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Vol. XLIII, No. 15 Monday, March 8, 2010
Coyote Chronicle
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PROTESTS ROCK CSU By DAVID CHERNIN Online Editor t’s a common occurrence for the main ger and Chancellor Reed in a dialogue, making entrance of CSUSB to be congested them out to be unwilling to compromise, and inwith traffic. Last Thursday, however, sensitive to the needs of students. During the cars were not the only ones filling the rally, Reed was referred to numerous times as intersection. "Chancellor Greed." Students and teachers took to the streets on Fliers were handed out to those in attendance, Thursday March 4, 2010, to participate in the bringing to attention all the effects of the cuts and "Day of Action." The rally, declared statewide by the salaries of the top paid executives in of the the CSUs, UCs and other publicly funded edu- CSUs, including the $421,500 salary that Chancational institutions, protested fee hikes, budget cellor Reed rakes in every year. cuts, and layoffs at these schools. Different speakers were brought to the stage, The rally started at the ranging from professors, intersection of Northpark students, alumni and and University at 11:30 more; each urging that a.m. where a little over students take action and one hundred students make a difference in the gathered with signs, situation public education megaphones and a comis facing. ASI President James Fukazawa mon goal; to make their "Over the last two voices heard and urge years, $19 billion have leaders to make education a top priority. been cut from public education statewide," said As the students gathered, chants emerged from Sociology professor Patricia Little. "We are the crowd, from "our education, our future," to going to make sure this ends." verbal attacks on CSU Chancellor Reed, the man According to the California Faculty Associamany blame for the budget debacle. Motorists tion (CFA), among the billions cut from educapassing by and entering the university honked tion over the past two years is $1.4 billion from and cheered in support of the rally. the CSU system alone. This lead to nearly 5,300 The march towards the Pfau Library lawn fewer classes being offered and 2,600 fewer started towards noon, where more had joined the teachers than in 2007. crowd. Once at the lawn, chanting grew louder "These events are taking place all over the and the rally officially began. state to support public education. We need to put Students portrayed Gov. Arnold SchwarzenegSee Education, pg. 2
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"When I asked what I should do, they told me 'good luck.'"
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SB among car theft leaders By ANNE MARIE TAHRAMANIS Staff Writer
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Sixteen cars were stolen from CSUSB parking lots last year, says University Police.
San Bernardino County is ranked fifth in the nation for having the most vehicles stolen in 2009, according to a report released last month by LoJack. LoJack Corporation, a company that deals in stolen vehicle recovery technology, ranked Los Angeles as the top county in the nation for vehicle thefts and recoveries. Riverside Country came in at No. 7, boosting California to the top of the nationwide list. In the past year, 16 cars have been stolen on the CSUSB campus alone, most of them stolen out of Parking Lot D, located in front of University Hall, according to Lieutenant Walter Duncan of the San Bernardino Police Department. According to Duncan, the most frequently
stolen vehicles have been late '80s and early '90s Toyota Camry and Honda Civics and Accords. “These vehicles have been targeted because of the ease in which they can be stolen,” Duncan said. According to CHP Lt. Steve Urrea, commander for the San Bernardino County auto theft task force, the parts are so similar for Hondas, thieves are motivated by being able to swap them out. Patrick Clancy, vice president of Law enforcement for the LoJack Corporation said that stealing older model cars remains a big business for organized crime rings which often strip vehicles and sell the parts for three to four times See Car theft, pg. 2