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Fraternity anct-sorority houses vandalized.

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The Gay and Les~an Pride Parade.

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Staff union, CSU talk pay raises, parking·fees Last week 's contract negotiations held at CSUN NATALIE BAfilL~ SUMMER SUNDl-'L

For California State Uni -ve rsity Employees Union members, their

demands are simple: "Show me the money."

1he cenlral issues of !he nego-tiations be ing staff pay rai ses and parking fees.

The nego1ia1ions, held June 13 through June 15. are part ofCSUEU and CSU con-trac1 discuss ions. which are reopened every year.

The union held its '"Staff Rally for Better Pay" in fronl of the Ovia11 Library during contract nego1ia1ions. Employees and supporters wore T-shirts printed with the slogan. "Save Our Staff with Raises. Rights. and Respect. "

Rally participanl~ chanted "more wo rk. Jess pay" and "show me the money·· during the rall y.

Dozens of ~ifomi;a State Univenfty Employees Union me mben march during a " Save Our Stan;' rally June I .C.

An observable tension filled rhe- room duri ng con-tract bargaining sessions that took place at the Oviatt Library last week between negotiating teams from CSUEU and the CSU. with

The CSUEU represents approximately 15,000 CSU employees. including nurses. custodians, administrat i ve support personnel. informa-tion technology employees and many others. See LABOR, page 10

Governor sends revised budget to Legislature . LINDSAY MILLS ried. and wentto the chair of the Polit- "l wasn't alone." University, according to budget Ian- Charles Reed in 2004. offered an SUMMER SuNDIAL- icaJ Sci~'l:)ep~rtment. . . . .,f .\.~ h · ,~Y,·1'~~1~hw~lfcggcr,se~n~ ·~"'.:iltage...Tbe governor has pronti~c:!,to "" Ul'IC~1Jfinn,e<J .. &lJa~n3C . ..Q.f ~~~ Pfl~..,.·-· _. _

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F ~Diane Smith, a graduating n't afford to pay'mOre ii:acfie:rs iO"tKE" tllt~mirt:!fislat'Ui:e"May1". A 'least 3 percei:it through 201 land.back ~etiim for deep cuts to vita l programs senior liberal arts major and another claM or section bCcause of completed version of the budget must away from strict enrollment limns by . in the 2004-05 budget. pol itical science minor. trying budget cots. .. Smith said "I ended up pass through the Legislature by the providing funding for 8,000 new Although the governor has made

to get into one of her last classes having to go to the Liberal Studies stan of the state's next fiscal year - CSU students, beginni ng this year. adjtL~tmenl'\ to the budget, the 23 cam-bcfore graduauo·n was a nightmare Department. where they replaced that· July I - to avoid massive financial For Smiih and other students. th is puses in the CSU system are still focing

Last semester, Smith found herself, class with another so I wouldn' t have to and logistical complications. might equate to more class a'Jai labili- a large deficit. acconling to AIK:c Sun-aJong with some ·or her peers, on 3 wait another semester ro graduate." In the proposed budget, the gover- ty and less worrying about having pri - shine. communicalions director for the waiting list to add a popular political "I remember talking with other nor fully funds the Compact for erity registration. science class. When Smith was not students who said they wc;re having Higher Education a)1d enhances stu· The Compact, made between the able to get into the class, she got wor· the same problems," she said. dent access to the California State governor and CSU Chancellor See BUDGET, page 10

Human Relations center proposed KRISTEN PRESCOTT SUMMER SUNDIAL

T he Department of Communica-tion Studies has proposed to th< Provost"s Council the Cen-

ter for Human Relations. an intcrdisci-pljt\llfY college ccnoer that -will offer three post·baCcalaureate cenificatc programs through the Roland Tseng College of Extended Leaming.

The certificate programs arc in the preliminary planning stages, said )oyce Feucht-Haviar, dean of the College of Extended Leaming.

"Classes will start iri Spring (2006) if all goes well, .. 111e saia. , The center, which will include participation from several CSUN colleges, "is committed to teaching, research and community involve-ment in all aspects of human rela-

• tioils on the global, national and community levels," according to Peter Nwosu, Communication S1ud-

1.Cs Department chair and COOri:lina-tor of the proposed center.

"Our goal bas been to !"position . ourselves as a major center of com-munication ex..cellence in the region

See CENTER. page 10

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Rising apartment prices affect college students Rent prices similar near big L.A. schools LARAINE FISHER SUMMER SUNDIAL

T uilion differences aside. stu-dents from CSUN. UCLA and USC arc united by at least one

common experience: similar apart-ment rental costs that seem to be increasing every year.

A • study conducted by Real -Facts, a housing research organi -zation, found that at the end of las t year, Los Angeles, San Bernardi-no, and Riverside counties posted apartment rental costs that increased by more than 4 percent in just one year.

'"There is a land shonage and an innux of people," said Sascha Endsley-Dubin, a real estate agent at Pinnacle Estate Properties. which operates apartment com-plexes in the San Fernando Valley. ..Builders can't keep up with sup-ply .and demand, so prices are on the rise."

' Rashaad Dixon, a Nonhridge resident and CSUN alumnus, said he decided to move to a cheaper

apartment complex whe n the Vil-lage Apartme nts o n Lindley Avenue-. rai sed the re nt for his lhree-bedroo m apartme n1. w hic h he shared with two c urre nt CSUN student s.

"They rai ioed my re nt fro m $1.650 to $ 1.790. so one of my roommates and I moved to Chatsworth . wh ich 1s a little fur· 1her fro m the school. but my re nt is about $700 less for a two-bedroom (apartment ), .. Dixo n said .

..Landlords know they can rai se the prices (for apartments) because students need to Jive close. so they will pay it." Dixo n said.

Many apanments close to CSUN advertise rent that varies around $100 on average. depend-ing on the type, location and size of the ap;irtiTient. and do not vary much in cost from some randomly sampled apanmcnts near UCLA and use.

A one~bedroom apartment stans at around $900 at the Balboa

See RENT. J>!108;..

-Compil<d l1y Maria JOS< SuJJivun

Cahn to succeed Kamrava as Political Science chair

AftCr serving a three-year lenn, Mehran Kamrnva. political science profes.'O'" and chair of the Political Science Department. has decided nc.: to return for a secood lmn as chair, but will con-tinue to teach in the dcpartmenL Manhcw Cahn~ been ck:ded chair of the depanmcnt for the next thra:-year term. beginning on the firs1 day of Fall 2005. "(Being chair) is a time-consuming endeavor." K.amr.iva !laid. Kamrava. who said he was anticipat-ing making use of his extra time by spending it with family and conilucting research. wa-. rccemJy a~ lO be acting chair of lhc Anlhmpology Dcpanment for the 2005-06 academic year. Kam-rava. whose degrees are in potitical i;cicncc, ~ acccp:cd.

CSUN track and field competes at NCAA Championships

CSUN wa' well n:presented at lhe NCAA Outdoor Champi-onships. held Ju ne 8 1hrough June 12 in Sacramento. Long jumpers Jeremy Garcia and 0-JShellc Andrews. triple jumper Johnny Wiley. high Jumper Alex Marbley and discus throwCT Tomas Fajardo advanced to the meet following the regular sea-son. Fajanlo. who came in 12th. made lhe finals and produced lhe "best performance of the weekend." according to throws co:di Dale Cowper. "It's a good opponunity for those athletes that arc able to advance 10 1he meet·· Cowper said. TilC other four athletes did llOI advance U1 the event '"Unfonunately, our (other) atMete$ did not pe1form 1ha1 we11:· said Jeremy Fischer, jumps-vault coach. Fischer .~J pclhaps the athletes were suffering from "small fish m a big pond syndmrne.'' even though the men had previously participatccf in mcelo:; of that size and scope.

