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Sept. 13, 2011
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Driscoll would also like to see better campus facilities. “Besides NSB and GSB, I feel like facilities are kind of outdated. Our pool could definitely be redone. Our gym, our locker rooms. I’m a dancer, so I feel our dance studios could be redone,” Driscoll said. “Our library is a big thing. I’ve gone to other schools where their libraries are immaculate. They’re beautiful. People want to go there. And I don’t want to go the Mills library because it’s so dark and dingy. Uninviting.” Ana Sanchez, a senior ethnic studies major, said it seems like the College is spending money in the wrong places. “I know that there’s all these big screen TVs, like in Cowell. The money’s not being spent on the students directly. It’s spent on these unnecessary items,” Sanchez said. Sanchez said she can understand the poor economic reality and that the students could help the situation in their own way. “I always go back to the amount
of waste and the amount of electricity used on campus,” Sanchez said. Students might want to be conscious of ways to reduce energy costs when using a computer or flipping on the lights. “Maybe that could be deducted from our tuition in some way.” Sanchez has recognized that the faculty has tried to relieve the burden of paying for college. “We’ll have to purchase books,” she said, “and they’ll do that thing where we purchase a reader instead. So it’s all in one place, and you won’t have to buy six books. You just pay for the reader. But it’s still expensive.” Ana Reidy, a senior public policy and economics major, said that the tuition increase is hard, but it’s necessary given the economy. “I make a challenge to not only the College, but students, to think realistically about what services are most important, what can we do away with, how can we use resources more efficiently and how, as students, can we save our institution money (like saving electricity, saving on printing, etc),” Reidy
Local news bites - On Sept. 8, The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Mills alumna Barbara Higbie was chosen as Yoshi’s Oakland jazz club resident artist. - Mills alumna Cheryl Travis-Crawford won the Women in Default Servicing (WinDS) Leadership Award at the Sept. 12 WinDS Networking Event. WinDS is an organiztion that helps to advance the careers of women in default services, while enhancing their personal and professional success.
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- Oakland residents commented on a draft of the Lake Merritt BART Station Area Plan and shared ideas about future area development at a Sept. 12 community meeting. For more info about how to get involved, email lake_merritt_plan@oaklandnet.com. - The New York Times profiled Robert Hudson, the East Oakland drug dealer targeted in a driveby shooting that killed 3-year-old Carlos Nava.
said in an email. Waste diversion does yield net savings, said Linda Zitzner, Assistant Vice President of Facilities, Auxiliaries and Campus Planning, but will not, by itself, allay future tuition increases. “Mills still has to pay for the waste to be hauled,” Zitzner wrote, “albeit at a lower rate than the landfill stream. We also have to purchase biobags which are more expensive than regular bags.” Zitzner wrote that it is better to look at the campus holistically from a sustainability and cost reduction perspective. In addition to savings from waste diversion, there are energy and water savings. We only call for Power Down Days when PG&E mandates it, but this should be a part of our culture. Electricity, gas and water usage contribute significantly to the cost of running the campus and to our overall green house gas emissions,” she wrote. The College is always exploring ways to reduce usage. “For example, starting in 2009, all irrigation was from non-
potable water, which resulted in tremendous savings,” Zitzner wrote. “We work very hard to contain costs and are always open to suggestions and input from all Mills constituencies.” Jamie Nickel asks the student community to stay tuned on how to give input on college funding priorities. Meanwhile, students can participate in ASMC. Last year, the College solicited student feedback at ASMC meetings on matters like whether or not to increase the undergraduate ASMC fee. Nickel also explained and fielded questions about the 4.5 percent tuition increase at one of the ASMC meetings last semester. The first full board ASMC meeting is Monday, Sept. 26. For more info, email asmc@mills.edu.
Where the money goes - As tenure-track faculty members advance in their careers, their salaries increase. - Rising costs for hiring adjunct faculty. - Increased services from the Center for Academic Excellence. - Annual library costs increase. - Replacing broken or outdated scientific laboratory equipment.
Keeping up with the World
- The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide-bomb attack that killed 20 people in Quetta, Pakistan. - After representatives of Colonel Muammar Qaddafi’s government attempted to procure weapons in Bejing, the Chinese government announced plans to restrict procedures regarding the sale of arms on the world market.
- North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il appeared at a national celebration with his son and heir apparent
Kim Jong-un. The rare father-son appearance underlines a planned third generation of dynastic rule.
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- At least 133 Pakistani residents have died due to flooding, though the number is expected to rise. About 900 villages have been affected by the disaster, and an estimated 100,000 homes have been destroyed in the southern provinces of Pakistan. -A German court continued a ban on sales of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab. The court previously ruled that elements of the tablet were copied from Apple’s iPad.
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