Students Protests Proposed Fee

DH Bulletin VOLUME 14, NO 177 www.csudhbulletin.com MAY 7, 2014 Students protests proposed fee University President Willie Hagan addresses students’ concerns, but “never answered our questions,” SQE members say. By Chad Arias on campus. State University Dominguez Hills natures. To date, this petition has termining whether the fee should Staff Writer The first protest took place in administrators. not had any affect on the Student be implemented. front of President Willie Hagan’s The anti-fee petition was Success Fee proposed policy, While waiting outside of A string of protests against office. Students toted signs asking started by the Students for Qual- SQE members say. Hagan’s office for more than an the proposed Student Success Fee why the fee-hike petition hasn’t ity Education organization and Students are also upset that have been staged in the last week been acknowledged by California has amassed more than 1,600 sig- there was no voting process in de- See PROTEST: page 19 EOP to hold its own annual Rediscovering graduation celebration Students will be able to highlight their path to Spain graduation despite their Professor discovers he’s actually obstacles. passionate about his country of origin despite growing up with By Faith Egbuonu Staff Writer different feelings. For the first time Dominguez Hills will honor Educational Op- portunity Program students with its own graduation celebration. By Tania Torres • Staff Writer EOP’s goal for a separate Benito Gomez not only teaches Spanish, he also makes graduation event is to provide sure every student knows Spain’s history. “special recognition” that isn’t possible for them to receive during the traditional commence- enito Gómez has been intrigued by different cultures ever When Gómez graduated with a bachelor’s degree in educa- ment “due to its size,” said Paz since he can remember. tion, he left Spain. He knew he wanted to travel and experience Oliverez, director of EOP. BYet growing up in Madrid he was never passionate about his culture shock for himself. The degree was his ticket to getting a “Like many CSUDH students, own. He couldn’t understand why people were so patriotic about job. our EOP students faced a variety his county or devoted to soccer teams. He applied for a position teaching high school Spanish in of challenges on their path to college and continued to experience He was interested in other cultures: What they spoke, what England. There he could improve his English and have an advan- challenges as they pursued higher they ate and how they lived. See GÓMEZ: page 12 education,” said Oliverez. “The EOP Graduation Celebration is an opportunity for our program to recognize the accomplishments Another administrator closes books on Dominguez Hills of our EOP 2014 graduates, many of whom come from low-income Susan Borrego leaves university after six years through a two-year bridge pro- dents and are making a difference backgrounds and will be the first gram with intrusive advising, in our community,” said Borrego. in their families to graduate from with plans to return to Michigan as chancellor. early alerts and supplemental in- “I think this is a very exciting college.” struction.” time at DH and I will miss all The celebration is also a time Borrego said she is most that is going on. I am very excited when former graduates can re- By Ashley Washington “During her tenure, numer- proud of the relationships she about the opportunities at Univer- unite with EOP staff who guided Staff Writer ous programs to support student has built and maintained across sity of Michigan-Flint but I will and supported them along their success were developed and im- the campus, her collaborative always be a Toro.” own journey to degree comple- plemented including the Office programs that focus on financial Joyce Bonds, Borrego’s assis- tion. Susan Borrego, vice president of Veteran Affairs, the Women’s aid and admissions and leaving tant the past four years, had good “There were some students of Enrollment Management and Center, and the Male Success Ini- Dominguez Hills in a better posi- things to say about the adminis- that felt like, ‘I don’t know if I’m Student Affairs, is leaving after tiative,” Hagan wrote in the email. tion than when she arrived. trator. going to make it through the first six years. “She was instrumental in securing She said she wants to be re- “It’s been great working with semester’ or ‘school’s so hard,’” She is taking on a new role as both individual and collaborative membered as someone who was Dr. Borrego,” said Bonds. “I have said Reina Watkins, office coor- the eighth chancellor at the Uni- grants totaling over $12 million dedicated to making things better learned