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JIMI HENDRIX Men’s Basketball New album from deceased After up-and-down season, SJSU guitar king released prepares for WAC Tournament SEE PAGE 5 SEE PAGE 4 Serving San José State University since 1934 Wednesday, March 10, 2010 www.TheSpartanDaily.com Volume 134, Issue 22 Health center off ers services for students Amaris Dominguez, Health Center for as many basic Melissa Sabile medical appointments as they’d Staff Writers like at no cost.” Elrod said a general offi ce visit The Student Health Center of- off campus can have a $20 co-pay fers a wide variety of services to or a $200 charge, and that seeing students, most of which are avail- a health center provider for free able for no additional charge. is a signifi cant benefi t of being an But there can be extra fees SJSU student. for specialty services, said Paula “This is especially true in dif- Hernandez, senior operations of- fi cult fi nancial times, when even fi cer for the health center. more students are making diffi - Many of the charges are paid cult choices between health vis- for by the mandatory health fee, its and other basic needs,” Elrod Hernandez said, but students pay said. “Right on the campus with a on their own for prescriptions relatively short wait, students can and labs. be seen for aches, pains, injuries “We get athletes in here,” she and illnesses at no cost by a doc- said. “They get hurt while play- tor or nurse practitioner.” Jeff Lee, a designer and tester at Halo Guitars, works on a guitar in his shop in Cupertino. ing. We get students that you see Elrod emphasizes that 50 to Salman Haqqi / Spartan Daily across campus on their skate- 60 percent of the SJSU student boards and they fl ip and they body is served in one way or an- hurt. If they’ve been in auto ac- other by health center staff and cidents, we get them in here for programming, even though many Student helps string together guitar company that too.” of those students haven’t had a The health center’s regular medical visit with one of the cli- services include a pharmacy, a nicians. Salman Haqqi said he broached the idea of the market to fi nd the direction “Our designs are really radi- lab, physical therapy, X-rays, The health center cares for Staff Writer creating an electric guitar tai- he wanted to take his designs. cal,” Lee said. “There are a lot physicals and immunizations. students who need stitches or lored to his own personal pref- “I tried to really think about of Flying V shape, and just Additional specialty care ser- bones put in casts and also sees At the heart of what drove erences. the designs and the physics be- pointy objects. But over the vices are dermatology, sports students who don’t have a specifi c Jeff Lee into the guitar making “As a guitar player, I was hind the instrument,” Lee said. years, we’ve started to create medicine, podiatry, psychiatry concern other than just not feel- was a passion for making mu- always interested in designing “I wanted to take an indepen- our own versions of more tra- and travel care, according to the ing quite OK, he said. sic, he said. cool shapes, initially,” Lee said. dent approach from what the ditional shapes.” Health Center Web site. Elrod also said the health cen- Established in 2004, Halo “I was interested in shapes that larger manufacturers were do- What was most important “About 8,500 students make ter sees lots of students regard- Guitars was his and his moth- weren’t really available in the ing.” to Lee when building the gui- about 25,000 combined Student ing reproductive health concerns, er’s idea, said Lee, a senior fi - market.” Lee said that, because his tars was playability, he said. Health Center visits each year,” which include sexually transmit- nance major. Before diving into the pro- musical leanings were on the “A lot of the heavy metal said Roger Elrod, director of the ted infections, annual exams, Having already been in- cess of designing guitars, Lee heavy metal side of the musical guys want to play drop tun- Student Health Center. “Each and information regarding contra- volved in manufacturing pro- said he looked into the most spectrum, the designs he came ings, basically low-pitched every regularly enrolled SJSU fessional studio microphones, popular and most successful up with were initially metal student can come to the Student See HEALTH, Page 3 Lee, a guitar player himself, guitars that were available in oriented. See GUITARS, Page 2 Alum to address graduates San Jose to off er taste of Italy