Monday April 4, 2016 The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton Volume 99 Issue 30 FB.COM/THEDAILYTITAN WWW.DAILY TITAN.COM INSTAGRAM & TWITTER @THEDAILYTITAN CFA strike now legal Fullerton breaks out the in light of brooms against CSUN new report Mediator releases findings from salary proposal VERONICA MARQUEZ-ESHELBY Daily Titan The fact-finding stage of the proposed salary increase by the California Faculty Associ- ation has confirmed that Cal- ifornia State University facul- ty salaries lag behind market comparators, giving the CFA the legal right to strike this month. Fact-finder Bonnie Castrey published her report Monday, March 28, on the stalled nego- tiations over CSU faculty pay, now in the second year of the contract. The report offered four ma- jor recommendations: -“Increase faculty compen- sation with a General Salary Increase of 5 percent.” -“Provide Service Step In- creases to the approximately PATRICK DO / DAILY TITAN 43 percent of faculty eligible.” Cal State Fullerton baseball began Big West Conference play on a high note as it took all three games against the Cal State Northridge Matadors this past weekend. The -“Continue to study the fac- Titans improved their overall record to 16-11. ulty salary issue. Develop a list, agreeable to both sides, of Baseball sweeps 16-11 record overall. On the mound, starter bases. He went on to strike relief this season, the Titans comparable universities that Despite the triumph, the Blake Quinn struck out seven out RBI leader Branden Ber- kept Northridge at just one award bachelor’s and master’s Matadors in first dramatic series was anything through 4.1 innings, contrib- ry and the following Matador run. degrees and do a comparison conference series but three relaxing days at the uting to a combined 12 strike- hitter to end the threat. The Titans’ prowess on the using available AAUP (Amer- ballpark. outs by Titan pitchers. “Those were two huge mound proved to be crucial in ican Association of University “You hate but you love Ti- CSUN scored one run in strikeouts against their three securing the victory, consider- Professors) data and include a HAYLEY M. SLYE tan baseball games,” said se- the ninth, but the Titans held and four hitters,” said junior ing the offense left a runner on cost-of-living comparison.” Daily Titan nior designated hitter Dalton on to secure the 7-4 win. Timmy Richards. “It was base in all but one inning and -“Develop a joint strate- Blaser. “It keeps you on your Saturday’s game was a clos- awesome to watch, it got me left 11 on base in total. gy and documentation to go toes” er contest as Fullerton man- pretty pumped up out there at “One-run games are to the California Legislature In its first conference series In Friday’s game, Josh Var- aged to come away with a 2-1 shortstop.” huge,” Richards said. “To and the governor to seek the of the season, Cal State Fuller- gas hit a triple that sent three win. Seabold went six innings, be able to win those games needed state funding for the ton baseball pulled off a sweep runs home and propelled the At the top of the fifth, striking out eight and allow- will definitely pay off later CSU budget.” over the CSUN Matadors, Titans’ lead to 7-3 after the right-handed starter Connor- ing only one CSUN run. in the season.” leaving the weekend with a Matadors tied the game in Seabold gave up a single and With starter John Gavin SEE STRIKE 2 spotless Big West record and a the eighth. pegged two batters to load the making a solid first outing in SEE CONFERENCE 6 Local art center unveils ‘Video Project Space’ Artwalk embraces the wonders of art. evening, “Polaris,” was A plethora of restaurants, shown through the art cen- community’s creativity museums, galleries, musi- ter’s newest exhibit, “Video and originality cians and street vendors are Project Space.” The exhib- sure to keep attendees en- it is designed to show new tertained with their intrigu- video work on a continuous AARON VALDEZ ing art pieces and dazzling loop from artists all around Daily Titan performances. the world. The Artwalk has brought GCAC Director and Chief in revenue to GCAC and the Curator John Spiak, who has Local art enthusiasts made surrounding businesses as its been affiliated with CSUF their way to Cal State Ful- lively and culturally diverse since September 2011, dis- lerton’s Grand Central Art environment attracts over covered “Polaris” while at- Center (GCAC) on Saturday 3,500 guests every month. tending Los Carpinteros’ night for a showcasing of Saturday night’s iteration studio during his trip to “Polaris,” a short video and of the monthly festivities fea- Cuba last May. Spiak was sound work by Cuban artist tured numerous artists dis- immediately fascinated collective Los Carpinteros. playing their unique crafts- with the work and knew it Located in the heart of manship while music groups was something he wanted downtown Santa Ana, the from local schools filled the to bring back and share with GCAC sits adjacent to the air with refined and well-re- his local community. vibrant 2nd Street Artwalk hearsed symphonies. “They were show- and serves as a satellite unit Upon entering the art ing it in their studio and for CSUF. center, visitors will notice when we started doing the On the first Saturday of a wide variety of sculp- ‘Video Project Space,’ I every month, the Artwalk tures and paintings on dis- thought, ‘Wow, that’s that Promenade provides com- play made by a mix of local piece I wanted to show,’” munity members with an students and independent Spiak said. RYAN PORTER / DAILY TITAN opportunity to tap into their artists. Los Carpinteros’ “Polaris” captivated audiences during the monthly Santa Ana Artwalk at Cal State creative sides and explore The main event of the SEE ARTWALK 4 Fullerton’s GCAC ‘Video Project Space’ exhibit Saturday night. Policy about repeating courses examined Vegetarianism could help the environment Softball doesn’t skip a beat against UCR Students may People should The Cal State have to seek incorporate Fullerton soft- adviser ap- more veggies ball team kicked proval before in their diets to off the Big West taking a class reduce the harm Conference over again after meat production with a three- a failing or in- companies have game sweep of News 3 complete grade Opinion 5 on the world Sports 8 the Highlanders FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM PAGE 2 APRIL 4, 2016 MONDAY NEWS DTBRIEFS CA to raise minimum wage to $15 The California Leg- islature voted Thurs- day on a plan to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour over the next six years, ac- cording to the Los Angeles Times. The plan, approved by a 26-12 vote, is set to raise the minimum wage to $10.50 by 2017, $11 by 2018 and gradually increase by a dollar per year until 2022. MONSE RODRIGUEZ / DAILY TITAN Businesses with Nina Davuluri, Miss America 2014, was the keynote speaker for the 8th annual Women’s Conference at Cal State Fullerton. An advocate for women’s education in the fewer than 26 em- fields of science and technology, Davuluri urged women to share their stories of encouragement to the world. ployees would be al- lowed an extra year to comply, and in the FOR THE RECORD case of another eco- nomic recession, in- It is Daily Titan policy to correct factual errors Conference empowers creases would be de- printed in the publication. Corrections will be pub- layed by one year. lished on the subsequent issue after an error is No other state has a higher minimum discovered and will appear on page 2. Errors on wage than Califor- the Opinion page will be corrected on that page. women with education nia’s $10. Corrections will also be made to the online Gov. Jerry Brown is version of the article. 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