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Vol. XLVII, No. 9 COYOTECHRONICLE.NET THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT VOICE OF CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN BERNARDINO SINCE 1965 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2013 Coyote Chronicle 05 07 10 14 Avoid Black Friday, Students rave over Rock’ CSUSB theatre brings Women’s basketball falls shop Cyber Monday N Roll Sushi “As You Like It” to life from defeat vs UCSD csusb lubos paso pledges to David Gilkey | NPR A Filipino man stands on a massive pile of wreckage in Tacloban city on Saturday. The city was devastated one week earlier as Typhoon Haiyan tore through. CSUSB Lubos Pasos is raising money, canned food, clothing etc. for affected victims. ANGEL LIZARDI This according to the United Nations Filipino culture on campus, is doing their Haiyan’s landfall winds were reported to Staff Writer Offi ce for the Coordination of Humanitar- part as well. be at 195 mph, with gusts up to 235 mph, ian Affairs (OCHA), in a press conference “We’ve all seen the pictures coming the highest ever recorded. he United Nations announced an where their Director of Operations John through—the scale of devastation is mas- The Filipino government reports that emergency allocation fund of $25 million Ging, said that the storm affected 9.8 mil- sive. Therefore we require the mobilization as of last Tuesday, the death toll is 1,774. to help fund relief efforts for the Super Ty- lion people of a massive response,” said Ging in the This is much less than the reported to- phoon Haiyan, known locally in the Philip- Locally, Lubos Paso, a CSUSB orga- press conference for the OCHA. tal of 10,000 that has since been reduced Tpines as Yolanda. nization that aims to bring awareness to The U.S. Navy reported that before Continued on Pg. 3 New interfaith center opening on campus By DANIEL DEMARCO tween the administrative offi ce and just begun getting the word out to clusive to clubs but that it is also Staff Writer The Blue Coyote Pub And Eatery. students about the new center. for individuals who are According to Mark Day, execu- The center itself is not com- religious and would The Student Union (SU) has tive director of the Student Union pletely done yet as they are still in like a place to hang just opened a new nondenomina- Administrative Offi ce, it is only a the process of getting new things for out and be around those tional religious/faith center where soft opening. the center such as more furniture. who also have religious religious-based groups may go to The grand opening is going to It is not meant to be a place of beliefs. host meetings or to simply be in January 2014. worship like a church or a mosque, Even those who may not hang out. It will be treated like any other though students are free to use it as believe in an organized reli- The Interfaith center in the Student Union, except such. Day made it clear that the cen- gion but are spiritual in some Center is on that there will not be a paid staff. It ter was created for students to use way are welcome. the second will be volunteer based. however they wish. The center is not exclu- fl oor be- The administrative offi ce has Day says the center is not ex- Continued on Pg. 3 Chronicle Page 2 News Monday, November 25, 2013 SSolarolar aactivityctivity sstrangertranger tthanhan iinn 220000 yyearsears With its magnetic poles out of place, the sun is producing only half the number of sunspots, which could reduce the rate of global warming By YARA DEL RIO-DOMINGUEZ can change as it becomes hyperactive tivity but scientists see don’t see that lost power [because] it caused a huge Staff Writer and this is completely normal activity happening. blackout.” for the sun, explained CSUSB profes- According to World Nature News, The few active sunspots are erupt- olar activity is at an all sor Carol Hood. all the research conducted scientist ing and have disrupted high-tech elec- time low for this time of “Because the sun is a big ball of have concluded that the sun may just tronics all around the world. The storm year. gas it rotates really fast, its magnetic be returning to its normal state. It isn’t disabled a Japanese satellite, disrupted The sun seems to be fi eld lines can that the sun is gas & oil drilling in Alaska, and trig- S get twisted up producing less gered a radio blackout one early morn- producing only half the number of sun- spots, its magnetic poles are oddly out throughout the hen the sun isn’t active sun spots for ing on the east coast this November. of place, and it’s also going through time and where “W this time of year, The sun not producing active sun- the oddest reverse cycles, according to its magnetic its magnetic fi eld is similar to only that the sun spots is not as bad as it may sound. Robert Holtz writer for the Wall Street fi eld lines inter- seems to only Since the sun isn’t producing a grand Journal. twine with one ours, but then can change as it have fewer active amount of sunspots, the earths’ outer The sun is going through an odd, another is where sunspots. layer will cool, weakening greenhouse reverse cycle where its polarity is dis- the sunspots oc- becomes hyperactive and this is As the sun- gases and their warming effect on torted. During the magnetic-fi eld re- cur,” said Hood. completely normal activity for spots are erupt- Earth. versal the sun’s polarity switches to an Scientists ing they release Student Crystal Quintana said, opposite magnetic polarity. can not tell if the sun.” particles and ra- “The sun’s lower hyperactivity doesn’t The sun is currently at the same this is tempo- diation out into sound like its a good thing but it is magnetic polarity as the South Pole. rary or if the sun space which can slowing down global warming to a cer- CSUSB professor Karen Koleh- is simply return- Dr. Carol Hood sometimes in- tain extent, so it couldn’t be that bad.” mainen said, “I’ve heard a few reports ing to a relaxing Assistant Professor terfere with our Although this subtle change in the about the number of sunspots being state, since the electronic devic- suns’ solar activity may not be what it slightly less than normal during this sun has been es here on earth. was 200 years ago, it has been expect- cycle, but my impression is that it’s not hyperactive since the 1940s. This is not the fi rst time this has ed and gives scientist the opportunity as weird.” Historical records indicate that happened according to Hood, “The last to continue researching the sun’s solar When the sun isn’t active its mag- this fall the sun should be about ready time there was a big disruption in the activity to help predict future electron- netic fi eld is similar to ours, but then to climax into its 11-year cycle of ac- late ‘90s, half of the eastern sea ports ic disruption. Photo courtesy of NASA Coyote Chronicle Editor in Chief Koby Heramil A&E Editor Abigail Tejada Managing Editor Manal Museitef Sports Editor Linda Tran News Editor Phil Ruddle Asst. 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Chronicle Page 3 News Monday, November 25, 2013 CCBriefs: New fracking rules create controversy By Marion Gil By CLARISSA TOLL Supporters believe fracking will create risk exists with respect to water supply qual- Staff Writer Staff Writer more jobs and more resources, while oppo- ity.” nents believe the risk of pollution and damage According to savethetapwater.org, states Nov.