Donovan Farnham was part of the 1984 graduat- Kristen Pearson “The younger people don’t not Italian, but said she thinks Staff Writer ing class. Staff Writer get involved as much with Ital- it would be awesome to see a He said he has started think- ian activities as the older Ital- new culture in San Jose. An SJSU alumnus has been ing about the speech that he’ll Placing Little Italy between ians,” Melander said. “They “I only go to school here, but chosen to give the commence- be giving at the commencement the HP Pavilion and San Pedro think of the Italian mafi a mov- it’d be cool to see what Italy has ment address at the Spring ceremony ever since he was in- Square in downtown San Jose ies when they think of Italian to offer,” Cornell said. “There 2010 graduation. formed by Whitmore that he’ll may preserve the culture of culture.” are places like Japantown, Chi- This announcement came as be speaking, but Iwata admits Italians in San Jose, said Josh- Building Little Italy is an natown and Little Mexico, but a surprising honor to Jon Iwa- not remembering what was ua DeVincenzi Melander, the ongoing process, Melander it’d be nice to see some differ- ta, and he said that he never said or who exactly gave the ad- chairman of Little Italy. said. ences.” would have imagined that he dress at his graduation. When thinking of Italians, “The area we are building Melander said there will be would be giving the commence- Iwata said not remember- Jose Calderon, a junior radio, Little Italy goes back to 1880 some new places to eat in Little ment address 26 years later. ing his commencement address television and fi lm major, said through the 1900’s,” Melander Italy. “He (SJSU President Jon Jon Iwata along with other speeches has he envisions pizza, spaghetti, said. “Near the Guadalupe Riv- “There will be great Italian Whitmore) invited me to give infl uenced what he plans to say “The Godfather” and the trou- er is where immigrants from restaurants, some delis and a the commencement address, lege of accepting and I was very on May 29. bles Italian immigrants had Italy originally settled in San few bakeries,” Melander said. and I couldn’t have been more happy to do so.” “You think about what when they came to America. Jose.” “I think it’ll be good to have the surprised or happy about it,” Iwata is the vice president would be helpful if you were The stereotypes of Italians Christina Cornell, a gradu- delis and bakeries, especially Iwata said. “It’s an honor that of marketing and communica- can be good or bad, said Me- ate student in nutrition, said very few people have the privi- tions for IBM, and he said he See IWATA, Page 3 lander, an SJSU alumnus. she does not live here and she’s See ITALY, Page 3 Weather THESPARTANDAILY.COM TWITTER OPPOSING VIEWS Writer laments lack of respect for diverse accents. Follow us at @spartandaily Read about what a group of Campus Village Building B residents for headlines Stefan Armijo are cooking. straight to your Hi: 57° phone. Lo: 41° Transgender Week: a documentary about the impact of Gender Identity Disorder. / FACEBOOK Spartan Daily TH F SPARTAN DAILY BLOGS Become a fan and get the latest What’s your favorite student discount in San Jose? Leave your headlines straight Hi: 63° Hi: 63° feedback at to you spartandailynews.wordpress.com facebook.com/ Lo: 45° Lo: 45° spartandaily SEE PAGE 7 2 NEWS Wednesday, March 10, 2010 GUITARS Library porn distracts patrons From Page 1 stuff,” he said. “My main role in the company is to test the guitars Shiva Zahirfar As a second warning, Laws private place,” she said. viewing porn. and make sure the balance and Staff Writer said security will then ask the The King Library is a place Sophomore engineering ma- setup of the guitar is right.” person to stop and warn the pa- many students go to study, Mah jor Daryn Portis and junior man- Halo Guitars is based in the One student said she is sick- tron that he or she will be asked said. agement major Eric Tan said Bay Area, with the majority of ened when she notices someone to leave if he or she doesn’t fol- “It’s really disturbing to they have not seen anyone in the the manufacturing done in a watching pornography in the low the rules. people trying to King Library viewing porn, but factory in China, and its custom King Library. If the patron concentrate and said people shouldn’t watch porn guitar work done in a shop in Cu- “They think it’s OK, but it’s continues to view Th ey think focus on their in the King Library.

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