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ing these goals will be the basis for how funding is allocated in the future. “We are moving slowly but surely from an enrollment-driven budget world to a performance-driven budget world,” Zingg said. As part of this shift, the CSU will start biennially reporting the total cost of educational programs starting in October. While the model posed by the governor is different from that utilized by K-12 schools, trying to attach numbers to the quality of an education has not worked well under past programs such as No Child Left Behind, said Paula Sylvester, chair of the Academic Senate. “It’s like walking on a minefield,” said Kathleen Kaiser, sociology professor and representative to the statewide Academic Senate. Once one program is identified as being

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Nicholas Carr While increases to state funding show promise of a brighter financial future for the California State University system, the changes that come with it may not be welcome by educators. At a university budget meeting on Feb. 21, Chico State President Paul Zingg outlined how the future budgeting process will affect the university. The CSU budget proposal presented by Governor Jerry Brown in January included an additional $142 million for the university system. This increase is part of a pledge from the governor to increase funding for the CSU by about 4 percent each year for four years, Zingg said. The system lost about $1 billion in state funding over the past 10 years, he said. These increases are contingent upon showing progress in accessibility, affordability and degree completion among other requirements posed by the governor. No strict goals have been set regarding how universities in the system can meet these requirements, Zingg said. “He didn’t put a number on any of those except a very clear expectation that we will be able to show progress in all of those items,” he said. State funding for the CSU will be finalpaul ized and adopted in zingg June. President, Chico How successful uniState versities are in meet-

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Chico State has seen about 25 elevator issues this semester, varying from doors getting stuck open to people getting trapped inside, according to university maintenance documents. Meriam Library topped the list with five work orders placed this semester. Smoke was even reported coming out of a fourthfloor elevator, caused by a burnt motor generator, said Neil Nunn, the chief engineer for facilities management. However, the library’s five elevators — the three passenger and two freight elevators — are set to be modernized in June, Nunn said. With Chico State being an older campus, we have outdated systems, said Luis Caraballo, assistant vice president of facilities management and services. “They’re very expensive to bring from old ages into new ages, so we’ve been trying to systematically do that — and when I say, ‘we,’ it’s the campus, not necessarily the department,” he said. Butte Hall’s elevators were remodeled during the winter intersession. The fourth elevator was completely redone. This cost the department about $1 million, Caraballo said. Twenty-six elevator work orders for Butte Hall were called in last semester. A jerking elevator dislocated an individual’s knee and cost the department around $64 for service repair. An incident of a woman stuck in an elevator cost approximately $86.

Facilities management and services takes were installed in the 1950s and ’60s, and preventive measures to avoid these issues, they haven’t been upgraded since,” Winslow Nunn said. said. “Who the hell drives a car that old? If For the past five years, ThyssenKrupp Eleyou do, it’s because you keep it in the gavators, a third-party contractor, has checked rage. You certainly don’t see it with the keys the elevators twice a month for operational in it waiting for other people to drive in it.” purposes, but its contract ended this year, Old infrastructure is a state-wide issue Caraballo said. The department is in the among California State University camprocess of choosing between bidpuses. Chico State is the second ders for this year. oldest campus in the system, acThe department paid the concording to its website. tractor about $6,000 to $7,000 per CSU Chancellor Timothy month for preventive mainteWhite delivered his State of nance services, Nunn wrote in the CSU address Jan. 29 and adan email to The Orion. This fee dressed the need to fix this issue, also covered any needed repairs noting that 48 percent of infra— like a full warranty on a car structure is 40 years or older. Though elevators are more California hasn’t been providlike blow dryers in their electriing the funding for the high-level luis cal mechanics because they can infrastructure needs like elevacaraballo simply burn out, they are treated tors, said Mike Uhlenkamp, a Assistant vice more like cars, said Dan Winspokesman for the CSU. president slow, president of CNY Elevator Nearly $2 billion is needed to of facilities Inspections Inc. in Syracuse, N.Y. address deferred maintenance, management and “It’s like leaving a brand-new which is put-off maintenance services $100,000 Mercedes-Benz in a that requires repairing or replacparking lot for everyone to use, ing, he said. and they treat it like it’s your Mercedes, not “As the buildings age, they need more and their Mercedes,” Winslow said. “When facil- more maintenance,” Uhlenkamp said. “Typities feels frustrated, they know how much ically, if you have funding, you can address they spend on these things.” these issues, so you’re not kicking the can Even with the frustration the department down the road, so to speak.” may feel, elevators that lock people in and doors that act up are unacceptable, Winslow Yessenia Funes can be reached at newseditor@theorion.com or said. “You’re going to find that these elevators @theorion_yfunes on Twitter.

‘Good moral standing’ not needed for gun permits parks. A penal code labeled the “Gun-Free Zone Staff Writer Act of 1995” defines firearm restrictions on school campuses covering K-12 public California judges ruled it unconstituschools, colleges and universities. tional to require good cause or good moral Individuals that are exempt from gun restanding in the community as a guideline strictions on for applicants of campuses inconcealed carry clude peace offiweapons permits. cers, active-duty The ninth cirmilitary personcuit court of apnel and concealed peals voted 2-1, weapons permit finding that those carriers, accordguidelines were ing to the act. a violation of the Student permit Second AmendMiranda Bowersox holders are lement’s right to Butte County Sheriff’s department gally allowed to bear arms. carry concealed Concealed firearms on carry weapons permit carriers in California are allowed to campuses, said Miranda Bowersox, a Butte carry small firearms, like handguns, in most County sheriff ’s department spokeswoman. “The school is not allowed to make any public places throughout the state, according to the California penal code. Exceptions in- rules that say a student cannot carry with a clude government buildings, bars and federal CCW permit,” she said. TJ Carter

The school is not allowed to make any rules that say a student cannot carry with a CCW permit.

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Though students are legally able to carry firearms on campus with a permit, they could still receive disciplinary sanctions under the Chico State Student Code of Conduct. Possession or misuse of guns, replicas, ammunition, explosives, fireworks, knives and other weapons or dangerous chemicals without written permission of the campus president is prohibited on university grounds, according to the code of conduct. Penalties depend on the situation, but they would generally start with suspension or expulsion, said Lisa Root, director of student judicial affairs. “Regardless of it being legal to carry on campus or not, the policy states no weapons period and students need to know this,” Root said. If a student had to use a firearm in a self-defense situation against another student, little action would fall upon the student defending themselves as long as it was justified, Root said. Written permission would only be given if the weapon was on display in a class, said

Drew Calandrella, vice president for Student Affairs. Permits are issued by the sheriff ’s department of each county. In 2013, Butte County ranked among the top 10 in California for the amount of issued permits, according to the Calguns Foundation. Butte County issued 2,415 permits that year. About 98 percent of those licenses were issued to civilians. The court decision is final unless it is appealed, in which case the decision would be transferred to the California Superior Court for final review. The sheriff ’s department does not see a future increase in permits being issued as a result of the changes, said Cherie Jones, records supervisor of the Butte County sheriff ’s department. “We are still more lenient on permits being issued compared to LA county,” Jones said. TJ Carter can be reached at

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