Issue 7 Fall 2005

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JADED 1 INSIDE THIS ISSUE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PENDING By Eva Meszaros 8 The money and politics behind our inadequate ﬁrst responders.

BEHIND THE OIL DILEMMA By Jee Soo Kim 10 Figuring out the future of our oil problem.

THE HONG TAN BUI CASE 12 By Trinh Luu What are they not telling us?

THE MILITARIZATION OF AMERICAN SCHOOLS 14 By Kevin Li and Trinh Luu Military recruiters use popular culture to target vunerable teens for the war in Iraq.

WHERE ARE THE STUDENTS? By Jared Hall 16 Why are there less students protesting the war in Iraq than in Vietnam?

PROPOSITIONS GALORE 18 By Diana Jou This election is very important, but before you head to the voting booth, check out Jaded’s endorsements.

DISAPPEARED IN AMERICA, DISCOVERED AT UCI 22 By Grace Hsiang Art exhibit at UCI explores what it means to be silenced after 9/11.

4 HODGE PODGE

5 FEAR OF THE OTHER

6 XENOPHOBIA

7 IRAQ FACT SHEET

20 TEACH FOR AMERICA

21 NOT THE TYPICAL ASIAN AMERICAN OBITUARY

24 REVIEWS

WELCOME MISSION STATEMENT WORKER BEES 26 SO HOT RIGHT NOW PLAYLIST

Americans are afraid of the wrong things. Jaded is an alternative media magazine meant to encourage Editor in Chief Staff 27 A MOSTLY STEREOTYPICAL PLACE THAT I’LL NEVER political, cultural, and social discourse among UCI students. We Diana Jou Davis Fetter VISIT AGAIN Our administration employs the politics of fear to take advantage celebrate and support the Asian Pacific Islander community by Grace Hsiang of the legitimate concerns of citizens. We are told to be afraid for retelling the past, engaging the present, and creating a vision for Creative Director Jee Soo Kim 31 CALENDAR our security when the Technicolor alert is elevated from tangerine the future. We hope to build connections and bridge gaps between Chris Dea Jessica C. Lee orange to salmon pink. However, our real security problem lies different people on and off campus. The goal of the publication Kevin Li in the inability of our national emergency response system to is not only to provide a space where students can voice different Executive Editor Trinh Luu Visit our website for exclusive materials and updates. help Americans in catastrophic events. The fear of terrorism opinions and artistic expressions, but also as a form of community Julianne Ong Hing Eva Meszaros is reframed to target illegal immigrants from Latin America, activism through education and awareness. Despite the fact that Eileen Rosete www.jadedmag.org while the government sends more secret agents to track Fidel we are misrepresented, our images misconstrued, and our culture Entertainment Editor Castro than Osama Bin Ladin. Our fears are exploited to justify misunderstood we are not jaded in spirit. This is what we are doing Kayleigh Shaw Graphics Questions? Comments? Criticisms? unchecked powers and invasion of nations. Issue seven of Jaded about it. Jamora Crawford Send them all to [email protected]. discusses the scary tactics of military recruitment in our schools, External Affairs Albert Ok the profit motives of petition collectors, the antagonism of civilian Annie Ly Jeff Tang Published with support from the Center for American Progress / border patrollers, the fear of the “other” in suburbia, the lack of COVERS Rosanna Huang Campus Progress online at campusprogress.org. accountability in police brutality cases, and our future with the oil dilemma. Now, that’s some real scary shit. Front and back covers by Albert Ok -Diana Jou Inside cover by Jamora Crawford DISCLAIMER The ideas and opinions of the articles do not necessarily reflect those of the entire Jaded staff or the University of California, Irvine.

JADED 2 JADED 3 INSIDE THIS ISSUE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PENDING By Eva Meszaros 8 The money and politics behind our inadequate ﬁrst responders.

BEHIND THE OIL DILEMMA By Jee Soo Kim 10 Figuring out the future of our oil problem.

THE HONG TAN BUI CASE 12 By Trinh Luu What are they not telling us?

THE MILITARIZATION OF AMERICAN SCHOOLS 14 By Kevin Li and Trinh Luu Military recruiters use popular culture to target vunerable teens for the war in Iraq.

WHERE ARE THE STUDENTS? By Jared Hall 16 Why are there less students protesting the war in Iraq than in Vietnam?

PROPOSITIONS GALORE 18 By Diana Jou This election is very important, but before you head to the voting booth, check out Jaded’s endorsements.

DISAPPEARED IN AMERICA, DISCOVERED AT UCI 22 By Grace Hsiang Art exhibit at UCI explores what it means to be silenced after 9/11.

4 HODGE PODGE

5 FEAR OF THE OTHER

6 XENOPHOBIA

7 IRAQ FACT SHEET

20 TEACH FOR AMERICA

21 NOT THE TYPICAL ASIAN AMERICAN OBITUARY

24 REVIEWS

WELCOME MISSION STATEMENT WORKER BEES 26 SO HOT RIGHT NOW PLAYLIST

JADED 2 JADED 3 frankandfrank by Chris Applehans

TEXT BY JULIANNE ONG HING New Chancellor Ralph Cicerone stepped down as UCI’s chancellor following his induction into the National Academy of Sciences in May of 2005. The vacancy was ﬁ lled by Dr. Michael Drake, a physician, scholar, and longtime member of the University of California community. UCI students got a chance to meet Dr. Drake on October 1, 2005 when he addressed the 200 participants of the All-University Leadership Conference in Palm Springs. In his speech he expressed his personal commitment to ensuring diversity in both our student body and faculty. Chancellor Drake quickly earned the approval of students with his perceptive, sincere and enthusiastic demeanor.

Aramark Aramark recently signed a contract with UCI which goes into effect this year and gives the national food service company a complete monopoly over all food outlets on campus, from Cornerstone Café and the Phoenix Grille to all on-campus housing dining halls and the Student Center. Aramark has a reputation for unfair labor practices; the fi ercely anti-union company pays food service workers inadequate wages with no medical benefi ts. At the October 1-2, 2005 All-Universi- ty Leadership Conference, the administration defended the Univer- sity’s decision to allow Aramark to come to UCI by underscoring the $2 million Aramark offered to pay upfront for the kitchen facilities in the new Student Center. Vice Chancellor Gomez also said that other independent companies lacked Aramark’s fi nancial stability, thus making it the most convenient and reliable option. Gomez did not address Aramark’s treatment of its workers in his explanation.

Image by Albert Ok Image by New Rules Regarding Free Speech Area Club offi cers were informed of new rules governing the use of outdoor space and campus grounds at orientations presented by the FEAR OF Dean of Students on October 12 and 14, 2005. According to Director of Campus Organizations and Community Service Marti Barmore, THE OTHER amplifi ed sound for outdoor events will be limited to one hour per day “Walls can provide a refuge from from noon to 1pm. While Barmore suggested that minor exceptions could be made, the new rule forbidding the use of bullhorns at all people who are deviant or unusual times was non-negotiable. The new rules were supposedly instituted and perceived as dangerous, but the to appease professors who complained that their classes were being borders require patrolling to be sure disrupted by on-campus protests and rallies in recent years. q that no one gets in. The resulting vigilance necessary to maintain these “purifi ed communities” actually heightens residents’ anxiety and sense of isolation rather than making them feel safer.” -from Behind the Gates by Setha Low Image by Chris Dea Image by

JADED 4 JADED 5 frankandfrank by Chris Applehans

JADED 4 JADED 5 THE IRAQ FACT SHEET from the Institute for Policy Studies U.S. soldiers in Iraq: 138,000 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq: 1,996 U.S. soldiers wounded in combat since the war began: 14,120 Number of “Coalition of the Willing” soldiers in Iraq: 23,000 Number of Private Military Contractors in Iraq: 20,000-25,000 Percentage of reserve troops who earn lower salaries while on deployment: 30-40% The bill so far: $204.4 billion Estimated cost of war to date to every U.S. citizen: $727 Average monthly cost of the Vietnam War, adjusted for inﬂ ation: $5.1 billion Average monthly cost of the Iraq War: $5.6 billion Amount that military contractor Halliburton has been awarded in contracts: $10 billion

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Anti-immigration protesters ﬂy Nazi and Confederate ﬂags across the street from a day labor center in Laguna Beach last August.

JADEDJADED 66 Image by Chris Dea JADED 7 THE IRAQ FACT SHEET from the Institute for Policy Studies U.S. soldiers in Iraq: 138,000 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq: 1,996 U.S. soldiers wounded in combat since the war began: 14,120 Number of “Coalition of the Willing” soldiers in Iraq: 23,000 Number of Private Military Contractors in Iraq: 20,000-25,000 Percentage of reserve troops who earn lower salaries while on deployment: 30-40% The bill so far: $204.4 billion Estimated cost of war to date to every U.S. citizen: $727 Average monthly cost of the Vietnam War, adjusted for inﬂ ation: $5.1 billion Average monthly cost of the Iraq War: $5.6 billion Amount that military contractor Halliburton has been awarded in contracts: $10 billion

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Anti-immigration protesters ﬂy Nazi and Confederate ﬂags across the street from a day labor center in Laguna Beach last August.

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unny California—music, film, and travel brochures alike pay report on the progress of the First Response System and emergency million only days after the fire’s outbreak. Most costs are covered by homage to its beauty. It’s depicted as an escape from the rest responders since the implementation of post-9/11 efforts. The Inde- federal and state grants. Needless to say, preparedness is weakened of America’s troubles, and you can check out anytime you like, pendent Task Force, a team of Nobel laureates, public officials, and by budget cuts like those that the CDF experienced before the 2003 DISASTER Sbut you can never leave. experts researched and prepared the comprehensive report. It wastes fires. It’s the state of endless sandy beaches and frequent earthquakes. no time in its critique, opening with the point-blank title: “Drastically REPAREDNESS P Rows of towering palm trees sway a stone’s throw from unpredictable Underfunded, Dangerously Unprepared.” The National Response floods and fires. With a heightened risk of terrorism and outrageous While the report responded primarily to terrorism, funding and Since the analysis on emergency responders, the DHS released natural fires and floods, California treads on unstable ground as the procedures related to natural disasters and other emergencies were The National Response Plan (NRP) in December of 2004. The docu- PENDING American government falters on disaster preparedness. also discussed. The Task Force declared that emergency respond- ment sorts and reviews a collection of four years of facts, statistics, In a post-9/11, post-Katrina juncture, the federal government’s per- ers were not sufficiently prepared for basic emergencies, let alone and proposals. The hodgepodge of documents introduces a detailed THE MONEY AND POLITICS formance amidst national disasters hardly reinforces trust in America’s catastrophic disasters. They determined that the level of standards, plan of action to handle any threat or incident. In the preface Secretary security. Where does California fit into this picture? As part of a nation appropriation of funds, and communication efforts were of foremost of DHS Tom Ridge deems the approach of the NRP “unique and far- BEHIND THE NATIONAL struggling to prove its preparedness for innumerable threats, Califor- concern. The report declared that the emergency response budget reaching.” He adds that it will result in “vastly improved coordination … FIRST RESPONDERS nians are forced to consider an extensive list of possible (un)natural fell $98.4 billion short of adequate funding for disaster preparedness. to help save lives and protect America’s communities by increasing the disasters and the subsequent, equally unpredictable response the state Funding failed to provide even enough radios and protective gear for speed, effectiveness, and efficiency of incident management.” would receive from the federal government. an entire shift of firefighters or police officers in any given station—a The devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina derisively writes off disturbing fact, disasters aside. the assertions made by the DHS in the report. Americans are finding The National Question “Establishing national standards that define levels of prepared- it an increasing challenge to put their faith in the government’s efforts, With fears concentrated more toward the government’s effectiveness is a critical first step toward determining the nature and extent even when changes appear to be implemented. The 100-plus-page ness in responding to disasters than the disasters themselves Ameri- of additional requirements and the human and financial resources document lists tactics, facilities, organizations, and reorganizations cans are compelled to ask: What is happening to our nation and what is needed to fulfill them,” the report states. that confidently address past mistakes and future plans. Unfortunately, the government doing about it? Southern California’s “Fire Siege of 2003” put things into in retrospect, the credibility of DHS falls short from page one. TEXT BY EVA MESZAROS The passing of the Homeland Security Act in November of 2002 perspective. Deemed the most devastating fire disaster in California On September 30, 2005 DHS announced the allocation of $30 planned to address concerns and dangers related to terrorism and state history, it drastically illustrated the need for on-hand emergency million toward Competitive Training Grants, striving toward a new level possible terrorist attacks in the US. Within its first year the Department responders and resources. The lack of sufficient resources, emer- of national preparedness. Little surprise should stir when skepticism of Homeland Security (DHS) implemented policies to beef up security gency responders, and unreliability of communication transpired as the runs high this time around. domestically and internationally to detain drug smugglers, illegal im- biggest setbacks for the disaster’s relief. Earlier that year, budget cuts What can Californians anticipate in the event of a disaster? It all migrants, and terrorist suspects. of $52.5 million in funding toward California’s Department of Forestry comes down to the dangerously unpredictable conditions the state The Department intended to focus on reducing the nation’s vulner- and Fire Protection (CDF) brought forth a resident fee to offset the faces and the resources and support with which we are defended. The ability to natural disasters and other emergencies through emergency losses. Victims of the siege that destroyed thousands of homes and Task Force said it best: “The building blocks of increased capabilities responders and resource funding. Emergency responders, who include took hundreds of lives paid additional taxes for protection against fires can only be laid upon a solid foundation.” Plans and proposals for the police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical teams, prepare for in 2003. emergency response system continue to circulate among government large-scale attacks and disasters. Their very lives frequently depend on The so-recent-we-can-almost-smell-the-smoke Burbank and officials, reinforcing false hopes and security. But until the next disaster adequate resources and preparedness for such events. Topanga fires around LA County remind us of the reality of such strikes, results are pending. q incidents. Resources often wane in the struggle to contain the fires, The Challenge with outcomes depending on fluctuating climates like the infamous In June of 2003 the Council on Foreign Relations released a Santa Ana winds. Costs of the recent fires rose to approximately $14.4

