathered Monday morning in the Rose Garden to celebrate the rededication of the 16-ton Fresno State Veterans Monument that was formerly located at the corner of Cedar and Shaw avenues. Fresno State football coach Tim DeRuyter delivered the keynote message for the ceremony, saying he felt privileged to be able to honor the 21 million people who have served and are still serving today in the U.S. Armed Forces. “I consistently try to remind our players of the selfless sacrifice that our veterans have provided and will continue to provide for our country,” DeRuyter said. “Too many times, we as a country take for granted these freedoms, as well as the men and women who provide them.” The monument, which was originally dedicated in 1960 to “Fresno State College students who died in service of our country,” was the final part of Fresno State’s signage project that was initiated in the sum-

Summit aims to make campus greener By Colby Tibbet @Robotmilk

See VETERANS, Page 6 Chaplin Clayton Diltz introduces speakers at the Veterans Day Ceremony in the Rose Garden on Monday.

Members of the Fresno State Army ROTC Bulldog Battalion stand at attention in front of the Veterans Memorial. Photos by Darlene Wendels • The Collegian

Air Force veteran Tom Kelton listens to “God Bless America” at the Veterans Day Ceremony in the Rose Garden.

Some CSU campuses under fire for success fees By Carla Rivera

Los Angeles Times/TNS As University of California leaders push for a controversial multiyear tuition increase, the larger California State University system is holding back, preferring instead to wait and see if more funding can be coaxed from the state, officials said. That doesn’t mean, however, that Cal State leaders have escaped criticism over their own handling of costs. A dozen campuses have imposed so-called student success fees of up to nearly $800 per student, which many critics see as effectively tuition hikes, to augment academic services and hire faculty.

Fresno State graduate student Ana Tapia died after her vehicle was hit by a tire that had become dislodged from a semi-truck last Friday on Highway 99 in Fresno. Tapia, 22 from Fowler, was in the first year of her graduate studies in Fresno State’s Master of Public Health Program. She received her bachelor’s degree in public health from the university in May, graduating magna cum laude. “We are so deeply saddened by Ana’s passing,” said Dr. Jody Hironaka-Juteau, dean of the College of Health and Human Services, in a statement released by University Communications. A public viewing and recital of the Holy Rosary will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. at Page Funeral Home in Selma on Sunday. There will also be a Mass celebrated at 9 a.m. on Monday at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Selma. An on-campus memorial service is currently being planned. A memorial fund to assist Tapia’s family has been set up at Bank of America, account No. 325047565720.

The Cal State board of trustees, meeting in Long Beach on Wednesday and Thursday, will hear preliminary recommendations to better inform students about the use of fees, including a new requirement for their previous approval. On the same agenda, trustees also face the prospect of a proposed 3 percent pay hike for the chancellor, campus presidents and other executives. It is almost a replay of 2011, when trustees approved a $100,000 increase in compensation for the incoming San Diego State president as it increased annual student tuition by 12 percent.

See CSU, Page 6

Timothy White CSU Chancellor

The Fresno State Sustainability Project will hold its inaugural Sustainability Summit today on campus in the Viticulture and Enology conference room. The event, the first step taken in forming an on-campus sustainability institute, is spearheaded by the Fresno State Sustainability Project, a coalition of the applied behavioral science and earth and environmental science departments. The group aims to change practices and methods on campus to help with environmental efficiency and make a more green-wise campus. “We focused on coordinating and improving practices in education, research and activity at Fresno State. We found the campus had so much going on related to sustainability, yet most members of the university did not know about this, and there was little coordination,” said Dr. Criss Wilhite, professor and founder of the Applied Behavior Analysis Programs on campus and one of the creators and advisers of the Sustainability Project. While the project is still relatively new, Wilhite said the support from students and faculty has been positive. “Within a year, we had formed relations with plant operations, various professors, and administrators on campus and a wonderful group of students,” said Wilhite.

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