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By ERIN LEACH Staff Writer

Pope Benedict XVI stuns world with resignation

Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation last Monday, Feb. 11 after eight years of service.

“Both strength of mind and body are necessary, strength which in the last few months, has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapac-ity to adequately fulfi ll the ministry entrusted to me,” said Pope Benedict XVI according to the Vatican.

Past popes have had diffi culty with their health, how-ever this has been the fi rst resignation in 600 years. Many people believe that despite his condition, other factors may have contributed to his decision as well.

The news shocked the Catholic population around the globe due to this unprecedented event.

“This is historical, and in the long run, better for the church as a whole,” said CSUSB faculty member Patrick Areffi .

Theories regarding the pope’s reasons vary.Catholicism has been in the public eye recently since

the molestation accusations in recent years.According to a U.S. News report, “There have been

more than 6,100 accused priests since 1950, more than 16,000 victims identifi ed to date, $2.5 billion in settle-ments and therapy bills for victims, attorneys fees and costs to care for priests pulled out of ministry from 2004

Obama addresses next four years

By MARYSOL GUZMANStaff Writer

President Barack Obama spoke in front of House members and civilians to discuss the future of America for the next four years of his presidency last Tuesday Feb. 12.

The President opened his State of the Union ad-dress with a quote from President John F. Kennedy: “The Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress.”

Immigration reform, investments in energy, in-vestments in education, gun control, higher minimum wage, health benefi ts, job creation and home manufac-tured goods were just a few of his topics discussed in his speech.

Obama also thanked troops and civilians who sacri-fi ced their lives for the safety of Americans.

“Because of them we can say with confi dence that America will complete its mission in Afghanistan and achieve our objective of defeating the core of Al-Qae-da,” said Obama. “Today the organization that attacked us on 9/11 is a shadow of its former self.”

Around 33,000 soldiers have returned home from Afghanistan and a scheduled 30,000 more will be back home by the end of this year he said.

This can potentially lead to the end of the war in Afghanistan by the end of 2014.

Student Kelli Cuevas has a husband serving in Af-ghanistan for the next nine months, which made her un-sure about Obama’s statement.

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Cop killer dead.After an intensive manhunt, authorities surround ex-cop turned fugitive.

Offi cials identify charred remains of Dorner in cabin blaze aftermath.By MARIELA LIMON

Staff Writer

The manhunt for alleged killer Christopher Dorner came to an end last Tuesday afternoon after a mountain side gun battle with local authorities in Big Bear that re-sulted in his death.

Dorner barricaded himself in a cabin that went up in fl ames after an extensive shootout with police.

San Bernardino County sheriff offi cials announced Thursday night that the remains found in the burned down cabin did indeed belong to the ex-LAPD Christopher Dorner.

According to the Associated Press, Jodi Miller, a spokeswoman for the San Bernardino County sheriff-cor-oner, said the identifi cation was made through Dorner’s

dental records. Miller did not give a cause of death.Prior to the shootout, several news stations across

southern California reported that around 12:25 p.m. a man resembling Dorner had stolen a car from a home in the Big Bear area.

Local authorities believed that Dorner may have been hiding in an empty condo in proximity to the sheriffs com-mand post located close to where his burnt car was found on Feb. 7.

It was later confi rmed that the couple who owned the condo Dorner resided in since Friday had been held hos-tage by Dorner only for a few minutes before fl eeing with their car.

Rick Heltebrake, a resident of Big Bear, was driving near the area when he saw the man who resembled Dorner

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Pope Benedict XVI publicly announced his resignation to the world Feb. 11 and mentioned that he no longer has the body and mind to lead the Catholic church.

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Cop-killer Christopher Dorner died in a deadly skirmish with local authorities.

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Cop killer dies in cabin blazeContinued from Pg. 1emerge from the woods. Dorner proceeded to carjack the man’s car and fl ed.

According to the police, Dorner was then spotted by California Fish and Wild-life offi cers, a pursuit ensued and gunfi re was exchanged.

A report released by NBC described the incident: “The truck driven by the man resembling Dorner veers off the road and the man runs into the woods. The pursuit quickly leads to a cabin in a collection of mountain rental homes in unincorporated Angelus Oaks on which authorities de-scend. Some 500 rounds of gunfi re area ex-changed and one sheriff’s deputy is killed and another injured.”

Shortly after, a standoff between au-thorities and Dorner began.

“It was like a war zone, and our depu-ties continued to go into that area and tried to neutralize and stop the threat,” said San Bernardino Sheriff John McMahon in a CNN news release. “The rounds kept com-ing, but our deputies didn’t give up.”

The cabin engulfed in fl ames was viewed by thousands across Southern Cali-fornia as it burnt down.

The ex-cop’s remains were later found by law offi cials on the scene.

“We believe that this investigation is over at this point and we’ll just need to move on from here,” said McMahon.

The 10-day ordeal initially started with the murder of Monica Quan, the daughter of LAPD’s Randal Quan, and her fi ancé Keith Lawrence in Irvine.

Offi cials later linked Dorner to the murders through his manifesto posted on Facebook.

Days later, Dorner was linked to the murder of Riverside offi cer Michael Clain and the armed assault of another Riverside offi cer.

During Tuesday’s exchange of gun-fi re, San Bernardino’s sheriff detective Jeremiah MacKay died and deputy Alex Collins was wounded.

Collins has undergone multiple sur-geries and is expected to make a full re-covery.

CSUSB ranked no. 1 military friendly campusBy LUZ HERNANDEZ

Staff Writer

CSUSB has been ranked number one among all public universities for the sup-port and services it offers to its military personnel and veteran students, according to a survey taken by Military Advanced Education (MAE) 2013 Guide to Military-Friendly Colleges and Universities.

MAE surveys more than 300 U.S. col-leges and universities, including private, public, for-profi t, not-for-profi t, four-year and two-year colleges in California, in which CSUSB placed sixth overall.

MAE report-edly judged CSUSB and others in-depth regarding support, fi -nancial, military cul-ture and fl exibility.

Our campus of-fers support for mili-tary students, includ-ing veterans, active duty, reservist, na-tional guard service members and depen-dents for incoming and current students.

The newly renovated Veterans Suc-cess Center (VSC) is a place for military personnel to gain support from their peers.

Services provided by the VSC consist of a computer center, a group room for stu-dent to congregate between classes, a room for study groups and meetings, a patio for social events, new student veteran and ser-vice member orientation, workshops, vet-eran support groups, advocacy and refer-rals.

“We help a lot of service men and woman who are seeking higher education,” said Joshua Jones, veteran and Computer Systems major.

“We help each other, talk to each oth-er. We’ve been in similar situations and to work with other Veterans is something that is very familiar to us,” Jones added.

The faculty helps veterans become re-integrated into the community and offers on-campus child care for military service men and women with children.

Psychological counseling and support

for veteran specifi c needs is also offered to those students who have mental concerns.

In addition, CSUSB offers fi nancial aid assistance to these military students.

Some of the assistance that is offered includes in-state tuition for active duty ser-vice members who are not residents of the state of California.

The Yellow Ribbon program is a type of fi nancial assistance that is placed under the G.I. Bill. The program is designed to help military with up to, “100 percent out-of-pocket tuition costs,” according to mili-tary.com.

CSUSB also offers a veteran work-study program, which like a nor-mal work study program allows students to work their way through college to pay off their tuition.

There are other military s tudent-specif ic scholarships, tu-ition discounts and scholarships for de-

pendents.ROTC is one of the main organiza-

tions that comprise on-campus military culture as well.

CSUSB is able to offer 100 percent online degrees, as well as programs that include both online and in-class instruc-tion to accommodate veterans and other students who choose to work from home.

According to veterans.csusb.edu., “Students enjoy the fl exibility that is of-fered by distance education.”

The website refers a program named “Distance Education,” offered to help stu-dents achieve their degree when deployed or not able to attend class on a regular basis due to any military limitations.

According to information gathered from the VSC, the top three Undergraduate Majors that cater to military personnel are Criminal Justice, Accounting and Psychol-ogy.

Marci Daniels, director of the VSC, said that there are approximately 343 vet-erans enrolled in our school.