' PPM sets up online aucj:ion (or --vanous uii\isE!<f uruve~ttY ·it:e~ --"

Physical Plant Management CSUN"s chief service provider. is promo1ing the onlinc auction of item."> no longer ll.-.ed by the university. The itcm_o:; (.'Oflle rmm various campus areas and range from automobi~ lo couches 10 lamps. Many items are firsl offered to needy orga.ni1.ations. such ao:; public schools. PPM then offer.- them to various CSUN dcpartmcnl"i before making them available m the community at large for auction. PPM ha"i u..-.ed the auction service for two or three yearx. according to Bruce Wein-'lein. a-..-.istant director ur logistical ~rvices at PPM. Wei nstein ~ud, on ,average. $ 1 \ ,lXX) is collected annually from the items auct1ond:t off. ·1'hc fl)lmey goes 10 the ~cncra l scholarship fund.'" Weins1ein ~id. To see a lisl of the items being auctioned, visit www.publicsurplus.com.

Teaching and Learning Center to oversee university programs

The function.:; of the Center for ExceUencc in 4a1Tling and Teaching. Office of Gr.iduau: Studies, Research, aro Inlemalion-al Program<. PnJgram for Accelerated College Education. and Online I!ISU\IClion will bepoolcd and renamed by lhedin:ctooof lhe r<Sp<Ctive programs. according to Cynlhia Rawitch, asoociale dean of lhe College of Ans. Media and Communication. Rawitch will lllke over a.< associate via: preside,. of Undetgr.iduale Stud-ies Aug. I . The tentative name forlheoombined functions will be lhe T.,.;hing and Leaming Cenu:r. Rawitch said The goals of lhe various programs include improving faculty <1e .. 1opme .. aro univer.;ity learning . .. How do we integrate all of lhese programs and activities to improve and cjlange learning at CSUN?" Raw-itch said of !he n:organWttion·s objt:aivc. Over lhe sununer. pro-gram directors will create a new mission 5lMcrtlcnl. Raw;tch said

Bianchi Planetariwn to host special prograin Friday.night

csUN·s Bianchi Planetarium will 1.- a special show Friday night. which inclt.de.< an unscheduled lecture by a Jet Propiilsion Laboratory speaker. The shows. offered eYCI)' od1er Friday O..ring lhe swmra, regularly include a planelarium 5W show follow<d by a look al c:deslial objei:t.< tltrough lhe lens of a tdcsccpe. The plandarium sltow begins al 7:30 p.m.. and is f"""-1 by a 1<ie-i00p0 viewing al 8.:4S p.m.

News IT Security Plan in effect at CSUN Incident Response Team exists, 'Security Awareness Month' planned DEBORAH RIVERA SUMMER SUNDIAL

A n Information Secu-rity Plan has been ado]>ted by CSUN to

protect confidential infor-mation. in electronic or paper form , pertaining 10 s1udents and employees at the universit)'.

The plan was adopted in early 2004. and in December of that year, Al Arboleda was hired as the university 's information security officer at Information Technology Resources, which placed him in charge of 1he plan.

According to Arboleda. every campus needs to have an infor~ion security offi-cer as pan or a mandate from the CSU Chancellor's Office.

One reason for lhe plan is that in the last few years t~ere h_ave been several cases of identity theft and personal information expo-sures throughou1 the coun-try, Arboleda said.

He said these cases have

been the driving force for the CSU to ask individual uni-versit'ie.11 10 adop( a compre-hensive security plan to pro-tect themselves.

Earlier this month, Citi -group Inc. announced lhal confidential information such as Social Security num-bers and account and pay-ment i pnnation stored on computer tapes had been Josi when the information wa.o:; shipped to a credit bureau in Texas.

Citigroup is not the only major company 10 confront private infonnarion breaches.

In March, LexisNexis rcponcd that hackers confis; caled a database 1hat stored names, addresses and Social Security and driver's license numbers. The hackers gained access to about 32,000 personal files.

The plan calls for close oversight of .. u'!iversily con-sultants. vendors and con-tracted service providers . Cont racls with the university will specify what the con-tractor will have access to

and wilt state that the infor-mation is only to be used for uplicit business purposes.

According to the IT secu-rity plan. there will be an " Incident Response Team" that will be responsible for identifying problems and coming up with resolutions.

Other measures of securi -ty include having computer network passwords changed every 90 days. Desktops. af1er being idle for 20 min-utes. will go to a password-protccted screen saver.

Not only does 1hc univcr-sicy need 10 comply wilh and operate an active securily plan, but ii must also comply with other regulations.

'"The universi ty has a responsibility to be compli-ant with federal and state laws," said Spero Bowman, Chief Information Officer forlTR .

' Such federal and s tale laws include the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act . which requires thal the university design and implement spe-cific policies 10 protect pri-

Ya1e-informa1ion. Arboleda is in the

process of formulating a schedule of training classes 10 be made available to staff. faculty and students to make them aware of security issues. Arboleda said some possible classes include how individuals can protect con-fidenti.al information, pre-vent identity theft and set up firewalls.

The.11e classes will become pan .. of lhc security awareness program that is scheduled to start in Fall 2005. Arboleda is consider-ing makin& October "Securi-ty Awareness Month," but an official decision ha.'\ not yet been made.

Prior to that. two pi101 classes will be offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays, beginning chis ~ummcr. The classes wi II be open to staff and facul1y and are being held to formulate ideas about what is needed by the universi cy in terms of fur-ther security measures . Arboleda said.

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Residents exit the Vlllqe Apartr-AMts In Granada Hiiis. One fun,_- resident says the hlndlonls - they can raise rental prices ~ students need to live dose to campus.

Rising rent aff ~cts L.A. college students RENT Continued from page 1

Apartments located off Reseda Boulevard. accord-ing 10 a randomly conducl~ sampling of apanment cost.s In the area. Another complex asks $1 ,025 for a one-bed-room apartment within about ll five-mile radius of the Bal-boa Apartmen'1.

UCLA offers surrounding off-campus apartments for prices similar io the Noi-th-ridge area. A .one-bedroom

apartment at Weyb.urn Ter-race, localed near UCLA and an apanmenc· complex TCCommendcd by the main UCLA student housing office, starts at $910. Other complexes within a few miles of Wcyburn Terrace ·ask for $926 for a one-bed-room apartmcnl

Largely populated with students from CSUN and other schools in the a~c.a . the Northridge Ca.mpus Resi-dence. located on Zelzah Avenue adjacenc to the .CSUN tennis courts, is one

of the least expensive pri-vately owned complexes in the area, with one-bedroom apanments starting a1 $700.

"Prices all around (the area) have gone up in last few years." said Phyllis Gilpin, a front desk employ· ee at NCR. "We stay filled because we do offer the mo<t affordable prices. The dorms on (the CSUN cam-pus) are even more expen-sive (than we arc)!'

use bu apirtments sur-roundi .. its ~ that are a bit mote expensive com-

pared with are.ls surround-ing CSUN and UCLA.

Rent at largely studenl-- popul11ed apartments like

Centurion and Chateau Sera near use offer one~bed­room apartments for between SI,07S and SI.09S.

"(The prices) arc compa-rable:"' said David Starlc.s, a CSUN alumnus who works in the CSUN student hous-ing office as an assistant. .. Any apartment around here · is probably g<Mnc to be more expensive 1Mn living on campus."

Ne'-Vs Vandals .strike five local Greek houses Damages in the thousands of dollars RYAN DENHAM SUMMER SUNDIAL

Five CSUN fralernity and sorority houses suffered thou-sands of ~dollars wonh of

damage in what one fratemily pres-ident said was an "obviously Grcck-rclatcd" act of ··unmotivated'" van-dalism that took plf1Ce earl_y June 3.

