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Empowerment Today’s Weather through education Daily In support of the statewide rally, Cal- ifornia propisitions A n High Low t h n i v e need re-evaluation. 64 45 6 0 r s a r y Tomorrow’s Forecast 49er Page 4 High 64 Low 49 Vol. LIX, Issue 212 www.daily49er.com Thursday, March 4, 2010 E-mail to be upgraded The university is considering making e-mail accounts available to alumni BY ANNIE LEROUX enrollment reduction. Staff Writer Some strategies used to ease budget cuts this coming year are Information Technology Ser- reducing lecturer positions and vices is currently in the process temporary staff positions, leav- of updating Cal State Long Beach ing permanent faculty positions student e-mail accounts, an- vacant to minimize layoffs, and nounced at Wednesday’s Associ- reducing the number of student ated Students Inc. meeting. assistant positions. According to Janet Foster, as- “We will also not be able to af- sociate vice president of ITS, ford as many outreach activities, CSULB is considering using ei- events we host and will be reduc- ther Microsoft or Google. ing our travel and equipment pur- “Today we have an older sys- chases,” Stephens said. tem and we really want to give CSULB will also move more MARCUS BOCKmaN / DAILY 49ER [the students] more storage and resources to the Web to cut paper Steve Lopez, a Los Angeles Times columnist, spoke at the Anatol Center Wednesday at noon about his experiences a better experience,” Foster said. use and improve organization. leading to, and following, his book “The Soloist.” He addressed the continued contact and friendship he has with a Additionally, while student e- “Students will have fewer mentally ill, brilliant musician and how it inspired him to become a mental health activist. Lopez also spoke about the mail addresses currently expire classes to choose from; services, daily grind as a columnist at the Los Angeles Times. six months after graduation, ITS advising and tutoring will be less is looking into providing alumni available,” she said. “Unfortu- with e-mail accounts as well. nately, it could take longer to ITS is aiming to have the ac- progress towards a degree.” ‘The Soloist’ author shares counts set up for students by fall Enrollment will also be affect- 2010, but a set date has not been ed next year. Stephens said more announced yet. students cannot be accepted until Mary Stephens, vice president more classes can be provided. Next insights on passion, life of administration and finance, also year, there will be 4,000 fewer stu- introduced the governor’s budget dents on campus and CSULB will proposal and addressed the effects not be accepting freshman and The journalist discusses his friendship with a schizophrenic cellist these cuts will have on CSULB transfer students in spring 2011 for this upcoming school year. the second year in a row. BY RACHEL LEW bracing the privileges of education and likely Friendship, and the Redemptive The budget proposes a restora- “We received just fewer than being a journalist today. Power of Music.” In 2009, “The Solo- Staff Writer tion of $305 million and an ad- 49,000 applicants and, at the Lopez, a columnist for the Los An- ist” film starred Robert Downey Jr. and ditional $60.6 million on receipt most, we will be able to accept geles Times, won numerous national Jamie Foxx. of extra federal funding, which 4,000,” Stephens said. “There are Steve Lopez came to Cal State Long journalism awards for his columns and Journalism department chair Raul remains uncertain, CSULB will a lot of eligible students who will Beach Wednesday to talk about the magazine reporting. He is the author of still face small budget cuts and not be able to attend.” themes of his novel “The Soloist,” em- “The Soloist: A Lost Dream, An Un- See LOPEZ Page 2 Panelists speak on minorities Speakers at the Solidarity Symposium discuss budget cuts and their impact on minority groups the university and solutions for the Y THENA EKIS B A M education crisis at the Solidarity Staff Writer Symposium on March 2. “What are we willing to lose Through testimony, students in order to gain?” said Jose ALEXANDRIA GILNER / DAILY 49ER and faculty showed a powerful Moreno, professor of Chicano Panelists discuss how the recent budget cuts and the underrep- commitment to restoring the and Latino studies. resentation of minorities on campus are connected. The Soli- California State University sys- Cal State Long Beach is darity Symposium was Tuesday evening in the University Stu- tem despite massive budget cuts. making cuts based on getting dent Union Ballrooms. The panelists urged students to realize Three professors and two ad- underlying issues and take a stand against decision-makers. ministrators discussed the state of See BUDGET Page 2 CSULB