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Kathryn McCormick The “fees for services” gener- 4 LARGEST PROGRAMS IN A.S. BUDGET, 2008/09 Staff Writer ate revenue, helping to fi ll out the $2m Awareness remainder of the A.S’s $7,523,658 The Associated Students brought budget, the 2008/2009 A.S. annual $1.7m in $4.9 million from student ac- report stated. $1.6m tivity fees last year, according to a The four largest services include $1.5m Costs Week kicks off 2008/2009 A.S. annual report. Valley Transit Authority passes, $1.3m “All students pay student activity SJSU’s child development center, Revenue fees, which is $73.50 per semester, student services and campus recre- Anna-Maria Kostovska and that funds about 66 to 67 percent ation, the 2008/2009 A.S. annual $1m $1.0m Staff Writer of our operating budget,” said A.S. report said. executive director Cheryl Vargas. According to the 2008/2009 A.S. In a slideshow titled “Transfi gurations,” $178k$17$738k8k Vargas said the rest of the budget annual report: $602k Jana Marcus, a Bay Area photographer and comes from other fees and agree- Valley Transit Authority pass- $500k SJSU alumna, displayed a number of black and ments. es cost $1,272,505 and generate white photographs of transgendered people “How we get to 100 percent is $272,588 in revenue per semester. $273k going through the transition from one sex to through grants and contracts,” she The Child Development Cen- $178k another. said. “And we do fees for service, like ter costs $1,596,549 and brings in 0 Susan Murray, an associate professor of VTA CDC Student Campus you have to pay a little bit to be in $1,021,430 in revenue per semester. VTAVTA CDCCDC StudentStudent CampusCampus sociology and co-organizer of the event, said intramurals and to go on adventure Student services cost $1,712,724 servicesservices recrec about 70 people attended the event, which was trips and to do classes in the sport Source: Associated Students 2008-2009 annual report held in the University Room next to the A.S. club, stuff like that.” See BUDGET, Page 2 Created by Suzanne Yada / Spartan Daily Print Shop Copy Center on Monday. Marcus said her intention behind “Trans- fi gurations” was to change the social attitudes that prevail in society and breaking stereo- types. “I wanted to bring about awareness to a larger audience about things in our culture that maybe we’re not aware of,” she said. The purpose of having this event was to educate people about transgender issues and to create an understanding of the transgen- der community, said Bonnie Sugiyama, assis- tant director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender resource center and the women’s resource center. Marcus said transgender issues had never come across her mind, but her curiosity was piqued after a male roommate confessed to her that he had been born female. She said his unexpected revelation made See WEEK, Page 2 SJSU reputation uncertain post-Bedell

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The story of John Patrick Bedell and his ac- tions do not refl ect upon SJSU, where he at- tended off and on, said Cassandra Agbayani, a Izzy Garcia and Joaquin Alino play in the garden just outside in Sweeney Hall with Gary Cava, the instructor for the child development sophomore political science major. practicum class. Briana Calderon / Spartan Daily “One person can’t defi ne the whole school,” she said. Bedell’s wounding of two offi cers at the Pen- tagon on Thursday did garner national atten- tion, including here at SJSU, and Agbayani said Child development class explores garden she hoped the nation wouldn’t see Bedell as a product of the university. Kristen Pearson volves student teachers interacting garden for child development is a "It was originally just a rocky “I just hope it doesn’t discredit our univer- Staff Writer with kids, said Gary Cava, a lecturer wonderful idea. area and she got grants to work on sity,” she said. “We don’t promote those actions. in the child development depart- "I'm a big advocate for outdoor it," he said. "She started working on I just hope people don’t end up thinking that’s In a small, walled-in garden ment. learning instead of reading about it it late last spring (2009) and kept what we’re all about over here. That shouldn’t connected to Sweeney Hall, chil- "The garden is for the 2- and in a textbook," he said. "I'm glad it's working on it through the summer, be the way that people think about all San Jose dren can be seen running around 3-year-olds," Cava said. "We have being used for something worth- but it still needs an irrigation sys- State students.” screaming, watering plants, pick- a practicum class for child develop- while." tem." Agbayani said Bedell acted alone and had his ing fl owers and weeds, playing with ment and we use the garden for it. The garden was a project origi- Alex Dornan, a sophomore aero- reasons for the attack. toys and observing bugs. Today we searched for worms." nally started by Jennifer Pearlman, space engineering major, said he “I hope people don’t follow in his footsteps,” The garden is used only for a Jia Liu, a graduate student in a part-time child development pro- child development class, which in- science, said he thinks using the fessor, Cava said. See GARDEN, Page 2 See IMAGE, Page 3

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Daniel Herberholz additional jobs that spawned which has operations in India Staff Writer off (in other industries),” Kalra and around the world, said ma- said. “So it’s incredibly impor- jor innovation is not necessary A panel of businessmen and tant that companies like eBay for companies in India. Bay Area legislators shared and Cisco and Adobe in San “There’s a huge gap in how information and experience Jose are successful.” the market is working, so you about global business ties with Randolph said Indian engi- don’t need those game-chang- more than 100 students in the neers began immigrating to the ers to start a company (in In- Engineering building Monday Bay Area from Canada in the dia),” Malhotra said. “You night. late 1800s, with a major infl ux are going to see those break- The event featured com- of immigration coming in the throughs as that market starts pany chairmen Arjun Malhotra early 1980s. By the mid-’90s, demanding more than what it and Robert Lee, San Jose city one-fourth of engineers in San can have easily today.” councilman Ash Kalra and Jose were Indian, Randolph Lee, chairman and co- Sean Randolph of the Bay Area said. founder of Achievo Corpora- Council Economic Institute. “Right now they’re being tion, which operates partly out “The most important thing woven in to the entire building of China, said it is important business students (could learn) strategy of many of our compa- for business companies in the was the richness of the ties nies,” he said. Bay Area to continue to inno- with India and China, and how Randolph said there is a vate. much more complicated the mirror image of this across the Randolph pointed to two reality is than the stereotypes,” Pacifi c. important trends in the rela- said attendee Joe Giglierano, “Just about every signifi cant tion between the Bay Area and The quiet hours of the Sweeney Hall garden on Tuesday afternoon after the children have interim associate dean of the technology company based in India. He