Five Greek houses - Sigma Phi Epsilon. Zcla Beta Tau. Sigma Chi, Alpha Omicron Pi and Alpha Xi Della - ~ affected by the vandalism. Greek officials said the five incidents arc linked because of lhe type or spray paint ·and "lagging" used by the van-dals. In several cases. high-<juaii1y framed photographs or entire fraterni-ties ~ "composites" - that can indi-vidually COSI thousands Of dollars were damaged or destroyed.

The vandals. who have not been identified. broke into lhe Sigma Chi house garage and spray·painled over a fraternity composite sometime between 3:30 a.m. and 8 a.m., according to David Cheng, Sigma Oti prcsidcftl.

Cheng said the l>'andals also poured a can of painl inside the house's air conditioning unit and spray.:painted the inside walls of the garage and other arCas wilh obseeni-lics. 1M cost or lhe damage at lhe

. Sig1l13 Chi house .is estimated 10 be

riearly Sl.000. pethaps even more if the air conditioning unit i!i found 10 be beyond repair, Cheng said.

Sigma Phi Epsilon, located blocks from campus and less than a mile from Sigma Chi , was also van· . i..ll!!!!!!!'Jilll dalizcd during the same time period, according to the fraternity's presi-dcn1. Ruben Sanchez. The house was maj1<ed by spray paint on fences bor-dering the front and sidC of the house, he said. ,

Additionally. Sanchez said van-dals enlCfcd lhe backya!d or lhe house and poured a bucket or paint against lhe side or lhe house.

Sigma Phi Epsilon was lagged with spray-painted nonsense, obscen-

Ruben 5onchez, president of the Slama Phi Epsilon fnltemlty, said the fnltemlty house wu vandalized -time In the early mornln1 of June J. Spray-paint damaged fences at the house we"' later aken down.

ities and what Sanchez said were the mcnt Center, to try and "kill any who he thought the vandals were. Greek s\,mbols of Pi ·.Kappa Alpha, spcculallon lhey had. about us dOing Several of the affected Greek another CSUN fraternity. Sanchez this crime." houses, including Sigma Phi Epsilon sajd he did not believe Pi Kappa "'When I contacted !hem, I offered and Sigma Chi, called lhe police aficr Alpha w~ involved in the tagging them my fmtemi1y·s help to dean up they discovered the \landalism. and that someoqe. else spray-painted and do everything in Ol!f po\\!,er to Sanchez and thcrlg said officers from the fraternity's letters on the fences. find out who did this ridiculous lhe Los Angeles Police Department

Jacob Kantor, president of Pi crime," he ~id. took down the report, but added they Kappa Alpha. ~ in an e-mail that CSUN lnterfratemity Council have yet to hear back about lhe inci-his fraternity was not involved in the President Jacob Stockfish said two dent Cheng said officers from the vandaJism. · sorority houses-Alpha Xi Delta and LAPD Devonshire Division respond-

He said as soon as he was notified Alpha Omicron Pi - were also hit by cd to the call . of the incident by a friend whose car the vandals, along with one other fra- Cheng said he does not think the was vandalized outside her sorority tCmity, Zeta Beta Tau. LAPD can do much about the vandal-house, he spoke with fraternity and ··As of right now. we can't reaJly ism until the fraternities and sororities sorority ~idents, as well as Jaini- do anything," Stocldish said. "We find 001 more infonnation about what son Keller, activities coordinator for don't really know who it is." he thinks was almost certainly a case

""(The LAPD) probably just has it on file ... Cheng said ... h if ii happens again, they'll take that into account.'"

Christina Villalobos. spokesperson for lhe CSUN police. said the LAPD is not required to contact CSUN police regarding incidcnLc; such as vandalism. even if it involves CSUN clubs or organizations. Villalobos said the fraternities and sororities could have reported the incidcnLc; to CSUN police as well. as both the LAPD and CSUN police have jurisdiction in the areas where the vandalism took place.

Stockfish said the IFC could not

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A. w1i~·eii~--Goo:ifrlme:_:~ ... ~:::_:;.~: .~ ~-~J31if ~would ~ stop-c·su from --,.-.-.. cha!ging new processing fee SB 860 prohibits surcharges on credit card use

for students altogether. as the CSU claims it cannot continue lO absorb the COSL~ of credit card transactions - in the fonn of ··merchant fees" - on its own. llle CSU has said in order for it to continue covering the ADAMPARTH

SUMMER SUNl;>IAL

CSUN's plan to begin charging a 2.9 percent fee for online credit

card transaclions could be stalled· following the approval of a California State Senate · bill that prohibits the Uni -.:er-sity of California, the Califor-nia Stale University and slate community colleges from imposing the new fees.

· cost of these mercham fees, the system would be forced to cut from the budget in other areas, such as student services and instruction program'i.

Scnale Bill 8<>0. proposed by S1ate sen. Debra Bowen, D - Rcdondp Beach. waS passed in a 26= 11 bi{*lisan VOlC. June I, and now heads t<>lhe Califor-nia Assembly. The bill was originally designed 10 prohibit credit card surcharges in all areas of California government but w~ revised to target ~ or higher education.

The CSU is opposed 10 the legislation because it would amount to a S7 million budget cut for the system were it to become slalC law, occording to CSU spokcspcr:son Clara Potes-Fellow.

In lctlCn sent bY. the CSU to the Senate Judiciary and Appro-prillions committees. the CSU · said SB 8liO would eliminate ihe credit card payment option

Representatives from Bov.:.en 's office said student credit card usagC actually saves money fort~ CSU when com-pared to other forms of pay-ment. lllese transaction fees discourage the use of automated systems. such as the online pay-ment system that exists on the CSUN Web Ponal. they said

In a statement from the CSU. the system agreed that the handling of electronic pay-ments costs lc.<s than the han-dling or check payments. bul added Iha! the CSU cannot con-trol the credit can! processing recs charged by banks.

In a recent effort to reduce university spending. CSUN eliminated the use of credit cards at University Cash Ser-vices in the Student Services Building.

Credit cards may still be used onlinc through the CSUN Web Portal. Transactions are limilal to MasterCard. Discov-er, and American ExJRSS cards and will be subject IO a sur-charge. which is scheduled to begin June 20.

Visa transactions wi JI no longer be accepted because the company charges a flat processing fee. as opposed to the other companies that charge a percentage proces.~­

ing fee . The umversi1y 1s cur-rently in talks with Vi~ in hopes of finding a remedy 10 this. according to Universi ly Con,troller Rohen Barker.

According 10 Barker. credit card merchan1 fees cost the uni-versity about $I million every year. wilh approxi mately $65().000 or that tOlal coming straight from the annual CSUN operating budget

'11le university is going to have great difficulty trying to continue to absorb this ~ .. Barker said.

CSUN administrators do not have the opt.ton of adding new fees to student tuition to cover the Cost. Barkei said.

.. (I) would not support an approach that would ,spread this across the campus popula-tion," he said.

Most CSU campuses have processing recs already in place, according IO l'lllcs-Fel-low. The CSU will wait to soc whar-happcns in lhe California Assembly, where the biU will race another vote later this month. After thal, the law would have IO be signed by Gov. Arnold Seit-'° become stale law.

No altemalivcs have ya been - should the bil nun inlll law, Barttt Slid.

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Nevvs Envision 2035 plan11ers draft environmental report Environmental Impact Report to address air quality, traffic concerns Cll,I STINA EVERET[_ SUMMER SUNDIAL

As pan of CSUN's Envision 2035 cam-pus planning project.

the project's deve lopers are drafting an Environmen1al Impact Rcpon that will address various environmental issues associa1ed with the plan .

Watering the construction

sites is a huge issue.

