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LONG-SERVING PRESIDENT OF SF STATE ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT Robert A. Corrigan says he will retire at the end of this academic year. He has been at his post since 1988 and oversaw vast campus expansion.

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Tuition climbs higher

MARCHING IN THE STREETS: BART PROTESTS CONTINUE

Students return to school from summer break with a 22 percent increase in fees this semester, and that may not be the last hike they see.

Bay Area transit provider continues to be plagued by questions about its management and judgment.

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University campuses across the state this semester, as tuition and fees rose

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inutes after 5 p.m. Monday night, the Civic Center BART station was over-

in riot gear before the crowd rushed above ground.

Protesters took to the streets in response to what they

protest. protest on August 11 in response to the death of a man named fect beginning this semester. At its nesses assert that he was unarmed. As a few protesters began service.

rise.

“I found out that there was another increase when I started sum

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SF SPEAKS OUT

Feeling the pinch school,” said Mason Mullendore, 22, a design and industry major.

The increase is the latest in a series of tuition increases in recent years.

It’s not a pleasant thing to have your tuition raised, but there is a bigger picture behind it. Everyone has to make compromises.

All I have to say is that before they make decisions on behalf of the college students, they should have put themselves in the shoes of the students.

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I wish we were informed earlier that our tuition could be raised.

Maybe if you told us when we applied that tuition could be raised at least we’d know.

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dore said. “So I’ve watched it go up. It’s not very good.”

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than six units at SF State will pay $3,138 for tuition and school-based fees. This compares to Despite the increases, not everyone felt the pinch.

“I didn’t pay too much, because of FAFSA reasons,” said student Rafael Castillo, 19. “It option. It’s a lot less expensive than other places.”

For students like Castillo, the good news is that one-third of all tuition increases will go to ments.

That still may not cover everything. and then I’d still have money for books,” MulIn addition to the tuition increase, SF State President Robert A. Corrigan authorized a $9 increase in fees to the Student Body Association fee, bringing the total fee to $51, according to the Bursar’s Department website. That is approximately a 21 percent increase since last year.

Some students expressed concern over oncrisis.

“I wonder about the library,” said Rebecca Hemenway, a psychology major. “And the dues increase concerns me.”

Mullendore, however, said that he thinks salaries and other costs are to blame.

“You can’t blame these increases on the li-

million cut mid-year if the state fails to generate the projected revenue that it incorporated into the budget.

If this happens, students may face an even larger tuition and fee increase in the coming semesters.

TRANSPORTATION: HOW TO PARK AT SF STATE AND LIVE TO TELL THE TALE Price of parking in Lot 20 raised as part of plan to pay off selfsustaining construction loans.

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Just when you thought the cost of being a student at SF State could not possibly be more expensive, you’ll now be paying more to park in the school’s primary lot for students.

SEE A VIDEO OF SCOTT TRYING TO PARK AT GOLDENGATEXPRESS.ORG Burnor, 25, a graduate student. “It’s kind of confusing, I don’t really get how they have the payments listed.”

SF State is one of the only California State offers a semester pass for $192, and Cal State East

million project to provide seismic upgrades and State student will pay roughly double that in a semesnorthwest side of campus where many student commuters park, according to Agnes Wong-Nickerson, the Associate Vice President for Fiscal Affairs. day. Now, there is a minimum of $3 for two hours or less, and $6 per day. There is no option for a semester pass if you live off campus.

“If I had to come back for another semester, I would probably look for street parking,” said Allison

“That’s a lot of money,” said Noam Scott, 28, a graduate student. “That’s comparable to street parking in the middle of the city.”

The fee increase will be used to pay back the project, Wong-Nickerson said. The parking fund is self-supporting, and all of the money made in the parking garage is restricted to operation, maintenance

and construction of parking facilities.

“The project will prolong the useful life of the garage,” Wong-Nickerson said. “It will also make it more accessible by adding an elevator and building a new pedestrian bridge, which opened on August 15.”

In order to pay back the debt service over 25 years, there are two more parking fee increases cording to Wong-Nickerson.

