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INSIDE Serving San José State University since 1934 NEWS Monday, September 20, 2010 spartandaily.com Volume 135, Issue 11 • ‘Dance in Transit’ brings art downtown 2 • Mosaic event examines discrimination in sports 3 • Writer discusses how terrorism turned America Students Late touchdown into a ‘Radical State’ 3 • Afghan election watchdog amasses evidence of bails out Spartans fraud 4 celebrate SPORTS • SJSU thunders past ‘Birds 5 • Southern Utah airs it out; Vietnamese Spartan run defense improves 5 • Gaels blow away men’s soc- cer team in fi rst regulation loss for SJSU 6 culture OPINION • Let the kids live their lives 7 First Vietnamese Cultural • Was Ines Sainz asking for trouble? 7 Week events offered art, • Finally, my friends are back 7 music, food and dance to A&E honor students’ heritage • Psycho Donuts take over downtown San Jose 8 JAIMIE COLLINS • ‘The American’ is good, Staff Writer but not in the way you’d expect 8 More than 200 Vietnamese students, community members and families celebrated their culture by participating in the fi nal event of ONLINE SJSU’s fi rst Vietnamese Cultural Week on the evening of Sept. 18. “Sometimes it’s easy to forget your culture,” said Joseph Ngo, a VIDEOS junior English and comparative literature double major. “Th e event • Dance in Transit off ers gave me a chance to appreciate where I come from.” opportunity Gathering in the Barrett Ballroom on the third fl oor of the Stu- • Psycho Donusts founder dent Union, att endees of all ages spent the evening immersing them- talks shop spartandaily.com selves in the diff erent aspects of Vietnamese culture. For a $25 fee, guests could enjoy an art exhibit by prominent PHOTO: SOCIAL Vietnamese artists, ethnic music and dance and a buff et of authentic cuisine.

MEDIA “I learned things about my heritage that I didn’t know before- CLIFFORD GRODIN Become a fan on Facebook hand,” said senior marketing major Michael Tran. “Everyone is facebook.com/ engaging in and experiencing the things that make our ancestry so spartandaily unique.” FollowF our Starting at 4 p.m. and lasting till 11 p.m., this debut event was tweetsttw on organized by the recently created Vietology Student Group, an as- TwitterT similation of Vietnamese students who seek to embrace their ethnic @spartandaily@ roots, said Chieuhoang Pham, the president of the group. Th e event’s main goal was to expose people to the real Vietnam- | SPARTAN DAILY ese culture and help generations of students get in touch with their OUTSIDE roots, she said. Although there were several advisers providing advice and assis- tance, Pham said that the event is mainly student run. “Th e main thing I really want to do is keep the Vietnamese cul- ture alive,” she said. Pham said the culture event consisted of two weeks of prelimi- SJSU Spartan Lamon Muldrow runs the ball and is taken down by junior nary speeches from affl uent members of the Vietnamese commu- defensive tackle Nick Witzmann during the game against Southern Utah nity, with the main event taking place on Saturday evening. University on Saturday, Sept. 18. Jessica Tran, a junior occupational therapy major, said she wasn’t aware that SJSU had a Vietology group. High: 75° SPORTS Low: 56° For full story see Page 5 See VIETNAMESE Page 3 Nobel laureate offers ‘Perl’ SJSU lecturer: Reproduction issues are global in scale of wisdom to students ASHLEY FINDEN Senior Staff Writer Jessica Fox-Elbanhawy said she came to the lecture to gain a better explanation of Thirteen people came to listen to an female reproductive rights. Noted physicist’s speech opens College of SJSU lecturer’s presentation on acknowl- “Prior to coming to this, I didn’t really edging reproduction and its issues as a have a concept of the impact of globaliza- Engineering fall symposium series worldly situation, not just in the United tion and capitalism on any sort of woman States. or feminist deals,” she said. “So this helps ISAIAH GUZMAN the 83-year-old Perl told his “His enthusiasm,” said Jerry “The main purpose of it is how do we bring the two together.” Staff Writer listeners, some of whom were Alvarez, a junior civil engineer- ensure that women have both the power Bakhru said seeing capitalism’s effect on sitt ing in the aisles. “As long as ing major, of what he took away to make the decisions they want to make how women experience their bodies is how Know which risks to take you’re learning, you’re not old.” from the lecture. “He has to about their bodies and then the resources she became interested in this topic. and which to avoid, understand Perl, a physicist, won the continue researching and ex- to carry out those decisions,” Tanya Bakhru “I think that we kind of get this pro- your talents and never stop Nobel Prize in 1995 for his dis- panding on his knowledge aft er said. abortion, anti-abortion argument,” Bakhru learning or using your creativity. covery of an essential building already gett ing a Nobel Prize. Bakhru is an assistant professor of social said. “But how women experience their Th ese were some of the block of matt er called the tau His knowledge doesn’t plateau. science and women’s studies at SJSU. bodies are much more than that and for things Nobel laureate Martin L. lepton, according to the Nobel It inspires me to surpass a bach- She held the lecture last Thursday after- some women, abortion isn’t the main is- Perl told a standing-room-only Foundation website. elor’s and it just inspires me to noon in the Cultural Heritage Room at the sue.” crowd in the College of Engi- He continues to do atomic continue studying.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library. She said people lose the idea that neering auditorium last Th urs- laboratory research on dark Perl’s lecture was the fi rst of Bakhru said it isn’t just about abortions there is more to reproductive health than day aft ernoon. energy, a force he said has been or contraception, but about if a woman has “Th e excitement of learning found to accelerate the expan- children, how is she sure she’d be able to See BAKHRU Page 2 separates youth from old age,” sion of the universe. See NOBEL Page 4 care for them in the way she’d want to. 2 NEWS Monday, September 20, 2010 ‘Dance in Transit’ brings art downtown Dancers team with VTA for modern dance performances across streets of San Jose

JAIMIE COLLINS rail station on San Carlos Street, the fi rst tour Staff Writer began at 11 a.m. and was repeated hourly un- til 5 p.m. led by a volunteer guide. Showcasing their talent, Bay Area dancers Aft er seeing the fi rst piece performed on of all ages joined forces with San Jose’s Valley the steps of the Civic Auditorium, partici- Transportation Authority to bring live art to pants boarded a northbound light rail train downtown San Jose on Sept. 18 and 19. and headed toward their next destination. For the cost of a light rail ticket, members Including the fi rst show, there was a total of the community att ended the fi rst Dance In of fi ve venues, each one showcasing dancers Transit festival, a 90-minute tour of multiple from several prominent South Bay dance stu- PHOTO: outdoor modern dance performances along dios, including Rugged Dance Company and the downtown light rail route. Necrocosm.