- Colin Donahue. director of Faci lities Planning at CSUN

CSU N rCct:ntl y pre vie wed for members of the commu-nll ) the fina l vcr,10 11 o f the En\ 1!-i ion 2035 Campus Mas-te r Plan . a nll he ld a public .. copi ng meeting 10 hear comment ~• aho u1 e n viron-me nt a l 1 :-. ~uc~ 1ha1. wi ll be at.Jd rcv,ed m 1hc draft o f the EJR . ti.•1i1Ch ·1, no·w · bclng· .. "nrn .. ·n a .. pan of the Ma .. 1er Plan

Once t.he review period is · complete. Dochne will respond to any comments or suggestions made. and wi ll begin drafting a fina l docu-ment to be published. The Master Plan will then become a legal document and can begin to become ac1ualized.

Planned campus develop-men1 projects and concerns' about how Envision 2035 will affect campus aesthetics. ai r quali1y. noise. housing and traffic will be di scussed in lhe drafl of the EIR.

Colin Donahue. di rector of Facilities Plann ing, said he expec ts tt}e campus changes to happen gradua ll y. ·

"Over the next 30 years, we ' re an1icipating 1.15 mi l-lion square fee t of academic and administrati\•e spach on .. campus to accommodate I 0.000 more students.·· Don-ahue said .

According IO the Master Plan . up 10 600 new housing uni1s will be built on North Campus to accommoda1e facuh y and staff. The uni1s will be located on Lnssen Stree t bc1wccn Lindley AYcnuc and. Zclzah Avenue. replacing parking Lot T,

' ANA GUTta"R•Z f SUMMVt SLWOfM.

resu It frorn Envision 2035 arc addressed in the draft EIR .

. "Watering the construc-tion sites is a huge issue" in order to reduce flying debris in the arCa. Donahue said.

0ne of the original land-marks that will remain on campus is the Orange Grove, located at Lindley Av.enue and Nordhoff Street.

"The Orange Grove was a key issue all (throughout) the forums and in the Master Plan,''~Donahue said. "It is a treasure to the campus that will be maintained."

Plans for the Orange Grove include an "art walk" that will extend from Santa Susana Hall , formerly the Faculty Office Bu ilding. through the grove to the new Valley Performing Arts Center and toward the west end of campus. Thompson sa id.

Rebecca Stock. senior child development major, won an essay contest hosted by the Daily Sundial in 1993. when she was 10-years-old.

At that time. the Orange Grove was scheduled to be destroyed and replaced by a parking Jot. Her essay asked that 1he des1ruction be stopped.

..:·1 didn't want ·the Orange •• O,r.o.v~_t9 •. ~>.9<:£:4Jl l!l'c . -· ~ ;t· wu-·a .. ~m-n,y-.--..•

mom when she was in col-lege, and I wanted it to be a

The dratt o l the EIR i:-. bcrng prepared hy Anne Dochnc. pnnc1pal al lmpac1 Science!\. the company hired hy 1hc uni ven;; 1t ) lo map out !he cnv ironmen1al a .. pcc1s of the Ma~t e r Plan. and wi ll be re leased in Fall 2005 10 1he publ ic and to coun1 y offi cials and 'i i ate. agenc ies for a 45-day re view period before moving on 10 1hc nex1 s1ep of approval.

: ·There)~ ~urr~ nt }y a h{ . of (tiai1k)·congc, tioii On'1Tie-·-west side or CSUN." Don-ahue i-ai<l . By creating large parking structures a long Zclzah Ave nue . "we' re going to try to balance the traffic on the ea!<io l and wcM 1o ide of campui-." he said.

"The o,.ange Grove WU a key is.sue au (throughout) the forums and in the (Envision 2035) Mute,. Plan;" said Colin Donahue, directo,. of Facliities Planning at CSUN.

pan of my experience. too," Stock said.

ln add ition to other vege-tation on the CSUN campus, London Plain trees will be come the signa1ure focal poinl in a new Campus perimeter.

every mile thereafter. accord-ing 10 Thompson.

According to Donahue , baseline traffic counts and s1udies were conducted to measure the fl ow of traffic around the campus.

ncrs. the comp<ft'l y hired by the universi1y lo create the Envision 2035 proposal.

"Over the course of the next 30 years. the university is (going) to do a couple of things 10 encourage more public transi1 (use) ," he said .

near Uni v~ rsity Hall that wou ld bring buses into cam-pus, Thompson said.

A new bus stop will be cons1ruc1ed on Nordhoff Street adjacent to the unjYer-sity within six month , -and buses will run east and wes1 along Nordhoff Street, stop-ping at Lindley Avenue and

Thompson said he encour-ages students to create car-Jl<>OIS and find housing on campus to reduce the flow of traffic and the environmental concerns that are a result of it.

"They are very large trees that give off shade and do well in the climate ." Don-ahue said. "(This perimeter) has a lot to do with the char-acte r of the campus."

Richard Thompson is the director of Urban Design and Plann ing at A.C. Martin Part-

The EIR will addiess a plan fo r a bus transit stop

According to Donahue, a ir quality concerns that

CELT announces prolect. grant recipients for 2005-06 - .

SfEPHANIE COSTA SUMMl:.R SUNDIA L

The Center for Excellence in Learnmg and Teaching ha..~

announced the 2005-06 recip-ients of the Judge Julian Beck Learning-Centered Jnstruc1ional Projec1 Grant Award. and nex1 year. Mudcms will be witnessing what a difference more than $78.000 in award money can make.

TilC CELT grant' arc awarded once a year. and are used to help fund proj-ects developed by CSUN professor.;. 'The projects arc llSC<l in various aca-demic depanmenis r.o professors can better teach specialized subjecl'i to their student'i. according to this pe™>n.

· according_ 10 Kelly Kroeker, adminis-

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do much until it finds out more infor-mation about the '1andalism.

"We' re waiting for someone to be

trativc suppon a~istant for CELT. Each project is eligible for a maxi-

mum grant of S5,000. This year, 17 projeclS received

funding thal di stributed more than S78,000 to 30 profesoors. The award money comes from Univer.;ity Corpo-ration endowment funds.

When applying for the grants, teachers arc given a deadline by which they mu.'il submit their applications. budget requests and project propo:;als. The grant committee considers the proj~t proposals and then detennines if an award should be issued.

TeachCB are selected by how well they demonstrate their projects' useful· ncss in improYing student learning, Kroeker said.

All faculty and staff are eligible .

lilllpid." Stockfosh said. "(We' re wait· ing) for someone to tell us who did il"

·~tockfish said that if the vandals were associatod with a fralemily or sorority, the JR: would bring them to a jUdicial court tioord hearing. whac I panel made up of repaenlaliva

to crea1e and submil prqjects, either individually or as a group. Each department may work together to pn:parc its projects.

Women's Studie.' Political Sci- .... ence, Chicahola Studies, Mathematics, History and Physical Therapy were. among the depanmenlS that receiYed grants this year. among others.

Women 's studies professor Flo-rence K~omugisha was one of30 pro. fessors who received a project grant

She proposed "Embracing Diver· sity through Innovative Pedagogy"' with fellow women's studies profes-sor R. Dianne Bartlow.

··1 am looking forward to using the grant money in . order to create my project," Kyomugisha said. "My plans are currently On hold though,

from 11 IR: OIJ!anizatioos would detennine possible sanction recom-me'ndations, irduding the possibility of a fraternity or sorority being removed from campll.

Cbonc Slid incidalll of ·--ism "" not common II (r..mty ..t

Three of tlt"t 17 CELT project grant awards:

• - SS,000 for Kolherine Stevenson and Williun Watkins from the Mathematics Department for their Bridslna the Gap In Upper DIYlslon Math via Student Eop.,_.i pro8!""'-

- '$4,363 for Melissa Wall from the Joomalism Depenment for her 8"" Wild: Using an lnteracdft 1tdmology as a~ 'lbol program.

- $5,000 for Ramon Garcia and ~ de la Loza from Chicano/a Studies Depanment for their ApplJtaa Theories oC Art to the Lived_ Environment In Cblcan<>'a Studies 100 program.

because the grant money has not yet been distributed."

