Vol. 87 Issue 37 April 22, 2010 THURSDAY The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton The party in the desert Human capital: The 11th annual Coahella Music and Arts Festival brought a record 75,000 from around the world to jam in the sand Strategizing a college’s worth PHOTO BY ALLIE MOSIER/Daily Titan Staff Writter Students, faculty and the president’s administrative board gather to discuss the strategic planning activity document. BY ALLIE MOSIER Daily Titan Staff Writer [email protected] A group of concerned Cal State Fullerton students and faculty met with the president’s administrative board to discuss the future of the university on Tuesday at the Ti- tan Student Union. The students discussed the Strategic Planning Activities document which states that the university would put less emphasis on programs that are “esoteric,” such as philoso- phy, literature and fine arts. According to the document, they would instead focus on those that would produce a needed expert labor force in fields like health care, public administration, science, engineering and business. Those in attendance were acting Director of University Planning/Writer of the Strategic Planning Activities, Mi- chael Parker; Vice President of Academic Affairs, Ephraim Smith; Vice President of Student Affairs, Robert Palmer and acting Chief Information Technology Officer, Chris Manriquez. Dean of Students Kandy Mink Salas served as the moderator. PHOTOS BY CHRISTA CONNELLY/Daily Titan Photo Editor Among the students who attended were current As- sociated Students Inc. President Juli Santos and ASI Pres- ABOVE: Swedish twee-pop band Camera Obscura performs to a BY MEGHAN ALFANO acts with other music aficionados. ident-elect Joe Lopez. crowd in the Mojave tent on Saturday, April 17. They were one of Daily Titan Sound-Off Editor Despite no longer selling one-day passes and over 120 bands performing over the three-day festival. [email protected] a line-up that some considered to be upsetting, See HUMAN CAPITAL, Page 3 Coachella attracted 75,000 people from all over TOP LEFT: The party rages around ‘Successful House Plants,’ an art Walking around in the desert heat, the smell of the globe, selling out the event and making it the marijuana and body odor coming from the guy in biggest Coachella thus far. installment by Michael Christian of Oakland, Calif. This is the front of you as you walk around searching for the The growth was definitely noticeable to regular artist’s sixth year as part of the festival. band you want to see, ah, Coachella. Coachella attendees, including Mark Casas of La The 11th annual Coachella Music and Arts Mirada, who has attended Coachella every year CSUF campus TOP RIGHT: Festival goers escape the desert heat in the air- Festival took place April 16-18, and attracted since 2005. conditioned Heineken Beer Garden, featuring two bars and a thousands of people from all over the world for deejay making sure the music never stopped. the three-day festival to celebrate their favorite See COACHELLA, Page 6 prepares for Illegal students live Comm. Week in fear of deportation BY JUANITA VASQUEZ where they went. Daily Titan Staff Writer The pursuit of a better quality of life [email protected] and greater economic opportunities are the reasons for immigration, legal or il- Eloisa’s brother first set foot in the legal, and Eloisa said she doesn’t blame United States when he was 17 years anyone for her current situation. old. The second time, he was put on a “My parents came here to this coun- PHOTO COURTESY OF COMM WEEK WEBSITE plane back to Mexico City. try to have a better education, to have CSUF alumni Henry DiCarlo (center), meteorologoist for CBS He had been living and working in a better future for my brothers and I,” and KCAL, gives Comm. Week keynote speech at the 2006 the U.S. for five years before traveling Eloisa said, who first came into the PHOTO COURTESY MTC Alumni Luncehon. to Mexico for personal reasons. He had U.S. with a Visitor Visa. “I feel that it’s Luis Alberto Diaz Cujcuj (right) with his friends in the small village of San Jose Calderas, come into the country with a Tourist a struggle for me to get an education, Guatemala, talked about being chained on his deportation flight from the United States. BY ALLIE MOSIER Visa, which allows people to tempo- but I’d rather be struggling for an edu- Daily Titan Staff Writer rarily enter the U.S. for business, plea- cation than be struggling by working he was able to apply for legal residency accident because I don’t have insurance,” [email protected] sure or medical treatment. But he was 48 hours a week.” and continue his studies. Eloisa said. working