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A&E A&E A&E A&E^^BFeatures Features Eeatures^^^Coyote Sports Coyote Sports Can You dig it, Swingers New Strike man? for Charity Zone in MLB... on page 7 on page 4 on page 11 THE March 9, 2001 Circulation 5,000 California State University, San Bernardino Issue 17 Volunie34 The Student Zapatistas March Body for Speaks? Rights Referendum: School Chiapas: Indigenous prepares for tuition peoples of Mexico hikes and more con­ Students pay for the pie but will struggle against effects they get a piece ? struction as measure of globilization, seek Courtesy ofmsnbc.com passes by a majority of for the vote was "the highest retribution Native Chiapas Zapatistas whi want their culture to remain intact the minority of stu­ voter turn out for a referen­ tional way of life, their com­ with the encroachment of dents that voted. dum vote in school history." By Daniel Burruel A total of 1768 people voted Special to the Chronicle munal lands, their right to the Spanish language, against the outside forces By Chris Walenta with 1285 students voting independence, their right to that want to strip them of Executive Editor for the referendum and 483 A war in Mexico is waged defend their traditional way people voting against. between the federal govern­ of life, their communal these rights. The never-end­ On Feb. 28 and again on Initially the numbers ment and the indigenous lands, their right to indepen­ ing struggle against the na­ Mar. 1 Cal State San Bernar­ would show that the major­ people, mostly of Mayan dence, their right to maintain tion-state, that caters like a dino left the vote up to the ity of the students approved decent, of Chiapas, the their cultural standards and whore to its pimplike US practices, including their student body as to a poten­ the referendum. But a closer southern-most state. The -Zapatistas tial raise in tuition fees in look will show that only a people rose up in arms and right to continue to speak order to upgrade particular little more than 10% of the rallied to defend their tradi­ their native tongues even Continue on page 8 campus locations. The vote students eligible to vote, passed and starting in the voted. According to the Of­ Locked Doors Opened on Fall, student tuition fees will fice of Institutional Re­ go up $43 per quarter. search, the total number of According to Helga Kray, students registered for the Cal State Residents the Executive Director of the winter quarter, meaning they Student Union, the turnout were eligible to vote, was Burglaries: Cal State sleeping and dormitory doors were locked. According to Detec­ 15,047. dorm residents fed up 1 n s 1 d e The referendum will be­ tive Applegate of the univasity come official in the next with theft. police, "It looks like a key was news 2,3 couple of days. On Mar. 8 By Heather Bishop used" because "there was no the Campus Fee Advisory Staff Writer forced entry." No more theft! features 4 committee will meet to ap­ Two of the victim's, Adan prove the referendum and Recently, Cal State dorm resi­ Garcia and Ryan Sentz who live a watch, a social security card, credit cards, check cards, money 5 give their recommendation dents have fallen victim to a se­ in Badger, where robbed on a Fri­ oninions to President Karnig. Presi- ries of robberies. Although rob­ day morning between 2:30 and and other perscHial p^r wixk. 'dent Karnig will then pass beries are nothing new, the way 4:30. When they went to sleep the Police are following several leads a & e 7,8 along a letter of approval to these crimes wereexecuted have door was closed and locked, but on false credit cardpurchases. Un­ calendar the Chancellor of the Uni­ authorities eyes' raised and resi­ when Ryan woke up to open a fortunately there are no hard leads classifieds 9 versity. dents feeling like potential taigets. window, he noticed the door was because it is hard for the mer­ According to Kray, "we Approximately six thefts were open. It wasn't until that morning chants to place a face with the sports 10.11.12 are waiting for the process reported from Jan. 26-28. All in­ before class they noticed several and it is a formality that the cidents occurred in the middle of items were gone. -Theft referendum will be passed." the night, while residents where Among the things stolen were Continue on page 9 News The Coyote Chronicle March 9, 2001 In