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Sorry everyone, you have to go to class CSU Chancellor Charles Reed decides not to reinstate furlough days SARAH GRIECO MANAGING EDITOR
After a year of professors struggling to make up for lost class time caused by statewide mandated furlough days, the policy has come to an end. Starting July 1, San Diego State faculty and staff were reinstated the nearly 10 percent previously cut from their salaries last year. The decision to eliminate furloughs came from the California State University Chancellor Dr. Charles B. Reed. During the first week of class, many SDSU students may have noticed that their syllabi and calendars contained no required class cancellations stating, “furlough day.” Billy Kang, an SDSU senior, says he thinks it’s bittersweet to see furlough days go. “I think it’s really great for the professors, because they are finally getting what they deserve,” Kang said. “But at the same time, it’s a bummer we won’t have those days off anymore.” Kang thinks ultimately, the elimination of furlough days is a win-win for SDSU students and faculty. “Professors are going to be happy they don’t have to take the cut anymore, and happy professors means we are going to get an even better education,” Kang said. Media Relations Manager Gina Jacobs said the resources were available this year to give regular compensation to the staff and faculty. “Everything went back to normal,” Jacobs said. Thanks to furlough days last semester, SDSU was allowed to keep some part-time lecturers and add course sections back into class schedules. “The remainder of the furlough savings helped mitigate the loss of jobs and protect
the university from future cuts or underfunding,” Jacobs said. However, SDSU is still being mindful of its fiscal situation and the university is currently only hiring essential positions, as well as cutting back in other areas such as travel expenses. Jacobs said SDSU will continue to advocate in Sacramento on behalf of the university and the CSU system to make sure the legislature knows the importance of higher education and why it is a good investment for the state. Correspondingly, Reed recently rejected Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s executive order insisting California employees take three furlough days per month.
“Professors are going to be happy they don’t have to take the cut anymore, and happy professors means we are going to get an even better education.” — Billy Kang, SDSU senior
“We want to let CSU employees know that we have received confirmation from the State Controller’s Office that our employees’ compensation is not impacted by this order,” Reed said in a press release. When asked whether furlough days will be implemented should the economy decline, Jacobs said that decision resides with Reed. Several freshmen and transfer students were not even aware returning students had experienced a reduction in class time. When asked about furlough days, freshman students Lindsay Grossman and Hannah Connell asked, “What is that?”
CRIME BEAT Man with bayonet
Pick Pocket
Aug. 26 – Officers arrested a male student last Thursday who was seen on the second floor courtyard of the Student Services building, carrying a large knife. The student was arrested without incident for carrying a weapon. He had a sheathed bayonet strapped to his leg. The knife was confiscated and entered as evidence and the San Diego State Police Department is investigating the incident.
Aug. 25 – An SDSU graduate student was pick-pocketed while visiting Mexico. The items stolen from the student included keys, an SDSU parking permit, driver’s license and SDSU student ID card. Lt. Michael Frawley of the SDSU Police Department strongly suggests students visiting abroad be aware of their surroundings and make sure his or her property is secure to deter pick-pocketing.
Harassing phone calls
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Last year, faculty and staff experienced a 10 percent pay cut and mandatory furlough days. CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed eliminated furloughs for all CSU faculty and staff starting this school year.
Aug. 25 – A faculty member received a phone call last Wednesday morning from a disgruntled former student, who stated the faculty member was the reason the individual calling was not in college anymore. An incident report was taken as threatening phone calls such as these could result in misdemeanor.
Parole violation Aug. 25 – A man was stopped at approximately 2 a.m. after catching the attention of SDSU police. After officers stopped him, it was found that the man had an outstanding warrant for violating his parole. The man was arrested and transported to jail. —Compiled by Assistant News Editor, Sarah Kovash
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
A GUEST’S PERSPECTIVE
Iraqi democracy requires aid and security
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Three young Iraqis wave to U.S. troops deployed on their last military engagement operation. Currently, 50,000 U.S. service members remain stationed in Iraq to provide security for Iraq’s developing democratic government.
