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Lunar New Year celebrated in San Jose see A&E, p.4 77 years... and counting Spartans toppled in overtime Monday SPARTAN DAILY see Sports, p. 2 February 6, 2012 Volume 138, Issue 4 SpartanDaily.com Giants reel in Super win Limit on salary raises for CSU presidents ratified by trustees by Samantha Clark CSU presidents, all whom will Staff Writer be subject to the new policy. Th e new policy provides On Jan. 25, the Califor- a reasonable expectation of nia State University Board of salary levels for newly hired Trustees unanimously imple- presidents as it refers to a fi ve- mented a new policy that lim- tiered list of comparable insti- its the pay for CSU presidents tutions. Th e mean of same-tier to no more than 10 percent university presidents will help above the previous president’s articulate a ballpark number to base pay, and their salaries how much presidents of simi- cannot exceed $325,000 in pub- lar schools receive, according lic funds. to a CSU Employee Update. “Yes, the policy is a good According to the Jan. 25 idea, but we should do more,” meeting agenda for the CSU said Herlinda Aguirre, presi- Board of Trustees Special Com- dent of the Students for Qu al- mitt ee on Presidential Search ity of Education SJSU Chapter, and Compensation Policy, the a CSU-wide student organiza- list is mainly based on budget, tion advocating for education- enrollment, six-year gradua- al rights in higher education. tion rates, research funding Two state senators and the and the number of students president of the California Fac- receiving Federal Pell Grants. ulty Association SJSU chapter SJSU is in the second tier said they share the same senti- along with CSU Fullerton, CSU ment. Northridge, CSU Long Beach, Policy discussion regarding San Francisco State and CSU With 3:46 left in Super Bowl XLVI and the Patriots up 17-15, Giants The play, challenged but upheld as a catch, was the first catch on presidential pay ensued aft er Sacramento. Th e second tier wide receiver Mario Manningham hauled in a 38-yard pass from a game-winning 88-yard drive that ended with New York running quarterback Eli Manning as New England safety Patrick Chung and back Ahmad Bradshaw finding the end zone in the final minute of last summer’s controversy of includes 12 out-of-state uni- cornerback Sterling Moore shoved Manningham out of bounds. the game. Photo courtesy of Sam Riche / MCT the $400,000 salary of Elliot versities, such as Kent State Hirshman, the new President University, George Mason Uni- SEE STORY ON PAGE 3 of San Diego State University. versity, Wayne State Univer- Th e fi gure, which included sity, Georgia State University, $50,000 from university foun- Ohio University and Universi- dations, was $100,000 more ty of Wisconsin — Milwaukee. than his predecessor earned, Elizabeth Cara, president of CSU to recieve minimal funding in new budget while CSU tuition rose 12 the SJSU chapter of the Califor- percent, according to a lett er nia Faculty Association, said by Eddie Fernandez and SJSU will receive its initial 2012-2013 consequences of this and cuts to state from state senator Ted Lieu to the justifi cation that the CSU Staff Writer budget later this month, so February is funding. Chancellor Reed. needs to make its pay more the start of the budget planning process. Furthermore, $300 million in revenue According to the 2011/2012 competitive is “a specious ar- Governor Jerry Brown has proposed a SJSU has cut staffi ng, reduced travel, from increased tuition fees for the cur- CSU Executive Compensation gument” and questioned the fl at budget for the 2012-2013 fi scal years delayed equipment purchases and de- rent academic year have not kept pace Summary, the base salaries similarities between the CSU in November’s ballot, failing to increase ferred some facility maintenance work, with cuts from state funding, according of CSU presidents range from and the institutions the CSU’s support for the California State Univer- Genes said about past reductions SJSU to Legislative Analyst’s Offi ce website. $270,000 to $350,000 in public were initially compared too. sity system. has made. Th ere are approximately 412,000 stu- funds. According to a CSU Board Th e proposal will provide $2 billion “For the long term, the hope is that the dents in the CSU system, according to According to the CSU Of- of Trustees press release, pri- toward 23 CSUs across the state, the low- state will reinvest in higher education,” California Higher Education Student fi ce of the Chancellor Public or to the new policy, the CSU est amount of state funding