Board of Trustees Approves Executive Pay Raises
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jTHFC^PRinF —additionalCALIFORNI copie s XJ: A STATJLE UNIVERSIT JLY JL-SA^MN MARCO/ MS m X Iv^B ^^^ INDEPENDENi JL^TB STUDEN^- T^ mNEWSPAPE JL—^m /R www.thecsusmpride.com TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2007 VOL. XVIII NO. 5 Board of Trustees approves executive pay raises Faculty and students outraged over approved proposal Photo by Jason Encabo / The Pride Jonathan Barney (far right) instructs students attending the Brazilian Jui-Jitsu class offered Mondays and Wednesdays at 6 p.m. at the Clarke Field House. BY BENROFFEE Pride Staff Writer After hearing Chancellor Reed's proposal, Brazilian Jui-Jitsu on campus the CSU Board of Trustees voted last Tuesday, Sept. 18, to increase executive salaries for the Students learn self-defense basics and submission techniques second time this year, this time by an average of 11 percent. The approved pay raise will grant BY BENROFFEE plans to host a bi-weekly Brazilian can successfully defend against stron- CSU presidents and various other CSU execu- Pride Staff Writer Jui-Jitsu class until November Ninth, ger and larger opponents. tives pay raises retroactive to July 2007, mean- with no costs to students. Faculty and As the name suggests, BJJ traces ing that CSU executives will receive compen- Students at Cai State San Marcos staff are welcome to join as well, but its origins to Brazil, where the Gracie sation equal to their new salary for the months are studying something entirely new they must pay a 50-dollar fee for the family developed and popularized since July on top of their immediate raises. this semester. Every Monday and 8-week session. the art during the twentieth century. This decision comes in spite of protest from Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., stu- Brazilian Jui-Jitsu, or its abbrevia- Back in 1910, a prominent business- California Faculty Association, government dents convene at Clarke Field House tion BJJ, is a martial art and combat man by the name of Gastao Gracie officials, and CSU students, whose primary for a different kind of class; A Brazil- sport that emphasizes ground fighting helped Japanese Judo expert Mitsuyo concern is with the timing of these raises as the ian Jui-Jitsu class led by Cai State San and submissions. Because BJJ mainly Maeda establish himself in Brazil. CSU budget is in upheaval, With these new Marcos student Jonathan Barney. As relies on the application of leveraging See JUI-JITSU, page 2 rounds of raises for executives coinciding with part of its Fall Leisure Courses, ASI techniques, smaller or weaker people a thinning budget and a 10 percent student fee hike, the unpopularity of this decision seems to have rekindled the tension between CSU exec- utives and the rest of the faculty and students. CFA president Lillian Taiz, speaking on behalf of the CFA, criticized the proposal and the CSU ASI hosts Board of Trustees' decision at in her address to the Board at Tuesday's meeting. "Your actions today make it very clear that executive salaries seventh-annual are the only issues this board seems determined to address. We wish you would find the same Masquerade Ball if "; t SB level of determination when dealing with sky- ^MMj^^H^Mi^t iiiimiii ii^BMf ^^^BPir rocketing fees and overcrowded classrooms that BY K ATHRYN MCBRAYER you do when providing executives raise." Pride Staff Writer Lt. Governor John Garamendi, a member of N » — Bl^ - r the Board by merit ofhis office, expressed con- It's time to get your masque on. The begin- < i§ • cern over the proposed salary increases. "This ning of the fall semester marks the seventh is clearly tied to a student fee increase. I cannot anniversary of the annual ASI Masquerade think of a worse way to convey yourselves to Ball. It will be an evening for CSUSM stu- - - - ~ gg^BEKasfiSBas Photo by Pamela Castillo / The Pride the legislature when you are going to have ask dents to dance, dress up, and celebrate the for more money in the budget process in the commencement of another semester. The coming months." House of Blues in San Diego will host the Latino heritage Garemendi also requested that the board put event on Get. 6 from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. A off the proposed salary increases until the next House of Blues DJ will entertain students Board of Trustees meeting pending passage of throughout the night. Come dressed in celebrated on campus AB 1430 and SB 190 as law from the Gover- cocktail attire and for those who do not On Thursday, Sept. 20, a mariachi band performed as part of the "Latino nor's office. These pieces of legislation would have masks, Heritage Festival" held by ASI at the Library Plaza. increase the transparency of executive salary ASI plans to discussions and limit the amount of money hold a mask- executives can make for their work. making day In a conference call with reporters last