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THE STUDENT VOICE OF WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1895 T HE S UM M ER E VER GREEN 9 3 6 AGE AGE AGE | P | | P | S N | P | O RT IFE INI po L P S O WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 2013 DAILYEVERGREEN.COM Vol 119 No. 157 Free legal service aims to help students By Steven Baldwin “There are students on campus and law students. Evergreen reporter who know about us, but don’t know Morgan said the goals of SLS in exactly what we provide,” Morgan the next year will include educating WSU Student Legal Services students about law school, includ- (SLS) aims to increase its visibility on said. “There are not a lot of places that provide free legal advice.” ing the Law School Admission Test campus this summer before they hit (LSAT), expenses and scholarships. the ground running in the fall. To build a future with incoming Chris Morgan, director of SLS, freshman, Morgan said the program The SLS will be more of a Pre- said the program offers 30 minute will start to market and promote Law Advising and Resource Center, legal consultations with a licensed their services at Alive! orientations. he said. In terms of marketing the SLS, Morgan said they will have to be E.J. DEOCAMPO | THE DAILY EVERGREEN attorney and deals with legal issues Morgan said there are great Chris Morgan explains Student Legal Services to such as traffic violations, DUIs, MIPs opportunities to join SLS, especially parents during the Alive! session, Tuesday, June 25. and landlord-tenant disputes. for criminal justice, political science See LEGAL page 2 Local bars Program crack down proposes on fake IDs clean slate By Steven Baldwin By Malee Powell Evergreen reporter Evergreen managing editor n DJ Goldfinger’s Stubblefields Minors caught with alcohol office lie multiple stacks of may still possess a clean record, confiscated fake IDs from if a new program is implement- Washington,I Idaho, Arizona and ed in Whitman County. two from the same woman in South Prosecutor Denis Tracy said Carolina. the Pre-Charging Diversion pro- With overseas companies in China gram may begin as soon as July printing fake IDs for minors, Goldfinger 1, offering people the chance said the game of fake IDs has changed. to clear an MIP for alcohol or “They’re like trading cards,” Goldfinger marijuana from their criminal record with the completion of said. “Usually, you would have to go get an NATHAN HOWARD | THE DAILY EVERGREEN a few steps. The offender must ID that looked like somebody.” A collection of fake IDs gathered by Stubblefields’ bouncers and staff. have no prior record. He said the quality of fake IDs being Tracy said the program could printed overseas concerns him the most. after breaks in the school year. to that risk of people serving to minors, help refocus his department. Additionally, Goldfinger said he is unsure The most common IDs the bar receives but our staff is constantly trained.” “I think I can be more effi- of what companies will develop next. come from Idaho, Montana and Arizona, In comparison to other establishments cient and effective with the lim- Gary Jenkins, Pullman chief of police, Cady said, which are often produced in on College Hill, Cady said the bar does not ited criminal justice resources said the department intercepted a package China. However, he said the fake IDs are receive as many fake IDs. that I have if I focus those of fake IDs from China with the help of the really easy to spot if they are the older state Goldfinger said after he collects a towards more serious crimes U.S. Postal Service last year. versions. stack of fake IDs over a period of time and repeat offenders,” Tracy The department works very closely with “The Arizona IDs are unique, and they at Stubblefields, he turns them over to said. Stubblefields, he said, and has officers near get passed around quite a bit because they the Pullman Police Department and the If Tracy implements the the bar in peak activity hours. don’t expire for a long time,” he said. Washington State Liquor Control Board. program, participants will “Our best chance of addressing this is In addition, he said the newer version For safety purposes, Goldfinger said have to pay a $350 program working with local businesses,” Jenkins of IDs for Idaho and Montana are harder the bar also has 16 cameras spread fee, complete an Alcohol Drug said. “The technology to produce fake IDs to replicate. throughout two floors of the building, as Information School course, vol- that replicate actual IDs have improved so While examining an ID, he said the well as a security chart for employees to unteer four hours toward com- much.” staff looks to see first if the person is follow. munity service and stay out of As a way to prevent minors getting 21, checks if the ID is expired and then He said he has started