Close victory for Cougars against THE DAILY UCLA sports Page 9 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2009 THE STUDENT VOICE EverOF WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1895 greenVol 115 No. 104 LOCAL Police investigate Banquet makes bank Playing fair: after mother calls The Pullman Police are Students investigating a fraternity for allegedly furnishing alcohol to minors. At 2:56 a.m. Friday, the educate Pullman Police received a call from a concerned mother of a WSU student, Pullman Police Cmdr. about trade Chris Tennant said. The mother said her under- Groups are dedicating this week to age son was intoxicated somewhere in Pullman, generating insight about the need and in need of medical for responsible consumerism. attention. After contacting the By Taras Zhulev student, the police dis- Evergreen staff covered the student was in the basement of the Some local student groups will Alpha Tau Omega frater- spend the week working to educate nity, Tennant said. the public about the global fair When Pullman police trade of goods. officers arrived at the fra- Beginning today and running ternity around 3:30 a.m., through Thursday, WSU and two underage fraternity University of Idaho groups will members, both intoxicat- ed, were standing in front collaborate and host Fair Trade of the house, Tennant Awareness Week, an event which said. One was arrested focuses on the coffee industry and for obstruction and mak- educating the local community ing false statements. The about fairness in trade, lobbying other was arrested for ALICIA CARLSON/DAILY EVERGREEN for local business to support fair alcohol violations. trade, and developing responsible When the Pullman The dean of students table enjoys its first course at the multicultural dinner Friday night in the CUB consumers. police tried to enter the Senior Ballroom. The WSU mariachi band also performed traditional Mexican music at the event. “Fair Trade Awareness Week is building, one student about educating our campus on the refused to open the The Multicultural Fundraising Dinner raised money to promote diversity issues surrounding trade justice, front door, Tennant said. coffee and the power of the con- Eventually, another stu- From staff reports Despite the economic hurdles, he student intercultural leadership dent let the police in. sumer,” said Molly Boers, coordina- said Friday’s dinner was a “huge conferences that take place dur- tor of the events. “Americans con- The Pullman police In a room with a multitude of success.” ing the academic year. The con- found the student in the sume over a quarter of the world’s basement and transport- cultures, a single goal prevailed. “We wanted to make sure that ferences include Shaping High coffee. Our purchase power has the ed him to the hospital. Friday’s fifth annual we put our best (effort) into it, School Asian Pacific Islanders for ability to change the global market Tennant said the Multicultural Fundraising Dinner and whatever came out is what the Next Generation, Children and radically impact the people that police notified the univer- featured a number of guests from came out,” Mulenga said. “After of Aztlan Sharing Higher produce the stuff we buy.” sity about the investiga- various WSU groups promot- the dinner, things are looking Education, Visionaries Inspiring Though the U.S. economically tion. ing equity and diversity. WSU quite positive.” Black Empowered Students, and benefits from purchasing cheap cof- Regent Connie Niva delivered the Due to the recent cuts, the Pah-Loots Pow Wow. fee, doing so places it in an unfavor- LIFE keynote speech to the crowd in Mulenga and ASWSU decided The goal of the four confer- able light and dampers the success of the nations that produce the The book-reviewing the CUB Senior Ballroom. not to set a specific goal this year ences is to recruit high school The banquet is a vital source for funds. Mulenga said he does students and promote leadership goods, said Jason Puz, vice presi- couple turns to Douglas dent of the WSU Young Democrats. Coupland’s novel, “The of funding for ASWSU, especially not have an exact dollar amount development for a weekend at Gum Thief,” which focuses as budget cuts increase on cam- for Friday’s banquet but is confi- WSU. The visits include campus “It affects Americans in the sense that attitudes toward on life inside an office pus, said Ryan Mulenga, ASWSU dent it surpassed last year’s total. supply store | Page 5 director of multicultural affairs. Proceeds help fund four See DINNER Page 3 See TRADE Page 3 SPORTS Women’s hoops ASWSU hopefuls take Student group reaches out falls short to residence halls to help women in Brazil She also recognized the increased The candidates offered solutions Friends of Bahia Street work to Friends of Bahia Street began to improve ASWSU’s relationship organization