PROGRESSIVE CULTURE FOR ALL ISSUE 7 FALL 2005 www.jadedmag.org JADED 1 INSIDE THIS ISSUE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PENDING By Eva Meszaros 8 The money and politics behind our inadequate first responders. BEHIND THE OIL DILEMMA By Jee Soo Kim 10 Figuring out the future of our oil problem. THE HONG TAN BUI CASE 12 By Trinh Luu What are they not telling us? THE MILITARIZATION OF AMERICAN SCHOOLS 14 By Kevin Li and Trinh Luu Military recruiters use popular culture to target vunerable teens for the war in Iraq. WHERE ARE THE STUDENTS? By Jared Hall 16 Why are there less students protesting the war in Iraq than in Vietnam? PROPOSITIONS GALORE 18 By Diana Jou This election is very important, but before you head to the voting booth, check out Jaded’s endorsements. DISAPPEARED IN AMERICA, DISCOVERED AT UCI 22 By Grace Hsiang Art exhibit at UCI explores what it means to be silenced after 9/11. 4 HODGE PODGE 5 FEAR OF THE OTHER 6 XENOPHOBIA 7 IRAQ FACT SHEET 20 TEACH FOR AMERICA 21 NOT THE TYPICAL ASIAN AMERICAN OBITUARY 24 REVIEWS WELCOME MISSION STATEMENT WORKER BEES 26 SO HOT RIGHT NOW PLAYLIST Americans are afraid of the wrong things. Jaded is an alternative media magazine meant to encourage Editor in Chief Staff 27 A MOSTLY STEREOTYPICAL PLACE THAT I’LL NEVER political, cultural, and social discourse among UCI students. We Diana Jou Davis Fetter VISIT AGAIN Our administration employs the politics of fear to take advantage celebrate and support the Asian Pacific Islander community by Grace Hsiang of the legitimate concerns of citizens. We are told to be afraid for retelling the past, engaging the present, and creating a vision for Creative Director Jee Soo Kim 31 CALENDAR our security when the Technicolor alert is elevated from tangerine the future. We hope to build connections and bridge gaps between Chris Dea Jessica C. Lee orange to salmon pink. However, our real security problem lies different people on and off campus. The goal of the publication Kevin Li in the inability of our national emergency response system to is not only to provide a space where students can voice different Executive Editor Trinh Luu Visit our website for exclusive materials and updates. help Americans in catastrophic events. The fear of terrorism opinions and artistic expressions, but also as a form of community Julianne Ong Hing Eva Meszaros is reframed to target illegal immigrants from Latin America, activism through education and awareness. Despite the fact that Eileen Rosete www.jadedmag.org while the government sends more secret agents to track Fidel we are misrepresented, our images misconstrued, and our culture Entertainment Editor Castro than Osama Bin Ladin. Our fears are exploited to justify misunderstood we are not jaded in spirit. This is what we are doing Kayleigh Shaw Graphics Questions? Comments? Criticisms? unchecked powers and invasion of nations. Issue seven of Jaded about it. Jamora Crawford Send them all to [email protected]. discusses the scary tactics of military recruitment in our schools, External Affairs Albert Ok the profit motives of petition collectors, the antagonism of civilian Annie Ly Jeff Tang Published with support from the Center for American Progress / border patrollers, the fear of the “other” in suburbia, the lack of COVERS Rosanna Huang Campus Progress online at campusprogress.org. accountability in police brutality cases, and our future with the oil dilemma. Now, that’s some real scary shit. Front and back covers by Albert Ok -Diana Jou Inside cover by Jamora Crawford DISCLAIMER The ideas and opinions of the articles do not necessarily reflect those of the entire Jaded staff or the University of California, Irvine. JADED 2 JADED 3 INSIDE THIS ISSUE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PENDING By Eva Meszaros 8 The money and politics behind our inadequate first responders. BEHIND THE OIL DILEMMA By Jee Soo Kim 10 Figuring out the future of our oil problem. THE HONG TAN BUI CASE 12 By Trinh Luu What are they not telling us? THE MILITARIZATION OF AMERICAN SCHOOLS 14 By Kevin Li and Trinh Luu Military recruiters use popular culture to target vunerable teens for the war in Iraq. WHERE ARE THE STUDENTS? By Jared Hall 16 Why are there less students protesting the war in Iraq than in Vietnam? PROPOSITIONS GALORE 18 By Diana Jou This election is very important, but before you head to the voting booth, check out Jaded’s endorsements. DISAPPEARED IN AMERICA, DISCOVERED AT UCI 22 By Grace Hsiang Art exhibit at UCI explores what it means to be silenced after 9/11. 