Some students have begun considering other parking alternatives since they learned of the fee increase.

“I was appalled,” said Tony Sargenti, a graduate student. “It’s just another reason to park on the street and walk to campus.”

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With a double-dip recession possibly approaching the American economy, many citizens are finding creative ways to make ends meet. One industrious fellow, who wasn’t an SF State student, tried reselling books he hadn’t purchased to the bookstore on Monday, August 15. Campus police were contacted and they barred him from returning to the campus.

Trader Joe’s has a fan-following thanks to its low prices and Hawaiian ambiance (also, those veggie chips are amazing!). On August 17 at 3:20 p.m., one Trader Joe’s admirer decided to take one of the grocery chain’s shopping carts home, possibly to represent the brand proudly as they attempted Jackass-inspired stunts. Unfortunately, shopping cart removal is illegal and the TJ’s fan was ticketed.

A person in the psychology building reported the smell of gas inside of the building Friday at 5 p.m. Campus police confirmed the smell and contacted PG & E who said the gas leak was nonthreatening and would be repaired Monday.

Xpress spoke with the facilities maintenance team who said the a main gas line was shut off and manholes were opened to remove the smell from the building.

COLLEGE MERGER: Departments adjust to new organization THE MERGER

SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN COMBINED TO SAVE MONEY.

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Absorbed into most of the other departments.

The College of Behavioral and Social Science The College of Arts and Humanities The College of Creative Arts + Humanities The College of Business Graduate School of Education The College of Health and Human Services

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NEW FACILITY WILL FEATURE MODERN AMENITIES Long-awaited library will feature a cafe, a rare-book collection and a robotic retrieval system. maolson@mail.sfsu.edu

In the furthest northwestern part of the SF State campus, students can be heard catching their breath after making the long trek to the temporary library facilities located in Annex I. The library was moved three years ago when Leonard Library’s central campus location.

“We’ve been scattered,” said library assistant Francisco Ortiz Hopkins. “But this new building is going to be great for students.”

For now, doors are starting to be installed on the new building and the construction can be seen and heard as new windows appear. The current estimation is that SF State’s library facelift should be complete estimated that the library would be completed by this semester.

According to project manager Baron Gee, the completion date for the building was postponed because the budget did not pass in time.

Still, the new structure seems to be coming together.

“I think students can see it’s shaping up pretty well,” said Darlene Tong, head of information, research and instructional services. “Once we are back in the building it will be much more convenient for students.” collection. The Sutro Library will be located on the and genealogy collections. The Sutro Library is a sepa“I think students will love to have the study space,”

Tong said. “It will address and provide for different learning styles.”

The space will be newly furnished with access to power, data and wireless Internet. The different

I just want this one to be open already.

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quiet and collaborative study.

The added space will be in part to a new Library Retrieval System, which will reduce the amount of space needed for open stacks. The LRS is a robotic storage system that uses a crane to retrieve books.

“It stores things in a compact way,” Tong said. “It is very efSince the construction began, most library services have been moved to the Library Annex I, also known as “The Big Bubble.”

of the Annex once it is vacated of library services.

For now, other services such as part of the research collections and laptop rental have been moved to the HSS building, on the opposite side of campus from the

Annex. In HSS 127 students can checkout a laptop for four hours. This service will continue in the new structure, and will probably be utilized more with a central location.

The spread of services has caused a disconnect among students about the library.

“I went there (the Annex) when I was a freshman,” said biology major Halina Doan, now a senior. “It looked old. I never ventured over there again. I don’t even remember where it is.”

Sophomore psychology major Daisy Garcia thinks the Annex is still a good resource despite the location.

“For people who haven’t been there, it is hard to There is a lot of space for people to use.”

But Garcia, along with many other students, is ready for the new and improved library to become a part of the campus again.

“I just want this one to be open already,” Garcia said as she motioned to the building under construction in the main quad of the SF State campus.

Mario Mejia, a senior design major, has used the Annex in his tenure at the University, but is disappointed he will not get to use the new facility.

