Spartans dominate tourney A friend or foe to music? Wednesday SPARTAN DAILY A&E p. 6 September 28, 2011 Sports p. 3 Volume 137, Issue 17 www.spartandaily.com Bike heists on the increase for riders on campus Rising number of arrests “We have had bicycles stolen in broad daylight with people walk- demonstrates extra ing in front of the bicycle racks while the thieves were doing their police attention; students work,” Aguayo said, adding it focus on bicycle security can take as litt le as 15 seconds to swipe a bike. According to Aguayo, there by Jeffrey Cianci have been 82 reported bicycle Staff Writer theft s so far this year, and there were 109 bicycle theft s in 2010. Robert Castaneda was leaving “Bicycle theft has always been the gym on campus when he re- an issue (on campus) — it has al- turned to fi nd that a thief had sto- ways been a constant challenge len the back wheel from his bike. for us to deter bicycle theft and ar- Several weeks earlier, a friend rest bicycle thieves,” said Aguayo, of Castaneda’s had their bike sto- adding that the campus police has len from the same location. made 15 arrests this year com- Castaneda, a sophomore envi- pared to 11 in 2010. ronmental studies major, believes He said most arrests occur it was the lack of lights and cam- around the Dr. Martin Luther King eras that allowed the wheel on his Jr. Library, as that is the one area bike to be stolen. with security cameras that can “It is ridiculous,” Castaneda monitor the bike racks. said of bike rack safety. “It was Ott o Melara, of Associated Stu- dark and someone obviously had dents Transportation Solutions, time — they wouldn’t have that said they have no way of warding Undeclared freshman Alex Ortega locks his bike up in the San Carlos Plaza bike enclosure. The enclosures, which are located time with lights on.” off theft s in the cages other than in five different spots on campus, are one way to guard against bicycle theft on campus. Photo by Nick Rivelli / Spartan Daily Bicycle theft is on the rise at to advise students on how to be SJSU, but there are ways to pre- safer. vent it, said Sgt. Manuel Aguayo Associated Students has six It has always been a constant challenge for of the University Police Depart- cages around campus for SJSU ment. students to protect and lock their “ us to deter bicycle theft and arrest He explained the spontaneity bikes, he said — for a $50 deposit, of bicycle theft adds to the diffi - students get a key and access to culty of prevention — even when bicycle thieves. - Sgt. Manuel Aguayo, UPD THEFT ” it happens in front of students. SEE PAGE 2 Student Health Center hosts Building fire releases low levels of chemicals Overheating wire blamed there are toxins that are released in and the walls primarily on the fi rst workshop on sexual violence the smoke,” Rucker said. “You smell fl oor of Dwight Bentel Hall will be for melting plastic cover smoke but you also have toxin residue wiped down and cleaned by Belfor by Chris Marian relationship. that burns with that plastic and it was Restoration, a company that analyzes Staff Writer Th e audience included both men and setting room aflame prett y strong.” and restores fi re, water and storm and women, mostly young students, Aft er the fi re was put out, he said damage. On Friday, Sept. 23, three young and a handful of older people as well. by Jeremy Infusino SJSU offi cials brought in fans to air out Junior journalism major Megan Ro- women hosted a gathering at the “We like to say consent isn’t a Staff Writer the building and continued to do so for driguez said she was not even aware Student Health Center to have an contract,” Jones said, explaining how the next week. there was a fi re in the building. honest discussion about sex and sex- consent could be far more subtle and A recent report shows that air qual- David Krack, director of environ- “If there’s any potential harm, it’s ual violence. nuanced than a simple statement, ity in Dwight Bentel Hall is safe for mental health and safety, is the person not OK,” she said. “We want consent to be the fi rst and how one must be sensitive to the students, faculty and staff aft er a fi re monitoring the air quality in Dwight Rodriguez said she was living in thing you do with your mouth,” said implicit as well as the explicit mes- occurred in the building before the se- Bentel Hall. Southern California at the time, and peer health educator Penny Spei- sages in an intimate relationship. mester began. He