“Every dance brought about diff erent Th e dancers performed in a variety of un- MATT SANTOLLA emotions and feelings,” said Sara Moody a usual locations, including in front of the steps senior psychology major who was observ- of the San Jose Courthouse, on the swing set ing the performances. “It was of St. James Park and within neat watching the dances in- the fountain at the Cesar teract with the environment. Chavez Plaza where the tour

Th e bicycle riding by, or the concluded. homeless man watching in the This is “Th is is what our educa- | SPARTAN DAILY background — you can’t recre- what our tion’s pushed us to do,” said ate that.” Rachel Barnett , an alumna in

education’s“ SJSU alumnae Natalie fi ne arts and dance and a pro- Quilici and Claire Alexan- pushed us gram dancer. “It always said der, who both graduated from ‘Bring more dance to the com- the school’s dance program to do. munity’ and that is what they “ in 2009, said they created the “ are doing and I’m so happy program. RACHEL BARNETT to be part of it and support Members of Necrocosm perform during ‘Dance in Transit’ festival in the fountains Alexander, who is the ar- Alumna of fi ne arts them.” at Plaza de Cesar Chavez on Sept. 18. tistic director, said the idea and dance According to the event’s was inspired by the Trolley website, the goal was to pro- Dances, a similar type of dance vide education and engage- performance that collaborates ment in the arts, in hopes of Alexander said. happen just as much as you do.” with San Francisco’s Municipal initiating the creation of a Th e dancing duo started planning for the While this is the fi rst event, Alexander said Transportation Agency. professional San Jose dance company and to event more than a year ago and received a that they hoped Dance In Transit would be- Aft er seeing the performance and brain- bring dance off the stage and into everyday large amount of support from local founda- come an annual program, provided the fund- storming with the founders of Trolley Danc- places. tions, such as the San Jose Chamber of Com- ing for it exists. es, Alexander said she wondered why San Manny Valencia, a senior English and com- merce and Rotary club, Quilici said. “As long as I have the funding, I will con- Jose didn’t have a dance program of its own. parative literature double major with a minor “Th e backers are anyone from employees tinue to try and fi nd a way to do it,” Quilici “We live in San Jose and there should be in dance, worked as a volunteer tour guide for at Cisco, San Jose Rotarians, San Jose Cham- said. opportunity for dancers here,” Alexander Dance In Transit and said that San Jose has a ber of Commerce members to my friends In the mean time, Quilici and Alexander said. “Why not us, why not now?” huge dance community looking for a oppor- who decided to not buy a coff ee that morning said they are planning additional programs Although she believes San Jose has a selec- tunities in the area. and donate fi ve dollars,” she explained. “It’s for the upcoming Spring and summer. tion of artistic options, she said the city lacks “Everyone talks about dance and they really a mix of anyone, with a connecting link Junior chemistry major Marie Frederick a dance culture. think New York, San Francisco and L.A.,” Va- of art enthusiasts.” said she looks forward to seeing San Jose host “(San Jose) should be progressive in its lencia said. “Why shouldn’t dancers be able to Th e money raised went toward advertis- similar programs in the future. arts and there is no reason why we shouldn’t dance and perform in their own hometown? ing, volunteers and paying for logistics, such “I think that a lot of people would be inter- be out there promoting it,” she said. We need more programs like this.” as providing food and water for the dancers, ested in this kind of thing if they knew about Quilici, the executive director, said she be- Alexander said the collaboration with VTA Quilici said. it,” she said. “You get to see a bunch of diff er- lieves there is a need for professional dance in began aft er she and Quilici sent out a propos- Th ey also sought assistance from SJSU’s ent dance numbers for under 10 bucks. It’s a San Jose since a majority of South Bay danc- al pitching the idea of Dance In Transit to the dance program and although it is small, Alex- great deal.” ers have to pursue other professions or move San Jose community. ander said she believed that the reduced size Quilici said that while she was a bystander away in order to have a career. VTA was the fi rst company to respond with helped to rally support. at this year’s event and Alexander choreo- “When I graduated I had a savings,” she interest, off ering advertising space, transpor- “You know people and you can reach out graphed one of the pieces, they both hope to said. “Some people go to Europe and take tation and name recognition, she said. and say ‘Hey, this is something we want to perform in the future. time off . I started Dance In Transit.” “Beyond that, it was just really the two of promote,’” she explained. “Th ey are right “I’m hoping that in taking a step back, Starting at the Convention Center light us pulling together and making it happen,” there behind you and they want to make it not cutt ing corners and being really diligent about the way we fund and plan it this year, that in the coming years, I’ll be able to create again,” she said. PHOTO: JAIMIE COLLINS | SPARTAN DAILY

Members of the Soul Con dance group perform in front of the court house in San Jose as a part of ‘Dance in Transit’ on Sept. 18.

She said the debate on reproductive rights needs to BAKHRU be complicated when mentioned so people realize it is a much larger issue than abortion. From Page 1 Meghan Phillips, a senior graphic design major, said she has taken two courses with Bakhru in the past and chose abortion, such as whether women have the resources to to come to this lecture because she thought it would be get contraception or the help they need if it is unavailable interesting. to them. She said she came to this event with her friend and felt “There are many incarnations of these ideas and one this particular issue stood out in comparison to others be- thing that is very prominent in the United States is the cause female issues is more than a local matter. reproductive justice movement,” Bakhru said. “which is “Being a woman isn’t solely an American thing, so think- kind of looking at (reproductive rights) more holistically.” ing about it on a larger scale is important,” Phillips said. Monday, September 20, 2010 NEWS 3

Mosaic event examines Writer discusses how discrimination in sports terrorism turned America