said Indian compa- gone home. Briana Calderon / Spartan Daily College of Business. the Silicon Valley has a pres- nies have a growing capability The symposium was trig- ence in India,” he said. “Bay to produce sophisticated work gered by the publication of a Area companies were the fi rst in various fi elds of research, to grow. student teachers come up with report by the Bay Area Council to act on the opportunities pre- as well as a growing market of GARDEN "Sometimes fi ve or six kids new curriculum using the gar- Economic Institute about ties sented in India.” technology consumers. will water the plants for 30 den." between the Bay Area and In- Randolph said Visa, Oracle, Junior fi nance major Ste- From Page 1 minutes. They'll just keep get- Michells said she would dia, said moderator Anuradha Adobe and Cisco were a few of phen Guerguy said he was im- ting more water and go straight like to see the teachers let the Basu, an SJSU business profes- these companies with ties over- pressed with the panel’s under- thinks the garden could use a back to the garden." kids choose the vegetables they sor. seas. standing of India’s consumer little more work, but said he The plants are all safe for want to grow. Randolph said the report “The really sophisticated, market. likes that the kids have it. kids, Cava said. "If the kids pick the veggies was an effort to better under- game-changing stuff is still “I don’t think it is represent- "I think it's nice to have gar- "There are brussels sprouts, they want to grow by the seed stand how all types of com- coming out of primarily Silicon ed well enough on campus, the dens on campus," Dornan said. herbs and red cabbage," Cava packet and then plant them, it panies in the Bay Area, from Valley,” he said. “A lot coming importance of realizing how big "The more green on campus, said. "There is debris in the gar- would be nice for them to see information technology to ar- out of these technology labora- and how infl uential both the the better." den that we keep the kids away how the vegetables grow," she chitecture, relate to companies tories in both China and India Chinese and the Indian mar- Cava said the class the gar- from." said. "By May, there would be a across the Pacifi c Ocean. tends to be applications of this kets are both as suppliers and den is used for has 14 students. Morgan Young, a senior harvest and they could pick the “In San Jose, every one of technology.” also as consumers,” said Guer- "Seven students come on child development major, said vegetables." those jobs in the technology Malhotra, chairman of guy, the president of the Entre- Mondays and Wednesdays and she thinks the garden is a fan- Young said she wants to see industry, there are six to eight Headstrong Financial Services, preneurial Society of SJSU. the other seven students come tastic opportunity for the kids more fruit in the garden. on Tuesdays and Thursdays," to see the plants go from seeds "It would be great for the he said. to fl owers or vegetables. kids to have a berry patch to was not so much the stories sentation and combined it with Laura Michells, a senior "It's a great opportunity for come and pick berries from and WEEK of transition, but their stories an introduction on how the child development major, said them to experience nature," eat them," she said. "Lettuce about what it meant to be a project was created, and then she thinks it's great for kids to said Young, a student teacher is kind of hard for the kids to From Page 1 man or to be a woman in our introduced the audience to experience things growing. for the class. pick." culture,” she said. four people who were featured "It's great that they can start Cava said there will be more Cava said it took a long time her want to learn more about Marcus’s talk was followed in the photo documentary. healthy living and eating now," learning out of the garden this for the garden to come to frui- the complexities of a segment by a panel discussion and a “That made (the event) even said Michells, a student teacher semester. tion. of society that generally goes question and answer session more powerful,” Wong said. in the class. "And it's wonderful "Before the semester is over "We talked about it for two unexplored. with four of the volunteers who She said the event exceeded to see them making a connec- we might plant something," years and now we fi nally have Marcus said it took a period shared their experiences of her expectations and found the tion with plants needing water he said. "I'm hoping to see the it," he said. of four months to fi nd trans- transitioning from one sex to discussion insightful. gendered people willing to be another. “It was such an eye-opener photographed, but she eventu- The panel members, who for me to hear about their ex- ally ended up with several vol- asked to be referred to by their periences,” Wong said. unteers. fi rst names, consisted of two Michelle DeCaro, a junior A.S. COSTS AND EXPENSES Over the course of the pho- women, Beth and Kara, and behavioral science major, said tographing and interviewing two men, Lyle and Stephan, she thought there would only Student Government process, Marcus said she found who had transitioned to men be a slide show presentation at a thread that was common to and women and women to men the event. Student Activity Fees Administrative all the stories of female-to- respectively. “I wasn’t expecting people Administrative male and male-to-female tran- Senior psychology major to be here, talking about their Child Development Center Marketing sitions. Lily Wong said she liked how experiences,” DeCaro said. and Events “What really interested me Marcus showed her slide pre- “But I am glad they were.” Campus Recreation Student Government Transportation Solutions Program Student Services

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From Page 1 GUIDE SPARTA would have to say, though, it’s said. and bring in $737,904 in rev- not always about numbers, be- He said that two or three car- enue per semester. cause the Legacy Week event nival games for the event might Campus recreation costs that highlights the activism cost $250 to $500 if purchased $602,475 and brings in of Tommie Smith and John from a distributor. $178,224 in revenue per semes- Carlos, that has had maybe “If A.S. uses that money ter. 30 people come to it, but they to buy raw materials and stu- Campus recreation includes leave it having such a pow- dents build the games them- special events such as admis- erful message. We call that selves, we can have fi ve to sion-free barbecues, movie success.” eight games which we can later nights and live music perfor- Events cost anywhere from recycle at other events like mances, according to the re- $3,000 to $8,000 to organize Fire on the Fountain,” Saffold port. and execute, depending on size said. The A.S. programming and projected attendance, said Saffold said barbecues are board determines which special campus recreation manager another way of keeping event events it will put on through Randy Saffold. costs down with in-house labor student committee-based deci- “A small event would draw a and services. sions, Vargas said. few hundred people and would “Instead of catering events, “The government board is cost around $3,000,” he said. we can have barbecues,” Saf- run by students,” she said. “So “A medium-sized event like fold said. “Barbecues cost about they come up with an idea, they a concert would cost around $1.50 per student, whereas ca- try it and it works or it doesn’t $8,000.” tering might cost around $8 per work — you see it back again or The upcoming Snow Day will student.” you don’t.” cost about $7,000 to put on, A.S. also tries to keep spend- The A.S. programming Saffold said. ing down by hiring local per- board judges the success of its “That particular event is a formers and artists whenever events by student turnout, but joint effort between the A.S., possible, he said. also by overall message convey- Housing and the Alcohol and Saffold said that in the pres- ance, Vargas said. Drug Prevention Program ent economy, it’s especially im- “Fire on the Fountain event grant that the university got,” portant to plan events in a cost- around Tower lawn, we deem Vargas said. effective manner. Tuesday, March 9, 2010 NEWS 3 Google Web service not THIS DAY IN HISTORY translating to students