“I’m excited to see it go up, but I probably won’t be here to see it, so that sucks,” Mejia said.

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FAMILY HOLDS OUT HOPE FOR MISSING SF STATE ALUMNA Nursing student Michelle Le went missing on May 27 in Hayward, but community members and relatives persist to keep their search in the public eye

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As the days pass since Michelle Hoang Thi Le’s disappearance from a Hayward hospital, more volunteers from around the Bay Area and other areas increase their efforts to keep Le’s disappearance in media across the country.

Search parties and awareness campaigns continue for Le, an SF state alumna who was studying nursing at Samuel Merritt College at the time of her disappearance. She was last seen around 7 p.m. on May 27 as she left Kaiser Permanente Hayward Medical Center.

Photos of Le are posted across the SF State campus.

According to Krystine Dinh, Le’s younger sister, their family’s struggle to maintain active attention on Le’s case is meant to give police a sense of urgency and prioritize their plight.

“We still care and are not just sitting back waiting for the police to do all the work and to tell us what happens next.

That is why we are trying to promote awareness of her disappearance so that

we can put pressure on the police department to be active in the case,” Dinh said.

Le left the hospital during a break from an evening shift that she was working as part of her nursing training but she never returned.

According to a press release from Hayward police, her car was driven out of the hospital parking structure that night, but was found locked only a few blocks away. Calls to her cell phone went unanswered.

Despite the fact that Hayward Police declared Le’s case a homicide in early June, her family has not lost the hope alive.

“We, as a family, were devastated and distraught when we were told to come into the station and they sat us down to tell us that they were going to declare the case a homicide because there was evidence suggesting that she could be dead,” Dinh said. “But we are staying hopeful because there’s the chance that she might not be dead and we are keeping this hope up until we know for sure she is no longer with us.”

According to Dinh, the evidence that contributed to the police decision to rule her disappearance a homicide included blood spatter evidence collected from Le’s car and from the Kaiser hospital parking structure; information collected during interviews, review of video footage from the surrounding hospital area and Le’s cellphone records.

Despite the possibility of Le’s death, volunteers from all over California are contributing to the search efforts.

Mike Wetzler, who coordinates events and fundraising efforts for the Le family, is from Napa and decided to help the family when the story of her disappearance hit local television news stations.

“Yeah, for me location is not an issue because a missing person is simply a missing person and my motto is that we will never stop until she is found,” Wetzler said. “Nobody can do everything but everybody can do something to help.”

Find Michelle Campaign and although is part of Le’s sorority, SF State’s Beta

Phi. Le graduated from the University in 2008 with a bachelor’s degree in Family and Consumer Sciences.

“Even if we weren’t in the same sorority, I would still volunteer if someone went missing because people are people and we as a community must help evcould be anywhere so it’s important to create awareness everywhere, whether it be Ohio or France because the more we stay on the look out the closer we’ll be in getting her home.” the Chevy’s restaurant at the Stonestown Galleria August 11 encouraging people to dine and donate to raise funds for the search campaign for the missing nurse.

Many other fundraising events have been scheduled in the Bay Area and according to Wetzler, these efforts will continue until Le’s body is found.

Le is described as 5 feet 6 inches tall with black hair and brown eyes. The Hayward Police Department has set up a tip line for anyone with information that could help with the case; that number is (510) 293-5051.

BART protests draw rowdy supporters The group started as 50 protesters and swelled to about 150 as it continued back to Civic Center.

Not all who were in range of the protest were in support, as angry commuters shouted at protesters and got into verbal altercations with them.

“Police are here to protect people like us. They have jobs and families, too, just like us,” said Yvette Delozada, a 45-year-old resident of Daly City. “It’s unfortunate what happened to Oscar Grant and everything, but sometimes shit happens and there’s nothing you can do.

I’d feel safer near a cop with a gun than a cop without one.”

After protestors returned to Civic Center, they ers to join if they cared about people being murdered by police. Protesters were allowed to continue demonstrating as long as they stayed on the sidewalk.