ISAIAH GUZMAN into a ‘Radical State’ Staff Writer his kicking foot, Baker said. teenage boy in the U.S., alle- Amaechi, Navratilova and gations he denied in a suicide Athletes such as baseball Fashanu, meanwhile, all faced note. legend Jackie Robinson and backlash in their sports for be- Fashanu played all over Lecturer describes how radical Islam 1930s and 1940s heavyweight ing openly gay, he said. England and in the U.S., ac- boxing champion Joe Louis “I didn’t know this fact,” cording to BBC News. forces America against its own ideals broke down racial barriers and said Tanmay Sharma, a fresh- “Th ere are no rules for the helped make sport the multi- man electrical engineering LGBT community,” Baker JEN NOWELL cultural, multiethnic collage major, of Navratilova. “But said. “But there is still that Staff Writer on the World Trade Center and this that it is today. honestly it doesn’t really mat- barrier where it’s not safe for changed her focus from art to politics But there are still plenty of ter to me, because of the glory them.” Sept. 16 at 5:30 p.m. in the Engi- and she now spends half her time in less-visible barriers to over- she brought to the sport.” Hussein said he did not see neering building, Abigail Esman dis- New York and the other half living in come. Baker said Amaechi was a problem with gay athletes in cussed her most recent book, Radical Holland. Th at was the message criticized through the me- professional sports. State: How Jihad Is Winning Over De- Esman said that Holland has the Marc Baker, a junior health dia by former NBA star Tim “What they prefer is not mocracy in the West. toughest immigration laws in the science major, said to about Hardaway aft er coming out. what I prefer,” he said. “I can’t Esman said the American people’s world which is a reaction to the grow- 40 students at SJSU’s Mo- “First of all, I wouldn’t want understand why people would reaction to radical Islam has helped to ing jihadist movement. saic Cross Cultural Center on him on my team,” Hardaway have hate toward them.” enable it and caused them to sacrifice “The majority of Muslims are not Th ursday evening. told Miami sports radio sta- Lukogho Kasomo, a senior their own principles. violent, but some are and that number Baker’s talk, called “Chang- tion WAXY-AM in 2007. “And political science major, said Eli Lemberg, a senior business ad- is growing,” she said. ing Lanes: A Look at the Ra- second of all, if he was on my she thinks the barriers for gay, ministration major, said he is an intern As a result of the attacks in the cial Barriers in Sports His- team, I would, you know, I lesbian and disabled athletes at Hillel of Silicon Valley, a group that United States, the government has tory,” focused less on race would really distance my- are real. supports Jewish campus life and co- counteracted by tapping phone lines and more on the obstacles, self from him because I don’t “I think we don’t think sponsor for the event, and these measures are ridicule and backlash faced think that’s right. And you about it so much, because we which is where he only getting worse here by gays, lesbians and disabled know I don’t think he should think of barriers in so many became aware of the and in Europe, she said. athletes in professional sports. be in the locker room while other situations,” she said. event. The Esman said she these “If they’re gay or have a we’re in the locker room. I Hashim Mahmoud, a “I’m surprised. I measures are wrong and disability, that shouldn’t limit wouldn’t even be a part of it.” sophomore civil engineering thought there would majority they jeopardize democ- them,” Baker said. Abdi Hussein, a junior major, said the more visible is- be less people here,” he of “Muslims racy.

Some of the athletes Baker communication studies ma- sue of race is still a problem in said, in regards to the “You’re sacrificing the talked about included basket- jor, said he thinks a lot of ath- Europe. group of more than 60 are not democracy, which the ball players Kareem Abdul- letes don’t come out, because Th e half-Dutch, half-Suda- people who showed up violent, bu† jihadists set out to de-

Jabbar and John Amaechi, it hurts them in the locker nese Mahmoud said fans in to hear Esman talk. some are stroy,” she said. tennis great Martina Navra- room. Spain in 2006 were directing Sophomore biology She said education in tilova, football kicker Tom Baker said Fashanu re- so many racial taunts toward major Dana Margittai and that the arts would help, be- Dempsey and soccer player ceived so much backlash FC Barcelona’s Cameroonian said she thought there number is cause art helps people Justin Fashanu. when he came out as gay that player Samuel Eto’o that he al- would be more people feel compassion and “ Abdul-Jabbar, a Muslim, he committ ed suicide in 1998. most walked off the fi eld. at the presentation. growing.“ have imagination to help faced criticism for fasting dur- BBC News reported at the “He said he didn’t want his Also a student of them look beyond the ing the Islamic holy month time that Fashanu was found kids to watch the game any- Hillel of Silicon Valley, ABIGAIL ESMAN surface. of Ramadan, and Dempsey hanging in an East London ga- more, because he didn’t know she said she thought Author of “Radical State” “To put yourself in kicked the longest fi eld goal in rage aft er he had been charged how to explain to them what Esman brought up another person’s shoes NFL history with no toes on with sexually assaulting a racism is,” Mahmoud said. some interesting you need imagination points. for this,” Esman said. Margittai admitted Art programs, such she didn’t know much as what is taught in the about the topic beforehand, but said United States is not taught in Muslim she thought the European perspective PHOTO: countries, and more art education is that Esman spoke about was intrigu- needed, she said. ing because it is something that many “Certain things she said I agree people in the United States aren’t with, such as jihad and our reactions

OLIVIA CHAPIN | CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER aware of. destroying democracy,” said Philip SJSU history professor Jonathan Webb, a graduate student in ancient Roth said the evening would be like a history, after listening to her speak. talk show, followed by a reading from Webb said he came because it Esman’s book and then time for a sounded like an interesting topic and question and answer session. he has friends in the military, so it def- Esman was a journalist working at initely caught his interest. a magazine in New York at the time of “It’s heartening to me to see the the Sept. 11 attacks, Roth said as part depth of interest and the passion for of his introduction. change,” Esman said about the turn- Roth said she witnessed the attacks out. CORRECTION

In the article "CSU alcohol ban takes eff ect,” which ran Sept. 16, Lawrence Fan the SJSU sports information director was quoted stating, “This policy does not have the potential for enhancing the spectator experience at San Jose State athletics events.” The article should have correctly stated Marc Baker, a junior health science major, gave a talk about discrimination based that the policy did have the potential to enhance the on sexual orientation and disability in athletics on Thursday, Sept. 16. spectator experience.

because this is the week our culture is high- individual cultures but it educates others VIETNAMESE lighted on campus,” she said. on their surroundings,” she said. “I am very BRING US YOUR WOMEN’S & MEN’S CLOTHES :: CURRENT STYLES Pham said she believes this event is very grateful that SJSU is taking out extra time to From Page 1 NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY :: CASH ON THE SPOT :: FRIENDLY BUYERS important to the campus and its Vietnamese run cultural events.” community. Nguyen said she believes culture week is a “We try to get more Vietnamese people great time for members of the association to “I’ve never heard of it,” she said. “But involved, especially on campus,” she said. support their culture and show their pride.

I think that the premise of gett ing people “You have to know where you’re from.” “SJSU campus contains one of the big- Photo: SIMON FILIP involved with their culture is a great idea. Pham said she believes there are two dif- gest Vietnamese populations, but our cul- Without these groups it wouldn’t be pos- ferent groups of Vietnamese on campus — ture is not recognized,” she said. “We want sible.” one made up of students who were born to promote culture to other ethnicities to Pham, a senior business management in the U.S. and don’t know anything about educate them on what we’re all about.” major, said the group currently has 10 mem- Vietnamese culture, bers but hopes to recruit additional partici- and another that pants through the event. consists of students In addition to the Vietology Student who came here to Group, the Vietnamese Student Association study, but don’t get also contributed to the event, said Jolene involved with the Kim Nguyen, the president of the associa- on-campus Viet- tion. namese community. With a mott o of “We work hard and play Nguyen said harder,” she said the association was created she agreed and that for fi rst and second generation students to on-campus cul- trace their ethnic roots. tural programs and Currently boasting 18 offi cers, 50 mem- events are impor- bers and one adviser, Nguyen said the asso- tant to the student Bring Your Fashion ciation has been active at SJSU for 33 years community. and contributed to the Vietnamese Cul- “I believe it’s tural Week through catering, logistics and very important be- SAN JOSE: 1959 west san carlos 408.292.6100 performances. cause not only does SAN JOSE: 1008 blossom hill rd #e 408.269.1000 “We’re trying to be as involved as we can it highlight these www.crossroadstrading.com | www.facebook.com/crossroadstrading 4 NEWS Monday, September 20, 2010 Amid low turnout and some violence, offi cials portray Afghan election as success