Anna-Maria Kostovska “(Google Translate) can be Ronca said she also thought Staff Writer helpful to international stu- Google Translate helps interna- dents if they are struggling tional students communicate International student ad- with the American English lan- with each other. viser Courtney Ronca said guage,” Ronca said. As for students who are she doubts many of the in- Ashish Koshti, a graduate planning on leaving SJSU for ternational students at SJSU student in electrical engineer- one semester or more to study use Google Translate, a ing, said he has used Google in a foreign country, study Web service that translates Translate a few times. abroad adviser Veronica Malki languages. Koshti, who is an interna- is unsure of how many of them Meera Mosale Nataraja, a tional student from India, said use the application. senior electrical engineering Google Translate is not 100 Junior marketing major major and international stu- percent accurate, but said it is Kelly McGinnis said she is dent from India, said she has a helpful tool in terms of un- planning on studying abroad never heard of Google Trans- derstanding the basic idea of for at least one semester. late. something. She said she has never used Himanshu Makkar and He said he would recom- Google Translate because she Ruchin Kabra, senior software mend other students use didn’t know about the applica- engineering majors and inter- Google Translate for many tion, but that she might use it national students from India, reasons, one of those reasons in the future. both said they had never used being to learn words or simple “It’s good to have a tool like the application. phrases in a foreign language. Google Translate to be able to Makkar said the only reason Junior business major communicate pretty quickly he has not tried Google Trans- SoonKhen OwYong said he and be somewhat sure of what late is because he did not know uses Google Translate about you’re saying,” Malki said, but it existed. once every month. also said Google Translate is Now that he knows about OwYong, who is an interna- not a substitute for learning a the application, Makkar tional student from Malaysia, language. said he was going to give it a said he fi nds it interesting and Malki said she has not talked try. fun to see what certain phrases to any students who are plan- “(International students) in his native language trans- ning on studying abroad about are expected to have a high lev- late into in English and vice using Google Translate, but el of English skills before com- versa. that it is something she would ing to SJSU,” Ronca said. “I He also said Google Trans- consider doing. think that is one of the reasons late is helpful when he is in- “I would defi nitely want why the use of Google Trans- teracting with other inter- students to know that it’s a On March 9, 1983 the Spartan Daily reported that ... late is limited.” national students, which is resource and that it’s a tool,” She said that international something he does quite of- she said. “But I would hesitate Stan Finberg, also known as Captain Zodiac, brought his hot air balloon “Starship students most likely use Google ten while working at the help to give the impression that it’s Zodiac” to SJSU for the summer job fair in the area that now is home to the Event Translate for simple words and desk in the academic success a solution to not knowing a Center (above). phrases. center. language.” · The Academic Senate approved a · The front area of the Student Union resolution that reduced the time to drop a cafeteria was packed with 100 to 150 class from three weeks to two weeks. students to watch the fi lming of “Com- ing On,” a Disney show that was set to Putting the pro in procrastination premiere on Disney’s new cable channel.

Donovan Farnham Staff Writer Emily Allen, interim asso- “Without evaluating the true IMAGE ciate dean for the College of reasons and just looking at this Procrastination is inevitable, Engineering, where Bedell was on the surface, I don’t think it so why fi ght it, said a counsel- From Page 1 enrolled as a graduate student will damage the reputation of ing services representative. in electrical engineering as late San Jose,” he said. “We have too Twenty-one students gath- she said. as last semester, said the media many good things to be proud ered in Clark Hall on Monday Pat Lopes Harris, director of attention didn’t matter. of as part of San Jose State.” afternoon to learn and dis- media relations for SJSU, said “I don’t think it refl ects ei- Chen said the College of En- cuss ways of overcoming the media coverage wasn’t exten- ther way on us,” she said. “I gineering’s reputation within problem of putting tasks off sive relating to Bedell’s time at think people are mostly just Silicon Valley overshadows in a seminar called the Tao of SJSU. shocked.” what Bedell did. Procrastination, which aimed “I didn’t see huge amounts Allen said it was odd to see “We have a good reputation to teach students how to use of space devoted to his time SJSU in the news. and do a good job in Silicon Val- procrastination in a productive here,” Harris said. “It’s disorienting to see your- ley,” he said. manner. The name association of Be- self or your school in the news Ronaldo Magpantay, a se- Stephen Chen, a psycholo- Business student Joseph Uy listens as Stephen Chen, of dell and SJSU wasn’t a major for something this negative,” nior international business ma- gist with the counseling ser- SJSU counseling services, talks to students about procras- concern, she said. she said. jor, said he is worried that peo- vices, said that 70 percent of tination at the “Tao of Procrastination” event Monday. “I know that it’s a major con- Allen said Bedell’s actions ple capable of acts like Bedell’s all college students procrasti- Kibiwot Limo / Spartan Daily cern for a lot of people,” Harris won’t tarnish the reputation of could be here on campus. nate with assignments and 20 said. “But I, having reviewed the College of Engineering or “I don’t know what the next percent of adults suffer from something I didn’t really have that you’re doing before you get the copy, don’t see it standing SJSU. guy could do,” he said. “I guess chronic procrastination, fi gures before,” Sharp said. “I just had started. out as much.” “You don’t know why some- it scares me a little