in 15 years, Genes said. “Th e question is when?” Summit website. Aff airs, the policy also comes used a list of institutions pro- according to a press release from the Matt Pugnett i, a junior illustration According to Elizabeth Cara, presi- at a time when the CSU system CSU website. and animation major, said he thinks low- dent of the California Faculty Associa- is in the process of hiring fi ve SEE EXECUTIVE PAGE 6 Marna Genes, director of SJSU’s bud- ering school funding is crazy and a lot tion for SJSU, the faculty will be joining get planning and fi nancial management of kids won’t be able to aff ord education students in the support for education in said SJSU started the 2011-2012 school even if they work. the march on Sacramento scheduled for year with $101 million in state support. “I see people gett ing burned out all next month. SJSU classroom leading However, Genes added last month the time based on the workload and “For all of us it’s a diff erent path, Governor Brown invoked a trigger cut school load its way too hard to balance,” there will be more cuts instituted and se- that amounted to $100 million for CSU Pugnett i said. verely hurt education, students and their minimum wage initiative and SJSU’s share of the cut was $6.5 mil- From 2010-2011, $750 million was families,” Cara said. lion bringing state support down to $95.5 slashed from state funding for the CSU, Cara further added that student fees by David Wong the cost of food, housing, edu- million. according to the CSU website. just keep going up and yet students are Staff Writer cation and healthcare), accord- “Th e general consensus seems to be Chris Nguyen, a sophomore computer gett ing less and that’s what their con- ing to the University of Cali- that the state will make a slow economic science major, said he does not agree cern is with the budget. A sociology class led by fornia, Berkley Labor Center. slump recovery, so things do not look with potential tuition fee increases. “Our campuses have done everything associate professor Scott My- Compared to the federal promising in the near future,” Genes said. “I know nobody wants to pay taxes, they can just to get through this fi scal ers-Lipton is pushing for an minimum wage of $7.25, the Genes said SJSU will cover this year’s but it helps everybody to pay a litt le bit,” year with a $750 million budget cut,” initiative raising San Jose’s initiative will allow for San $6.5 million trigger cut with reserve Nguyen said. “It’s not like they’re asking CSU Chancellor Charles Reed stated on minimum wage from $8 to $10. Jose to adjust the city-wide funds. for 50 percent of what we earn.” the CSU website. “If you work, you shouldn’t minimum wage each year to According to Genes, the president’s Nguyen adds that he would like to see Furthermore, according to the Offi ce live in poverty … the current keep pace with the cost of liv- cabinet has begun preliminary planning both sides reach a common grounnd. of the Governor’s website, the proposed minimum wage of $8 is just ing. “I understand there has to be cuts, but fl at budget is relying on the governor’s not enough,” Myers-Lipton Before going on the No- lets meet halfway,” Nguyen said. tax measure. said. vember ballot, the initiative Spartan Daily Th e budget proposal will remain hav- Brown’s proposed tax measure would Th e idea for the initiative needs to be reviewed by the Serving San José State University since 1934 ing $750 million reduction but would increase income taxes on high-income came from Myers-Lipton’s city att orney’s offi ce, accord- Volume 138 / Issue 4 avoid extra cuts, according to the CSU earners, raise the in-state sales tax and Social Action 164 class in the ing to Myers-Lipton. website. would generate approximately $7 billion spring of 2011. Th ese students In Myers-Lipton’s class- “In order to survive this year’s $750 annually, according to an open lett er to have teamed up with more re- es, students are required to million cut, the CSU had to take a lot of the people of California from Governor cent students in Social Action choose a campaign for their cost cutt ing measures,” said Liz Chapin, Brown’s offi ce. 164 to advocate for this initia- fi nal project, the aforemen- CSU spokesperson. However, Brown’s budget proposal tive. tioned students chose to cam- “Like reducing enrollment, cutt ing includes a trigger tax that’s based on a An initiative or ballot mea- paign for an increase in mini- programs, reducing personnel at the proposed tax initiative in November’s sure is a piece of legislation mum wage.

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