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raq has yet to form a stable government, despite the thousands of American and countless Iraqi casualties from war. Billions of dollars have been spent, only to develop a dysfunctional political body and a nigh-incompetent military and police force. Suicide bombings and shootings continue to be a daily occurrence in the streets as sectarian tensions again boil over. The American government appears unaware of the escalating instability as “our commitment in Iraq is changing … we mark the end of America’s combat missions in Iraq,” President Barack Obama said on August 2. The current state of Iraq calls the general election into question, which America has traditionally used as a yardstick to gauge the success of reconstruction efforts in the so- called “third world.” The pattern set in countries such as Haiti indicate a misplaced trust by U.S. administrations to assume that once elections are held, the incumbent government will resolve itself to solving the pressing matters of statehood. The reality demonstrated time and time again indicates general elections simply allow the underlying social, political, econom-
ALLEN CARUSELLE GUEST COLUMNIST
ic and security issues of a developing nation to settle like concrete and become a part of daily life for the average citizen. Democracy is not just about an election. To function, democracy requires a concerned and informed public. If democratic elections are foisted on a public that is not in a secure situation then the elections are meaningless, voters are uninformed, unconcerned and may even be in physical danger for simply taking to the voting booth. In this situation, officials are elected based on arbitrary factors such as kin group, campaign slogan, and social affiliation rather than their intent for the country as a whole, and the people specifically. It is America’s emphasis on nation-building and lack of active engagement in human security issues that adds fuel to the fire of an already volatile concoction in countries plagued by internal strife and sectarian conflict. As Dr. Abraham Maslow pointed out in his hierarchy of needs, humans require basic
necessities such as food, clothing, shelter and clean water to function at a baseline level of survival. Is the quality of this starting point high enough if America wants to encourage a burgeoning democracy with elections? Maslow’s research also shows us that once basic needs are met, humans require a consistent assurance of security and freedom from random violence. For a brief period after the Awakening, a program designed to enlist Iraqi militias to fight on the side of the coalition, this criterion seems to have been met in part or in whole. Rather than nurture this newfound security development however, American strategists were quick to declare a victory and move to the “other war.” An Iraqi police and military force still in its genesis were tasked with the operational responsibility of reinforcing the legitimacy of a newly elected government. As the Iraqi politicians continue to fail in their responsibilities to form a legitimate government and provide the basic security and social stability necessary for democracy, the U.S. has been “on track to reduce the number of American Forces here in Iraq to 50,000 or less by the first of September,” Adm. Mike
Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said. The remaining U.S. forces are to be sequestered behind sandbags and barbed wire, far removed from the Iraqi population, unable to provide a meaningful contribution to the security situation. If America is to continue its involvement and reconstruction efforts in war-torn countries, it must begin focusing on the human factor. The compulsion to generate elections before electricity and set up jails before providing jobs contributes to a failing strategy. Warfare in the 21st century is touted as “population-centric”, so too must aid and development become an integrated feature in combating irregular threats. Our strategies must be framed around improving the lives of people, repairing and developing social ties and societal norms and allowing legitimate democratic institutions to blossom.
—Allen Caruselle is a three-time Iraq veteran and ISCOR senior. —The views expressed in this column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Daily Aztec.
FEELING THE TRUTH AT YOU
Half-percent sales tax increase will save lives
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early ten months ago, I warned that budget cuts to the City of San Diego’s public safety would be catastrophic. My outreach was not the result of leftist partisan loyalty, but of the frightening reality that lives of San Diegans could be lost. Last month, a two-year-old toddler from Mira Mesa died after choking on a gumball because paramedics could not reach the scene quickly enough to save his life as a result of brownout conditions. To restore public safety funding, the legislators of San Diego need to put the half-percent sales tax increase on the November ballot and the citizens of San Diego need to vote in favor of it. During the summer, the San Diego City Council and the citizens of San Diego were engaged in a heated debate of whether or not to raise the sales tax by half a percent to generate more revenue for the city. San Diego has faced budget shortfalls for a couple of years now and is desperate for revenue streams. While increased taxes are almost always the knee-jerk response to a budget deficit, the extra projected $103 million per year raised from the increased sales tax could restore funding lost from public safety and end current brownout conditions.
T.J. BRONSON S TA F F C O L U M N I S T
According to an earlier report from The San Diego-Union Tribune about the Mira Mesa child’s death, “Authorities said police officers arrived roughly five minutes after the 9-1-1 call, and that firefighters and an ambulance reached the home some four and a half minutes afterward.” The same report also says the national response time for firefighters is supposed to be within five minutes. Had careless San Diego legislators not implemented brownout conditions, two-year-old Bentley Do would still be with us today. The reason Du Le, one of Bentley’s cousins had to watch her baby cousin die was because the fire station across the street was responding to an incident in the South County that would have otherwise been covered by a station that was shut down because of brownout conditions. “The dispatcher told us to please wait, to stand by,” Le said, according to the report. “We kept looking at the fire station across the street from our house and asking why nobody could come.”