not knowing that he said are low estimates. this problem of procrastination Diana Busaka, a freshman She said engaging the me- body goes off the deep end what people are capable of.” “We have the personal coun- and no real way to deal with it.” occupational therapy major, dia in a news conference and and does something like this,” Michelle Matias, a junior seling and educational counsel- The strategies Chen talked said she attended the lecture not hiding behind a statement she said. “It wasn’t directed at business management major, ing,” Chen said. “I would say with students about were estab- last semester and was helped helped the situation. us and he didn’t say anything said hearing of Bedell makes that educational counseling lishing a routine for their work out because it taught her how to “There really was no way to about us and it doesn’t really her think more about her sur- sees a little bit more of people to get done, setting reminders, improve her time management hide from it,” Harris said. “We have anything to do about us. roundings. coming in for just time-man- delegating tasks when possible skills. were getting calls from across So I don’t think there’s any “It makes you more aware agement and procrastination. and implementing the fi ve-min- “I used to procrastinate all the country, so it was better to short-term or long-term effect of who you’re with,” she said. Any student I see, in general, ute plan. the time,” Busaka said. “I get provide reporters with a single on us.” “It makes you think twice about procrastination is something The fi ve-minute plan is start- distracted easily. Now I get ev- source of confi rmed informa- Electrical engineering Pro- who’s on campus.” that comes up. It’s defi nitely an ing on a project for fi ve minutes erything out of the way before tion than have them calling all fessor Ray Chen said Bedell Despite his fear, Magpantay infl uence on their lives.” and if the student feels good I go on the Internet or before I over the university trying to can’t affect the university be- said he feels safe on campus. The lecture covered what about the work he or she has ac- do anything else. I do my work individually confi rm all of the cause his actions were un- “I have good faith in the uni- procrastination is and what it complished then he or she can fi rst.” things they were asking about.” known. versity police,” he said. means when you decide to put quit, Chen said. something off, as well as ways He said this works by trick- to identify when you’re procras- ing oneself into starting on an tinating on something, Chen assignment, which he said is said. the hardest part of a project. Senior microbiology major The seminar also covered Mohammad Firouzabadi said how procrastination can be he attended the lecture because seen as productive because he tends to procrastinate on students who put off the major things in his everyday life and task at hand, more times than hoped to learn techniques that not, can be doing something he wouldn’t have thought of that is as productive if they fo- himself. cus on minor work. William Sharp, a sophomore This advice is something computer science major, said that Rangsey Choum, a se- he attended the seminar be- nior biological science major, cause it was required for one of said she took away from the his classes, but he admits that lecture. he procrastinates when doing “Procrastination doesn’t al- his assignments and homework ways mean it’s a bad thing,” for school, and said he hoped Choum said. “It means that that the lecture would help him it’s something that’s being become a better student. set back because you’re doing “I have a strategy for com- other things that can be con- bating procrastination, which is sidered leisure or other work 4 A & E Tuesday, March 9, 2010 Student survives spending $40 in a week One reporter tries to stay It didn’t help that Jake could chuck the ball and send the pins thundering against entertained and fed in each other at the end of the lane. It also didn’t help that two lanes to our San Jose on a $40 budget left was a seemingly semi-professional bowl- er, complete with gloves and bowling three games at a time, scoring effortlessly over 200 Hannah Keirns in each game. Staff Writer I wouldn’t succumb to the humiliation of bumper lanes and was determined to have I’ve always been fascinated by the adventures of Rachael Ray on the fun — no matter how my score ended up. Food Network as she treks the world, visiting faraway destinations with We both cheered for one another. I did $40 to spend on cuisine each day. a victory dance after each attempt made, or Sans passport or luggage, I applied Ray’s pauper budget to exotic San failed, and Jake ended up beating my lame 68 Jose, spreading it across a four-day school week and found both food with his semi-lame 94. and entertainment in familiar and new locales — all within about fi ve The experience was laughable next to Mr. miles of the SJSU campus. bowling afi cionado, but we embraced it as one of the most underrated locales for fun on Tuesday the SJSU campus. After a terrible case of the Mondays, my week as an intrepid food and On our way home from school we made a fun explorer began Tuesday afternoon at Supreme Dog, located a block little detour to the San Jose Municipal Rose east of campus on the corner of 11th and San Carlos streets. Garden on Naglee and Dana avenues. Tucked behind the House of Bagels and beside 7-Eleven, Supreme If I had checked my calendar beforehand, Dog is a sanctuary to all who love America’s classic gastronomic concoc- I would have been aware that the offi cial fi rst tion — the hot dog. day of the spring season is March 20. Look past the shabby interior to fi nd a simple menu composed of old Nonetheless, I was still surprised to fi nd favorites and, believe it or not, healthy and vegetarian selections. only fi ve roses in bloom out of the whole Two spotted piglets caught exploring their pen at the Emma Prusch Farm Park As soon as I ordered a “T-Dog” with a mixed cheese garnish and my 5.5-acre garden. at Story and South King roads. boyfriend, Jake, opted for the venerable bratwurst, our dogs sizzled to a I was happy when Jake pointed me to- Hannah Keirns / Spartan Daily beautiful crisp on the fi ve-foot-wide griddle. ward a non-functioning water fountain where Within a few minutes, my dog found its home in a sesame-seed en- a pair of mallard ducks, one male and one crusted French roll and was delivered to me in a red plastic basket. It female, were also spending their afternoon needed only a squiggle of mustard before I was ready to scarf it down. together as a couple. My hot dog was utterly delicious — blending together the right de- Unfortunately next to that same fountain sat a man and woman in- gree of juiciness and crunchiness all wrapped up in the best bun my taste tent on making out for all to see. buds have ever met. I snapped a few pictures of the ducks before Jake and I were both Perhaps the best part was the price as my hot dog with cheese and disgusted enough by the human couple to call it a day and head home. soda totaled $4.75. Spent: $8.50

