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Vol. XLV, No. 17 THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT VOICE Monday, March 21, 2011 OFCoyote CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN BERNARDINO FOR 44 YEARS Chronicle Students sound off on UCLA Asian rant By HECTOR GAMA Asian students, accusing them of being Staff Writer much too dependent on their parents, who would pack up her neighborhood every One YouTube rant has left a student weekend in order to cook, clean, and shop at UCLA wishing she had a time machine. for their children. Alexandra Wallace, a junior political “You will always see old Asian science major at UCLA, posted a video on people running around this apartment YouTube expressing her discontent with complex every weekend,” Wallace said. Asian students who, as she explained, “That’s what they do, they don’t teach would interrupt her studying in the school their kids to fend for themselves.” library with constant phone calls to their University offi cials are evaluating hometowns. whether there have been any violations Wallace especially targeted Japanese of the student code of conduct and what students who, as of late, had been calling sanctions, if any, are appropriate. relatives in Japan to make sure they had The video could turn out to have seri- lived through the tsunami that hit, and ous consequences on Wallace’s scholastic devastated the country. career at UCLA. “In America, we do not talk on our UCLA chancellor Gene Block said cell phones in the library,” Wallace says he was “appalled by the thoughtless and in the video. “I feel bad for all people af- hurtful comments” and that the video fected by the tsunami, but if you’re going “does not represent the views of our to go call your address book, you might as UCLA community,” according to abclo- well go outside.” cal.go.com. In addition, she proceeded to attack Continued on Pg. 4 People push for iodide pills US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Alexander Tidd |Wikimedia Commons Many citizens on the west coast are looking to the pills to Aerial view of the destruction that Wayuka, Japan sustained after the 9.0 earthquake and tsunami ravaged the country. combat nuclear fallout should any reactors in Japan explode By LINDSEY MARTINOVICH If the reactors explode, it is plausible Coyotes react to Japanese crisis Staff Writer for a radioactive cloud to fl oat all the way to the coast of California from Japan. People in California are rushing to By OMAR GUZMAN Although this situation is plausible, it is purchase iodide pills as they watch Ja- Staff Writer highly unlikely. pan’s nuclear disaster unfold. The iodide pills, which are actually fter a magnitude 9.0 earth- “Students that are currently in Japan The March 11 9.0 earthquake dam- potassium iodide, can counteract a ra- quake which triggered a through an exchange or study abroad pro- aged the Japanese power plant, causing dioactive isotope that the Japanese reac- devastating tsunami that gram need to come back” said Paul Amaya, explosions, malfunction, and radiation tors can possibly release; but NBC’s Dr. hit Japan on March 11, director of the CSUSB center for interna- leaks. The scare is centered around Ja- A Nancy Snyderman said the pills are only increasing concerns of Japan’s breakdown tional studies and programs. “We had to pan’s Fukushima nuclear reactor where meant for people going into harm’s way. of nuclear power plants has many worried see whether the Japanese students here and radiation levels have risen. Continued on Pg. 4 and looking to see what will happen next their families were okay, and gave them and how the situation will be handled. support if necessary.” “The prime minister called it Japan’s “As strange as it seems, the incident worst crisis since World War II,” said Mar- highlights the values of Japanese culture, tin Fackler, writer for The New York Times, because it is interesting to see how civil “The disaster has left more than 10,000 Japanese individuals are behaving, and it people dead, many thousands homeless is impressive considering how orderly they and millions without water, power, heat or are during this devastating time,” Amaya transportation,” he added. continued. According to Wallace Witkowski from For CSUSB exchange students from The Wall Street Journal, “The area with the Japan, Akemi Shotoko and Miki Kanemori highest confi rmed death toll remains Ja- the news was especially shocking. pan’s Miyagi prefecture, with 3,158 dead.” Speaking with the students through a With so many eyes now focused on