LAURA KING south, the insurgency’s main stronghold. NATO’s International Security Assis- ment with the government and the pros- Los Angeles Times (MCT) But it boiled over as well in parts of the tance Force was on high alert, but placed pects for fair balloting kept people away. country that not long ago were considered nearly 300,000 Afghan police officers and “The people I know are not voting,” said KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan and peaceful. soldiers at the forefront of security efforts an aid worker in the eastern city of Jalala- Western officials painted the second par- The governor of Kandahar province, — a symbolic boost for the Obama admin- bad, who gave only his first name, Ataul- liamentary election since the fall of the the Taliban’s birthplace, narrowly escaped istration’s goal of eventually turning over lah. “The Taliban are scaring people.” Taliban as largely successful, but secu- a roadside bombing as he traveled from responsibility for safeguarding the country Kabul shopkeeper Mohammad Ehsan rity fears and disenchantment kept voter one polling center to another, seeking to to Afghan forces. said he was boycotting the vote because he turnout low Saturday and election-related demonstrate that it was safe Afghan and Western believed politicians wanted only to enrich violence was blamed for at least 15 deaths to cast a ballot. Dozens of officials said they dis- themselves. across the country. rockets fell on Kandahar rupted many planned at- “They’re just thinking how to get them- The Taliban, despite claiming responsi- city throughout the day, and tacks. In Kunar province, selves a villa in Dubai,” he said, referring bility for about 150 separate attacks, proved also hit near polling centers The people of in the country’s north- to the glittering United Arab Emirates city. unable to derail the voting altogether, or in the country’s north and Afghanistan east, the North Atlan- “They don’t care about the people.” even to stage a single dramatic strike. And east. sent“ a pow- tic Treaty Organization But even in some of the most troubled vote fraud, though clearly present to some “I was afraid to come out, force reported killing parts of the country, Afghan officials hailed degree, appeared less pervasive than in last but I came anyway,” said Ab- erful mes- one insurgent with a pre- the day as a show of democracy at work. summer’s presidential balloting. dul Raouf, a rheumy-eyed sage today. cision airstrike as he was “It went very well — people participated The election seemed in some ways em- 60-year-old in a tattered about to attack a polling widely,” said Daoud Ahmadi, a spokesman blematic of the grinding 9-year-old con- turban, emerging from a The voice of center. for the provincial government in Helmand flict: small triumphs co-existing with an polling place at a girls high Afghanistan’s It was unclear how province, which has seen some of the year’s uneasy sense of both the insurgency’s school in Kabul. “I came to many insurgents were heaviest fighting. growing reach and the depth of public an- vote for a peaceful country.” future does killed during the day; Mark Sedwill, NATO’s top civilian rep- ger over what is widely viewed as a corrupt The day began in the capital not belong to reports indicated that at resentative, acknowledged the difficulties political class. with a predawn rocket strike the violent least 15 civilians, police of staging a vote in wartime. “It’s not that

The fact that millions of people cast bal- that jolted many residents officers and soldiers died. everything is fine,” he said as he visited a lots, even if the preliminary tally indicated awake but injured no one. extremists and About 2,500 candi- string of polling places in the capital. “This a significant drop-off from the number Election observers re- terror dates were competing for election is being held in the most challeng- who voted in last summer’s presidential ported widespread com- 249 seats in the Wolesi ing circumstances imaginable.” election, was portrayed by Western offi- plaints that the supposedly networks. It Jirga, or lower house of Still, by day’s end, observers and offi- cials as a potent sign of hope. indelible purple ink used to belongs to the parliament. The summer- cials were striking a hopeful tone. The Free “The people of Afghanistan sent a pow- mark voters’ index fingers people. long campaign was an al- and Fair Election Foundation, the main “ erful message today,” said U.S. Army Gen. washed off fairly easily. The “ most clandestine affair, Afghan monitoring organization, said the David H. Petraeus, the top Western com- finger-staining was intend- with few candidates dar- vote met a reasonable standard of safety. mander. “The voice of Afghanistan’s future ed to prevent people from GENERAL ing to hold public events “Though there were numerous attacks, does not belong to the violent extremists casting a ballot more than DAVID H. PETRAEUS because of safety con- none were severe enough to disrupt voting and terror networks. It belongs to the peo- once, and with thousands U.S. Army cerns. Many campaigned on a wide scale,” the group said in a state- ple.” of false voter-registration mainly by telephone or ment. The U.S. Embassy and the United Na- cards in circulation, its al- by appearing at small Preliminary results will prob- tions commended voters’ courage. But the leged shortcomings raised gatherings organized ably take about two weeks, with a fi- embassy, perhaps mindful that the massive fears of fraud. only a few hours in ad- nal, certified tally due in late October. fraud in the August 2009 presidential vote “It will take time to know if the problem vance. took some days to emerge, noted that “the with the ink affected things,” said Ahmad At some locations, voting was brisk. At (c) 2010, Los Angeles Times. results and quality of the election will not Zia Rafat, a member of the Electoral Com- a landmark mosque near the city center in Visit the Los Angeles Times on the be immediately evident.” plaints Commission, which is fielding re- Kabul, a line snaked for 50 yards outside Internet at htt p://www.latimes.com/. As is the case on the battlefield, vio- ports of vote manipulation and will try to in the morning hours. But at many other Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune lence was concentrated in Afghanistan’s resolve disputes. sites, the threat of violence or disillusion- Information Services. PHOTO:

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A voter casts his ballot in Afghanistan’s second parliamentary elections since the 2001 U.S. invasion. Reports of insurgent attacks, attempted fraud and low turnout marked the polls.

Aft er becoming a chemical engineer and NOBEL working on producing television picture tubes, From Page 1 Perl said he realized that he wanted to go into ex- perimental physics. “I want the students to walk away knowing nine in the College of Engineering’s fall sympo- that there are many new things to do and they sium series, which features diff erent Silicon Val- should try them even if there are risks involved,” ley leaders on Th ursdays this semester. Perl said Th ursday. Among the future guest speakers are Dan Aft er retiring from Stanford University, Perl Reicher, Google’s director of climate change said he returned to conduct research on dark en- and energy initiatives; Peter Darbee, chairman ergy at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. and CEO of PG&E; and Dr. Christopher Field, Th at facility is run by the university for the director of the department of Global Ecology at U.S. Department of Energy, according to the the Carnegie Institution for Science. center’s website. For more information on the symposium se- “We were very fortunate that he came to our ries, visit the engineering page on the SJSU web- school to speak, because he is very busy,” said site at www.engr.sjsu.edu. Belle Wei, dean of the College of Engineering. “(Perl’s lecture) was very simple and it was Jacob Tsao, a professor and graduate adviser very motivational,” said Prabhakar Kasi, a gradu- with the College of Engineering, called the event ate student in soft ware engineering. a great success. In his autobiography on the Nobel Founda- He said students seemed to want to stay and tion website, Perl wrote of being raised in Brook- hear more aft er Perl fi nished speaking. lyn, New York, during the Great Depression. “I never saw people sit around in that kind of His parents were Jewish immigrants, he trance with no motivation to move,” Tsao said. wrote, who left Russia during the 1920s to es- Michelle LeMesurier, a junior chemical engi- cape poverty and antisemitism. neering major, also called Perl’s lecture inspiring. Th anks to his father’s printing and advertis- “I want him to be my grandfather,” she said. ing company, Perl wrote that he was able to go to Joe Herzog, a junior radio, television and fi lm good schools. major, said he found the lecture interesting, de- He wrote that he loved reading and mechan- spite not being an engineering or physics student. ics and never thought of being a scientist, be- “He talked about all the things that inhibit cause in those days “we did not know that it was your creative side,” Herzog said. “Th ose things possible for a man to earn a living as a scientist.” apply to you no matt er what your major is.” Monday, September 20, 2010 SPORTS 5 SJSU thunders past ‘Birds Spartans overcome three fumbles and a safety to beat Southern Utah in home opener

