Thursday, February 11, 2010
Vol. 95, Issue 73
THE
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I N S I D E T O D AY
UNDER THE SCOPE
HEALTH & FITNESS
RISKS OF USING YAZ Find out the potential health risks associated with taking the popular birth control pill. page 4
SPORTS
REVENGE The San Diego State men’s basketball team beat down Wyoming last night. page 15
TODAY @ SDSU Film screening 4:30 p.m., Nasatir Hall 100 SDSU will host a screening of the film “The Anatomy of Hate: A Dialogue of Hope.” Director Michael Ramsdell will speak at the event. For more of today’s headlines, visit:
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AN INTIMATE VIEW OF “SHUTTER ISLAND” Take a behind-the-scenes look at Paramount Pictures’ newest movie directed, by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Sir Ben Kingsley and Mark Ruffalo. Read a review of the film on page 20 and take an inside look at the making of the movie with an interview including Scorsese, DiCaprio and Kingsley on page 21.
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S A R A H K O VA S H S E N I O R S TA F F W R I T E R
Next year’s budget for San Diego State is slightly more tangible with the release of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 2010-11 budget. However, the budget is still speculative because it currently depends on approximately $7 billion in federal stimulus money. “It’s important to remember this is just the start of the budget process,” Ethan Singer, associate vice president for Academic Affairs, said. “It’s an important start.” Most likely, that federal stimulus money will not come through for the budget. The monetary void, it’s assumed, will be filled with state revenue funds. Although the replacement of funds will help prevent a decrease from the funds granted in last year’s budget, it will
not necessarily create an increase for next year.
“It’s important to remember this is just the start of the budget process. It’s an important start.”
—Ethan Singer, Academic Affairs “Basically, what we have from the governor is a break-even budget from last year, which was horrific, to 2010-11,” Singer said. “It basically replaces the federal stimulus money in the state budget with general fund revenue. That’s good, but it’s not a net increase.” In a written statement, SDSU
President Stephen L. Weber warned not to be “overly optimistic” about the budget proposal. “Budget season will be long and filled with contentiousness, contingencies and challenges,” he said. “Last year, the CSU funding was reduced by hundreds of millions during the ‘May revise,’ so our hopefulness needs to be tempered by a clear view of reality.” Another hurdle to be cleared before obtaining CSU funds for next year depends on how the state legislature votes. In order for the CSU to keep the money it was allocated, funding would have to be cut from other programs, such as welfare-to-work and child services. In addition to the newly proposed state budget, CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed has released $50.9 million in one-time federal funds for the CSU system’s fall 2010 budget. The money is in addition to $25.6 million that is currently in use. The funds were released to help the CSU meet its payroll, according to CSU media relations specialist Erik Fallis.
“The CSU has a strong starting point in what we know will be a long and uncertain budget process, and we want to provide students with as many courses as possible,” Reed said in a press release last week. “Hopefully, this will help to alleviate some of the shortages in classes, and students will be able to make faster progress toward their degree.” Next year, the university will also see a decrease in furlough savings. Although the consensus concerning the use of furloughs is tentative, the current decision is that furloughs will be decreased, if not completely abolished, according to Singer. Many steps remain in the budget process for next year, but administrators have a better grasp of what the budget will look like, and the cut is not as enormous as was originally expected. “Do I think it’s more optimistic?” Singer said. “I think the overall level of angst is down a little bit; many of us were fearing the worst if this federal stimulus money went away and the state didn’t replace it.”