“We help a lot of service men and woman who are seeking high-

er education”

Joshua Jones student and veteran

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President proposes to raise minimum wage

Continued from Pg. 1“They’re taking everybody out but

only the people that are not really needed,”

said Cuevas. “My husband is a [military police of-

fi cer] so even though people are getting out early he has to stay the entire time.”

The way America will help Afghani-stan after 2014 is by training and equipping Afghanistan forces so the country wont slip into chaos, Obama said.

Obama also proposed benefi ts, educa-tion and earned job opportunities for vet-erans.

The investment in mental health care for wounded soldiers was proposed by the president as well.

“As long as I’m commander in chief, we will do whatever we must to protect those who’s served their country abroad and we will maintain the best military the world has ever known,” said Obama.

Obama attacked the subject of invest-ing in research for clean energy and new ideas to create new jobs in America.

Student Monica Chavez, is hopeful about the new jobs since a family member has been unemployed.

“That’s a part that affects my family so I’m hoping that’s something that he can come through on,” said Chavez.

The new jobs will help not only help the issue of clean energy but it will also help our economy growth.

“A growing economy that creates good middle class jobs. That must be the North Star that guides our efforts,” said Obama.

Obama also mentioned raising the minimum wage to $9 an hour.

“Let’s tie the minimum wage to the cost of living so it can become a wage you can live on,” said Obama.

Student Davina Walls said she benefi ts from this since she works 40 hours a week at Panera with minimum wage pay.

The president said that changing the pay will mean less help from the govern-ment as well.

to 2011.”This major issue coupled with the fact

that times are changing from the church’s traditional values. Criticisms of many may have forced him to believe that he was no longer the best leader for a billion Catho-lics around the globe.

Student Byanet Hermosillo said “I think it’s a matter of not being able to con-tinue to fulfi ll his duties. Being able to hold a leadership position such as this one, isn’t a walk in the park. It entails a great deal of physical, mental and spiritual work.”

“I feel like there comes a time in ev-eryone’s life when a person needs to make decisions with him or herself in mind and obligations to others become less impor-tant,” agreed student Jackie Aboud.

According to CNN, rumors had been fl oating around that Pope Benedict’s old school interpretation of the faith was trou-bling for progressive times.

“Before Easter, we will have the new pope,” said Vatican spokesperson Rev. Federico Lombardi.

Qualities that may be sought in the new elect are less adherence to old tradi-tions and rules, and the acceptance of other types of peoples into the church.

Student Aaron Jimenez says, “I think that what he did was admirable. As far as his replacement goes, I would like to see someone with some diversity maybe from Africa or Latin America.”

CSUSB students seem to have been affected little by the changes in Italy.

“The pope serves as the shining exam-ple for the Catholic church, so his actions are watched very closely. As of now I don’t see his resigning having a monumental ef-fect on the daily lives of Catholics, but only time will tell,” said student Daisy Ramos.

According the The Australian, the pope plans to live near the Vatican after his offi cial resignation.

His last day will be Feb. 28.

Pope cites health issues

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President Obama spoke at the House of Representatives Feb. 12 about national issues the U.S. will face in the next four years,such as immigration reform, gun control and education.

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Pope Benedict XVI cites health issues among other things have contributed to his decision to resign from his post.

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CSUSB hosts informational event for prospective college studentsCSUSB celebrated College Awareness

Month Saturday, Feb. 9, presenting an in-formational “College: Making it Happen” event for young students interested in go-ing to college.

The informational was held in the Col-lege of Education building room 105 for students in grades 6-8 and parents inter-ested in learning about how to prepare for future educational opportunities.

The informational intended to encour-age students from middle school to high school that college can be affordable.

The event was free and open to the public along with complimentary parking.

Supporting College Awareness month in Feb. is structured to help our community

become informed about the three educa-tional systems of higher education: Com-munity College, California State Universi-ties and University of California campuses.

“I think this informational is a great help! I wish I would have known about it when I was in high school because apply-ing to college I really didn’t know where to begin or know the differences between the UC and CSU systems,” said student Yas-min Huerta.

According to U.S. News, parents need to be their student’s biggest cheerleader and involved in the college planning pro-cess.

The informational aimed to help par-ents and guardians become better informed on preparing their children for different educational opportunities after high school graduation.

CSUSB’s Upward Bound program and the Offi ce of Admissions and Student Recruitment worked together in promoting and recruiting students for the event.

Many institutes collaborated on the project from U.S. Department of Edu-cation funding the informational, to the Upward Bound program providing the high school students with all-around sup-port from educational and personal areas all aimed towards increasing future high school and college graduation.

Last year, CSUSB’s Upward Bound program was able to get high school fresh-men and sophomore students from sur-rounding schools such as: Pacifi c, Arroyo Valley, Eisenhower and other neighboring San Bernardino high schools to participate in the informational due to increase of grant funding in 2012.

“I took my younger cousin who’s graduating from Arroyo Valley next year and my aunt was pretty happy that there were sources like fi nancial aid that could help him pay for college and not leave them in complete debt,” said student Bry-ant Ruiz.

The event was developed to inspire families within the community that higher education is obtainable and not impossible.

According to the director of CSUSB’s Upward Bound program, Stephen Villase-ñor, “We want to bring awareness about college-going programs.”

Right now is the time where students are being recruited for universities to pre-pare and inform them about application re-quirements and deadlines.

For more information about “College: Making It Happen,” call (909) 537-5188.

By ANGELA RODRIGUEZStaff Writer

CSU Super Sundays preach to benefi t African American students

Churches across California will host Super Sundays during the next two months to promote and inform African American youth about college.

The scheduled events will include speeches from CSU Chancellor Timothy P. White, trustees, campus presi-

By TIFFINY GASTONStaff Writer

dents and other important CSU faculty.Super Sundays are produced by the CSU African

American Initiative, which began when former CSU Chancellor, Charles B. Reed and Bishop Charles E. Blake partnered together to inform African American youth about college.

Super Sundays started with only 24 churches and have now expanded to over 100 churches throughout Cali-fornia.

According to www.calstate.edu/supersunday, “The event is part of the CSU African American initiative, which started in 2005 when Chancellor Charles B. Reed and Bishop Charles E. Blake convened community, civic, business and education leaders to develop new ways to ed-ucate K-12 students, parents and families about the value of a college degree to ensure a stable future.”

The purpose of CSU annual Super Sunday event is to encourage and educate African American children about the importance of getting a college education.

According to www.calstate.edu/supersundays, “A central theme of Super Sunday messages is a call for stu-dents to begin planning for college admission as early as middle school and to enroll in challenging classes that pre-pare them for college.”

Chancellor White believes that educations is the key in securing one’s future.

“Education is the key to a better future for Califor-nia,” said White. “The CSU’s commitment is stronger than ever to motivate and encourage African American students to prepare for college and earn a university degree.”

CSUSB President Tomás D. Morales along with White and many others, will be attending the Super Sun-day event this month. This will be the fi rst event for Mo-rales, who believes in early college preparation.

According to news.csusb.edu, “This will be my fi rst opportunity to be part of Super Sunday, but I have been a longtime advocate for early college preparation,” Mo-rales said. “It’s critical that we partner with K-12 school systems throughout the region to increase the number of students who are ready to enroll in college-level courses after high school.”

Morales stressed the importance of educating today’s youth about the different opportunities they have to attend college and the impact it will have on their futures.

“I have also spent my entire career as a strong propo-nent for increased diversity in higher education. For many Inland Empire students and families, the thought of going to college is only a dream,” Morales said. “That is chang-ing, but we need to do more to encourage and motivate students of all backgrounds to prepare for college early, because education is the key to a better future.”

Many Super Sunday event speakers will be hand-ing out informational guides, which will provide a list of classes that students need to take in grades 6 through 12 to qualify for admission to the CSU. The guide also provides tips for parents on how to help their students succeed in school.

The fi rst Super Sunday event will be held at the Prin-ciples of Faith Christian Center, Sunday, Feb. 24 at ap-proximately 9:30 a.m.

Courtesy of CSUSB Admissions

CSUSB celebrated College Awareness Month by hosting “College: Making it Happen,” an annual event held inside the College of Education that serves as an informational for middle school students who are interested in learning about college.

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CSU Super Sundays encourage youth to pursue a future career within college.

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Actions speak louder than words and such is the case with suspected killer Christopher Dorner.

