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Volume 97 Issue 31
The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton
Club explores culture through art of Japan
Suit on raised fees develops Board of trustees examines lawsuit in closed meeting SPENCER CUSTODIO Daily Titan
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The Cal State Fullerton Japanese Culture Club presented “Art of Japan” for the 4th Annual Japanese Culture Expo in the Titan Student Union on Sunday. The event included karate demonstrations, live calligraphy art, music and dance performances, a traditional tea ceremony and a fashion show featuring Japanese attire. SEE JAPAN 4
The jury trial is expected to begin next month in a class-action lawsuit filed against the CSU Board of Trustees over an increase of the 2009 fall semester fees, according to court documents. The complaint alleges that when the universities billed the students for Fall 2009, “it did not anywhere on the students’ online accounts include notice that the (fees) would later increase, or that the price set forth in the bill was not the final price for the fall 2009 term.” The plaintiffs used that increase in their first cause of action, in which they said it was a breach of contract of the CSU student subclass, according to the complaint. They allege that, by not informing students that the price was not final for the term, they established a binding price contract. In the plaintiffs’ third amended complaint, they allege that the board increased Fall 2009 fees and their respective universities sent them bills for the difference in fees after they had already paid fees prior to the raised amount. Plaintiffs allege that the board imposed the increase after many students had already paid the 2009 fees and were unaware that they owed more money. SEE FEES
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Renovation plans for library presented Phase one of project expected to cost $15 million SPENCER CUSTODIO Daily Titan Students gathered for open forums on proposed renovation and placement plans for the entire library Monday. There are no plans to change the infrastructure or the exterior of the buildings, architect Gili Meerovitch said. The cost of fixing the ceiling—which was damaged in the March 2014 earthquake—left little funding for expansion and it was therefore easier to keep to the existing architectural footprint, she said. During the meeting, a discussion was held regarding compact shelving and where to place it. Compact shelving would need to be expanded in order to fit the collection with the new design, Meerovitch said. Interim University Librarian Scott Hewitt was a proponent for moving compact shelving on the fourth and fifth floors to the basement where there was once a computer lab, in order to make the space more appealing. The best place for the
new shelving would be the basement of the Library North, said Amir Dabirian, co-chair of Pollak Library of the Future Task Force steering committee and vice president for Information Technology. Moving the compact shelving to the basement nearly doubles the capacity the shelving can hold, Meerovitch said. Hewitt addressed questions regarding the library collection and whether there were any plans cut down on current collection. “We have been weeding the journals and government documents (sic) for quite a while now,” Hewitt said. “And we are going to lightly weed the books, something that hasn’t been done in a number of years.” Library officials are trying to use other methods that don’t require a serious reduction to the library’s collection in order to get more space, like the expanded compact shelving in the basement, he said. There are plans to put the less-used items in the compact shelving in the basement and the more frequently used items in the upper floors, he said. SEE LIBRARY
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Architect Gili Meerovitch and Amir Dabirian, co-chair of the Library of the Future Task Force steering committee, present plans for the renovation of the library. The first phase of the project is set to be complete in 2017. VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM