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California State University, San Bernardino CSUSB ScholarWorks Coyote Chronicle (1984-) Arthur E. Nelson University Archives 11-5-2001 November 5th 2001 CSUSB Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/coyote-chronicle Recommended Citation CSUSB, "November 5th 2001" (2001). Coyote Chronicle (1984-). 504. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/coyote-chronicle/504 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Arthur E. Nelson University Archives at CSUSB ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Coyote Chronicle (1984-) by an authorized administrator of CSUSB ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact scholarworks@csusb.edu. A&E A&E A&E A&E A&E A&E A&E A&eH The Scene The Scene The Scene The Scene Multi-Cultural Multi-Cultural Multi-Cultural A Funny Thing Halloween on campus, Happened on the coverage, contest Inked skin- The Way to the Theater results and more... Tattoo Culture ON PAGE 11 ON PAGE 5 ON PAGE 7 November 5, 2001 Serving the Students of CSUSB for 35 Years Volume 35, Issue 6 The dead return: ElEMadeLosMuertos By Joe Flores Special to the Chronicle Di'a de Los Muertos was an event on Thursday, November 1. It was sponsored and put together by the Cross Cultural Center, the Foreign Language Department, and Lambda Theta Phi. All three organizations and departments went through a lot of trouble and work to make the Student Ahibassa event a success. Of course, it was a success, with a turnout to search for new applicants of at least 150 people. The event started at 10am By Mathew Taylor with a lecture by speaker -y r,AmbassadorsSociety (SAS) , Miguel Mora. He gave a lecture News Ed,tor „f . and slide presentation showing students used to represent the. the historical and student body of CSUSB. The SAS helps the campus increase its Anthropological aspect of Dfa understanding and respect for the university among the alumni de Los Muertos. His speech A dancer stands in front of an altar to pay homage to the dead and the^sominunity -As the SA&^triv^4o qoiuinu(^their raissttni, was sponsored by Lambda they end up working closely with the adminisirative olTiccs on ThetaPhi. festivities of Dfa de Los Muertos. speech about the cultural aspect of campus. One such office is the Pre.sident's office. Following the lecture, the • Each offering was dedicated to Dfa de Los Muertos. They also The members ser\'e a purpose of being the positive picture of festivities began. They took a different person or group of gave a descriptive talk showing how wonderful CSUSB really is. They represent the student body place in the Student Union people that the students decided to every part of an offering table and at meetings and events that involve many important people tikei;;: the Courtyard. The Cross-Cultural pay tribute to. One offering table meaning behind it. They shared alumni, ddnore and legislator. At the CSUSB sponsored events was dedicated to Evita. Another that in each region of Mexico, they Center gave out free Mexican they serve as hosts, invited guests, and as speakers sharing their,, offering table was dedicated to the bread, also known as pan dulce. celebrate it differently. After they experience with this campu.s. victims of September 11 finished their talk, a group called While the bread was given out, All of its ntembers go through a long selection process th:u students ^ An altar was dedicated to Cesar took part in a Danzantes de Aztlan performed begins with a nomination front a faculty or staff member. Students Chavez, and one was dedicated to a dances from the indigenous procession around part of the who wish to participate in the organization should have a good woman who died during the campus. It was led by several Mexican culture, which the crowd uca^leinic standing, with a minimum grade ptnni average of 2.5, • Mexican Revolution. The last really enjoyed. students dressed in black robes and have leaderhip experience in an academic, student or service offering table was dedicated to one I relished coordinating the to symbolize the dead. capacity. Hiey also need ah interest In representing CSUSB and' During all of this, students of the student's relatives that was a event and working with Professor and staff from the Foreign soldier. The students and staff really Whitaker and Professor Gallegos- Language Department were h. did a great job as all the offering Rios and Ezekiel Bonilla,whose work putting -together 5 tables looked very beautiful. efforts ensured that the event Campus Candids different offering tables and At noon, the heads of the would be a success. I look presenting them to the students department, Professor Whitaker and forward to Dfa de Los Muertos Campus Candids and staff that came to watch