Wednesday Wednesday started off more low-key as I munched on a homemade Caesar salad complete with shredded sharp ched- dar and grilled chicken breast between classes. Jake picked me up after school and we headed toward the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum at Naglee and Park avenues. A simple $7 for a single admission student ticket allowed access to some of the most beautiful hidden treasures from pre-dynastic times through Egypt’s early Islamic era. The Rosicrucian houses the largest collection of Egyp- tian artifacts on exhibit in western North America, and it was almost overwhelming to view and appreciate it all in a single afternoon. At the museum, we went through everything Egyptian — burial practices, gods and religion, kings and pharaohs, trade, mummies, daily life and afterlife. The most fascinating items we came across in our quest to "Walk like an Egyptian" within the museum were the real mummies of men, children and animals and the "Rock-Cut Students can bowl a game for $2 with their Tower Card at the Tomb Replica" tour where we wound our way through the SJSU Student Union Bowling Center. different, dark rooms of a faux ancient burial place. Photo courtesy of Jake Humbert Spent: $7.00

Thursday After we left Supreme Dog, we took a short walk back onto campus Between classes I found myself walking a single block from campus and into the bowels of the Student Union. across Fourth Street to Togo's eatery, founded in San Jose in 1968. A rendition of the innermost coffi n of King I could hear the crashing of pins before we even entered the My stomach always roars louder when I enter the sandwich shop and Tutankhamun at the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum at Bowling Center. smell their freshly prepared and generously proportioned sandwiches. Naglee and Park avenues. At the counter, I purchased a single game at $2.00 and rented a pair When it was my turn, I stepped up to the counter and spouted off my Hannah Keirns / Spartan Daily of uber-stylish bowling shoes for $1.75 — a measly grand total of $3.75 usual order — No. 23, salami and cheddar cheese, dry, on sourdough for the priceless fun we were about to have. bread with just lettuce. After I laced up, but before I could begin bowling, I was faced with the I decided to get mine "to go" and ate my delectable $7 sandwich at The 47-acre farm boasts one of the largest freestanding wooden diffi cult task of fi nding a lightweight ball to use. home with a nice glass of ice-cold Coca-Cola. barns in California as well as a variety of historical structures including Unfortunately, there were no child-size bowling balls in sight, so I I took a hiatus from fun for a bit and focused on homework until the grand Prusch family farm house. grudgingly settled on a swirly purple six-pound ball. 10 p.m. This hidden gem is also the home of rare fruit orchards, a plant sci- It took me three whole frames, or six whole attempts, to get the ball Jake and I were more than ready to drive to our local AMC the- ence center, two community gardens, the Santa Clara Home composting away from the gutters and down the lane to hit some pins. ater at Eastridge Mall for the premiere of Tim Burton's "Alice in program, a friendship forest with trees from around the world, a play- Wonderland." ground and lush green lawns. Lucky for us it was Thursday, the only discounted day of the week The park is a working farm complete with a host of animals — roost- for students, and my IMAX 3-D ticket came to $11.75. ers, chickens, cattle, swine, sheep, turkeys, peacocks, geese, ducks While we waited in line for two hours, I used my free AMC Movie- and goats. Watcher card to get some free popcorn, a member benefi t and well-kept The downside to the Farm Park were the rowdy roosters that con- secret of the theater chain if you ask me. stantly crowed and seemed ready to charge at you if you looked at Once the movie started, I crawled down the rabbit hole, curiouser them sideways. and curiouser, and never wanted to come back out. Ironically, the highlight of the farm honed back to the start of my The movie translated seamlessly from the Lewis Carroll classic to the week — a hot dog. silver screen with all the whimsy, fantasy and balderdash I remember Though I didn't want to eat the little piglets at the farm, they from childhood. Spent: $18.75 defi nitely captured my heart as they snorted and squealed in their attempts to break free from their pen to personally greet Friday Jake and I. Spent: $0.00 Although I had $5.75 left of my budget to spare, I fi lled my short stint at school with another homemade meal — this time leftover shrimp Over the course of a four-day school week I managed to spend $34.25 fried rice. of my $40 budget — eating out two times and venturing to fi ve different After school, Jake and I ventured to our last entertainment location of locations for entertainment. the week — Emma Prusch Farm Park on Story and South King roads. Take that Rachael Ray! Tuesday, March 9, 2010 SPORTS 5 Swimming through life with goals in mind Freeze gives McKee aims to give SJSU cold back after water polo Kathryn McCormick shoulder Staff Writer Daniel Herberholz Water polo player Bridget Staff Writer McKee is making a splash in and out of the pool. One month after he signed McKee, a senior anthropol- on with SJSU football as offen- ogy major, is the top scorer on sive coordinator, Hugh Freeze SJSU’s women’s water polo will no longer be fi lling the po- team. sition. “She's probably our fastest Freeze is now set to become player,” said water polo coach offensive coordinator at Ar- Lou Tully. “She really shines kansas State, said SJSU sports on the counterattack where information director Lawrence she leads the way and really Fan. scores.” Freeze notifi ed the SJSU ath- McKee is also a top student, letic department in February having earned one of the five that he would be stepping down highest grade-point averages in order to be closer to his fam- of all 500 SJSU athletes for ily, Fan said. three years running, said Gina "His family is from Mem- Archimede, an SJSU athletic phis, Tenn. and Arkansas State academic adviser. Senior Bridget McKee, No. 3, plays defense in the Spartans 7-4 win Sunday against UC Irvine. McKee is the top scorer on the is roughly an hour-and-a-half “Bridget is an awesome stu- SJSU women’s water polo team. Kibiwot Limo/ Spartan Daily away from Memphis," Fan said. dent,” Archimede said. “I'm "The opportunity to continue his actually nominating her for in high school, but I wasn't re- developed as a team have un- National Forest, will help pre- some.” professional career and be with the Graduating Senior Award ally interested in playing until questionably influenced the pare me to pursue a master's In addition, McKee said his family was why he left." because she's really just been some friends who I swam with way that I view the world and or doctorate in archaeology,” she is currently working on an Freeze was one of four assis- phenomenal her entire time decided to join the team,” Mc- will continue to do so through- she said. application to join the Peace tant coaches hired by SJSU in here at San Jose State.” Kee said. “I think he was glad I out my life.” At present, McKee said she Corps. January to join new head coach Archimede said McKee has decided to play on my own." As her SJSU days come volunteers with the Brown Bag “My interest in volunteer- Mike MacIntyre. already been recognized for McKee has been on SJSU’s to an end, McKee said she is program at the John XXIII ing with the Peace