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JADED 8 JADED 9 t is a common sight at gas stations: people drive up in their cars, envelops our entire city. The development of recent natural disasters push the necessary buttons, then sit back in quiet horror as they such as hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Stan can be traced back to global watch the price ticker climb ever higher. You can almost see the warming and the consequent temperature imbalance worldwide. BEHIND THE Iimages of clothes, shoes, and concert tickets dancing before their These environmental effects will only worsen if no greater measures eyes before floating off into the “fuel payment” abyss. There’s no deny- are undertaken to promote fuel efficiency and alternative energy ing it—we have an oil problem. resources. For those of you pooh-poohing the “green” perspective, these OIL DILEMMA Trouble in Paradise environmental effects can translate into expensive economic costs Proponents of the Peak Oil Theory maintain that the western such as healthcare expenses, rebuilding costs from climate damage FIGURING OUT THE FUTURE OF world only has so many years before our oil resources are completely such as acid rain, and expenditures for pollution control. depleted. According to the IEA (the International Energy Agency, of The oil problem is not limited to the exorbitant prices we see at OUR ENERGY PROBLEM which the United States is a member), oil production will peak in the gas stations. It infects our environment, our economy, and our very years 2008-2009. Gerard Ungernant and Audrey Brohy, directors of way of life. Problems in the oil industry translate into disruptions of the documentary The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror, predict people’s lives worldwide. At the current state of our dependency on TEXT BY JEE SOO KIM that oil reserves will be completely drained by 2010. If all the differ- the industry, oil depletion could mean a breakdown of the societal ent estimates of Peak Oil theorists are taken together, oil resources in infrastructure. the West could be depleted within the next 10 to 30 years. Although the consequences of an oil shortage would be felt more severely by Efforts Toward Sustainable Development the countries in the West, they are by no means limited to oil-depen- Economists and environmentalists alike have taken turns tackling dent countries. Economically, environmentally, and most importantly, the oil issue. The IEA recognizes the interdependence between the politically, the impact of depleting one of the world’s most valuable economic, environmental, and social spheres. In its book, Toward a resources would be felt worldwide. Sustainable Energy Future, the international agency argues for “sus- The high dependency of the United States on Middle Eastern tainable development”—development that lasts not just for us but also oil is undeniable. Ungernant and Brohy state that while the United for future generations—that would “improve the world’s energy supply States supposedly has only 3% of the world’s proven oil reserves, we and demand structure by increasing efficient fuel usage and develop- consume about 25% of the world’s daily production. America imports ing alternative energy sources.” approximately three-quarters of the oil it needs. Economic policies in the past have not been of much use be- This can prove an ominous prediction given the love-hate rela- cause of their shortsighted take on the environment situation. These tionship between the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries short-term “solutions” smack of Americans’ capitalistic greed and the (OPEC) and oil-importing countries. According to Slate.com, an online need for immediate gratification. In the end, after wading through tem- newsmagazine, OPEC members want to “keep prices high enough to porary solutions, we are right back where we started. ensure profits but low enough to deter the development of new fields.” Among their numerous solutions for energy efficiency, the IEA Oil-producing companies stand to gain more profit if they pump less suggests “direct funding for research and development, subsidies oil in order to make a profit. It is usually the oil-importing countries that or taxes, labeling programs and the branding of efficiently produced inevitably get jerked around by this tenuous economic balancing act. energy services in order to allow informed consumer choice.” Other Big Oil’s tactics in the United States, however, are not any less researchers largely concur on the important role of the government in heinous than those of oil exporters. Oil refineries, the middlemen be- encouraging the efficient use of fuel. tween oil exporters and oil consumers, have been known to engage in Voluntary agreements between oil industry corporations and price gouging and other tactics to gain profits from a market dependent economic incentives such as rebates for green policies would encour- on their products. age many companies to adopt more environmentally and economically Beyond the economic perspective, there have been strong sound practices. research results indicating the detrimental effects of oil dependency on Shifting the economy towards more fuel-efficient cars is another the environment. Among the major effects are the intensities and dura- option. Internationally, many governments have been phasing in poli- tion of natural disasters, air pollution, unpredictable climate change, cies that would increase passenger vehicle fuel economy standards. In and global warming. In France and many other European countries, the United States, the Corporate Average Fuel Economy aims to raise historical monuments are blackened by diesel smoke. Natives of Los new car model standards to 40 miles a gallon. Angeles have grown accustomed to that endearing brownish film that An increase in the federal gas tax is also a viable option, although because of opposition from both Democrats and Republicans, it is doubtful that any such measure will exist in the near future. If we could just ignore our knee-jerk response to the dreaded “t”-word, we would see that the extra revenues from taxes could be used to pay for things like better public transit and research into alternative energy. In Europe, taxes make up as much as 60% of gas prices. This has encouraged many people to turn to alternatives, choose and develop more efficient cars, and has funded a public transportation system that Americans can only dream about. (continued on page 30)

Photo by Chris Dea JADEDJADED 1010 JADEDJADED 11 11 t is a common sight at gas stations: people drive up in their cars, envelops our entire city. The development of recent natural disasters push the necessary buttons, then sit back in quiet horror as they such as hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Stan can be traced back to global watch the price ticker climb ever higher. You can almost see the warming and the consequent temperature imbalance worldwide. BEHIND THE Iimages of clothes, shoes, and concert tickets dancing before their These environmental effects will only worsen if no greater measures eyes before floating off into the “fuel payment” abyss. There’s no deny- are undertaken to promote fuel efficiency and alternative energy ing it—we have an oil problem. resources. For those of you pooh-poohing the “green” perspective, these OIL DILEMMA Trouble in Paradise environmental effects can translate into expensive economic costs Proponents of the Peak Oil Theory maintain that the western such as healthcare expenses, rebuilding costs from climate damage FIGURING OUT THE FUTURE OF world only has so many years before our oil resources are completely such as acid rain, and expenditures for pollution control. depleted. According to the IEA (the International Energy Agency, of The oil problem is not limited to the exorbitant prices we see at OUR ENERGY PROBLEM which the United States is a member), oil production will peak in the gas stations. It infects our environment, our economy, and our very years 2008-2009. Gerard Ungernant and Audrey Brohy, directors of way of life. Problems in the oil industry translate into disruptions of the documentary The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror, predict people’s lives worldwide. At the current state of our dependency on TEXT BY JEE SOO KIM that oil reserves will be completely drained by 2010. If all the differ- the industry, oil depletion could mean a breakdown of the societal ent estimates of Peak Oil theorists are taken together, oil resources in infrastructure. the West could be depleted within the next 10 to 30 years. Although the consequences of an oil shortage would be felt more severely by Efforts Toward Sustainable Development the countries in the West, they are by no means limited to oil-depen- Economists and environmentalists alike have taken turns tackling dent countries. Economically, environmentally, and most importantly, the oil issue. The IEA recognizes the interdependence between the politically, the impact of depleting one of the world’s most valuable economic, environmental, and social spheres. In its book, Toward a resources would be felt worldwide. Sustainable Energy Future, the international agency argues for “sus- The high dependency of the United States on Middle Eastern tainable development”—development that lasts not just for us but also oil is undeniable. Ungernant and Brohy state that while the United for future generations—that would “improve the world’s energy supply States supposedly has only 3% of the world’s proven oil reserves, we and demand structure by increasing efficient fuel usage and develop- consume about 25% of the world’s daily production. America imports ing alternative energy sources.” approximately three-quarters of the oil it needs. Economic policies in the past have not been of much use be- This can prove an ominous prediction given the love-hate rela- cause of their shortsighted take on the environment situation. These tionship between the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries short-term “solutions” smack of Americans’ capitalistic greed and the (OPEC) and oil-importing countries. According to Slate.com, an online need for immediate gratification. In the end, after wading through tem- newsmagazine, OPEC members want to “keep prices high enough to porary solutions, we are right back where we started. ensure profits but low enough to deter the development of new fields.” Among their numerous solutions for energy efficiency, the IEA Oil-producing companies stand to gain more profit if they pump less suggests “direct funding for research and development, subsidies oil in order to make a profit. It is usually the oil-importing countries that or taxes, labeling programs and the branding of efficiently produced inevitably get jerked around by this tenuous economic balancing act. energy services in order to allow informed consumer choice.” Other Big Oil’s tactics in the United States, however, are not any less researchers largely concur on the important role of the government in heinous than those of oil exporters. Oil refineries, the middlemen be- encouraging the efficient use of fuel. tween oil exporters and oil consumers, have been known to engage in Voluntary agreements between oil industry corporations and price gouging and other tactics to gain profits from a market dependent economic incentives such as rebates for green policies would encour- on their products. age many companies to adopt more environmentally and economically Beyond the economic perspective, there have been strong sound practices. research results indicating the detrimental effects of oil dependency on Shifting the economy towards more fuel-efficient cars is another the environment. Among the major effects are the intensities and dura- option. Internationally, many governments have been phasing in poli- tion of natural disasters, air pollution, unpredictable climate change, cies that would increase passenger vehicle fuel economy standards. In and global warming. In France and many other European countries, the United States, the Corporate Average Fuel Economy aims to raise historical monuments are blackened by diesel smoke. Natives of Los new car model standards to 40 miles a gallon. Angeles have grown accustomed to that endearing brownish film that An increase in the federal gas tax is also a viable option, although because of opposition from both Democrats and Republicans, it is doubtful that any such measure will exist in the near future. If we could just ignore our knee-jerk response to the dreaded “t”-word, we would see that the extra revenues from taxes could be used to pay for things like better public transit and research into alternative energy. In Europe, taxes make up as much as 60% of gas prices. This has encouraged many people to turn to alternatives, choose and develop more efficient cars, and has funded a public transportation system that Americans can only dream about. (continued on page 30)