Kroeker said each project must detoonslrate a design that will i01pl\WC students' active and experimental learning practices. improve stOOents'

sorority houses, but that vandalism has hlpponod a C<>Uplc of times since he Jiu '-1 here. He laid wbat WIS llJlique lbout thole iacidenls WIS thal they - seemiftl)y wmodwllll.

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classroom assessment techniques. and display web-based technology to improve Sllldent lcaming.

Cynthia Desrochers, director of CELT, is in chaqieofthc program. but could not be reached for comment

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Opini.2!! Banning new student credit c·ard. fees irresponsible Abill passed lhrough lhe Cali-

forn ia St111e Senate 1ha1 seeks to prevent universities from

charging siudents an extra fee for credi1 card transactions will now make its wuy to !he Assembly. where it will face a final vote .

This bill should be defco1cd. bolh

To some, any attempt to

increase the share students are asked to pay is somehow

a betrayal, and a rejection of higher

education.

because it is yet another unfunded man-date on education and because it encour.iges an unheallhy financia l ethic among studems.

For year.;, unive~ities have been absorbing the cost of merchant fees -1hc fee charged by credit companies ..)Whenever a tr.msaction is completed. At between $78 and Sl25 a year for each full time s1udcnt. the merchant fees cost CSUN a total of $90J,CDJ for 1he 2004-05 fiscal year. CSUN and other campuses arc seeking to recoup

The U.S. Supreme Coun has ruled thal the federal gov-crnmenl may prosecu1e

patients who use prescribed mari-juana for medicinal purposes:"?:ven though the drug remains legal for 1ho~ uses in California and nine other stales.

Medicinal cannabis treats patients with aliments such as AIDS. HIV, cancers. digestive disorders. multiple sclerosis, epi lepsy. arthritis and glaucoma.

According to studies from \lari· ous medical magazines, the active ingredient in cannabis is THC, which in controlled doses can have a signif-icantly poSiti vc effect on those suf-fering with various painful illnesses.

I think one or the reasons for lhe Supreme Coon's ruling was because the justices felt the federal legaliza-tion of the drug, even for medicinal purposes, would cause a stir in the federal government's war on drugs. Some argue that if marijuana remains legal for patients, then it would counteract the auempt to eliminate federally deemed "illegal drugs ."

Heallh does not seem co be the issue here. Cigarettes arc bought and

the financiaJ ~ that m a result of lhese fees by ""!Uiring lhe studenis 10 pay lhem. lhus patching up a significan1 budgela!y hole.

However, Sen. Debra Bowen (0-Rcdondo Beach). 1heaulhorofSB 800. does not sec the wisdom in such an approach.

One of her many objections 10 lhe new fees is lha1 they are "di~mhlatcr ry" toward students who pay their bills using credit cards. Bowen clai~ that such fees are "unaa:ept1ble ... because the cost or tuition shouldn·l vary depending on hqw a student or their parenlS decide to pay lhe bill.'' Taking up 1he dusty manlle of pro-marke1 con-servatism. Bowen also claims 1ha1 "this kind of discriminatory pricing isn't allowed in lhe private sector," and she expres....es her desire to "ban (the fee increase) everywhere in government.••

Bowen also SCCS the credit card recs as contrary to the be.51: interest~ or the various universit~

CSU campuses spend $30.85 10 process online credit card payments. but spend $33.30 to administer tuilion payment installment plans for Stu· dents. A drop in credi t card transac· tions would theorelically sec an increase in administration fees as more students op1 to pay for their tuition in installrTients or through cash and check transactions.

"It 1s completely backwards to charge people who pay wilh credil ~ more money, when they're actu·

sold in every gas station in the Unit· ed States. and everyone has heard aOOut the terrible effects of ciga-reues. Why is medicinal cannabis

Laraine Fisher • Summer Sundial

calching so much nak when unhealthy cigarettes have no proven benefits. but arc still legal to anyone?

By all means, 1 agree that the war on drugs should be enfon:ed, and lhe fight is not a trivial matter.

However. I cannot help but feel that the Sui>i:eme Cbun ruling takes

ally saving univCrsitics money by using 1he In1emet and automaled phone sys-tems to pay their bills.'' Bowen says.

While it is encouraging to hear a California elected official talking about

Sean Paroski d.J --Columnist

' fiscal responsibility for a change, Bowen's arguments are not very com-pelling. As for her assertion lhat such discri~inatory pricing is absent in the privaie seaor, she is technically com:ct. but only in the sense that thefe are not two prices for cmdit and non<redit iransactioos.

In reality, consumers pay for lhe men:hant fees every lime lhey go shop-ping. The difference is that in a busi· ness, the COS( or credit transactions is offset by an overall increase in the price of.goods and services·. This.is one rea· son why gas is cheaper at gas stations

too much power away from the states and from the people. The rul-ing does not seem to fully consider the lives or those living with these illnesses day in and day out. There should be options for those Ameri· cans with chronic illnesses.

The extreme measure or keeping medicinal marijuana federally ille· gal may cause those who cannot afford other fonns of medical pre-scription relief to suffer from more severe daily pain. There are SC\'er-al other prescription drugs that seem just as questionable as marijuana. as far as their legal status.

Morphine, vicodin, and code~ne are known to be ad~ic!.!,Ye sub-stances that are painlcilfCrSfrom "the heroin family." Valiums ;ind perco-ccts arc used as pain relievers, and can also become addictive.

I think whiu also contributed 10 the decision is the fact thal it is not necessary for pharmaceutical com-panies to supply lhe drug. For most prescription cannabis, patients grow their own marijuana, or acquire it from cannabis clubs that are licensed to grow it. Fees for these services can be very. minimal but vary depending on the county,

Editor;,, Chief llYAN DENHAM

ANA GUTIEllllEZ

NATALIE llA81LA STEl'HANIE .COSTA CIUSTINA EVEllETT LAllAINE FISHEA LINDSAY HILU ADl\MMIR'H UllTIN PllUCOTT ~llM!llA HAIUA JOSE SUWVAN

lhat do not accepl credil cards. . Her analysis of administration costs

also does not bear scrutiny. While she is correct about the differc~ in admi• istration cosc.~ between credit card iransactions and man: traditional paper transactions, she examines the COSl dif· fercnces between the two without fac-toring in the merchant recs associaJed with the credit cards.

When lhe men:~t fees are added to the administrative costs of the mc:.tit transactions, the cost to the university for using credit cards stands between $108 and $155 per uansaction. Thus lhe real cost of a credil card transaction surpasses lhe cost of an ins1allmen1 plan by a1 least $75 dollars per Sllldent

Of course, universities would be more open to encouraging credit card transactions if they did not have to worry about the merchant fees. Bowen could have easily taken tale of lhat by inserting a provision into her bill that would require the state to reimburse lhe schools for lhe amoon1 spent on merchant fees.

Yet lhe same -budgelaly realities that prompted the universities to begin charging lhese extra fees in lhe first place also operate in the Califor-nia Senate. At a time when the gover· nor and teachers unions are waging a bitter fight over education spending, a bill that funnels lens of millions or extra dollars into school coffers

safe route 001. preferring an unfunded mandale ralher than lhe more sober policy or inactivity.

uft out of all lhis discu.<sion. how· ever, is 1he larger i'!'"' of why we are ooncemed about lhe rec increase al all. Shook! we not be glad lhat stUdenlS are being discouraged from u.<ing !heir cndi1 cards? After all, atdi1 cards can boast of inraest rates in lhe 15 IO 20 percenl range, especially for srudents. There are much man: responsible and· fiscally soond ways 10 finance an edu-calion. Financial aid and federal srudenl Joans are low-.cost alternatives for matiy srudent<. Even privaiely held SIU· dent loans offer defCITCd paymenl and low interest rates to students who do 110l qualify for federal or stale aid.

