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Culinary students tour, taste Italy
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State to shrink college budget by $3.9 million "Y !LEXANDRA 7AITE .%73 %$)4/2
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$ISTANT VIEW #ASSANDRA +IMLY ATTENDS A -ATH CLASS FROM A HALLWAY IN THE (UMANITIES "UILDING ON !UG $UE TO CUTS AND FACULTY REDUCTIONS CLASSROOMS LIKE ( OVERFLOW WITH STUDENTS THE FIRST WEEKS OF INSTRUCTION
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3TUDENTS ARE FLOODING CLASSROOMS BUT DUE TO THE STATE S MASSIVE DEBT PROFESSORS ARE TURNING THEM AWAY BECAUSE THE COLLEGE WILL NOT RECEIVE THE FUNDS FOR THE HIGH VOL UME
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2ADIOLOGY MAJOR "RENDA #EJA KNOWS WELL THE FRENZY OF FIRST WEEK ENROLLMENT AT #ONTRA #OSTA #OLLEGE THE DROVES OF STUDENTS CRASHING CLASS ES AND FLOODING THE ADMISSIONS DESK STAGGERING TO SECURE SEATS AND COM PLETE THEIR EDUCATIONAL GOALS !ND UP UNTIL NOW #EJA SAID SHE S FELT LUCKY )N PREVIOUS SEMESTERS SHE WAS ABLE TO ADD INTO THE CLASSES SHE HAD TO WAITLIST BUT FEARED THAT MIGHT CHANGE THIS SEMESTER h4HIS IS GOING TO BE MY THIRD YEAR HERE AND ) VE NEVER SEEN IT THIS PACKED ) M WAITLISTED IN ONE CLASS AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE TRYING TO GET IN v #EJA SAID h) NEED THIS CLASS TO GRADUATE v 3TUDENTS OF ALL DISCIPLINES ARE FEELING THE CRUNCH BROUGHT ON BY THE APPROXIMATELY PERCENT REDUCTION IN COURSE OFFERINGS THIS SEMESTER &ORCED BY THE STATE TO REDUCE ITS WORKLOAD THE COLLEGE SET ITS SIGHTS ON A &ULL 4IME %QUIVALENT 3TUDENT GOAL OF FOR THE FIS CAL YEAR FEWER THAN LAST YEAR S GOAL $IRECTOR OF "USINESS 3ERVICES
“Even though I had priority registration, almost everything was full then. Even classes that usually don’t have a lot, actually have 30 students. It’s extremely weird that everything is just crowding up.” -ICHIAL 'REEN
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7HILE THE FINALIZATION OF THE DISTRICT S BUDGET IS IN ITS EARLY STAGES ADMINISTRATORS ARE CERTAIN #ONTRA #OSTA #OLLEGE S BUDGET WILL BE REDUCED BY ROUGHLY MILLION IN THE FORM OF SALARIES AND BENEFITS FOR 4HE REDUCTION IS PART OF AN ESTIMATED MILLION CUT THE DISTRICT WILL FACE THIS YEAR $IRECTOR OF "USINESS 3ERVICES -ARILES -AGALONG SAID h7E VE MADE A LOT OF CUTS AND STAFFING REDUCTIONS ACROSS THE DISTRICT v SHE SAID h7E STILL HAVE TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS !LL THESE FUNCTIONS HAVE TO BE PER FORMED WITH FEWER PEOPLE v 3HE SAID IT IS DIFFICULT TO GET TO A FINAL COLLEGE BUDGET DUE TO THE INSTABILITY OF THE STATE BUDGET
in brief w 4HE COL LEGE WILL FACE A MIL LION CUT IN ITS BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR w ### S
BUDGET CUTS ARE PART OF THE DISTRICT S BUDGET REDUCTION OF ABOUT MILLION
w 4HE DISTRICT HAS NOT YET FINALIZED ITS BUDGET DUE TO THE INSTA BILITY OF THE STATE S BUD GET
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NOT ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THEM ALL v #HEMISTRY PROFESSOR 3ETIATI 3IDHARTA SAID SHE S CRAMMING STUDENTS MORE THAN EVER BEFORE INTO HER #HEMISTRY LAB COURSE JUST TO MEET THE IMPACTED STUDENT DEMAND h)N THE PAST ) VE TAKEN STU DENTS AND THIS IS THE FIRST SEMESTER ) VE SEEN SO MANY )T S HARD TO SAY NO v SHE SAID %NGLISH PROFESSOR &RITZ 0OINTER IS ALSO PUSHING THE LIMITS ON CLASS MAXIMUMS BUT ADMITTED THAT HE S NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL THE ADDI TIONAL GRADING h) M DOING MY BEST TO ACCOM MODATE STUDENTS ) D RATHER THEY BE IN CLASS THAN ON THE STREETS v HE SAID "UT -AGALONG SAID IT S POSSIBLE THAT OVERLOADING CLASSES MAY FINAN CIALLY RECIPROCATE IF THE COLLEGE EXCEEDS ITS &4%3 GOAL AND IF THE STATE HAS ENOUGH MONEY TO FUND THAT ADDITIONAL WORKLOAD h7E HOPE THAT WE WILL GENERATE MORE &4%3 AND NOT JUST HIT OUR GOAL )N CASE THERE ARE ADDITIONAL FUNDS AT THE END OF THE YEAR WE WILL HAVE A
