Vol. 91 Issue 41 April 19, 2012 CSUF Student Predictions Watch the Daily Titan News in 3 ONLINE Get up- Scan to view EXCLUSIVES to-date coverage on See how Cal State Fullerton faculty and staff feel about the dailytitan.com/?p=54651 top campus upcoming election. Scan to view news stories. dailytitan.com/?p=54687 dailytitan.com The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton STATE | CSU faculty CONCERNED STUDENTS MAGNIFY NATIONAL DEBT CFA voters come out in full force Strike could leave classrooms empty of instructors, CFA states MICHAEL MUNOZ Daily Titan The California Faculty Association’s (CFA) in-person vote for a strike will conclude at Cal State Fullerton this week. Delegate faculty will still be able to vote online. The first week of voting has resulted in a substantial amount of faculty casting their ballots. “The turnout has been very good,” said Brian Ferguson, CFA communications specialist. “Faculty have been responding enthusiastically with this … We see anecdotally that faculty are turning out in large numbers in support of CFA.” The vote to strike comes from 22 months of contract negotiations between the CFA and California State University management. The mediation stage of contract negotiations has resulted in disagreements between the two organizations. Mediation failures have resulted in the CFA taking a vote on whether or not to strike. A major strike could result in WILLIAM CAMARGO / Daily Titan leaving many or all CSU campuses Matthew Walters, a senior and member of CSUF Young Americans for Liberty, walks with an American flag in front of the sign displaying the figures of the current United States national deficit. empty of, potentially, thousands of professors as early as fall 2012, leaving 400,000 students without faculty to teach them, according to TECH | Project network a CFA press release. “We are unable to reach Student-run website promotes sharing and collaboration agreement through mediation … (The vote) basically authorizes YesYous.com gives Sites like LinkedIn attempt to fill the gap Smith, 26, a business administration major and education more prominently. the board of directors of the CFA students a place to show between social media and career start-up, but at CSUF, referred to YesYous.com as a “resume Where the site truly differs is in its project’s the authority to call a strike if the off what they have done some deficiencies remain with how students enhancer.” As a business student, Smith said features, which came from YesYous.com founder bargaining process comes to an end can showcase projects and collaborations in a he has learned collaboration on projects and Hasan Almatrouk, an electrical engineering without a settlement,” said CFA Vice RICARDO GONZALEZ controlled environment. working in groups is a desired workplace trait, major at CSUF, who wanted an easier way to President Kim Geron, Ph.D., an Daily Titan YesYous.com, a site founded by students for yet something very difficult to show on a share projects with his brother. associate professor in the Economics With graduation commencement rapidly the benefit of students, is attempting to fill in standard resume. “(He) had no way of learning more about Department at California State approaching and Cal State Fullerton students some of those holes. “Before YesYous, there was no way to see all his brother’s graduation project except for some University, East Bay. soon heading toward their career paths, the “With YesYous, now we can see some of the those cool projects in one place,” Smith said. YouTube videos and some documents his brother Without an agreement in the hunt for employment begins. For many, that big group projects that students are working The way the site works is much like any had emailed to him,” Smith said. “But there was mediation stage, the statutory hunt takes them online. on in different departments,” said Kenny other social networking site; users create profiles no one place where he could see everything that bargaining process will be sent to a While Facebook may be currently the most Smith, chief marketing officer at YesYous.com. with pertinent personal information and can existed about the project.” neutral third party. The third party popular social networking site in the United “All those things are really interesting to see message, connect with and follow other users. will examine both the proposals of States, students might be apprehensive of because they’re all created by students who go The interface is skewed more toward an emphasis See YESYOUS, page 4 the CFA and the CSU and find a directing potential employers to their Timeline. to our university.” on professionalism, highlighting users, employers settlement between the two parties. If the third party fails to reach an agreement that satisfies both PROFILE | Gilman Scholarship the CSU and the