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WWW.THESPARTANDAILY.COM VOLUME 122, NUMBER 09 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2004 “The Rock & Roll Barber” A.S. fi ghts students’ deportation Board also hears plea for Bay Area man jailed by Chinese government

Dafa Association at SJSU, spoke to the By John Myers board along with the accompaniment of Daily Staff Writer Yeong-Ching Foo, the fi ancee of Charles Li, an American citizen and former The San Jose State University As- Menlo Park resident who is currently sociated Students government addressed incarcerated in China. more than everyday events during its According to Lam, Li was arrested meeting Wednesday. and prosecuted for practicing Falun The governing body also considered Dafa, a meditation technique also known political problems that affect more as Falun Gong. Li was sentenced on than just the students on campus, such March 21, 2003, to three years in prison as a family’s possible deportation and in China, according to Friends of Falun an American citizen’s incarceration in Gong, an American nonprofi t organiza- China. tion that supports the freedom of people Director of Governing Affairs Huy who practice Falun Gong. Tran proposed Resolution 03/04-08 to “Falun Gong is persecuted in voice the Associated Students’ opposi- China,” Lam said. “Communist China tion to the deportation of the Cuevas feared a rapid growth (of Falun Gong family, including Dale and Dominique practitioners).” Cuevas who both attend SJSU, accord- Foo explained ing to the meeting’s the success she has Photos by Susan D. Reno / Daily Staff agenda. The board had in speaking voted to pass the “Personally, I believe on campuses in ABOVE: Ken Parker, also known as “The Rock & Roll Barber,” chats with one of resolution 7-6. California. his regular customers, Jim Barnett, on Tuesday afternoon. His shop, Ken’s Hubb “Personally, I be- we are moving in “We’ve contacted Barbershop, has been operating since 1963 and is located on Tenth Street next lieve we are moving the wrong direction the governor’s offi ce to Robert’s Bookstore. His services include $12 haircuts and $6 beard trims. in the wrong direc- and the state tion with the war on with the war on department,” Foo terror,” said Tran, said. “Now I ask a senior majoring terror. (The Cuevas that San Jose State LEFT: Ken Parker keeps various tools on a shelf just behind in political science. family) was doing cosign to pass the his barber’s chair. The brush is used to sweep away extra “(The Cuevas resolution.” hair from the customer’s face and neck. family) was doing nothing wrong but According to the nothing wrong but enjoying their lives in Friends of Falun enjoying their lives Gong, the Chinese in America.” America.” government The agenda convicted Li of pre- also details that, paring to sabotage with the passing media equipment, For the story and more photos, see page 8 of the resolution, - Huy Tran, but Li was really the Associated A.S. director of persecuted for his Students will urge practice of Falun the Academic governing affairs Gong. Senate and SJSU “The whole College-aged voters ducking polls interim President media is controlled Joseph Crowley to in China,” Foo said. oppose the family’s pending deportation “No voice is allowed. The persecution is The U.S. Census Bureau statistics for the predetermined. They believe it’s obsolete,” as well as ask California senators Dianne based on lies.” Last day to register November 2000 elections show that 67.7 Hofer said. Feinstein and Barbara Boxer to stop the Foo said that she hopes SJSU will percent of eligible voters ages 18 to 24 did not She also said she believes the younger deportation. help her cause by the Associated Stu- vote. The U.S. Census Bureau reported most generation needs to wake up and realize that In regards to the slim margin with dents’ creating and passing a resolution for California registered voters actually did go out and vote, they can make a difference. which the resolution passed, Tran felt to voice its support for Li. making the younger demographic stand out. According to the U.S. Census Bureau Web that the votes came down to whether or The remainder of the public forum primary is Feb. 17 Marian Hofer, a junior majoring in math- site, people who participate in voting at the polls not the voter felt as if the Cuevas family section of the meeting was devoted to a ematics, is the president of Students for Dean, are homeowners, married couples, older people had broken the law. presentation promoting Stanford Blood an organization at SJSU that solely supports and those with higher incomes, educations and “The consequences are nowhere near Center’s blood drive that will be held By Theresa Smith Democratic candidate Howard Dean. Hofer good jobs. worth the values of their lives,” Tran on campus on Feb. 21. This will be the said she started the organization in September The younger demographic (ages 18 to 24) Daily Staff Writer said. fi rst time the A.S. has worked with the 2003 and it currently has 47 members. made up 36 percent of voters for 2000 presiden- The main topic of the public forum Stanford Blood Center to host such an The Students for Dean organization partici- tial election. The highest in participation was With the March 2 California primary elec- section of the meeting was focused more event. pates in tabling on campus twice a week to try senior citizens ages 65 to 74. tion approaching, students are being targeted on international affairs. One topic of debate among the board to lure students in to register to vote, in addition to vote because many younger people who are Currently, there are fi ve remaining Tuan Lam, president of the Falun members was Act 51, an act proposed to pushing for Dean, she said. eligible to vote are not going to the polls, ac- democratic presidential candidates looking to “Students who register to vote tell me cording to the U.S. Census Bureau for Voting that their voice does not count and things are see VOTING, page 5 see A.S., page 5 and Registration.

