San Bernardino Press MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2014 - JUNE 22, 2014
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VOLUME 1, NO. 7
San Bernardino plane crash proves fatal Art students to L.A. firefighter, wounds eight-year-old display by Vickie Vértiz work in The summer turned tragic ground and flipped over sevjuried for two families and many eral times. friends this week when a plane The cause of the crash is crash critically injured an still unknown, and is currently exhibition eight-year-old boy and killed under investigation by the Feda veteran paramedic from the eral Aviation Administration at RAFFMA Los Angeles Fire Department. and the National TransportaA few minutes after eleven in the morning last Monday, June 9, 2014, a pilot and the young passenger crashed in a single-engine Grumman AA1A plane that nosedived at the northwest end of El Mirage Dry Lake in the Mojave Desert. The dry lake is about nine miles away from the town of Adelanto and ten miles north of Highway 18. The boy was identified as Sebastian Joshua Grewal from Hesperia. He received a second surgery at Loma Linda University Hospital this week to relieve pressure on his brain. He remains in critical condition. Tracy Martinez, spokeswoman for the San Bernardino County Fire Department, said that the plane struck the
tion Safety Board. Bystanders noticed that the plane was out of control, but it was not obvious was went wrong. Brian Lee, the pilot, was giving the young boy a plane ride during a camping trip when the accident occurred. Although San Bernardino County Firefighters were on the scene caring for the victims, Lee was fatally injured. Lee was 47 and worked for the Los Angeles Fire Department as a paramedic, helicopter pilot, and firefighter for twentyfive years. He was a friend of the Grewal family and knew the boy very well. Lee had two twin girls of his own. According to the Victorville Daily Press, the father of the boy, Josh Grewal, said his son wants to be a pilot when
(political) content that their representatives disagree with. Net Neutrality stands for an open Internet, one which protects and enables our right of free speech. However, in January 2014, court ruled that ISPs can now legally discriminate against websites and applications. ISPs can delay or block content, favor certain websites and corporations, and charge Internet companies various fees.
Cal State San Bernardino’s 44th Annual Student Art Exhibition will feature artwork from the next generation of emerging Inland Empire artists. Original CSUSB student artwork will be on display at the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art (RAFFMA) from June 15-July 31. An opening reception and end of the year party will be held Friday, June 13, from 6:30-9 p.m. The reception is free and open to the public. Parking at CSUSB is $5. Art students have been hard at work all year preparing for the highly competitive exhibition, which boasts a 30 percent acceptance rate. “It is always so gratifying and awe inspiring to see what the students have been working on in the studios,” says Katherine Gray, CSUSB professor of art. “An amazing display of work, it illustrates a determination to master a material or genre that shows in the flourishing of their creative vision.” Every year, an outside juror is chosen by CSUSB art department faculty members. This year, artist April Greiman served as juror for the exhibition. Greiman has exhibited in various cultural institutions, lectured academically and professionally, generated public artworks and participated on
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he grows up. Grewal is the owner of Menchie’s, a frozen yogurt shop in Hesperia. He told a reporter that, “Sebastian just turned eight in March, and he loves airplanes, cars, golfing and dirt bikes.” The father asked that the community keep his son in their prayers.
Net Neutrality: How Internet service providers want to gain more control over our lives by jennifer schlueter How would you feel if your favorite website loaded very slowly, or not at all, because your Internet service provider (ISP) disagrees with its content or wants you to use their favored website instead? Yes, you could switch providers, but most people in the US do not have a choice between more than one or two providers. And what if the other providers block another website that you like? The most famous case of an ISP favoring a certain website over
another was revealed in 2007, when Comcast, the US’ largest ISP, had interfered with file sharing services offered on BitTorrent. Comcast clients reported difficulties, delays, or complete inability to up- and/or download from BitTorrent. The concept of Net Neutrality would prohibit actions like Comcast’s. We as Internet users would be able to use any website at the speed we pay for with whatever information we choose to read. ISPs would not be able to restrict