MELISSA SABILE “I would take my route maybe a litt le deeper Sports Editor than (La Secla) thought I would, and vice versa. When we had option routes I might have A last-minute touchdown from senior run it diff erently than he did.” running back Lamon Muldrow helped the La Secla said Beauchman might have Spartan football team avoid losing its home dropped a few passes, but he was confi dent opener against Southern Utah University. that Beauchman would make the rest of them. Th e 6-yard run put SJSU (1-2) up 16- “I don’t really care how many times he 11 over the Th underbirds (1-2) and the dropped the ball,” La Secla said. “I would love victory was sealed when freshman Bene for him to catch it every time, but that doesn’t Benwikere’s intercepted a pass over the mean I’m not going to throw it to him the next middle with 18 seconds left . time. I have 100 percent trust in Jalal and he “Well, it wasn’t prett y but we did what proved it tonight with that play.” this team, I believe, can always do,” said head Beauchman also said that the two coach Mike MacIntyre. “Th ey fi ght until the player’s friendship off the fi eld added to their very end, they are in phenomenal shape, confi dence on the fi eld. they never say die, they never gave in and “We know that we’re both good players and they kept going on.” we trust each other,” he said. What looked like a loss for the Spartans, Th ough the off ense had a few dropped with SJSU down 11-10, changed in the passes and fumbles, the defense was working fourth quarter with 2:16 left on the clock. hard to stop the Th underbirds. Senior quarterback Jordan La Secla made Junior cornerback Peyton Th ompson led a 26-yard pass to senior wide receiver Jalal the defense with eight total tackles, followed Beauchman, who caught the ball at the PHOTO: by freshman linebacker Keith Smith with seven Southern Utah 11-yard line. and sophomore cornerback Ronnie Yell, who “Jalal got open on a stop route, I think two had six tackles. plays before, and we saw the guy was looking CLIFFORD GRODIN Each of the three defensive players totaled for the stop route so we gave him a double fi ve solo tackles. move,” La Secla said. “We blocked it up re- Sophomore defensive end Travis Johnson ally well. I tried to just give Jalal a chance to had six tackles, including two quarterback make a play and he made a great play.” sacks — one solo and one assisted. Beauchman’s catch set the Spartans up for MacIntyre said the main key to winning the Muldrow’s two runs, the fi rst for fi ve yards game was keeping the Th underbirds away from the second for a touchdown. Muldrow spun the goal line. as he entered the end zone, knowing that his | SPARTAN DAILY “Our young men played hard and we kept run bailed the Spartans out of a loss. them out of the end zone,” he said. “I can’t be “We made a lot of mistakes and we have more proud of a group of young men to keep a lot of improvement to keep making,” fi ghting through all the diff erent things.” MacIntyre said. “But their fi ght to the very Yell said the conditioning that the team has end, not panicking and keep pushing, I been doing at practice has made a signifi cant thought was very impressive.” diff erence in the players’ stamina. Despite the rhythm of the off ense in the “As the game goes on, I’m not fi rst two games, Beauchman said the off ense Freshman wide receiver Chandler Jones (89) hugs senior running back Lamon winded at all,” he said. “My legs aren’t was not in sync against the Th underbirds. Muldrow (22) in celebration following a 6-yard touchdown run with 70 seconds fatigued or anything and I’m able to run the “For some reason in the fi rst half, we just left in the game. The score put the Spartans up for good at 16-11 on Saturday. weren’t really on the same page,” he said. See VICTORY Page 6 SPARTAN LEADERS Southern Utah airs it out; Jordan La Secla 24-35, 193 yards Brandon Rutley 11 rushes, 47 yards, touchdown Spartan run defense improves Lamon Muldrow 6 rushes, 27 yards, touchdown DANIEL HERBERHOLZ Chandler Jones 9 catches, 37 yards that many times, you’ve got hit him some,” MacIntyre said of Sports Editor Jalal Beauchman Sorensen, who was 23-for-39 on the day. “We blitzed him, we 5 catches, 73 yards Besides adding a tally to the win column, head coach Mike ran line stunts. We got aft er him.” Peyton Thompson 8 tackles, MacIntyre said the most important positive note to take from Aside from the three sacks, the Spartans hit Sorensen four times. pass breakup the SJSU football game Saturday was in the trenches. In the third quarter, Sorensen was smashed to Keith Smith “Th e defensive line fought very hard and played very the ground while loft ing a fade pass to his left , and 7 tackles, 1 for loss hard,” he said. “(Defensive line coach) hobbled off the fi eld with an injured ankle. Travis Johson 6 tackles, 1.5 sacks Bryant Young has done a great job with them, “I hated to see him leave the game, but Tiuke Tuipulotu 5 tackles, 1 sack studying all week the protections of that team.” we did keep hitt ing him and he knew we

Led by junior defensive end Travis were there,” MacIntyre said.

Johnson’s 1.5 sacks for seven yards We blitzed him, Junior Zack Olsen took over for lost, SJSU held Southern Utah to 79 Sorenson, going 0-4 passing with seven rushing yards in the game. we ran“ line stunts. rushes for 19 yards.