No. the main prob~m with this whole discussion is thal it a~umes that students shoukl not have to bear even a minimal cost when it comes to higher educalion.

Any anemp1 to increase lhe share lhey are asked to pay is somehow a betray~ of lhe students, and a rejeCtion of higher education iiself. 11 is an ethos of entillement lhal, sadly, plagues much of higher eduatlion today.

Yet lhis ethos is not surprising, fund-ed as ii is by lhe same legisla100 who cannot balance lhe stale budget. lest lhey diminish lhe mighty entillement juggernaut lhat is lhe stale of California.

would certainly have invited a gu,ber- Sean Paroslci is a 5enior applied natorial veto. Bowen thus took the . matlumwtics major.

unlike other prescription drug com· panics that require patients to pur· chase expensive versions or big· .. name drugs.

In California, a pilot program has been started that issues identifica-tion cards to patients as a -way to help prevent federal prosecution for medicinal usage. The Cal.ifornia Department or Health Services said 1hal by Aug. I. all 58 state counli~ will be using the voluntary name-

anonymous ID can! systerh. Perhaps the money that will be

spent on enforcing the federal law should be spent on finding a way to use the drug in an oral fonn. This would help keep it off the streel and · behind the counter, like any other prescription drug.

This solution would hopefully bring relief to suffering patients and aid in the government 's war on drugs.

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Celeb-hungry paparazzi getting (\ bit out of hand

Bad· environmental policy will cosi U.S. down the road MAROJS AFZALI ~ gas emissions in

Celebrities have been fighting back more 1han . ever against

aggressive photo-hungry paparazzi as or late.

Ifs seems like today's paparazzi will go to any length to get what they wanL

Perhaps the real question is, "~t what point should the line be drawnr Incidents of "celebrity versus paparazzi" alteications are at an all-time high. Celebrities constantly come in contact with the paparazzi that follow their every move. Therefore. it is no surprise when celebrities become aggravated. and begin to strike back. The paparazzi photograph celebri-ties· at their most vulnerable mom~nts, often Q~vealing things like new romances and alleged affairs.

In the 2004 film .. Paparazzi;' produced by photo-friendly Mel Gibson, Cole Hauser plays a celebrity thatbecomcy fed up with the .

... papafazzi an·d retaliateS against them when they begin to intrudt on his life.

In the film, hostile paparazzi cause Hauser' s character and his family to just barely avoid a fatal car crash.

. The.ci)arac!e[.PfOOlllllY goes. on a paparau.i-killing rampage.

One could argue that some-times paparazzi can wort. in favor of celebrities, essentially promoting their projects, whatever they might be. It is not a secret that concrovcrsy sells, aOO that that cOuld actu-ally help a celebrity's career.

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the only ones being targeted OUESTOOLUMNIST the Kyo10 Protocol means by angry celebrities? there is a r-i fur new envi-

Oon 't celebri ties know TI June 4 United ronmentally friendly tech-what they arc getting into ations World Envi- nologics. While 1_. and the when they become famous? ronrnent Doy confa-- E.U'. ue on the CtlUing edge It's not like it's a shock that ence in San Francisco was a o( new llOClvlologies and sub-oncc a person obtains a cer- fresli remind..- for Americans sequent ~ benefits, tain amount of celebrity, the who care about the environ- the United SllteS is further paparazzi will begin to photo- ment of the Bush odministn>- disw>cing itself from the rest graph that person. It 's some- lion's failure to like action of the world. thing that comes with being a again!I. global wanning. There will come a day celebrity in the United States. The conferencC wel- when U.S. hegemony is over. It's almost as if there is no corned dozens of mayors This proCess might come over turning back. from around the world. The a loog period of time, or it

Celebrities are still just reg- mayors attended the confer- could come in the very near ular people. however, and they encc to diSCUM the fu1urc of fut~. How long the United need their privacy. even if they global environment, with a Stares remains the most pow-are seen in checkout stands specific fCK,:us on building erful country in the world across the globe. stra1egies to reduce green- depends on policy decisions

But what is being done house gas cmismons. currently being hlade by the about all of this1 ' There has been growing Bush administration.

More imponanlly, whal is momentum for an intcma- 1be United States is cur-being done to protect Lindsay tional rosponse to the global renily the world's hegemonic Lohan and George Clooney? ~armin~ crisis since the power for three reasons: mili-

ln 1998. an anti-paparizzi crafting of the Kyoto Proto- tary suPenor11y; · economic law was establi shed in Cali- col iii 1997. Today, over 140 superiority, and the consent Of

Arc celebrities who fight fomia. The law prohibits the countries have signed on to the rest of the worid that we the paparaui ullimately fight- use of .enhancing devices to join the treaty. arc indeed the world's ing their own fan base? Photos capture images or sounds on Despite the wide populari- ''leader."' 1aken of celCbrities serve as an . private propeny, calling it an ty of the treaty across the We can already see our ·update for fans wanting- lo invasion of pri.vacy. globe, President Bush contin- economic superiority slipping know about their favorite But · perbaps celebrities ues lo oppose it for its poten- away, as the economics of ce lebrities' "dailY lives.'' Most should also be concerned with tial "economic burden.·• The China and the E.U. continue of the phOlos paparau.i take • where paparazzi photos are Bush administration's failure w grow. With the groWing end uP in {"ainstream maga- being sold. If there is a market •to take a Serious stance on influence of globaliz.ation,' zincs that pay an enomlous for these ph_?tos, then the global 'Warming has far new 1.economtc powers hkc alhounl"Of money forthem. papa"!Ui aa: going to con1in-,. grr.,ijter -itiiplicatillnS<l(!on.jUSI ·• ~~. \oiill.&~ .. ~&i~ .. &> 1-h.~ .1>!:$.s. a.n .i'!1~~-... ~~- ~-.d.? ... -.Y~t)~~)'~~~ ,.~! ~ ·< .. ~~-;.., t". ~~te~Tl)Of'C .often with

qucslion: why are paparazzJ mvade. Un like the United stales, the Umted :;talcs · which secs the protocol as an This will leave us with our

from the International Crimi-nal Court, and our refusal to sign onto the Kyoto Protocol have all led to us losing respect as a world leader.

Instead of being the lead-ing voice in the battle to com-bat global wanning, the p<CSi-dent has made us into one of the only two dissenting voices in the industrialized world (the other being Australia). Instead of being viewed as . a ''world leader," the United States is begiMing to be viewed as a natiOn one-step

· behind 1he rost of the pack. When our economic lever·

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Perhaps losing our eco-nomic advantage over the ~ of the workl in the age of globalism is inevitable.

But we don't have to lose our role as a world leader. We can be a shining light and an example to the res1 of the world. We can lead lhe fighl to combat global wanning. We can lead the fight to reduce grecnhou~se g~ emis-

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Staff union, CSU me·et for discussions at CSUN LABOR Continued from page 1

According to Patrick Gann. CSUEU president. CSU repre-sentatives did not respond to the union 's ini1ial proposal for four months prior 10 the stan of negO(iations.

According to Dennis Dillon. chair of the CSUEU Negctia-tions Committee and CSUN Theatre Department scenic shop foreman. CSU employees have OOI received a raise in two years.

.. It's OOl just the fact that we've gone two years without a raise. it's the fact tha1 if you look at the raises we've rcc:civcd over the past I 0 to 15 ycaB, they have not kept up with the rate of innation (or) the cost of living," Dillon said.

Dillon. who has been employed by the state of Cali-fornia for moo: than 25 years. said CSU employees are .. clas-sically underpaid'" for doing the same job as county and city employees.