Corps Freeze was the recruiting her academic achievements: water polo team for the entire- heading toward a future in vol- Multiservice Center across stems both from my interest coordinator and wide receivers she was a 2008 and 2009 As- ty of her college career. unteerism and anthropological from campus on East San Fer- in the different manifestations coach at the University of Mis- sociation of Collegiate Water Though she loves the sport, pursuits. nando Street. of culture as well as my de- sissippi from 2005 to 2007. Polo Coaches All-American McKee said she does not ulti- “I don't have my post-col- The Brown Bag program sire to positively impact some From 1994 to 2005, Freeze Academic award winner and mately define herself as a wa- lege life set in stone,” she said. helps distribute food donated segment of the global soci- served as head coach at Briar- is a three-time Academic All- ter polo player. “I do have some plans for the through the Second Harvest ety,” she said. “I feel that the crest Christian School in Mem- Mountain Pacific Sports Fed- “I see water polo as a very immediate future and some Food Bank to low-income se- Peace Corps offers a way for phis, Tenn. During that time, eration and SJSU scholar ath- important element in a net- long-term goals I'll work to- niors in the downtown area, Americans to use the power Freeze coached Michael Oher, lete. work of experiences that ward." she said. they posses as members of one the main character of Michael McKee is in her fourth year make me who I am,” she said. This summer, McKee said McKee said she also volun- of the world's wealthiest and Lewis' 2006 novel and 2009 on the water polo team and is “Though my role as an athlete she is planning to volunteer teers with Reading Partners. most powerful nations to help Oscar-nominated fi lm "The one of six Spartans to score 40 may decrease in importance with a five-week archaeologi- “This program offers one- international communities in a Blind Side." or more goals in multiple sea- after my senior season is over, cal research project on a Ma- on-one tutoring to elementary way that is determined by and He was head coach at Lam- sons. I feel that my experience as a yan archaeological site in Be- students who need extra help meaningful to its members.” buth University in Jackson, She said she has been swim- water polo player will continue lize. with reading,” she said. “I've McKee said she is most in- Tenn. for the past two years. ming since she was 10 and has to inform many other facets of “I feel this experience, along found that it not only helps terested in volunteering in "Coach MacIntyre is work- been playing water polo since my life. with the archaeological work I to improve the kids' reading Central America, but said she ing on (fi nding a replacement)," she was 13. “The work ethic, trust, com- did last summer on a Chumash skills, but also shows them would be willing to go any- Fan said. "There will be a re- “My dad played water polo mitment and love that we have Indian site in the Los Padres that reading can be really awe- where help is most needed. placement for coach Freeze."

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College is like the game of Obviously there is a signifi - baseball. cantly larger amount of people We hit the home run when at college using Adderall who we get an A on an exam, steal don’t need it compared to the le- a base when we turn in an as- gitimate amount of people who signment on the Blackboard have ADHD and really need the Web site right at the last second drug. and are thrown a change-up by Just as steroids increase the a professor changing his or her ability for players to work out, course schedule. build muscle and recover more College students are also like Scott Reyburn quickly to expand their abil- baseball players that use perfor- ity to crank out more long balls mance enhancers. Senior Staff Writer than normal or pitch with more What do I mean by that? longevity at a more consistent For the past few decades, speed, Adderall increases the the game of baseball has had a shadow cast over ability of students to concentrate and study for it by steroids. Some of the greatest baseball play- longer periods and complete an essay oh so quick- ers, or once thought to be the greatest, are being er. scrutinized for taking steroids or other types of It’s not natural and it’s not fair. performance-enhancing drugs. And the question arises whether their records should count or have an asterisk next to them. I play the college In other words, performance enhancers in baseball are against the rules and a form of cheat- game clean, but there ing. Most people cheat at some point and students are some students are no exception. Sure students cheat. On exams, they hide a cheat sheet in their pocket and get ex- who use a medication cused to the bathroom for a look-see, write notes on the inside of a water bottle label, or hide a little called Adderall or the note slipped inside a clear mechanical pencil. I’ve “study drug.” seen the art of cheating performed in a multitude of ways and I’m sure there are new and inventive ways to cheat that students are concocting as we When I get an A, I feel like little Tim Lincecum Defending national champions Alabama, whose mascot is an elephant, will play SJSU’s speak. of the San Francisco Giants weighing in at a buck football team in 2010. At least Alabama is paying SJSU to come get beat down. All these forms of cheating in college are simi- fi fty in full sweat performing at Cy Young status Jose Eduardo Morales / Contributing Illustrator lar to baseball, such as throwing a spitball, corking versus the juiced former Oakland Athletics bay a bat, or scuffi ng a baseball. bombers, Jose Canseco and Marky Mark McG- In both cases, it’s cheating but not perfor- wire. mance-enhancing cheating. What I’m trying to say is, should students be Last week, I had four exams in a span of three tested? days. I’m not complaining. That’s the nature of the In 2009, Arizona Cardinals’ tight end Ben Pat- college beast. rick was suspended for four games, having test- Comment online about As I tried to study and cram 1,000 terms (OK, ed positive for Adderall, a drug that violates the it felt like 1,000) in my head, of course I got tired NFL’s substance abuse policy, according to the any of the articles in the and could only do so much in each day. ESPN Web site. I play the college game clean, but there are Sports leagues are rooting out the problem of some students who use a medication called Ad- performance enhancers such as Adderall. Why Spartan Daily derall or the “study drug.” can’t colleges? According to the WebMD Web site, Adderall The integrity of the college system is in ques- is used to control attention defi cit hyperactivity tion. The college system needs to fi nd its Jose at theSpartanDaily.com disorder. The medication may help to increase the Canseco and bring this issue to the forefront or ability to pay attention, stay focused and control the integrity of higher education will forever be in behavioral problems. shadows. Tuesday, March 9, 2010 OPINION 7

&*@% Cuss-Free Week Stop mangling the

