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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2014 Volume 95, Issue 9 Students demand Low turnout at open forums more state funding Valentine-themed campaign lobbies governor’s office KYLE NAULT Daily Titan Carie Rael, a history graduate student and member of the statewide advocacy group Students for Quality Education (SQE), believes it is im- portant for students to express their love for ed- ucation but has shown no love for the Student Success Initiative. In an effort to contin- ue the ongoing protest of the proposed $240.50 fee increase, Rael and other students gathered Wednesday to partici- pate in a Valentine’s Day- WINNIE HUANG / Daily Titan themed letter writing Lea Jarnagin, associate vice president for student affairs at Cal State Fullerton, speaks at the first open forum on the Student Success Initiative at the Fullerton campus. campaign. The campaign is in- tended to show Gov. Jerry Brown that the student University seeks Fee would be third-highest body loves education, and to show why the state- wide California State feedback on SSI University budget should be increased instead of implementing more man- these open forums and via datory fees for students. Student Success feedback forms available “I know there’s been Initiative elicits on TITANium will be pre- a statewide pressure mixed opinions sented and considered by against this student suc- the Student Fee Advisory cess fee because it kind of CYNTHIA WASHICKO Committee (SFAC) in com- completely goes around Daily Titan ing months, to tailor the (Brown’s) four-year mor- fee to needs students have atorium on tuition in- Despite lackluster turn- expressed. creases and campuses out at the first two Student A vocal portion of have just implemented Success Initiative forums the crowd at the fo- this fee as a loophole to on Cal State Fullerton’s rum Tuesday represent- get around that,” Rael main campus Monday ed Students for Quality said. and Tuesday, students still Education, a group with Funding to CSU managed to express their the purpose of protesting schools will be increased opinions and concerns on unfair increases in student to $5.7 billion by 2015 un- the proposed fee. fees, according to mem- der Brown’s budget plan, Lea Jarnagin, associate ber Ryan Quinn, a history as the four-year morato- vice president for student graduate student. rium calls for “steady and affairs, said the forums are The group has started a predictable state funding meant to be an opportu- petition and instituted a increases” all the way nity for students to voice letter-writing campaign to through 2017. their opinions and con- Gov. Jerry Brown to stop However, the steady cerns about the proposed the fee from being imple- fund increase has not ex- $240.50 fee increase, a vi- mented in any form. The actly come to fruition, as tal component of the fee petition has over 200 signa- the CSU only received a 5 approval process. tures of students and staff percent increase in fund- “An alternative consul- members, Quinn said. ing, instead of the 10 per- tation process is nothing “Student success sounds MIKE TRUJILLO / Daily Titan cent increase the institu- if the students are not en- like a great idea, but this is tions had requested from gaged and involved in it,” really not the mechanism Nine other California State University schools have implemented similar fees thus far, and several the state. Jarnagin said Tuesday. to do it,” he said. more are considering them. Fees are shown as they currently stand. Cal State Fullerton’s fee would Students will not be be phased in over three years and would take effect in fall 2016. voting directly on the fee, SEE LETTERS, 2 but input gathered during SEE FORUMS, 3 SEE CSU, 2 Banksy artwork inspires lecture by art critic hasn’t gone into his philos- work for many years, and Art department ophy, why he’s doing what one of the things that hosts talk on well- he’s doing, what he be- motivated me was that known graffiti artist lieves,” Diehl said. the New York art world, In addition to speaking when he did his residency NICOLE WEAVER at CSUF, Diehl has been a there, seemed to be unfa- Daily Titan visiting artist and lectur- miliar with him, and yet er at an impressive list of had opinions even though You don’t know his face, colleges and universities they weren’t familiar with but you may be familiar throughout the United his work,” Diehl said. with his graffiti. Banksy, States. She has worked Diehl’s interest in the invisible man of street as a senior critic at the street art dates back to art, has tagged England, Graduate School of Fine the ‘80s, when she wrote New York, Vienna, San Arts at the University of about it for East Village Francisco, Los Angeles and Pennsylvania. magazines. countless other cities inter- Additionally, Diehl was Back then, artists were nationally with his work. In Courtesy of Banksy the Forkosh-Hirschman making graphic art on the 2010, he made it on Time This classic piece of Banksy graffiti was done on canvas, as opposed to the usual wall or building. lecturer at Arizona State subways in New York, in- magazine’s list of 100 Most University in 2006. triguing tourists as far as Influential People. 