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Disgruntled pre-nursing students SPORTS | page 7 force meeting with provost, dean

students into the nursing program. By Claire Taylor This letter, signed by 66 pre-nursing Daily Staff Writer students, prompted an open-forum town hall meeting between students and faculty to be More than fi ve dozen pre-nursing majors held today from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. in room 164 waiting to be admitted to the nursing program of the Science building. have expressed frustration with the way the According to an agenda for the meeting, school of nursing and the administration at Goodman, Ego and Cohen are scheduled San Jose State University have treated them, to give a welcome address, with Cohen also said Rafael Romo, a post-baccalaureate junior speaking about funding efforts and potential majoring in nursing. changes to the nursing department. Romo recently took up the cause of Pre-nursing students are nursing majors bringing these students’ concerns directly who have not completed the requirements for to the desks of provost Marshall Goodman, entering the nursing program, Romo said. College of Applied Sciences and Arts dean To enter the program, one must be accepted Michael Ego and school of nursing director to SJSU and be a continuing student, said Nicholas R. Wright / Daily Staff Jayne Cohen. Rosemary Mann, undergraduate coordinator In a letter sent to Goodman, Ego and for the school of nursing. Melissa Van Natta, left, a second-year nursing student, reacts to the news that Cohen, along with a signed petition, Romo A student then has to complete the 11 Siebel Open she isn’t offi cially registered to take the nursing skills III class she is attend- cited two major concerns of some pre-nursing prerequisites and obtain and send offi cial ing. The school of nursing is receiving criticism from some nursing majors who students: a lack of accessibility to academic believe they are being treated poorly. Also pictured is second-year nursing advising and unfair practices for admitting see NURSING page 4 Roddick advances student Amanda Ramar. , to round 2 PAGE 2 THE SPARTAN DAILY THURSDAY FEBRUARY 12, 2004 • OPINION • BEHIND BLUE EYES Innovators of musical genres win big at Grammys Well, kids, it’s official. the audience and the people who want to sue him because again that the reinvention and originality of their musical Airport. Their original intentions were to do their thing OutKast has been dubbed your hip-hop gods for 2003 it “offends” them that he is rich a half-assed apology about genres are what will gain merit and achieve greatness. on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” naïve of how big of an impact as they were bombarded with wins Sunday night at the how sorry he was for actually trying to make the Super (Yes, I know P. Diddy won a Grammy, but there are they would have in America. But this “thing” turned into Grammys. Bowl halftime show interesting again. always exceptions to the rule.) much, much more. Beyonce and all her hotness can also put her name atop Timberlake is the man right now. Hooking up with top British band Coldplay may have shocked many with their Beatlemania swept the nation, and the rest is history. the list of all-time female award winners, alongside Lauryn music producers, including the Neptunes and win with “Clocks” for best record, but if They started the British music invasion, paving the Hill, Norah Jones and Alicia Keys with five Grammy wins Timbaland, and most likely a very expensive you have listened to the emotion and pas- way for many other bands to become huge in the United in one night. image consultant, Timberlake shed his passé sionate voice of lead singer Chris Martin States. The Grammys presented its 46th annual show, more boy-band image and appealed to a much larger on their album “A Rush of Blood to the If you haven’t heard a Beatles record before, you need to predictable than bloodshed in a Quentin Tarantino flick, and diverse crowd with his debut solo release. Head,” you will understand why they won go pick up an album right now. Yes, you will be putting with no Steely-Dan-over-Eminem upsets this year. (Sorry Basically, teenage girls were not the only ones (and deserve) their Grammy. money into Michael Jackson’s single-gloved hand, but try 50, you will get your due eventually.) buying his CD. Too often today, some music is unorigi- to remember — “It was (40) years ago today / That (the The biggest surprise of the night was the tastefulness of Keep those Grammys shined up real nice, J.T., nal, unthoughtful and just plain bland. Beatles) taught the band(s) to play / They’ve been going in the show. Although probably labeled bland and somewhat and put those *NSYNC platinum records into Artists and their music tend to become and out of style / But they’re guaranteed to raise a smile.” boring by many, just remember, this isn’t the MTV Music storage. clichés of themselves when they run out Awards, also known as the show in which celebrities vie Ditto for OutKast, who took a tremendous risk of ideas. If these artists are at the top, for our attention (and money) by doing asinine publicity in releasing a double album, with two members, the music itself can become in a state of stunts. Andre 3000 and Big Boi, releasing an individual KEN LOTICH oppression. R. Kelly must not have gotten the “let’s make it classy CD each. The risk paid off tremendously, and The artists that were winners at this this year guys, we just showed a boob on TV” memo from “The Way You Move” and “Hey Ya!” still remain year’s Grammys are on the other end of CBS, and showed up dressed as Zorro. It was reported atop the charts. this spectrum. that his friend Peter Pan was not present because he was And these two tracks are just the first singles off Now in the year 2004, we as music in court. each album. By the looks of things, OutKast won’t lovers must look back and see where it And speaking of artists who left their much lesser-tal- have to make another album until 2010. all started from. ented, leeching group members, Justin Timberlake came Hip-hop desperately needed “Speakerboxxx/The Love All of this would have never been possible without four through nabbing two Grammys for his solo smashing Below” to be made. Andre 3000 and Big Boi have now set men. debut album, “Justified,” and one of its enticing tracks, the bar many levels higher, and this will only (hopefully) Their names: Paul, Ringo, George and John. “Cry Me a River.” help other rappers put out better records. The original boy band, the Beatles arrived here in the Ken Lotich is the Spartan Daily opinion editor. J.T. rolled through with his mommy as his date and gave The winners of the Grammys this year have proven once United States 40 years ago at John F. Kennedy International “Behind Blue Eyes” appears every Thursday.