Think about your day Free Week,” dropping the I have even used the ever popular, if in- so far. How many times resolution into the lap of credibly geeky, “frak,” which does indeed have you uttered certain the Senate Rules Com- mean everything you think it means. four-or-fi ve-letter words mittee for later consider- Every time I used one of those euphe- English language and their associated vari- ation. misms, I half-expected a woman to pop ants that are generally not My fi rst reaction was, out of nowhere, ask bystanders if they considered fi t for polite “Good for you, state Sen- had dirty mouths and offer them a piece I am concerned about company? ate. At least you have your of gum. American college students’ Gosh dang it, I have priorities right.” Eventually, I decided to frak all this use of the English language. actually tried to keep a My second reaction nonsense and just hold my tongue, chan- Not too long ago, I was running count in my head Ryan Fernandez was, “How the &*@% was neling the need to cuss into a simple critiquing student essays for of how many times I have this even a serious piece death glare. my fi ction writing class, and dropped F-bombs and so Not Yet Rated of legislation?” I was forced to read through many other colorful meta- Ah, but for the infi nite page after page of poor gram- phors, whether in annoyance, anger or as wisdom of our elected offi cials. My second mar, incorrect use of punc- part of my everyday speech. I’m sure every good intention was put tuation and other errors. My own meager math skills notwith- into the creation of this resolution, but reaction was, “How I honestly don’t under- Anna-Maria Kostovska standing, I have never managed a success- there are so many more pressing (not to stand why college students Staff Writer ful tally — I curse, realize I cursed and add mention more worthy) issues for the Leg- the &*@% was this don’t know the difference a count, then curse again for increasing islature to deal with — like a multibillion- between “their,” “there” and my count, and so on, eventually losing the dollar budget defi cit, as opposed to some even a serious piece “they’re.” I am not suggesting you count amid a storm of profanity. silly, utterly unenforceable attempt at so- And I don’t know why should go to that extreme. Of course, it’s not like every other word cial engineering via legislation. of legislation?” some of them insist on not But know that if you get too I say is “&*@%,” OK? I don’t &*@%ing say I have become acutely aware of how using periods and commas used to writing in “texting lan- “&*@%” every &*@%ing time I open my much profanity I say in my life, both to my- I do like to indulge myself in an occa- when it is obvious one of the guage,” you might have a hard &*@%ing mouth. self under my breath and aloud to everyone sional F-bomb, especially when I’m frus- two is needed. time switching over to proper Take note that my tally only tried to ac- else, and now I’m trying to curb my use of trated and can’t think of more creative I fi nd it ironic that I, an English when you are writing count for the words I voiced and none of the sailor talk, with mixed results. ways to express my displeasure. international student from essays for school. the withering terminology I used silently in I started out by replacing my normal After all, it’s not as though a little Sweden, know English better This shouldn’t affect me. If my head. repertoire of cusses with phrases that I cuss is going to cause me to be darned to than many students who were you get low grades because you According to an article on the San Jose thought sounded more benign, but were in heck. born in the United States. don’t know how to write, then Mercury News Web site, the California fact just silly. I’m not supposed to teach that is your problem. “Not Yet Rated,” appears biweekly on State Senate decided on March 2 to post- For example, I have tried saying “Gosh Tuesdays. you your own language — if But it kind of does affect me, pone action indefi nitely on a resolution to dang it to heck,” “Son of a biscuit,” “fudge Ryan Fernandez is a Spartan Daily copy anything, you’re the one who because in every single English proclaim the fi rst week of March as “Cuss- nuts” and just plain “nuts.” editor. is supposed to teach me the class I’ve taken since I came to English language. this country, I’ve been required What is even more ironic to read student essays. is that I don’t know many And more often than not, Politics: democracy not in action of the English grammar and the essays have been poorly punctuation rules. written. When McCain chose a pin- up about the issue of health care. Let’s say you had cancer, strep I get it right most of the up as his running mate, he I have friends who say health throat, or an irrational love for time simply because my eyes, probably thought it would help care that somehow involves Michael Bolton. after many years of educa- him win the election. He prob- the government will invariably I was excited when Obama tion, have become used to ably didn’t expect her to shud- become like the DMV. Thus, announced that bipartisan distinguishing between right But it kind of der at hardball questions such we should uphold our current, talks over the issue of health and wrong. as, “Which newspapers do you broken-ass, pre-existing condi- care would commence. I Therefore, when I write, does aff ect me, read?” tion plan. thought some sort of compro- I can rely on my eyes to fi nd In any event, she ran, and the I hate the DMV. Everyone mise would result. most of my errors. because in 49 other states discovered that does. It’s supposed to be that What a bloody idiot I was. I’m sure, if you were to take every single Sarah Palin existed, and imme- Angelo Lanham way. But I don’t have health Bipartisan talks, thus far, have your language seriously, you diately began typing “Sarah Pa- care, and if I could get the oc- been pathetic excuses for both could do the same thing — it’s English class lin naked” into Google Images Yes, I Have a Point casional baker’s dozen of health parties to posture and pump not all that complicated. (nothing to fi nd, by the way). concerns checked out, sure, I’ll their fi sts in the air. When At this level of education, I’ve taken since If he was taken aback by a “death panel” supporter? stand in Line A, only to be re- Obama fi nally delivered a de- you should know better than her inability to answer simple Well, it happened. Sarah Pa- routed to Line B, have to wait tailed plan and said, essential- to write as if you have never I came to this questions or the sudden, weird, lin screamed “death panel,” and for someone’s lunch break, have ly, “If you don’t like it, tell me taken an English class in your national search for bizarre gov- Republicans everywhere raised an awful mug shot taken, and what you want,” Republicans entire life. country, I’ve ernor porn, he certainly must their glasses and shouted, “hear then fi nally be returned to Line shifted in their desks, didn’t If you don’t know better, have been shocked when, long hear.” A 10 minutes before closing. pay attention in class, drew then perhaps you shouldn’t been after she could, quite logically, The aging Facebook post cer- The thing is, my friends who mean pictures of the teacher be in college. required to have been dismissed as a viable tainly served not only as fore- so adamantly oppose DMV and put a thumbtack on his This might sound harsh, political force, any mention she shadowing, but as a microcosm health care already