1987_01 The Daily Collegian January 1987

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CSU told
to cutback
spending
Fall fees raised
ByJeffPennlsi
Staff Writer
Gov. George Deukmejian's call for a $16J
million reduction in CSU funds has caused
CSUF to start making cuts totaling $371,000
for the remainder of this fiscal year.
The governor called for the reduction Dec.
22 after his office projected a $900 million
revenue shortage for the 1986-87 fiscal year.
This was the main issue at the CSU
Trustees scheduled meeting in Long Beach
Jan. 13rl4. A fee surcharge of $48 for full
time students this semester was proposed,
according to Associated Student President Bob
Whalen.
But CSU Chancelor W. Ann Reynolds
recommended that no surcharge be added this
semester. The trustees chose instead to impose
a S65 increase on top of the already $360.50
full-time   student   fee   for   the   Fall   1987
Whalen, who is also chairman of the
California State Student Association, said that
the proposed surcharge would have violated a
state law which requires that any increase be
announced 10 month* prior to the increase.
However. Deukrrwiian s office believed Ac
See BUDGET, page 2
CSU fee raise delayed until fall '87
By Jeff Pfcnnlsi
Staff Writer
CSUF students were spared a $48
surcharge in this spring's university fees
because of efforts by the California State
Students Association, according to CSUF
Associated Student's President and CSSA
Chairman Bob Whalen. However, students
will face a $65 fee increase next fall.
All 19 CSU campuses, including Fresno,
were told by the CSU Trustees that a fee
increase was necessary to make up for cut
backs in the state budget at the Jan. 13 trustees
meeting held in Long Beach. During the
trustees' meeting, ways to raise revenue were
examined.
Plans were in motion to raise university
fees midyear for the spring semester but the
CSSA, a student lobbying group made up of
CSU A.S. presidents, fought against it.
The proposed spring increase, Whalen felt,
was in violation of a 1985 law written by state
Sen. Ken Maddy, R-Fresno.
The law, SB 195, was intended to set
guidelines by which increases could be made.
The law prohibits increases of more than 10
percent at a time without'at least 10 months
notice.
CSSA felt the proposal violated the 10-
month section of SB 195. "The CSSA wrote
the governor a letter saying that we felt the
increases were in violation of the law,"
Whalen said.
CSSA threatened a boycott of the student
fee. The members had planned to issue slips of
paper to students asking them to send it to the
university instead of money. On the paper was
, a refusal to pay the increase because of the
legality of the ]
Because of CSSA pressure and what
Whalen believes is a sincere desire of Gov.
Deukmejian to keep fees as low as possible,
the spring increase was dropped. Deukmejian
paid for the expenses out of a $1 billion
unallocated fund.
"So with those two things going, one
with the pressure they were getting from the
CSSA and his (Deukmejian's) own thinking
that students fees should be as low as possible
he ended up buying out that proposed
increase," Whalen said.
Next fall, however, the increase is in place.
The scheduled increase meets the 10-month
notification and no more than 10 percent of the
total fee is being assessed. Thus, meeting the
requirements set by SB 195. "So we (CSSA)
have decided to support the fee increase of 10
percent," Whalen said
Whalen is not happy about the increase but
is glad there b a law in place to regulate the
increases. "On one side we have to be happy
because w<_ have a law that regulates how
much the increases are going to be. We can't
get a 100 percent increase, but on the other
hand, it is an increase," said Whalen.
Fee increases can be traced back to June
1978 when Proposition 13 passed.
Hotline volunteers aid recovery
Editor's Note: The pervasiveness of
rape In the United States Is evidenced by
the statistic that one In every six women
will experience such an attack. Today The
Dally Colleglan begins a four-pan series
which will examine agencies that help
victims and rapists. The series will
conclude* with a review of the complexi¬
ties of rape by two experts.
Part one deals with two CSUFatudjeriie
who assist rape victims. Only their first
names have been used to protect the
confidentiality of their clients.
By Usa Kim Bach
Staff Writer
Easing the pain and sharing the grief of
traumatized rape victims has been die
education of a lifetime 'for Jennifer, a CSUF
graduate student. k^2\y^
Jennifer, who is working toward her
masters degree in social work, is one of Oie 41
volunteers, who operate a 24-hour crisis
intervention hotline through the Rape
Counseling Service of Fresno. She described
The first of a four-part series
4)iJr&LINaH£
tier experience as "more than just volunteer   month, but most of them put m well beyond
work,"    and   said,    "it's   a   commitment."
Volunteers commit themselves to 16 hours a See RAPE, page 2
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