Photo by Chris Dea JADEDJADED 1010 JADEDJADED 11 11 THE HOANG TAN BUI CASE: WHAT ARE THEY NOT TELLING US? TEXT BY TRINH LUU

pril 29, 1997, Rohnert Park Officer Jack Shields shot and An ensuing chase by multiple law enforcement agencies and maintained that Shinn “would never deliberately run over someone.” stated: “Officer Shinn reported that when he made a turn (from Monroe killed Kuanchung Kao-Kao’s karate pose was an “imminent their helicopters led Bui to enter Madison, a side street off of Newland. Rice has since insisted on remaining neutral until all investigations are St. onto Madison St.), he did apply the brake. According to CHP’s threat” to Shields and his colleague. May 21, 1999: LAPD According to eyewitness Tuan Nguyen, Bui stumbled out of his car and complete. investigation, when Shinn made the turn, he was traveling at a speed AOfficer Edward Larrigan shot and killed Margaret Mitchell, a limped near the sidewalk. Shinn’s patrol car, traveling at an approxi- Governed by the two objectives outlined above, the investiga- of 23-24 mph, when he hit Bui, the speed was 12 mph.” Finding this homeless African American woman suspected of stealing a shopping mate speed of 35-45 mph on Monroe St (as estimated by the eyewit- tions’ findings, disclosed by Capt. Mitch Waller in late July, claim that more than sufficient evidence, Waller continued: “I have investigated cart. February 15, 2002: Gonzalo Martinez’s weapon-a cigarette- ness) struck Bui, forced his body under the patrol car, and dragged “the shooting was justified because Bui was trying to veer his car into many car collisions; a car that hit a person always has remnants of justified 34 shots from Downey Police’s automatic machine gun. July him for an estimated five feet, along the street and up a curve. A palm Shinn.”(OC register, Aug. 9th) Waller elaborated: “Officer Shinn stated damages. I was present that night at the scene of the killing, Shinn’s 13, 2003: San Jose Officer Chad Marshall shot and killed Cau Bich tree prevented the car from advancing but Bui’s body was entirely that he saw Bui turned on his car and hurled forward as if intending to car had very little damages thus leading me to believe the CPH’s esti- Tran-the danger: Tran’s vegetable peeler. February 9, 2005: a minor wedged under Shinn’s car. Bui died at the scene. According to several run into him. Shinn said that he recalls grabbing his gun and firing, but mation of 12 mph.” Susan Kang Schoroeder, spokesperson for District car accident justified Westminster Officer Charles Shinn III’s shooting, individuals who observed the aftermath, Bui’s body was left pinned he cannot recall clearly if it was him who stepped aside (avoiding be- Attorney Tony Rackauckus, too stated: “He (Shinn) wouldn’t have ap- running over, and killing of Hoang Tan Bui. under the car from 10:30 p.m. till 5 a.m. the next morning; medical at- ing hit by Bui’s car) or if it was Bui who intentionally avoided Shinn.”* plied the brakes if he wanted to intentionally kill someone.” tention never came until hours after his death. Officer Shinn’s recollections, permeated with uncertainty and ambigu- While that conclusion alone raises many questions, the disregard News of police brutality has become nothing more than trite blips As news of Shinn’s aggression spread within the local commu- ity, are at best confusing and convoluted. From his testimony, one of the evidence gathered from Bui’s autopsy is more puzzling. As stat- presented in isolated fragments without a critical examination of the nity, city and county representatives rushed to assure the enraged would expect that professionals like District Attorney Tony Rackauckas ed in an independent autopsy report, Bui suffered from an innumerable commonalities among them. Elements of racial profiling; a wanton public that professional, independent, and objective investigations would not jump immediately to the conclusion that Bui attempted veer- list of bodily damages, ranging from a fractured skull to a fractured use of their weapons; the blithe indifference of the officers involved; would supposedly take place. Chief of Police Andrew E. Hall, Captain ing his vehicle at Shinn, therefore justifying the shooting. However, in sternum to numerous broken ribs, to internal bleeding and the lacera- and the continuous cooperation between city and county institutions Mitch Waller, Councilmember Andy Quach, and Mayor Margie Rice all an interview on Vietnamese radio station VNCR 106.3 FM, Rackauck- tion of internal organs that led to his immediate death. Whether or not knit a pattern of systematic police brutality that characterizes each of maintained that the investigations, conducted by the Orange County as not only maintained that Shinn’s gunshots were justified, but also a 12 mph collision could possibly have caused such severe injuries, the cases mentioned. Certainly, the Bui case is a precise match. In Sheriff Department, the California Highway Patrol, and the Westmin- stridently denigrated the victim’s character by calling him a “capital the investigators’ and politicians’ neglect of these factors is troubling. examining closely the politicians’ and institutions’ callous attempts at ster PD (all of which were present at the scene) and reviewed by the criminal.” Rackauckas stated: “When Bui turned the steering wheel, Interestingly, Waller based his understanding of the collision solely on rationalizing the unwarranted killing, we unravel their clear intent in Orange County District Attorney, would “uncover every fact and piece started his car and spurted in the direction of the officer-that was an the amount of damages visible on Shinn’s patrol car. demonizing the victim while vindicating the perpetrator. of evidence,” and would ensure that “officers are held accountable for assault on the officer. At that moment, according to law, Bui is a capital While investigative reports continue to be withheld from the The tragedy resulted from nothing more than a miniscule traffic their conduct.” criminal and is dangerous and the officer’s shooting does not violate public, the city has taken efforts to settle the matter with monetary accident at the intersection of Bolsa Ave. and Magnolia St. in West- Unfortunately, such public statements were empty promises the laws and he cannot be prosecuted.” Critics believe that this is a compensation-an amount recently raised from $300,000 to $1 million. minster. While driving, Bui inadvertently grazed the front right side of meant to placate angry citizens and extenuate the crime. The reports, blatant manipulation of Shinn’s words that places the blame on Bui in Seeking a more equitable settlement that acknoledges police wrong- another man’s vehicle. Coming from Newland (a street perpendicular which were supposed to settle any doubts of misconduct, still left order to exonerate Shinn. In addition to this posthumous character as- doing, the Bui family has refused this offer. As this case drags on, blips to that which Bui was traveling on) Westminster Police Officer Charles many questioning their impartiality and credibility. From the onset, sassination was Rauckauckas’s implicit charge of Bui’s involvement in of police brutality continue to surface: August 11, 2005: Dublin police Shinn III approached Bui’s car to inquire about the reported scratch; it appeared that the intent of the investigations were concentrated gang activity--a problem associated with Little Saigon, he maintained. shot and killed Kwang Tae Lee, a visitor from Korea, when responding Bui attempted to flee the scene. Shinn immediately drew his gun and in providing justifications for, first, Shinn’s shooting of an unarmed Similarly, the justification for Shinn using his patrol car as a to a report of domestic violence . . . Today, Police Officer . . . q fired two shots from behind Bui’s car-one severing Bui’s seatbelt, suspect, and second, Shinn’s control of his vehicle. This objective be- weapon was heavily based on tenuous, implausible, and unsubstanti- another puncturing the back of his left shoulder. Bui was unarmed. came evident when Mayor Rice, less than a month after the incident, ated conclusions. In his disclosure of the CHP’s findings, Capt. Waller

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he quagmire of this so-called “War spokesman for the Army essentially implies lies as we have seen earlier. This strategy not Military in our Schools (CAMS) and Com- on Terror,” which extends from the is that success of recruitment is based on a only has the immediate effect of helping the mittee Opposed to Militarism and the Draft occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan lack of other opportunities—the military has military reach their recruitment quotas, but is (COMD), some students and parents are Tto other Homeland Security projects, the most success with those who have no- also a highly motivated move to militarize the fighting against the military’s invasive recruit- has cost this nation nearly $200 billion and where else to go. However, the benefits and next generation. Television ads, interactive ment tactics. In Seattle, the PTSA of Garfield close to 2,000 American lives. In light of “choices” of a strong economy do not extend games, and glossy leaflets all glorify and ob- High School has carried on a persistent these facts and mounting public disillusion- to everyone, which is precisely why recruiters scure the military’s role as a killing machine. fight against military intrusion on campus ment, military recruitment has been dealt with are so drawn to low-income areas where stu- Some schools, parents, or even students and into the lives of students. Santa Monica a harsh blow, falling behind annual quotas by dents have few or no opportunities to attend may have succeeded in warding off oppor- High School, for example, kicked off their over 7,000 recruits. The shortfall in recruit- college. According to The Nation, only about tunistic recruiters, but we must also note the military recruiters by citing that the military ment has prompted the military to adopt a 8% of new recruits have one or more parents long-term ramifications of the military’s media practiced discrimination based on sexual more aggressive strategy in public schools in professional careers. Capitalizing on the campaigns. orientation—the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. focusing on gathering student data, exploit- economic struggle faced by students, recruit- Functioning in a more subtle and At Roosevelt High School, students organized ing the vulnerabilities of impressionable and ers like Lt. Col. Hilferty oftentimes promise invasive manner, the country’s 1500 plus protests against the military and passed out underprivileged youth, and sugarcoating the large bonuses or subsidized tuition. Unfortu- Junior ROTC programs have firmly set root. information on alternate career or educational benefits of a military career. nately, only an approximated 35% of enlistees The instructors quietly project themselves as paths for students who have either been ap- Although military recruiters’ access receive aid for college, compared to 70% of educators while functioning fully as recruiters. proached or may be approached by military to college student data has been guaran- civilians, as many do not qualify for the GI Bill The dual-role of the JROTC instructors, most recruiters. These mostly grassroots efforts teed by law since 1996, it was not until the because they do not possess a “critical skill.” of whom are retired servicemen, gives them stemming from the community and parents enforcement of an obscure section of the No If the military will not pay for college, then the as much as, if not more, access to students have been successful in countering the Child Left Behind Act that the disclosure of experience should be beneficial for civilian than regular Science or English teachers. Ac- military’s efforts. As mentioned in the begin- secondary school students’ private informa- occupations, right? Wrong. Stephen Barley, cording to The Nation, JROTC instructors are ning, military recruitment has fallen below tion became mandatory. Under the clause of a labor policy expert, noted that the aver- directed to get involved with school extracur- the quota, something that has not happened NCLB Act Section 9528, all elementary and age veterans would earn 11%-19% less than ricular activities and to get to know student for decades. Your younger siblings or other secondary schools receiving federal funds their civilian counterparts. We, then, can see leaders—to weave themselves fully into the family members are perhaps being exposed must provide the name, phone number, and the enormous discrepancy between what is school. Infiltration in junior high and high to the same tactic as described above. It is address of students to recruiters. Although touted by military recruiters as the benefits of schools has been so effective that about 45% our responsibility to inform those that may be parents have the right to “opt-out” of this data a military career and the grim reality of rarely of those recruited have signed up for service vulnerable to recruiters. q collection, many are not informed by school having those promises materialize. after attending JROTC programs. Some may administrators before private information is Money is not the only form of enticement contend that these students are fully capable If you want to get involved, please visit the handed over. Military recruiters must also be for students in high schools. The military, as of making decisions about their career and following websites: www.comdsd.org, given equal access to the student body and a sophisticated and well-funded marketing they do have the option to choose not to www.militaryfreeschools.org, and equal visibility on the campus as recruit- machine, has hijacked popular culture to participate in these programs, but the reality www.objector.org. ers from other agencies. This has various draw in potential recruits. This incorpora- is that many students often don’t have any implications, one of which is the inequity of tion of American popular culture lies in the say. Especially for schools in poverty-stricken exposure to recruitment between schools military’s portrayal of combat and warfare as neighborhoods where schools have fewer located in different socio-economic regions. masculine, athletic, adventurous, and cutting course options, a higher ratio of nonwhite stu- This inequity has tangible consequences in edge. To accomplish this, the Army, Navy, dents to white students, and fewer qualified what Arlene Inouye, a founder of the Coalition and Air Force all have exhibition vans that teachers, the JROTC programs fill the void. Against Military in our Schools (CAMS), re- travel across the country to various schools In addition, since the district and the military vealed in Dynamic Magazine: LA schools with and public places. The diminutive label of share the salary of the JROTC instructor, dis- a large population of students of color, mili- “vans” should not mislead us because these advantaged schools get the perceived benefit tary recruiters outnumber college counselors are gargantuan moving recruitment bases, of having an instructor for half the cost. Many 5 to 1. This is by no means an accident—it is featuring advanced video equipment, excit- students have involuntarily been placed in a conscious decision by the military to target ing rock walls, realistic weapon, tank, and JROTC classes instead of P.E. because the the poor and desperate. helicopter simulations along with attention school lacked P.E. teachers. Occurrences Lt. Col. Hilferty to the Associated Press, grabbing F-16 jet replicas, according to www. like these reveal that students are blatantly attributed shortcomings in military recruit- objector.org. By attracting young people, the deprived of their right to choose. ment to a “strong national economy” which recruiters, then, get to “sell” the military and But with the help of anti-school-mili- Photo by Chris Dea gives young people “other choices.” What the the purported benefits of being part of it, often tarization groups such as Coalition Against

