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WEATHER your all-accessa pass SOCIAL MEDIA to san josé's a&e FollowF us on MAY 2011 TTwitter INSIDE! ISSUE @spartandaily@ BecomeB a fan ono Facebook High: 64° SAN JOSE TAIKO | THE WORKOUT | JHAMEEL | SHARKS’KS’ MURRAYMURRAY & MARLEAUMARLLELEAUAU | & MORE!MOMORERE! facebook.com/f Low: 45° sspartandaily Spartan Daily Serving San José State University since 1934 Tuesday, May 17, 2011 spartandaily.com Volume 136, Issue 56 NATIONAL FEATURE U.S. reaches debt ceiling A splash of panache McClatchy Tribune spending,” Ryan told the Econom- ic Club of Chicago. “Given the magnitude of our debt burden, the Treasury Secretary Timothy size of the spending cuts should Geithner informed Congress on exceed the size of the president’s Monday that the United States has debt limit increase.” reached its legal debt limit, setting Republicans rule out tax in- off a ticking time bomb that could creases and any signifi cant cuts explode in less than three months in defense spending. The United if lawmakers can’t bridge differ- States continues to fi ght wars in ences and allow more government Iraq and Afghanistan paid for borrowing. with borrowing, the only time In hitting the $14.3 trillion in U.S. history that wars weren’t debt ceiling _ the limit on how offset at least partially with some much the government can borrow sort of tax. _ the Obama administration on Democrats insist that Social Se- Monday began temporarily halt- curity is off the table, as is an end ing payments to the retirement to Medicare, but they are open to and federal pension accounts of changes in Medicare funding. federal workers and started bor- If Congress fails to raise the rowing from those funds, to be debt ceiling by Aug. 2, it would restored later. force the Obama administra- Geithner sent a letter to Sen- tion to choose between paying ate Majority Leader Harry Reid, creditors or paying for military D-Nev., warning that the govern- operations, Social Security and ment can move money around for Medicare payments, and other about 11 weeks but if a new debt commitments. ceiling isn’t agreed to by Aug. 2, A government default on debts the U.S. government could effec- surely would trigger a harsh re- tively default on its obligations to action from investors and could its creditors. He warned of “cata- panic global fi nancial markets, strophic economic consequences jeopardizing the U.S. and global for citizens” unless Congress rais- economies. It would mean that es the debt ceiling. the world’s largest economy was An increase of about $2 trillion governing its fi nances as if it were is expected, enough to get the is- a basket-case economy such as sue past the 2012 elections before Greece. Photo:: Michelle Terrris/ Spartan Daily Congress would have to lift it It might not even take a default Leroy Parker, an art professor, has been teaching at SJSU for 42 years. Here he gives benches in the art again. to have severe consequences for building an upgrade. Republicans who control the the U.S. economy, warned promi- Sonia Ayala House of Representatives vow nent forecaster Mark Zandi, the to link raising the debt ceiling to chief economist for Moody’s Ana- Staff Writer cuts in government spending of lytics. Democrats and Republi- at least equal measure. In a com- cans alike frequently cite Zandi’s JSU Professor Leroy Parker said he will be retiring next year after 42 bative statement Monday, House research. Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, Speaking to the National Econ- S years of teaching art. “Painting makes me happy and I like painting,” upped the ante. omists Club last Thursday, Zandi “As I have said numerous times, scoffed at the idea that the gov- he said. “I will be 70 years old this June. My eye sight and my memory are there will be no debt limit increase ernment could simply prioritize in good shape and I attribute that to having a good sense of humor and without serious budget reforms payments to creditors and halt and signifi cant spending cuts, cuts other spending commitments, as keeping the best picture I can.” that are greater than any increase some Republicans have suggested. in the debt limit.” Boehner has “The global investors are going called previously for $2 trillion in to ask themselves how long can Growing up in Eagletown, high school he discovered the one When he graduated from high spending cuts as part of any deal policymakers pay me and not a Oklahoma Parker was discriminat- thing that would change his life school and entered the world of to raise the debt ceiling. Social Security recipient? So if I ed against by others because of his forever—art. college Parker said he began to dis- Wisconsin Republican U.S. were a global investor, I would be race and his cultural background, “I got into art because of my cover his passion for teaching stu- Rep. Paul Ryan, the chairman of bailing well before that, and inter- Parker said he was still determined older brother he was a good artist,” dents who also shared his love for the House Budget Committee, est rates would spike,” Zandi said. to make a difference in the world he said. “But I had a high school art. repeated the linkage in a speech He added that the idea that regardless of any obstacles that teacher Sam Richardson that gave “I’ve discovered that education Monday in Obama’s adopted deep spending cuts on the order came his way. me the faith that I could go to col- through art is the best education,” hometown. that Republicans are calling for However, when Parker said that lege and major in sculpture and he said. “Without images that you “For every dollar the president wouldn’t harm the economy is when he grew up and went into painting.” put together there could be no wants to raise the debt ceiling, “just wrong, dead wrong, particu- we can show him plenty of ways larly in the context of the kind of to cut far more than a dollar of cuts we’re talking about here.” see PARKER page 2 FEATURE The Bursar’s Offi ce, nestled in type of fi nancial aid in 2007–2008. amounts to an annual increase of more than $23,000, compared with the Student Services Center, is often “Most of the people I know have $954 according to the CSU website. more than $17,000 in 1996, accord- fi lled with students searching for an- fi nancial aid or get scholarships,” “Rising tuition sucks,” said senior ing to Pew. swers and solutions to their money said junior microbiology major Asha history major Gareth Edwards. “Be- College woes and professional, courteous ad- Sadha. “They work before or after fore my fi nancial aid would cover visors offering fi nancial counseling school and they are aware of rising everything and there might be a lit- see LOANS page 2 This is where the privilege of go- tuition.” tle bit left over. Now, there’s nothing loans bury ing to college and the realities of Fees for both the California State left.” paying for it collide. University system and University of According to the Pew Research CORRECTION students With rising tuition prices and an California systems have increased in Center, a non-partisan public opin- On the May 16 issue of the uncertain job market, students all the past year, according to their re- ion research organization, more Spartan Daily, the story titled over the United States are deciding spective websites. students are taking out loans to pay “Students would face fee hike whether going into to debt is worth For the 2010-2011 academic year, for school – in 2008, 60 percent of under worst-case state budget,” under debt the value of an education. tuition at the CSU system increased all graduates had borrowed money, the lead wrongly stated the CSU The U.S. Department of Educa- fi ve percent, adding $204 to the bill. compared with 52 percent in 1996. has felt $500 billion in cuts. 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See manager for details. ©2011 Extra Space Storage LLC. Coupon Code: SJSU Offer expires 6/30/11. 2 NEWS sPARTANDailY Tuesday, May 17, 2011 Educator maddens students with fearless forms of creative expression dents how to live life outside that art is beautiful and it PARKER the box,” Parker said. “My can be useful as an agent of From Page 1 mission was to show my art healing,” he said.