There was a total of 45 arrests and all stations reopened at 8:37 p.m.

BART has recently been under scrutiny since the shooting of Oscar Grant on New Year’s Eve 2009, sentence for Grant’s death. Protesters were outraged

with the outcome, deeming the sentence too light. Since then, there have been two other shootings, one of Hill and one of a man named Fred Collins.

“You only hear about the big stuff,” Foley said.

“This kind of thing happens every day in Oakland.

Every day someone is approached by police, harassed by police or even harmed by police.”

In response to the protest planned on August 11, maintain safety at BART platforms, which sparked unrest and the involvement of the hacker group Anonymous.

Anonymous hijacked myBART.org on August 14 and released the personal information of at least 2,400 of the site’s users according to a BART press release. some protesters intended on using their phones for illegal activity, including tracking police and gathering in unauthorized areas.

“There was a deliberate attempt to disrupt service (on August 11), which would have compromised passenger safety,” said Bob Franklin, president of the BART Board of Directors. “We couldn’t allow that to happen. We had police, press and protesters all on the platform and the trains are all coming in fast, there’s a third rail with 1,000 volts of electricity. At that point it

becomes dangerous. There are places in BART stations where free speech is allowed and encouraged, but it’s not on the platform.” the Federal Communications Commission. OpBart, the Anonymous-powered project to combat what they believe to be the injustices surrounding BART, also creJohnson, BART’s spokesman and BART chief Kenton Rainey; mandate new training for BART police; publicly apologize for shutting down cell service; take guns away from BART police and reopen the investigation of the killing of Hill.

While many protesters chanted “Don’t shoot,” and “Disband the BART police,” in an effort to end police brutality and proper investigative action, Franklin said that BART has a community review board that seeks to There will be a special meeting today at 9 a.m. at 344 20th Street in Oakland to serve as an open forum for the community to discuss the shut down of cell service.

“The meeting was set up to address concerns. It’s open to everyone in the community,” Franklin said.

“BART wants to hear everyone’s concerns. We want to know what everyone has to say.”

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MORE THAN TWO DECADES OF LEADERSHIP ENDS I think the selection committee should be clear of the University’s mission and vision and select a president that shares and adheres to these values. | CHAIR OF ACADEMIC SENATE

Corrigan was at the helm, making the search for his and I cannot say that I would be around enough to serve.”

Some who have worked with Corrigan believe that he is not using his retirement as a way to abandon the

in land size and in staff and students. There’s been an increase of quality in this educational system and

rest.

have been an honor and I’ll miss him very dearly. He

lege of Arts and Humanities. “I think he stayed longer

a destination and he will always be remembered for all his contributions to this community.”

Corrigan did not always want to be an administrator,

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Welcome Days bring back “The Barber of Seville” The Theater Arts Department performs their version of Gioachino Rossini’s opera, for their second time, as a taste of what’s to come for incoming students

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Welcoming students old and new, the Theater Arts Department is presenting “The Barber of Seville” for the second time this year in hopes of not only providing great entertainment but also spotlighting one of the more creative programs offered at SF State.

The revival was staged to open as part of the school’s annual Welcome Days, an event for freshmen and transfer students to preview campus life.

“It’s a way to get people excited and

interested [in the department],” said director and department lecturer Tracy Ward.

With Welcome Days attracting nearly 7,000 new students and families, the department saw it as the perfect time to help promote a program that offers opportunities within the theater and to jump-start the fall 2011 season of student productions. “[The Barber of Seville] gives people the opportunity to see what the program is really about,” said Myles Vencill, who plays Figaro.

A light-hearted comedy, The Barber

of Seville is centered on the love-struck Count Almaviva who is determined to win the hand of the lovely lady Rosine.

Through desperate attempts at winning over Rosine’s heart with the assistance of his former servant, Figaro, the two conjure up ways to sneak past Rosine’s watchful guardian, Bortholo, who is pursuing Rosine as well.

Originally an opera by Gioachino Rossini, the SF State version is being staged as a play.