Now, with the potential for a solution to go on the November ballot, members of the City Council, particularly in Lemon Grove, and others are opposing the unnoticeable hike in the sales tax. “We need to crush this tax increase so we can clear the way for the meaningful reforms that must come to our oozing city government,” Richard Rider, a blogger for Open Salon, said. It’s heartless comments and senseless decisions such as these that led to the public safety cuts that played a direct role in Bentley’s death. There’s no more meaningful reform than to preserve the lives of our citizens, which requires this sales tax to be passed and for the resulting money to be restored to public safety to eliminate fire stations that are currently out of service. If the loss of a life is not enough to persuade you that restoration to public safety is imperative, fire season is also among us here in San Diego — not that it ever leaves. Also in July, a small fire in Mission Valley scurried up the hill behind the La Quinta and Hilton hotels. The fire was contained in a few hours, but if the fire had spread like those in 2007, San Diego would be in a lot of trouble with the current brownout conditions. The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department has already stated that this fire season is an unusual one.
“We have fires like this (Mission Valley fire) that start when the humidity is high and is spread really fast even though there are no winds. It’s fuel-driven basically,” San Diego Fire-Rescue Department spokesperson Maurice Luque said. With no major fires occurring in San Diego for the last three years, there’s plenty of fuel just waiting to ignite into a firestorm that fire department won’t be able to handle unless legislators funnel more funding into public safety. I don’t blame firefighters or paramedics for not being able to reach Bentley in time to save his young life and I certainly don’t blame them for the fire that has the potential to burn out of control in the future. I do blame the legislators of San Diego for their stupidity in taking priceless funding from public safety that is resulting in the lives of citizens. If brownout conditions continue, I suggest we strategically place them next to those San Diego legislators who oppose public safety funding so they can feel the effects of it, because the rest of the city is sick of paying the cost. —T.J. Bronson is a journalism and economics senior.
—The views expressed in this column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Daily Aztec.
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ENTERTAINMENT
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Hot Hot Heat’s performance ignites change MAGGIE PEHANICK E N T E R TA I N M E N T E D I T O R
Looking around Belly Up Tavern last Saturday at about midnight, something struck me: There are two types of people who attend concerts. There are those who close their eyes and feel the music, allowing it to sweep over them and take control of their movements, and there are those who stand and bob their head while coyly eyeing the band before them. Admittedly, we can all shift between the two personas during any given show. Why close your eyes when you dance? After all, isn’t the point of seeing your favorite band perform live so that you do in fact get to see them? Maybe not. The truth is, we go to concerts because it is an experience unlike any other. And as I stood there, drifting between a visually-impaired dancer and a self-conscious head bobber, I realized how few and far between my concert attendance have become. Somehow, between the excitement of living in the residence halls and the sudden seriousness that accompanied my schoolwork, I abandoned live shows. With the exception of a Ben Kweller show in the spring of my freshman year, I entirely forgot about the thrill of concerts — the why of attending live shows. We all have CDs. We have tons of personal musical data floating around in cyberspace and neatly presented on our iTunes accounts where we can listen to it anytime we want. So there must be another reason we go see our favorite bands play. We go to concerts to be with a group of people who we don’t know, have nearly nothing in common with (with the exception of our varying interest in the band onstage) and will likely never see again. We also go to forget about our impending graduations and inevitable unemployment. As for me, I go because while my eyes are closed and Hot Hot Heat’s vocalist Steve Bays’ irreplaceable voice shrieks through the speakers, I can stop calculating what time I need to set my alarm for in order to get to work on
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Vocalist Steve Bays, drummer Paul Hawley, guitarist Luke Paquin and bassist Louis Hearn played tracks from their newest album, “Future Breeds,” released in June.