the Professor Gallegos-Rios, gave a next year. Ij)okfor Chronicle writers and photographers Graduating Se around campus By Jen Cooper - said. "If I had gfaduated two years terrorist attacks added an element of ago, I would have just gotten a job uncertainty to an already unsteady CSV Chico and been done with it." economy. Companies have already When Jon Layton came to As a computer science major, announced thousands of layoffs and Chico State University in 1998 getting a job used to mean choosing many more are anticipating e\^tual as a first-year student, he between companies that were cuts. envisioned'himself graduating offering huge salaries and great Chico State students aren't the only in four years and landing a job benefits. "Now, if you desperately ones feeling the pressures of job in Silicon Valley, making want to get a job, you've got to searches. At universities across the computer games and earning pursue about 20 companies at the country, recruiters, career counselors around $70,000. But with same time," Layton said. and students are worried about the graduation only -eight months The National Association of slowdown in college hiring. Mark away, Layton has changed his Colleges and Employers released Finger, vice president of human post-graduation expectations. a survey in August that reported resources at National Instruments in Because of the tight job market employers were expecting to hire Texas, heads up his company's college and shrinking employment 19.7 percent fewer new college recruiting program. opportunities, he's now graduates. College hiring appeared National Instruments hired 220 considering going to graduate to be weakest in the West, where students last year, but he expects that school or taking a year off to employers there were expecting See who carved their way to the travel before trying to find a job. college-hiring cuts of almost 44.8 -Seniors top in the SCENE "Right now the market's kind of percent. Continued dead for computer stuff," he And that was before the Sept. 11 on page 16 on page 5 The Coyote Chronicle November 5, 2001 Campus Radio Station in Union • Coyote Radio has the Grad School Fair capability to broadcast in the Student Union, but earns a degree in ofUcials have yet to flip the switch success By Dafina Dailey Stajf Writer By Karen Sogard Bureau of the Census indicates "a strong positive relationship In a previous issue of the Stajf Writer between the earning of advanced Chronicle there was an article As the last participants of the degrees and individual income." about Coyote Radio, but it didn't Grad School 2001 Information Fair Valerie Olivo, a senior answer all the questions and so straggled out, Stephanie Moya Kinesiology major, said she was now it's back for a second helping. an off campus entity that's just a equipment. wiped her brow in relief, "Whew, interested in a degree in adapted The students of CSUSB want to part of CSUSB? The station is How prepared are they for a it's over!" The Special Events physical education. It is offered at know more about the radio station. currently located in the change? Is the equipment old and Coordinator for the Office of Pepperdine University and In the last issue it was said that the Performing Arts building but outdated? It's taken awhile, but the Graduate Studies had overseen the CSUSB, but she said she was "just radio station doesn't have a license since the referendum was passed station obtained $60,000 in new largest fair held at CSUSB yet. looking." so they can't broadcast to far away fast school year for the Student equipment thanks to the College of Representatives from over 60 Dr. Mo Bahk, Assistant ranges but it can be heard here on Union expansion, renovation, and Arts and Letters. institutions of higher learning Professor of Communication, said campus. construction. Coyote Radio is The equipment consists of state- . arrived here on Halloween, Oct. 31, several students expressed interest The Coyote Radio has the currently negotiating on of-the-art computers and software to hand out bright brochures and in' the Integrated Marketing ability to be heard throughout the upgrading to a bigger location to run the station's daily operations. answer the non-stop questions from Communication degree that Student Union, including in the within the Student Union. Two students are busy the juniors and seniors attending. CSUSB has developed. Fireside Lounge and the Event ' The staff at Coyote Radio downloading hundreds of CD's in They might not have had the Law schools and business Center through underground Hnes believes that it is important for the preparation for the new system and answer to Question Number One, schools predominated such as that are hooked up to a speaker station to be seen and heard, so our demands.