THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT VOICE OF CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN BERNARDINO SINCE 1965
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Coyote Chronicle Vol. LII, No. 2
MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2015
CCBriefs: By RANDALL HIGGINS Staff Writer
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The passing of Senate Bill 277 will result in all grade school children to be vaccinated in order to attend school. The amendment is due to the measles out-break.
SB 277 makes vaccinations mandatory By CHERAE HUNT Staff Writer California grade school children must now be vaccinated to attend class as a result of an amended bill. “Since 2000, 142 Californians have suffered severe adverse reactions, resulting in 46 deaths of California citizens. Children under the age of 11 months suffered 52.82 percent of these adverse reactions,” according to sb277.org. The lawmakers passed the Bill on the vaccine SB 277 on April 22, 2015 by a 7-2
vote. “Following a measles outbreak that began in mid-December at Disneyland -which state public health officials attribute in large part to unvaccinated individuals -- California State Sen. Richard Pan and two other lawmakers introduced SB 277 in February,” according to The Sun. Parents have protested, claiming the Bill is keeping children from their right to an education. “The law prohibits the governing authority of a school or other institution from unconditionally admitting any person as
a pupil of any public or private elementary or secondary school, childcare center, nursery school, family day care home, or development center, unless prior to his or her admission to that institution he or she has been fully immunized against various diseases, including measles, mumps, and pertussis, subject to any specific age criteria,” according to the Bill released by the Senate on Feb. 19, 2015. “I’m all for it. As a biologist, I know how vaccines work,” said CSUSB Professor Tomasz Owerkowicz. Continued on Pg.3
CSUSB Spring Into Media Symposium Full article on Pg. 3
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Keynote speaker of the CSUSB Spring Into Media: Rise to Success Symposium, Mark Andrejevic, professor at Pomona College, spoke to students about big data on April 23, 2015.
Coyotes should prep for elections, pg. 6
RBF, the struggle is real, pg. 8
Tyler, The Creator’s new album, pg. 11
Liar, liar, pants on fire! The House, Ways, and Means Committee determined in a congressional report that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) intentionally misled both Congress and the public about its ability to assist customers and answer questions to get more money from Congress. It diverted money from that section and used it for frivolous and unnecessary items in order to claim not enough money and therefore the need of a larger budget, according to Yahoo.com. The report shows that the tax agency could have helped 25.9 million more phone calls than it did if it had prioritized customer service. The students review again Mirroring a similar incident in the sixties, students from Chapman College in Orange County wrapped the busts of Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, and Ayn Rand in caution tape and hung signs on the front notifying that all three were on “student review.” According to the ijreview, Reagan and Thatcher were indicted on racism, classism, and homophobia. Two more busts were also selected, Albert Schweitzer and Milton Friedman. Because there was no damage, school officials deemed it freedom of expression and decided no punishment would be administered. Polly has a fire Firefighters, who called out to a two-alarm blaze in Boise, Idaho, were caught off guard when they answered screams of “Help, help, fire,” while no one was inside the house. After containing the fire and extinguishing it, they were able to track down the calls of help to two birds. The parrots had been trained to call out for help and to warn others. It is expected that the two parrots would fully recover, according to CBS. Pucker up, Cottonmouth Eighteen-year-old Austin Hatfield caught a cottonmouth while swimming last week and kept it in a pillowcase at his girlfriend’s house. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is investigating the catch because the teen did not have the proper permit to catch and keep the cottonmouth. It came to their attention when Hatfield attempted to kiss the snake on the mouth and it bit him. Although initially in critical condition, his condition has improved to good condition, and he is expected to fully recover, according to United Press International.
Dominguez Hills vs. Coyotes, pg. 16