she has seen within RHA since the time she was a educate women in an effort to last semester at WSU through the efforts of Smith and Massaro with the WSU residence halls. member two years ago. improve their quality of life. Ueti, assistant research professor Presidential candidate By Dan Warn of veterinary microbiology and Evergreen staff Bredstrand acknowledged By Andrew Talevich pathology. Evergreen staff that the relationship between Smith was inspired to start Waller Hall’s old-fashioned RHA and the Senate could be Friends of Bahia Street after liv- lobby was open to all students improved, but said he and Aigner Pullman and Salvador, Brazil, are vastly different. ing in Salvador for seven months Thursday, as the three ASWSU believed the best way to improve Contrary to the residence during a mission trip. When he WSU women’s basketball presidential tickets debated pos- the relationship between resi- halls, fraternities, apartments and returned, he still felt a need to pro- lost to both L.A. schools sible ways to improve the quality dence halls and ASWSU was to vide service to the city’s over the weekend but make sure all the Senate seats are houses that make up Pullman, 80 of life in residence halls. percent of Salvador’s population citizens. kept it close Friday night filled. All of the executive pairs live in shanty-town style slums. against USC | Page 9 Bredstrand said the Senate agreed the relationship between Bahia Street International GET OUT & GO represents the students of the ASWSU and the residence halls and Friends of Bahia Street college, and if all seats where ■ WHAT: Friends of Bahia Street needed to be improved but dis- plan to make life in Salvador INSIDE consistently filled, the voices of agreed on how to do so. better. Friends of Bahia Street more students would be heard. ■ WHEN: 5:00 p.m. every Friday 4-day forecast | Page 2 Presidential candidate Derick was founded last semester at En’Wezoh and his running mate All the tickets also have other Police log | Page 2 WSU to support Bahia Street ■ WHERE: CUB Jay Hendrickson said they will programs and projects they want International, an organization to tackle if elected. Classified | Page 14 bridge the gap by working an designed to promote education for “I came back and had an inter- executive angle. Mulenga and Driscoll, both on young women in Salvador. Horoscopes | Page 16 est if there was any way I could “We are going to implement a the ASWSU executive staff this “The goal is to give them the maintain a connection and help year, said they want to continue Sudoku | Page 16 position that deals directly with education they need in order to out,” Smith said. Residence Life, and we are com- working on The Bookie buy-back get into college or to get a decent To raise money for Bahia Street Crossword | Page 16 mitted to that,” En’Wezoh said. system. Driscoll said through an job,” said David Smith, Friends of International, Friends of Bahia The two other tickets, Jake ASWSU project she spearheaded Bahia Street president. “Basically Street plans to collect books from Bredstrand and Molly Aigner, this year, students received more (we aim) to keep them off the WSU students and sell them at the WEATHER and Ryan Mulenga and Sarah money than in the past when streets, away from the drugs or end of the year. Driscoll, both agreed that the they sold back their books. violence or prostitution that sur- Unlike other nongovern- main focus on improving the “We are definitely knowledge- rounds them.” ment organizations, Bahia Street relationship lies with ASWSU able about textbooks, and we Bahia Street International International is run at a grassroots Senate. definitely know how to get more was formed when anthropologist level, contributing to the success of Driscoll, the vice presidential money back to students,” she Margaret Wilson was studying the operation, said Berkley Walker, candidate running with Mulenga, said. race and gender in Salvador. Friends of Bahia treasurer. said she thought improving the Aigner said she and There she met Rita Conceiçao, a “The structure and the Rain relationship between the Senate Bredstrand were interested in native Salvadorian. decisions are made by native High 45 | Low 38 and Residence Hall Association The two teamed up to create would be extremely important. See ASWSU Page 3 Bahia Street International in 1996. See BAHIA Page 3 2 THE DAILY EVERGREEN PAGE TWO MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2009 THE DAILY P.O.Box 642510, The weather box Pullman, WA 99164 www.dailyevergreen.com Tuesday | Rain Evergreen The Daily Evergreen is the official student Order a photo reprint: Other contact numbers: High: 46 Low: 34 publication of WSU, operating under authority Contact Tracy Milano at 335-4573. granted to the Board of Student Publications by Circulation: 335-5138 the WSU Board of Regents.