Thurs- on Oct. 3. Stu- day, Sept. 20, Chancellor Reed stated that "one dents receive of the things that we're going to do.. .is set that tickets at no SEE INSIDE up to allow the Governor and the Legislature to Photo by Kathryn McBrayer / cosfand guests A campus focus on the O-te 'buy out' that fee increase." The Pride can purchase Features, pan See PAY INCREASE, page 2 See BALL, page 2 the CSU faculty, staff, and stu- From PAY INCREASE, page 1 Board of Trustees, the Chancel- When asked why his office chose dents, it is clear that future exec- TheCpPride lor justified the executive salary to commission the Mercer group I • ^fv" '; V'y-vJ Although the Governor increases based on data collected instead of supply the necessary utive raises will not pass without Schwarzenegger bought out the by a private firm that suggests data to CPEC, the Chancellor rigid scrutiny. In an effort headed fee increase last year, he and the CSU executive salaries lag by 46 stated that "the Mercer Group is by the California State Student Legislature opted not to this year, percent. Despite discrepancies a nationally respected organiza- Association to involve the public raising doubts as to whether or in the reliability and accuracy tion." Chancellor Reed went on in the Board's decisions, students not they will cover the student of this data, the Chancellor will to explain that the Mercer study will soon be able to apply to fee increase for the upcoming continue to work to close this only does a "cash compensation become one of two Student Trust- year, especially in light of Gare- purported salary gap, aiming to analysis because it is very diffi- ees to the CSU Board of Trustees. mendi's remarks. close it completely by 2010. cult to get Universities...to dis- Between new legislative regu- The Chancellor also addressed Since the California Postsec- close all of their benefits." The lations, budget crisis, new rep- the executive salary increases ondary Commission halted its limited scope of this study does resentation on the Board, and in his conference call, claiming, executive salary studies based on raise important questions about an unrelenting body of staff "we have settled our compensa- inadequate data on CSU execu- the effectiveness of this study as and students, the authority of tion issues with all of our labor tive benefits, Chancellor Reed a basis for executive compensa- the CSU Board of Trustees to groups except one, and that is the commissioned Mercer Human tion decisions like the one made approve executive compensation CSU [executives]." Echoing the Resource Consultation to con- at Tuesday's meeting. increases in the future has some rationale in his proposal to the duct comparative salary studies. With the growing awareness of new obstacles to overcome. COPY EDITOR ' ! From JUI- JITSU, page 1 BJJ, both in self-defense techniques •I Jlliilli: BOAMG mmmm and in ground submissions. At the In exchange for the help, Maeda start of the class, students warm taught judo to Gastao Gracie's son up with simple partner exercises. \ " WRITERS- : FAMIIA CASTILLO Carlos, who in turn taught it to From there, students learn posi- DAVID tóill , his brother, Helio. The two went tional control techniques, as well Jonathan Thompson on to develop a style of fighting as various joint locks and chokes . AMANDA iQiiLEV into what we know today as BJJ, from these positions. Unlike some KATHRYN mceeayer creating a veritable dynasty of other martial arts, students can fighters under the Gracie name. practice most BJJ techniques at * , Cartoomìsts * BJJ achieved much of its inter- full speed against a resisting part- national acclaim through the Ulti- ner, which has the advantage of mate Fighting Championship, a giving students a much more real- Mixed Martial Arts Tournament istic learning experience. After a JOAN AH0BFSOH based partially on .the Brazilian fair share of practice, students get vale tudo "no holds barred" style the chance to try their newly mas- of fighting. Royce Gracie won the tered moves on each other in brief Photo by Jason Encabo / The Pride first, second and fourth Ultimate sparring matches at the end of the Brazilian Jui-Jitsu student participates first-hand in technique displayed by instructor, Jonathan Barney. Fighting Championship, beating class. ¡¡Il lllllll and tetters to many opponents that were larger Sophomore, Alex Wang, fre- when someone attacks you, and an edge in potentially dangerous Ü f||f§j published in The and stronger than him by using BJJ quently attends the course and then learning to counter it is very situations. Unassuming girls and (represent the opmtóas techniques. Today, BJJ is one of the explains that he decided to try it cool." In addition to the actual guys of Cai State San Marcos ttitetóhor» aart f®Hi llll primary focuses of Mixed Martial out because "I had free time and techniques learned, Alex tells the now have access to powerful IBH ressent the views Arts fighters across the world.