Letter Support for gay marriage questioned GUEST COLUMN

Dear editor: between multiple partners and even marriage with minors who themselves — at the time — claim they “love” the The spirit with which Tammy Krikorian wrote her opin- older person they wish to marry? Explosion in Moscow ion supporting homosexual marriage was smug, intolerant Finally, who is Ms. Krikorian to decide views against and dogmatic with her reference to “the misguided outrage homosexual marriage are “outdated”? Surely not the on the part of the conservative right-wing in this coun- majority of Americans, who oppose homosexual marriage try.” by a 2-1 margin, according to every major poll. This sentence is part of the usual hate-rhetoric coming heightens tension, fear from the left simply because others do not share their views. An explosion in the Moscow metro killed at least 39 Akhmed Zakayev, one of the prominent Chechen In fact, Ms. Krikorian never once cited any such example people and wounded more than 100 on Friday, Feb. 6, field commanders, denounced the allegations and said of “outrage” on the part of conservatives. the New York Times reported. that the continuation of the war would lead to “the As for her logic that “Two people who love each other, Identification of the bodies was difficult, as there was growth of animosity, hopelessness and terror,” the New regardless of sex, should be entitled to marry and spend almost nothing left of some of them. A wrist with a ring York Times reported on Feb. 8. their lives together, free from the outdated opinions of oth- Brad Matthew Abley was all that was left of Olga Goman, 28, mother of an The direct link between Chechen terrorists and Al- ers,” I ask the following two questions: Alumnus eight-year-old boy. The boy’s grandparents still do not Qaida has been established and acknowledged by the One, wouldn’t such logic also allow bigamy, marriage Economics know how to tell the boy that his mother American government and the European will never come back. Union. The train of terror circles the planet, and Chechen troops were backed by instruc- STUPID PILLS AIDAN CASSERLY most of the time the so-called freedom tors from Bin Laden’s Arab Brigade, the fighters target civilians, women and chil- Daily Telegraph reported on Jan. 21, 2001. dren — even unborn children. According to the Russian newspaper My friend’s wife narrowly escaped death Segodnya, some of the mercenaries were — she missed that train. Missed, because from Afghanistan, central Asian republics she is pregnant and cannot walk fast in the and even France. crowd of hurrying commuters. She was Yet Zakayev spoke from London, where on her way to see a doctor. She is 32, and he was granted political asylum, Russian this pregnancy could be her last chance to newspaper Pravda.ru reported on Jan. 12, have a baby. MANSUR 2004. Zakayev’s biggest supporter, actress My father is Christian and my mother MIROVALEV Vanessa Redgrave, called him “a man of is Muslim. My first name is Arabic, and peace” in her interview to CNN on Dec. my last name is Russian. I am not taking 16, 2003. sides with Chechens or Russians, Iraqis or Does that mean the British government Americans. sticks to double policies regarding terrorism? The Russian Federation is home to more than 150 President Putin’s answer to Zakayev was, “We don’t ethnicities, where Buddhists coexist with Muslims, negotiate with terrorists. We eliminate them,” as quoted Christians live side by side with adherents of sha- in the New York Times. manistic cults, which have beliefs similar to Native Russian authorities think too much and don’t do Americans. anything to protect people, says my friend in Moscow. It is a handful of militant politicians and religious He predicts a new wave of intimidation will roll over fanatics, who want to break away from the central gov- Moscow and Russia. ernment. They want to practice public executions and Cops will start stopping people who look “Caucasian” force women to cover their faces and never leave their — meaning everybody who has dark hair and skin. The houses unescorted by a husband or a male relative. word “Caucasian” in Russian means “a person from Is that the kind of independence the people of the Caucasus” — be that Armenians, Azeri Turks, Chechnya want? Chechens or Georgians. Russians will be surprised to Russian authorities think that the attack in the find out that in America their ethnic type is called Moscow metro was masterminded by the Chechen ter- “Caucasian.” rorists, according to the Russian Web site Lenta.ru. Russia is like that pregnant woman. She witnessed Most likely, a suicide bomber triggered the bomb, communist purges, wars and violence, economic degra- Izvestia reported, just like the Chechen woman who dation and hostility. She lost her looks and cannot walk killed herself on Dec. 9 in front of a hotel located near as fast as we want, but she is on her way to the future. SPARTA GUIDE the Kremlin in Moscow. It’s hard to take sides. I simply don’t want my future Last year, 13 terrorist attacks killed 260 people in wife and my future children to be on a train like that. In Russia, the newspaper Gazeta.ru reported. Most of the fact, I don’t want trains like that to exist at all. Sparta Guide is provided free of charge to students, faculty and staff members. The deadline for entries is noon three attacks involved suicide bombers. Most of the bombers working days before the desired publication date. Entry forms are available in the Spartan Daily office in Dwight Bentel were women — widows and daughters of Chechens