-ARILES -AGALONG SAID 7ITH ONE &4%3 EQUIVALENT TO EACH UNITS TAKEN THE NEAR PERCENT CUT MEANT THE COLLEGE WOULD ONLY BE FUNDED FOR TEACHING AROUND PER CENT OF LAST YEAR S STUDENT CAPACITY (OWEVER THAT S NOT STOPPING SOME TEACHERS FROM ADDING AS MANY STU DENTS AS SPATIALLY POSSIBLE INTO THOSE FEWER SECTIONS SHE SAID "UT EVEN STILL A CLASSROOM CAN ONLY HOLD SO MANY 0RESIDENT -C+INLEY 7ILLIAMS SAID h)T S NOT A PRETTY PICTURE WHEN YOU HAVE MORE DEMAND THAN CAN BE MET 0EOPLE WANT TO FINISH PROGRAMS TRANSFER RETRAIN 7E VE GOT A LOT MORE CLAIM v SHE SAID h)T WILL ONLY HAPPEN STUDENTS TAKING CLASSES AND WE RE JUST ■ 3%% &4%3 0AGE
University fees climb "Y "RETT !BEL
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&OR THE FIRST TIME IN #ALIFORNIA S HISTORY PUBLIC FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITIES WILL RECEIVE MORE MONEY FROM STUDENT TUITION AND FEES THAN FROM THE STATE S GENERAL FUND ALLOCATIONS FOR THE YEAR 3TUDENT FEE INCREASES OF ABOUT PERCENT APPROVED BY BOTH THE 5NIVERSITY OF #ALIFORNIA AND #35 SYSTEMS AND SIMILAR REDUCTIONS IN ALLOCATIONS FROM THE 'OVERNOR S /FFICE WILL RESULT IN A MILLION DIFFERENCE OF MONEY FROM STU DENTS THAN THE STATE A 5# SPOKESMAN SAID 2ICARDO 6AZQUEZ OF THE 5# /FFICE OF THE 0RESIDENT SAID REVENUE FROM STUDENT TUITION AND FEES FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR ARE EXPECTED TO REACH BILLION WHILE STATE EXPENDITURES WILL NOT EXCEED BILLION )N THE LAST FOUR YEARS STATE FUNDING FOR THE 5# SYSTEM HAS DROPPED MORE THAN PERCENT ■ 3%% 45)4)/. 0AGE
7ILLIAMS ANNOUNCES PLAN FOR RETIREMENT DEPART FROM LENGTHY ROLE AS CAMPUS LEADER
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4HERE RARELY IS A TIME WHEN 0RESIDENT -C+INLEY 7ILLIAMS IS NOT SERVING THE COLLEGE "ETWEEN THE PILES OF BUREAU CRATIC PAPERWORK AND PAGES OF EMAILS HE SORTS THROUGH DAILY h-ACKv 7ILLIAMS FINDS TIME TO MENTOR AND COUNSEL HIS FACULTY AND STAFF /UTSIDE OF THE COLLEGE HE CAN BE FOUND GREETING COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH A BIG SMILE ACCOM PANYING HIS FIRM HANDSHAKE (E IS CONSTANTLY REMINDING THOSE HE ENCOUNTERS HIS INSTITUTION IS hTHE PREMIER COMMUNITY COLLEGEv IN
7EST #ONTRA #OSTA #OUNTY %VEN DURING THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM S WORST SEASONS 7ILLIAMS COULD BE FOUND AT MANY HOME GAMES CHEERING THE PLAY ERS ON !ND WHEN HE FINDS TIME FOR REST AND RECREATION 7ILLIAMS IS PLANNING OUT THE NEXT WORKDAY AND THINKING ABOUT HOW TO MAKE #ONTRA #OSTA #OLLEGE A BETTER PLACE FOR STUDENTS "UT IN A FEW MONTHS 7ILLIAMS WILL NO LONGER HAVE TO BE PERFORMING THESE DUTIES !FTER WORKING AT ### SINCE AND AS PRESIDENT SINCE HE WILL BE RETIRING ON $EC h) THINK IT S TIME FOR ME v '%/2'% -/2). 4(% !$6/#!4% 7ILLIAMS SAID h) VE SPENT "IG h-ACKv -C+INLEY 7ILLIAMS IS RETIRING AT THE END OF $ECEMBER AFTER YEARS ■ 3%% 7),,)!-3 0AGE ON CAMPUS FIVE AS PRESIDENT (E ANNOUNCED HIS PLANS ON !UG
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