have their chair. but if you’re going to take up read student made on her Facebook became for the current loveliness that is own health care. Hangnail? Go The U.S. is a democracy, space in a college classroom, a conservative battle cry and “bipartisan talks” on the matter to the doctor. If I cough blood, but the fact that our only two then you had better do it for a essays. made headlines. of health care. I have to suck on a cough drop real parties function alongside good reason. The well-known, objective Basically, Obama has Repub- and hope it’ll go away. one another just because they I partially blame the art of news force known as Fox News licans to block his every move. It’s easy for the Rush Lim- have to, and the fact that each “texting” for destroying our Not only does that make has even featured her as a com- America’s hard-right conser- baughs of the country to lead seriously would like to elimi- students’ writing skills. me cringe, but it also concerns mentator, which makes total vatives believe the next logical Republican leaders in screaming nate the other, indicates to me I would agree it is indeed me. sense. step following Obama’s sinister, matches against Obama’s inten- that either side would prefer a faster to type “U wanna hang I don’t want illiteracy to be- America went insane and socialist health plan would be tion to give health care away to dictatorship. 2nite?” than it is to type come the norm. elected Obama. It’s clear the for the entire country to sud- everyone. They’re what you call Until Democrats and Re- “Would you like to hang out If the American English lan- country has put down the cow- denly begin goose-stepping in “one percenters” — they’ve got publicans learn to play nice with me tonight?” guage were to be replaced by boy hats and brewskies in favor time to some commie U2 song. all the heath care they need, so like good children, not only If you want to send short, “texting language,” then the of becoming a bunch of limp- Hard-left liberals believe screw you. will this country fail to live convenient text messages, time and the money I have put wristed, tofu-obsessed weenies Obama isn’t doing enough and But it’s clear enough that up to its full potential, but then that is fi ne with me. into my education will be for with psychologists. are still sort of upset that he something has to change. Let’s I’ll have to sit here with my I deal with it reasonably nothing. Someone’s got to set the re- swatted a fl y on national televi- say you fi nally get insurance baker’s dozen of medical con- well when people write like It is our duty as college stu- cord straight, and gee-wiz and sion. Sarah Palin said if an elec- coverage, only to discover that cerns, daydreaming about that for non-professional dents to show the world that by golly, Palin is the one to do tion were to happen right now, the disease that is your ten- waiting in DMV-style lines to purposes. education does matter. it. today, the country, so sick of dency to seriously listen to what get health care. Although I would say that But who is going to take Don’t believe me? Remember Mr. Obama already, would not Sarah Palin has to say is consid- 95 percent of the time, I write us seriously if we can’t even “Yes, I Have a Point,” appears when she grossly misinterpret- re-elect him — they’d rather ered a “pre-existing condition” weekly on Tuesdays. with proper sentences even write? ed a segment of Obama’s health even have her. because it began before your Angelo Lanham is a Spartan when I’m sending text mes- Please, students, stop abus- care plan, and called him out as I’ll tell you, people are mixed coverage did. Unfair, right? Daily copy editor. sages. ing your beautiful language.

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Rosco Valentine shot a career best score in the fi nal round of the 21st annual Mauna Lani Invitational earlier this season. Valentine aspires to become a professional golfer after fi nishing his college career. Clifford Grodin / Spartan Daily

SJSU guard Adrian Oliver was named First Team Valentine teeing off on promising golf career All-Western Athletic Conference. He is only the second player in SJSU’s history to be named to the team. Anna-Maria Kostovska said his time as a student at ing, Hubbard said. Oliver leads the WAC in points per game with Staff Writer SJSU has been an enjoyable ex- Valentine said he doesn’t 22.5. He is currently ranked fourth in the nation perience. mind if it is raining during in scoring. Oliver scored 30 or more points in Rosco Valentine, a member He said he is thankful SJSU practice. eight games this season. of the SJSU men's golf team, has given him an opportunity “It is character-building,” he Thomas Webb / Spartan Daily said he wants to use college as to pursue the game of golf, and said. a steppingstone in his career. said golf is something he loves Both Hubbard and Kenna- “I’m striving to play on the to do. day said Valentine's game has (Professional Golfers Associa- “I’ve (also) met a lot of good improved signifi cantly in the aga, Calif., before he was re- came to this country was be- tion) tour, that would be my people,” he said. “I’ve made a last year. cruited by Kennaday. cause he was given a scholar- N0. 1 goal,” he said. “But I be- lot of new friends, which has He has worked hard on his Shortly thereafter, Valentine ship and the opportunity to do lieve you have got to start lower been awesome.” putting, Hubbard said. said he transferred to SJSU. what he loves to do, which is and then get up.” One of the people Valen- Kennaday said when the Valentine, who fi rst lived in play golf. Head coach John Kenna- tine has befriended is fellow putting improves, everything Winchester, England, and then Valentine said his interest in day said there is a fairly good Spartan golfer Mark Hubbard, improves. moved with his family to Auck- golf didn’t really develop until chance Valentine can make a a junior business management In addition to improving his land, New Zealand when he he was a teenager. good living out of playing golf. major. game, Kennaday said Valentine was 10 years old, came to the "I’ve always had a golf club," "He's a fabulous golfer with “(Valentine) is the most tal- has also taken on a leadership United States after graduating he said, but admitted that he a great deal of potential," Ken- ented kid on our team,” Hub- Rosco Valentine of the role on the team. from Saint Kentigern in New didn’t take the sport seriously naday said. bard said. SJSU men’s golf team “It’s been a great privilege to Zealand. until he was about 13 years old. Valentine, a senior sociology He said Valentine loves to practices at the Almaden work with him for as long as I Saint Kentigern is a college As for the future of the Spar- major, said he has valued his practice and that he is a hard Golf and Country Club. have,” said Kennaday, who re- preparatory school, said Law- tan golf team, Valentine said time one the golf team. worker. Clifford Grodin / Spartan cruited Valentine in 2006. rence Fan, sports information he believes they have a good Valentine, who is in his He is the fi rst to show up for Daily Valentine said he attended director at SJSU. chance of becoming national fourth season with the team, practice, even when it is rain- Saint Mary’s College in Mor- Valentine said the reason he champions this year.