Dorner, suspected of killing two policemen and the daughter of a former LAPD police captain

along with her fi ancé, is dead af-ter a mountainside gun battle with law enforcement offi cials that re-sulted in the cabin he was barri-caded in catching fi re.

In a rambling 11,000 word manifesto, Dorner tried to justify his actions, but there is no justi-fi cation for killing people in cold blood.

In it, Dorner wrote about racial discrimination, hostility, excessive force and corruption within the LAPD. Dorner said the department continues to get worse, claiming to be the victim of wrongful termination.

“Unfortunately, this is a nec-essary evil that I do not enjoy but must partake and complete for substantial change to occur within the LAPD and reclaim my name,” he wrote in reference to his murders.

Dorner cannot hide behind rhetoric. His expressions were

irrational, unnecessary and does not negate the fact that he is a murderer.

Those in support of Chris Dorner are giving him exactly what he wanted: attention. He is no martyr to his ill planned at-tempt to challenge his wrongful termination.

Two Facebook pages, “We Stand with Chris Dorner” and “We Are All Chris Dorner” praised the ex-cop and his mani-festo and collected more than 20,000 followers in the days lead-ing up to the vengeful cop killer’s death.

There should be no pity or compassion for this man.

“Yeah, this is all a bad situa-tion, but the cops shouldn’t have done what they did. They let that man die. He deserved to go to prison,” said student Mark Rus-sell.

For those who advocate that

he died unjustly, praising this fu-gitive while families mourn and plan funerals is incomprehen-sible.

As the LAPD lies at the cen-ter of public criticism for the tac-tics used to end his “reign of ter-ror,” the LAPD and neighboring police and sheriff departments approached this matter appropri-ately.

Law enforcement prevented him from imposing any more harm to other innocent people.

San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon told re-porters last Wednesday that the cabin’s blaze was sparked after authorities fi red incendiary tear gas inside where Dorner was sup-posedly hiding.

McMahon denied public speculation regarding the inci-dent, “We did not intentionally burn down that cabin.”

Had Dorner dropped his

weapons and surrendered, it would have been the duty of the offi cers to take custody of him without unduly and permanently harming him, but he refused.

Law enforcement offi cials have a duty to protect the public from harm.

“Apparently burning people alive is now considered appropri-ate behavior for the police. Judge, jury and executioner,” one user tweeted, according to CNN.

He is no victim. He sought revenge, not justice.

Dorner was armed and us-ing deadly force. The result of his death was dictated by his choices and had he followed the instruc-tions to surrender things might have ended differently.

I am not saying that Dorner deserved to die, however he will-ingly killed innocent people, therefore I hold no pity for him and neither should the public.

By BRENDA ACUNAAsst. News Editor

POLICE DID THE RIGHT THINGPOLICE DID THE RIGHT THING

Christopher Dorner

Apparently there are not as many interracial couples in the San Bernardino county and at CSUSB.

I heard it was partially because people like to stick to their own, although San Bernardino is a ra-cially diverse city.

I think people should not rule out dating some-one outside their race and everyone should try dat-ing a different ethnicity at least once in their life.

Sophomore Sandy Arevalo, feels that dating outside your race is interesting because she gets to learn a different culture.

Sandy, who is Mexican-American is currently dating a Caucasian guy.

The issue she originally had was the language barrier between her and her current boyfriend.

“My parents wanted me to be with a tradition same race type of relationship but I’m not really into that. I’ve tried before but there’s no connection,” said Arevalo.

There seems to be no apparent racial tension here at CSUSB, but people do not like to date out of their race which is odd for this day and age.

According to the 2010 U.S. Census, Households and Families Survey, there are 5.4 million interracial and inter-ethnic opposite-sex married couples.

Being that we live in California, which is a very racially diverse state, we should have more interra-cial couples.

Surprisingly, only 12.8 percent of California marriages are interracial.

Student Shanieka Perrier said she was in an in-terracial relationship about a year back, but she does see many couples on campus, let alone interracial couples.

A few years ago the racial tension between Mexicans and African Americans was intense.

“About 20-30 years ago, a black guy couldn’t walk down the street alone. They had to travel in groups,” said Perrier.

This maybe is one of the deciding factors for the shortage of interracial couples on campus.

Being in an interracial relationship myself, I fi nd it fascinating to learn about another race.

I understand that many families are not exactly encouraging about someone dating outside their race.

This should not be a deciding factor when choosing to date someone who isn’t the same eth-nicity as you.

One male student said he has been in many in-terracial relationships and he would rather date eth-nicities other than his own.

“I’m white but I’ve dated other ethnicities be-

By ANGELICE ROMEROStaff Writer

Lack of interacial couples on campus surprising

cause it is interesting to get a new perspective on different cultures,” he said.

“I just love the darker skin tone versus my own but it’s more than that, women of different cul-tures have a sense of pride that white girls I know don’t have. I’m a prideful Irish guy who would want to date a women who has pride for her race.”

Integrating is inevitable and there are people in our country who don’t know their ethnicity, because they are children of biracial cou-ples but this does not mean the culture and its traditions will be lost.

Never judge a book by its cover and never shut yourself off from a good thing.

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On a scale of one to offensive, how much do the tattoos that actors and ac-tresses adorn actually matter, in regards to the characters they play? According to the opinions of the media and viewers alike, they matter a lot.

CSUSB student Mackenzie Viera said, “No one should be penalized for their be-ing unique; especially actors and actresses. They should be judged by their talent”.

For the most part, the charac-ters that actors and actresses im-merse themselves in are shy of tattoos.

They’re usually left to ex-ude the depth of their character throughout the fi lm, as opposed to relying on aesthetics.

I’ve always had several anecdotes as to why actors cover their tattoos for fi lms; the main one being that the director wants a distinct separation between the characters of his movie and the personas we attach to actors and ac-tresses.

But even then, are we as viewers that dense to not be able to differentiate between the two?

Rebecca Keegan of The LA Times elaborates on this very subject suggesting that the everyday practices entertainers in-dulge in (such as normal hygiene, tattoos/piercings, etc.) make them an inadequate choice for period fi lms.

She points out the blemish of one fi lm in particular saying, “[Daniel Day-Lewis’] performance in ‘Lincoln’ has earned rous-ing endorsements from Civil War histo-rians, but close watchers of the fi lm have spotted one glaring [error] in this otherwise honest Abe — earring holes.”

Aside from those whose expertise

concerns that of historical events/fi gures, you’d have to be extremely anal to not only notice such a miniscule fact but to also at-tempt to diminish the actor’s performance.

In some cases, tattoos aren’t only cov-ered for roles they occasionally make an appearance to contribute to the actors/ac-tresses role.

For example, I and the remainder of the world are more than aware of Angelina Jolie’s tattoos. If one day she were to wake up without her alluring eyes, full lips and I don’t give a f--- attitude, her tattoos would still contribute to her appeal.

If not for recently watching Jo-lie’s infamous bath scene in Want-ed, where hers and artifi cial tattoos are boldly shown, I wouldn’t have been induced to take a closer look

at some of her other fi lms and notice tattoos are nowhere to be found.

Though Jolie’s tattoos were ideal in Wanted, at-tributing to her daring and mysterious demeanor, does this suggest tattoos

are only okay for type-casting and stereo-

typical roles? Appar-ently.

It seems the only time I’ve ever

seen tattoos on screen are when they’re on a cholo, gang member, “bad guy” or used for cultural attribution.

Kyle Buchanan of movieline.com claims, “I just don’t get why actors are so determined to cover their bodies with [tattoos] when they’re inevitably going to need to sit in the makeup chair…”.

Neither I, or anyone on this planet, has the power to suggest that actors/actresses yield to their artistic expression in order to satisfy some ideal type.

Ultimately, what someone decides to do with their body has nothing to do with the next person. Live and let be, right?

By JAZMIN JETTStaff Writer

Actors should not be punished for tattoos The Weekly

Chuckle

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) really gave it to the bankers onValentine’s Day during a Senate hearing.

The Banking Regulation Committee consisting of the nation’s fi nancial regulatory structure: the FDIC, SEC, OCC, CFPB, CFTC, Fed

and Treasury. The committee was reeling after being pounded with questions by Warren,

leaving some looking nervous and others speechless. Included in her line of questioning was why the committee has not

prosecuted a single bank since the fi nancial crisis. “I’m really concerned that ‘too big to fail’

has become ‘too big for trial,’” Warren said.