Accord ing to Sylvia Freiberg. organizing chair for the CSUN chapter of the V:SUEU. the last raise ~U

ReP.-esencatlves from the CSU and the CSU Employffs Union discuss elements of a new contract durin& reneptiadon June 13.

employees received was a 1 .5 percent increase.

Freiberg said that while there is an increase in student enroll-ment. no new employees have been hiiro, so there is more woric for CWTCOt employees..

.. They keep telling us there is get from the state because the no mooey, but there arc ·a11 ~ • CSU relics primarily on money other projects going on oo..:am- from the state and from student pus. .. Freiberg said. fees," said Sharon Abernatha.

."All of the incmtSCS that manager of Labor Relations for (the) CSUEU arc requesting the CSU. arc dependent on the budget we Abernatha was present

Revised state budget sent to Legislature . BUDGET dents beginning in fall 2005, accord· expect them to pay for all of my fees

at last week 's contract ncgoliations.

Abernatha said ooe rca'!Of1 CSU employees have not received a raise is because in the la'it two ye;m.. the money the CSU has received from the state has decreased.

Another issue commonly expressed by staff members is the threat of increascd porking fees for employees.

Aikmng to Dillon. parking Toa have been approximately $14 a ~ for the past 12 years.

Jennifer Elliott. an adminis-trative support assistant in . the Religious Studies Dcpartmcnt at CSUN, said she feels Stale workers arc used as pawns in state budget battles.

"We haven't gotten a raise in over two years, and there is still a threat of increased health and parking fees." Elliott said.

Abernatha said ooe of the major iMUCS the uniVCJSity had for the contract negotiali~ is parltfog"fces.

*"The union contracts have oo< allowed us to inaease the fees for employ=. so the COOi for students has gooe up dra-matically," Abernatha said. ''We

Continued fro"! page 1 ing to~ budget. • and then tell~ ~ thc:rAi<>\\l<!.l!C '· . . ·lJ\e ""';kl¥~. for_ CSl,J ' "~!!!( .. ;e~~l\!~-~!11.'9 go up."-;.- "t.:~l';;~'il next year will be an mcrcasc m tmllon ·-i cho.SC to go to~~"n I:

~ifomia Faculty Association. "'The governor's budge1 is jus1 00(

good enough:· Sunshine said. 'The bottom hne remains: 1be CSU is $552 millioo 1n 1hc hOle since 2003. which 1s almost 20 perccnl of 1he lotal state portion of the CSU budget. and the Compacl would ensure 1he CSU stays unfunded."'

fees. Students will face an 8 pcrc.ent was less cxpensiVe than a (Univt'J"Sity of fee increase for 2005-06. California) school. but still provided a

Student fees have risen in sporadic quality education," she said jumps since 2002-03. when they shot While the governor promises to up 10.2 percent for undergraduates. iocrease the CSU budget and restore Studerit fees then rose a'gain by 30.2 money for enrollment growth next percent for undergraduates in 2003- year, Sunshine said the Compact does 04. In 2004--05. there was a 14. I per- oo<hing to secure funds that woo Id pro-ccnt increase in studcn1 fees for vtdeslocstothcmorelhan 11,CXX>qual-undergraduates. ifie.d freshman applicanlS who were

For Kim Ferclich. a junior business rcjecled by both systems for this fall . ' major. the in;crcase in student fees pres- " I am just worried about my cnlS a problem for her and her family. younger sister," Smith said "She will

believe thal employees should p11y their fair share."

"Pwplc can't live on the wages they get here... said James DacoSla. president ofthe CSUN chapter of the CSUEU and Unix system _administrator at lnfonnation Technology Rc.wura:s.

"We' re in agreement that the salaries need to go up, .. Aber-natha said. "We just believe that they need to go up within ttic amount we get from the state."

Abernatha said if salaries go up n-.xe tlW1 the CSU can han-dle, the money has to !;Ofl'lC from somcploce else. and that will impact other employees and university programs. caus-. ing student fees to go up.

"Our problem is keeping employ=. because once they start working here. and they dis-cover they' re not going to get raises, they go back into priv~ industries." Dillon said.

•i'his is a process that's healthy," Abernatha said. "Yoo talk about issues that both par-ties have, and try to work out what's in the best interest of both panics and hopefully we' ll be able to get a rcsolutioo by the end of this month."

tlltCHAllO S~Y IOIUl'l"SUNOW.

The go\'crnor's revi sed budget calls for an tncrca.o;e of $212 million in the CSU budget. which wi ll be the fi rst increase afler three consecutive years of budget reduc1ions.

The ex tra funds will give the CSU the ability to enroll 10.CXX> new stu·

.. M) family already pays enough be going into college next year, and I for my 1uition. housi ng and books,'" can only hope she doesn't have lO dea1 she said . .. It is hard , financially, to with as much run-around as I dKt."

Gov. Arnold Schwaneneger, seen here at a rally prior to the 2001 recall . election, sent his -isecl California m te budget, lncludin1 allocations for the CSU, to the Lesislature May I J .

Communication Studies proposes"-Cenier for Human Relations CENTER Continued from page 1

" Most centers do not receive any general monies other th~ for (things like) space and computers," said

and one or 1hc major public Mack Johnson, associate vice faces of the uni versity:· he president of Graduate Stud-said. ies, Research and Intemation-

The cemer will address al Programs. "Centers are communication, an apprccia- supposed to operate on grant lion of diversity, g lobal citi- funds and donated funds." zenship. the just di stribution Feucht-Haviar said the of resources. conflict man- College of Ext~ndcd ~­agement. violence reduction, ing, which itself is financially reconciliation and human dig- self-supponed, will provide nity. according to the center 's funding for the development fact sheet. of the center's ccnificatc pn>-

The center will comprise . grams. five components that will 'be Nwosu said the ccnificate implemenled incremenlall y, proarams will generate rcv-allowing the center to become enue that will help the ce~tcr financislly self-sufficierii, become self-sufficient. aJlow-Nwosu said. ing ii to implement its other

. .. We understood that we four components. would nol have the (financial) Catificate progrmis will resources when we started," be offerc4 in intercultural he sai:d. "It wu important to communication and social align ourselves with the Col- ju tiee, commuaication and lege of Extended Leaming.~ connict management, and

communication and interna-tional negotiation, Nwosu said.

The programs will be tar-geted mainly at mid-career professionals in both the pri-vate and public sectors, but will also become a training ground for faculty, interns, students and volunt.:crs from the univ'crsity and the com-munity.

Students who successfully complete a ccnificate pro-gram through the center may opt to pursue a master's degree in any one 'of these areas if Graduate Studies, . Research and International . Programs opprovcs the mas-~·· program aspect of the cent.er.

-We need to really tap into the <hollcaaa ol die commu-nity we live in. especially considOrina the diYmity of (this) city and·11a1e," Nwoou

. uid. "Manqing ntee and cth-

nic relations is one of the major areas of ti;nsion in our schools,

"Grant High Scliool, for example, (faces) difficulty between Anne.nians and other groups," he said.

The Department of Com-munica1ion Studies is ~ici­pating in Com'muniCating Common Ground, a program that addresses racial tension at the high school "by facili-tating dialogue and under-standing across ethnic and racial gi-oups."' according to the department's website.

Another challenge is con.: flict management~ Nwosu said. Ptoplc cany what he calls "cultural backpacks," -ing they bring with them their cullunll biases. He uid they see that people M'e dif-fcn:nt.. but they don't.11nder· Sland how that .trecu the woy those people behave, This lack of undcnlandina hu the

potential to breed eonnict, he said.

A third challenge faced by lhe community is that of doing business abroad, Nwosu said.

"California is well-posi -tioned in.terms of intCmation-al tracle," fiwosu said. "The center will provide Californi-ans who do business abroad a competitive advantage over their countcrpans, because if you understand people you're a Step ahead."

.. If you undemand how difTen:nt people conduct negotiations., you might have mon: patience, for example," he said.

