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COYOTECHRONICLE.NET THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT VOICE OF CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN BERNARDINO SINCE 1965 MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013 INNSIDESIDE TTHISHIS IISSUESSUE...... CCoyoteoyote Chronicle Chaz Bono takes Yotes on a journey Students think hip-hop lyrics take it Students get tangled over Hair- CVol. XLVI, No. 23 C from a woman to man ... Pg. 7 too far ... Pg. 5 spray: opens May 30 ... Pg. 11 IIt’st’s fi nnallyally openopen See story on Pg. 16 Students dig deep to walk for attendees. Drunk Students face reality While graduation fees are not new to students, some are feeling of paying more fees especially weary of these charges drivers if planning to walk at in that most have experienced tuition increases every year they graduation ceremony have been in college. beware Soon-to-be graduate, Said By AIMEE VILLALPANDO Gonzalez expressed his thoughts A proposal to lower the blood Staff Writer and feelings, “I believe many stu- dents were excited to attend grad alcohol level in consideration Fifteen of the 23 CSU cam- days, but many did not know that pus graduates face costly fees the costs would be high.” By KELSEY WAGNER to receive their diploma and/or He added, “I walked in all Staff Writer participate in commencement, re- excited and walked out feeling ports the Oakland Tribune. confused as to why our graduates The National Transpor- According to ABC News, are having to pay for so much.” tation Safety Board (NTSB) more than a dozen California Students from across Cali- recently voted unanimously state universities have raised di- fornia are resentful that they not to recommend that the Blood ploma prices and the amount of only had to pay to get into the uni- Alcohol Content (BAC) level fees in the past few years. versity, but have to pay to get out should drop from 0.08 to 0.05. While CSUSB requires a as well. A report in the Los Ange- non-refundable $35 fee to be “On top of trying to pay for les Times said the board blames submitted with the application books, a parking pass, and all nearly 10,000 deaths a year on to participate in commencement, other expenses, I feel like the drunk driving and claims the Cal State East Bay charges its stu- least we should be given is a paid new standard could save up to dents $45. graduation,” said Gonzalez. 800 lives a year. San Francisco State’s gradu- CSUSB administrators com- “On average, every hour ation fee was $40 two years ago mented on the issue as well. one person is killed and 20 but now charges its students Analyst Judy Heiman, who Aimee Villalpando | Chronicle Photo more are injured,” said Debo- $100, not including $45 tickets Continued on Pg. 3 CSUSB students scrap for money as graduation commencement ceremonies quickly approach. Continued on Pg. 2 Chronicle Page 2 News Monday, May 20, 2013 proposes new ssubscriptionubscription ffeesees By CALEB GASTEIGER “Every channel has a 14-day free trial, Staff Writer and many offer discounted yearly rates. For example, Sesame Street will be offering YouTube plans to charge a fee for cer- full episodes on their paid channel when tain videos and channels even though the it launches. And UFC fans can see classic plan comes under fi re from many of its us- fi ghts, like a full version of their fi rst event Public protests Abercrombie and Fitch after a controversial video goes viral about CEO Jeffries revealing true intentions. ers. from UFC’s new channel,” YouTube said. A fee of $0.99 cents or more could be Gabriel Palacios, a CSUSB junior and charged for viewing certain channels that frequent YouTube user, shares Muhtaseb’s would incorporate TV shows and fi lms, feelings but for a different reason. “I think Abercrombie and Fitch under fi re along with only-for-YouTube series and it’s dumb. I mean we are going to fi nd our events, according to a YouTube spokes- way around it anyways,” Palacios said. person to Mobileenter- “We will fi nd a way to Video of CEO claiming to market to exclusive audience of kids tainment. watch what we [...] want “It’s a bad move “We’re launching for free because that’s in 2006 resurfaces after public protests for larger sizes on their part,” said Dr. what YouTube was.” Ahlam Muhtaseb, a a pilot program that will For instance, people By KANDYCE HALL shoppers are plus sized, according to abc- professor at CSUSB offer paid channels with started moving to Google+ Staff Writer new.go.com. and social media ex- when Skype began charg- The company’s refusal to offer larger pert. subscription fees starting ing for video