Brief Buffalo Soldier, in the War for China America School Soldiers; Campus visit sheds new light, but Strengthens Explosion darkens reputation of Military Kills 41 university By John J. Eddy China announced this An explosion wrecker News Editor week that they will increase four classrooms at an el military spending by nearly ementary school in eastern Buffalo soldiers are not 18 percent this year. The China on Tuesday, killing 4 dreadlock rastas. At the decision has been earmarked people and injuring 27 oth Cross-Cultural center last as a reaction to US interven­ ers. The dead included chil week. Trooper Frederick tion in Taiwan. dren and their teachers. Jones and Trooper Curtis "I hope the U.S. will come Rescuers spent hours dig James from the LA chapter of to a sober-minded under­ ging through the rubble o the Buffalo Soldiers were on standing of the serious dan­ the two-story school in the campus to share their experi­ gers involved," said Foreign village of Fang Lin in ences with the students. Minister Tang Jiaxuan. Jiangxi province. "I can't believe the apathy China has warned Washing­ By 6 p.m. - some seven of the university," Trooper ton against providing high­ hours after the blast-29 bod Frederick Jones said, disap­ tech arms to the island, la­ ies had been found, the state pointed at the audience con­ beling the trade as dangerous run Xinhua News Agency sisting of only five students. courtesy ofaltavista to U.S-China ties. said. It said 27 injurec Despite the low attendance, Monument dedicated to the Buffalo Soldiers at President George W. Bush people were being treated in Jones went on with his lec­ fort leavenworth, Kansas ' has also commented on in­ hospital. ture. The Buffalo Soldiers re- Buffalo Soldiers guarded the creasing the military in or­ Asked whether all the dead The Buffalo Soldiers origi­ mained as a fighting unit up American-Mexican border, der to keep the might and were children, a local gov­ nated following the civil war until the Korean War when wary of a German influenced strength of the western ernment official said, "Not with the creation of four black they were infiltrated with in­ attack on US soil. The Buf­ World. Could a arms race all of them." peacetime regiments. The fantry support. Their horses falo Soldiers were the first and cold war with China be Shian Indians named the Cal­ were taken away and re­ US border patrol, replaced in our future? Campus vary the Buffalo Soldiers in placed with Jeeps and trucks after WWII by permanent 1870 who believed the black that carried ammunition to border patrol and customs Suspicious Solicits soldiers fought strong like a the front lines. officials. cornered buffalo. During World War II, the In 1992, the Buffalo Sol­ Student diers were honored at Fort Plane Crash Leavenworth, Kansas, the The blast that gutted a first home of the 10"' Calvary Thai Airways airplane min­ Input of Buffalo Soldiers. The Cer­ utes before Prime Minister CSUSB is participating in emony was highlighted by Thaksin Shinawatra was to a CSU system-wide survey Colin Powell who dedicated board came from beneath his of student satisfaction. Data a bronze statue to the, "free assigned seat, his security from these surveys will help fighting spirit and honor of advisor said Sunday. each campus determine the the Buffalo Soldier." Thaksin said it could have importance and quality of Trooper Jones emphasized been an inside job to assas­ the services provided to stu­ the importance of the Buffalo sinate him. dents. Soldiers in their every day The Boeing 737-400 blew The concept of "one-stop duties of protecting the Fron­ up and burned on the tarmac shopping" for student tiers of the US after the Civil Friday, 35 minutes before its counter services in the UH War, and by protecting the scheduled departure from lobby, online access to reg­ newly formed postal service, the domestic terminal at istration, grad checks, de­ the pony express. The Men Bangkok International Air­ gree audit reports, and finan­ who served as Buffalo Sol­ port. cial aid emerged as a result diers yearned to be respected One crewmember prepar­ of these findings. as men of dignity, and integ­ ing for the 70-minute flight Instructors in various rity, bringing honor and re­ to Chiang Mai was killed classes will conduct these spect to their community and and seven airline workers surveys early in the spring people.