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JADED 14 JADED 15 “While soccer moms and other Boomer generation activists lend WHERE ARE ALL legitimacy to the movement, they also highlight the degree to which students are so much less central in opposing the war in THE STUDENTS? Iraq than they were opposing the one in Vietnam.”

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on’t trust anybody over 30!” a Democratic Society (SDS) and countless frame their objections within it. Politically, the Mario Savio pronounced at other groups demanded social change while limits of debate have shrunk to conform to this Berkeley in 1964. His words remaining both independent of Soviet interfer- Urban Outfitters-ization of American culture. “Devoked the passionate, youth- ence and critical of trigger-happy Cold War “Revolution” is more a marketing phrase than ful nature of protest movements of the period. Democrats. By the time the antiwar move- a realistic goal, and now even George W. The motto would soon grow into a popular ment reached its zenith in 1968-72, young Bush can claim to be a “peace president.” reminder that the burden of dissent against people dominated mass rallies and assumed Even if the war in Iraq has a human racial injustice at home and the Vietnam War leading roles in the movement’s coordinating cost that is lower than that of Vietnam, the abroad was taken up most vigorously by the committees. Young people including Abbie social protest movements of that era set the country’s young people. Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden – even precedent for empowering individual citizens Though Savio passed away in 1996, John Kerry – were all leading anti-war voices. to directly and aggressively challenge their thousands of protestors who had saluted Today, while soccer moms and other government when it acts unjustly. We saw his motto in the ‘60s took to the streets once Boomer generation activists lend legitimacy to that precedent in action this weekend through again on September 24th, 2005 to demand the movement, they also highlight the degree the March and all the other direct actions that an end to the war in Iraq. The event was a to which students are so much less central took place. But that just brings us back to the joint march between United for Peace and in opposing the war in Iraq than they were original question: where are all the students? Justice (UFPJ) and the ANSWER Coalition, opposing the one in Vietnam. There are some Are they really so tuned out from all things the peace movement’s two largest umbrella easy clues as to why this might be. The lack political that even the antiwar movement is organizations. By differing accounts, the of a draft has made the war less urgent and just not sexy enough to join? march drew between 100,000 and 300,000 threatening. The body count, while fast ap- Times may be different, but one thing people, with thousands more attending soli- proaching 2,000 U.S. deaths, is thankfully not is surely constant. If you want something to darity marches in cities from Los Angeles to on course to exceed the staggering Vietnam happen, you have to organize it. There is Mentone, Alabama. total of over 58,000. Consumer culture has simply no equivalent mobilizing force today In Washington, D.C., many smaller but become even more pervasive. And political to the SDS. The Campus Antiwar Network significant events occurred in the days before culture ever more conservative. (CAN) claims to have had at least modest and after September 24th. UFPJ led over Yet, among these factors, only the draft successes in kicking military recruiters out of 700 activists into the halls of Congress to is truly particular to young people. The coinci- universities. But that’s hardly a widespread lobby Senators and Congressmen for an end dental dual absence of military conscription movement. The National Youth and Student to the war. Forty-one members of the War and a grassroots youth movement lends Peace Coalition (NYSPC) may be even more Resisters League shut down an entrance to weight to the critical words of black radical obscure than CAN, but its recent adoption the Pentagon on Monday. And nearly 370 activist Bayard Rustin, who predicted during by UFPJ may be a promising step toward people, including Cindy Sheehan and Princ- the late ‘60s, that “as soon as the Vietnam attaining the resources necessary to organize eton professor Cornell West, were arrested at War is over, and with it the threat of conscrip- student initiatives around the country. the White House on the same day. tion, the students will go quietly back to their Ending the war is going to require tap- This time around, however, the move- studies and from there to their comfortable ping the same kind of energy that provoked ment was marked not by youthful enthusiasm, middle class lives.” students like Mario Savio 40 years ago. But but by middle-aged nostalgia. The sea of gray So then, is that it? Are students inca- it won’t come out of nowhere. The huge hair at the March suggests not just the dedi- pable today of mobilizing against an unjust organizing vacuum needs to be filled by cation of the Boomer generation to peace and and immoral war because of their economic young people with the passion and dedication social justice, but also the failure of students position? It’s a tough charge to confront, but necessary to push an uphill fight. Rather than today to carry on that tradition. consumer culture undoubtedly plays a role in wait for the draft to come around, students About 40 years ago students like Savio warping young people’s perspectives. Today, need to reclaim our role as unified, passion- emerged as the most outspoken critics of individual identity and self-worth are gauged ate voices of dissent in the struggle against the war in Vietnam. From the 1962 Port by a culture of commodification and material- war and injustice. q Huron statement to the massive antiwar ism that differs drastically from the culture convergences on the National Mall and the of the ‘60s. Where our parents might have Visit Jared’s weblog at jaredhall.blogspot.com Pentagon, student groups powered the New expressed dissent in by rejecting consumer Photo by Chris Dea Left into a full-blown movement. Students for culture altogether, many young people now

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n the minds of many, Brown v. Board of Education ended segregation in public schools in the United States. But the reality is that plenty of schools in TEACH FOR our country still face segregation; educational opportunities for children are Istill determined by racial and socioeconomic factors. AMERICA We live in a country where the reading abilities of nine year olds in low-income areas are on average three grade levels below nine year olds in high-in- unday August 14, 2005 marked the passing of a very influential BUILDING THE come areas. Where fourth graders in low-income areas are on average three figure in the world of punk. At the age of 88, Esther Wong fell victim grade levels behind their higher income peers in math. Where children growing NOT THE to cancer and emphysema after spending over a decade promoting MOVEMENT TO up in these poverty-stricken areas are seven times less likely to graduate from numerous bands in the Los Angeles area. ELIMINATE college than children from wealthier areas. Educational disparities are greater TYPICAL ASIAN S Born and raised in Shanghai, Wong came to the United States in in our country than in any other industrialized nation, which is a shameful but a 1949 to escape the newly erected communist government and worked for EDUCATIONAL very real fact that American children are confronted with on a daily basis. Since AMERICAN a shipping company for two decades. She then proceeded to open her own such an immense achievement gap between the rich and the poor still exists, restaurant in 1970, Madame Wong’s, in Los Angeles’ Chinatown where she INEQUALITY there is a group of individuals who are working hard to tackle this issue in hopes OBITUARY originally hired Polynesian bands to help bring in customers, which they did of reducing educational inequality in our country. This powerful group is Teach not. So in a smart business move, Wong began booking various up-and-com- For America. ing new wave and punk bands in 1978. The shows proved so successful that Teach For America is a national corps that selectively recruits recent college TEXT BY EILEEN ROSETE TEXT BY ANNIE LY Wong opened her club Madame Wong’s West in Santa Monica within the graduates of all academic backgrounds to commit two years of teaching in the same year. nation’s toughest and most underprivileged public schools. Children in these While she has been dubbed the “godmother of punk” for helping jump- schools are not only faced with disadvantages in the classroom, but also with in- start the careers of such acclaimed bands as the Go-Gos, X, Oingo adequate housing, limited access to healthcare, and unique forces that can take Boingo, the Textones, the Plimsouls, Plane English, Police and the time and focus away from school. These are the challenges that corps member Motels, in her career she has simultaneously garnered the affectionate nick- have to face in order to help their students. In June of 2004, Mathematica Policy name “the dragon lady” for her strict proprietress ways. She was popularly Research published a study that found that “Teach For America corps members cited for having stopped a Ramones performance so that they could clean make 10% more progress in a year in math than is typically expected, while the graffiti they had left on the bathroom wall, limited viewing to the 21 and slightly exceeding the normal expectation for progress in reading.” In the short over and even went as far as to refuse to book any female bands because run, Teach For America corps members work tirelessly in classrooms all across they were supposedly always trouble. Wong was also said to have cruised our nation to ensure that their students gain the academic skills necessary to the audiences during shows in pursuit of weed-smoking guests, in addition to succeed in life. In the long run, Teach For America continues to build a force of banning any bands that had played for her rival, the Hong Kong Café. On the alumni leaders from education, public policy, and several other sectors to ensure other side, her supporters cite not only her providing of a venue but also her that all children have an equal chance in the classroom. payment plan which allowed groups to simply split the admission fee. Gary Teach For America began its grassroots effort to eliminate educational ineq- Valentine of the Know told the LA Times in 1979 that Wong’s was where they uity in 1990 with 500 corps members in six different sites. The founder, Wendy made the most money since they were paid by their popularity. Kopp, was angered by the educational inequalities facing children in low-income Despite the controversy of her “titles,” Wong’s contributions to the pro- areas, so she developed her idea of a national teaching corps in her senior motion of music in Los Angeles are undeniable and invaluable in the history thesis at Princeton University. Now Teach For America has 3,500 corps mem- of the genre. bers teaching in over 1,000 schools in 22 states across the country. They have Madame Wong’s closed in 1985 and Madame Wong’s West in 1991. directly impacted the lives of two million students and are committed to improving In her passing, Wong is survived by second husband Harry, son Frank, the lives of many more to ensure that our country lives up to its principle of equal daughter Braun, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. q opportunity for all. q

For more information about Teach For America visit www.teachforamerica.org

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For more information about Teach For America visit www.teachforamerica.org

JADED 20 JADED 21 DISAPPEARED “Art is often regarded as only aesthetic, something too abstract and too pretty to be politically empowering. That’s just not re- IN AMERICA: alistic. Perhaps the government didn’t consider art a threat, but DISCOVERED AT UCI TEXT BY GRACE HSIANG now the lens has shifted and art is under attack.”