to tweet the fake trouble, he said. into the bar with fake IDs, Goldfinger said inspects the card to see if it has been made IDs on the bar’s Twitter account because Tracy said he also hopes to he has begun to give $5 incentives to his out of different material. employees were receiving so many of affect the students' outlook and employees who catch intruders at the door. Afterwards, the staff does a facial fea- them. potentially their future. “One of the main things to catching ture ratio examination with the fake ID Goldfinger said a dollar earned by these IDs is being a part of the commu- and the person in possession of the card. serving someone underage isn’t a “good Sometimes I feel a “ nity,” Goldfinger said. “We cannot be a bar “We’re under heavy scrutiny, and the dollar.” and think we’re only dealing with people Liquor Control Board is down here all the “We just want to run a really good little bit bad for the 21 and older.” time,” he said. “For as long as we have 20-year-old Bob Cady, owner of the Cougar Cottage, been on campus, we are more susceptible See FAKE IDs page 5 said the bar receives the most fake IDs “ who was just having a beer. Students engineer futuristic hydrogen UAV Denis Tracy Whitman County Prosecutor By Maxwell Reister ered by hydrogen. spent thousands of hours building Properties for Energy Research Evergreen reporter Take-offs are exciting and the Genii. They went through rolls lab in the School of Mechanical “It’s my hope there will be a scary, said one of the Genii's of fiberglass fabric and gallons of and Materials Engineering. The change in their behavior,” Tracy The engine's electric hum rises designers, Justin Bahrami, a glue, sometimes working until 4 plane currently runs on battery to a fierce buzz, three small wheels said. “Because alcohol use and mechanical engineering graduate a.m. and becoming delirious with power. abuse leads to many, many rattle on the gravel runway and student. exhaustion, Bahrami said. Hydrogen, the universe’s the Genii aircraft charges forward. problems.” "You don't know if it’s going to He said the name of the project most common chemical element, Before officially putting the But the pilot is 20 feet behind the work and there are many thou- was inspired by the Latin phrase causes less pollution and is a more plane. program in place, Tracy said he sands of dollars at stake," he said. "pondus hydrogenii", or "the efficient fuel. The plane could asked police departments, town The Genii is an Unmanned The team, under the guidance potential of hydrogen". eventually fly for up to 16 hours Aerial System (UAS), built and councils, WSU President Elson of Jacob Leachman, assistant pro- The team will eventually outfit without having to refuel, Bahrami S. Floyd, newspapers and other flown by a team of WSU engineer- fessor in the School of Mechanical Genii with a liquid hydrogen fuel said. ing students as a prototype for the and Materials Engineering, also system developed in the Hydrogen first university-built plane pow- See PLANES page 5 See MIP page 5 LG 50” LED LCD TV 50LN5400 - Full HD $ 1080p resolution 288 $999 GE Dishwasher APPLIANCES • TV • MATTRESSES • AUDIO - $250 Instant Rebate GLD2800TWW - Tall tub, deranleaus.com 5 stage filtration wash $749 Come See us at: 217 Warbonnet Drive, next to Staples - Moscow 882-7016 PAGE 2 | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 2013 PAGE TWO DAILYEVERGREEN.COM LEGAL | Continued from page 1 creative in their efforts and work will try to help students contact Alive! session greets bilingual families with Student Involvement. local attorneys, he said. By Adanna Escobar Educational Achievement does speak some English, it can be “It’s important for students to Dan Maher, coordinator Evergreen reporter Project. limiting. know their rights,” he said. “Even for student and organizational After consulting with various This language barrier prevents if we cannot help someone, we development and advisor to SLS, As another wave of first- university departments, programs Spanish-speaking parents from want to point them in the right said there is an outreach issue time Cougs make their way and focus groups to determine the asking questions and can make direction.” preventing students from learning to Pullman, they will be need for a bilingual session, New greeted with signs that say it difficult for staff to provide Wynn Mosman, the attorney about the services. Student Programs created ¡Alive answers, King said. working at SLS, said there was “A lot of students find them- “¡Bienvenidos!” and “¡Vamos Cougs!” WSU is welcoming Bilingüe: La Bienvenida! “It’s hard to describe the uni- a period of time they could only selves in some trouble and they The bilingual orientation ses- versity and what goes on,” King serve a limited number of stu- the bilingual additions to the don’t know why,” Maher said.