time, and whether I’ll be clean (enough) to go into the office. While my eyes are open, I wonder about the layer of smoke that is drifting toward the rafters, despite the fact that no one is actually smoking and I have yet to visually locate smoke machines. I let my sensory memory take the wheel during “Goodnight, Goodnight” and all of a sudden I’m sitting in my car five years ago, wondering if I’ll ever get to see Hot Hot Heat perform live. Flashback to 2005, when Hot Hot Heat was opening for Weezer and Foo Fighters on their “Foozer” tour. I go because my heart races at the thought of going to a venue I’ve never been to before. I go because of the jam-packed space, because of the opening bands, in this case, The 22-20s
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and Hey Rosetta, because I allow myself to feel pretentious about liking their old stuff and because of the three drunken Englishmen in front of me. We go because we need this. Because we’re young and we only have so many years before we turn into the middle-aged people that we stare at accusingly, wondering if they know they’re too old to be at this concert. We go to feel liberated, connected and cliché. It is in this spirit of optimism that I’m announcing the Entertainment section will be taking on a slightly different format this semester. This section will be publishing fewer reviews of concerts which have already happened and more articles about what’s going to
happen. San Diego is a mecca of music and it is your right; it is your duty to go see shows and rock out. Each Thursday we’ll print a preview of shows to come during the weekend at fantastic venues such as Belly Up. The calendar won’t run until next week, but for those looking to hit up a show this weekend, Belly Up is hosting Rockers Free Energy on Sunday night. The Philadelphia rock group is fairly new to the scene, but its 2010 debut album “Stuck on Nothing” is earning rave reviews from the likes of Rolling Stone and Spin. For more about Free Energy, read our preview article tomorrow.
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FEATURES
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Editor introduces a new Features section New Features section focuses on San Diego neighborhoods MATT SALWASSER F E AT U R E S E D I T O R
Why are you here? Not in this class, not at this school, but in this city? Of all the places you could have chosen to study, why San Diego? Even if you grew up here and this place isn’t new to you, why did your family choose this, America’s Finest City? Maybe it was the weather. The warm sand on the beaches. The trips to Tijuana. Hell, maybe even all your friends were going here and you didn’t want to feel left out. Or … Maybe it was the thought of jumping off that cliff into the waters of Ocean Beach. Was it seeing the cross on Mount Soledad, or sitting in the coffee shops in North Park? Being able to surf in your backyard in Pacific Beach or that special, inland hike to the watering hole? Maybe it wasn’t any of those things at all and I lost you halfway. So ask yourself, “How well do I know this place?” After all, the city we live in is so much more than a beach with a school and a downtown. As your student newspaper, we want to help you realize that. The Daily Aztec is introducing a new Features section: Neighborhoods. For the first two days of each month, the Features
section will focus on the inner pulse of a specific neighborhood in San Diego, shedding light we may rarely see from our distantly perched campus. Often we get too caught up with classes, work, tonight’s party and, sadly, even Facebook, to really experience the thriving metropolis that Ron Burgendy loved so much.
... the city that we live in is so much more than a beach with a school and a downtown. The youth of P.B., downtown’s expanding art scene, Hillcrest’s culture and the finer tastes of La Jolla all offer something for the curious eye to discover. What can you do in these places? What can you see? Every place in the world has a vibe, a feel, whatever you’d like to call it. What kind does North Park have? According to an article on SDSU NewsCenter, of the more than 200,000 San Diego State alumni, more than 60 percent still live in San Diego. Really, this is meant to be an eye into the city that thousands of us have either already decided, or will likely decide, to call home.
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Kirshner relying on Despite new faces, young team in 2010 Aztecs expect results DAN PEREZ S E N I O R S TA F F W R I T E R
A year ago, the San Diego State men’s soccer team was in a very different place than it is now. It had a veteran-laden team, but it was also plagued with injuries. Yet through all the bumps, breaks, bruises and sprains, SDSU barely missed a spot in the NCAA Tournament last season. “Our team last year had a tremendous amount of mental toughness,” head coach Lev Kirshner said. “We went through so much as a team last year that I was proud of all that the players did. But that was last year, and when talking about this year, it’s completely different.” The Aztecs lost all three of their team captains from last season. Nick Cardenas
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and Jamel Wallace took their talents to Major League Soccer, while Matt McManus graduated. Now, this year’s squad is hoping new blood can reenergize the team and boost it to a Tournament appearance. “Our recruiting class is great and they came and bonded with the rest of the team almost automatically,” Kirshner said. “It was great to see these new guys come in and really enjoy playing with the guys that have been here and really just feel comfortable.” SDSU’s recruiting class comes in as the 29th-ranked recruiting class in the nation, which will be important as three other teams in the Pac-10 were noted as having classes within the top 40. “Our class is good, but I haven’t really paid attention to whatever’s been published,” Kirshner said. “What I am most excited for is the fact that we have such a great rapport with our players — it allows for us to have fun while still being there for practices.” Kirshner said he has that bond with his players because he and his coaching staff have the ability to demonstrate trust, honesty and liberty. “Respect can only be gained from giving respect,” he said. “And I believe if you perform between those three key elements, then you shouldn’t be worried about not being successful. And my players are not simply important because of the number they wear on their back, but rather the human being wearing the jersey.” The Aztecs will kick off the season against Loyola Marymount at 4 p.m. today in Los Angeles. “I feel we are very capable of picking up a victory and not giving up any of our offensive pressure,” Kirshner said. “I don’t believe that the CSUN game is an example of how our season will play out, yet I feel we can keep our defense strong and ride this team chemistry to lots of victories this year. But the one thing I know for sure is that any victory this year will be different from the year before.”