group video Clothing line Abercrombie and Fitch clothing sizes has created a backlash of on- “You create a cul- conferencing. “My fa- received heavy scrutiny May 13 after a line petitions on Facebook and Twitter that ture where people are at $0.99 per month.” vorite text-based applica- controversial interview with CEO Mike have urged people to stop shopping at A&F used to accessing free tion for my phone started Jeffries resurfaced in the media, claiming until it offers larger sizes. things and then when YouTube Representative charging to use it … so to market to an exclusive audience. Mother’s like Andrea Neusner took you change that, you my family and I switched “We go after the cool kids. We go af- action against Abercrombie and Fitch. are going to have problems,” she said. to another because there are so many other ter the attractive all-American kid with a Neusner and her three daughters emptied This decision does not bode well for options for free,” Muhtaseb said of chang- great attitude and a lot of friends. A lot of their closets of all A&F clothing and sent many users of the free website and it is ing from one platform to another. people don’t belong [in our clothes], and it to Jeffries along with a letter expressing showing up in the form of online petitions According to a YouTube spokesper- they can’t belong. Are we exclusionary? why she would not let her children wear against the change on change.org. son, this will only be an experiment to see Absolutely,” said Jeffries in his interview their clothing reported, abcnews.go.com. Signifi cant numbers of blogs protest how the logistics could work for the new in 2006, according to The Huffi ngton Post. According to the Los Angeles Times, even the thought of these fees. fees. Jeffries continued by saying, “That’s USC graduate Greg Karper started “Fitch “Starting today, we’re launching a pi- YouTube’s hope is to bolster better why we hire good-looking people in our The Homeless,” a YouTube video that lot program for a small group of partners relations between their site and many TV stores. Because good-looking people at- shows Karper collecting Abercrombie and that will offer paid channels on YouTube networks and movie producers in Holly- tract other good-looking people, and we Fitch clothing from Goodwill stores and with subscription fees starting at $0.99 wood. want to market to cool, good-looking peo- distributing them to the homeless on Los per month,” YouTube said in a statement It is projected that YouTube will make ple. We don’t market to anyone other than Angeles’ skid row, in an attempt to affect on Monday published by Mobileentertain- between 45-55 percent of the generated that.” the brands image. Karper has asked other ment. revenue according to the Dailymail. In recent weeks, the general public has people to join the campaign and share their protested against the company’s mission experiences on social media using the hash and spoke out against Abercrombie and tag #FitchtheHomeless. Fitch’s failure to accommodate a larger au- Students on campus shared their views dience. on size options offered by the company. On May 13, a group of teenagers “I tried on shorts in Abercrombie be- caused a media frenzy after protesting out- fore but I didn’t buy them because they fi t side of a Chicago store for social equality like underwear,” said student Vivian Ag- for all body types. boba. “I want to wear short’s not briefs.” Megan Glavin, a 16-year-old protes- “In high school I would see my friends tant at the Chicago store, said, “I think the buying clothing form A&F and I would greater point that I’m protesting for is, in never fi nd anything in the store that would general, no one should be defi ned by their fi t me, so I never shopped there,” said stu- size or how they look or how many friends dent Marlene Noriega. they have in high school,” reported wtvm. Other students stated why they choose com. not to shop there. “It’s just not the image I Abercrombie and Fitch offers fi tting want to be associated with,” said student ranges from extra-small to large in tops, Kelsey Ali. and 00 to 10 in bottoms. The average wom- Abercrombie and Fitch have chosen an wears a size 14 and 67 percent U.S. of not to comment. NTSB proposes to crack down on drunk drivers Continued from Pg. 1 nardino County. Student Blanca Garcia believes the rah A.P. Hersman NTSB Chairman. law will make drinkers more aware of Currently, the United Kingdom, Ire- how much they are drinking. land, Zimbabwe, Canada and the United “I think it is a good thing. It will scare States are the few countries that have the people about drunk driving,” said Garcia.