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Students Take Over CHANCELLOR’S MEETING Four people arrested after causing damage at CSU Board of Trustees meeting in Long Beach.
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BY ZEV HURWITZ Staff Writer
iolent protests broke out at a California State University Board of Trustees meeting on Nov. 16 when the Board approved a 9-percent tuition increase for the 2012-13 academic year. Police stopped protesters, both students and local “Occupy Long Beach” activists, as they attempted to gain entrance to the meeting held at the Cal State Office of the Chancellor in Long Beach. Tuition at the 23 Cal State campuses will increase by $498 per academic year, bringing the cost to nearly $6,000 annually. In an open letter, Cal State Chancellor Charles Reed called the decision to raise tuition “difficult,” and noted that the university would seek other sources of revenue, including an increased enrollment of 5 percent — or around 20,000 students. “The Cal State’s budget was cut
$650 million this year, and we face the real prospect of another $100-million reduction in a few weeks,” Reed wrote in the letter. “We have few options left, and increasing tuition is one of our most difficult choices.” Amid clashes with Cal State police, protesters broke the glass building entrance and four people were arrested. The chancellor’s office estimated that the total damage to the building would cost around $30,000. “Protesting peacefully and with purpose can be effective,” Reed said. “But demonstrations that turn disruptive and result in damage and injury are intolerable. The disrespect shown by several protesters was inexcusable.” Two days later, the California Faculty Association, a union comprised of professors and lecturers at Cal State campuses, staged a one-day strike in opposition to the trustees’ spending decisions. Reed urged students and faculty to avoid walking out on verbal discussion with trustees. “We continue to urge our faculty union to bargain at the table,” Reed said. “Strikes and related activities are a costly distraction.” A Nov. 17 Los Angeles Times article
Davis Alum Sues University Over Alleged AEPi Hazing By ZEV HURWITZ Staff Writer A former UC Davis student filed a lawsuit against the school on Nov. 4, claiming he was hazed and sexually abused by a fraternity in 2008. Ryan Clifford — who eventually withdrew from his classes in response to the hazing — stated that the university failed to protect him from being hazed as a pledge of the Chi Delta chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi. Clifford claims that he was singled out for hazing because he was one of the only non-Jewish pledges at the time. AEPi is traditionally a fraternity aimed at recruiting Jewish members although, according to Jacob Silverman — UCSD AEPi chapter’s former vice president and current Jewish Community Chair — the fraternity is not Jewish-exclusive. See HAZING, page 3
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Chalres Reed CSU Chancellor
By Michael Chang Staff Writer Julio Angel Garcia-Puente has pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of his wife Lorena Gonzalez. Gonzalez’s body was found in a burning car at a UCSD parking lot near Voigt Drive on Oct. 29, 2010. According to San Diego 10 News, prosecutors J ulio G arcia -P uente allege that GarciaPuente, then 50, murdered Gonzalez during the end of October. Garcia-Puente told police that he pushed Gonzalez and she hit her head on furniture and died. Gonzalez’s car was found in the UCSD parking lot around 9:20 p.m. Firefighters discovered the victim’s body after extinguishing the flames; an autopsy determined that she was a victim of homicide, as two of Gonzalez’s teeth were found in her throat and her neck was fractured.
$498
Total amount CSU will rise for 201213 academic year
$30,000 Estimated cost of damage to building after students broke glass entrance
See HOMICIDE, page 3
THANKSGIVING VICTORY The UCSD Women’s Basketball team won its annual Thanksgiving Classic on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 25-26, beating CSU San Marcos and Fort Lewis. SEE MORE ON PAGE 12. BRIAN YIP/G uardian
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The disrespect shown by several protesters was inexcusable.”
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By the Numbers
See CSU, page 3
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Burning Car Defendent Pleads Guilty to Homicide
Monday H 73 L 49
Wednesday H 68 L 50
Tuesday H 74 L 51
Thursday H 64 L 45
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Tuesday Height: 3-6 ft. Wind: 3-6 mph Water Temp: 61 F
Wednesday Height: 4-6 ft. Wind: 2-6 mph Water Temp: 61 F
Thursday Height: 3-6 ft. Wind: 1-12 mph Water Temp: 61 F
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