The rave show Beyond Wonderland should not have been moved from the National Orange Show (NOS) Events Center in San Bernardino.

The event will be held at the San Manuel Amphithe-athre located in Devore.

A similar event hosted by Insomniac Inc., generated millions.

With so much money that can be generated, the city should really reconsider moving this event.

“Nocturnal Wonderland 2011 generated $11.7 million in direct expenditures in San Bernardino County, after ad-justment,” stated Beacon Economics LLC.

Revenues of this event will likely match those of Noc-turnal Wonderland.

LA Times states that complaints about drugs, noise and a clash with law enforcement are to blame for the move.

“The city may generate revenue but they often have to call in law enforcement to back up security and paramed-ics are always called,” said student Ruben Vasquez. “For me one death is one too many, especially since they are young people.”

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) conducted a report in 2010 on Ecstasy overdoses which determined that within a 12 hour time frame one person

died and 18 people visited emergency centers.“The coroner determined that the cause of death was

multiple drug intoxication. Friends reported that the dece-dent had used ecstasy and cocaine at the rave and injected heroin at home afterward,” according to CDC.gov.

Unfortunately some people resort to abusing drugs not using them; this means that they don’t stop using once the rave has ended.

Insomniac Inc., has produced raves such as Beyond Wonderland and Nocturnal Wonderland at the NOS events center since 1998.

Insomniac Inc. should not have to move Beyond Wonderland because of the possibility of drug use.

Greater scrutiny before entering the event should be the focus to make sure attendees are not bringing in drugs.

Moving the event is not a solution, that is if the drug abuse is the actual problem.

San Bernardino police offi cers with the assistance of narcotic dogs would be the key to ensuring concert goers are not tempted to bring in drugs.

This would remedy the problem concerning overdos-es from attendees consuming drugs at the events center.

This will also insure that all attendees are 18 and older and that no underage persons will try to sneak their way in.

This event is economically signifi cant for the city of San Bernardino, tickets are easily sold out.

“The event roughly generated $840 thousand in taxes for state and local governments within the county,” asserts Beacon Economics LLC.

Using 2011 as an indication of the profi ts the city stands to make, there should be no question that the event needs to come back.

Student Karina Lozano was originally apprehensive of the event’s reputation but recognized that the city is in dire economic need.

“San Bernardino’s economy is benefi ting from these types of events.”

I don’t believe San Bernardino can afford to drive away business, now or in the future.

By SUU ELEN MANZANOStaff Writer

Suu Elen Manzano | Chronicle Photo

Drug use is one of the reasons the event was moved, resulting in lost revenue.

Revenue lost after popular rave gets moved due to drugs

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By KEVIN SCHAEFERStaff Writer

VValentine’s Day may have brought you warm, fuzzy feelings this year, but the commons were fi lled with

nothing but ice and snow.“Snow Day 2013” was presented by

Recreational Sports and ASI from 11 a.m.- 5 p.m. in the lower commons.

There was 20 tons of snow, ice skat-ing, snowboarding, tandem sled rides, food, music, giveaways and games.

Active Rideshop, Auto Club Speed-way and Sizzler were also present.

Snow Day is a way for ASI and Rec Sports to bring a day of simple fun and add an extra level of excitement to the campus.

“Our main objective is to lighten the load of everyday school life,” said ASI representative Vanessa Mejia. “A lot of midterms are going on right now so this is a way to give students a break.”

Active Ride Shop had a booth set up

where you could register for their mailing list and be eligible to win Active gear.

“This is our third year back, we’re glad to be here and to be a part of it,” said Active events coordinator Luke Nguyen.

Auto Club Speedway representative Kelly Mcghee said, “Today we are out to advertise our $19 tickets for the NASCAR race, March 24. We’re also doing a little raffl e, trying to get everybody inter-ested and having fun!”

ASI member Chris Martinez was in at-tendance working at a table where students had the chance to win a bicycle.

“We are having stu-dents fi ll out surveys for the opportunity to win a free bike. One of these 300 keys will unlock the bike. W e ’ r e

also giving away a bunch of promotional items,” said Martinez.

“Snow day was pretty awesome! You fall a lot, but you get the courage to get back up. They have skating, snowboard-ing, an ice-slide and they give away free beanies which I thought was the best part,” said student Adon Williams.

Student Jessie Perez said he thought the event was

great because he was able to try new things he hadn’t had the opportunity to do before, like snow-boarding and ice skating.

Student Marissa Rey said the event was chill and the free

food was defi nitely a plus.

Students had the

option of earning a free meal by complet-ing a certain number of activities available such as ice sledding or decorating a snow man. The meals came courtesy of a Sizzler food truck.

Byanet Hermasillo, who coordinated the event last year, felt she saw more stu-dents at last year’s Snow Day. This could be because this year’s Snow Day was on Valentine’s Day, which meant many stu-dents probably left campus to celebrate with their Valentine.

And though it was a bit of a windy day on campus, the chilliness helped to make all the snowy fun all the more re-alistic.

Though there are some changes stu-dents believed could have helped this event reach its peak, it still was a blast of fun that doesn’t come around too often for manye — especially welcomed during midterms week.

“I thought it was relaxing to come out of class and have a little bit of free time. No need to stress,” said student Marlyna Amary.

Let it snow, Let it snow,

Students take a relaxing break from a long day of classes and midterms to have a snow day fi lled with ice skating, snowboarding, tandem sled rides, food, music, giveaways and games. One lucky student even walked away with a free bike.Kevin Schaefer | Chronicle Photo

ASI member Chris Martinez (left) and Active Ride Shop event coordinator Luke Nguyen (right) were just a couple of people to help make Snow Day a success.

Recreational Sports and ASI thrill Coyotes with 40,000 pounds of snowRecreational Sports and ASI thrill Coyotes with 40,000 pounds of snow

Kevin Schaefer | Chronicle Photos

let it snowlet it snow

let it snow, let it snow,

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Building a good resume for life after CSUSB

By MICHAEL A. UMAÑAStaff Writer

Have you ever put thought into building your college resume? If you are like most students, you prob-

ably have not. If so, the time is now to get the ball moving and create one.

Resumes are something all students need to create but many don’t pay much attention to.

“I know resumes are important to cre-ate, put time into and make sure it is as up-dated as possible, but I also know not too many students realize that and act upon it,” said student Jenn Bacca.

College resumes are not only essential for students who may be graduating and in search for a career but for students who are searching for internships as well.

According to Internship Coordina-

tor, Christina Rodriguez in the Career De-velopment Center (CDC) there are many things students should do when creating a powerful resume in search of a job or in-ternship.

Rodriguez stated the best thing a stu-dent can do is “start early, ask questions and be involved.”

Start early? Too many students wait until the last minute.

When students wait until the last min-ute, it becomes one of the biggest self de-structive things a student can do to them-selves.

By waiting until the last minute, stu-dents face time crunches, stress and loss of opportunities that may have risen if the student would have started early.

Rodriguez says a key to build a strong, successful resume is to “ask questions and be involved.”

From my personal experience in net-

working and involving myself in the career fi eld I wish to enter, faculty is the most ac-cessible source of information available for students here on campus.

Faculty are constantly networking throughout the community and offer fi rst hand insightful information that is benefi -cial to students.

The CDC is one of the resources avail-able to students here on campus that offers assistance with building resumes and put-ting students on track to fi nding internships and careers.

They offer seminars on speed inter-viewing, career commitment, career infor-mation fairs, resumes, fi nding internships and much more.

Rodriguez urges students to ask them for help if they can’t fi gure it out on their own.

Staff in the CDC are constantly doing their best to assist students with obtaining

what is most benefi cial to each individual student they see.

“Our best efforts have been put in place to make sure we provide the oppor-tunity for paid internships for students with the understanding that unpaid internships also provide benefi cial experience,” said Rodriguez.

Key aspects that students should re-member are involvement, understanding the requirements, asking questions, seeing advisors and being ahead of the game by building a good resume and opening the doors to a strong future.

The CDC states involvement is the key aspect students must remember, “you get what you put in.”

Students that would like help with building resumes, searching for careers or internships are urged to visit the CDC in UH, Room 329 Mon. through Fri. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. or online at career.csusb.edu.

