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COYOTECHRONICLE.NET THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT VOICE OF CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN BERNARDINO SINCE 1965 MONDAY, MAY 6, 2013 INNSIDESIDE TTHISHIS IISSUESSUE...... CCoyoteoyote Chronicle Parking Services are really getting Student leader & dancer extraordi- Campus PD talks crime map in part CVol. XLVI, No. 21 C on our nerves ... Pg. 5 naire Patrice Horton ... Pg. 11 2 of the our special series ... 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More than 280 participants from CSUSB fanned out to 15 local organiza- tions that service the disadvantaged in San Bernardino. ““II pplanlan “This was a great chance for coyotes ttoo rreacheach ooutut to give back to the city of San Bernardino,” ttoo allall cclubslubs said Christa Bowers, member of Commu- aandnd mmakeake nity University Partnerships. ssureure ttheyhey aarere CSUSB’s fi rst annual Coyote Cares Day was held Saturday, April 27 as a part eeducatedducated oonn of National Volunteer Week. tthehe pprocessrocess ooff Coyote Cares Day, an event created oobtainingbtaining CCABAB and planned by Community University FFunding.”unding.” Partnerships at CSUSB, was dedicated to volunteer service within the City of San Bernardino. Students, faculty, staff and alumni be- OOwenwen OOdigiedigie Kandyce Hall | Chronicle Photo gan arriving on campus at 8 a.m. to check Students have fun as they volunteer to get their hands dirty at the Young Visionaries Youth Leadership Academy shelter. Continued on Pg. 2 vp of finance Chronicle Page 2 News Monday, May 6, 2013 Governor’s new plan would make “winners” and “losers” of schools By CALEB GASTEIGER schools that are in poorer areas, with fewer Staff Writer English speaking students. Some people are thinking that the A new plan to redistribute billions of new plan may create winner schools and dollars in California school funds to poorer loser schools. The winner schools are the schools is at the top of Gov. Jerry Brown’s schools that will have more money bud- list of priorities despite scrutiny from many geted to them while the losers will lose California Demo- funding. crats. According Brown’s goal is to the new plan, to get his new fund- “Whatever we have to some of the win- ing plan attached to bring to bear in this battle, we’re ner schools are Caleb Gasteiger| Chronicle Photo the June budget to located in San Gov. Brown pushes for new plans to redistribute billions of dollars worth of funds to favor low ranking school districts. which Democratic bringing it. I am going to fi ght as Bernardino and mayor. Oakland schools will see a loss of California. “Everybody has gotten hurt and lawmakers are urg- Riverside coun- $228 dollars per pupil if the new plan is we need to do something that starts to fi x ing him to pump the hard as I can.” ties. fully implemented. things for everyone,” he added. brakes on the initia- Other areas “I actually like it,” student Gaby To- Brown told reporters last week that, tive’s inaction. Jerry Brown include: Los An- stado said about Brown’s plan. “I mean, “this is a matter of equity and civil rights.” it’s a good thing cause there are schools Even though the bill may help many “I’m always California Governor geles, Compton, concerned rushing Garden Grove, that need help. For example, when I was in students, California would spend less mon- something that is so Long Beach, San LA, the school I attended wasn’t that great ey per-student in high ranking schools than important and so complex, under a dead- Diego, San Francisco, Santa Ana, Bakers- and they needed more money for better it ever has. line,” Democratic Assemblywoman Susan fi eld and Stockton. teachers and materials.” The loser schools will be dropped to Bonilla said of Brown’s urgency to incor- Some of the losers are in Anaheim, Another issue is that this could poten- 50th in the nation while the winners will porate the plan on the June budget. San Juan Capistrano, Chino, Chula Vista, tially hurt schools who are attempting to climb to the 46th spot according to The LA Brown said, in a press conference on Glendale, Irvine, Montebello, Mt. Diablo, come back from the recession. Times. April 1, to anyone who plans on opposing Placentia-Yorba Linda, Pomona, Poway, “A lot of districts will be hard-pressed “Whatever we have to bring to bear in his new plan that they should expect “the Saddleback, San Jose, San Ramon Valley, to get back to 2007-08 