said an outside lab came into the didn’t receive any notice about it. ght, garnering laughs from her fel- Th e three young women covered Th e fi re occurred on Aug. 16 in building and cleaned from the night of Jenae Jordan, a senior public rela- low speakers, DaShanna Jones and topics connected to the act of con- Dwight Bentel Hall room 130, ten days the fi re until Aug. 22. tions major, said she read about the Monique McClanahan. sent as well, particularly the essen- before the fall semester started. Th ere is no universal measurement fi re in an email. Humor aside, teaching students tial diff erences between a healthy Bob Rucker, interim director of the for what is considered clean or safe air, “I didn’t really think much of it,” the concept of sexual consent is and abusive intimate relationship. school of journalism and mass com- Krack said, and the lab tested the air she said. “It was really vague, that’s something the three women said Intimate Partner Violence, as munication, said he was contacted quality inside room 130, the corridor what I thought.” they take dead seriously. they called it, fi gured prominently in that evening and came to campus im- of Dwight Bentel Hall and outside the While sample tests have occurred Speight, Jones and McClanahan the discussion. mediately aft er hearing there was fi re building on the south side to compare. since the fi re and students and faculty all work for Wellness and Health Speight, Jones, and McClanahan and smoke coming out of the windows According to the report that was have been occupying Dwight Bentel Promotion Department, a subdivi- described Intimate Partner Violence in Dwight Bentel Hall. analyzed on Sept. 17, the amount of Hall, Krack said people would not be sion of the Student Health Center, as an invisible epidemic that enters Th e fi re was att ributed to a wire particles were enough to be detected there unless the space is safe to oc- which has been hosting a series of the public consciousness only when overheating and melting its plastic but not high enough to be reported as cupy. events called the Peer Health Educa- the acts of violence spill onto the wire coating, causing one of the many a legitimate health concern. He said they are considering doing tion Workshops on other health re- street. racks in the room to catch fi re, he said. “Everything is a poison,” Krack more tests aft er the walls and ventila- lated topics for some time. Th ey cited this summer’s murder- “When fi re reaches a temperature said. “Th e only diff erence between a tion system are cleaned but may not “Th is presentation is actually suicide in the 10th Street garage as that melts plastic, it was explained to remedy and a poison is the dose.” be necessary to retest considering the something new,” Jones said. “We a very public example of Intimate me by the fi re marshal who was here, According to Krack, the air ducts results from the last sample taken. thought it was important to have Partner Violence. this (workshop) on consent.” Speight, Jones, and McClanahan Before an audience of about explained that most sexual violence twenty people, Speight, Jones occurs within existing abusive rela- and McClanahan explained tionships. sexual consent and its im- Th ey describe how popular media portance in having a healthy trends and antique chauvinistic cul- tural mores contribute to create an environment in which women are View exclusive stories and multimedia at treated as property to be possessed spartandaily.com and controlled – oft en with acts of sexual violence. Emotional violence can also be an important feature of an abusive relationship, Speight said. Several audience members shared anecdotes and personal ob- servations of episodes of Intimate Partner Violence. t Twitter: @spartandaily 90˚ Jones said the people who at- tend these workshops oft en have f facebook.com/spartandaily 63˚ personal accounts of abuse, saying that coming to these workshops of- Spartan Daily ten brings these memories back. Serving San José State University since 1934 Volume 137 / Issue 17 SEE CONSENT PAGE 2 2 NEWS Spartan Daily Wednesday, September 28, 2011 CAMPUS VOICES by Peter Fournier Photos by Jasper Rubenstein See Campus Voices online: If you could save one thing during a fire, what would it be? spartandaily.com SpartaGuide That’s a tough My bird. I have a My cat. I love him. I I’d probably have to take my I actually thought of my question. 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