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DESSIRAEE ELEBY

STAFF REPORTER

ighteen A.S. budget items,including campus programs thatbenefit students’ safety, aware-ness and tutoring, may lose fundingthey receive from the A.S. governmentfor the 2008-09 academic year.Adam Haverstock, the formerstudent president, vetoed a totalof $177,572 of funding from threesections of the newly proposed $6.7million budget: clubs and organiza-tions, university programs, and A.S.programs and services. The budgethas yet to be approved.David Crandall, the A.S. gen-eral manager, said the funding wasplaced into an unallocated reservesaccount.“A.S. priorities are skewed,” saidStephanie Haibloom, president of Blues Project, an organization thathad its funding vetoed. The BluesProject educates students about thesymptoms of suicide and depressionvia classroom presentations and byhanding out pamphlets.“We all need an ice hockey teamthat none of the students knowabout,” Haibloom said. “But wedon’t need needed services to helpwith anorexia, date rape, depression,suicide or escorts to walk girls totheir cars at night.”Haverstock vetoed more than$30,000 from the budgets of TheMatador Involvement Center (MIC)and the Student Development and

TINA HELWAJIAN

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ntonio Galvan Jr. was major-ing in business at CSUNwith the hopes of becomingthe chief executive officer of a suc-cessful company and retiring by age40. This dream is no longer possiblebecause his life was cut short onJune 1. He was 28.Galvan was driving homenorthbound on Interstate 5 south of Roxford Street in the early hoursof the morning when he collidedwith another vehicle. Galvan lostcontrol of his car, which careenedacross the lanes and went down theembankment landing in a nearbyMotel 6 parking lot. He was eject-ed from the car.Friends and family rememberGalvan as a dreamer who lit up anyroom into which he walked.“Antonio always had a smileand a hug for everyone he cameacross,” said Vickie Euyoque, Gal-van’s aunt. “He had a gorgeoussmile. He’d fill the room and hisfamily with love.”Galvan was a member of theBeta Gamma Nu fraternity forseveral years while he attendedCSUN.“He was like my little brother,”said Miguel Gonzalez, founder of the fraternity. “He really was some-thing else. He was a happy person.He was honored and respected inthe fraternity.”Gonzalez said he had to breakthe news about Galvan’s death toa lot of BGN fraternity memberswho were shocked and disturbed.Michael Nassif, a BGN frater-nity member, said, “Antonio Gal-van was an easy-going, fun-to-be-around guy. He was a good friendand he will be missed.”Fraternity brother John Gaxiolasaid, “I just saw him on Thursday.I’m not an emotional person, butI’ve never had anyone close to mepass away.”Gaxiola said he received thenews via text message on the morn-ing of the accident.“I was crying when I foundout,” Gaxiola said.“It’s weird. We were just hangingout, talking and laughing. We weretalking about everything and any-thing,” Gaxiola said. “I didn’t knowhim very well on a personal level,but he was one of those guys youcould just hang out with anytime.”

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faulty online voting systemand a lack of coordinationresulted in 232 lost studentvotes during last semester’s electionfor the 2008-09 A.S. presidency.Three hours after students cast theirvotes online for Adam Haverstock,who was A.S. president at the time,or Miguel Segura, who was ultimate-ly declared the new A.S. president,the online voting system was shutdown. The system failed.Brian Miller, student affairs Webdeveloper, said sessions were “bleed-ing” between online voters, makingit impossible to know if votes wereauthentic.“It was a failure on our part for notconducting all the necessary tests andbeing fully prepared,” Miller said.Miller said mock trials were con-ducted prior to the election did notresult in any problems because ahandful of people tested the onlinevoting system, as opposed to themany people who vote in real studentbody elections, Miller said.Paul Schantz, student affairs direc-tor of Web and technology services,said they intended to put the systemthrough a production level of 50 ormore people, but they were unable tocoordinate it with the A.S. ElectionsCommittee.“There was a failure of coordinationand we should have communicated tothe elections committee that full-scaletests needed to be conducted beforeelections,” Schantz said. “We feel ter-rible about the entire situation.”The online voting system shutdown on April 8 at 11 a.m. after tech-nical difficulties, and the 232 studentswho voted between 8 a.m. and 10:45

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hough an online votingsystem resulted in the lossof 232 students’ votes dur-ing last semester’s election forthe 2008-09 A.S. presidency, itwas not the first time an onlinevoting system failed during anA.S. election.EBallot, a third-party vendorspecializing in Web-basedelections, previously administered