Hall, room 209. Entries can also be e-mailed to [email protected] titled “Sparta Guide.” Space restrictions may rebels killed by Russian troops, Gazeta.ru stressed. require editing of submissions. Entries are printed in the order in which they are received. Chechnya is located in the mountains of Caucasus, in TODAY Environmental Studies Department at SCI room 164. the middle of ethnic mosaics that form several repub- School of Art and Design A Student Conservation lics of the Russian Federation and several former Soviet Student galleries will be on display Association representative will meet Women’s Resource Center republics. from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Art with students searching for “TheVagina Monologues,” will The ongoing war in Chechnya unfolded in 1999. building. For more information, call internship opportunites in WSQ be held at the Morris Dailey The Islamic Fundamentalist government of Chechnya 924-4330. 115 from noon to 1 p.m. Auditorium at 7 p.m. Tickets are attempted to conquer the neighboring republic of available to be purchased at the Dagestan to get access to the Caspian Sea. The SJSpirit Pre-Nursing Majors Town Hall Event Center, TicketMaster or at Chechen government had enjoyed almost unlimited Valentine’s Relationship Blessing Meeting the door. For more information, call freedom after the end of the first Chechen war that will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 Meet with SJSU Provost, CASA the Women’s Resource Center at lasted from 1994 to 1996. p.m. in the Spartan Memorial. Dean and the school of nursing 924-6500. Russian authorities strongly believe it was the Mansur Mirvovalev is a Spartan Daily staff writer. For more information, call Roger director to discuss changes in entry Chechen terrorists who organized the attack, but still Guest columns appear Thursdays. Wharton at 605-1687. requirements from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. there is no final proof.

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groups are raising tens of millions of If he wins the nomination, one of dollars that can be spent to criticize Kerry’s biggest decisions will be the Niem Tran, a senior in the Carter said. Associated Press Bush, though not in coordination choice of a running mate. Advisers By Zakk Jones program, said that storytelling skills In addition to animation for fi lm with Kerry. say there have been no offi cial talks, Daily Staff Writer are also important. or television, the program also trains WASHINGTON — The nomi- Campaign aides are just beginning but conversations always seem to “(The faculty) are very big on try- artists in visual development, which nation within reach, John Kerry’s to develop a budget for the period be- come back to Edwards of North Two faculty members from San ing to give everything a background includes background rendering and advisers are discussing strategies for tween when the nomination is settled Carolina and Missouri Rep. Dick Jose State University’s animation/ and a history,” he said. “They stress alteration for feature fi lms. sharpening his message, spending his — as early as March 2 — and the Gephardt, who dropped out of the illustration program held a discussion point of view, having something to “Visual development is one of the money, airing TV ads and collecting nominee offi cially accepts it in early race after a poor showing in Iowa Wednesday at the Spartan Bookstore, say.” best things we do,” Granner said. a winner’s share of the 538 electoral August. The aides say they’re acting last month. where they showed student projects In addition to their work within As supplements to the classes votes in November’s general election. out of caution, not overconfi dence, Edwards would give the ticket and talked about the program and its the program, Tran said students also offered in the animation program, While the candidate focuses on because there won’t be much time to regional diversity, but the Midwest success in the industry. interact with industry professionals the professors said students are defeating John Edwards and Howard prepare for Bush’s onslaught if Kerry is more important to Kerry than the “We are thrilled that our students via live transmissions at the Instruc- also encouraged to enroll in classes Dean to sew up the Democratic race, fi nishes off Dean and Edwards. GOP-dominated South. continue to get the top jobs,” said tional Resource Center. He said in drama and industrial design to parts of his mushrooming political Several offi cials involved in the Democratic governors from the Alice Carter, professor of art and these transmissions allow students diversify their skill set. team have put President Bush fi rmly process said an early estimate is that design, adding that students also to get feedback on their work and to “We do more than train somebody in their sights. Midwest, such as Iowa’s Tom Vilsack, Kerry could raise $40 million. He have an excellent reputation for being try their hand at various challenges how to paint and draw,” Granner ‘‘In a cycle that has been this are also possibilities. did not accept public fi nancing in Republicans are already calling humble and able to speak in public. issued every week, where students are said. unpredictable, the Kerry campaign According to Carter, graduates of given a scenario to animate, such as a is wise to stay focused on the task at the primary races, freeing him from Kerry a tax-raising, social liberal who Granner added that students are the program have had great success bowling ball dropping. hand. But