“It’s an entertaining show,” said Brennan Cook, who plays the Count Almaviva. “It’s a show to go to have fun;

it’s an experience.”

Cook, a 20-year-old theater major, is reprising his role once more for the play version and is excited to have been given the opportunity to do the show again.

Vencill, 21, who graduated in the spring, explained that it is a rare opportunity to be in the same play twice let alone reprise your original role.

“The Barber of Seville” began its encore on August 18 and will run through August 27.

For tickets and list of showtimes, visit the theater arts department website: http://theatre.sfsu.edu/.

CAMPUS EATS: IKE’S PLACE COMING TO SF STATE The popular Bay Area eatery, notorious for its deserved long lines, is heading to SF State with plans to soon open its third location

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For students who are craving the sweet and tangy of the “Ménage à Trois”, the dream of Ike’s Place Ike Shehadeh, the owner of the famous sandwich shop, signed a lease with the Cesar Chavez Student Center and is in the process of making plans to open his newest Ike’s Place location on the lower level of the student center, replacing the New York Minute Deli.

“I can’t wait to get it open,” Shehadeh said. “I wish we had it open months and months ago.”

Shehadeh originally intended to open up at SF State at the beginning of February, but according to Leonard Corpus, the Retail Commercial Services Manager at the student center, Shehadeh had been busy with other business plans so the ideal open date has been pushed back.

“They were opening two other locations simultaneously, so that is the reason why they were held up a bit,” Corpus said.

Shehadeh just opened a new location in San Francisco at 16th and Sanchez streets, across the street from his old location. Shehadeh was evicted from the previous location last summer because his sandwich shop was so popular that the lines frequently reached down the block.

As a result, the neighbors complained about the eviction.

Shehadeh said that he was not expecting the paperwork for the new location to take so long and that is what slowed down the process. Now that he has acquired the permit for that location, he is ready to focus on the SF State location and wants to open up in the next couple of weeks.

“The State project is the next project that is in line,” Shehadeh said. “I don’t see anything else that would get in the way.”

According to Corpus, now that the location has been secured, the next steps that Shehadeh must take include

“We’re still a ways away,” Corpus said. “They still need to provide us plans on what they intend to do and those plans need to be approved.”

Corpus said these plans include deciding what their storefront will look like and possibly upgrading some appliances and electrical outlets.

Nonetheless, students can rest asmove in.

“They signed the lease and have the keys,” Corpus said. “Hopefully if all goes well, they’ll be open some time in September.”

Shehadeh has a lot of plans for his new location. He plans to run the store similar to his other deli, located Shehadeh said there will be two lines, one for custom orders and one to purchase ready made sandwiches.

“If you have to go to class, you can go in one queue and if you have time to wait, you can jump in the other one,” Shehadeh said.

The menu will also be very similar to the menu at the Stanford location, with many of the same favorite sandwiches that are responsible for making students’ mouths water.

Some of the names of the sandwiches will be changed to suit SF State, said Shehadeh. The price range will be similar to those at the Stanford location and half sandwiches will also be available.

Shehadeh said that he also wants to incorporate soups into the menu and possibly also breakfast sandwiches that would include eggs, cheese, and bacon for meat-eaters or veggie bacon to appeal to the vegetarian crowd.

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Gallery | 450 Green Street, San Francisco, CA 94133 http://on.fb.me/n2GJBC

San Francisco Reggae Festival Saturday, August 27 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Fillmore @ O’Farrell All Ages, Free event http://bit.ly/oGLjwx

LastSundaysFest Sunday, August 28 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

All Ages, Free event Telegraph Street, Berkeley http://bit.ly/oWOmx2

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DIVING INTO PRESSURE The SF State women’s soccer team will be trying to match their success from last year. The Gators are working on boosting their attack this season.

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Last year the SF State women’s soccer team

We’re a team full of leaders and that led us to being the win the CCAA | GOALKEEPER

READY TO SERVE UP EXPERIENCE The Gators women’s volleyball team will look to improve last season’s record by relying on their player’s experience.

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