TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2014
Volume 95, Issue 35
Spring Concert lineup revealed Rapper Waka Flocka Flame to headline in May MIA MCCORMICK Daily Titan
The above word cloud is a distillation of the most frequently occurring words in the verbal feedback sections of 1,387 surveys. The surveys were filled out by students during the month-long consultation process on the Student Success Initiative. MIKE TRUJILLO & SAMUEL MOUNTJOY / Daily Titan
Thoughts
on the fee
Analyzing responses on the student success fee surveys SAMUEL MOUNTJOY Daily Titan
An analysis of the input given by students on the Student Success Initiative paints a picture of what was on the minds of students as they gave their input on the fee, which was approved late last month. As part of the month-long alternative consultation process for the fee during February and March, students were invited to provide verbal response to the fee in addition to the scale response questions, which measured agreeance with different aspects of the fee. Ultimately, 3,809 surveys were collected. Through a California Public Records Act request, the Daily Titan obtained more than 200 pages of responses from students, the same responses that were reviewed by members of the Student Fee Advisory Committee as they considered the fee. After common words like “the” and “that” were removed, an analysis using frequency statistics software shows that the most frequently appearing word in responses was “students,” with 772 uses. Close behind were “we” (547 uses), “more” (533 uses), “student” (454 uses), “pay” (444 uses) and “money” (373 uses). Tuition was mentioned 192 times and parking was mentioned 97 times. After spending a few days reviewing the data, the fee committee lowered the $240.50 fee from the initial proposal to $181 per semester. The portions of the fee that received the most significant reductions were related to athletics. Ultimately, the fee trimmed $49.50 from the fee. Students will pay a fee of $181 to be phased in over the next three years. The fee committee felt that the volume of data gleaned from students validated its decision to reach out through a consultative process. In some cases in the word cloud above, plural forms of the same words have been combined with singular forms, such as “student” and “students.”
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STUDENT RESPONSES “I would be willing to pay for slightly higher tuition (not over $500) if it results in higher education learning services, better professors, career development, expanding campus, building additional parking lots, etc. Tuition has been increasing tremendously over the years and I strongly believe that is not reasonable unless there are good reasons for such action.” “We should not be the ones suffering with fee increases just because we receive the lowest funding, the state needs to step up and provide more money due to our large student population.” “I’ll make it short. The most important function of college is provide good education and what CSUF is failing to do is providing enough number of classes so that students can graduate ASAP. If you’d like to get more money from us, that money should be used for making more classes rather than other stuff, which doesn’t directly affect students.” Visit DailyTitan.com to view the documented responses in their entirety.
COSTUME AFFAIR Student shares her experience at the annual International Costume Convention
Courtesy of CSUF Fashion Club Facebook page Members of the Cal State Fullerton Fashion Club are able to express their personal style and discuss clothing trends.
A passion for fashion inspires new club Students create outfits that go from ‘drab’ to ‘fab’ TROI MCADORY Daily Titan
On an eclectic campus, workshops, shopping sprees and DIYs inspire the Fashion Club to connect fashion lovers all over campus. The club circulates around several perspectives of the fashion world, such as business and modeling. This gives members a chance to experience which parts of the industry they would like to be involved in. President Natalynne Tran started the club last September. She first gained the attention of prospective members when she sent out a mass Facebook message
letting students know about the new organization. She eventually caught the eye of public relations major Amber Kazalbash, who also had an affinity for fashion. “I wanted to start a club too but I didn’t have any resources,” Kazalbash said. “So, when I saw she started one I knew I had to be part of the board.” Kazalbash is in charge of the social media department of the club. She sends out updates through email and Facebook to inform current members and those who are interested about the club’s activities. One day, Kazalbash would like to take on the fashion industry from a corporate position because she is a strong writer. SEE FASHION, 6
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After months of preparation and build up, this year’s Spring Concert is rapidly nearing its showtime on May 2. ASI Productions revealed the full lineup Sunday night, unveiling a show with Waka Flocka Flame and Dirty South sharing the main stage. Up-and-coming indie rock band Basic Vacation will be opening the show. The band has been gradually gaining fame with its single “I Believe,” which was featured during the telecast of the Sochi Winter Olympics in February. In fact, all of the acts set to perform at Spring Concert are currently building up their names within the mainstream music scene, said Danielle Manifold, the Fall Festival/ Spring Concert coordinator for ASIP. “I discovered (Basic Vacation) last August when I went to just some random show in LA and they were opening. I had no idea who they were. They were really, really awesome, had a lot of stage presence and energy,” Manifold said. “I immediately knew
that I wanted them for this slot and I knew that they would be a great way to start off the show.” Dirty South is an electronic dance music (EDM) DJ who has been nominated for several Grammy Awards, Manifold said. He is a regular performer at the Ultra Festival in Miami and Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas and is a household name among EDM fans. Waka Flocka Flame was a big name in hip-hop in 2009 and 2010, with a few songs on the Billboard Hot 100 charts during that time. He is making a comeback, and is fresh off a January tour with Steve Aoki and Gor-Gor. He also has a newly released song and plans to drop his new album later this year. The final lineup decision was influenced by a number of factors, including the allotted budget ASIP has to work with for Spring Concert. The organization has $60,000 to spend for talent alone. About $2,000 more contributes to production and promotion for the event, Manifold said. This budget limits the artists ASIP is able to book, but the team worked to book the artists that best fit the musical climate of the Cal State Fullerton student body.
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