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Vol. 95, Issue 108
Tw i t t e r : T h e D a i l y A z t e c
San Diego State University’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1913
I N S I D E T O D AY FOOD & DRINK
Summer gets more expensive
THE SOHO SCENE The new SOHO Restaurant and Lounge offers unexpected culinary combinations. page 2
SPORTS
OVERLOOKED? Sam Beasley has been dominant this year for the Aztecs, but lacks national recognition. page 4
MCT Campus
The increasing cost of tuition has more students considering summer school to speed up their academic progress, but an the new summer tuition leaves some wondering if it’s worth it.
ENTERTAINMENT
SA RA H GR I E C O MANAGING EDITOR
“DEATH” REVIEW Read a review of “Death At A Funeral” and an interview with Chris Rock and Tracy Morgan. page 5
TODAY @ SDSU Enviro-Fashion Show 12 p.m., Aztec Center Patio The fashion show, part of GreenFest, will showcase outfits made from recycled materials and crafted by various student organizations. For more of today’s headlines, visit:
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San Diego State students registering for summer classes will feel the heat this year with a fee increase. This year, three units will cost $1,010, a stark change from last summer when three units were priced at $790. There is also a 19 percent decrease in available classes for the summer. Only 485 classes are offered to students, compared to 598 last summer. “The summer class schedule is definitely smaller,” Sandra Cook, SDSU assistant vice president for Academic Affairs, said. Cook said during a bad economy, it is less likely students will want to pay for summer school, but there is funding available for students with Pell Grants. “Now that the Pell Grant applies for summer, students may want to take advantage of that,” Cook said. “It will help them move them along.”
Cook said she doesn’t think one particular college was more affected by the cuts than others. “I think it’s cut pretty equally across the board,” Cook said. “Everybody shared the pain.” Each school within SDSU has been affected, but class reduction varies for each department. “The biology department has tried to minimize the loss,” Dr. Andrew Bohonak, vice chair of biology and director of Undergraduate Advising and Curriculum, said. “But students who have flexibility will have an easier time finding classes.” According to Bohonak, there are not enough large classrooms to fill the demand for summer classes and lecture classes with room for 500 students are booked in advance. “There is an incredible amount of planning going into registration,” Bohonak said. “We have done everything we can.” Reflecting the need to prioritize while making decisions based on reduced funding, some departments
are offering upper division classes rather than lower division classes. The School of Communication will only be offering one lower division class and the Department of Anthropology will have just two lower division classes. According to Ronald King, chair of the political science department, the entire department has managed to make it through the cuts unaffected. With the end of the semester just a month away, students are considering their options for the upcoming semesters. Eddie López, the associate director of advising for the biology department, has seen an increase in students visiting the advising office to discuss summer school. “Once you tell them the fee (of summer classes), students sometimes change their minds,” López said. Although summer classes are notoriously more expensive than in the fall or spring semesters, some students take them in order to stay on track with their major.
“This year I really wanted to take summer classes and I was financially prepared to do so, I just saw that nothing was available to me,” Jessica Weldon, a social science senior, said. Weldon said it has always been a problem finding classes for summer, but this year has been much harder compared to previous years. “I was going through my list of classes I still needed to take and not one of them was offered,” Weldon said. Despite cuts, there has been an increase in distance education classes, which students can take online instead of on campus. This summer, 41 online classes will be available, including 13 classes that have never been offered online. Professors teaching the summer session will not be subject to state mandated furlough days, although administrative offices will still observe the unpaid days off. Students may choose from three different terms offered during summer session. Classes begin May 27 and end Aug. 18.
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Greek Week San Diego State’s Greek Life Activities Board is hosting “Viva Las Greek Week” for the rest of the week. Greek Week is an annual fundraiser that benefits various nonprofit organizations. Some of the Greek Week events include a community service event, a night at the ballpark, Greek games and a showcase of accomplishments during the Greek talent show, according the SDSU Greek Week 2010 website. An Enviro-Fashion Show will take place today from noon to 1 p.m. on the Aztec Center Patio Stage. An Organic Beer Garden with the Recycled Art Show will take place from noon to 7 p.m. tomorrow in Aztec Center with a Greet Talent Show following at 7 p.m. The Greek Games event will take place at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. Check in starts at 3 p.m. for all participants. Main events include a relay race, a “tug o’ war,” an eating contest, ultimate discus and a raffle.
“These events work to promote Greek unity, as well as community and campus involvement,” according to the website.
Greek Week helps fund ophthalmology research In support of Sigma Phi Epsilon member Jeremy Poincenot, who suffers from Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy, this year’s Greek Week will benefit the the Doheny Eye Institute. The institute is an organization dedicated to furthering the conservation, improvement and restoration of human eyesight, according to the DEI’s website, www.doheny.org. LHON was first described in 1871 as a sudden loss of vision in young men with a family history of blindness, according to the International Foundation for Optic Nerve Disease website. “The disease causes a loss of central vision within two to eight weeks, usually affects both eyes, may cause eye pain or discomfort at first, and may cause neurological symptoms such as numbness and tingling,” the website states.
Greek Week teams compete Fraternities and sororities participating in Greek Week have been divided into eight teams. The Teal Team: Alpha Phi Gamma, Gamma Zeta Alpha, Sigma Phi Epsilon and Kappa Delta. The Green Team: Lambda Sigma Gamma, Gamma Phi Epsilon, Phi Kappa Theta and Alpha Chi Omega. The Blue Team: Nu Alpha Kappa, Sigma Alpha Zeta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Delta Gamma. The Purple Team: Sigma Lambda Gamma, Alpha Pi Sigma, Sigma Chi and Gamma Phi Beta. The Red Team: Sigma Phi Omega, Gamma Rho Lambda, Delta Sigma Psi, Phi Delta Theta and Pi Beta Phi. The Yellow Team: the National Pan-Hellenic Council, Upsilon Kappa Delta, Zeta Beta Tau, Alpha Epsilon Phi and Alpha Phi. The Orange Team: Alpha Psi Rho, Lambda Theta Alpha, Sigma Lambda Beta, Delta Upsilon and Delta Zeta.
The Grey Team: Beta Omega Phi, Sigma Theta Psi, Sigma Nu, Alpha Epsilon Pi and Kappa Alpha Theta.
Sorority raises money for cause Kappa Delta held its Shamrock Event, a 5K walk at De Anza Cove in Mission Bay, last Sunday. There were about 300 participants, which made for a successful philanthropic event, according to Doug Case, coordinator for Fraternity and Sorority Life. The sorority raised $6,500 to benefit its national philanthropy, Prevent Child Abuse America, Case said. PCA America works to provide leadership to promote and implement efforts at both local and national levels to prevent abuse and neglect of children, according to the PCA America website, http://www.preventchildabuse.org.
—Compiled by Senior Staff Writer Reem Nour