The Career Center on campus provides students with resources to help prepare them for the future. Faculty members like Christina Rodriguez are ready to help students construct the resume they need to obtain the job they want after graduation. Michael A. Umaña | Chronicle Photo

Since the beginning of time, humans have been trying to answer the eternal question: Who is the greater sex?

CSUSB’s very own students battled to answer this question last Wednesday night during “The Battle of the Sexes” game show.

The event consisted of two trivia games, two eating contests, four physical challenges and two improvisation chal-lenges, which included singing.

The audience acted as judges to the challenges --excluding the trivia games-- where prizes included Baker’s gift cards and of course gender pride.

San Manuel Student Union board program members hold different events throughout the year.

“[We] host events for students so they can get involved,” said student Yeciaca Soto.

This event was a new concept thought up by program board members.

“[We wanted] to change it up a little bit. [Do] something different,” said student Karen Chavez.

And change it up they did. The ap-proval of the participants was evident by the roars of laughter and eccentric partici-

pation level.At the entrance of the theater, program

board members were there to greet and register willing participants.

In the SMSU theater, several members scouted and directed students to the event’s challenges.

The theater was decorated in style with bright balloons and red draped tables. The music of Mackelmore, Adele and vari-ous other artists fi lled the theater to helped excite the crowd.

The Masters of Ceremonies, Michael Mejia and Heather Wilson, warmed up the crowd and ran the battles.

Mejia and Wilson played well off one another. Their banter with each other and the audience helped the comical feel of the evening.

The fi rst contest was a trivia game.Beatrice Ortega and Rene Gonzales

were among the 10 students to participate in the game.

The questions for the ladies consisted of NFL facts, car repair and cartoons. The men had questions based on female hy-giene, the Twilight Saga and cosmetics.

Men won the fi rst battle but the night was far from over.

Students participated in a series of challenges including a three legged race

By SARA GUTIERREZStaff Writer

Students battle it out in the Battle of the Sexes

Students competed in the ultimate battle which consisted of many challenges to determine which sex was the greatest.Sara Gutierrez | Chronicle Photo

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Megan Spencer | Chronicle Photo

Lead peers and peers where responsible for “Strut your Stuff” to run smoothly and promote healthy heart awareness. The event started off with peers walking down the catwalk giving tips for a healthy heart, which led to Carlos Carrio’s speech.

Preventing heart disease one strut at a timePreventing heart disease one strut at a time

The Student Center and The Center for Heath Education and Wellness host-

ed their fourth annual “Strut Your Stuff” event at Obershaw Dining Room Commons on Tues. Feb. 12 at 11:30 a.m.

It was a fun way to strut and bring attention to heart disease since February is celebrating Heart Health Awareness Month.

When walking in the Ober-shaw room in the Lower Com-mons, you are stunned by the beautiful red and white colors splashed everywhere, balloons lining a red carpet that weaved around the room, energetic mu-

sic playing and tables set up for guests to enjoy their experience.

The team running the event wore gorgeous red dresses and were there greeting guests as they arrived.

Around 70 guests attended this event and each year it contin-ues to grow in hopes to spread the word about heart health.

The event began when Car-los Carrio came up and intro-duced himself as the senior health educator at CSUSB and the host of the afternoon’s event.

Once Carrio approached the front podium he began by saying, “I want to bring health back to Cal State.”

He then shocked the audi-ence members by saying, “Heart disease is the number one killer

among men and women.”His presentation gave many

facts and examples of people who have suffered or struggled with this disease and ways to prevent it.

According to Carrio, “8.6 million women die from heart disease each year and eight mil-lion women currently live with heart disease today.”

As for men, “Half the men who die suddenly of heart disease had no previous symptoms,” said Carrio.

What most people do not know is we can take preventative steps to ensure we do not develop heart disease.

The trick is to just move. Do-ing something physical 30 min-utes three times a week can make

a huge improvement.According to Carrio, some

ways to get moving are, “park farther away, take the stairs or walk around during commercial breaks.”

It may seem silly but doing these steps now can create better habits for the future. Not only do they want to give exercise point-ers but examples of healthy eating as well.

After Carrio’s presentation, Tito from Tito’s Corner gave a live cooking demonstration. He illustrated how to make a smoothie using not just fruits but also vegetables as a way to incor-porate them into your daily diet.

He also showed how to pre-pare a simple and healthy meal with fi sh, green apples and his

very own homemade mayo.Once the demo was over,

they fi nished off the event by serving a light lunch consisting of chicken salad, bread sticks and samples of Tito’s display.

Carrio leaves the audience with the thought that, “We all have excuses to not do what is good for our bodies but we have so much control to choose to make the right choices.”

An advantage to being a stu-dent on campus is everyone has the knowledge given to them by people that want to help, like the Center for Health Education and Wellness. It is how you use the knowledge you are given that makes the difference.

So get up, get moving, get healthy!

By MEGAN SPENCERStaff Writer

and whip cream eating contest.The stand out performance of the

night was the Rhythm & Beef challenge.Contestants formed teams with three

on each side. Each team was given a few minutes to create their best R&B rendition of a Valentine’s Day song.

The male team not only had a beat boxer but did a dance routine along with their song.

Everyone in the audience was in hys-terics and the song was infectious.

To end the night SMSU student pro-gram board had the challenge entitled, “Breaking up is hard to do.”

Contestants on the two person teams had to break up with their opposing team.

The team with the funniest break up speech won.

Carmen Prado, Valerie Zometa, Jesus Guidino and Damarca Parker took part in this event.

Ultimately, the men ended up win-ning the challenge.

With a total of 10 events, the women dominated. Winning six of the events.

Though the audience and judges over-whelming consisted of women, the ladies were able to fairly defeat the men.

Question answered, well at least until the next “Battle of the Sexes” challenge.

Guys, are you ready for a rematch?

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Ladies defeat men in the ultimate battle of the sexes

Ladies took the stage as they busted some beats for the Rhythm and Beef challenge at the Battle of the Sexes event.Sara Gutierrez | Chronicle Photo

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Student Spotlight:Student Spotlight: The story of love & hip hop

COYOTE WATCHCOYOTE WATCH:: What do you have to say?What fashion trend have you beenWhat fashion trend have you been

loving recently and whatloving recently and whattrends are you looking forward to this trends are you looking forward to this

spring?spring?By YEANA KIM

Staff Writer Oscar HanJuniorRacheal Morgan

Senior

Cindy QinGraduate Student Resident Assistant

Guadalupe EsquivelSophomore

Senior Briana Pena has been a dancer ever since she learned to walk. After she developed her innate passion for dancing,

Pena began taking hip-hop dance classes when she was seven.

While growing up in a tough envi-ronment, Pena was mostly drawn to the therapeutic relief that hip-hop dance had to offer. Hip-hop also helped her cope with experiences in the past because it helped her open up a little more. When she started dancing, she became a more outgoing per-son. hip-hop is a tough style of dance in that it can be used to expose so many emo-tions. Whether it is love, hate, anger and happiness, Pena enjoys expressing them all.

She also loves how people feel so free when they dance since there is no set form of hip-hop. She remembers how her family didn’t see hip-hop dancing as a necessity

By MARIA PERRYStaff Writer

Maria Perry | Chronicle Photos

UDC member Briana Pena overcomes past and dances her way into the future

I have been loving the simple and unstrapped style recently. I prefer wear-ing bright colors to wearing dark colors. I usually enjoy wearing jeans and a white

plain t-shirt. It makes me look like I’m outstanding and neat. Also, it is really comfortable in doing activities during

daytime.For men, I would like to say that short

hair and comfortable clothes will be one of the trends this upcoming Spring 2013

quarter.

Well, I only like geek fashion really, like The Lolita Fashion and anime stuff. I am really into Lolita Fashion right now, so I do not know what I look forward to. Maybe more t-shirts like “Supernatural”

fandom from Hot Topic.

I like button-up shirts with khaki pants and loafers. It would be cool to wear it in black, green, navy and brown colors. Moreover, I think most important thing

in fashion are the shoes. It completes the style of one person. It has to be clean, and it has to be cool. I prefer choosing vivid color shoes over dark colors because I

think dark color shoes are for going out or dressing out.