engaging the administra- federal spending caps. is soft on defense. Aides say Kerry also encouraged to see fi lms, theater at acquiring jobs in the animation Associate professor of art and tion serves a dual purpose for Senator Kerry won’t match Bush’s $200 can counter that he supported bal- and other forms of art outside of industry upon graduating. Students design Courtney Granner said this Kerry,’’ said Democratic strategist million pace, but aides said he and anced budgets in Congress, opposes class. helps students stay on top of industry Michael Feldman. his allies can close the gap enough gay marriages, supports gun rights as of the program, she said, have gone According the SJSU school of standards. ‘‘Going toe-to-toe with President to compete. Just as Gore ran ads a hunter, plus his military service. on to work at well-known production art and design’s Web site, potential Bush is also the best way to secure in Orlando, Tampa and West Palm His media team hopes to inoculate houses such as Pixar, Dreamworks, “They have to set criteria for students must submit a portfolio for the Democratic nomination,’’ Feld- Beach while Bush saturated all of Kerry from Republican criticism with and Industrial Light and Magic. their peers,” he said. “But they also review in order to be admitted into man said. His former boss, Al Gore, Florida, Kerry’s spending will have to TV and radio ads, as well as placing According the animation/ have to meet criteria from within the the animation/illustration program. If polished off the 2000 Democratic be selective and smart, aides said. stories with traditional media outlets illustration club’s Web site, SJSU industry.” admitted, students are then required nominating struggle while at the The same offi cials are pouring in targeted markets, some unac- took fi rst place in the Cartoon Tran said that criticism from to maintain a minimum grade point same time eying Bush. over demographic data to begin the customed to getting attention from Challenge at the 2003 Kalamazoo professionals is helpful because of average of 3.0. With each of his 12 primary process of selecting battleground presidential campaigns. Animation Festival International, in their honesty and enthusiasm. Both Tran and Granner agree that season victories, Kerry has stepped states. In his public remarks, Kerry which a team of students from the “They’re not afraid to pull the program is intensive. up his criticism of Bush. He calls Several states narrowly won intends to continue making the case program produced an animated fi lm punches,” he said. “They want to treat “(Students) are completely im- White House foreign policy feckless, by Gore will be hard for Kerry to that Bush has violated the public’s in fi ve days. you like a professional.” mersed,” Granner said. Iraq policy reckless, domestic policy defend, including Oregon, New trust on a wide range of policies, SJSU’s animation program, Carter The program’s instructors have a “It’s pretty much like a full-time ruthless and distortions of his own Mexico, Wisconsin, Minnesota and from Iraq and taxes to the environ- said, features a strong emphasis on similar attitude, Tran said. job,” Tran said. “It can be pretty record baseless. Iowa. Bush will have to fi ght to ment. Aides see the fl ap over Bush’s drawing. She said students begin by “They know how to assess each rough.” ‘‘George Bush and the Republican retain states such as Nevada, New Vietnam-era commitment to the rendering drawings from a photo- individual,” he said, noting students Granner believes that there is smear machine has begun trotting Hampshire, Florida, West Virginia National Guard as an extension of graph, also known as “rendering from are judged based upon their skill a strong rapport in the program out the same old tired lines of attack,’’ and Ohio. their integrity argument. the fl at.” They then move on to what levels, and more advanced students between students and faculty and Kerry said recently, adding that he Kerry advisers are trying to But advisers want Kerry to is called “rendering from the round,” might receiver harsher criticism than describes the relationship as familial, has news for Republicans: ‘‘I am not which is rendering straight from life, would less-experienced students. going to back down.’’ determine if there are some new represent positive change in educa- though he said, “We’re still demand- with nothing more than the object “It makes everyone work harder,” Thus, he’s already begun to build opportunities such as increasingly tion, health care and jobs — not ing parents, so to speak.” itself as inspiration. he said. up his general election campaign. Hispanic Arizona or even Virginia, just defi ne himself as the anti-Bush. Tran agrees. “All our animators … have to go It starts, as with much in Ameri- a traditionally GOP state with a Thus, they’re planning a series of Professionals in the animation “All of (the instructors) are very through this same program,” Carter can politics, with money. Democratic governor and scores policy speeches later in the year. industry who have instructed approachable,” he said. said. Kerry plans to tap $15 million in of veterans. Kerry is a decorated Kerry picked up more congres- SJSU animation students include Carter shared her respect for the Democratic National Committee Vietnam veteran. sional endorsements Wednesday, Students of the program must Nickelodeon’s John Fountain as well animation students at Wednesday’s coffers to respond to a multimil- Population shifts cut against the including from 12 of the 20 often