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November 7, 2016
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Issue 213.12
Overcrowding from local high schools has students concerned
Erron Franklin Copy Editor Cal State LA is home to several different colleges, in addition to the two California Distinguished High Schools that are housed on campus. There has been a lot of speculation and concern about the amount of space that is available for tuition paying college students. One of the two high school campuses on Cal State LA property is Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA). “Founded in 1985, the tuition-free public school is run by the Los Angeles County Office of Education in partnership with and on the campus of California State University, Los Angeles,” as stated on the school website. LACHSA is home to 600 high school students. The other school is Stern Mass High School (STEM) which, “is a free, public charter school collaboration between
Alliance College-Ready Public Schools and California State University, Los Angeles. Our charter was granted by the Los Angeles Unified School District,” as written on the school’s recruitment brochure. STEM is also home to 600 high school students.
After a gradual flow of increased enrollment over recent years, space around campus has become especially limited. Some college students on Cal State LA’s campus feel as though the campus is more crowded than in years past, which is straining the University’s study and dining space and attribute it to high school student’s presence on campus. Other students say there is more than enough space. “Cal State LA isn’t overcrowded, I just think the parking doesn’t accommodate the people that go here,” said Christian Francisco, a sophomore Kinesiology Major. “The campus is big enough for all the students here,” he added. (Continued on Page 3)
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Latino Poll findings show how L.A. voters will vote this election
So far, according to the poll findings, 73 percent of Latinos favored Hillary Clinton, 16 percent favored Donald Trump, 8 percent will vote for neither, and 3 percent did not know. Top issues that concerned Latinos are immigration reform, unemployment, jobs, economy, race-related issues and discrimination.
Marrian Zhou Managing Editor This year’s election, 1,632,000 Latinos registered as voters in Los Angeles County, making up 32% of the entire registered voters pool. A new poll was conducted by the Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs and polling group Latino Decisions on Thursday, November 3, at Cal State LA’s downtown campus. Comprehensive poll findings were presented and discussed by Dr. Adrian D. Pantoja, a Senior Analyst at Latino Decisions, Dr. Matt A. Baretto, Co- Founder and Managing Partner at Latino
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Decisions, and Dr. Raphael J. Sonenshein, Executive Director of Pat Brown Institute at Cal State LA. Surveys were conducted in both English and Spanish, through phone calls, landlines, and emails, and with a sample size of 15,000 Latinos. According to Dr. Pantoja, 71 percent of Latinos were very certain that they will vote and 16 percent said they will probably vote. And based on the numbers shown, the Latino population’s voting choices would be very significant to the possible outcomes of this election.
About three quarters of Latinos felt that this year’s election was more important than the 2012 election, according to Dr. Pantoja. Although sometimes enthusiasm could be mistaken as importance, he was certain about the results, “Enthusiasm is a positive effect in political psychology, I don’t know if people are looking at this election quite positively, with all the negativity… I don’t think it’s excitement, [I thought] how about importance, and that’s why [we put the question on the poll].” Fifty-six percent of Latinos expressed that they are willing to be taxed more, for more services. 53 percent supported Proposition 64—legalizing Marijuana, and 62 percent favored Proposition 58— non-English languages allowed in public education. In addition, 71 percent of Latinos supported Measure M, which is meant to accelerate rail construction and build new rail lines; enhance local, regional, and express bus service; and improve system connectivity. Generation gaps certainly played a part in the differentiation (Continued on Page 3)
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