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pn-aricn sudis mjrsid sh hd  cu bckn ging  h mvisnd hr scil vns  svmny.“Whn I wn  g rundwn, my byrind ihr drivsm r I’ll wlk r rid my sc-r,” sid Krysl Sims, wh livsin h cmus drms. “I rid myscr  schl vry hr dynw.”amricn drivrs r chnginghir lisyls  cmns rhigh rics  h gs um whilcnmiss nd invsmn n-lyss db h cuss  risingil rics.“I hd  y $4.25 his mrn-ing nd lms hd  hr ck,”Sims sid.th ric  il hs mr hndubld in h s yr. thughh cs rcnly ll rm isMy 22 high  $135  $122 rbrrl, i will b  whil brl s h chng  h gsum. Cnsumrs r sill ying$30 r mr  ill u  svn-gl-ln nk.Clirni, whr  glln  rgulr gslin css n vr-g  $4.36, is h ms xn-siv s in which  buy gs,th amricn aumbil ass-ciin indics. th scnd msxnsiv s is alsk, whr glln  gs css $4.28.ecnmiss r dbing hcus r h incrs. Sm un-dis rgu n nugh il is rd-ily vilbl  m h dmnd cnsumrs. th U.S. enrgyInrmin adminisrin indi-cs h ninl dmnd r gshs vrgd 9.3 millin brrlsr dy in h ls ur wks.“thr r mny crs, buh rl sry is bu lin ldsuly nd dmnd,” sid RbrKrl, rssr  cnmics CSUN. “th dmnd is simlygrwing sr hn suly, ndw dn’ hv nugh rinris rduc wh w nd.”Svrl invsmn nlyssribu h incrs in gs rics invsr sculin. Scul-in is n invsmn rcic hllws invsrs  buy uurscks, bing h h ric willincrs. thy hld cmmdiis,mny  which cnsis  wh,crn nd il, unil h muriyd whn hy h  sll ibck   highr ric.“Whn invsrs hld hsscks, hy dcrs suly,”sid andr Mn, snir n-lys  aIG Sunamric Rir-mn Srvics. “W hvn’ builrinris in 30 yrs. th ric il hs dubld in rcn yrswhn w’v sn mr scul-in.”a rcn gvrnmn sulyrr shws h h dmnd rgs r h wk nding My 30ws dwn by 1.4 rcn rm hsm rid ls yr. this indi-cs h high rics  h umr chnging drivr’s bhvir.Shirly Svrny, chir rh Drmn  ecnmics CSUN, sid sculrs r gd indicin  hw w shuldchng ur bhvir, nd h cn-sumr shuld lk  hm s r-viding vlubl inrmin.“Sculin is n  bdhing,” Svrny sid. “I hy rbing h h ric  il willg u, h’s  signl  whcn hn in h uur. th

Theresa Wray

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rmns n cmusr lking r wys dcrs hir rinlcss  rr r  shrll ins unding, which culd rngrm $12  $22 millin duringh 2008-09 cdmic yr.acdmic airs hs u sid n-im lum sum  $5 millindllrs  cmb h imndingbudgry shrll. Hrry Hl-lnbrnd, vic rsidn  c-dmic irs, sn  ln  hhds  drmn hrughuh cmus  rim hir budgsin h hs  cllcing nddiinl $3 millin.th CSUN Gnic Cunsl-ing prgrm ds n hv mnyl  rim rm is budg, ndh rgrm my cls is drsduring h 2009-10 cdmicyr i i ds n rcur mrunding, sid aid Mznbrg,wh dircs h rgrm.Gnic Cunsling grdusr rind  c s liisnsbwn mdicl dcrs ndmily mmbrs wh sur rmgnic disss.“this crr is h righ nw,”Mznbrg sid. “our sudnsn rciv jb rs brhy grdu. Ms  hmr nw wrking in lcs likCdrs-Sini, UCLa MdiclCnr nd Kisr.”Budgry cnsrins r di-icul r 50 rcn  h r-grm’s sudns wh ssd hirgrduin xm.“th hnd nly n yr,bu his yr 100 rcn  ursudns hv ssd,” Mzn-brg sid. “I is  diicul xmh includs h sudy  gn-ics nd sychlgy. W’v undbr wys  hl ur sudnswih h mril.”“th rgrm nd crrruniis r gr nw, buw cn’ g unding,” Mzn-brg sid. “I’s  lil  l.”th CSUN Gnic Cun-sling rgrm rquirs bu$90,000  minin is r-ins ch cdmic yr. Wih-u ddiinl univrsiy und-ing,  rmining nin sudnswill b h ls  grdu rmh rgrm.Imnding CSU budg cushv ls rsuld in  hiringrz during 2009 nd 2010,Hllnbrnd sid.thiry-n l wr rcn-ly rd ching jbs  illn siins, 26  which hvccd. fiv r sill nding.th Drmn  Rcrinnd turism Mngmn in hCllg  Hlh nd HumnDvlmn hs mrvrgrd  rduc h numbr  hurs hir r-im insrucrs