For spring I would recommend polo shirts from Abercrombie, v-necks, roll up

sleeves dress shirts, nice pair of shorts, shoes and cool hair like me.

Before, I used to really like the casual look, but right now, I am getting older and older, and I have lots of presentations in my class. Therefore, I prefer the profes-sional look. I started putting on make-up

to look more appropriate. I went shopping for high heels and suits. I shopped for this spring last week and I wanted to be little

bit sexy. If talking about color, I really like the

dark yellow matched with the black leg-gings and high heels with a black jacket. I would like to wear earrings, but it would

probably hurt.The vibrant Polo Ralph Lauren Spring 2013 collection was shown this month at Mercedez Benz Fashion Week in NY.

Photo courtesy of Polo Ralph Lauren

J. Crew’s cool Spring 2013 collection shows sophistication.Photo courtesy of J. Crew

and did not fi nancially support her and her sister with dance classes.

She and her sister made a lemon-ade stand and sold lemonade so that they could raise money to attend dance classes.

She fi rst started taking classes for hip-hop in after school programs when she was in the fi rst grade.

Some of the main ob-stacles that Briana faced in the beginning of her jour-ney as dancer was that she wasn’t very good at fl oor work a n d

s t u n t s , since they required formal training.

However, when she joined Univer-sity Dance Com-pany, they pushed

her enough to show that she can do it if she puts her mind to it.

Pena learned that al-though confi dence is hard to maintain, you have to be able to put yourself out there, saying, “Let dance

be your feeling of ex-pression and let your movement and your

story reach out and touch the hearts of people.”

Before ev-ery perfor-

mance, she

p r a y s . W h e n

she hears the audience cheer, she knows they have enjoyed her perfor-mance which

increases her confi dence.“I am the kind of person that likes to

prove myself wrong,” said Pena.In elementary school, she competed in

country fairs, festivals and local competi-tions. She also competed in high school competitions where she was the president and choreographer of the dance team.

If she goes pro, she explained she would improve and expand her dancing in other genres, so that she wouldn’t just be professional in hip-hop and can incorpo-rate other moves into hip-hop.

However, she gets intimidated easily when she thinks about becoming profes-sional sometimes.

When she faces obstacles in her danc-ing, she encourages herself by watching other dancers or performers on YouTube. That inspires her and helps her realize that she can do it too.

“Not everyone has the same style, people have their own style,” said Pena. “Doesn’t matter what people say about you, what you look like, or what you have experienced. Dance is for everyone.”

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Piano notes fl owed through the love-fi lled sky on Valentine's Day and gave music-loving couples an opportunity to lis-

ten to classic music for an intimate break between classes.

The piano students of the Music De-partment, directed by Dr. Jocelyn Hua-Chen Chang, performed for students on Thurs., Feb. 14 in the Performing Arts Re-cital Hall.

The stage was set with two pianos as couples and friends fi lled the seats.

While student Robby Rigby attended the recital as extra credit for his music class, his friend Syndy Malit attended with a passion for the event.

"I've grown up with a love for the pia-no and classical music," said Malit.

The performance began with open-ing words from the president of the Piano Society Christian Araiza and Joel Bergey welcoming the audience to the show.

The fi rst duet was the "2nd Move-ment," by Johannes Brahms. It was per-formed by Kathryn Yeoman and Fang Her.

They gave a short history of Brahms' work then played on two separate pianos.

The music gave the crowd an idea of what was to come and echoed sound notes written by respected composers in the mu-sic world.

Music loving couples share the keys to their hearts on Valentines Day

Performances prove that Grammys are music’s biggest night

By ADAM GHOSSEINStaff Writer

By MIKE SESSIONSStaff Writer

Adam Ghossein | Chronicle Photo

Music’s biggest night couldn’t get any bigger.

The 55th Annual Grammy Awards, hosted by Hip Hop legend LL Cool J for the second consecutive time, proved to be a star-studded event.

Bob Marley's birthday was honored that night with a group of stars; Sting, Bruno Mars, Rihanna, and his sons Ziggy and Damian Marley, showing their appre-ciation for one of the greatest to ever do it.

Introducing the return of artist, Justin Timberlake, and performing his new single “Suit & Tie,” featuring rapper, Jay-Z, Tim-berlake brought back the 40s in amazing fashion.

Television screens across the country transitioned from color to black and white,

bow ties and old-fashioned bands were brought out to fi t the mold of an incredible time-traveling experience.

Timberlake had everyone talking across social networking sites. It was a statement, that the former ‘N Sync lead singer is indeed BACK.

Taylor Swift, nominated for three awards, kicked off the show with her hit song, “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” using props and outfi ts similar to the classic movie.

Many believe she delivered a cheap shot to former boyfriend, Harry Styles, while performing, saying, “He still calls me up and he’s like, ‘I still love you’, and I’m like 'I’m sorry I’m busy opening up the Grammys,'” in an odd sort of British ac-cent.

The Grammys had it's fair share of noteworthy moments as the show went on.

Rihanna took the stage to perform a very emotional "Stay," with Mikky Ekko while dressed in all black, and lips covered in red. The songstress delivered in an in-timate fashion, catching the attention of Chris Brown, who gave her an interesting standing ovation at the end.

Almost as interesting as Kelly Clark-son, winner of Best Pop Vocal Album with "Stronger," calling out R&B crooner, Miguel, during her acceptance speech.

Speaking of his recent Grammy per-formance, “Miguel, I don’t know who the hell you are but we need to sing together. That was the sexiest damn thing I’ve ever seen."

This moment can either play as a good thing for the superstar, or a very bad thing, as her fi ancée looked on from his seat.

Other than the epic relationship mem-ories of the awards show, there were other

key moments and bloopers within the show. The six-time nominated band, fun., made it rain on stage during their perfor-mance of “Carry On.” Not with money, but with real actual water pouring down onto their set.

Carrie Underwood sung while dis-tracting graphics were being projected on her dress. Frank Ocean couldn't even hear his keyboard, as he performed "For-rest Gump" and LL Cool J's fi nale was cut short by a commercial for the show to end on time. But the show went on, and this be-came a night of moments.

Despite some of the mishaps, 81 of music's most prestigious awards were pre-sented this night to music's biggest stars. Now, people are already talking about next year.

Can music’s night get any bigger?

Notable performers like Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift, fun. and Rihanna hit the stage Sunday Feb. 10 to perform at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards where Fun. performed their hit “Carry On” while it literally rained on stage.Photos courtesy of The Recording Academy

Students performed for the love of music in the Performing Arts Recital Hall to display their talents on the piano keys.

The second duet was "1st movement: En Bateau," by Claude Debussy and was performed by Jamie Rector and Charmaine Galley. Rector gave the crowd a brief his-tory of the piece and the two performed one piano four hands style.

The combination of the pianists dem-onstrated the trust and commitment that exist between two people with a common goal.

Next, Araiza and Bergey took the

stage again, this time to perform Debussy's "4th movement: Ballet."

They played on the same piano while Galley turned the pages in the notes sheet.

Their hands hardly left the piano and they didn't miss a beat throughout the per-formance.

The fourth duet was Isaias Sifuentes and Peter Roeleveld's performance of "1st Movement: Allegro Molto Moderato," by Schubert.

Schubert's notes were given the proper respect from the men's performance.

Yeoman and Her fi nished up the re-cital with a performance of Brahms's "5th Movement."

The fi nal notes of the day ultimately delivered the message of unity and trust between the pianists, sending the crowd off on a happy note.

All the performers returned to the stage for a fi nal bow and a rousing ap-plause from the audience.

Antonio Miles, the Vice President of the PSC, took the stage to thank the audi-ence and invite them to attend the Coy-ote Bop n' Hop Swing Dance Night next Thursday.

Araiza and Bergey were pleased with the show overall.

"[The performance] went pretty good considering we only had 4 weeks to pre-pare. We've never done a duet recital be-fore," said Bergey.

"We usually do themed recitals," said Araiza. "This is the very fi rst non-music performance. We wanted to do something special for Valentine's Day."

The PSC plan on doing more perfor-mances in the future.

"We do quarterly themed recitals. And we perform annually at Steinway in Pasa-dena."

If this performance was any indication of the future, students' time will be well spent at the next recital.

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With my headphones blasting to rhythmic guitar strums, beating drums and upbeat vocals from Foals’ newest album Holy Fire, how can I not envelop myself in it’s entirety?

