THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT VOICE OF CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN BERNARDINO SINCE 1965
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2024/25, Issue #2
“Students Success” or Squeezing Their Pockets Dry? CSUSB Community Challenges Administration as Key Services Face Cuts
October 30, 2024
Warehouse Expansion: A Growing Nightmare in the Inland Empire
Page 3 Voices of Resilience: Advocates Call for Justice in Violence Against Women
Claudia Ochoa, a Campus Survivor Advocate, and Arlinda Wilson, a Campus Advocate and Survivor Specialist at Cal State San Bernardino’s Survivor Advocacy Services, shed light on the justice system’s outdated mindsets and lack of awareness regarding victims’ needs.
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CSUSB President Tomas Morales and CFO Samuel Sudhakar face tough questions from students, faculty, and staff as tensions rise in a charged debate over budget transparency and priorities at the Budget Open Forum. Photo by Prof. Greg Gondwe
By Evette Gallardo Editor in Chief San Bernardino, October 25, 2024 – Thursday’s open budget forum could be described as both laughable and disheartening, leaving everyone on the “chopping block” feeling discontented and even angered. It is evident that a storm is brewing on the California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) campus after faculty, staff, and students voiced their outrage over budget cuts that threaten essential student services while funding continues for non-critical projects, such as the renovation of the main campus lawn. Administrators faced sharp criticism for their budgetary decisions and lack of
transparency over the course of the meeting. Originally scheduled for Monday, October 21, 2024, at 10 a.m., administration was immediately met with backlash from the California Faculty Association (CFA), faculty, and
questions. The meeting date and time was shortly changed after but like last year, allowed limited time for questions, leaving many unresolved issues lingering. Despite the overwhelming regurgitation of “students success” by administration,
No Answers, Just Smirks students. It seemed both unusual and unfair to have the meeting at a time when most faculty and students would be in class and unable to attend – some speculated it was due to the fact that administration most likely wanted to avoid the tough
students hadn’t even fully been included in the knowledge of the open forum to begin with. Some had said they didn’t even receive any form of communication about the meeting. There was also just an overall lack of respect for students who had
gone to the meeting and asked pressing questions or voiced concerns. A senior student attending the event bravely asked President Morales, “What sort of sacrifices are the upper management willing to make to ensure that student success?”, even going as far to ask the President if he’d take a cut to his salary in order to accommodate the success he keeps talking about. President Morales simply cut the student off with a firm, “No.” One of the most contentious questions raised at the forum, which went unanswered, involved the possibility of partial furloughs for Management...
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CSUSB Men’s Soccer Battles to 1-1 Draw with No. 2 Cal State Los Angeles
The California State University San Bernardino (CSUSB) men’s soccer team played to a thrilling 1-1 draw against #2 Cal State Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon in CCAA action at Premier Field. The Coyotes, now 4-2-6 overall and 2-1-3 in conference play, showed resilience in a tough contest against one of the top teams in the country.
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