13, Diehl will discuss the of accolades, the documen- the attention of artist and Diehl’s lecture on Banksy France to travel overseas In her first ever lecture overarching philosophies tary he was featured in was art critic Carol Diehl. will delve into uncovering just to see their work. on Banksy’s artwork, which that propel the world’s nominated for an Academy “The only critical atten- his motivations for the leg- takes place at Cal State most famous street artist. Award. tion has been in the neg- acy he has created. Fullerton on Thursday, Feb. To further add to his list And now he has caught ative and not in depth. It “I’ve been aware of his SEE BANKSY, 5 INSIDE TITANS SIGN TEN BROADWAY IN OC CSUF women’s soccer Romeo and Juliet received ten com- premieres in theaters mitments for its 2014 for special Valentine’s recruiting class Day weekend showings SPORTS 8 DETOUR 6 FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @DAILY_TITAN VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM PAGE 2 FEBRUARY 12, 2014 THE DAILY TITAN NEWS WEDNESDAY Guinness confirms teen’s record DTBRIEFS started a YouTube chan- Troy High student nel, Tutorial Tribe, to pro- plans more record vide tutorials on acrobatic 2 to face trial tricks, including somer- attempts this March saults and handsprings. for Santa Ana MATTHEW MEDINA As he viewed similar vid- Daily Titan eos from other perform- club death ers, he decided to take aim at world records, starting Two women will Guinness World Records with back handsprings. stand trial for the has confirmed that Jacob Teepen said he hopes to murder of Annie Teepen, a junior at Troy break two more world re- Kim Pham, 23, who High School, did in fact cords in March. He will try was beaten to death break the world record to record the fastest time outside a Santa Ana for most consecutive back running a mile with anoth- nightclub, according handsprings. er person riding piggyback, to the Orange County Teepen made the at- and running a mile while Register. tempt in October but was holding another person in Superior Court awaiting official confirma- a fireman’s carry. Judge Thomas Borris tion from the world record Ashrita Furman set the ruled during a prelim- authority until January. official piggyback run re- inary hearing Tuesday Teepen accomplished cord in New York in July that the trial of sus- the feat amid foggy, 2010, finishing in 12 min- pects Vanessa Zavala, wet conditions at the utes and 47 seconds. The 25, and Candace Brito, Fullerton Golf Course de- current fastest time for 27, will proceed. Both spite running the Long the fireman’s carry run is pleaded not guilty to Beach Marathon two 11 minutes and 29.14 sec- murder charges. weeks prior. His 45 hand- onds, set by Belgian ath- Zavala and Brito springs surpassed the pre- lete Steven Jacobs in April were arrested in vious official record of 42 2012. connection with the among male competitors, Teepen has not yet final- death of Pham out- and also bested the over- ized a time and place to side The Crosby, a all official record of 44. attempt surpassing these nightclub in Santa With eight years of ex- records, but he is consid- Ana, on Jan. 18. They perience in gymnastics ering holding the event at GURAJPALPREET SANGHA / Daily Titan, File Photo are currently being under his belt, Teepen Cal State Fullerton. Jacob Teepen converses with friends and family after performing 45 back handsprings in October. held at the Orange County Jail. If con- victed, they could FOR THE RECORD face charges of 15 In the issue published Monday, Feb. 10, in years to life. an article titled “Young entrepreneurs get Fees are in place at 9 CSUs - SASHA BELANI in the ‘hot seat,’” concerning a “fast pitch” CSU students voted on the fee in a class that required it. business competition at CSUF, one winner Continued from PAGE 1 using an online non-bind- CSUF is currently ranked of the high school competition, Kavita ing vote, an “advisory vote.” last in how much money it re- State gets Galal, had her name incorrectly reported as As currently proposed, the Fifty-seven percent of vot- ceives from the state and 21st additional $240.50-per-se- ing students were in favor in mandatory fees it charges, reprieve for Andrea Sanchez.