Daily Dirtbags Drop Finale Long Beach State Takes Two out of Three in Series with UC Santa Barbara
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Daily Dirtbags drop finale Long Beach State takes two out of three in series with UC Santa Barbara. Page 8 Vol. LIX, Issue 236 www.daily49er.com Monday, April 26, 2010 See Corporate, Page 2 Fog 49er 6 0 t h A n n i v e r s a r y High Low 67 57 Tomorrow’s Forecast High 67 Low 55 Today’s Weather Cal State Long Beach’s first-ever Corporate Corruption Week will feature lectures from guest speakers who will speak on how corporatism has affected democracy in the United States. Students United 4 Justice, in collaboration with the Sociology Student Association, will be presenting a series of events and lectures from April 27-29. Michael Lozano, a senior sociology major, said students need to learn how to live without giving corporations more power. He hopes students learn the influence of corporations in everyday life and why students should change this. “We are organizing the weeklong event to show that we can resist the corporatism of everyday life, which has affected our democracy, environment, standards of living and individual minds,” Lozano said. Wayne Taylor, co-director of Reclaiming Democracy of Orange County at Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, said this event is a tremendous opportunity to learn about the ongoing corporate takeover of our laws, political institutions and media. “I am heartened that the students and community of CSULB are firing up to fight back for our rights as human citizens,” Taylor said. “I want to be a part of this, so I have volunteered to speak about how we got to this state of corporate domination, and how we can remedy this precarious situation.” Taylor will speak on Tuesday to students about the power of corporations to buy out politicians and discuss possible solutions to prevent this. Taylor will present, “The Corporation,” a movie that explores the rise of corporations and corporations’ status as a person. Gary Hytrek, an associate professor of sociology at CSULB, said he hopes A 27-year-old transgender student at Cal State Long Beach reported he was assaulted in a university restroom at 9:30 p.m. on April 15. The student said he was approached by a suspect in a restroom located on the west side of the KKJZ building. According to a press release, “the suspect called the student by his first name, and the student responded. The student reported the suspect then pulled the student’s Tshirt up and over the student’s head and pushed him back into the stall. The suspect then used a sharp object to slash the student’s chest. The suspect then fled the area in an unknown direction of travel.” According to CSULB Director Of Media Relations Richard Gloady, “no one has been arrested.” University Police believe this was an isolated incident and that there is no additional threat to the campus community. “All manners are being handled through our public affairs office,” said University Police Captain Fernando Solorzano. Public Affairs Assistant Vice President Toni Beron was unable to be reached for comment. O f f i c e r s are investigating the case and ask that a n y o n e who has information regarding the case contact Det. Johnny Leyva at 562-985-4101. Brian Cuaron contributed to this article. Assault on transgender CSULB student By David Cowan City Editor Jenna Skarzenski / Daily 49er 49ers host Big West tournament Head coach Gavin Arroyo, middle, and the Long Beach State women’s water polo team hosted the Big West Conference tournament at the 49er Campus Pool over the weekend. The 49ers (8-21) fell to UC Santa Barbara in their first-round match on Friday before dropping the fifth-place consolation game on Sunday. See page 8 for the story. ‘Corporate Corruption Week’ By Jocelyn Gomez Contributing Writer Campus organization spreads awareness of how corporate corruption can function in society and how to prevent it from happening Suspect description: M/W, 20s, 5’09-5’10, thin build, dark hair, light complexion 2 Monday, April 26, 2010 [email protected] gmail.com TUN_CSULB_Daily49er_3x8_OL.indd 1 4/14/2010 3:37:33 PM students realize how much power corporations have in decision making and how important their active participation is to make corporate leaders accountable for their mistakes. “Corporate leaders and their political supporters play a major role in the decision making process, often with little public scrutiny or input,” Hytrek said. Taylor hopes students who attend the event will learn how they can give back power to the people and workers. “We need a student movement now,” he said. The event will also feature testimonials from workers from Long Beach and Los Angeles area hotels who will talk about their experience in the hotel, earning wages below the