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Drmns n cmus scrmbl  ind wys  cu bck n css

Theresa Wray

/ Staff RepoRteR

a dive fill e tnk t arCO g ttion, wic i locted onNodoff steet ne te 405 Feewy. G i $4.23 pe gllon.1. Blck syin mte ceck out i new ome.2. a mote moue feed e bbie. 3. Co-foundeallion Lnce nd Gin Lynn peent cetificte of ono to Donn hdy. 4. Mny niml live in tecge. 5. a moue find  new ome. 6. Co-foundeallion Lnce nd bod membe Pi slk wit blck syin mte in e nd.

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h clsing  h sychlgydrmn’s n-cmus nimllb hs drivn CSUN  cnrib-u hundrds  nimls  h Nw Lianiml Sncury.In Nvmbr 2007, pul Sklnick,h chir  h sychlgy drmn,inrmd h culy h hy wuldb cnvring h sychlgy nimlciliis in humn subjcs rsrchcubicls, sid Dnn f. Hrdy, rssr sychlgy  CSUN.a h smi-nnul ming  hunivrsiy’s Insiuinl animl Crnd Us Cmmi (IaCUC), h i-cil clsing  h sychlgy dr-mn’s vivrium ws nnuncd.Mr hn 250 nimls in h lb,including bu 150 mic - sm hvn y bn cund - ur guin igs,20 rs nd bu 60 hmsrs wr usdr bsrvinl sudis. Bcus hnimls wr s rry, hy wrn ligibl r din.Sc prz, dircr  rsrch ndsnsrd rjcs  CSUN, nd hrculy mmbrs, sid uhnizing hnimls ws n lrniv  whichnbdy wnd  rsr.Hrdy sid, “I m  hiclly imsd uhniz  rcly hlhy niml.“W hd ls  rcius lil cr-urs nd uhnizing hm ws n nin,” Hrdy sid.Wih h hl  hr sudns, Hrdyws bl  cnc h Nw Li animlSncury in My 2008, nd hy wrmr hn hy  d h nimlsrm CSUN.“th Nw Li animl Sncury’surs is  giv  nw li  nimlswh wr rviusly usd in xri-mns,” sid Gin Lynn, c-undr  Nw Li. “W giv hm  br liwhr hy culd jus b hmslvs ndn b xrimnd n.”Lynn sid sh rcivd n -mil ms-sg rm n  Hrdy’s sudns inrm-ing hr  h lb’s clsing. th Nw Lianiml Sncury ws undd in fbru-ry 2008, nd lhugh hir drs wrn icilly nd r businss, hysill wnd  k h nimls.prz sid h IaCUC hs rclsn il r vry niml h ss whh niml will b usd r nd wh willb dn wih hm nc h xrimnsr dn.Sinc h nimls wr s rryLynn hd  llw hs s rclsnd g hrugh  hr-wk rcss hwuld rls CSUN’s libiliy nd givh Nw Li animl Sncury wnr-shi  h nimls.“thr ws rd  invlvd bcushy wr h s’s rry nd w hd jum hrugh h rr hs  gh nimls,” sid Lynn.Hrdy m wih Lynn whn h ni-mls wr bing rnsrrd.“Dnn sms  b  vry cring ndcmssin rsn,” sid Lynn. “Shchkd us u. Ms n l whus nimls in rsrch dn’ k cr  hm nd h wsn’ h cs wih hr.”Lynn, lng wih svrl  hrmlys, sn ur hurs rnsr-ing ll  h nimls   h CSUNcmus  vrius lcins includingRdnd Bch.“a l  hm hv lrdy gn nwhms,” sid Lynn. “all  h nimlsh r n y dd r bing srdmngs sm  ur brd mmbrs.”Nw Li animl Sncury is lk-ing r  iv-cr rcl  lnd inacn, Cli., s h hy cn xndhir srvics.“I’ll b  lc whr nimls cnliv u hr livs nd b s hy sssibl in hug hms,” sid Lynn.“Sm will b rmnn rsidns ndsm will b dd u.”