Nwosu said no other cen-ter like this exists in the rc&ion. Ptoplc have io go OUI of.._ ID~ such u the Jnten:ubwal Camnainicalion llllli- in Punland, Ore. to ..., ICCCSS to tbeoe types of dialogues and activilia.

"We want to be successful Md unique in the r<gion and the state," he said. Thcothcr~ts of the

propoocd ocnta <lOIWst of spoo-Sllring and conducting rcsean:h related to improving human relations and social justice, scmi-apnual coUoqula and pub. lie lccrurc series. publication and di~natioo of various n1*rials 00 improving human rclalions and social jUSlice. and community ~t proj-ects, according to the proposal.

Cornminicalion for Youth. one of the comroonity ernpow-cnncnt proj<ds, involves work-ing with p;nwy and seoondary sebool - ID improve their public speaking skills, Nwoou said.

lo - ID the a:rtilicale __ ... __.,.in - u:h u oonftict resolution and - diwnity will be offind tbroupout the year, ~lllitl

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Podcasting g_oes from amate~r hour to KCRW ADAM PARTH __ SUMMER SUNDIAL

Podcasting,"" a form of recorded media dis-iribl!.tion via the

Internet to MP3 players, is slowly making ils way into mainstream use.

Podcasting, a prac1icc that stancd about a year ago, was originally a way for .. average people" to record and. distribute their thoughlS to the public using what was then amateurs-only technology.

However, radio stations and some newspapers arc beginning to use podcasts as a way to increase their audiences' size ind scope. · "(We) saw this as a real -ly cool service to offer our listeners:· said Jason Georges, Wcbmaster for

KCRW, a public radio 511-tion in Santa Monica 1b1t is the flagship s1uion for National Public Radio on the West Coas1.

KCRW started to pro-duce podcasts for listeners in March 2005, and the number of podcast down-loads has risen from 18.000 downloads in its first wee'k to 85.000 downloads· each week this month. according to Georges. . The station offers about 25 of its shows for down-load, including ::.Which Way. LA r "To The Poin1;• . and "'Left , Right and Cen-ter." KCRW also provides free MP3 files of programs from WNYC, its New York-based sister station.

'Podcasrs arc limited to voic'e broadcasts due to the various . copyright laws

associated with music broadcasts.

Si nce podcasting. for the most part, is a free seno ice and downloads can be shared, it is difficult to con-trol the cop}ting and trans-mission of music files.

Radio personality Rush Limbaugh has 'recently joi ned the ranks of podc'ast-ing, offering free down-loads to members of .. RuS:h 24n," a service operated through his website that gives members access to various fealures. ·

Membership for .. Rush 24n" costs about $7 per month or $50 for a year. according to the offitial website . Jn order to comply with copyright laws, Lim-baugh has removed all mus ic from his pod<;asts .

KCSN . CSUN·1s radio

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~g Monica based-KCRW listenrs download 15,000 podcasts eoch - from the station's website.

stalion, docs not offer pod-casts of its programming.

"(We' re) open . to any-thing that makes us more accessible to the communi-ty,'' said Martin Perlich , KCSN 's program director.

. Perlich said KCSN does

not have the money to make the jump 10 podcast· ing, which would require changes to its website .

With podcasting being a most ly free service, providers are still trying 10 find a way to lUrn the

low-cost service into a profit producing online component.

Georges said KCRW uses its podcasts to e~pand station eJtposure and reach .

KCRW, as a public radio station , docs not use the same adverti sing as a tradi-tional radio station . and often relies on fund-rai sing initiatives and corporate underwriting to operate.

However, some podcasls do contain advertising.

Podcast users must sub· scribe to soflwarC called an aggregator that periodically searches for and downloads new podcasl files . Once a podcast is downloaded to a ·co mputer. 1hc user can upload the recording to any MP3 device. nol just Apple 's popular iPod device .

New Release Tuesday · Master .P, ;Dropkick Murphys, Hung as gangsta rap. In 1991, he into a collection of harsh .. Vintage"concenT·shinshave debuted with .. Get Away vocals and loud, sometimes been selling for outrageous Clean, .. which was fol lowed out of tune, compilations. amounts of money in high-end by "99 Ways , to Die" {n Their fans lllC loyal, rowdy stor1'S just about everywheie. 1995. By the time "Ghetjo and sell themselves as die-hard Kids can now spend all of their Doj>e" was relCased in sum- punk rock worshipers. The "expendable" consumer dol-mer 1997, MasJer P had Dropkick Murphys have lar.; on the actual music, as turned Ng Limit into a mini- .released more than I 0 singles, some clwic bands are coming empire., without any e'xpo- two EP CDs and four fu ll- out with new greatest hits CDs. sure from MTV or main~ length albums, and have The Rolling Stones will stream radio. His succest'in toured arou"l_I the world. They , release "As It Haw.ened." the

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CSUN ~ different place during the quiet summer Ahhh. a1 lasl.. .it's finally sum-

mer! We worked so hard all year long. and for some of us . .

the only 1hing tha1 kepi us going were the daydreams we had about summer break and exciting acti vi ties like swunming. traveling and barbecues thal we all knew wou ld be fas1 approaching al the end of lhc tunne1.

Unfortunately. nOl everything goes as planned. and some of us arc 1;1uck at csuN. repeating courses or trying to move ahead in our studies. Summer school is not wha1 some stu-dents envisioned themselves doing throughoul June, July and August. bu[ it seems as if most s1udent~ and faculty are making the best of it.

The campus vibe is no1iceably dif-ferent than it is during the regular fa ll and spring seniesters . There's not the famili ar sound of hust le and bustle we are used to hearing. In fact. when

Stephanie Costa

* Summer Sundial

you walk outside you can actually hear the sounds of birds chirping and squirre ls running across campus grounds because it's so quiet.

I have to sny it's a nice change of pace. I no longer find myself eaves-

dropping on everyone's loud cell phone convcrsa1ions as I walk throogh the halls. No more students running like herds of cattle, pushing

' and shoving their way through the walkways. You don't seem to find that here. We are all in that relaxed, rake-your-timc-and-relax summer spirit

Althoogh taking summer school is rarely fun, it docs have niany advan-tages. No more crowded halls or long food lines. And the faculty seems to have more time to help out their students. Best of all, you don't have to endlessly drive around a parking lo< to fight for the last open parking stall.

But even though it's summer. parking enforCcment will not be on vapition. In fact, they will be working ovenimc to ensure that a parking pass accompanies all vetiicles parked in the student lots. Parking officials will

be ticketing oot only vehicles withoot passes, but cars that are parked on the streets past the allotted time as well.

So be careful. Parking tickets are now $60, and towing fees are $175. Parking officials hav~ changed their hours of operation from pan time to 24 hours a day, sevi!n days a week. This change results in students no longer being able to get away with the occasional "illegal" pass-less parking, and chances arc you'll get caught.

And here's the good news: This new 24 hours a day thing carries over into the regular school year.

Although most hours of operation are limited on campus, an facilities will remain open throughout the summer.

Students will not have to starve. as many on-campus eateries. such as Subway, Burger King and Jamba Juice. will remain open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday throogh Friday. The

Malador llookmwe houB are Mon-day through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and the Ovian Library will be open Monday, Tuesday, and Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.;and Wednesday and Thu..day from 9 ·a.m. to 9 p.m ..

Admissions and Records, Finan-cial Aid and University Cash Set-viccs will be open Monday from IO a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday and We<lnes-day from 10 a.m. to 7 a.m., Thu..day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Whether you are joining the fac· ulty and spending your summer days ~king in the sun, or if you are not quite sure about taking a course at CS.UN over the summer, my advice is to take the opponunity to come now while the weathei is great, the noise is minimal. parking is accessi-ble and the ambiance at CSUN is better than ever.

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