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Volume 110, Issue 4 www.thepacifican.com Thursday, October 25, 2018 Follow Us: T e Pacif can @T ePacif can @T ePacif can PACIFIC VOICES ROAR Students Faculty, Protest ASUoP have Natalia Gevara Resolutions News Editor Carlos Flores Editor-in-Chief Student protesters armed with a bullhorn, cow- bells and hand-lettered signs that bore slogans such as “Pam Over the last couple needs to Jam” chanted outside of weeks, the dissatisf ed voic- the University of the Pacif c’s es of the Pacif c community Board of Regents meeting one have been growing louder and week ago af er feeling their louder and now faculty leaders voices were being suppressed have prepared a resolution of regarding impending budget “no conf dence” in President cuts, a proposed tuition Pamela Eibeck, which they increase and what they feel is a have shared with media out- lack of transparency. lets. T e hour-long rally took place T is resolution fol- in front of Alumni House and lows a faculty letter of concern inside the meeting, the regents addressed to the Board of and university president Regents in the spring of 2018. Pamela Eibeck could hear the T e resolution focuses on chants of scores of protestors. multiple areas through which “We knew the Regents were the university faculty feel coming, and we thought it that President Eibeck has not would be the perfect time to performed her duty, including put on a protest,” Caroline leadership, f scal management, Styc, Economics and Political transparency, and community (bottom right) Students use Science `19, said. morale. the Spirit Rocks to make Near the end of their meeting, T e resolution notes statements about the admin- the regents came out to ad- that, “While we recognize the istration and the upcoming dress the students. seriousness of such a decision, protest. “While it may be dif cult to we f nd no alternatives, given understand, the Board fully a failure of communication (above) Last week, a protest with the President and a lack Protest was held at the Alumni House. Resolutions Continued on Page 3 PC: Natalia Gevera Continued from Page 2 The Pacifican | 2 News Thursday, October 25 , 2018 faculty, outlines a list of areas governance model at Pacifc Resolutions of dissatisfaction, including and it wouldn’t be fair for the Continued from Page 1 student concerns regarding Board to voice their opinion the increasing rates of tuition on something that hasn’t of access to the Board of and the mismanagement of been fnalized or formally Regents.” the university’s budget. presented to the board by the Te multiple points “Hopefully we will faculty.” of dissatisfaction within the learn from this,” says Zachary At the student-or- resolution are backed by sta- Grenig ‘20. “It’s annoying ganized protest last week, Hu- tistical data showcasing a lack that our tuition is raising and ber addressed the crowd and of improvement in multiple faculty salaries are getting cut said the board fully supports key areas of student success because of overspending.” Eibeck. including freshman and Board of Regents While the combi- third-year persistence, as well president Kevin Huber, nation of the resolutions and as six-year graduation rate. answering questions from Te pressure from the protests are Janell Reyner ‘19 Pacifcan via email, said the beginning to have some gain was surprised by the resolu- board is aware of the faculty’s attention from the Board of tion from the faculty, saying resolution. He said change is Regents and administration that, “I knew some faculty difcult and “unfortunately, as evidenced by a decision to are behind us and want to see the budget reductions have increase tuition by 3 percent things change, but I didn’t engendered anger towards instead of the proposed 3.2 know if anything was really President Eibeck among some percent, there is still some going to happen.” “It seems faculty.” doubt that more immediate As Pacifc students made their voices heard by painting messages on the Spir-PC: Natalia Gevara like more and more people “I have seen a resolution from change will occur or that the it Rocks and by protesting, faculty and ASUop drafed resolutions. are more aware of what is the Academic Council and I Board of Regent’s support of going on and I think that is understand that there will be President Eibeck will waver. the frst step to anything like submitted on October Eibeck, calling the removal, olution submitted by the a vote of faculty in the near “I think it will take some this,” Reyner continued. 16th. Te frst resolution “an infringement on the right senate being an expression of future,” he said. “I would serious persuasion to get to Tis resolution condemned the removal of the Pacifc community to concerns regarding President rather respond to what the publicly change their sup- was also met by two similar of messages spray painted express view critical of the Eibeck and the University ad- entire faculty adopts than to port,” says Reyner. resolutions from the ASUoP on the rocks by students administration”. ministration. Te resolution, a proposal. Te faculty is an News editor Natalia Gevara Student Senate, having been criticizing President Te second res- much like that released by the important part of the shared contributed to this report. The Pacifican | 3 News Thursday, October 25 , 2018 John Gutierrez Political Protest Science ‘20 was among those Continued from Page 1 present at the meeting. “We do know that it is a violation of supports the president right free speech under the ASUOP now,” Kevin Huber, president constitution, under Pacifc’s of the Board of Regents, said. Tiger Lore, under the Califor- Students were spurred to nia constitution, and under action afer messages painted the United States constitu- on the campus Spirit Rocks on tion,” Gutierrez said. “Tese Oct. 11 listing grievances with were factual statements. Tey the president and adminis- were not derogatory and they tration were painted over. were not ofensive.” Messages painted on the rocks Students also voiced their including “Pam Eibeck = over concerns with the overall rela- $500k” and “415 dropouts.” tionship between students and Students continued to paint Pamela Eibeck. Tis included the rock both Friday and Sat- the disconnect students feel, urday night, again highlight- citing it is highly discouraged ing tuition costs, Pamela Ei- for students to contact them beck’s salary, the departments without going through the sufering from budget cuts, ofce of the President frst. and the number of students “It’s not a policy, but it is a who have dropped out within practice. Te message directly the past year. Te rocks were from the president is if you again covered by administra- would like to engage or com- tion on both days. municate with a Regent, it Te campus Spirit Rocks are used to promote the student protest. PC: Carlos Flores Te paint coverup sparked must go through the presi- outrage among students, dent’s ofce,” Vice President Dobbs, Applied Economics Tough the Pres- to the faculty perspectives and President Eibeck, the Board leading to the creation of the of Student Life Renee Barnett ‘19. “Tat is why we are here ident did not address the that of our students. Ulti- of Regents voted to increase it Twitter account @uopinde- Terry said. today. We feel that Pam Eibeck protestors, students felt that mately we are charged with by 3%.” cline, which began the hashtag Pacifc students feel that this and administration is not the protest was an overall making decisions to insure Te day afer the #NoMaamPam. As the rocks pipeline is inefective. addressing these issues.” success in voicing the changes the long-term sustainability protest, the rock was painted continued to be sprayed by “Everything you [Board of Te protest, a rare event they demanded. of the University,” Huber said. once more, reading “#Te- students the week of October Regents] hear is fltered by on campus, brought out “I could really “We believe that some of the FightContinues.” 14th, the Twitter account the administration. Because supporters including alumni feel the anger of the student discord is the result of difcult On Monday, Eibeck sent a tweeted photos of them, they are not doing their job, Lee Neves, Class of 1997, who body,and it was incredible,” budget adjustments and the campuswide email addressing quickly gaining a large follow- and they’re not doing them showed up to the protest with Styc said. impact on individuals, and free expression on campus. ing of Pacifc students. correctly, they’re going to flter pizzas in support of the cause. However, Styc that some of it is the result of “Messages were recently re- October 15th saw the rocks things in their favor in order “I was disappointed — along with many other a lack of understanding of the moved from the Spirit Rocks,” painted again, with Tiger to make them look better and that the President of the Board students — still feel like their issues we are addressing in the she wrote.