spending levels this battle, we’re bringing it […] I am go- battle of their lives.” Temecula and Torrance. and are concerned we could go into an- ing to fi ght as hard as I can,” Brown said The plan intends to take money that One district that is considered a loser other recession before they do,” said Mike passionately to a group of reporters ac- would normally be distributed among is Jerry Brown’s hometown of Oakland Ricketts, education numbers manager for cording to David Siders of The Sacramento schools equally and focuses it towards where he started his political career as a consulting fi rm with School Services of Bee. CSUSB gives back during Coyote Cares Day Continued from Pg. 1 Rasmussen said. All three ladies agreed that the service they did was very in and grab breakfast before they met up with their volunteer much appreciated by the center. “It was great to see how ex- groups and head out to their assigned service location. cited they were to have our help,” Pirolo and Chavez said. “Students will serve at a variety of organizations that Another group of students volunteered at the Latino need ongoing volunteer assistance,” said Diane Podolske, Health Collaborative where a health carnival was available director of community university partnership in the event for the local community. press release. “We have planned a fun and inspiring day for The carnival reached out to the Latino community and our students to encourage their commitment to service and allowed people to get different health screenings such as to promote community pride in San Bernardino.” dental and more. Student Giovanni Escalera, a volunteer at After breakfast, volunteers were loaded into buses and the collaborative, helped keep the carnival fl owing. small vans with supplies needed for their given service loca- “I enjoyed getting to meet new people and helping peo- tions. ple that were in need,” Escalera said. Students Fidel Contreras, Christina Taylor and Michelle After three hours of service, volunteers were welcomed Rivera volunteered at the SOAR Charter Academy, where back to campus and invited to grab lunch from the Wiener- they helped with the gardening and painted murals. schnitzel food truck and play various games. Popcorn and Some of the artwork included a map of California, as snow cones were also provided as music played, courtesy of well as outdoor games for kids who attend the academy. “It Coyote Radio. was so much fun,” Taylor and Rivera said. “It didn’t even President Tomás Morales stopped by during the event to seem like we were working at all.” thank all the volunteers for their services to the community. Students Rebecca Rasmussen, Jennie Pirolo and Nata- Community University Partnerships’ Bowers and Bry- Kandyce Hall | Chronicle Photo lia Chavez shared their experience helping The Salvation ant Fairley were recognized for their hard work in planning These students relax and bond after a day of fun and community service. Army. “We scrubbed the kitchen from ceiling to the fl oor,” Coyote Cares Day. CSUSB professor elected president of Western Psychological Association By KELSEY WAGNER “I never in a million years ever thought Since then Ullman’s “writing has been Staff Writer I would be elected WPA president,” said cited more than 950 times and is a required Ullman, according to csusb.news.edu. reading at more than 40 universities in the CSUSB psychology professor, Jodie Ullman has been apart of WPA for United States,” according to csusb.news. Ullman, recently became president-elect many years and has taught at CSUSB since edu. of the Western Psychological Association 1996, a total of 17 years. In Ullman’s new position, she hopes (WPA) on April 28. Ullman fi rst joined WPA many years [WPA] will work with other Psychological WPA is a professional organization as a student and wrote a paper that focused Associations in the near future, specifi cally that “stimulates the exchange of scien- on the dynamics of group decision making. those abroad. tifi c and professional ideas and, in so do- “I gave my fi rst presentation as a stu- Ullman currently serves as CSUSB’s ing to enhance interest in the processes of dent at a WPA convention[...] I can trace faculty senate chair, which “is involved research and scholarship in the behavioral my entire career with the WPA,” said Ull- with program reviews and academic poli- Photo courtesy of csusb.news.edu sciences,” according to westernpsych.org.

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