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Simple reminders for success SCENE, PAGE 7 OPINION, PAGE 5 Since 1922 www.thesantaclara.com @thesantaclara thesantaclara.tumblr.com One free copy Minimum Engh Touts Tech in Teaching Wage to Increase? Obama proposes raise in labor wages across the country Matthew Rupel T!" S#$%# C&#'# Working students might be seeing dollar signs in their eyes. Even though California’s minimum wage is already above the federal rate of $7.25 an hour, it’s a dollar short of President Barack Obama’s call to raise the minimum wage to $9 an hour and boost it annually to keep pace with inflation. Ten states make similar cost- of-living adjustments. In the county of San Francisco, workers earn at least $10.55 an hour, the highest minimum in the country. In all, 19 states and the District of Co- lumbia have minimum wages set above the federal rate of $7.25, a disparity Obama highlighted in his State of the Union address as he seeks to help the nation’s lowest paid workers. The minimum wage in California currently stands at $8 an hour. Obama’s proposal is renewing the age-old debate between advocates who claim boost- ing the minimum wage pumps more money into the economy and helps to create new jobs, and business groups that complain it would unfairly burden employers and curb demand for new workers. And it faces certain hurdles in Congress, as top Republicans including House Speaker John Boehner wasted little time dismissing the proposal. More than 15 million workers earn the na- tional minimum wage, making about $15,080 ANDREW COX — THE SANTA CLARA President Michael Engh, S.J., addressed a packed Mission Church for his annual State of the University speech. Engh touched on Santa Clara’s future in modern a year. That’s just below the federal poverty technology and a diverse student bod,y including students still vying for citizenship. He also acknowledged the structural changes of the school in the past year. threshold of $15,130 for a family of two. Obama sold his plan to a crowd in Ashe- ville, N.C., on Wednesday, saying that it’s time education with a discussion of the rising force grams he described placed heavy weight on the to increase the minimum wage “because if President delivers of technology at Santa Clara. online participation of courses. These options you work full-time, you shouldn’t be in pov- “We are innovating to provide the best in- could help maintain costs while keeping Santa erty.” annual address to struction possible to our students, as well as to Clara teaching oriented, according to Engh. Advocates say a minimum wage increase engage our faculty in the latest developments In addition, the president discussed the can lead to even broader economic benefits. students and faculty in instructional technology,” he said. success of the Career Center, proudly declar- “These are workers who are most likely to After a short prayer, and a performance ing that 70 percent of Santa Clara students spend virtually everything they earn, so it just by the university’s chamber singers, senior have been able to find internships through the pumps money back into local economies,” Natalia Pavlina Jenna Saso, economics major and president Career Center during undergraduate years. said Christine Owens, executive director of Matthew Rupel of the Associate Student Government, took Eighty-six percent of students that pursued the National Employment Law Project, a the stage. She praised Santa Clara for being internships through the Career Center gradu- worker advocacy group. T!" S#$%# C&#'# “more than just a place to live for four years,” ated with full time job o!ers. But William Dunkelberg, chief economist for being a tight-knit community that excels To close, Engh promoted the importance of for the National Federation of Independent The Mission Church was filled on Tuesday in both athletics and academia. social justice, and briefly touched on the topic Business, said the increase would hit busi- by students, faculty and Santa Clara bene- Following Saso’s speech, Engh was brought of illegal immigration. The event ended on an nesses hard and only hurt workers by reduc- factors as Provost Dennis Jacobs greeted to the stage to give the audience a proud run- uplifting note as the chamber singers closed ing demand for their services. the incoming audience with a joyful “Happy down on the progress that has been made in the occasion with a song. Mardi Gras!” before the annual State of the the past year, including the new admissions The Associated Press contributed to this University address. building, the new Graham Hall dormitory, the Contact Natalia Pavlina at npavlina@scu. report. Contact Matthew Rupel at mrupel@ University President Michael Engh, S.J., new parking garage and the softball stadium. edu. Contact Matthew Rupel at mrupel@scu. scu.edu or call (408) 54-4849. tackled issues of the skyrocketing costs in Some of the technology-oriented pilot pro- edu or call (408) 554-4849. Disappointing Weekend WHAT’S INSIDE News ................................. 1 – 4 Women’s Tennis Drops Two Opinion ............................ 5 – 6 Scene ............................... 7 – 9 SPORTS, PAGE 11 Sports ............................10 – 12 2 / News T!" S#$%# C&#'# Thursday, February 14, 2013 WORLD ROUNDUP Serving Santa Clara University Since 1922 ƀɠƀɠƀ Volume 92, Issue 14 ƀɠƀɠƀ EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ! Vatican City Matthew!Rupel ! 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