Th e Th underbirds pushed for more than We got after him Southern Utah was 4-16 on third 140 yards on the ground against each of down conversions and could not move their previous two opponents, averaging ... and he knew the chains in three conversion attempts 155 yards per game this season. we were there. on fourth down. “ For SJSU, this comes aft er allowing 469 “ MacIntyre said this was due to a drill yards total to Alabama and Wisconsin. MIKE MACINTYRE in practice called “sticks.” A back from each opponent ran for more than SJSU football head coach “Our young men look to the side and we 100 yards and two touchdowns. Th underbird give them sticks and they look to know where junior Deckar Alexander gained 51 yards on the sticks are — if it’s fourth-and-three, if it’s 12 carries. third-and-fi ve — so they don’t back up be- Th e Spartan defense earned three total sacks hind it and let them catch it,” he said. and six tackles for losses while giving up 255 Of the third down tries in which yards through the air, 230 from Southern Utah’s the Th underbirds were successful, sophomore quarterback Brad Sorensen. only one was on the ground and two were on passes to “When you have a quarterback that’s going to throw it senior running back Fesi Sitake. He fi nished with 11 catches, none longer than 13 yards. “Even if they might have thrown for a few yards, it was a PHOTO: lot of dinks,” MacIntyre said. Senior Tysson Poots, whom MacIntyre highlighted

CLIFFORD GRODIN before the game as the biggest Th underbird threat, caught ten passes for 147 yards. Despite a few shots down the middle by Sorensen, SJSU sophomore cornerback Ronnie Yell said the defense was successful Saturday. | SPARTAN DAILY “Coming into the game, we knew they were a passing team,” said Yell, who had six tackles and four pass break- ups. “We knew they were a very successful passing team. Some points we were in the right place at the right time, Travis Johnson (43), Spartan junior defensive end, clashes with Brock Christensen, and some points we were Thunderbird junior off ensive lineman. Johnson had 1.5 sacks for 7 yards lost Saturday. not. I defi nitely feel like we contained them.” 6 SPORTS Monday, September 20, 2010 VICTORY Gaels blow away men’s soccer team From Page 5 whole game and in the cornerback position that what we in fi rst regulation loss for SJSU do, we’re running the whole game, and I feel very good out there.” AMARIS DOMINGUEZ but that losing at home was a major through in the 88th minute when Gaels It would seem that the Spartans’ saving grace in the game Staff Writer disappointment. midfi elder Nick Marshall scored the was the amount of penalties that the Th underbirds faced, as “The margins are really thin between second and fi nal goal in the 88th minute of they were charged with 14 penalties for a loss of 132 yards. The SJSU men’s soccer team winning and losing,” St. Clair said. the game, leaving SJSU defeated. Th e Spartans had eight penalties for a loss of 90 yards.

succumbed to St. Mary’s College in “Tonight things didn’t go our way and St. Clair said the team missed out on plen- PHOTO: “I don’t think a 2-0 shutout Thursday evening at we didn’t get the breaks we usually ty of scoring opportunities. it was a step back Spartan Stadium. get, but I’m really confident that this “It’s one thing to know what was because we got a W,” Aft er seven att empted shots by the Spar- team will bounce back.” going to happen but it’s another thing to stop MacIntyre said. “You tans during the scoreless fi rst half, the Gaels Th e fi rst goal came aft er Gaels it,” he said. “We were inches away here and STAN OLZEWSKI | SPARTAN DAILY lose a game and (the out-shot them with goals in the 62nd and defender Tom Mohoric took a header from there, but sometimes this game is just like that players) have a litt le 88th minute. nearly eight yards out, knocking the ball in and tonight was just a cruel game for us.” doubt ... when you Head coach Gary St. Clair said the toward the left post. Spartan midfi elder Oscar Yniguez, who come out on top team knew St. Mary’s was a good team Th e Spartan response to the att ack fell almost tied the game at one each in the 86th you can coach them, minute, said they had control of the fi rst half they listen bett er, but just couldn’t create any scoring opportu- and we can improve nities. on that.” “Th ey were good at set pieces, so they just Beauchman agreed. had one corner and put the ball in the back “It was ugly, of the net, and it brought our morale down but a win is a win a litt le,” he said. “Th ere are just some litt le and everyone is things we need to work on, like trying to cre- happy about it,” ate more chances the last third of the fi eld.” Beauchman said. Senior midfi elder Ricky Dorrego said Spartan junior running back “We didn’t want PHOTO: the team struggled with not having a strong Brandon Rutley evades senior to win in that enough att ack force to beat the Gaels’ coun- linebacker Akeem Anifowoshe. fashion, but again, teratt ack. it’s a win.”

STAN OLZEWSKI “I felt like we were prett y aggressive, but they wanted it more than we did,” he said. SJSU SUU Th e loss dropped the Spartans to 4-2 and brought the Gaels to 3-1-1. First downs 16 21 “We win as a team and we lose as 3rd-down conv. 3-12 4-16 a team,” St. Clair said. “We have done 4th-down conv. extremely well, but sometimes it’s just the 0-2 0-3 | SPARTAN DAILY nature of this game.” Net total yards 250 334 Net passing yards 193 255 SATURDAY’S RESULTS: Comp.-Att.-Int. 24-35-0 25-48-1 SPARTANS VS. Net rushing yards 55 79 Rushing attempts LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 30 29 Avg. gain per play 3.8 4.3 period 12Total Fumbles-lost 3-3 0-0 SJSU 11 2 Penalties-yards 8-90 14-132 LMU 01 1 Punts-yards 5-154 5-154 2:40 - Oscar Yniguez (SJSU) Punt returns-yrds. 1-10 1-14 48:07 - Rafael Baca (LMU) Kick returns-yrds. 4-65 5-81 Spartan junior defender Allen La Spina heads the ball away from junior 87:40 - Steve Sanchez (SJSU) midfi elder Justin Grider of St. Mary’s College on Thursday. Possession 28:00 32:00 Monday, September 20, 2010 OPINION 7 Let the kids Was Ines Sainz asking for trouble? The New York Jets are that Sainz was suppos- locker room with a business suit or some- being accused of sexu- edly covering a game or thing that didn’t have her breasts hanging live their lives ally harassing Ines Sainz, practice. out, this would be a diff erent story. take away their playground, they a television reporter for How do you expect to It isn’t like the men groped her or will just fi nd diff erent ways to TV Azteca. be treated while dressing touched her in any way — that is a com- play. When she went into like that? She is obvious- pletely diff erent story. But catcalls and Removing a jungle gym the team’s locker room ly begging for att ention whistling? she was off ended by catcalls won’t stop children from run- with some of her male col- with her outfi ts. and whistling? ning on the blacktop, falling and leagues, she was whistled Th is may sound like an As a female journalist, she has to ex- skinning their knees. at and the athletes made awful and closed-minded pect that she will be hit on by some of Still not convinced? catcalls to her, making ASHLEY FINDEN argument, but as a female the male athletes, staff members or fans Fast forward 15 years to her uncomfortable. Senior Staff Writer I know how it can go in she speaks with. But unless they made when this individual is no longer Now the Association the world. To be respect- any unwanted moves toward her, get

a child and is in line for a job in of Women in Sports Me- ed, you have to dress over it.