eptember 11th, 2001 was a day Jeeyun Ha’s paper tree sheds real rose exhibit, VISIBLE director Naeem Mohaiamen government as a consequence. Feeling that nobody would ever forget. Four petals whose thin branches are actually explained that, “Art is often regarded as only intimidated and suppressed, some refused years later and millions of American excerpts from books such as Tram Nguyen’s aesthetic, something too abstract and too to volunteer again for fear of repeated Sflag pins later most of the U.S. is We Are All Suspects Now. A video trilogy si- pretty to be politically empowering. That’s investigation. The struggle of this group is a back to dealing with diversifying stock portfo- multaneously showing all three short films is just not realistic. Perhaps the government difficult one, for they are already at the bot- lios and getting Billy to soccer practice. And projected onto the walls, telling of a Pakistani didn’t consider art a threat, but now the tom of the social hierarchy, often do not have although the momentum of the war machine scientist who was falsely arrested, an exami- lens has shifted and art is under attack.” He some form of citizenship, and are thus easily is steadily fading as each improvised explo- nation of disappeared (a term used to refer continued on to an incident in which VISIBLE targeted due to their lack of political power. sive device is detonated in Iraq and the po- to the many arrests that go unnoticed) New participated at a collaboration show, where Since 9/11 we are constantly told to be tency of the image of the World Trade Center York city residents, and an Indian man’s trib- a non-VISISBLE member presented a fake fearful the “other” in order to fight terrorism towers falling has diminished from excessive ulations with airport security. However, the suitcase bomb as an exhibit piece. This led and protect our democracy. These fears viewing, the consequences of being a Muslim boldest display is a floating line composed the FBI to investigate the gallery and take materialize as discrimination and silence the in the U.S. have not. of six giant scrolls featuring the photographs down names of participants, which Mohaie- voice of Muslim Americans.This art exhibit VISIBLE, an arts collective composed of ghost prisoners, each with a unique story. men believes was merely a scare tactic used challenges that rhetoric of fear and offers a of artists, activists, and lawyers, questions Among these faces includes Chaplain James to enforce art censorship. voice for the people that are marginalized in and challenges how America has changed Yee, whose story was notorious in the public VISIBLE is effective primarily because the name of “democracy.” q since 9/11. It strives for objectives similar to media when he was accused of spying of its members, who do not come from the as prominent civil rights activists groups such at Guantanamo Bay. Consequently, Yee same backgrounds as those featured in the www.disappearedinamerica.org as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) faced 76 days of solitary confinement in a exhibit. Because its members legally reside and the Center for Constitutional Rights. maximum security prison only to be released in America and often have critical resources, Their latest project is an international instal- when the government dropped all charges they are able to voice their concerns without lation tour entitled Disappeared In America due to a lack of evidence. There is also fear of retribution. “The people most affected that reminds their audience of issues that American-born Tariq Abdel-Muhti, whose ac- by all this are also the most afraid to speak surfaced after 9/11 and which continue on to tivist father was denied medicine throughout up” Mohaiamen remarks. For example, this day. the duration of his detainment and later died the collective contacted 60 detainees and Disappeared in America’s primary intent after his release from complications which found that some had previously volunteered is to inspire and provoke discussion on what developed while incustody. for projects and were investigated by the national identity means today in an “Islamo- A superficial glance may bore the view- phobic” society. It brings attention to what er into thinking that this sort of subversive they call “ghost prisoners”, a group of mostly subject matter was exhausted by the mas- working class Middle Eastern detainees who sive media attention surrounding 9/11. One were taken from society without notice or questions whether or not these sort of proj- lawful prosecution. The exhibit speaks for vic- ects can even make a difference. After all, it’s tims that are unable to speak for themselves just art, right? In a lecture accompanying the because they are not U.S. citizens and lack the proper resources to fight unlawful arrests. Held at the UCI University Art Gallery, the exhibit addresses issues of identity, citizenship, and constitutional rights through five pieces, each in different mediums.

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JADED 22 JADED 23 DISAPPEARED “Art is often regarded as only aesthetic, something too abstract and too pretty to be politically empowering. That’s just not re- IN AMERICA: alistic. Perhaps the government didn’t consider art a threat, but DISCOVERED AT UCI TEXT BY GRACE HSIANG now the lens has shifted and art is under attack.”

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JADED 22 JADED 23 well, if it’s any consolation to us, Degrassi has Pedersen (vocals), AJ Mogis (bass), Mike the quality BBE imprint, this mixed compila- nothing on The OC. Please return our calls Sweeney (drums), and Aaron Druery (guitar), tion is an alluring excursion through a sweet soon. Criteria is solid proof that Omaha is some blend of sultry soul, honest hip-hop, electro- With Affection, kind of freakish breeding ground for new and infl uenced funk, and forward-thinking dance The United States of America important music. With unrelenting distortion rhythms. The mix has a superb selection of -Kayleigh Shaw and syncopated drum lines, When We Break lesser-known tracks from renowned artists gives you a new reason to dance around in such as Pete Rock, Nas, Roy Ayers, and your car. If you had Pedersen’s talent, you’d Patrice Rushen, while luminaries of progres- probably drop out of law school and make sive crosscutting genres like the Platinum music, too. Pied Pipers, Bugz in the Attic, and DJ Spinna -Maritess Santiago are also on here to open your ears and keep bodies movin’ (no parking on the dance fl oor). An undeniably infectious guitar/synth groove on Beanfi eld’s “Close To You (Remix)” REVIEWS Broken Social Scene segueing into the dubby broken-beat of LAL’s Self-Titled freedom fi ghter anthem, “Brown Eyed Warrior MUSICBOOKSMOVIES Dear Canada: Epilogue”, is the highlight of his set, and a BUT ITʼS USUALLY JUST MUSIC Hello there, mysterious neighbors to the must-hear if you ask me. File this disc under: [ ] north. This is America. Remember us? We Future Classics. haven’t hung out in ages! In your defense, -Dave Hu you’ve been pretty busy lately, right? You Wolf Parade guys have basically become the coolest place Apologies to the Queen Mary in North America at this point. Not that you The sophomore release of this quirky Ca- don’t deserve that title! You rightfully earned nadian quartet reminds us why we still buy it, you multi-talented and prolifi c noisemak- full-length albums, demonstrating solid pro- ers. You had that whole Montreal “year of The duction from start to fi nish. There’s no need Blockhead Arcade Fire” deal going on, the release of for song skipping on this album, as each track Downtown Science Vancouver’s The New Pornographers’ Twin fl ows smoothly into the next. The eccentric, We all know Blockhead as the renowned NYC Cinema (which everyone is completely ga-ga distorted Isaac Brock-esque vocals of Dan hip hop producer who has done impressive over), and let’s not forget the new Metric Boeckner and Spencer Krug force more than work for Aesop Rock and Cage. And for those release. Speaking of Emily Haines, didn’t she an initial listen. But they complement and of you who know the gut-busting, knee-slap- contribute her suave vocal musings to some- tackle the best of lyrical bitterness and disar- ping, Party Fun Action Committee, he is one thing else recently? Wait, am I thinking of the ray in tracks like “Dear Sons and Daughters of the two members. After Music by Cavelight new Broken Social Scene full length? Correct of Hungry Ghosts,” and the regret-driven bal- dropped last March, everyone was itching me if I’m wrong, oh humble nation, but isn’t lad “Dinner Bells,” which is fully worthy of sev- to hear what Blockhead would put out next. Ladytron Broken Social Scene one of the greatest col- en minutes of your time. With lyrics that chew Downtown Science, although on a whole Witching Hour lectives to make anthemic, beautiful, ethereal you up and spit you out (“Nobody knows you other level, is comparable. The album is Ladytron have been written off as just another music in recent world history? Come on, and nobody gives a damn”), Wolf Parade dedicated to his hometown Manhattan, where product of that fl ash-in-the-pan, dreadful 2003’s You Forgot It In People is probably fi nds the formula to draw in the masses like a we are taken on a fi fty-four minute journey electroclash movement, which is completely one of the most memorable albums in the last Hollywood romance that you secretly kind of through the atmospheric downtown streets unfair. They have snappy haircuts, they’re decade of independent music. Heck, even hope has a happy ending. But this is defi nitely getting a sample of everything from funk to Eastern European, and they wear all black, the uppity hipsters at Pitchfork Media, the not a Hollywood production. It’s just another downtempo to jazz and sweet melodic voices- but there’s much more depth to their music snarkiest of all the internet indie gods, dig fi ne, fi ne addition to the ever-growing list of -12 tracks in 12 delicious fl avors to satisfy than most critics will admit. Their third full- them. A lot. But honestly, this new album is Canadian musical accomplishments. all your needs. “The Art of Walking” stands length builds on the sound of their previous going to be really major, despite the fact that -Eva Meszaros out most with a funky disco fl air that almost two albums and comes off feeling more like a Broken Social Scene got lazy and named it makes you want to scream “Get on the good record made by humans instead of machines. after their band. Even Franz Ferdinand wised foot!” Also on this tour is a nostalgic stroll The album’s two singles alone should be up and decided that the whole “we can make with “Long Walk Home”, a playful adventure enough to demonstrate Ladytron’s success- albums without real titles and refer to them by in “Dough Nation” and the witty yet romantic ful transformation into compelling dance their cover art” concept died after Weezer’s “Serenade”. Point is, if you haven’t given it a music makers on Witching Hour. “Destroy ruined it with their “green” one. But we’ll let it listen yet, I suggest you do so. Everything You Touch” showcases all their slide, because, umm, Broken Social Scene -Sheena Chan fancy bells and whistles. It’s seamless and is incredibly fantastic. Okay Canada, we’re more polished than their previous cuts, which starting to get the feeling that you guys don’t sometimes sounded choppy and disjointed. even want to be seen with us anymore. Is Later in the record, “Sugar” promises to be that it? Have we lost our edge? Montreal, an underground dancefl oor hit, not simply be- Vancouver, Saskatoon: have they replaced cause it’s a not-so-subtle nod to Mary-Kate’s New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco? favorite meal. “If I get the sugar/will you get This is worse than the Britpop invasion, if me/something elusive/and temporary” could only because you guys just snuck in through Criteria be Kate Moss’ next campaign slogan. Plus the border, under our radar, and established When We Break it’s a kicking good tune. Ladytron’s lyrics add yourselves as the most impressive geograph- Most people who give up their pursuit of a law another layer to their rich electronic sound ic name in music right now. Broken Social degree don’t go on to do wonderful things. on Witching Hour. Whereas 604 seemed like Scene is heartbreakingly good. It just builds Don’t count Stephen Pedersen among that randomly-drawn phrases from a telephone and builds, then descends subtly, leaving the group of failures. In a not very anticipated (but book being read aloud over a succession rest of us in awe. “Windsurfi ng Nation” starts should have been) follow-up to their debut of beeps and boops, Witching Hour pro- up where “Almost Crimes” left off two years album En Garde, Pedersen’s band Criteria is DJ Language vides more of a narrative. But don’t expect ago, with its enigmatic lyrics and fast-paced back with even more masochistic yet original Real Music For Real People storytime with Ladytron. They’ve outgrown melody. When Haines sings, “Give me more metaphors than the mind can imagine. The Hailing from NYC, DJ Language has gained the tired electroclash label, but they’re still too of that beat,” we say, “Give us more of every- Photo by Jamora Crawford album is a product of former Cursive guitarist international recognition as a selector of stel- cool for school. And America. thing,” and then we get depressed because Pedersen and his mildew-infested base- lar club tunes, and is known as somewhat of -Kayleigh Shaw Canadian citizenship is really hard to get. Oh ment, but don’t let that dismay you. Between a tastemaker. With his fi rst offi cial release on

