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Budget gloomy for 2011-2012 year Ben Mullin STAFF WRITER
Chico State students stand at the foot of an uphill battle. A proposed $500 million budget cut for the 23 California State University campuses was made Jan. 10 by Gov. Jerry Brown. This cut is part of a proposed $1.4 billion reduction to higher education funding throughout the 2011-2012 fiscal year, which calls for a 10 percent increase in student fees. “My first reaction was ‘here we go again,’” said Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Sandra Flake in an e-mail interview. “The roller coaster ride continues.” January’s proposed budget reduction, which comes on the heels
of this spring’s 15 percent tuition increase, could be the second massive cut to state spending for higher education in just three years, Flake said. During the 2009-2010 year, $28.7 million was cut from Chico State’s budget, which resulted in a 30 percent fee increase and a twoday per month furlough program. “These ups and downs in the general fund make it very hard to manage expectations,” she said. These expectations include using a budget from the previous decade to support an additional generation of students, said Joe Wills, director of public affairs at Chico State. “If this cut happens, we’ll be using a budget from 1999 to support a system that has 50,000 additional students.” Wills said. “It’s hard,
if not impossible, to run the same institution and serve them the same way if you keep adding people and cutting the budget.” It is too early to forecast exactly how Chico State’s administration will react to the cut in state spending because the final budget won’t be drafted until July, he said. “The governor can’t decree a budget,” Wills said. “There’s a potential for conversation.” Chico State’s administration and CSU Chancellor Charles Reed have consistently referred to the proposal as the beginning of a conversation, asserting their rights to negotiate the terms of the budget. But at least one voice in this conversation is having trouble making >> please see BUDGET | A7
WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOU If the proposed budget passes in July, furloughs might be brought back and student services might cut back on resources, along with higher tuition and fees
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Some Chico State students that did not pay spring tuition fees were dropped from all of their classes. Unread warning e-mails sent from Chico State are a factor.
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A plant long thought to be extinct was rediscovered in San Francisco, and presented at Chico State at the annual Northern California Botanist Symposium, held on Jan. 10 to Jan. 12. Mark Frey, an ecologist of the Presidio Trust, described his excitement upon encountering the last-known sample of the plant, the Francisco Manzanita, dubbed the “Miracle Manzanita.” “It felt like Christmas morning as a kid,” Frey said. The plant was discovered by Daniel Gluesenkamp, a botanist, while he was driving by Doyle Drive, a busy San Francisco Street. The conference featured topics dealing with botany and sustainability, including a general question and answer session with Frey and Tom Parker, a professor at San Francisco State University.
“Rapid Climate Change” is a new book that gives analysis to arguments that challenge the theory of man-made climate change. Scott G. McNall, a Chico State sociology professor and former director of the Institute for Sustainable Development, wrote the supplemental text for students. There were two primary theories cited in the book explaining why people resist compelling environmental research: Lack of science education in K-12 classrooms and the phenomena of confirmation bias — people don’t want to acknowledge what the science of climate change implies. McNall is currently working on another book, which will detail the capacity for resistance that both humans and their environment possess.
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area of W. Fourth Street between Hazel and Ivy Streets, Franseen said. Gianni Caponera, owner of Liberty Cab, said one of the company’s drivers picked up the wounded man. Details about what happened as the man was driven are not being released at the moment as the case remains under investigation, Caponera said. Witnesses have mentioned the incident on social media websites but only briefly. People don’t want to do the right thing and inform police of what they saw, Franseen said. To contact the Chico Police Department, call 530-895-4900.
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Chico State raised more than $128,000 during fall’s “Up ’til Dawn” event as a fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, reaching the halfway point of its goal to donate $250,000 during the 2010-2011 academic year. Lauren Davis, event marketing representative for St. Jude, said they are happy at how the community has come together for the fundraiser.
Two men are recovering from gunshot wounds after an attack shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday in the 300 block of Normal Avenue. A 23-year-old man is in critical condition at Enloe Medical Center while a 19-year-old man is recovering after being shot as well. It is thought two people were in an altercation during a house party when someone from the crowd shot the man, said Lt. Mike O’Brien of the Chico Police Department in a phone interview. A 19-year-old man was also shot and was taken to Enloe Medical Center where his
condition was not life-threatening, O’Brien said. He was not involved in the altercation. It is unknown if the two men are Chico State students, but it is likely that they are, said Chico Police Sgt. Scott Franseen. Names for the two men are being withheld for now due to safety concerns, he said. “We’re still very actively investigating this,” Franseen said. Nearby patrol officers were at the scene in a matter of seconds after hearing shots being fired, he said. People that had attended the party were scattering when they arrived, some acting argumentative and nonresponsive. Although the 23-year-old was shot, he walked away until he was picked up by a taxi in the
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of their classes as spring semester approached, As of Jan. 18, 474 students had been dis-enrolled from their spring semester classes via the university’s early drop protocol, said Jean Irving, university registrar for the Office of Records and Registration. The early drop procedure takes effect on students who have not paid any portion of their tuition by a week after Dec. 9, Irving said. A second and final drop occurs Dec. 21 for those who have not paid in full.
While there is nothing stopping a student from paying full tuition and re-enrolling even after the second drop period, being dropped can be very inconvenient, said junior kinesiology major Jackie Short, who was dropped from her classes. If classes are listed as full, which is often the case after being dropped from a popular course, students have to try to crash a class and convince professors to make extra room for them, Irving said. For students unable to
convince their professors to let them re-enroll in overcrowded classes, the consequences mean lost time and paying for an extra semester of tuition. “If I can’t get these classes back, I will definitely be at least a semester behind,” Short said. The 474 drops are cited as mostly due to a failure on students’ part to read notification e-mails sent by the university, Irving said. As of Nov. 10, the university had sent out four e-mails >> please see DROPPED | A7
Teresa De Luz and Kelly Ward STAFF WRITERS
Former Associated Students president Joseph Igbineweka was the first to know when the Chico Police Department matched DNA to a suspect in their investigation of his April 2010 stabbing. The DNA matched a former person of interest logged in the Department of Justice’s database, but the Chico Police Department is IGBINEWEKA Stabbed in what not releasing police think may the identity be a hate crime of the subject until the investigation is completed, said Chico Police Sgt. Rob Merrifield. Police collected the DNA from the scene of the crime. “We’re looking at a possible suspect based on the DNA evidence,” he said. Potential charges are unknown and depend on multiple factors but jail time is expected if a conviction is made, Merrifield said. “The charge at the very least will be assault with a deadly weapon and there may be a potential for hate crime and possible other charges,” he said. Igbineweka will be needed to pick the suspect out of a lineup. “I have confidence in myself that I will pick the right person,” he said. The injuries he suffered healed, and after recent tendon transfer surgery Igbineweka has been undergoing physical therapy. “I have been fighting with my left hand and the loss of >> please see DNA | A7
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