Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013

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Volume 94, Issue 40

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2013

DETOUR | CONVENTION

Gamers storm to Blizzcon Blizzard gave attendees a sneak peek of Warcraft and their upcoming games ERIC GANDARILLA

Daily Titan

Blood-stained barbarians, weapon-strapped space marines and blue-skinned trolls roamed the halls of Blizzcon 2013 at the Anaheim Convention Center. Blizzcon is a two-day convention that celebrates all things Blizzard Entertainment. Fans of Blizzard games caught sneak peeks of upcoming games, met familiar online gamers for the first time and showed off the costumes they’ve been working on for the past couple months. After taking a year off, the convention came back to Anaheim with a lot to share about their upcoming games. Many of the major announcements to come out of the show were revealed during the opening ceremony on the first day of the convention. Day 1 The first gaming glimpse attendees caught during the opening ceremony was a cinematic, which began with Jim Raynor—the protagonist of

StarCraft II—in a dust-filled strip of land. At first, it seemed as if this might have been a StarCraft expansion, but as the screen began filling up with characters from various Blizzard franchises, it was clear that this was not StarCraft. As soon as the crowd realized what they were watching, they went nuts. The entire room roared with excitement at the sight of Blizzard heroes and villains duking it out in the game Heroes of the Storm—Blizzard’s take on a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA). Alpha footage of the MOBA followed the cinematic, along with an announcement that players could sign up for closed beta testing. Hearthstone, Blizzard’s online card game, also saw some stage time. The two pieces of news regarding Hearthstone were an open beta testing period for the game starting next month and two new platforms that the game will be released on, iPhone and Android. The last bit of news that came out of the opening ceremony was the name of World of Warcraft’s new expansion, Warlords of Draenor. SEE BLIZZARD, 6

2013-2014 Resident Full Time Equivalent Students

30,000

General Fund Allocation per Full Time Equivalent Student

25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 0 General Fund

Allocation

3,367 $14,404 Channel Islands $

48,496,910

$

6,427

27,198 $5,205

Dominguez Hills $

61,880,052

$

Long Beach

141,554,836

27,198 $4,782 $

Fullerton

130,064,361

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Lowest funded per student NEREIDA MORENO Daily Titan

Cosplayers dressed as characters from Blizzard games at the two-day event.

9,628

This selection of Cal State campuses shows a variety of funding levels, Cal State Channel Islands receives the second most funding per student in the system. Cal State Dominguez Hills is ranked ninth, while Cal States Long Beach and Fullerton are ranked 22nd and 23rd respectively.

The largest CSU campus, CSUF, gets less funding per student than any other

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Cal State Fullerton receives the least amount of funding per student in the 23-campus California State University, despite having the largest student body in the CSU, according to the CSUF Division of Administration and Finance. CSUF receives $4,782 per student from the 2013-2014 fiscal budget with 38,325 students enrolled in fall 2013. The amount of money each campus receives from the state is decided by a formula set by

the Chancellor’s Office. Enrollment is divided by the the student to faculty ratio (SFR) and allocates funding to the universities per student. The Chancellor’s Office calculates the SFR number, determining how much funding a campus gets per student. Each campus gets a target or number of students that they are supposed to teach, or full time equivalent students (FTES). The funding each campus gets is designed by the SFR. The Maritime Academy in the San Francisco Bay Area is ranked 23rd in enrollment and receives $23,184,576 in general allocation for roughly 1,000 students. They receive $20,963 per student. Elizabeth Chapin, a CSU representative, said the campuses

rely on the general fund allocation (state funding) and tuition fee revenue. The general fund allocation, which determines how much each campus gets from the state, is primarily based on the campus’ student enrollment. To do this, the Budget and Academic Affairs departments at the Chancellor’s Office work with their counterparts at the campus to determine what the effective enrollment target should be, Chapin said. CSUF is tied with Cal State Long Beach for the highest enrollment, but CSULB still receives $11 million more than CSUF, which is $423 more per student. Jon Bruschke, an at-large representative for the Academic Sen-

ate and the College of Communications representative for the Planning Resource and Budget Committee (PRBC), said in order to change these numbers, students would need to send letters to the chancellor, the Academic Senate and the PRBC demanding formal discussions on equity within the system. “It probably doesn’t seem like it to the students who have to spend 90 minutes looking for parking spaces every day but both the senate and the PRBC and the Chancellor’s office all do really believe that the most important thing is serving the students well,” Bruschke said. “So if the students express strongly an opinion, I think that has a lot of resonance.” SEE FUNDING, 2

NEWS | BUSINESS

Locals set up shop in Quad Entrepreneur Society brings vendors to campus for Small Business Bash BRIAN CHESTER Daily Titan

A collection of hand-carved soaps by Kiku’s Creations sat delicately on display tables in the Quad, cut to resemble colorful cupcakes, basketballs and delicate f lowers. Stylists from Sparrow hair salon worked their fingers through locks of hair, creating beautiful and fashionable braids. Another booth sold stacks of incense and promised to engrave a name on a leather bracelet in just five minutes. These local vendors, and

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more, set up shop in the quad marketing their products and services Tuesday for the second annual Small Business Bash hosted by Cal State Fullerton’s Entrepreneur Society (ES). Andrea Wang, 19, ES vice president of logistics, said the presence of big businesses often makes it difficult for small businesses to gain publicity. The event is designed to help support small local businesses around the campus, Wang, an international business major, said. “We want these businesses to have an entire day to promote and to sell whatever they want,” Wang said. Established in 2002, ES started with only 12 students.

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NEWS 2

The club has been progressively growing, and now has 80 to 90 members. “I think our club is a really great way to really open up yourself, to pitch ideas, to let other people tell you what’s good and what’s bad about it,” Wang said. “Take small steps to actually start it.” With the expansion of ES, Wang said the business bash has doubled in size since last year, expanding from 15 to 30 vendors. Leone Seeds and Leather, a wholesale and retail shop from Riverside, filled their booth with handmade earrings, necklaces, purses and bags. SEE SMALL BUSINESS, 2

Cal State Fullerton student dies in fall at Angeles National Forest

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OPINION 4

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Dave Bigby of Stupid Good Popcorn sold flavored popcorn in the middle of the Quad.

E-cigarettes should be regulated strictly due to unknown effects

DETOUR 5

Fall Dance Theatre delivers eight numbers performed by students and faculty

SPORTS 8

Men’s basketball face the Seattle University Redhawks tonight

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