JADED 24 JADED 25 well, if it’s any consolation to us, Degrassi has Pedersen (vocals), AJ Mogis (bass), Mike the quality BBE imprint, this mixed compila- nothing on The OC. Please return our calls Sweeney (drums), and Aaron Druery (guitar), tion is an alluring excursion through a sweet soon. Criteria is solid proof that Omaha is some blend of sultry soul, honest hip-hop, electro- With Affection, kind of freakish breeding ground for new and infl uenced funk, and forward-thinking dance The United States of America important music. With unrelenting distortion rhythms. The mix has a superb selection of -Kayleigh Shaw and syncopated drum lines, When We Break lesser-known tracks from renowned artists gives you a new reason to dance around in such as Pete Rock, Nas, Roy Ayers, and your car. If you had Pedersen’s talent, you’d Patrice Rushen, while luminaries of progres- probably drop out of law school and make sive crosscutting genres like the Platinum music, too. Pied Pipers, Bugz in the Attic, and DJ Spinna -Maritess Santiago are also on here to open your ears and keep bodies movin’ (no parking on the dance fl oor). An undeniably infectious guitar/synth groove on Beanfi eld’s “Close To You (Remix)” REVIEWS Broken Social Scene segueing into the dubby broken-beat of LAL’s Self-Titled freedom fi ghter anthem, “Brown Eyed Warrior MUSICBOOKSMOVIES Dear Canada: Epilogue”, is the highlight of his set, and a BUT ITʼS USUALLY JUST MUSIC Hello there, mysterious neighbors to the must-hear if you ask me. File this disc under: [ ] north. This is America. Remember us? We Future Classics. haven’t hung out in ages! In your defense, -Dave Hu you’ve been pretty busy lately, right? You Wolf Parade guys have basically become the coolest place Apologies to the Queen Mary in North America at this point. Not that you The sophomore release of this quirky Ca- don’t deserve that title! You rightfully earned nadian quartet reminds us why we still buy it, you multi-talented and prolifi c noisemak- full-length albums, demonstrating solid pro- ers. You had that whole Montreal “year of The duction from start to fi nish. There’s no need Blockhead Arcade Fire” deal going on, the release of for song skipping on this album, as each track Downtown Science Vancouver’s The New Pornographers’ Twin fl ows smoothly into the next. The eccentric, We all know Blockhead as the renowned NYC Cinema (which everyone is completely ga-ga distorted Isaac Brock-esque vocals of Dan hip hop producer who has done impressive over), and let’s not forget the new Metric Boeckner and Spencer Krug force more than work for Aesop Rock and Cage. And for those release. Speaking of Emily Haines, didn’t she an initial listen. But they complement and of you who know the gut-busting, knee-slap- contribute her suave vocal musings to some- tackle the best of lyrical bitterness and disar- ping, Party Fun Action Committee, he is one thing else recently? Wait, am I thinking of the ray in tracks like “Dear Sons and Daughters of the two members. After Music by Cavelight new Broken Social Scene full length? Correct of Hungry Ghosts,” and the regret-driven bal- dropped last March, everyone was itching me if I’m wrong, oh humble nation, but isn’t lad “Dinner Bells,” which is fully worthy of sev- to hear what Blockhead would put out next. Ladytron Broken Social Scene one of the greatest col- en minutes of your time. With lyrics that chew Downtown Science, although on a whole Witching Hour lectives to make anthemic, beautiful, ethereal you up and spit you out (“Nobody knows you other level, is comparable. The album is Ladytron have been written off as just another music in recent world history? Come on, and nobody gives a damn”), Wolf Parade dedicated to his hometown Manhattan, where product of that fl ash-in-the-pan, dreadful 2003’s You Forgot It In People is probably fi nds the formula to draw in the masses like a we are taken on a fi fty-four minute journey electroclash movement, which is completely one of the most memorable albums in the last Hollywood romance that you secretly kind of through the atmospheric downtown streets unfair. They have snappy haircuts, they’re decade of independent music. Heck, even hope has a happy ending. But this is defi nitely getting a sample of everything from funk to Eastern European, and they wear all black, the uppity hipsters at Pitchfork Media, the not a Hollywood production. It’s just another downtempo to jazz and sweet melodic voices- but there’s much more depth to their music snarkiest of all the internet indie gods, dig fi ne, fi ne addition to the ever-growing list of -12 tracks in 12 delicious fl avors to satisfy than most critics will admit. Their third full- them. A lot. But honestly, this new album is Canadian musical accomplishments. all your needs. “The Art of Walking” stands length builds on the sound of their previous going to be really major, despite the fact that -Eva Meszaros out most with a funky disco fl air that almost two albums and comes off feeling more like a Broken Social Scene got lazy and named it makes you want to scream “Get on the good record made by humans instead of machines. after their band. Even Franz Ferdinand wised foot!” Also on this tour is a nostalgic stroll The album’s two singles alone should be up and decided that the whole “we can make with “Long Walk Home”, a playful adventure enough to demonstrate Ladytron’s success- albums without real titles and refer to them by in “Dough Nation” and the witty yet romantic ful transformation into compelling dance their cover art” concept died after Weezer’s “Serenade”. Point is, if you haven’t given it a music makers on Witching Hour. “Destroy ruined it with their “green” one. But we’ll let it listen yet, I suggest you do so. Everything You Touch” showcases all their slide, because, umm, Broken Social Scene -Sheena Chan fancy bells and whistles. It’s seamless and is incredibly fantastic. Okay Canada, we’re more polished than their previous cuts, which starting to get the feeling that you guys don’t sometimes sounded choppy and disjointed. even want to be seen with us anymore. Is Later in the record, “Sugar” promises to be that it? Have we lost our edge? Montreal, an underground dancefl oor hit, not simply be- Vancouver, Saskatoon: have they replaced cause it’s a not-so-subtle nod to Mary-Kate’s New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco? favorite meal. “If I get the sugar/will you get This is worse than the Britpop invasion, if me/something elusive/and temporary” could only because you guys just snuck in through Criteria be Kate Moss’ next campaign slogan. Plus the border, under our radar, and established When We Break it’s a kicking good tune. Ladytron’s lyrics add yourselves as the most impressive geograph- Most people who give up their pursuit of a law another layer to their rich electronic sound ic name in music right now. Broken Social degree don’t go on to do wonderful things. on Witching Hour. Whereas 604 seemed like Scene is heartbreakingly good. It just builds Don’t count Stephen Pedersen among that randomly-drawn phrases from a telephone and builds, then descends subtly, leaving the group of failures. In a not very anticipated (but book being read aloud over a succession rest of us in awe. “Windsurfi ng Nation” starts should have been) follow-up to their debut of beeps and boops, Witching Hour pro- up where “Almost Crimes” left off two years album En Garde, Pedersen’s band Criteria is DJ Language vides more of a narrative. But don’t expect ago, with its enigmatic lyrics and fast-paced back with even more masochistic yet original Real Music For Real People storytime with Ladytron. They’ve outgrown melody. When Haines sings, “Give me more metaphors than the mind can imagine. The Hailing from NYC, DJ Language has gained the tired electroclash label, but they’re still too of that beat,” we say, “Give us more of every- Photo by Jamora Crawford album is a product of former Cursive guitarist international recognition as a selector of stel- cool for school. And America. thing,” and then we get depressed because Pedersen and his mildew-infested base- lar club tunes, and is known as somewhat of -Kayleigh Shaw Canadian citizenship is really hard to get. Oh ment, but don’t let that dismay you. Between a tastemaker. With his fi rst offi cial release on

JADED 24 JADED 25 SO HOT RIGHT eateries, as my party and I had an entire Chinese feast for a mere NOW PLAYLIST A MOSTLY $17. I thought, “If I lived here, I could live like a king!” But then I would have to live in Texas, (not the real) home of George W. Bush where RECRUITMENT EDITION minimum wage is $5.15 an hour. TEXT BY DAVIS FETTER STEREOTYPICAL But at ACL, the anti-Bush sentiment was high. Up in the sky, an airplane banner urged “US OUT OF IRAQ NOW.” It certainly wasn’t hen someone hands you a flyer Benjamin Eisenstaedt from Warmwood? any shape or form (hardcore, death, black, PLACE THAT I’LL Crawford. And the ACL planners certainly knew how to plan a suc- on ring road, they’re really say- whatever the fuck else) is nothing more than cessful festival. The amenities were plentiful, and there’s nothing like ing “Here. You throw this away.” Brian Jonestown Massacre – Satellite soundtrack music to a renaissance fair. NEVER VISIT AGAIN a clean port-o-potty after consuming 18 gallons of water in a dustbowl. For freshman looking to belong, Dear Ms. Dying On A Broken Dagger Of TEXT AND IMAGE BY KAYLEIGH SHAW W The only complaint from other ACL-goers (aside from the obvious OH there is a wealth of clubs to belong to: trash Death On a Somber Tuesday in September’s My Bloody Valentine – Only Shallow MY GOD CAN IT GET ANY HOTTER? And yes, it could and did) was picking fraternities and hobby specific gangs. Past, I’m sorry I didn’t see that blog an- A girl once asked me if my engineering class on’t let the phrase “Everything is bigger in Texas” fool you. that this year the festival planners allowed bigger, national sponsors One thing is for sure, you have the whole nouncement about how you felt bad that I was “for guys only”… O my goddddddd, my Yes, everything is bigger, but what they don’t tell you is that like Starbucks and SBC to plaster their name all over the event. It may rest of your life to ingest MTV culture. The didn’t respond to your post that one time boyfriend he bought me boba (it was nasty everything is also much slower and much hotter and much have been bad for local businesses, but for fans, it meant lower ticket first step towards exploring the progressive about the new pictures you took of yourself though) but then I went with him to cyber café less attractive. And I was warned. Yes, I was warned by prices and the opportunity to update their blogs while drinking a Cara- environment of higher education is to open holding a camera in the mirror to show off the and he played counterstrike and ignoring D everyone before embarking on my weekend sojourn to the infamous mel Frappucino and listening to Franz Ferdinand. How novel. yourself up to progressive music. new haircut you gave yourself at an awkward me so then I called my homegirls Vivian and Lone Star State for the fourth annual Austin City Limits music and While inside the confines of the festival, it felt more like a dirtier angle while wearing your new blazer hoodie Tiffany to pick me up, I’m so mad at that foo. I arts festival. I was even warned by Mother Nature, who threatened to version of Coachella rather than a true Texan experience. There was Autolux – Turnstile Blues in low lighting… will forgive him if he buy me necklace. ruin my experience by projecting a category five hurricane onto the nothing distinctly Texan about ACL aside from the smell (or that could If you are a first year college student, READ state. Fortunately for music lovers, the disaster that could have been just be a red state phenomenon). The most Texan experience was CAREFULLY: Do not fall victim to the UCI Q And Not U – Wet Work The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon did not materialize. Rita the Monster veered East, just flooding some elsewhere around Austin, where service was slow, driving was slower hoodie/pajama pants combo that seems ever This is what dance inspired music done Why? It’s the fucking Kinks that’s why. Cunt! streets and knocking over an Exxon sign in Texas. Unfortunately for (55 mph in the fast lane! No kidding!), and “Howdy, where ya’ll from?” so comfy around campus. Please start a new tastefully sounds like. But anyway my friend Louisiana, the storm was still rather severe, with Kanye West probably was the most common phrase. The bands were mostly from else- trend this year: wear clothes you didn’t sleep met The Faint backstage and they were Oasis – I Can See It Now thinking that Mother Nature REALLY doesn’t care about black people. where, most notably from the United Kingdom. During my weekend of in! Unless of course you were parting so hard totally drunk and hitting on her and she said Wearing legwarmers and sandals is about as But this is about music, not hurricanes. sweat-stained music euphoria, the three bands that really delivered and you crashed at the pad of a bearded she wouldn’t have sex with them; she knows hot as a having a boyfriend back home. “Silly” Austin City Limits (aclfestival.com) is a three-day event held in solid performances were Spoon, The Decemberists, and The Arcade someone, which of course is totally accept- all these best dance core bands like Head is such a dainty-ass word don’t you think? Austin’s Zilker Park, a beautiful expanse of dirt, dust, and little things Fire. Death Cab For Cutie disappointed, sounding languid and tired. able. Automatica. that prick your skin when you touch them. To its credit, Zilker Park is Their new material didn’t provide much excitement for the under-16 The Stills – Yesterday Never Tomorrows the only space where trees appear to grow naturally in Texas. They crowd who seems to love them so much. Oasis was also a crowd- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – In Like The Mono – Halcyon (beautiful days) This exemplifies the Fall Out Boy syndrome: grow in a ring around a dirt field in which the festival was held. Shade pleaser, playing all their mid-90s hits while Liam sported Bono-esque Rose RA’s are pointless, pull pranks on them. If being straight edge yet acting like your on was sparse, but heat and humidity were certainly abundant. There is shades and acted like God. Jet played their AC/DC song, then their First off, this song is about how being cool in they have a power trip, seduce them. Then go drugs. Real women do heroin. really nothing comparable to standing shoulder to shoulder in a crowd Beatles song, and everyone in the crowd danced like they were star- college requires a belly button ring and soror- listen to Test Icicles on myspace. of 60,000 people in the middle of the day with no breeze in a dirt field. ring in their own iPod ad. Those of us who were too tired and sunburnt ity MC Hammer pants... o yeah, your mom Honorable Mention: I highly recommend it, if only to make people more appreciative of to get off the dirt and stand by the end of the three-day event enjoyed has an exotic collection of Magic The Gather- The Redwalls – Colorful Revolution Rick Bain – I Want to Die West Coast living. the $2 sodas and eagerly awaited getting back to civilization so that ing trading cards… This song is about as sexually pointless as Ride – Cool Your Boots Boasting an impressive lineup of 130 bands on 8 stages, ACL we could update our livejournals. poking someone on Facebook. At least have Kasabian – Processed Waterfall really did provide something for everyone. They had the Rolling Stone- After spending four nights in a Days Inn which wouldn’t meet the Sigur Rós – Hoppípolla the guts to hit on someone over aim. Don’t reading baby boomer picks (Coldplay, Jet, Oasis and their egos), Seth building standards of a housing project in downtown Oakland, I was Ok so the internet in your dorm went down let your conversation opener be about the Having trouble finding these songs? Any sug- Cohen’s personal favorites (Death Cab For Cutie, Bloc Party, Rilo eager to leave this enormous dirt field known as Texas. After a short and you couldn’t whine on your xanga about Donald Duck blowjob clip circling an internet gestions for the next playlist? Kiley, et al), plenty of alt-country (Lyle Lovett and his monstrous chin), layover in El Paso, probably the flattest and brownest expanse of land not being able to go home this weekend; so near you. Email [email protected] plus local acts, DJ sets, bluegrass, and reggae. There was also food over which I have ever flown, the plane landed in Los Angeles under a stay there and compare friends with your of every type imaginable, and for cheaper prices than those found at blanket of light rain. Thank you, Texas, for reminding us why we are so dorm buddies: do you know Jonny from Stereophonics – Dakota any California festival. I was astounded at the cheapness of the local fond of California. q Viento, or Sammy from Prado or perhaps This song will remind you why metal in