work feverishly to improve as Bob McKenzie, who currently discussion, saying, “We’re not quite lion-dollar TV ad campaign Bush is Democratic nominee. The 21 states Democratic House members who their skills. teaches on campus and whose career sure what it is, whether it’s something poised to unleash once Democrats won by Gore will be worth 260 had supported Wesley Clark before “We’re told they have to do 1,500 includes work for Dreamworks and in the water in San Jose, but we select a nominee. electoral votes in November, seven poor showings in primaries Tuesday bad drawings before they do a good LucasFilm. continue to get students who amaze In addition, Democratic interest fewer than four years ago. chased him from the race. one,” Carter said. “We’re really well-connected,” us.” Peterson lawyer attacks satellite technology used by police ��������������������� During the hearing, Geragos seized on instances when the GPS devices appeared to fail, including once when it Associated Press showed Peterson taking an impossible route. That error lasted for several minutes before the device corrected ������������� REDWOOD CITY — Scott Peterson’s defense law- itself. yer pressed a prosecution expert Wednesday to concede Geragos pressed Loomis to say the devices were that satellite technology used to track the murder suspect unreliable because of how police hid them on Peterson’s before his arrest was error-prone and effectively useless. vehicles. A judge must decide whether to accept evidence gath- Loomis rejected those claims, saying the devices were ered from global positioning system devices that police accurate — though he did say that Modesto police had secretly put on vehicles Peterson drove in the weeks after used older, less expensive models. �������������������������������������������� his pregnant wife’s disappearance. ‘‘It’s accepted commercial technology,’’ Loomis told The GPS technology has yet to be qualifi ed as ac- Geragos. ceptable evidence in a criminal trial in California. The The military developed the satellite-based radio navi- hearing that began Wednesday will determine whether gation system, which can pinpoint a user’s location within the Peterson case changes that. feet at any time, in all weather, anywhere in the world. ���������������������������������������������� Modesto police used GPS to track Peterson last year The decades-old technology is now used by everyone from early January through late April, when he was from airline pilots to wildlife management offi cials, and ��������������������������������������� arrested near San Diego days after the bodies of his wife, weekend hikers to Sunday drivers. Laci, and unborn son surfaced in San Francisco Bay. Geragos pressed Loomis, who said he had little ��������������������� Defense lawyer Mark Geragos wants a judge to experience with the devices used in this case. Loomis said prohibit all GPS-related evidence at Peterson’s double- he had seen a photograph of one of them but had never ���������������������������� murder trial. Police installed the devices in vehicles Scott used it himself, tested it or seen evidence of testing. Peterson owned, borrowed and rented after Laci Peterson Geragos said Modesto police had tested their own disappeared on Christmas Eve 2002 — electronic surveil- devices, and they failed — an assertion prosecutor David ��������������������������� lance that trailed him to San Francisco Bay at least once Harris denied. in January. The GPS hearing will likely continue next Tuesday, �������������������� Bound by gag orders, neither side has discussed what when Geragos may call his own expert to question how evidence would be lost or gained from information the police used the devices to track Peterson. tracking devices gathered. 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������������������������������� � ����������������� PAGE 4 THE SPARTAN DAILY THURSDAY FEBRUARY 12, 2004 • NEWS • California lawmaker moves to legitimize Cold interrupts planned marriage for same-sex couples Mars NASA Rover Sprint

Associated Press marriage, but because of what’s happened in One of the stops was the San Jose district of Associated Press Massachusetts we feel that our best strategy is to let Assemblyman Joseph Canciamilla, a moderate that situation play itself out,’’ said Anne Stanback, Democrat who said he has been publicly denounced PASADENA — Cold temperatures on Mars forced NASA to ground SACRAMENTO — Flying against the prevail- president of Love Makes a Family, a Connecticut for refusing to sign the group’s pledge. Canciamilla ing political winds, a California state lawmaker its Spirit rover for a day, temporarily interrupting a planned monthlong lobbying group. ‘‘We assume that couples from said he is ‘‘torn’’ on whether gay couples should be plans to introduce legislation this week that would sprint to a nearby crater, the space agency said Wednesday. Connecticut will be going to Massachusetts to allowed to marry and worries that putting lawmak- legalize marriage for same-sex couples. NASA could not send commands to Spirit late Tuesday, after the get married, and we’ll see if those marriages are ers in the position of having to take a stand now Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, cold prevented the rover from rotating a lollipop-shaped antenna toward recognized here.’’ could do more harm than good. said he decided to promote his ‘‘Marriage License Earth. Without the set of commands, Spirit remained parked, one day Leno’s measure, which he expects to have ‘‘When you introduce a measure like