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BEAU BEARDEN S E N I O R S TA F F W R I T E R
With many of the same starters returning from last year’s squad, the San Diego State volleyball team doesn’t seem to be much different this season. But SDSU lost a number of key players including former starting setter Lauren Van Orden, who transferred to UCLA. This hasn’t affected the mindset of the Aztecs, though, who still have their sights set high this season. “I think this year we absolutely have the talent and heart to win some big games,” junior outside hitter Paije Pearson said. SDSU already has proven it has talent on this year’s squad. It won its first three games by a score of 9-1. Still, the team will have to incorporate nine freshmen and two transfers. So far, freshman setter Johnna Fouch has done a great job making the transition to collegiate volleyball after starting in all three matches in last weekend’s Aztec Invitational. “We definitely miss the girls that we lost,” Pearson said. “But we have a ton of new talent which has helped with the adjustment.” One of these players is Raegan Shelton. The freshman outside hitter has been instrumental for the Aztecs’ offense. In just three matches, she already ranks third on the team in kills with 25. Along with junior outside hitters Kyley Sexton and Pearson, the trio combines for 98 of the team’s 160 kills. “Our team gelled so well considering how many new players we have,” Pearson said.
BEHIND THE NUMBERS
“We’re all on the same page and have high aspirations for this season.” After winning its first three games, SDSU will be put to the test this weekend at the ASU Sheraton Classic in Tempe, Ariz. The Aztecs will face off against Utah State on Friday and then play host Arizona State before finishing off the tournament with Seattle. While this is just the first of many road trips for SDSU, it’s significant for Pearson. She is the only one on the squad from Arizona, so she’ll have the opportunity to play in front of relatives. “I can’t wait,” Pearson said of traveling to Arizona. “My mom has rallied up a ton of friends and family, so we’re going to have a good crowd there supporting us.”
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ACROSS 1 Energy 4 It’s an example of itself 8 Pure 14 Suffix with verb 15 “Star Trek:T.N.G.” counselor 16 Bring about sooner 17 Young woman next door? 19 Green light 20 Architect Saarinen 21 Earth pigment 23 Hide-hair link 24 Adjoining floor? 28 Fireside emanation 30 “__ me!” 31 ’50s White House nickname 32 Certain fisherman 35 Annoys 39 __ Piper 41 Police sting, say 43 Grimace 44 Happen as a result 46 “Who Can It __?”: Men at Work hit 48 Exhaust, with “up” 49 [see other side] 51 Brought up 53 Proximate coins? 58 Spell 59 Loosen, as laces 60 Emerald City visitor 63 List of things to discuss 66 Chess piece within reach? 68 Dividend, e.g. 69 Germany’s von Bismarck 70 Letter opener?
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71 “When a Man Loves a Woman” singer Percy __ 72 Insolence 73 Generous limit?
13 Datebook notation 18 Part of a Clue accusation 22 Football play also called a sweep DOWN 25 Adaptable truck, for short 1 Area 26 “Casablanca” 2 “Got it” pianist 3 Bosc sources 4 24-hr. cash source 27 Request to a barber 5 French breads 28 Use a napkin on 6 “The Garden of Earthly Delights” 29 Like, with “to” 33 Charles __, major artist decorator of the 7 Hindu poet Palace of 8 Old battlefield Versailles shout 34 Somme season 9 Is suffering from 36 Links groups 10 Beast of burden 37 A hothead has a 11 Court figure short one 12 Pavarotti, notably
38 Future plant 40 Couples 42 Omens 45 “The Three Faces of __”: 1957 film 47 Very small 50 Treat as the same 52 Affectedly cultured 53 Biker leggings 54 Corporate department 55 Daisy variety 56 Pal of Porthos 57 Calf catcher 61 Chitchat 62 Part of SRO 64 Doze 65 Grooved on 67 Elaborate affairs