JADED 26 JADED 27 SO HOT RIGHT eateries, as my party and I had an entire Chinese feast for a mere NOW PLAYLIST A MOSTLY $17. I thought, “If I lived here, I could live like a king!” But then I would have to live in Texas, (not the real) home of George W. Bush where RECRUITMENT EDITION minimum wage is $5.15 an hour. TEXT BY DAVIS FETTER STEREOTYPICAL But at ACL, the anti-Bush sentiment was high. Up in the sky, an airplane banner urged “US OUT OF IRAQ NOW.” It certainly wasn’t hen someone hands you a flyer Benjamin Eisenstaedt from Warmwood? any shape or form (hardcore, death, black, PLACE THAT I’LL Crawford. And the ACL planners certainly knew how to plan a suc- on ring road, they’re really say- whatever the fuck else) is nothing more than cessful festival. The amenities were plentiful, and there’s nothing like ing “Here. You throw this away.” Brian Jonestown Massacre – Satellite soundtrack music to a renaissance fair. NEVER VISIT AGAIN a clean port-o-potty after consuming 18 gallons of water in a dustbowl. For freshman looking to belong, Dear Ms. Dying On A Broken Dagger Of TEXT AND IMAGE BY KAYLEIGH SHAW W The only complaint from other ACL-goers (aside from the obvious OH there is a wealth of clubs to belong to: trash Death On a Somber Tuesday in September’s My Bloody Valentine – Only Shallow MY GOD CAN IT GET ANY HOTTER? And yes, it could and did) was picking fraternities and hobby specific gangs. Past, I’m sorry I didn’t see that blog an- A girl once asked me if my engineering class on’t let the phrase “Everything is bigger in Texas” fool you. that this year the festival planners allowed bigger, national sponsors One thing is for sure, you have the whole nouncement about how you felt bad that I was “for guys only”… O my goddddddd, my Yes, everything is bigger, but what they don’t tell you is that like Starbucks and SBC to plaster their name all over the event. It may rest of your life to ingest MTV culture. The didn’t respond to your post that one time boyfriend he bought me boba (it was nasty everything is also much slower and much hotter and much have been bad for local businesses, but for fans, it meant lower ticket first step towards exploring the progressive about the new pictures you took of yourself though) but then I went with him to cyber café less attractive. And I was warned. Yes, I was warned by prices and the opportunity to update their blogs while drinking a Cara- environment of higher education is to open holding a camera in the mirror to show off the and he played counterstrike and ignoring D everyone before embarking on my weekend sojourn to the infamous mel Frappucino and listening to Franz Ferdinand. How novel. yourself up to progressive music. new haircut you gave yourself at an awkward me so then I called my homegirls Vivian and Lone Star State for the fourth annual Austin City Limits music and While inside the confines of the festival, it felt more like a dirtier angle while wearing your new blazer hoodie Tiffany to pick me up, I’m so mad at that foo. I arts festival. I was even warned by Mother Nature, who threatened to version of Coachella rather than a true Texan experience. There was Autolux – Turnstile Blues in low lighting… will forgive him if he buy me necklace. ruin my experience by projecting a category five hurricane onto the nothing distinctly Texan about ACL aside from the smell (or that could If you are a first year college student, READ state. Fortunately for music lovers, the disaster that could have been just be a red state phenomenon). The most Texan experience was CAREFULLY: Do not fall victim to the UCI Q And Not U – Wet Work The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon did not materialize. Rita the Monster veered East, just flooding some elsewhere around Austin, where service was slow, driving was slower hoodie/pajama pants combo that seems ever This is what dance inspired music done Why? It’s the fucking Kinks that’s why. Cunt! streets and knocking over an Exxon sign in Texas. Unfortunately for (55 mph in the fast lane! No kidding!), and “Howdy, where ya’ll from?” so comfy around campus. Please start a new tastefully sounds like. But anyway my friend Louisiana, the storm was still rather severe, with Kanye West probably was the most common phrase. The bands were mostly from else- trend this year: wear clothes you didn’t sleep met The Faint backstage and they were Oasis – I Can See It Now thinking that Mother Nature REALLY doesn’t care about black people. where, most notably from the United Kingdom. During my weekend of in! Unless of course you were parting so hard totally drunk and hitting on her and she said Wearing legwarmers and sandals is about as But this is about music, not hurricanes. sweat-stained music euphoria, the three bands that really delivered and you crashed at the pad of a bearded she wouldn’t have sex with them; she knows hot as a having a boyfriend back home. “Silly” Austin City Limits (aclfestival.com) is a three-day event held in solid performances were Spoon, The Decemberists, and The Arcade someone, which of course is totally accept- all these best dance core bands like Head is such a dainty-ass word don’t you think? Austin’s Zilker Park, a beautiful expanse of dirt, dust, and little things Fire. Death Cab For Cutie disappointed, sounding languid and tired. able. Automatica. that prick your skin when you touch them. To its credit, Zilker Park is Their new material didn’t provide much excitement for the under-16 The Stills – Yesterday Never Tomorrows the only space where trees appear to grow naturally in Texas. They crowd who seems to love them so much. Oasis was also a crowd- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – In Like The Mono – Halcyon (beautiful days) This exemplifies the Fall Out Boy syndrome: grow in a ring around a dirt field in which the festival was held. Shade pleaser, playing all their mid-90s hits while Liam sported Bono-esque Rose RA’s are pointless, pull pranks on them. If being straight edge yet acting like your on was sparse, but heat and humidity were certainly abundant. There is shades and acted like God. Jet played their AC/DC song, then their First off, this song is about how being cool in they have a power trip, seduce them. Then go drugs. Real women do heroin. really nothing comparable to standing shoulder to shoulder in a crowd Beatles song, and everyone in the crowd danced like they were star- college requires a belly button ring and soror- listen to Test Icicles on myspace. of 60,000 people in the middle of the day with no breeze in a dirt field. ring in their own iPod ad. Those of us who were too tired and sunburnt ity MC Hammer pants... o yeah, your mom Honorable Mention: I highly recommend it, if only to make people more appreciative of to get off the dirt and stand by the end of the three-day event enjoyed has an exotic collection of Magic The Gather- The Redwalls – Colorful Revolution Rick Bain – I Want to Die West Coast living. the $2 sodas and eagerly awaited getting back to civilization so that ing trading cards… This song is about as sexually pointless as Ride – Cool Your Boots Boasting an impressive lineup of 130 bands on 8 stages, ACL we could update our livejournals. poking someone on Facebook. At least have Kasabian – Processed Waterfall really did provide something for everyone. They had the Rolling Stone- After spending four nights in a Days Inn which wouldn’t meet the Sigur Rós – Hoppípolla the guts to hit on someone over aim. Don’t reading baby boomer picks (Coldplay, Jet, Oasis and their egos), Seth building standards of a housing project in downtown Oakland, I was Ok so the internet in your dorm went down let your conversation opener be about the Having trouble finding these songs? Any sug- Cohen’s personal favorites (Death Cab For Cutie, Bloc Party, Rilo eager to leave this enormous dirt field known as Texas. After a short and you couldn’t whine on your xanga about Donald Duck blowjob clip circling an internet gestions for the next playlist? Kiley, et al), plenty of alt-country (Lyle Lovett and his monstrous chin), layover in El Paso, probably the flattest and brownest expanse of land not being able to go home this weekend; so near you. Email [email protected] plus local acts, DJ sets, bluegrass, and reggae. There was also food over which I have ever flown, the plane landed in Los Angeles under a stay there and compare friends with your of every type imaginable, and for cheaper prices than those found at blanket of light rain. Thank you, Texas, for reminding us why we are so dorm buddies: do you know Jonny from Stereophonics – Dakota any California festival. I was astounded at the cheapness of the local fond of California. q Viento, or Sammy from Prado or perhaps This song will remind you why metal in