4 HODGE PODGE 5 FEAR OF THE OTHER 6 XENOPHOBIA 7 IRAQ FACT SHEET 20 TEACH FOR AMERICA 21 NOT THE TYPICAL ASIAN AMERICAN OBITUARY 24 REVIEWS WELCOME MISSION STATEMENT WORKER BEES 26 SO HOT RIGHT NOW PLAYLIST Americans are afraid of the wrong things. Jaded is an alternative media magazine meant to encourage Editor in Chief Staff 27 A MOSTLY STEREOTYPICAL PLACE THAT I’LL NEVER political, cultural, and social discourse among UCI students. We Diana Jou Davis Fetter VISIT AGAIN Our administration employs the politics of fear to take advantage celebrate and support the Asian Pacific Islander community by Grace Hsiang of the legitimate concerns of citizens. We are told to be afraid for retelling the past, engaging the present, and creating a vision for Creative Director Jee Soo Kim 31 CALENDAR our security when the Technicolor alert is elevated from tangerine the future. We hope to build connections and bridge gaps between Chris Dea Jessica C. Lee orange to salmon pink. However, our real security problem lies different people on and off campus. The goal of the publication Kevin Li in the inability of our national emergency response system to is not only to provide a space where students can voice different Executive Editor Trinh Luu Visit our website for exclusive materials and updates. help Americans in catastrophic events. The fear of terrorism opinions and artistic expressions, but also as a form of community Julianne Ong Hing Eva Meszaros is reframed to target illegal immigrants from Latin America, activism through education and awareness. Despite the fact that Eileen Rosete www.jadedmag.org while the government sends more secret agents to track Fidel we are misrepresented, our images misconstrued, and our culture Entertainment Editor Castro than Osama Bin Ladin. Our fears are exploited to justify misunderstood we are not jaded in spirit. This is what we are doing Kayleigh Shaw Graphics Questions? Comments? Criticisms? unchecked powers and invasion of nations. Issue seven of Jaded about it. Jamora Crawford Send them all to [email protected]. discusses the scary tactics of military recruitment in our schools, External Affairs Albert Ok the profit motives of petition collectors, the antagonism of civilian Annie Ly Jeff Tang Published with support from the Center for American Progress / border patrollers, the fear of the “other” in suburbia, the lack of COVERS Rosanna Huang Campus Progress online at campusprogress.org. accountability in police brutality cases, and our future with the oil dilemma. Now, that’s some real scary shit. Front and back covers by Albert Ok -Diana Jou Inside cover by Jamora Crawford DISCLAIMER The ideas and opinions of the articles do not necessarily reflect those of the entire Jaded staff or the University of California, Irvine. JADED 2 JADED 3 frankandfrank by Chris Applehans TEXT BY JULIANNE ONG HING New Chancellor Ralph Cicerone stepped down as UCI’s chancellor following his induction into the National Academy of Sciences in May of 2005. The vacancy was fi lled by Dr. Michael Drake, a physician, scholar, and longtime member of the University of California community. UCI students got a chance to meet Dr. Drake on October 1, 2005 when he addressed the 200 participants of the All-University Leadership Conference in Palm Springs. In his speech he expressed his personal commitment to ensuring diversity in both our student body and faculty. Chancellor Drake quickly earned the approval of students with his perceptive, sincere and enthusiastic demeanor. Aramark Aramark recently signed a contract with UCI which goes into ef- fect this year and gives the national food service company a complete monopoly over all food outlets on campus, from Cornerstone Café and the Phoenix Grille to all on-campus housing dining halls and the Student Center. Aramark has a reputation for unfair labor practices; the fi ercely anti-union company pays food service workers inadequate wages with no medical benefi ts. At the October 1-2, 2005 All-Universi- ty Leadership Conference, the administration defended the Univer- sity’s decision to allow Aramark to come to UCI by underscoring the $2 million Aramark offered to pay upfront for the kitchen facilities in the new Student Center. Vice Chancellor Gomez also said that other independent companies lacked Aramark’s fi nancial stability, thus mak- ing it the most convenient and reliable option. Gomez did not address Aramark’s treatment of its workers in his explanation. Image by Albert Ok Image by New Rules Regarding Free Speech Area Club offi cers were informed of new rules governing the use of outdoor space and campus grounds at orientations presented by the FEAR OF Dean of Students on October 12 and 14, 2005. According to Director of Campus Organizations and Community Service Marti Barmore, THE OTHER amplifi ed sound for outdoor events will be limited to one hour per day “Walls can provide a refuge from from noon to 1pm. While Barmore suggested that minor exceptions could be made, the new rule forbidding the use of bullhorns at all people who are deviant or unusual times was non-negotiable. The new rules were supposedly instituted and perceived as dangerous, but the to appease professors who complained that their classes were being borders require patrolling to be sure disrupted by on-campus protests and rallies in recent years.