“It’s a grassroots effort to bring attention to the needs of higher education,” said Ron Norton Reel, president of the Community College Association in California.

The CFHE was formed in Los Angeles at a meeting of faculty groups looking to organize for reform. The California Faculty Association (CFA) was an integral part of the nationwide organization process.

“The CFA deserves thanks for putting together this national campaign. I think it’s 58 organizations now, but there are also staff unions. My union represents CSU academic support staff,” said Steve Teixeira of Academic Professionals of California, a union of workers from programs like the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) and financial aid in the CSU system, among others.

According to the CFHE website, the organization is intended to “include the voices of the faculty, students and our communities — not just administrators, politicians, foundations and think tanks — in the process of making change.”

The concern is that funding for public education, given its current trajectory, will become

unattainable to lower-income students who have no choice but to seek public institutions in order to afford a college education.

“Clearly, funding is an important part of making sure that we can provide affordable and accessible quality of higher education,” said Brian Ferguson, a communications officer for the California Faculty Association.

The movement toward accessible education has been tied to the recent Occupy Wall Street movement, and the two movements share affiliations with various advocacy groups.

The problem that ties CFHE advocates to the Occupy movement is the argument that the top-tier earners of the American economy are not doing their proper part in paying taxes.

Allegedly, common practice among America’s elite is to park monies in other countries to avoid domestic taxes. Many supporters for education funding see this as a detriment to students and their ability to contribute to the domestic economy.

“It’s no surprise to say that we’re facing a fiscal crisis in state and federal government … Yet it’s not that there’s no money in America. We’re the biggest economy on Earth, and California is the 10th

biggest economy on Earth out of all the countries,” Teixeira said. “What has happened is we’ve allowed government policies … to shift so that the highest income groups don’t pay the way they used to; even under Governor Reagan they used to pay higher taxes.”

A publicized report from the CFHE shows there was a new sense of optimism when Gov. Jerry Brown was sworn in, with the expectation that he might restore funding to public schools.

“It seems that the new mantra is raise the tuition and the students will pay it, and therefore the state’s obligation is less and less each year,” Reel said.

The issue of cutting funding is becoming more widespread, according to the CFHE. What was once solely a state university issue has now become a widespread issue in most community colleges in the state.

Last week, a culmination of this frustration boiled over at Santa Monica City College. After being denied entrance to a public Board of Trustees meeting, police pepper-sprayed students who were trying to enter in protest of funding issues.

Teixeira has attended national conferences with faculty groups through the CFHE. He said the problem is not just in California.

“You hear about this in Pennsylvania, New York, Michigan and Ohio — the same pattern of raising student fees, cutting enrollment, too few classes,” Teixeira said. “You realize that the biggest economy on Earth can do better than this, so why aren’t we?”

However, the structural integrity of the buildings is still important.

Older CSUF buildings, or buildings deemed unsafe in the event of an earthquake, have undergone upgrades; the most recent being the Kinesiology and Health Science Building.

“It was one building, but it was essentially constructed as two buildings seismically, and the way they would interact with one another in an earthquake wasn’t the best, and so we just completed knitting those together in a way that the building is significantly more solid than it had been in the past,” Bond said.

Kalkan said the “Big One,” a major earthquake occurring in Southern California along the San Andreas Fault, is likely to occur.

“Such an earthquake is expected to produce strong shaking, which may adversely affect the build environments, in particular older buildings,” Kalkan said.

According to the CSU Seismic Requirements, work on existing buildings will make them as safe as the newer buildings, but the work will not serve any other function or maintenance.

“We wouldn’t necessarily fix them to be up to code, we’d fix them to (fit) safe standards,” Bond said. “It wouldn’t make sense to demolish a building just because the way the columns are wrapped with rebar doesn’t meet today’s codes.”

Bond said that currently, all of the buildings at CSUF are safe.

But safety is not only in the construction of the building. Most students and faculty members have conflicting ideas on what to do in case of an emergency, and the information in the syllabus does not explain proper earthquake safety procedures.

Sue Fisher, CSUF’s emergency preparedness coordinator, said more time should be spent on safety at the beginning of the semester.

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have a lot of material to cover, but spending a few more minutes each semester would add up to a lot of time for each student to learn more about what to do in earthquakes, as well as other emergency situations,” said Fisher.

The policy on course outlines currently states that “at a minimum, course outlines shall give detailed information on the following matters … Actions students should take in an emergency.”

“While the University Police Statement does not explicitly state that any verbal information be given,” Fisher said, “it makes sense to me that any information as important as the proper response to emergency situations should be given some class time so that everyone responds appropriately when a crisis occurs. Detailed

information should certainly mean more than just a link in a syllabus, in my opinion.”

Fisher said the most important thing to do once an earthquake begins is to “drop, cover and hold on.” Even in classrooms with small desks.