this in a Nondiscrimination Act’’ — even as Congress and at after completing a record-breaking 70-foot drive across the rocky martian up to 20 co-sponsors, would amend a section of politically charged atmosphere, when it particularly least 10 states are debating stronger prohibitions on California’s family code that defi nes marriage as ‘‘a surface. marriage for gays and lesbians — because he thinks will be part of a national debate, you give fuel to As Spirit began its day on Mars, the orientation of the rover allowed personal relationship arising out of a civil contract those who are going to come after Democrats in it’s the right thing to do, whether or not it stokes between a man and woman’’ to read ‘‘between two its mast to unexpectedly cast a frigid shadow over the motors needed to the backlash. general and those in marginal seats in particular,’’ position the spacecraft’s high-gain antenna. That shadow shielded the persons.’’ he said. ‘‘There is never a perfect time to pursue civil It’s unclear how far Leno’s legislation will get motors from the warming rays of the sun. rights, but neither is there ever a wrong time,’’ said Assemblyman Darrell Steinberg, who has agreed That left the motors colder than anticipated, project manager Pete in this national election year, but Leno said he to be one of Leno’s co-sponsors, said that while Leno, one of fi ve gay or lesbian members of the expects it to at least reach a committee hearing, Theisinger told reporters by telephone. The motors were at about minus California legislature. ‘‘For those of us on the short some of his colleagues may quibble with the bill’s 35 degrees Fahrenheit, 18 degrees colder than expected, said JPL spokes- probably some time in March. If it stalls there, the timing, it is needed for gay and lesbian couples who end of the civil rights stick, it’s a burning issue.’’ assemblyman said he will reintroduce the measure man Guy Webster While Leno is seeking more rights for same- have been waiting to wed. ‘‘It’s very similar to starting your car on a cold day,’’ Theisinger said of next year and in the meantime raise money to elect ‘‘There was a time in our history when people sex couples, the national trend is in the opposite candidates who support it. the process. direction. were treated in an inferior way because of their skin NASA routinely warms the motors by passing an electric current The bill’s introduction was timed to coincide color, but it’s unthinkable now our law would ever The Massachusetts Supreme Court’s recent with Marriage Equality Week, a time set aside by through them. However, engineers had not set the current limit high ruling that cleared the way for the nation’s fi rst allow for separate and unequal,’’ Steinberg said. enough to adequately compensate for the colder-than-anticipated advocacy groups to lobby for full marriage rights for ‘‘And I really believe that some years from now, and state-sanctioned same-sex weddings has legislators same-sex couples. temperature of the shaded motors. I hope sooner rather than later, we will look back on in many states rushing to prevent a ripple effect. The measure already has generated opposition That stalled the process of pointing the antenna in the right direction this civil rights era and say, ‘What was all the fuss A national poll released this week found that 60 from socially conservative groups still angry over to communicate with Earth until later in the day, when the sun had about?’’’ percent of those surveyed opposed legalizing same- the state legislature’s passage last year of a measure warmed the motors. By then, it was too late to continue the journey, Michael Adams, director of education and sex marriage in their states. Few legislators are that granted registered domestic partners all the Theisinger said. public affairs for Lambda Legal, a public interest attempting, like Leno, to appeal to the 31 percent same rights and responsibilities as married spouses NASA planned for Spirit to resume moving overnight Wednesday. who said they would support such a move. — except the ability to fi le joint income taxes. law group, said gay rights advocates can afford to Scientists hoped it would travel nearly 83 feet toward a crater about 800 In New York, two lawmakers introduced a bill The Campaign for California Families, a group go on the offensive after victories like the one in feet away, Theisinger said. last March that would allow gay and lesbian couples that works to promote what it says are traditional Massachusetts. Scientists planned for Spirit to reach the crater within the next three to wed, but the measure has languished. And, after family values, launched a 14-city tour this week to ‘‘We are not going to be in a position where we weeks. promoting a marriage bill for three straight years, raise awareness of Leno’s pending legislation and to negotiate against ourselves,’’ Adams said. ‘‘It’s the Spirit’s twin, Opportunity, continued to scoot along a rock formation gay rights advocates in Connecticut decided this praise candidates on the state’s March 2 primary very fact that we are beginning to win that is caus- at its landing site halfway around the planet. It has been taking detailed year not to press the issue again right now. ballot who have signed the group’s ‘‘Marriage Pro- ing some evidence of political backlash. You only pictures of layering in the rock. Initial results suggest the rocks formed ‘‘We are still as focused as ever on getting tection Pledge.’’ win when you ask for what you deserve.’’ from volcanic ash or compacted, windblown dust.