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online A.S. elections. A.S. paid a$4,000 annual contract with VotenetSolutions Inc., the parent companyof eBallot, since the spring 2006semester.Leanne Vincent, coordinator of student leadership for A.S., saideBallot never worked properly.Students encountered problemsevery year with eBallot’s Web-basedvoting that included trouble withwireless connection on campus,technical glitches, and the inabilityto log into the system and to votefrom America Online.“Every election cycle came backwith the same problems, so it wasdecided through A.S. to create ourown system,” Vincent said.Vincent and Mazen Hafez,elections committee director, workedwith Paul Schantz, Brian Miller andan independent consultant to designa campus-based online votingsystem.The new system had a one-timestartup cost of $8,000, Vincent said.After two years, the online votingsystem hosted on campus would payfor itself, she said.They were able to pull students’information from the SOLARdatabase and store it in a specific datawarehouse configured by CSUN’sCentral Information Technologyand secured within the campus datacenter.Schantz said getting rid of eBallotprevents third-party outsiders frompotentially obtaining students’information. That was always aconcern.On top of that, a lot of moneyis saved by eliminating the cost of paper ballots said Schantz, and it ismore environmentally friendly.Schantz said the Faculty Senateexpressed interest in using thesystem for their elections processas well.Heidi Wolfbauer, administrativeanalyst for the Faculty Senate Office,talked with Schantz at a preliminarylevel about implementing onlineelections.The online elections site will beopen for any campus organization touse once it is implemented.Vincent said the goal is forstudents to be able to vote and tomake sure their vote counts.“Paper ballots will always bethe most effective, because for onestudent there is one vote, but it’s notthe most efficient and resourceful,”Vincent said.a.m. did not count.Elections moved to an emergencypaper ballot race for the remainderof April 8 and 9. The conclusionended in a tie, with 811 votes for bothopposing slates, Adam Haverstock’sStudents First and Miguel Segura’sEducate, Empower, Enhance (E3).A recount concluded with an 811-805 outcome with Students First ontop, though the slate was not victori-ous because it did not have 50 percentof the total votes plus one, the require-ment to win an election. A run-off election set for April 22-23 ended inan E3 victory that cost an additional$8,000 from the student budget, min-utes from a Senate meeting indicate.Schantz and Miller confirm thatall the necessary features on the sys-tem are working properly.“We’ve made all the fixes, butneed to heavily test the system on amass scale,” Schantz said. “The lastthing we need is another disaster.”Enhancements remain to be imple-mented to the online voting system,Schantz said.“It is still a work in progress,”Schantz said.System features yet to be imple-mented include the function of rec-ognizing candidates’ eligibility toparticipate in A.S. elections and rec-ognizing if students paid their A.S.fees, which allows them to vote.Schantz and Miller plan to havethe next A.S. elections online, but it isultimately the decision of the new A.S.President Miguel Segura and Vice Pres-ident Nicole Umali. That will be one of the issues discussed at their A.S. annualretreat at Disneyland this summer.

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International Programs (SDIP)Graduate Assistant OrganizationAdvising.He also vetoed $25,189 from theA.S. recycling program and theyservices it provides. This fundingwas used to promote awareness of the campus recycling program andstudent compensation.Fourteen campus programs maylose all their funding if Haverstock’svetoes are approved. The programsinclude the CSUN Aquatic Center,the Blues Project, the Center of Achievement, Discover, Inquire,Grow in LA (DIG), Project ACT,Project DATE, Public Safety EscortService, Science and Math RetentionTutors, Science and Math Retention,SDIP Leadership Institute, SDIPStudent Panels for an InternationalCurriculum and Education (SPICE),SDPI MIC Volunteer Program, Stu-dent Health Advisory Committeeand University Ambassadors.CSUN President Jolene Koesterdeferred approving the newly pro-posed A.S. budget at the request of members of the A.S. students, saidTerry Piper, vice president for stu-dent affairs.A budget recommendationmeeting with Koester is schedulefor Tuesday, June 10, said MiguelSegura, the new A.S. president.The A.S. Senate will vote on theitems discussed at the budget rec-ommendation meeting at their June24 meeting.“Its up to the Senate, not us,”said Segura about his and Koester’sroles in deciding the annual A.S.budget.“All the work, struggle and timecommitments that the senate wentthrough just went to waste,” saidSegura, who did not agree withHaverstock’s use of the veto.Haverstock said a “veto can stopan action, but can’t take action”in regard to why he did not placethe funding for the vetoed itemsinto a specific account. He said hewould prefer that the funds go intothe Student Advocacy Account andthe Academically Related ReservesAccount (ARRA).“The A.S. fee should go to pro-grams that are student-initiatedand student-operated, not univer-sity programs,” Haverstock said inregard to why he vetoed fundingfor certain items in the newly pro-posed budget.“The dollars from $3,000 tuitionpaid or for the $8,000 that the stategives the university, not the $74student representative fee, shouldpay (for these university programs),”Haverstock said.The vetoes were for programs op-erated by university employees andran by administrative staff, Haver-stock said.The programs that may lose theirfunding will have to be funded out of another source or eliminated, Pipersaid.The programs can apply forgrants or look for another sponsor,which would not be guaranteed fromyear to year, Piper said.

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