California State University, Northridge Volume 49 • Number 66 Since 1957 Wednesday, February 7, 2007 http://sundial.csun.edusundial.csun.edu A financially independent student newspaper CFA to picket at CSUN today LAUREN ROBESON its goals. question is to look at the faculty DAILY SUNDIAL Ballard said that the CFA is offer, and for the faculty to under- concentrating on three issues – stand what we’re offering them,” embers of the California rising student fees, the executive said Claudia Keith, a representa- Faculty Association and perks scandal that recently caused tive of the Chancellor’s Office. its supporters will picket a system-wide uproar, and the The CSU has made an offer for Mtoday near the Sierra Center in the contract issues that faculty have a 24 percent increase over four wake of stalled negotiations with been working on for nearly two years. The CFA, however, claims the California State University years. that this number is skewed, and system and the possibility of roll- As of Feb. 1, the CSU and that by the CFA’s calculations, the ing strikes later in the semester. CFA have appointed a fact-find- CSU is offering approximately Other CSU campuses have ing panel in accordance with the 3.75 percent a year instead. been having similar picketing ses- next step of the impasse proce- If the fact-finding panel fails to sions since mid-January. CSUN's dures. please either side, a strike could will take place from noon to 1:30 The CSU put out a press be imminent. Ballard has said that p.m. and will start near the Sierra release stating, “The CSU has for the foreseeable future, rolling Center. made an excellent compensation two-day strikes are a possibility Sociology professor Dave Bal- offer that will benefit all faculty across the CSU system. lard, who is the head of the CSUN members and make their compen- The idea that students might CFA chapter, said various media sation more competitive.” have a delayed graduation due outlets are expected at the pick- On the CSU’s Web site, a copy to a strike this semester should eting, as well as local political of the 2006-2007 budget proposal not be an issue, the CFA said in a BrittaNy douziech / SPECIAL TO THE DAILY SUNDIAL representatives. He predicted a dengue Fever’s vocalist, chhom Nimol, sings at the band’s states that the system needs $16.5 question-and-answer e-mail. turnout of between 20 and 30 gig at Santa Monica’s Temple Bar on Feb. 2. See story on million to catch up faculty and “At this point, we are not plan- faculty members, in addition to page 8. staff salary lags. ning for an open-ended walkout,” students who support the CFA in “I think the more important the e-mail read. CSUN names director for Valley Performing Arts Center GRACE CHON “Many people who follow this ter will be the largest venue of its structure’s center, and classrooms the juggling of in-house and outside DAILY SUNDIAL career path, and I’m not an excep- kind in the San Fernando Valley,” will also be incorporated into the rentals of the facility. He will also tion, came to it as a practicing art- said Hoskins, who also oversees building. The size of the center manage the availability of the cen- y the time he was a teen, ist,” Hoskins said. “They are musi- public relations for the center. “In will allow touring bands, Broadway ter for various campus departments Ralph Hoskins knew he had cians, actors or, as in my case, a seating size, the performing arts productions and musicals, as well as and community groups — including a passion for the arts, and writer.” center allows the university to host dance performances, to take place local schools and symphonies. Bhe has now been appointed execu- While working for a theater's a whole different caliber of perfor- on campus. Hoskins holds a bicameral tive director for CSUN’s soon-to- public relations department, he fell mance than what we’ve been able to The site, located at the north- responsibility. The two components be-built regional performing arts in love with show business and do in the past.” west corner of Nordhoff Street — facility management and pro- center. gained experience with an array of The new performing arts center and Lindley Avenue, is slated for gramming — will be integrated in As Hoskins watched “Citizen venues. But it is his current oppor- will have 1,700 seats and a 200-seat groundbreaking construction later order to create a successful perform- Kane,” listened to Elvis Costello, tunity with CSUN’s up-and-coming black box where theater students this year. ing arts center. The challenges are and appreciated the works of Orson performing arts center project that can perform in a more intimate But with such a large-scale