Rally in WeHo on Tuesday brought out several thousand in support of Gay rights

Yesterday afternoon approximately 100 protesters assembled outside the Beverly Hills Hotel where President Obama was appearing at a celebrity-heavy fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee.

They weren’t there to protest the closing of Gitmo, the bailout of the banks, or his nomination of a Latina for the Supreme Court. Rather it was a topic closer to home — the decision by the California Supreme Court to uphold Proposition 8’s ban on gay marriage.

In all fairness, President Obama has little to do with California constitutional issues, but the protests illustrated how the open wound of Prop 8 continues to inflict anger and pain among Californians, gay and straight.

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Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco/San Mateo) has set his sights on the salaries of some of California’s highest-paid executives within the UC and CSU systems. Recently UC gave more than $350,000 a year to two top executives and paid administrative leave for two former chancellors—one receiving $300,000 and the other $400,000. In the CSU system, executives have received raises in excess of 22.3% since 2002.

Meanwhile, this year alone, CSU student fees are going up 10%.

Sen. Yee’s bill, SB217, is designed to counter high executive compensation by banning pay raise for top executives when the university does not receive an increase in funding. The bill has been passed by the Senate and is now awaiting consideration by the Assembly.

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To honor the works of student filmmakers on campus, the 10th Annual CSULA Golden Eagle Awards Ceremony will take place on Friday, May 29th in the Luckman Intimate Theater.

The awards are part of the 10th Annual CSULA Golden Eagle Film Festival. Prior to the awards ceremony, CSULA student film works will be screened from 3pm to 7pm in the USU on the third floor in the Los Angeles Room. All 71 entries will be shown on two big screens.

The Golden Eagle Awards Ceremony will include 18 awards to be handed out in six different categories: trailer/commercial, experimental, music video, documentary, animation and narrative. The first, second and third place winners – the top three in six ctegories - will be determined by a panel of teacher judges.

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