so many things work- dinator of EOP. “So to see them versity of Michigan-Flint. for programs such as Encounter for students. ing with her. She has been much graduate is more of a celebration President Willie J. Hagan an- to Excellence, an award winning “I have very mixed feelings more than just a supervisor to me. of them, like ‘Look, you can do it, nounced Borrego’s resignation in model for supporting tradition- about leaving; I love this campus See EOP: page 18 an email to the campus April 15. ally underrepresented students community, we have great stu- See BORREGO: page 18 page 2 NEWS MAY 7, 2014 Tiny pixie village settles on campus ground Head-turning miniature community, work of grounds men, slowly starts to gain recognition. By Sandy Cabada Terry Molano put a plastic playhouse on Staff Writer the same hillside four years ago hoping to enhance the area with a “fairy garden.” Perched on a knoll between the Univer- Chase then pitched the idea of a 6-foot- sity Theatre and the Student Health Center square fairy garden to administrators but is something unusual. they denied the project, citing lack of Miniature abodes have appeared out funds. After the fourth pitch, Chase was of nowhere, small enough for critters and finally able to make his vision a reality. fairies to live in. Tiny little gardens, homes He convinced them by promising to re-use built into trees, a “central park” with a ga- discarded building materials to create the zebo and a long bridge over a simulated dry village. river bend have surfaced. At first glance it “I want to beautify the campus, add may seem like an assembly of elves came more synergy with focal points,” said onto campus and settled on the area’s roll- Chase. ing hillside next to the walkway. The homes were made using found Sandy cabada / CSUDH Bulletin But no, elves have not taken Domin- materials. A broken concrete electrical box guez Hills; the creative brains behind this forms one of the dwellings; small pieces of The garden space measures about 35 feet by 25 feet. whimsical project are campus grounds redwood create steps that lead to the tree men. house door; infield clay from the univer- embellish the emerald ground cover. though funding is a minor issue, Chance Peter Chase, Chris Evans and Fer- sity’s baseball field make the pathways and Chance said it was fun to mix up their said the work-in-progress will continue to nando Gonclaves created the tiny village small roads. daily routine with this quirky development. have new additions such as higher-level after an erosion problem. The sloping hill To solve the erosion problem, the trio They also enjoy the feedback from people apartments and possibly some rope bridges was causing sediment to block the drain- covered the whole area with the creeping walking by who are drawn into the new between the two trees. ing pipes that take water runoff from the plant called baby’s tears, which prevents neighborhood. And don’t be surprised if the next time nearby health center. sediment from running down and clogging And it is not finished yet. The village you pass by you see a running stream Chase said that testing coordinator the drain at the bottom. Snap weed flowers continues to be under construction. Al- through the riverbed. Holocaust may be over, but the stories will never be forgotten German-born Fred Heim speaks at CSUDH about his personal otal moment in human history, so to have arguably humanity’s worst memory, Heim the opportunity to hear a first-hand account had a way of engaging the audience and experiences during World War II. was an unforgettable experience. easing out a couple of laughs. It was odd At first glance Heim seemed like any and even uncomfortable to associate hu- By Chad Arias of the Jewish people could have imagined other elderly man—frail and shaky. Yet mor in a speech about the Holocaust, yet Staff Writer the utter atrocities that the following years he had a strong and proud demeanor. You Heim was able to elicit smiles. would produce. could just tell from the look in his eyes that “I had this English teacher; he was fat, In 1926 Fred Heim was born in Ber- Last week Heim spoke to a packed au- he had seen and endured unimaginable tri- and a slob, a fat slob,” said Heim. “I tell you lin, Germany, the son of a wealthy Jew- dience of students and faculty in the Loker als. ish lawyer. Neither Heim nor the entirety Student Union. The Holocaust was a piv- Although the topic of discussion was See HOLOCAUST: page 18 Guest lecturer talks about his road to ‘Achieving the American Dream’ Sergio C. Garcia is first undocumented immigrant to be cia as part of the inauguration lecture series for University President Willie J.

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