proj- Welles, he knew early on that he excites him most. environment. CSUN’s radio station, ect, the director will face many chal- wanted to work with the arts. “The new performing arts cen- KCSN 88.5, will be located in the lenges. Hoskins’ position will entail See DIRECTOR, page 2 Klotz Student Health Center now offers acupuncture RafaEL CORNEJO a needle in the center. The needle DAILY SUNDIAL clung, bristled and weightless, issuing a faint tingle. er hands, lithe and steady, Since the spring of 2006, the unwrapped the needle. She Klotz Student Health Center has took my wrist in her right offered acupuncture in conjunc- Hhand and read my pulse with the tion with a variety of Eastern deliberate alternation of index, medicinal techniques with origins middle and ring fingers. She asked dating back to 5000 B.C. Acu- to see my tongue and felt the bulge puncture stimulates chi circula- of flesh between my thumb and tion (electromagnetic energy), by index finger. which the regulation of organs can “What kind of food do you be manipulated by placing hair- eat?” she asked. thin needles in a combination of “I eat very unhealthily, mostly 365 specific points on the body. meat.” Since the program’s inception, She nodded and slowly passed KhristiaN Garay / DAILY SUNDIAL a finger back and forth over the Joo Kim, a licensed acupuncturist, demonstrates the ancient method of acupuncture on Feb. 5. The fleshy bulge, searching, and placed See HEALTH, page 2 Klotz student health center is offering the treatment to students and faculty this semester. iNdex PHOTO ESSAY A & E TODAY'S WEATHER Life on Dengue Fever plays at A & E 6 - 8 Opinion 9 San Fernando Temple Bar in 10 Classifieds Road Santa Monica Sports 12 Partly Cloudy SEE paGE 3 see paGe 8 HIGH 75 LOW 49 2 • Daily Sundial • CSUN • Wednesday, February 7, 2007 [email protected] DIRECTOR Continued from page 1 NEWS BRIEFS to take care of the building along with promoting access to the community. The programming aspect Penalties increase for attacks encompasses the discovery of tastes and goals within on parking enforcers in L.A. the community in order to appeal to a large group of individuals. Of course, mar- LOS ANGELES (AP) — Local officials are lining up behind keting, fundraising, and pro- proposed state legislation to increase penalties for the growing duction will also be vital to number of attacks on civilian city employees who write parking the success of the center. tickets and direct traffic. Hoskins stressed the The state Assembly bill endorsed by the City Council’s Public importance of empathizing Safety Committee on Monday would make it a felony to strike a with different communities. traffic officer, doubling penalties to make jail time more likely for “You need to think out- those convicted of assault. side yourself. The harder I The number of assaults on traffic officers has increased work, the more empathetic steadily over the last five years, parking enforcement chief Jimmy I become,” he said. “After Price said. meeting with leaders (and) eriN Lee-chiN / DAILY SUNDIAL Assaults went from 23 two years ago to 35 last year, while potential audiences in vari- ralph hoskins, new executive director of the future Valley performing arts center, at assault and battery cases involving weapons or physical attacks ous communities, I can learn the venue's proposed site at the corner of Nordhoff and Lindley. went from nine to 18, including one in which an attacker fired what their tastes are.” five rounds from a gun into a traffic officer’s vehicle. Another challenge, dates because of his quali- with Hoskins for more than growing existing facilities.” “This is just an indication of the intense violence our guys according to theater manager fications. Hoskins had been 10 years, said the theater in Many staff members are experience out there,” Price said. “These kinds of situations trau- William Taylor, would be the director of arts at California Utah was turned into a suc- excited to welcome Hoskins matize our employees and make them reluctant to engage in their act of filling all 1,700 seats State Polytechnic University, cessful art center with a great on board, but some cannot activities when they are in the field.” on any given performance San Luis Obispo since 1995. deal of work from Hoskins. ignore the fact that CSUN’s date. Prior to that, he spent three “He has a strong back- Performing Arts Center is Although the responsibil- years each with theaters in ground at the Cal Poly cam- on a much higher scale than ity to manage the performing Logan, Utah and Sonoma, pus,” said CSUN public rela- the other centers Hoskins has County prisons can now hold arts center involves many Calif.