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APRIL 17, 2013
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2013
Guardian Scholars event fundraises for career prep campus Tara Millspaugh News Editor
This Thursday, Friends of the Guardian Scholars will be hosting a fundraising event to raise money for 11 San Diego State Guardian Scholars. Guardian Scholars are students who have been homeless, lived in foster care or have been under legal guardianship. Event proceeds will fund a business attire shopping trip for the students. Finance junior Josh Morse overcame homelessness and a childhood in foster care and is now SDSU’s Associated Students president. “It’s an amazing feeling to be able to say you beat the odds,” Morse said. “You made it. You are no longer just another statistic— you are a success story.” SDSU’s Guardian Scholars Program was founded in 2007. Currently, 62 students are enrolled in the program. “Their stories are testament to the powers of philanthropy and SDSU’s dedication for creating equal opportunity for all students to earn their college degrees,” Morse said. Morse also said every time a former foster youth graduates, it shows anyone with a positive mindset and strong work ethic can earn a college degree. The fundraiser will take place at the Cirello Gallery in North Park this Thursday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. During the event, the Guardian Scholars will also have the opportunity to share their experiences with attendees.
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CSU fact sheet highlights success of state schools
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The California State University Chancellor’s Office released its annual fact book, which includes information about the CSU’s funding, student costs and enrollment. According to the CSU system’s document, for every dollar the state invests into the system, the CSU returns $5.43. The CSU is the state’s leading producer of bachelor’s degrees, with approximately 100,000 graduates each year. The Chancellor’s Office reported the CSU provides more than 150,000 jobs in California. The CSU’s Fall 2012 enrollment was comprised of 31.3 percent Hispanic/ Latinos, 31 percent Caucasians and 17 percent Asian/Pacific Islanders. Additionally, about 13 percent more female than male students enrolled. San Diego State allocated the largest budget for the 2012-13 school year out of the 23 CSU campuses, according to the fact book. SDSU’s general fund and student fees, as reported by the Chancellor’s Office, totaled more than $281 million for the 2012-13 school year. CSU Northridge had the second largest budget, with more than $278 million. CSU Northridge had about 4,500 more students enrolled in 2012 than SDSU. SDSU Budget and Finance
Beth Burns retires after successful career
women’s basketball Adriana Bush Assistant Sports Editor
The Fall 2012 Enrollment by Ethnicity graph shows the diversity within the California State University system.
Director Crystal Little said campus budgets depend on many factors, such as course fees and graduation fees. “Some campuses choose not to charge for some things, while others do,” Little said. She also explained that although each student pays individual fees, full-time, parttime or graduate/undergraduate students pay different prices. “(SDSU) has a higher full-time equivalent student enrollment than Northridge,” Little said. Certain aspects of student fees are unique to each campus. For
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example, the CSU Budget Office reported SDSU students paid $300 for health services during the 2012-13 school year, while CSU Long Beach students paid $90. However, CSU Long Beach students paid $336 for Student Body Center fees while SDSU students paid $286. Little said one of the reasons SDSU has a larger budget is because its summer sessions tend to be larger than that of other campuses, meaning the university collects more student fees from these courses.
The San Diego State women’s basketball team is coming off one of its most victorious seasons with the direction of its most successful head coach in the program’s history. But yesterday, SDSU athletic director Jim Sterk announced Beth Burns has retired. During her 16-year career at SDSU, Burns led the Aztecs to numerous wins, titles and records. As a result, she is the winningest coach in Aztec women’s basketball history. Burns was named Mountain West Coach of the Year for the 2012-13 season, for the second consecutive season and the sixth time in her career. Burns helped SDSU capture six regular season conference championships and four league tournament titles. In addition, SDSU made seven NCAA appearances, one of which was a Sweet 16. B URNS continued on page 3
South Georgia HS to host first integrated prom national Raquel Martin Staff Writer
As prom season approaches for high school students nationwide, one school in particular is celebrating a special event: its first integrated prom. Wilcox County High School will arrange the integrated prom for the entire 400-student body. In Wilcox County, Georgia community with about 11,500 residents, black and white students have always attended separate school dances. Although segregation has been illegal for decades, the dances remained segregated because they were not funded publicly by the school district, but privately by parents and students of the community. “I think that’s ridiculous that this is their first one when we’re in America, where everything should be equal. That’s insane,” San Diego State business administration senior Kelly Almack said. Wilcox County Superintendent Steve Smith said the school supports the women who are taking the initiative to organize an integrated prom. “I consider it an embarrassment to
our schools and community that these events have portrayed us as bigoted in any way,” Smith said. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People President Edward DuBose explained although school officials say they do not endorse segregated proms, their silence contradicts such statements. The NAACP urged the school district to change its policy of non-sponsorship, saying the practice enabled segregated dances to endure. “The school has been perpetuating Jim Crow laws,” Africana Studies professor Charles Toombs said. “We do not need Jim Crow laws anymore. It’s a shame in 2013 we still have instances like this.” The Jim Crow laws were state and local laws in the U.S. during 1876 to 1965. The laws created the status for African Americans to be “separate but equal” and in turn, the separation created inferior conditions for African Americans. Quanesha Wallace, one of the students organizing the prom, said she feels strongly against the segregation of her peers at dances. Students at Wilcox County are integrated in all other areas of school, including sports
On May 8, 2003, students line up at one of the two segregated dances held at Johnson County High School prom in Georgia.
and classrooms. Wallace said not all students are thrilled about the prospect of an integrated prom and have been removing posters for the
event around the high school. So far, about 50 tickets have been sold for the event, but the committee hopes to sell at least 100. The integrated dance is planned for April 27.
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Wilcox County High School administrators are discussing a schoolsponsored prom for 2014.