poverty level and the intimidation they feel when they try to organize other workers to unionize. These speakers include Angela Reid, a worker of the Hilton hotel and union organizer of UNITE-HERE Local 11 who will talk about the importance of unions. Ben Leonen and Martina Santiago, workers from the Long Beach Hyatt and Long Beach Hilton, will also talk about the working conditions of the hospitality industry in Long Beach. “Many people recognize the corporatism of everyday life as a problem, but few here respond,” Lozano said. “So what we’re doing is providing solutions.” There will also be a mock funeral for democracy on Wednesday in between parking lot 3 and the Health and Human Services building 1 at noon. Also on Wednesday at 5 p.m., the panel discussion “Hotel Worker Stories” about the struggle of local workers to unionize will be held at LA-5, room 159. Corporate Corruption week concludes Thursday with the film “Crude” about gasoline manufacturer Chevron’s involvement in Ecuador and with a speaker from the Crude Campaign. The event will begin at 5 p.m. at LA-5, room 250. Corporate Continued from Page 1 SAN JOSE, Calif. (MCT) — Fifty years ago this month, California promised a low-cost, high-quality university education for every qualified high school graduate in the state. But that promise — inflated by growing populations and academic aspirations — expanded beyond the state’s willingness to pay for it. How did the university system that was long the envy of the world suddenly become the focus of angry street protests, overcrowded classrooms, soaring tuition and a monumental debate over whether the state can ever make good again on its groundbreaking mission? While the recession turned a slow-brewing problem into an instant crisis, a San Jose Mercury News analysis of California’s mess in higher education reveals that many factors drove the inevitable and ugly collision between the university system’s ambitious and uncoordinated growth and the state’s declining ability and desire to pay for it. Among the most critical: —Plummeting state support: While the state paid about 90 percent of a student’s education 40 years ago, it now pays 69 percent for CSU students and 62 percent for those in the UC system. —Continued expansion: In the past eight years, despite declining state support, UC added a new campus, seven new schools and at least 45 new programs. Cal State added a campus, many new science centers, and a Ph.D. program. —Little coordination: While university systems in several other states must seek approval for spending and expansion plans, there is no oversight body in California with the formal authority to play such a role. UC and Cal State are often self-advocates with competing interests, instead of partners who share and coordinate the state’s higher education needs, according to the state’s Legislative Analyst’s Office. In April 1960, when California first made its higher-education promise, educators faced children of World War II GIs craved college degrees. There was no tax-limiting Proposition 13, and the state was flush with cash from rising house prices. Demands on the state’s pension, prison, welfare and health care systems were modest. Well-funded high schools were predominantly graduating white, middle-class kids prepared for college. And so the state produced the Master Plan for Higher Education, which promised low fees and easy access to a well-defined network of campuses. The student population has nearly tripled since the creation of the Master Plan — and students are far less college-ready. Yet the share of the state budget going to universities has fallen from 13.4 percent in 1967 to 5.7 percent this year. UC is predicted to hike fees 15 percent a year for the next two years, then 7 percent annually in subsequent years, on top of this year’s 30 percent rise. CSU may feel forced to do the same. Despite unstable state support, the 10 UC and 23 Cal State campuses were slow to contract. Much of their budget is tied up in labor costs, protected by union agreements. Some construction — seismic updating and disability compliance — is essential. Other growth is necessary because of new fields of scientific study and their high-tech improvements. Meanwhile costly new programs and professional schools that boost prestige are still being planned. CSU now offers a doctoral degree in education at seven campuses, including both Cal State East Bay and San Francisco State — only 27 miles apart. Cal State also wants to offer nursing doctorates. This means that Cal State needs money to do what UC is already doing. -Lisa M. Krieger, San Jose Mercury News Calif.’s university system: What went wrong? Students listen to a lecture during a General Chemistry section at San Jose State University in San Jose, California, Wednesday, April 7, 2010.