MELISSA SABILE the real world. dia will be hosting a seminar for the professionally. Some of the “come- The Real Deal If that child never learned the Jets and staff members to “educate” Unfortunately, there ons” will make you un- concept that this is a position them on appropriate behavior. will still be pigs that comfortable, but brush

I coached gymnastics for that he or she might not obtain, I am not supporting that women, or are going to make in- it off your shoulder. She young children for fi ve years and the shock of not gett ing the job anyone for that matter, should be sexu- appropriate comments has to get thicker skin I am always interested in learn- would be devastating and there ally harassed, but have you seen how because they think it is ...but have with the line of business ing about what is going on with is no consolation prize for apply- this girl dresses? acceptable in some part she is in. “ today’s youth. ing for a job and not gett ing it. Just by Googling her name, the sec- of the universe. you seen “ A few whistles or I’ve seen articles on how el- And how about the parents ond link that pops up are her photo- In all honesty ladies, “ catcalls will happen to how this girl ementary schools and youth who thought losing was bad for graphs — and they are anything but when you go out on a everyone. Also, being leagues are imposing rules their children’s self-esteem. How professional looking. In a majority of date or to the clubs for dresses? dressed like she is going stating that kids are not al- do you think a child is going to those photos, Sainz looks like she is a fun time, don’t you to a club is not the way lowed to keep score during be able to cope with real life situ- posing for Playboy. do your hair, makeup to go. games to make the games less ations where he or she doesn’t She is wearing string bikinis on the and dress in a fl att ering When the catcalls competitive. win if they never acquired that beach or modeling jeans that appear to way? are made into improper I’ve heard stories of play- skill as a youth? be glued onto her with a tank top re- Th en you get the cat- advances, then it is an ground equipment being taken Th ere is always going to be vealing that there is nothing left to the calls, whistles and what- issue. If a guy touches away because they are unsafe for someone out there who is big- imagination. ever else there is from random men. you in any way that you don’t like, then children to play on and school ger, stronger, faster or smarter The photographs of her in skintight Sexual harassment is unacceptable tell them to back off and get help. districts and cities don’t want to — the list of characteristics goes clothing are her on the football field, and uncomfortable, but don’t dress inap- I apologize if I seem harsh or insensi- be sued. on and on. by the way, leading to the conclusion propriately. Unless Sainz walked into the tive, but she should know how to dress. I’ve read stories about parents Ultimately, it is detrimental who insist on every child gett ing for children to be spared from a something — win or lose — for painful or losing experience. participation. Th e best way for a child to I’ve read blog postings and learn is by doing — this includes Finally, my friends are back soapboxes about parents who the good experiences and the Toward the end of last At the end of the episode, with the plucky coroner Dr. feel that it’s damaging to children bad. season Agent Leroy Jethro the door to the hardware Donald Mallard, or “Ducky,” to have to suff er through the ex- When I was a litt le girl, I used Gibbs was captured in Mex- shop opened and Jackson and the forensically accurate perience of losing a game. Los- to run amok on the school play- ico by the daughter and son was confronted by the late gothic scientist Abby Sciuto. ing is bad for their self-esteem, ground, doing tumbling moves of a Mexican drug lord who drug lord’s daughter, al- Through my loneliness so it’s bett er if no one wins. on the grass and fl ips off of the had murdered Gibbs’ wife though he had been warned and depression I made Aft er all these stories, I’ve monkey bars. and 8-year-old daughter be- by his son to lay low. friends with characters in a come to one conclusion: par- Sure, there were times when I fore he became an agent for Credits rolled across the TV show. ents are ruining the children in got hurt, but that’s how I learned “NCIS.” screen. When DiNozzo did fool- America. what tricks I could do and what Gibbs killed this drug I screamed, “No!” much ish things every episode, I By sheltering their kids, these tricks were bett er suited for the lord with a single sniper like Darth Vader did at the rolled my eyes with the rest parents are robbing their chil- gym. shot to the head soon after end of “Revenge of the KRISTEN PEARSON of the team. dren of experiences they need And I’m sure it’s to no one’s learning about his wife and Sith.” Pearson’s Ponderings When Ziva was sworn in to fully develop into functional surprise that I wasn’t the great- daughter. Fast forward to Sept. 14, as a U.S. citizen at the end of human beings. est gymnast in the world, but His past was definitely 2010. season, but now my fam- last season, I teared up. If a child is unable to feel by being a mediocre gymnast, coming back to haunt him. I was in my family room ily and I watch it religiously, When McGee started dat- the pain of gett ing hurt or what I learned the value of working At the same time, my watching the “Price is Right” every week. ing a redhead in the middle emotions come with losing, hard to get a score good enough present was haunting me. in the morning before going Rewind to the week of of last season, I wanted to be then he or she will grow up with for a spot on the podium. Some friends of mine to school and a commercial spring break last semester, I that redhead. the unrealistic expectation that My parents didn’t coddle me. were harshly criticizing my came on announcing the was house-sitting at my par- When Kate was shot, I nothing can hurt them and ev- When I cried about gett ing hurt, family and my own life. start of this season’s “NCIS.” ents’ and I watched through was stunned, as the rest of eryone wins. they told me pain was a conse- My family was be- I spun in circles, jumping season one and two. the characters all were. Real life isn’t like that — peo- quence we sometimes had to en- ing targeted and I pushed up and down, pumping my That was during a time And when Abby learned ple get hurt and not everyone dure, and in turn, I am a tougher people out of my circle for fist in the air. when all hell broke loose and through forensic science wins. person today because of it. the comments they made, Luckily I was alone and I ended all my friendships. that Gibbs had shot the for-

I’ve seen fi rst hand, no mat- Th e saying goes, “What- which in turn alienated no one was watching me. I welcomed agents Gibbs, mer drug lord, my heart wept ter how hard you try to keep ever doesn’t kill you makes you everyone I knew. Needless to say, I geek out Tim McGee, Tony DiNozzo, with her at possibly losing the score out of a game, kids stronger,” but if you don’t get the I connected with the show a lot about this show. Kate Todd and Ziva David her father figure. will keep score regardless of the opportunity to try and fail, are very quickly because of the I didn’t really get into into my life as I would have When the show returns to consequences. you even experiencing life? lovable people in the show. watching “NCIS” until last welcomed new friends, along television on Tuesday it’ll be Th ey will break into groups, It is an important question to Thankfully, before last like having my friends come stacking the teams with the fast- ask yourself, and in the future, to season’s final episode was Through my lonli- back from a summer vacation. “ est and strongest kids and aft er ask your children, because if life over, Gibbs escaped from “ It is an excellent feeling to playing the game, they know isn’t going to teach them about the clutches of these blood- ness and see my old friends again. who wins and who loses. pain and failure, who is? seekers. depression I made As for the playground equip- Meanwhile, in the small “Pearson’s Ponderings” is a ment not being safe, the thought “Th e Real Deal” is a weekly town of Stillwater, Penn- friends with weekly column appearing on is absolutely ridiculous. column appearing on Mondays. sylvania, his father Jackson characters in a TV Mondays. Melissa Sabile is a Spartan “ Kristen Pearson is the Spar- Kids are going to get hurt, Gibbs, was working in his there is no way around it. If you Daily Sports Editor. hardware shop. show. tan Daily Managing Editor.