translator from the College for Extended Japan, CSUSB students and faculty also Learning Yasuda Homestay Consultant wonder how this news has affected the Eriko Harris, Kanemori said, “It was so exchange programs and the students in- unrealistic and it was frightening for my volved, and if there is anything they can do family.” Michael Chen | Flickr Creative Commons to help. Continued on Pg. 4 Japan’s nuclear crisis has caused the surge in demand for Iodide pills known to counter effects from radiation exposure. Coyotes gear CSUSB professor gets High The Chronicle’s Local hip-hop festival returns Hispanic Honor See Page 3 up for Tom’s debate on to San Bernardino See Page 10 Day Without Ways to spice up your campus smoking policy March Madness is back! Shoes See Page 7 spring break plans See Page 8 See Page 5 See Page 13 Chronicle Page 2 News Monday, March 21, 2011 Minority students to get funds for geographical science By ANGEL BELTRAN degree by using technology to, hopefully, don’t qualify to receive the stipends, we The 18 students will also help build Staff Writer make it more interesting,” said Wither- will make it possible,” said Hannah. the 3-D exhibit of the Santa Ana watershed spoon. According to the WRI, the Santa Ana which will be featured in the College of A $527,000 grant to the CSUSB Water The application states that the federal watershed, which provides water to lo- Natural Sciences Museum in September. Resource Institute (WRI) is helping fund a government defi nes “underrepresented” as cal homes, runs from the San Bernardino As stated in the application form, the new program aimed to raise the retention a person of African, Indian, Alaskan Na- Mountains and discharges into the ocean exhibit will “serve as a centerpiece for and graduation percentage of underrepre- tive, Black, Hispanic, or Pacifi c Islander at Huntington Beach. It is approximately using geospatial learning, reasoning and sented students on campus. origin. However, any students who are in- 2,800 square miles and home to 4.8 mil- mastery of [GIS] as means to increase aca- The program, tentatively titled as the terested in the program are encouraged to lion people. demic success.” GIS Training and Mentorship Program, is apply, but will not be eligible to receive a using new technology to engage underrep- stipend. resented students with hands-on training Witherspoon said eight students would that will help them further their education be chosen to receive a $2,000 advanced sti- and quite possibly their careers. pend. “GIS, which stands for geographic These students will also be trained in information system, is like Google maps. the basics of GIS and work with the system Plus [it] allows you to see different levels to help create the layers which will be pro- and layers of the geography of a region. jected onto a 6-by-4 foot physical terrain For example, it can show erosion potential model of the Santa Ana watershed. and it can be used for census and see demo- “Knowing the basics of GIS can help graphics, as well as hazards like earthquake students excel in their careers. For ex- faults and landslide potential,” said Boykin ample, if one student applies to a job and Witherspoon, program manager and Geo- knows the system and another student ap- spatial Research Manager of the WRI. plies for a job and doesn’t know the sys- The Minority Science and Engineer- tem, the one that knows will get the job,” ing Improvement Program Grant which said Witherspoon. was awarded by the U.S. Department of Additionally, 18 students will be given Education (USDE), provided the funds for a $300 stipend and will go through a 25- the program to help underrepresented stu- hour basic core instruction. dents enrolled in science, technology, en- “Our goal is to get them to go to the gineering and math (collectively known as advance level,” added Gigi Hannah, asso- STEM). ciate director of the WRI. “Our goal is to increase retention and “Anyone can apply. Funds are limited make it capable for students to fi nish their to underrepresented students but if students Coyote Chronicle Editor in Chief Richard Bowie Managing Editor Eric Brown News Editor MaryRone Shell Asst. News Editor Orlandria Brazier Features Editor Diana Cansino Asst. Features Editor Isabel Tejada Arts and Entertainment Editor Justin Udenze Asst. Arts and Entertainment Editor Jennifer Baugh Courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Opinions Editor Louis Penna The Geographic Information System (GIS) allows scientists to gather detailed information about various land formations.