DAILY 49ER California State University, Long Beach
Vol. LXVII, Issue 41
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Tuesday, November 3, 2015
BOC Ad Hoc Committee recommends reclassifying executive pay A unanimous vote could reclassify ASI executive pay as a scholarship. By Lynohila Ward Staff Writer
Associated Student Inc. President Jose Salazar’s push for scholarship-based compensation made headway in an Ad Hoc Board of Control meeting Monday. “We’re satisfied that we’re moving forward on the issue of compensation,” senator Carlos Vegara said at the meeting’s conclusion. “The past two meetings we’ve been pretty stuck now were confident to move forward on classifying executive pay as a scholarship.” The ad hoc committee was specially convened to address the issue of executive compensation after it was revealed that Salazar, the university’s first undocumented student president, was not being paid due to failing to submit DACA paperwork before the deadline. The meeting on Monday was the third meeting held to address executive pay. Any changes are pending senate approval and will take not effect until the next academic school year. New to the table was financial aid specialist Nick Valdivia who provided clarification about classification, encouraging the committee to seek the guidance of a tax specialist to minimize risk. “Classification is paramount simply because if you misclassify an award, the IRS can collect back taxes against the grantor and recipient and they can levy fines against the institution,” Valdivia said. Valdivia also provided clarification on financial aid questions, specifically the impact on taxation and aid amount. Since scholarships have no automated tax withholdings a reclassification to scholarship will likely result in students either making quarterly tax withholding payments, or a lump sum tax payment when filing, Valdivia said. A reclassification to scholarship will also impact financial aid, Valdivia said. A student who receives the scholarship would not be eligible to receive any other forms of Federal, State or Institutional financial aid. Students would be ineligible since ASI policy stipulates that the scholarship meets the estimated living expenses for a student and the president’s office covers mandatory tuition and fees. ASI presidents receive $29,442 for the academic year to cover the $23,712 estimated attendance and
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Kathy Yoo, BFA in ceramics, sits by her year-long senior project, “So Many Me’s.” “This project is about me exploring my curiosity and being afraid to go into dark places,” said Yoo.
Enough me’s CSULB BFA student brings her emotions to life as 3-D figure characters. By Shawnkira Sanchez Staff Writer
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ove, happiness, sadness, anger—these are not only the stages of a break-up but also some of the expressions intricately portrayed in the figurines playfully arrayed throughout the “So Many Me’s” student gallery. California State University, Long Beach ceramic arts student Kathy Yoon exposes her innermost self to gallery visitors in her exhibit. The gallery is a self-portrait of Yoon as she conveys sentiments and past experiences through 3-D figurines she best describes as “characters.” “They are all representations of me, so they’re not the same but they’re not all different either,” Yoon said. “The different gestures and the positions they’re in, they’re all representing either a moment in my life or an emotion
Veterans for higher education Organismal biology major Derek McGraw talks about his experience helping veterans like himself transition into college. By Brian E. Juarez Contributing Writer
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during that time.” With button eyes, stitched mouths and crooked smiles, the characters possessed a similar appearance to one another but each bared a unique emotional weight. Although Yoon’s gallery artwork is a representation of herself, she said that emotions are a universal one-size-fits-all characteristic and hopes that everyone will be able to identify with one of her ‘me’s.’ “I want [the audience] to get an idea of who I am or who I could be within my work,” Yoon said. “I want them to possibly relate to one or two pieces. Everyone has felt sad or happy at any point, so I hope every person connected with one piece like, ‘Oh yeah that’s how I’m feeling right now.’” Gallery visitor and freshman psychology major Katelyn Nguyen said that she connected with one character in particular. “I really liked the figure that was holding a heart balloon,” Nguyen said. “It very much reminds me of young love. Although you might keep your crush a secret, everyone knows something’s up with you. Almost as if you have cupid following you around everywhere.”
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According to the Census Bureau, there are about 21.8 million veterans in the United States. But only about 26 percent of veterans 25 and older have obtained a bachelor’s degree. Leading up to Veterans Day next Wednesday, the Daily 49er will be publishing a series of features on various veterans at California State University, Long Beach to share their stories. Meet veteran Derek McGraw, an organismal biology major at
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California State University, Long Beach. He spends his free time working to get more veterans into higher education to assuage the previously mentioned statistics. The Daily 49er talked with McGraw about his involvement with aiding veterans.
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