may lower course unit requirement The ASI president He said this could be done by using other meth- writing campaign, for example. By the end ods that have not been employed, such as fill- of the semester, student leaders will take the encourages involvement ing out cards for the state Legislature and tak- postcards to Sacramento. against budget cuts ing part in student protests and campaigns. ASI’s goal in launching the campaign is to He also spoke about what ASI has done so create a greater unified coalition. By the end of MICHAEL CHAN YEE / DAILY 49ER far amidst assumptions that nothing has been the semester, Sacramento will have “something BY JACQUELINE AGUIRRE done on behalf of the student body. that legislators will pay attention to,” said Chris- Freestyle AND JANINE ZUNIGA According to Chavez, ASI started the More tina Esparza, communications coordinator. Scott Chan, a freshman kinesiology major, walks up than Numbers campaign two weeks ago. “The difference between students and lob- a staircase in a handstand in the East Turnaround Associate Student Inc. President Christo- The campaign was set up for California byists is money,” Esparza said. She said stu- area. He said he was doing parkour, which is mov- pher Chavez spoke about the budget cut crisis State University students to propose new dents may lack money but can get legislators’ at the Speaker’s Platform Wednesday in an ways of getting their voices heard. attention through strength in numbers. ing from point A to B as fluidly and as fast as pos- effort to persuade students to join the battle. The More than Numbers campaign is ex- “But if you go in there, showing how there sible. Chan and friend Tyler Sanchez vaulted over Chavez said that amidst the budget struggle, pected to feature a series of events. Students the handicap ramp, did back flips and scaled walls students have had to make sure they are heard. can participate in “vent tents” and a postcard- See CHAVEZ Page 2 throughout the afternoon. 2 Thursday, March 4, 2010 www.daily49er.com [email protected] “What we try to find are compelling lenging and rewarding. ductive and aware of his illness. most of us never find: He has purpose LOPEZ stories with human interest,” said Sha- “What Mr. Ayers wants to tell the “It is an eye-opener to see how and passion. When he fights through all Continued from Page 1 ron Olsen, CSULB director of Education CSULB community is to ‘Participate. many serious mental illnesses and vet- his confusion, he is rescued by music Abroad. “Long Beach Reads One Book Don’t be a wallflower,’ ” Lopez said. erans are untreated,” Lopez said. “One where he is anchored and happy. The Reis introduced Lopez to a packed gives students an opportunity to meet “It’s a beautiful thing what he does. step toward advancing recovery is de- passion Ayers carries is a passion many room in the Anatol Center. inspiring authors who they aspire to be.” He will create something and discov- veloping insight into a patient’s own of us would never know.” “ ‘The Soloist’ reminds readers what “The Soloist” is based on Steve Lo- er something special about himself on condition.” Lopez said that despite the tough times it means to be human,” Reis said. “The pez’s friendship with Nathaniel Ay- his journey.” Lopez’s motivation while writing of budget cuts in California, it is sill a priv- book not only illustrates themes of home- ers, a schizophrenic homeless person In one theme of “The Soloist,” Lopez “The Soloist” was sparked by “Friday ilege to live in this society and culture. lessness, mental illness and musical ac- who possesses extraordinary talent discusses Ayers’ mental health care. Night Lights” author Buzz Bissinger, “What we have today is a pathway complishment, but it also touches themes as a cellist. Inspired and transformed The Lamp Community, an organization who told him his story is about second to upward mobility,” Lopez said. “We of compassion, humor and grace.” by his story, Lopez helps Ayers pull that assists homeless men and women chances and minor or tragic elements are given a chance to do better than The event, hosted by “Long Beach his life together and launch a career living with mental illness, creates an that people can identify with. those who came before us. We need the Reads One Book,” was designed to in music. environment for patients to grow. Ay- “Ayers taught me a feeling of grace,” courage and political will for students bring the Long Beach community to- Still in close contact with Ayers, Lo- ers, is in an environment where he has Lopez said. “He has such a passion and teachers to maintain these struc- gether to raise the standards of literacy. pez said their relationship is both chal- become much more self-confident, pro- through all his trials.

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