“Some people think that those small desks offer very little protection, but they do provide a hard sturdy surface under which you can protect your head,” Fisher said.

People remain unsure on whether or not the doorway is the safest place to stand in the chance of an earthquake.

“Standing in doorways apparently started with older adobe-type structures that crumbled quite easily during earthquakes, but often (were) left with only the door frame standing,” Fisher said. “Standing in door frames is not a bad idea, but the problem is that the doors will often swing shut during shaking and parts of your body can be pinched, smashed or broken by the swinging door.”

Despite the fact that CSUF is structurally prepared for an earthquake, some believe that there should be more extensive education on emergency preparedness.

The Great Shakeout, an event where the entire state practices what to do to survive an earthquake, occurred in October last year and will recur next semester.

“I don’t like to scare anyone, but I do want to prepare them. Faculty and all Southern Californians need to remember that a large-scale earthquake will happen,” Fisher said. “So it is best to consider strategies now on how to deal with them so you can react appropriately and greatly increase your chances of survival.”

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Although she couldn’t speculate on the possibility of future legislative measures, Chapin said the possible cut in November is the primary concern of the CSU.

“If that were to pass, employee layoffs would be one of the factors that would be considered; however, as far as any other type of proposals, those are all hypothetical situations,” Chapin said. “In order to survive continuing cuts to state funding, the CSU had to take many cost-cutting measures including decreasing enrollment, reducing employees, deferring needed maintenance, restricting travel and streamlining IT (information technology).”

As for the issue in November, it depends on whether or not the proposed tax initiative goes through. In a letter from the CSUF Office of the President in January, Bill Barrett, interim vice president for administration and finance, wrote about the possibility of such a cut.

With the current tax proposal, no more cuts are planned to be made and funds aren’t going to be added. If the tax measure isn’t approved, a trigger cut will be made, which will remove $200 million from the CSU budget.

“If the trigger cut does happen, the system needs to be prepared for that,” Chapin said. “So (CSU’s planning) does go over all of the factors. Things that would need to be cut and choices that would need to be made in order to sustain a cut of that amount.”

Meanwhile students have to deal with increased tuition costs. With recent cuts from the state, more of CSUF’s income comes from tuition. Barrett said student tuition covers 58 percent of the operating fund budget, compared with 32 percent five years ago. As the state drops its funding, the students have to pick up the slack.

“It’s very important how much tuition I have to pay,” said Austin Hopper, 22, an English major. “It’s already hard enough paying the fees we have. More tuition increases simply make it harder.”

Hopper said he was also concerned

with where funds from tuition were going, in light of recent announcements like the pay increase for incoming CSUF President Mildred Garcia.

Associated Students, Inc. is the student representation on campus. They work with CSU officials and are tasked with bringing student concerns to administrators.

“We are planning to implement a program called ‘Awareness + Action = Advocacy.’ This program is centered around boosting student representation in the CSU system. But this battle is not just about raising awareness, it is also about utilizing action to create real change,” said Dwayne Mason Jr., the newly elected ASI president.

His vice president and running mate, Katie Ayala, also voiced her concerns.

“We are just as upset about the increasing pay of administrators as our fellow students. It is unacceptable. This is a matter of priority,” said Ayala.

However, Chapin said salary increases are a minor amount compared with the rest of the CSU budget.

“This needs to be taken into perspective,” Chapin said. “A few hiring decisions in the thousands of dollars cannot make up for the hundreds of millions of dollars in state support that the CSU has lost.”

Mason also tried to put the situation into a perspective that ASI could directly affect.

“President Garcia is getting around a $30,000 pay increase,” Mason said. “But ASI currently has a surplus of around $300,000 that can utilize to benefit students on campus.”

Chapin and the candidates also agreed on various ways students can use financial aid to support their increasing fees.

“Currently, ASI provides a variety of scholarships for students to apply for,” Ayala said. “One of our plans is to bolster our scholarship committee.”

The ultimate fate of the CSU budget for next year is in the hands of voters this November.

“Students are urged to seek financial aid, and there are many options available,” said Chapin. “It’s also important to note that the CSU sets aside one-third of tuition revenue for State University Grants.”

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Two men attempted to kidnap a 19-year-old woman Friday in Fullerton around noon. The two men tried to grab the woman and force her into their parked car, according to policies.

The police said the attempted crime occurred in an alley near 100 W. Valencia Drive.

A small black car followed the woman into an alley, and she was grabbed by one of the men and dragged to the car, where the accomplice was waiting in the driver’s seat, the woman said.

Two male bystanders helped the woman set herself free from the kidnapper’s grasp, according to a statement released by police.

One of the kidnappers is described to be in his 20s. The police are asking for help from the community in finding the two men. If anyone has more information about the attempted kidnapping, they are to contact Detective Magliano at 714-738-6753.

