1981_08 The Daily Collegian August 1981

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Students and
the CSUC
It hasn't been the best of summers for the 314,000 stu¬
dents that pay to attend classes at the 19 California State
University and Colleges, including CSUF.
First, the state Legislature proved in June that higher
education is not above the budget cutting ax when it
voted in favor of a $927.4 million CSUC budget that
includes a $5 million deficit.
The Legislature then, in.effect, dodged the issue of how
to make up for .the deficit by passing the problem on to the
CSUC Board of Trustees and giving it the option of
increasing student fees, reducing programs or both.
In early July, the board decided to make up for the
deficit by taxing students an additional $16.50 in registra¬
tion fees for next semester. That hike will be tackedon to
the $94.50 students dished out this semester.
Trustees were careful to note that the additional fee will
be used to pay for student services and not teacher
salaries, as a form of tuition might.
But that does not make the fee hike any easier to
accept. Tuition or not, it still means draining the student
pocketbook even more.
Associated Student President Jeff Watson hit the nail
on the head when he said last week that "there has to be
some sort of trade-off at some point. I don't think though
that every (budget) cut that is made should be dumped on
the students."
That has been the pattern of the last few years though,
as the state, like all levels of government, continues to
feel the financial squeeze brought on by inflation and, in
part, the passage of Proposition 13. Students have been
asked to make up for the squeeze by paying higher
student services nearly every semester for the last two
years. The fee has gone up 35 percent in the last year.
Increasing fees only serves to undermine one of the
main goals of the CSUC: to provide a relatively in¬
expensive education for Californians.
What the CSUC should strive for, and the A.S. should
advocate in the coming year, is that "trade-off" that
Watson speaks of between higher student fees and the
level of services offered. Will higher fees hurt enroll¬
ment? How effective are some of the student services now
offered by the system?   ,
These are some of the questions the CSUC board
should consider when the budget is hashed out next year.
In recent years, the CSUC has not equally shared its part
of the financial burden that comes with maintaining an
adequate level of education.
And the students are paying for it.
DailyCollegian
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Editor Steve Schmidt
Managing Editor: Joan Hletpas
Sports Editor: Chock Barney
Design Editor: Laura Battl
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Reporters: Tom Bohiglan, Karen
Busch.   Felicia   Cousart,   Jeff
Domlngues, Diane Drury, Bryan
Gardner, Brenda Moore, Chris
Reynolds,   Dertice   Rlos,   Peter
Scott and Denies Tucker.
Photographers: Robert Gauthler,
Nadlm    George    and    Mark
Teague.
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Daily Collegian -August 31,1(
No damage in library fire
A small fire, which took place in the
library on July 30, caused no structural
damage, but did close down the building
for one day because of smoke and a pun¬
gent odor that carried through the
central cooling system where the fire
started.
Head librarian Lillie Parker said a
maintenance worker was using a blow
torch to cut a hole in the roof of the
penthouse that houses the cooling sys¬
tem. Some insulation below the roof of
the small structure, which is located on
the roof of the old library, was ignited,
but the worker was able to extinguish
it with a water hose.
"The only noticeable thing about was
the smoke and the odor," said Parker.
"It wasn't even hot enough to set off
the sprinkler system."
Theonlva
in the insulation about 18 Inches in
meter, said Parker. The library
reopened the next day.
dia-
CSUF Today
Parking rrgviatiens went into affect 'My Heart's in the Highlands" by Wil-
today and semester decals are available tiam Saroyan. Performance dates are set
at the cashier's window at J oval Admin- for Nov. 5-7 and 12-13.   Auditions will
istration and at the University Theater continue until Sept 3.
ticket office in the Speech Arts Building
for $22.50 per c        -
Mark Teague/the Dally Collegian
Cost of an education
[ Uptoreparatlon for the new term, fifth-semester student Gigl Randolph spends
jJBout $140 on books and supplies Thursday at a Kennel Bookstore cashier's
„    counter.
The ticket office
until Sept. 2. Hours
of parking enforcement are from 7 a.m.
to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday,
and from 7 a.m. to4 p.m. on Fridays.
 ns today.   New
students must check their admission
status with the Admission/Records Ser¬
vice Windows at Joyal Administration
and obtain an ID card before signing up
for classes.    Continuing students can
Speech Arts Building, Room 153, 5-7    pick up registration materials also at
m: Auditions will begin for the CSUF    Joyal. Monday, Sept. 14 is the last day
lild  Drama  Center's  production  of    fees may be paid.
;ampus
las a new
number
Telephone numbers at CSUF were
I changed this summer when the univer-
I  sity converted to a new central switching
telephone service.
I   The prefix for all campus numbers
changed from 487 to 294, with extension
numbers  remaining  the same on  all
numbers beginning with two, three or
The first two numbers of the four digit
extensions beginning with one, zero
changed to three, zero; one, one exten¬
sions changed to three, nine; and
one, two extensions changed to four,
Among the features of the new
system will be the ability for officf
personet   to.  transfer   calls   to   othei
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wanted, but overall he said everything
went pretty well for him.
Another   worker,   Jaime   Vranizan,
student   assistant   in   the   registrar's
I office, said one major problem she had
' with people was their inability to pay
the fees.   She said these people were
given a waiver period so they could avoid
paying the late fee.    Another problem
■   was people who did not get the classes
I  they had hoped for.
[      "A lot of people didn't get any of the
I classes they wanted," said Vranizan.
I  "Not that many people have been all
p   that upset about it. We recommend that
they go ahead and register for anything
they can so they can  be registered.
Also to avoid the late fee."
A few minutes before 5 p.m. on Thurs¬
day, students were still rushing to the
Men's Cym to register.
One student said the reason she was
registering late was because "I couldn't
decide which classes to take before the
mail-in deadline, so now I have to
walkthrough."
Another student said he had taken a
year off  from  cotlete  and   recently
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