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ALEXANDRA RUIZ-HUIDOBRO the doughnuts." Zweigoron Staff Writer said. Th e new locale also fea- Standing in the middle of a dreary and de- tures full coff ee service, beer

pressing doughnut shop surrounded by 1940s- and wine. PHOTO: like signs and looking at doughnuts that were less "We are not at all like your than compelling, is where the epiphany came for typical doughnut shop," said

Psycho Donuts, said the owner. Siobhan Granvold, assistant Jordan Zweigoron, chief "psycho" of Psycho manager of Psycho Donuts. KELSEY LYNNE LESTER-PERRY | SPARTAN DAILY Donuts said everything in San Jose had been re- Jennifer Anderson, mar- vamped and doughnuts had somehow been left keting manager for Metro behind. newspapers, said she visited "I'd been in technology for a long time and had the Psycho Donuts before been looking for a change in my life," he said. "I but fi nds this one interest- looked around and it occurred to me that every- ing. thing else had been reinvented." "It’s kind of interesting Th e grand opening of Psycho Donuts in how I walk in and the fi rst downtown San Jose marked the second shop for thing she gave me is bubble Zweigoron's "psycho" idea. wrap," she said. Anderson said she can't

think of any other doughnut shops downtown. "Th is is really cool, it's Nothing is too very interesting," she said. "It

insane. Noth- makes people that wouldn't “ even ordinarily buy a dough- ing is off -limits. nut, like myself, actually go There is nothing “ “ in and check it out." too energetic. Psycho Donuts is also an art gallery, Zweigoron said. A nurse at “Psycho Donuts” on 2nd and San Carlos Streets, boxes up a customer’s order during its ERIKA MONTELIBANO "We sell original offb eat grand opening on Sept. 16. Psycho Donut Employee artwork that has a Tim Bur- ton type of style," he said. Th e shop is painted in bright colors with an eclectic combination of Montelibano said she PHOTO: paintings upon the walls that can only be de- thinks the shop has what it "We always wanted to be in downtown San scribed as a psycho collection, which might takes to draw people in, from

Jose and originally we were looking in this neigh- have been what Zweigoron and his partner were the art to the doughnuts to the KELSEY LYNNE LESTER-PERRY | SPARTAN DAILY borhood and we couldn't fi nd the location that shooting for. energy given off by the staff . we wanted," he said. Psycho Donut employee Erika Montelibano, "Psycho" doughnuts can Psycho Donuts paired up with ComedyS- who has been working for the company for a be purchased from $1 to $3, portz to bring the unconventional doughnut month, said she thinks it's really great. Zweigoron said. shop downtown, Zweigoron said. Montelibano said she loves not only what the Student discounts are not Zweigoron said the owner of the cafe located company does with the products but also loves yet available, he said, but he is inside the theater was no longer going to run it, so how things are run and the att itude of the com- defi nitely open to the idea. he thought he should take it over. pany. He said his shop is an off - Th e Camera 3 lobby has become the "Donut "Nothing is too insane," she said. "Nothing is beat and fun establishment that Asylum," and the menu off ers more than 20 dif- off -limits. Th ere is nothing too energetic." can appeal more to younger ferent types of colorful and eccentric doughnuts. Montelibano said she has been told by pre- people. Th e doughnuts resemble hamburgers, tacos, vious employers that she was too energetic for "I think being down the pizzas, and french fries, as well as doughnuts with them, so she fi nds Psycho Donuts a safe haven. street from San Jose State toppings ranging from funny faces to rice crispy "It's really nice to fi nd a place where I fi t in," she is the perfect place for us," treats. said. Zweigoron said. "Before I knew it, there were about 25 diff erent Th e grand opening had lines of fi ve to 10 peo- designs and I took a step back from all these crazy ple waiting to purchase doughnuts, Montelibano “Psycho Donuts” have creative shapes, sizes and fi llings. doughnuts that I created and said, 'Th is is a crazy said. Calli Perez contributed to this idea' and the whole crazy theme oriented around "Th ings are picking up really fast," she said. story Exhibit blurs lines between video games and art

DONOVAN FARNHAM within the game — the events unfold media major, helped set up the exhibit Online Editor differently and affect the outcome at and comb through the submissions the the end of the level. exhibit received. Cupertino’s Euphrat Museum of Alex Kerr, a junior computer science One game that stuck out to him was Art previewed its newest exhibition major, said he thinks “Everyday the “Radiator 1-2, Handle with Care,” by over the weekend but instead of hav- same dream” isn’t necessarily an actual Robert Yang, because of the game’s use ing paintings and sculptures on the gal- game because of the lack of control the of gameplay mechanics to communi- lery floor, computers and a Playstation player is given. cate it’s meaning. 3 showcased the theme of the exhibit: Kapolka said he thinks the game is video games. “hot shit.” “Learn to Play,” opening on Oct. “Raditor 1-2, Handle with Care,” 4 and running through Nov. 24, is an “You play puts the user in control of a man who’s art exhibit that displays various games, going through marriage counseling both digital and board games, as art through where he daydreams and slips into his pieces, according the the exhibit’s web- it“ and if unconscious mind to explore the re- site. pressed memories of why his marriage John Bruneau, one of the curators for you’re pay- is failing. the exhibit, said he wanted to promote ing atten- Kapolka said he hopes that people art pieces that were being ignored, in tion you who come to the exhibit will start to this case video games, which he feels see video games as an up-and-coming can be considered art. have this art form.

“When a curator puts an art piece experience, “I’m hoping it will make people look into a show, now it’s exhibiting a piece at games through a different lens, kind a of work, now it’s art,” Bruneau said, and the ex- of look at them as a more legitimate art a former lecturer at SJSU. “By mixing perience is form at the very least.” he said. “ some things already considered art the art.“ James Morgan, one of the curators and some things already considered for the exhibit and faculty adviser for games, but just maybe indie (indepen- SJSU’s game development club, said dently developed games), and putting JAMES MORGAN the exhibit picked games that achieved it together, we’ve expanded that defini- Curator the aesthetic experience from the game, tion.” not from the elements that make up the The exhibit showcases pieces in- game but from interacting with it. cluding board games, independently One game that Morgan said accom- developed games and paper sculptures, plishes that idea well is called “Passage,” all relating back to video games in some “It’s almost the same every time,” by Jason Rohrer, which is an allusion to way. he said. “There are a few triggers in it, the passage of time and life. The char- One piece called “Everyday the same and when you skip those triggers, you acter is born, falls in love, explores his dream,” by a group of developers and get to unlock more content, but it’s re- or her surroundings, suffers loss and artists called Molleindustria, has play- ally shallow as an actual game. It’s more eventually dies. ers walk from left to right and complete of an interactive thing that’s trying to “With something like ‘Passage’ it’s the main character’s day of getting up show you something.” like this little poem,” Morgan said. and going to work. But by deviating Marek Kapolka, president of San “You play through it and if you’re pay- from the routine — going from right to Jose State’s game development club and ing attention you have this experience, left, interacting with different objects a senior sculpture and experimental and the experience is the art.”