Their sophomore album was released on Feb. 11 and is available to download on-line on the bands website.

The band consists of guitarist Yannis Philippakis, drummer Jack Bevan, Andrew Mears on vocals, guitarist Jimmy Smith and bassist Walter Gervers.

Like any CD not every track is mind blowing, but the diverse and high energy production will certainly have you bobbing your head or even singing along.

Although indie rock can be an unclear genre to identify, new listeners will be pleasantly surprised with it’s variety.

Holy Fire has some tracks that just hit hard and make you want to dance. You can’t help but move to the rhythm.

“You Don’t Have My Number,” “Late Night,” and “Everytime,” are just a few of the tracks that stand out. If these songs don’t hook you in, maybe you should get your ears checked.

In the song “My Number,” there is a constant affi rmation by Mears, where he proclaims his solitude.

Introducing this powerful and catchy song are the lyrics, “You don’t have my number, we don’t need any trouble now, we don’t need the city, who create the cul-ture now.”

Catchy piano sounds, beating drums and lyrical guitar strums immediately catches the ears of any listener.

As soon as the song begins the listener knows that the party is about to start. From

“Identity Thief” is a comedic thrill with crazy antics that will make you laugh right out of your seat.

The movie stars Jason Bateman as the good-natured Sandy Patterson and Melissa McCarthy as the crazy, yet surprisingly loveable Diana.

“Identity Thief” stole the box offi ce by soaring to number one and raked in $34.6 million during its opening weekend.

Director Seth Gordon directed “Iden-tity Thief” and “Horrible Bosses” which starred Bateman.

Other key players from “Horrible Bosses” return and work together on “Identity Thief,” including music compos-er Christopher Lennertz and editor Peter Teschner.

The fi rst scene begins with Sandy, a successful businessman, who answers a phone call at work.

Diana, the caller, successfully tricks him into giving personal information and enjoys several shopping sprees, using fake credit cards in Sandy’s name.

Sandy soon discovers his identity has been stolen after his credit takes a nose dive.

The skillful use of the slow motion ef-

fect, added in post-production, heightens funny moments, es-pecially when Sandy fi rst spots Diana.

Sandy travels with Di-ana across several states on a whirlwind road trip to reclaim his life and credit back, encounter-ing dangerous charac-ters and obstacles along the way.

“Identity Thief” is at its strongest during comedic scenes that will make you laugh so hard, your sides hurt.

Bateman and McCarthy are believable in their roles, especially while delivering punch lines, refl ecting their talent in come-dic timing.

In the midst of all their obstacles, a funny situation or comment is just around the corner, reminding the audience why this movie is a comedy.

Certain scenes develop both charac-ters, making them multidimensional and relatable to the audience.

Sandy is most relatable when he cheer-fully interacts with his wife and daughters, especially during special occasions.

Diana is especially relatable when

Foals on “fi re” with another great album

“Identity Th ief ” steals top spot at box offi ce

By ZYRUS CRUZStaff Writer

By SHANNON LUSTERStaff Writer

she shares some of her all time lows, feeling de-pressed about her past in ways that the viewers may not expect.

The characters sometimes speak crudely to each other, but this comedic device only emphasizes the humor in certain scenes.

“Now that’s funny!” a viewer in the theater said during an especially humorous scene.

The violence is often depicted as physical comedy, enticing laughter form the audience.

Sandy even hits Diana in the face with his guitar during one of the struggles, but

the actors’ comedic timing made this scene funny

rather than offensive.Comedic sequences, espe-

cially between Sandy and Diana, are also interspersed with high-speed, thrilling, car chases at full speeds and

in high risk scenarios.Some situations are highly sugges-

tive, especially when Diana intentionally creates trouble for Sandy, resulting in em-barrassing situations for him. This content also refl ects why the movie is rated R.

Regardless of the sexual innuendos, this movie’s hilarious antics more than makes up for it.

“Identity Thief” promises to deliver a wild, enjoyable ride for viewers.

start to fi nish this song is incredible and it epitomizes a party dance mix.

With inspiring and meaningful lyrics along with a danceable beat it becomes dif-fi cult to not get instantly hooked.

“Late Night,” consists of a catchy beat and with depressing lyrics.

“And I know you ran away Oh I know but I’m feeling okay But now I found love and the feeling won’t go Now I found love but the feeling wont go!”

“Late Night” begins with piano keys followed by a sad voice that is trying to look for hope. The track doesn’t seem to pick up at all, but the deep lyrics are what makes this song.

Although the album was great there are certain songs that one may not enjoy. The second track, “Inhaler,” sounds slight-ly on the angry side.

The song is introduced with a guitar following with a constant Rocky themed

drum beat. Towards the middle the song there is a instrumental buildup to a sudden BOOM, where one can imagine a mosh pit occurring.

In a violent tone the singer screams, “My lungs of heat I cannot breathe don’t follow me. And you push and shove I’ve had enough you best believe.”

Talk about telling someone to get away from them; a simple please would be nice.

Holy Fire is just that: fi re.

Photos courtesy of Transgressive

Foals released their sophomore album Holy Fire Feb. 11, debuting a more hard-hitting list of songs, including the powerful “Inhaler,” showing off the band’s more angst ridden side.

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The Coyote’s women soft-ball team prevailed with a win against the UC San Diego Tritons in the opener with a 4-1 victory but ended with a loss in the sec-ond game with a score of 8-0. The Coyotes are now up 2-4 record overall.

Suffering from a two game losing streak against the Tritons, the girls fought hard with a ven-geance to redeem themselves.

Trailing 1-0 through out the fi rst fi ve innings, senior infi elder Alyssa Flores shined through to-wards the end of the sixth inning hitting a home run center fi eld bringing in two players to home base.

In the fi rst half of the sev-enth inning in-fi elder Charlotte Galzote man-aged to steal sec-ond base, advancing to third base but came short leaving her run unearned. In addition, infi elder Alyssa Ramos scored on a wild pitch.

Thus, earning their fi rst win against the competitive second ranked team, leading with a 4-1 win.

“It was a nice feeling to hit a home run. I wasn’t trying to do anything special and it turned out to be overwhelming,” said Flores.

She continues to say, “The fi rst game we played scared, we were walking on eggshells. We had a lot more to play for. We’re not those team to be easily beat-en.”

According to Flores, the team yearned to return hard and prove that they’re not an easy team to defeat.

Unfortunately, their victory was short lived when the Tritons gained the upper hand in the last game leaving the Coyotes point-

less with a disap-pointing loss of 8-0.

The second game turned out to be a chal-lenging task dur-ing the second inning when Trintons player Caitlin Brown succeeded a tripled down the

right fi eld line bringing in three players, bringing the score from one to four.

Towards the end of the sec-ond inning the Tritons managed to score another two points lead-ing the pack.

The fi fth inning ended with the Tritons scoring an additional

two points, winning the game.“It was disappointing to win

and then get shut down. We are a better team than that and I don’t want people thinking our win was just a fl uke and we got lucky,” said Flores.

However, those disappoint-ing losses has only sparked a light for the Coyotes to improve their techniques against upcoming op-

By ANTHONY MORALESStaff Writer

Flores’ home run helps lead over Tritons

Anthony Morales | Chronicle Photo

This season is starting to look solid and with these young group of girls who are ready to show what they have in store, anything can be possible.

The new batch of girls still have

a lot to learn but are improving as every game

passes.

ponents. The new batch of girls still

have a lot to learn but are improv-ing as every game passes.

Flores believes that the team will emerge together once every-one is on the same page.

“We’re a new group of girls and the fi rst couple games were not in our favor. We can still get the job done in upcoming games,”

said Flores.Three-time All-CCAA selec-

tion Britney Butler is expecting to make a comeback from UCL sur-gery now that she is able to par-ticipate and play.

Now that the team has one of their major players back, se-nior infi elder Britney Butler, time will only tell if they can overcome their past losses.

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Junior combo guard Joshua Gouch led the Coyotes in the second half scoring all of his 14 points.

There was also great defensive efforts from senior Johnny Bell and junior Brian Goins.

Unfortunately, they weren’t able to close the large defi cit and ended up los-ing the game 69-80 which ended their six

CSUSB men’s basketball team fi n-ished with split during the weekend series on Feb. 8 and Feb. 9.

