c: A L I F O K N I A 1» O I Y T E C H N I C', S T A T E U N I V E K S 1 I Y Mustang D aily ’ ^ : v : TODAY’S WEATHER Find out the 20 B A fE B A L L most popular songs V High Get a 70° on the European M ustaA|^Big c o n tin e n t competition Low l i 47° IN ARTS&CULTURE, S IN SPORTS, ^ Volume LXVIll, Number 92 Wednesday, April 6, 2005' Mustangdailyfin calpoly.edu -yiA-:: ■■■■■• % ■ V ' ■■ m m fiM : ; V . , „ . 1': ft ■ Future of Coastal ♦ J • -iF J , , A ^’7 *». • ^^ € m iA Commission uncertain ^ I -f- - 7 TOM SANDFRS MUSTANC', IMIl Y ASSIXJIAI KI) PRKSS As students marched through Cal Poly Tuesday, they shouted ‘Si, se pueda,’ which means ‘yes, it can be From Big Sur to Bolsa Chica, California has one of the world’s most done.’ Participants in the march said the low turnout shows how little people know about Chavez pristine coastlines, which is protected by the Coastal Commission. Terence Chea The C'alifornia Supreme Court ASStX:iATED PRESS hears arguments Wednesday in a case that will determine the future of the STUDENTS MARCH SAN FKANCISCX') — From the commission, which has made moa* soaring cliffs of Big Sur to the teem­ than 1(K),(MM) decisions over the p.ist ing wetlands of Bolsa (diica, three decades. Clalifornia has one of the world’s most The commission has made its share TO HONOR CHAVEZ pristine and protected coasts, dniwing of enemies, especially among seaside millions of people each year to its residents and aal estate developers sandy beaches and rugged shores. Chavez used non-violent protests, such as who say the panel routinely tramples Conservationists say that’s no acci­ fasts and strikes, to create a better working on private property rights and harbors 4 4 dent, it’s the R“sult of a voter initiative an exta-me enviainmental agenda. environment for migrant farmworkers He was a leader that pretty passed more than 30 years ago that “Year after year, the Coastal Amanda Strachan much ^ave up his life andcreated the California Coastal Commission has displayed an unbri­ MUSTANG DAILY sacrificed his family for Commission, the powerful govern­ dled araigance against people liv'ing what he helieued iti.^^ ment agency charged with protectinj^ on the coast,” said James Burling, an Although the state holiday commemorating Cesar and restoring the state’s l,l(K)-mile attorney for the Pacific Legal Chavez was last Thursday, a handful of students coastline. see Coast, page 2 marched thriiugh campus Tuesday afternoon to raise — JUAN OCHOA awareness about C'havez. Cesar Chavez civil engineering senior “A lot of people know we have it offbut they don’t know why,” business major Daisy Cisneros said. “He was a leader that pretty much gave up his life Bill to allow hemp farming in The group gathered for the march was small, some­ and sacrificed his family for what he believed in,” thing participants say is a sign that more students Ochoa said. “I’m here to thank him for what he did California pending Legislature should be aware of C'havez and his contributions. and also to carry on his message.” "Just looking at the people here, there’s not a lot of The group carried signs and shouted “Si se pueda,” Steve Lawrence support,” civil engineering senior Juan Ochoa said. Chavez’s motto in life which translates to “yes it can ASSCK IATEI) PRESS “There’s a lot of people that don’t really know about be done.” him, and if they do know about him they don’t know SACKAMENTO — John “We want for younger C'hicanos, Mexican enough to realize what he was fighting for.” Koulac wants to give California (diavez was a migrant farm-worker dedicated to Americans, people that come from the working class, agriculture a boost and cut his trans­ organizing and improving the lives of his fellow to know that yes it can be done,” Arvizu-Kodriguez portation costs at the same time. workers. said. Koulac is the founder and chief “My dad was a farmworker and when 1 was grow­ Although Chavez died in 1993, his legacy is carried e.xecutive officer of Nutiva, an up- ing up 1 got to see the conditions that the Eirniwork- on through the Cesar Cdiavez foundation, created by and-coming organic food company ers worked in,” said Maria Arvizu-Kodriguez, adviser his family, and through organizations like the Hispanic that is based in t'alifornia but that for the Hispanic business student association. "I firm­ Business Student Association who put on Tuesday’s processes and packages most of its ly believe that CT-sar C'havez was onto something real­ march. products in C'anada. The reason: Nutiva sells bars, protein powder, ly good. He actually accomplished a great deal in Laborers still face poor working conditions and low terms of changing those working conditions.” seeds and oil made with hemp, a -wages but now Chavez’s message has spread and some Chavez worked for more than three decades as a cousin of marijuana. students feel it is their obligation to continue it. leader of the first successful farm workers union. In Ffemp has only a trace of tetrahy- that time he made many improvements for the work­ “I ha\e a college education and I feel it’s even more drocannabinols, orTHC\ the drug in i ers such as increasing their wages, working for med­ of .1 re.i>on to fight,” civil engineering senior Enoc marijuana, but hemp can’t be legally ical coverage and improving their living conditions. I ira said. “Unfortunately many migrant farmworkers grown in the United States without Chavez worked for change through non-violent are not getting the best education so I feel it is my a permit from the Hrug protests. He staged fasts, boycotts, strikes and pilgrim- responsibility to graduate and work for these people Enforcement Administration. And asmh i n m press ages. who cannot or find it difficult to defend themselves.” the I )EA has only allowed an exper- John Roulac, president of Nutiva, see Hemp, page 2 poses with some hemp products. NEWS 2 Wednesday, April 6,2(M)5 T he plaintiffs in the case before the the future of the coast,” said Peter Department of Food and Coast court argue the commission is uncon­ I )ouglas, who has directed the com­ Hemp Agriculture to issue licenses to continued from page / stitutional because it wields executive mission for the past 20 years. continued from page I grow and process hemp. pow'ers, yet two-thials of its commis­ Foundation, which advocates for pri- “Whether it continues to go in the nnental plot m Hawaii, according to bills similar to Leno’s are pend­ sioners are chosen by legislators. \ate propertv' rights. “The C'oastal direction of conservation and Adam Eidinger, a spokesman for ing in New Hampshire and (\)inniission has perverted its initial “The stakes for Californians and restoration, or whether we open the Vote Hemp, the lobbying arm of the Oregon. North Dakota approved mission intt) a power grab for itself." future generations are enormous. 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