CFA, the CSU Chancellor Charles Reed can At the ripe age of 20, Lopez legally set the last contract offer Taking a trip on and the faculty will be free to strike based on votes. has already traveled to: “We are hopeful that we can get a contract before that happens, but another’s dime we, the faculty, are frustrated, angry and frankly fed up with being told þ Paris, France A Gilman Scholarship The website states, “The Gilman that not only are they not worthy recipient recieves the Scholarship Program aims to support of any kind of even small cost-of- opportunity to travel students who have been traditionally þ Bruges, Belgium living increase, but actually there are underrepresented in study abroad, still many takeaways … that would MAEGAN CASTRO-FLORES including, but not limited to, reduce our contract in many ways,” Daily Titan students with high financial need, þ Brussels, Belgium Geron said. community college students, students The two-week vote will end April For most college students, studying in underrepresented fields such as the 27. Until then, CFA members are þ Barcelona, Spain abroad is always a dream. The thought sciences and engineering, students making the extra push to remind of studying different cultures, visiting with diverse ethnic backgrounds, and CSU faculty who are also CFA beautiful places and meeting new students with disabilities.” þ Liverpool, UK members to vote. people can be such a humbling, Lopez heard about the program “We are really encouraging challenging experience. through the study abroad office on (faculty) to make their voices Evelyn Lopez, 20, a sociology campus. On a whim and last-minute þ Brighton, UK heard and let us know what they major, is making the dream of decision, she decided to apply for the are willing to do in support of a traveling abroad become a reality with Gilman Scholarship. fair contract,” Ferguson said. “The þ Bath, UK the help of the Benjamin A. Gilman That decision to apply for the vote is the most democratic sort of International Scholarship Program. scholarship turned into a life-changing process we could come up with for The Gilman Scholarship was journey for Lopez when she found þ Stonehenge, UK faculty really to advise the union established in 2001, and according to out that she was the recipient of the and advise the Chancellor’s Office the Benjamin A. Gilman International Gilman Scholarship for spring 2012. on what they would like to see.” Scholarship Program website, is þ Geneva, Switzerland designed to help undergraduate See TRAVEL, page 7 See VOTE, page 4 students travel abroad. Contact Us at [email protected] 2 April 19, 2012 NEWS Enrollment spikes DTBRIEFS across the street Hope University’s fewer students at all levels because BP Reaches spring 2012 semester the state’s contribution to educating Settlement for records up 35 percent students will be $20 million less across the CSU. That will impact 2010 Oil Spill the numbers of students to whom RICHARD ANDERSON Daily Titan admission may be offered.” A class-action settlement According to a press release, HIU has been reached between BP While the turmoil within the saw an increase in enrollment by 35 and attorneys representing California State University is percent, to 1,505 students, with 391 thousands of businesses and affecting Cal State Fullerton’s more students enrolling in spring individuals affected by the 2010 enrollment rates, across the street 2012 than spring 2011. oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. at Hope International University This is the first time in HIU’s CNN reported that BP (HIU), a private college, there 85-year history that 1,500 students announced the settlement is another story with thriving are enrolled. Wednesday, just two days prior numbers. “Our enrollment has been to the second anniversary of the According to The Orange County steadily increasing over the past few ordeal. Register, the CSU faces more cuts if years,” said Katie Gladding, director The disaster, which occurred Gov. Jerry Brown’s November tax of marketing at HIU, in an email. following an explosion on the hikes fail. There are a number of things that Deepwater Horizon rig, killed CSU officials reported ancaused the steep jump in enrollment 11 workers on board and enrollment freeze would contend this semester, Gladding said. resulted in a BP-owned well with a possible $200-million cut to “The university has undergone rupture that spewed oil into the CSU if the tax hike isn’t passed. substantial positive changes in the surrounding waters for almost The ballot proposal would raise past year in particular, including three months. Almost 59,200 the taxes on the wealthy, as well four new vice presidents providing barrels of oil per day were lost as the state’s sales tax. It would strong leadership for the university, ALLAN XU / Daily Titan during that period.