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Wednesday, Volume 155 Oct. 7, 2020 No. 20 SERVING SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1934 WWW.SJSUNEWS.COM/SPARTAN_DAILY A&E Sports Follow @SpartanDaily Pop-up birria taco SJSU football team shop off ers authentic for live updates hopes fans stream Mexican taste its games Page 2 Page 4 Pinching pennies COVID-19 is anticipated to create a $92.7 million defi cit in the 2020-21 SJSU budget -$3.4 million -$5 million Online teaching costs Unforeseen costs or -$11.1 million deferred costs -$10 million Enrollment changes net Spring refunds: housing, meal plans -$2.4 million and parking Campus physical safety measures -$10 million Unfulfi lled new operating support -$30 million 2020-21 revenue losses -$20.8 million ($27M in housing, $3M in athletics) State support reduction SOURCE: SJSU ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE DIVISION; INFOGRAPHIC BY CHELSEA NGUYEN FLEIGE, VECTORS FROM FREEPIK.COM University handles budget defi cit “Let’s see how we can get out of this deficit,” Faas said. Pandemic causes He said in the video this is the largest IN BRIEF and most serious budget deficit the By the time [the university] decrease in university has ever faced. The financial shortfall is partially because of tuition loss gouges us out of all of our San Jose State faces housing revenue from international students and out-of- money, [students] won’t its largest budget defi cit state students in Fall 2020. because of a decline in and international Faas said the budget reductions are even have money to have on-campus student housing. tied to the COVID-19-related expenses, a car to put in their fancy student enrollment which add “huge deficits” to the university revenue streams. new parking lots that The university plans to use He said fewer students living in the [administrators] keep reserves it set aside during By Shiri Marwaha dorms accounts for nearly half of the the 2008 recession. STAFF WRITER university’s financial losses. The other half building. of the deficit comes from parking, dining, Several San Jose State students and athletics and canceled events. Helena Almazar California State University political science senior administrators voiced their concerns Fass said, moving ahead, the university Chancellor Timothy P. White regarding the university’s $92.7 million has to make changes and compromises. said employee layoff s and pay budget deficit for the 2020-21 fiscal He said in the Sept. 23 Newsroom post, including the Chancellor’s Office and are cuts aren’t just a problem year, which involves various cuts to that even though financial shortfalls are considering a furlough program for the for Fall 2020. campus services while tuition fees expected over the next three years, SJSU next fiscal year. remain unchanged. will continue to work toward achieving White said he expects there to be some Political science senior Helena Almazar, the goals stated in the Transformation layoffs during the 2021-22 school year in a plan that was drawn out to mitigate spoke on a low enrollment issue and 2030 strategic plan, which entails the Sept. 7 article in The Poly Post, California budget shortfalls. said she knows several people who are university’s goals to educate, engage and State Polytechnic University, Pomona’s choosing not to enroll in college during the renew the infrastructure of buildings student newspaper. SJSU budget overview coronavirus pandemic. on campus. White assigned each CSU campus Senior Director of Media Relations “There are definitely areas that [the “A lot of students that I know have taken president the responsibility of implementing Mashinchi said over email that each university] could downsize, such as the gap years because being taught online isn’t local campus layoff plans, which would be campus has its own separate budget continuous building and renovations that worth the money to them,” Almazar said. determined by the campus. He said these reserves to manage its individual expenses. [administrators] make, [versus] to help us “And I agree.” plans should be consistent with applicable “SJSU will utilize a significant with our tuition,” Almazar said. About 80% of the university’s collective bargaining agreements with the portion [60%] of its reserves, currently She said SJSU students shouldn’t be $26 million budget is for labor-related California Faculty Association union. $161 million from the general fund and forced to pay full-priced fees for buildings costs, which accounts for salary and benefit White taking into account input from enterprise reserves, which amount to less that are not fully operating during the expenses for faculty members, staff and all 23 CSU campus presidents, system than five months of funding to support all Fall semester, like the Student Union student employees. This percentage will administrators and other stakeholders university operations,” he said. and the Spartan Recreation and remain relatively fixed and flat throughout before making his decision in July. Faas said in the newsroom video that Aquatic Center. the 2020-21 school year, according to the During a remote town hall meeting on because this is going to be a multi-year “By the time [the university] gouges CSU Operating Budget Updates website. Aug. 19, White said that the CSU system plan, the remaining reserves will be spent us out of all of our money, [students] began building a budget reserve after the on university expenses over the next won’t even have money to have a car CSU system budget overview 2008 financial crisis to combat situations two years. to put in their fancy new parking lots In July, California State University like this, according to a Sept. 7 article in The reserved funds enable the university that [administrators] keep building,” Chancellor Timothy P. White wrote to The Poly Post. to hire and train new faculty members, Almazar said. CSU faculty members and staff over email White said these reserves helped the improve the campus and provide additional The more than $92 million budget that the financial challenges were caused CSU system to minimize the economic student advising services Mashinchi said. deficit includes changes in the enrollment by the COVID-19 pandemic. effects of the pandemic, but layoffs and “By continuing to do these things, we net, Spring refunds like housing, meals and He added how the pandemics’ effects pay cuts are anticipated and are, “not just a are keeping the student experience as parking, as well as a $3 million athletics would be felt by the CSU system for at least problem for this Fall.” consistent as possible during these trying revenue loss. the next three years, according to a July 20 He emphasized this is at least a three-year times,” Mashinchi said. Charlie Faas, vice president for letter from the chancellor of the California issue and added that the CSU campuses administration and finance, and State University, San Marcos News Center. have gone into the first year reasonably Kenneth Mashinchi, senior director of White said the CSU system is planning well-prepared in terms of finances. media relations, both discussed the effects to reduce expenses by slowing down In a July 20 letter from the chancellor of the pandemic on the university’s budget systemwide hiring. He also said they addressing CSU faculty members Follow Shiri on Twitter in a Sept. 23 SJSU Newsroom video post. will reduce travel for all campus activity, and staff, White put forth a multi-year @Marwaha5Shiri sjsunews.com/spartan_daily 2 WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7, 2020 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Birria tacos bring authentic fl avors By Jovanna Olivares topped with onion and cilantro. 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