Prop 23, More Jobs Or More Bad Air?
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ʻDOGS TAKE ON OLE MISS Check out our preview at The Collegian online and in the sports section FRIday Issue SEPTEMBER 24, 2010 FRESNO STATE COLLEGIAN.CSUFRESNO.EDU SERVING CAMPUS SINCE 1922 By Andrew Veihmeyer number of new students and “When we initially post- The Collegian restore courses that were ed our applications [for the previously cut due to budget Spring 2011 semester], we said The CSU system has reductions.” that preference will be given received funding that will “We’re getting a third of to those [applicants] who filed allow for a partial restora- the budget restored,” said during the priority period,” tion of spring admissions, to Bernard Vinovrski, associate said Vinovrski. add or return course sections vice president for enrollment to schedules and offer longer services at Fresno State. “It’s See MONEY, Page 3 operating hours in campus one time money, not perma- services. nent money. This gives us This extra funding, amount- room for approximately ing to $106 million, comes 400 new students.” from a final lump sum from Although this the State Fiscal Stabilization number is sig- Fund within the American nificantly low Recovery and Reinvestment compared to Act (ARRA). With this money, the admission CSU’s can now plan for a lim- in the spring ited number of additional 2009 semes- students for the winter and ter, which was spring terms. approximately According to a CSU press 1500 students, release published on Sep. 16, it is a hopeful “CSU will use monies from step in the right state support and student fee direction for a com- revenues previously set aside plete restoration, said for payroll to admit a limited Vinovrski. Photo Illustration by Michael Uribes / The Collegian Prop 23, more jobs or more bad air? By Ana Mendoza The Collegian Concerns about global warming and high unem- ployment rates collide this November on California’s gen- eral election ballot in the form of Proposition 23. The passage of Prop 23 would suspend the implemen- tation of the air pollution con- trol law known as Assembly Bill 32 until unemployment decreases to 5.5 percent. AB 32, also known as the California Global Warming Solution Act, was passed in 2006 and was designed to reduce green- house gas emissions known to cause global warming. “California was very for- ward looking when they passed AB 32, and this is, in a lot of ways, a very cyni- cal attempt to undo all of it in the face of what is already going to be some significant change,“ said Peter Van de Water, Fresno State instructor from earth and environmental Ana Mendoza / The Collegian sciences. Supporters of Prop 23 say “cap-and-trade” legislation will be costly to citizens and that more jobs for the unemployed is a larger priority than climate change “The big crack we face right laws that they say are not effective in preventing global warming. This ad is displayed at a Madera gas station right above the pump. now is the fact that we have built economies based upon giving the state of the econ- that it will create more jobs in AB 32 discourages new invest- “We have some of the worst consumptions and people are omy,” said Fresno State eco- California. ments and job creation in air in the valley, and that’s a not happy in not consuming,” nomics instructor Sean Alley. “AB 32 seems to be stimulat- California. health problem and costs all he said. “The consumption of “The last time our unemploy- ing investment in green ener- According to the argument sorts of economic problems. all that stuff is killing us.” ment was that low was in 2006. gy; [it’s starting] a market that in favor of the proposition in It draws investment away; According to the California That was during one of the would not be there otherwise,” the Voter Information Guide, it drives talent away, causes General Election Official expansionary bubbles we’ve said Alley. “Getting rid of or Prop 23 would help to save housing prices to go down,” Voter Information Guide, had in our economy. It is hard suspending AB 32 would gain over a million jobs when they said Alley. “We [have] a repu- California has only reached for me to believe that we will jobs in one place and lose jobs would be destroyed by “self- tation as a place with bad air 5.5 percent unemployment get to 5.5 percent in the next in another.” imposed energy costs” that and companies don’t want to three times in the last 40 years. five years. “ Supporters of Prop 23 say don’t help in limiting global “It is such a small number, Supporters of Prop 23 claim that restriction imposed by warming. See PROP, Page 3 The Collegian THATʼS WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE SAYING... he land of opportunity has become the land of shrinking “T prosperity ... Our government has failed us.” Opinion –Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California, NPR.org PAGE 2 OPINION EDITOR, ANNA JACOBSEN • [email protected] FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2010 Living a new American Dream WEB-SPE@K percent. With statistics like this, it’s much is required. Culled each week from discussions easier to understand why the American The realism of the new American on The Collegian’s website. dream is going out of style. dream brings a more attainable level For a starry-eyed college student, of satisfaction. Beyond basic needs however, these figures don’t resonate as and caring for those dependent on us, deeply as they do with single mothers. everything else should be considered Response: ‘Why atheism fails’ Deep down, many of us believe that we gravy—not a right. will be the exception to the 14.3 percent. The new American dream seeks a We hold out hope that when we gradu- job that satisfies the need for creative ‘Brian’: “Mankind invented the various ate we will kiss our “college-poor” days opportunity, not necessarily the fatty religions to control other people. Some of behind and step into the workforce, the paycheck. It’s like the bumper sticker them inventors may have had good inten- land flowing with milk and honey. that says “Love what you do, do what tions, some may have wanted to benefit you love.” A themselves or their group, and in one case it cliché, yes, appears to have been started simply a wager but apro- between friends. The burning question of life t’s becoming more common that hard work, pos. that existed 1,900 years ago when the Bible The new was assembled from borrowed and rehashed “I especially for those burdened with poverty, does American stories from older religions and cultures The Annalog not guarantee eventual wealth.” dream is before it have been resoundingly answered ANNA JACOBSEN not afraid to by science and common sense.” dream—to ‘Grimalkin’: “I—an Atheist—happen to find hat do you think of when you imagine a great deal of meaning in my life. There hear the prase “American a better are people I love, there are causes I believe Wdream?” A big house in the sub- life—but in, there is the mark I want my life to have urbs? A white picket fence? A family that dream made on the world. It isn’t fair to allow your with three children? For a number of us, the land of milk is measured with responsibility and personal lack of meaning and direction to For many, the concept of the and honey is undoubtedly nigh. The realism. The new American dream is serve as proof that ‘no one’ can find mean- American dream, or the idea that hard rest of us, however, should consider not the cutthroat, keeping-up-with-the- ing in their own lives.” work produces wealth and happiness, redefining our American dream. Joneses grind that our predecessors is an antiquated myth. It’s becoming The new American dream looks a held high. It’s a way of life that derives ‘Eliana Banuelos’: “You bring up some key more common that hard work, especial- lot more realistic—and more responsi- satisfaction from working hard, living points that one who does not believe, and ly for those burdened with poverty, does ble—than the one of decades past. It’s a within one’s means, keeping an eye really everyone, should really ask them- not guarantee eventual wealth. dream that recognizes in our economy out for the less fortunate and enjoying selves. I actually remember saying a com- To make the picture even bleaker, wealth will never be within every- bouts of fun here and there. ment like the one you made about “What we the Census Bureau released data last one’s grasp. This realization brings a Here’s to living the new American do does not matter. Your mother and Adolf Thursday showing 14.3 percent of responsibility to look out for those who dream. Hitler are essentially equivalent.” And the Americans live below the poverty level. have fallen behind—the single mother, class went nuts. I like this article because it It’s worse in California at a rate of 15.3 for instance. To whom much is given, shows the other side of the argument and it helps The Collegian not be one sided about issues. Keep doing what you guys do and don’t be discouraged by long bashing com- LETTERS TO THE ments!” Fresno isn’t Hollywood Response: EDITOR ‘Whitman, Brown should have isn’t Hollywood. It’s highly unlikely an actual debate’ they ever will unless it’s posted on To the Power at the top of Facebook.