JADED 26 JADED 27 JADED 28 JADED 29 JADED 28 JADED 29 (continued from page 11) Political Roadblocks Policies towards fuel effi ciency, however, are only primary steps Despite the multiple solutions offered by environmentalists and in the fi ght against oil dependency. Eventually, policymakers should economists alike, political barriers continue to obstruct the efforts to look towards alternative renewable energy sources that are both eco- move beyond oil dependency. For example, a recent bill that proposed nomically stable and environment-friendly. According to Environment to build solar panels on one million roofs within ten years (SB 1, also California, “renewable energy is inexhaustible, and beyond construc- known as the Million Solar Roofs Bill) failed in the Assembly Appro- tion and maintenance costs, free. It is less susceptible to market priations Committee despite broad bipartisan support because of the manipulation and supply shortages.” Waterpower, wind power, solar confl icting interests of electrical workers, carpenters, and other labor- power, and energy from hydrogen fuel cells are some of the better- ers in the industry. known technologies out there. In his book Energy Revolution, Howard The structure of the energy industry under the current system is, Gellar writes that wind power is growing in popularity, and many in itself, a formidable barrier to the adoption of effi cient fuel standards countries have taken advantage of the energy generated from turbines and the development of alternative energy because of its close ties to and rotor blades. Solar PV (photovolataic) power is an alternative politics. Presently, nuclear plants and oil companies still receive sub- energy source that should ring a bell with many Californians. There sidies from the government. Businesses are allowed to deduct energy must be better uses for the sun beyond achieving a cancer-inducing costs from their revenues before fi ling their income taxes. The energy tan. Much effort has been devoted to research into hydrogen fuel cells. infrastructure is organized in such a way that utility companies make Nov. 1st & 2nd 11:30AM-2:00PM @ Ring The chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen emits only water a profi t if people use more energy. Efforts to make sound policies con- Road/Anteater Plaza as its waste. In addition, hydrogen fuel cells could produce energy that tinuously butt heads with the interests of oil tycoons who are reluctant Rainbow Festival Cultural Fair would be used outside of the transportation sector. to give up control of their profi table market. A two-day event where more than 50 orga- Other, lesser-known alternative sources include geothermal The Bush administration’s policies towards drilling more, digging nizations perform cultural dances and cre- energy, which uses heat from within the earth, and biomass energy. more, and building more have not only doomed us to major setbacks ate cultural booths for display on Ring Road Biomass energy, according to Gellar, involves “wood, forestry, agricul- in the alternative energy fi eld but have also fueled not-so-subtle an- and Anteater Plaza. Each booth serves to Nov. 4-6 at UCLA tural residues, and crops grown for energy use.” “Energy crops” such tagonism from countries around the world. It is understandably diffi cult educate and engage the UCI community Gabriela Network Conference as corn can be processed to produce ethanol. Unfortunately, the land- to steer the United States away from Big Oil if the President himself through interactive games, books, and GABRIELA Network and UCLA Samahang mass needed to grow such crops for energy use would not be enough has a stake in it. Bush’s calls for conservation now are half-hearted visual art about the history and ethnic heri- Pilipino will host a historic conference that to meet the energy demands of heavily-consuming nations such as the attempts at any real solution. tage of the organization. will gather together over 500 women of Phil- United States. The political problem surrounding oil-dependency is by no means ippine ancestry and their allies. There will It is obvious that new technological advancements will require restricted to domestic policies. Very few can deny that the need for Nov. 2nd 2:00PM-3:30PM @ CCC be workshops, plenaries and opportunities more fi nancial investments—the IEA has named these fi nancial con- oil has been the underlying factor guiding much of the foreign policy A Future Uncertain?: A diverse Curricu- for networking. At the end of the confer- tributions “learning investments”: “expenditures that need to be made of the United States. The Oil Factor predicts that by 2010 all of the lum at UCI ence, participants will have the opportunity to bring a new technology to the point of commercial acceptance.” But western world will depend solely on the Middle East for oil. Is it any This session will feature activists and faculty to take part in forming a plan of action to this is money that far too many Americans are reluctant to part with. coincidence that the United States seems to have such a strong pres-

members who will examine the history of address specifi c issues that have been Jeff Tang Image by What many people may not seem to realize is that over a period of ence in this very area? Researchers predict that Iraq is the home of UCI’s curriculum with regards to diversity identifi ed. www.gabnet.org time, this capital can be much more rewarding than what is right now the second largest oil reserve in the world. Bush’s indefi nite timeline and multiculturalism. Speakers include being siphoned off by the oil industry. Issues concerning investments of the war in Iraq seems more of a weak pretext for making further Evette Castillo, Assistant Dean of Stu- Nov. 8th 3:00 - 5:00 PM @ HIB 135 for the future seem to be recurring problems in the United States advancements in the oil industry rather than an estimate of the effort dents, SDSU, Douglas Haynes, Associate Advocates, Agitators, and Allies (Social Security, anyone?). Think of investing in alternative energy as needed to establish democracy overseas. Professor, UCI, and Jose Moreno, Assistant A panel discussion featuring three LA-area diversifying your portfolio. No one should put all of his eggs in the oil As long as the United States makes it a priority to petulantly Professor, CSULB. activists will examine the variety of forms industry basket. guard its position as the #1 World Power, the confl ict in Iraq may con- activism can take. Activists associated with Making the switch toward fuel effi ciency and alternative energy veniently be pushed back indefi nitely and policies towards sustainable Nov. 2nd 7:00 PM @ HIB 100 the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Traf- requires gradual steps. But at the current sluggish rate at which things development will keep struggling through the political bog. Meanwhile, Rainbow Festival Speaker: Anita Hill fi cking, the Asian Pacifi c AIDS intervention are advancing, the result of issues such as confl icting political inter- people worldwide will suffer the consequences—economic, political, Anita Hill is a Professor of Social Policy, Team, and Poets Against the War will com- ests, we’ll be lucky if we manage to make a dent within our lifetimes. environmental, and social—of such myopic policies. q Law, and Women’s Studies at Brandeis pare their approaches to causes both local University’s Heller School of Social Policy and global, their personal backgrounds as and Management. Her testimony at the activists, and how they undertake complex Senate confi rmation hearing of Supreme political, social, and economic issues. Court Justice Clarence Thomas in 1991 made Anita Hill a household name. Nov. 8th Noon @ Flagpoles Day of Silence for Justice and Peace THE CAMBODIAN Nov. 3rd 3:00-4:30PM @ CCC Participate in a campus wide day of silence Crisis In Labor to protest the unjust war in Iraq and advo- Does the AFL-CIO split represent two cate for peace. Participants will pass out FAMILY pieces of a sinking ship, the promise of little cards explaining the reasons for not renewal or something else? Bill Fletcher, Jr. speaking. Join us! [email protected] Fundraising Dinner will examine the evolution of what he terms the great un-debate in organized labor that Nov. 8th resulted in the splitting of the AFL-CIO in Election Day in California Help sustain July. He will discuss what should have been Statewide Special Election featuring an The Cambodian Familyʼs under discussion and offer some thoughts eight-initiative ballot. Issues include parental commitment to community as to the path for labor renewal. notifi cation of abortions for minors, prescrip- services such as job tion drug programs, probationary periods for placement, english classes, Nov. 3rd 7:00PM @ HIB100 public school teachers, political redistricting, and childcare. Rainbow Festival Film Showing: Crash and other important propositions affecting A seemingly simple car accident in Los An- Californians. geles brings together a very diverse group Friday, November 4, 2005 of people. As their lives collide, the issue Nov. 17th 7:00PM @ OCMA of racism and economic status is explored College Night 6 PM to 10 PM as each of these people work through their Come to an Orange Crush after-hours event University Club @ UC Irvine own fears and inherent prejudices. The which will include art, music, food, student- fi lm will be followed by an interactive panel led tours, and much more! Admission is discussion. free. More info at ocma.net

JADED 30 JADEDJADED 3131 (continued from page 11) Political Roadblocks Policies towards fuel effi ciency, however, are only primary steps Despite the multiple solutions offered by environmentalists and in the fi ght against oil dependency. Eventually, policymakers should economists alike, political barriers continue to obstruct the efforts to look towards alternative renewable energy sources that are both eco- move beyond oil dependency. For example, a recent bill that proposed nomically stable and environment-friendly. According to Environment to build solar panels on one million roofs within ten years (SB 1, also California, “renewable energy is inexhaustible, and beyond construc- known as the Million Solar Roofs Bill) failed in the Assembly Appro- tion and maintenance costs, free. It is less susceptible to market priations Committee despite broad bipartisan support because of the manipulation and supply shortages.” Waterpower, wind power, solar confl icting interests of electrical workers, carpenters, and other labor- power, and energy from hydrogen fuel cells are some of the better- ers in the industry. known technologies out there. In his book Energy Revolution, Howard The structure of the energy industry under the current system is, Gellar writes that wind power is growing in popularity, and many in itself, a formidable barrier to the adoption of effi cient fuel standards countries have taken advantage of the energy generated from turbines and the development of alternative energy because of its close ties to and rotor blades. Solar PV (photovolataic) power is an alternative politics. Presently, nuclear plants and oil companies still receive sub- energy source that should ring a bell with many Californians. There sidies from the government. Businesses are allowed to deduct energy must be better uses for the sun beyond achieving a cancer-inducing costs from their revenues before fi ling their income taxes. The energy tan. Much effort has been devoted to research into hydrogen fuel cells. infrastructure is organized in such a way that utility companies make Nov. 1st & 2nd 11:30AM-2:00PM @ Ring The chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen emits only water a profi t if people use more energy. Efforts to make sound policies con- Road/Anteater Plaza as its waste. In addition, hydrogen fuel cells could produce energy that tinuously butt heads with the interests of oil tycoons who are reluctant Rainbow Festival Cultural Fair would be used outside of the transportation sector. to give up control of their profi table market. A two-day event where more than 50 orga- Other, lesser-known alternative sources include geothermal The Bush administration’s policies towards drilling more, digging nizations perform cultural dances and cre- energy, which uses heat from within the earth, and biomass energy. more, and building more have not only doomed us to major setbacks ate cultural booths for display on Ring Road Biomass energy, according to Gellar, involves “wood, forestry, agricul- in the alternative energy fi eld but have also fueled not-so-subtle an- and Anteater Plaza. Each booth serves to Nov. 4-6 at UCLA tural residues, and crops grown for energy use.” “Energy crops” such tagonism from countries around the world. It is understandably diffi cult educate and engage the UCI community Gabriela Network Conference as corn can be processed to produce ethanol. Unfortunately, the land- to steer the United States away from Big Oil if the President himself through interactive games, books, and GABRIELA Network and UCLA Samahang mass needed to grow such crops for energy use would not be enough has a stake in it. Bush’s calls for conservation now are half-hearted visual art about the history and ethnic heri- Pilipino will host a historic conference that to meet the energy demands of heavily-consuming nations such as the attempts at any real solution. tage of the organization. will gather together over 500 women of Phil- United States. The political problem surrounding oil-dependency is by no means ippine ancestry and their allies. There will It is obvious that new technological advancements will require restricted to domestic policies. Very few can deny that the need for Nov. 2nd 2:00PM-3:30PM @ CCC be workshops, plenaries and opportunities more fi nancial investments—the IEA has named these fi nancial con- oil has been the underlying factor guiding much of the foreign policy A Future Uncertain?: A diverse Curricu- for networking. At the end of the confer- tributions “learning investments”: “expenditures that need to be made of the United States. The Oil Factor predicts that by 2010 all of the lum at UCI ence, participants will have the opportunity to bring a new technology to the point of commercial acceptance.” But western world will depend solely on the Middle East for oil. Is it any This session will feature activists and faculty to take part in forming a plan of action to this is money that far too many Americans are reluctant to part with. coincidence that the United States seems to have such a strong pres-

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