without a workers’ permit Pérez said the constant thinking Brent Wilkes, national executive di- Eloisa also thinks about sobriety Comm. Week is a week-long event dedicated to spot- during his stay. about their safety and thinking they are rector of the League of United Latin checkpoints, which she explains often lighting the college of communications, which will take “When he tried to come into the in danger of being deported filters into American Citizens, said in a press con- lead to deportations. However, she is a place Monday, April 26, through Sunday, May 2. There United States through Ontario,” said the academic lives of undocumented ference that over 380,000 people were part of a network of friends, some un- will be a variety of workshops students can attend and Eloisa, an accounting and Chicano(a) students. deported in the first year of the Obama documented and others legal citizens, guest speakers from all areas of the communications field. studies major. “That’s when they told Associate Dean of Students Esiquio administration. who, through text messages, alert one “We have over 75 guest speakers coming from the pub- him that he couldn’t because the visa Uballe said about a year ago a CSUF “There’s a lot of people who are in another about checkpoint locations. lic relations industry as well as the entertainment indus- that he had was for visitors only.” graduate, who had been living in the our situation but are afraid to lobby Eloisa awaits the approval of the Fed- try, among others,” said Director of Logistics Committee When he tried to ask for the permit, U.S. since he was young, was going to or to protest,” Eloisa said. “And there’s eral DREAM Act, which would give the Griselda Ramirez. “We have been planning for this event he was interrogated for about three be deported to Mexico. people who have documentation and undocumented youth a path to citizen- since the beginning of the semester. Right now, we’re do- hours, and in less than six hours, im- “Because he was in the middle of want to help out, but they don’t see it ship in exchange for a mandatory two ing last minute preparations.” migration officials had boarded him finishing his masters, we felt that it was as a priority, so they don’t help out as years in higher education or military The event will kick-off with a scavenger hunt called on a plane to Mexico City. important for him to complete his stud- much.” service. In addition, they need to have TEXTravaganza! on April 26, at noon in which students Patricia Pérez, assistant professor of ies. So, there was an appeal made to let Eloisa said what frightens her most entered the U.S. at age 16 or younger will use their cell phones to play. Chicano(a) studies, knows of undocu- him stay until his deportation hearing is driving, because she does not have a and must demonstrate “good moral “We will be asking students questions about Cal State mented people who, before they were so that he could be released and then license. conduct.” Fullerton and students will have to find those locations,” able to fix their immigration status, finish his masters,” Uballe said. “I remember my first year of college said Chief Financial Officer Jeannette Lalamas. had to live “under the radar,” and were At the time of the arrest, the stu- it was hard for me to drive to school, constantly scared and worried about dent was engaged. After his marriage, because I was afraid of getting in a car See DEPORTATION, Page 2 See COMM, Page 2 2 April 22, 2010 IN OTHER NEWS Students find sleep on campus INTERNATIONAL BY MARYANNE SHULTS of my favorite places is on the benches For The Daily Titan in the orange grove in front of Langs- Pakistan switches off the lights [email protected] dorf Hall, near the fountain. When I close my eyes, it kind of feels like the LAHORE, Pakistan – Amid fears that severe energy shortages could touch For college students who find them- beach with the sound of the water.” off riots, Pakistan will announce drastic measures this week to save electricity, in- selves a bit sluggish in the afternoon, Sanjurjo works full time as a bus cluding a shorter workweek and restrictions on nighttime wedding celebrations, and a can of Red Bull or a quick visit boy at a seafood restaurant, while also government officials said Wednesday. to Starbucks for a double-shot latte carrying a full academic load. He’s on With power outages lasting up to 20 hours a day in cities and villages, halting doesn’t seem to pull them back to the campus several days a week and his industry and even farming in some places, the electricity crisis could further de- peak level of brain function, there’s al- first class begins at 8:30 a.m.