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The United States urged North Korea Monday not to conduct a third nuclear test and an upcoming satellite launch on.

North Korea is planning to launch a Unha-3 rocket satellite between Thursday and Monday to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Kim II Sung, the founder of the Communist state, CNN reported.

North Korea said the satellite is for peaceful purposes, but the State Department said that the satellite launch would violate U.N. Security Council regulations and a Feb. 29 denuclearization agreement, according to Reuters. In the deal, the U.S. agreed to give nutritional assistance to North Korea in exchange for the country shutting down its nuclear program and missile tests.

“North Korea’s launch of a missile would be highly provocative, it would pose a threat to regional security and it would be inconsistent with its recent undertakings to refrain from any kind of long-range missile launches,” said State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland.

One South Korean news agency reported piles of earth, which suggest possible nuclear test and sand over a tunnel at the Punggye-ri site, the site at which the country had conducted nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009.

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Facebook announced on Monday that it will spend $1 billion to buy Instagram, according to the Associated Press.

Instagram is a program that allows users to take pictures on their phone, add effects and upload them to several social networking sites. This is Facebook’s largest purchase to date.

Instagram has become an overnight success, boasting about 300 million users that upload more than five million photos a day. The company was also named Apple’s iPhone App of the Year in 2011.

Facebook is planning to keep Instagram’s dozen employees on board as a part of its plan to run the two companies independently.

Instagram was founded by Stanford graduates Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger.

Facebook’s purchase comes just weeks before they prepare an initial public offering of stock that could be valued at $100 billion.

By purchasing Instagram, Facebook has eliminated a rival in the technological world and could give them a stronger presence on mobile phones than they had before.

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Senate Republican Leader Bob Huff (R-Diamond Bar) proposed a new budget roadmap for California that would eliminate the need for education cuts and give at least $3.4 billion to K-12 schools, community colleges and the CSU system.

In a letter to Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic leaders, Huff and other Republicans emphasized the importance of assisting schools and students instead of neglecting them.

The letter stated, “The state budget is a reflection of priorities, and there is no reason to hold our schools hostage to the uncertainties of the proposed tax increase initiative that may not benefit our students.”

The proposal includes several steps that would give schools money from the state. It would ensure that the school’s programmatic funding levels would not be reduced and that they would receive the money they are entitled to.

The state tax revenue is set to increase without tax hikes and money from tax windfalls would be given to schools. Huff’s office states money from Facebook’s initial public offering will create money that can be put into education.

The plan stresses the importance of streamlining the government and cutting new nonessential spending. They would also hope to utilize budget plans that were successful in the past to help boost the economy.

Huff is counting on the cooperation of the state to make education a priority.

“We are hopeful that (the) governor and Democrats will come to the realization that we need to protect our teachers and students,” said Huff in a press release.

The proposed increase in funding for schools is an exciting idea for Karen Ivers, Ph.D., the associate dean of the College of Education, who said the government has been neglecting the school system.

“The emphasis on testing rather than how children learn has distracted the public away from the importance of teaching the whole child. It seems politicians want to turn teaching into a quantitative business based on numeric test scores rather than use education to help us achieve an educated, holistic, creative and problem-solving society,” said Ivers.

Both Ivers and Aimee Nelson, the assistant dean of the College of Education, have seen budget cuts affect students who hope to become teachers. However, Nelson said this budget roadmap is part of the future

that she believes will be much brighter.“What future teachers should remember is that all

of this will shift eventually and the need for teachers will increase, as history has shown us many times before,” said Nelson.

Ivers not only sees more funding as a necessity for students, but also for the staff.

“We are short-staffed,” Ivers said. “Many things are not able to get done in a timely manner, people feel overworked, maintaining a good morale is a challenge, people feel underpaid for the amount of work they have to do, class sizes have increased, courses have been cut, supervision ratios have increased.”

If the budget roadmap is accepted or adopted by Brown, it would give a boost to the education system. Ivers said education should be a top priority for the state.

“It is what defines our future. What possibly could be more important than that?” Ivers said.

Nelson agrees and stresses the importance of education for the future.

“I challenge anyone who believes that education should not be a priority in this country to think about what our country would be like without educational opportunities for everyone. Is that a country you would want to live in? I think not,” Nelson said.

Jeanette Chadwick, 21, a theatre arts major, said the increasing emphasis for an education in society opposes the declining accessibility of getting an education, a problem that Huff’s budget roadmap aims to solve.

“There was a time when it was not necessary to have a degree, but as times change, so do the demands on the people. We are living in a time where education is necessary to becoming a productive member of society. And while our society can be seen as declining in many aspects, education can change that. Education can bring us back to our higher planes of existence and help shape society into something beautiful,” said Chadwick.

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