The Coyotes played two games at home against the Broncos of Cal Pol Po-mona on Feb. 8 and then the Lumberjacks from CSU Humboldt on Feb. 9.

The ‘Yotes were in for a tough one against fourth ranked Broncos but fell short losing 69-80 in a heartbreak fashion.

They were trading baskets with the Broncos until the nine-minute mark in the fi rst half when the Broncos went on 10-0 run.

The point contributors for the ‘Yotes in the fi rst half came from senior forward Kwame Alexander who scored eight points along with sophomore Jamari Simmons with six points.

The team shot 31 percent overall from the fi eld and 37 percent from beyond the three-point line.

The key component to their defi cit in the fi rst half was the 13 turnovers that they committed.

The Coyotes went into halftime trail-ing the Broncos 22-33.

In the second half, the team came to-

gether and looked more aggressive than they were in the fi rst half.

The only obstacle that stood in their way was the tough defense and offense of the Broncos.

The Coyotes shot well from the fi eld in the second half sinking 44 percent of their shots compared to the 31 percent they shot in the fi rst half.

game winning streak.In Saturday’s game the Coyotes looked

to bounce from the loss the night before as they played the rival Lumberjacks of CSU Humboldt.

In the fi rst half, the Coyotes got off to a slow start but turned it around after learn-ing from the previous game.

After a 9-0 scoring run for the Coy-otes, they went into halftime leading the Lumberjacks 44-32.

The ‘Yotes shot a total of 54 percent from the fi eld and also 44 percent from the three-point line.

In the second half, the Coyotes never let up and continued to execute well.

Goins and Alexander had 20 plus points and Bell had 13 points.

They blew out the Lumberjacks 93-68, as they start to go back to their winning ways.

The CSUSB men’s basketball team will have a two game home stand against the Otters of CSU Monterey Bay and the Pioneers of CSU East Bay on Feb. 22 and Feb. 23.

Bringing home one win from weekend series shows that there is a possibility that the Coyotes could take fi rst place in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA).

By BRANDON LANDRUMStaff Writer

Men’s basketball going strong

The team’s speed, agility, and skills are not missed when CSUSB fans come out to support the Coyotes at home and away.Brandon Landrum | Chronicle Photo

Sports Monday, February 18, 2013

CSUSB women’s water polo has fi -nally acquired their fi rst great victory of the season.

After facing their toughest challenge of having three straight games in one day, they received a win against Fresno Pacifi c University.

All three games took place inside the San Bernardino Aquatic Center.

Their fi rst game, against Whittier College, was another loss: 4-7 against the Coyotes. Both teams build up a chemistry together, meeting three times this season.

Katie Braun, a freshman playing 2 me-ter, said that the game was very intense.

“The middle of the third quarter, we started to rise up. We left them with no chance to score, but we suddenly fell short once again. However, I believe that we

need to come prepared next time,” said Braun.

As far as her performance, she agrees that she played a lot better than the previ-ous games. “I had my head in the game and came prepared this time, but it still remains a learning process.”

The Coyotes also lost game two of the day against Occidental College by a score of 8-10.

They had a slow start, allowing the Ti-gers to score six points on the 1st and 2nd quarter, while the

Coyotes kept missing opportunities with no points on the scoreboard.

According to Kelly McKenzie, a sophomore playing Utility, the team can-not afford another loss.

“Losing over and over shouldn’t be happening in this team. We are great play-ers, but I feel that we choose to play poorly sometimes. I know my team had all the

potentials to win against the Occidental College, but somehow we ended up short,” said McKenzie.

Throughout the 3rd and 4th quarter, the Coyotes abruptly shocked the fans with their outstanding comeback, by scoring eight points total.

They remained focus, trying to accom-plish their goals and take away the momen-tum.

However, they came short with anoth-er close win this season.

The fi nal game of the day against the FPU Sunbirds, who suffered with several injuries and three tough games, led the Coyotes to their fi rst victory by a score of 7-6.

After two consecutive losses, the Coy-otes fi nally proved themselves.

“It was a great feeling,” said senior driver Georgiana Bray. “After losing two games in a day, we couldn’t leave our fans

without at least a win. He work so hard, coming to practice almost every day and a lot of sacrifi ces are made. So, to fi nally win a game, proves that we came prepared.”

Each player had a remarkable game; Misty Vu had three goals, scoring the game-winning goal leading the Coyotes to a breaking losing streak.

Goalkeeper Kelsey Purkiss had 11 saves. Junior Driver Alison Glaser had three goals as well.

“The coach was more excited than we were,” said Braun. “Later, she advised us to continue playing harder, strong[er], smart[er] and never give up. We gained more confi dence after our win.”

Coach Sarah Reneker, continues to en-courage her players. She constantly coun-sels them to keep up the good work and embrace failure in order to success. She makes sure that every player is present for practice and fully involved.

By INNO SITAStaff Writer

Inno Sita | Chronicle Photo

Women’s Water Polo struggled so far in the season but they prove that when you continue to have full dedication, work hard, and execute out in the pool, victory will come. Head coach Reneker sees potential and knows her team will do well.

The Coyote Baseball team swept the Azusa Pacifi c Cougars after their double header on Sat. Feb. 9 scoring a total of 23 runs throughout the evening.

In game one the Coyotes took the lead early and never looked back, scoring three runs in the fi rst inning.

Coyote outfi elder Aaron Beckley scored the fi rst run of the game after outfi elder Remington Miller singled up the middle.

Outfi elder David Silvas reached fi rst base on a fi eld-

ing error by Azusa shortstop allowing infi elder Trevor Mc-master and Miller to score.

Later in the second inning infi elder Curtis Cassise grounded out allowing Beckly to score.

Azusa scored their fi rst run of the game after a single by shortstop Andrew Carillio allowing infi elder Richie Brown to score making the score 3-1 at the end of the sec-ond.

The Coyotes extended their lead scoring three more runs in the third while Azusa was only able to score one run making the score 7-2.

They dominated in the fourth inning bringing in an-other fi ve runs, Miller reached third off a wild pitch allow-ing Cassise to score.

Furthermore, fi rst basemen Richard Mount doubled to second causing Miller to reach home base.

In addition, Silvas singled after a hit to left fi eld and advanced to second on the throw allowing Mcmaster to advance to third causing mount to score.

Late in the fourth, Beckley doubled down the right fi eld line allowing both Silvas and Mcmaster to score mak-ing the score 12-2.

For the rest of the game the Coyotes continued to execute their assignments and play solid baseball scoring three more runs.

After a short three run rally by Azusa in the ninth the Coyotes defeated the Cougars 15-5.

After a successful fi rst game the Coyotes prepared for the second game with the Cougars.

Looking for redemption the Cougars came out on the fi eld and scored the fi rst run of the game off of a grounder

to second by outfi elder Matt Kimmel.The Coyotes were able to answer in the second when

infi elder Jake Pilkerton doubled to left center bringing home infi elder Billy Hamlton.

Furthermore, Silvas fi red out to right fi eld allowing Pilkerton to score making the score 2-1 in favor of the Coyotes.

The Coyotes rallied in the third bringing in fi ve runs making the score 7-1.

The fi rst run was scored by Beckley after a hit to cen-ter fi eld by Mcmaster allowing Cassise to advance to third.

Hamilton then took the plate and singled down the right side bringing home Cassise and advancing Miller to second.

Furthermore, Pilkerton doubled down advancing Hamilton to third and bringing home Miller.

In addition, outfi elder Michael Castello singled to center fi eld causing Hamilton to score and allowing Pilk-erton to reach third base.

Late in the third, Silvas reached on a fi elders choice bringing home Pilkerton.

The Coyotes were able to score one more run in the fourth almost shutting out the Cougars with a fi nal score of 8-1.

After this exciting double header, head coach Don Parnell stated that he would like for the Coyotes to con-tinue to work on their batting consistency as they prepare for conference.

Furthermore, after their outstanding performance against Azusa Pacifi c the Coyotes advance to 5-0 for the season.

By KRISTOPHER SARIKASStaff Writer

Baseball steals double header weekend

Water polo Water polo treads to treads to fi rst victoryfi rst victory

Kristopher Sarikas | Chronicle Photo

Coyotes never have their bats at rest and are always striving to become better.