NURSING | ‘We have to tell them what’s going on and why the changes are occurring’

“I’ve been talking just this term said, “People get frustrated with the (student suggestions), because I think meeting) shows that the college and said, “that they would take the extra continued from page 1 with probably a dozen people who are fact that they can’t get information we’re doing what we think is fair and university administration are taking time that’s required to actually come transcripts providing documentation completing their prerequisites, includ- or the information they get seems equitable to get people in, and clearly student concerns seriously.” up with an effective solution to what of prerequisite-course completion ing advanced G.E.s, this term, and to change almost from minute to the students either don’t understand Goodman said better communica- they’re seeing, because the bottom both to the school of nursing and to they can’t apply because the nursing minute.” what we’re doing or may have other tion between administrators and line is they’ve only postponed their Admissions and Records, said Mann, department will not consider work in Romo said the lack of information solutions,” Christensen said. students is the best way to resolve problem. All they did was put us off by who advises undergraduate students progress,” Romo said. lends itself to gossip and rumors, Goodman helped to set up the student concerns and the town hall a (semester) or two.” about entry into the nursing program. This leaves students to take elec- because students have no outlets for open forum, along with Christensen, meeting is an “excellent vehicle” for Christensen said, “I think that all At that point, she said, the student tives while they wait for acceptance information other than one another. in response to Romo’s letter. administrators to provide information of us are anxious for a solution and are will be placed in line until the univer- into the program, Romo said, because “The problem is we don’t get any “I am very pleased,” Goodman to students. willing to listen to whatever solutions sity administration decides whether to one has to be a continuing student and communication,” Romo said. “I’m just said in an e-mail, “since I hope (the “It would be my hope,” Romo are out there.” admit the student. not on leave of absence. dying to hear what they have to say Two classes, previously core Romo said he suspects there are on Thursday, because this marks the graduation requirements, were re- hundreds of pre-nursing students fi rst time that the nursing depart- cently combined with the prerequisite waiting to enter the program. ment actually addresses the issues workload, Romo said, which added Laina Gaoteote, a junior double and concerns of pre-semester-three a minimum of one semester to the majoring in nursing and political nursing students.” anticipated period of time before a science, said many students are “in the Romo said he hopes this won’t pre-nursing student could enter the dark” as to what courses to take but are be the last time a meeting like this nursing program. unable to speak with counselors. occurs and he would like to see an “I literally saw the date of my “I’m also a poli-sci major, and when open forum for nursing students to admission slip by a year, a year-and-a- I go and speak to my department at communicate with administrators at half, with some of that time just being poli sci, they take you in, they talk to least once a term. dead time,” Romo said. you, (tell) you what you need to do,” Carol Christensen, associate dean Other recent changes, such as Gaoteote said. “But when it comes to of the College of Applied Sciences the removal of microbiology from nursing, it’s a totally different thing.” and Arts, agrees communication is the course schedule this term, Romo Mann said the nursing department imperative. said, have forced students to look to offers three group-advising sessions “I think the students have to have nearby community colleges for course this term as well as short sessions for good information,” she said. “We offerings. individual advising. have to tell them what’s going on He said it also takes at least Students can sign up for individual and why the changes (in the depart- one semester after completion of advising sessions outside of Mann’s ment) are occurring.” prerequisites to be admitted into the offi ce. Christensen said she hopes the program because students have to “I think everybody’s bottom-line meeting will allow students’ sug- obtain and submit their transcripts complaint is that they’re ready to start gestions to be heard and considered, that demonstrate they have completed nursing and they can’t get a student while also providing up-to-date all coursework. slot in the school,” Mann said. information about the status of the The department doesn’t accept When students fi nd their career nursing program. work in progress, he said. paths hit an unanticipated bump, she “We defi nitely are listening for THURSDAY FEBRUARY 12, 2004 THE SPARTAN DAILY PAGE 5 • NEWS •

A.S. | VOTING |

continued from page 1 continued from page 1 It’s just apathy,” Fong said. One pop-culture media by A.S. Director of Community challenge George W. Bush in outlet has organized a campaign Affairs Pearl Yuan, which revises November: Howard Dean, Sen. against such apathy. the Associated Students’ executive John Edwards, Sen. John Kerry, MTV and MTV.com have branch defi nition. Rep. Dennis Kucinich and Rev. re-launched the network’s Originally, the act contained Al Sharpton. Currently, Kerry popular “Choose or Lose: 20 six sections detailing how the is leading with Edwards not far Million Loud” campaign for president, vice-president and con- behind, leaving the other three 2004. According to MTV.com, troller are elected and what duties candidates trailing far behind. “20 Million Loud” is “a national they must perform. The revision According to the U.S. Census campaign of organizations mo- cuts out the fi rst four sections, Bureau, only 70 percent of the bilizing more than 20 million leaving only the sections explaining citizen population voted in the young adults ages 18 to 30 to student representation and the act’s last presidential election. It vote and be a deciding factor in effective date, according to the is calculated that 111 million the 2004 presidential election.” meeting’s agenda. people voted in 2000, which is Celebrities including P. Tran felt that the act hardly even less than in 1992 when there was Diddy, N.E.R.D. and Jamie resembled what it was supposed to a record high of 114 million vot- Foxx attended the 11th annual be when it was originally proposed. ers, according to the U.S. Census Rock the Vote Awards a week “They were removing most Bureau statistics. after the February 1, 2004, of the provisions,” Tran said. “I kickoff of the campaign, which felt like they were slighting the began during the Super Bowl democratic process.” halftime. Yuan said the deletions were “Historically, There was a huge turnout of necessary in order to protect the the voter turnout young people who signed up to A.S. from legal repercussions. of young people vote, and the message for the “We could get sued if we didn’t day was “that everyone needs strike some of these (sections),” has been low. to vote, and they need to do it Yuan said. Young people on Election Day,” according to Tran believed that these revi- don’t feel directly MTV.com. sions were not handled in the best Rock the Vote’s Web site is way. connected to the promoting online voting with “They should have rescinded outcomes of the various marketing programs: the whole act and presented a Rap the Vote, Rock the Vote new one,” Tran said. “Regardless elections.” Latino, Voter Registration Kits, of the case, the process should be Rock the Vote clothing and followed.” other promotions. The site also The act passed, with only Tran - Peter Haas, includes information on why opposing the measure. voting is important. Given that this was the fi rst of- political science Peter Haas, professor of fi cial meeting of the semester, A.S. professor political science, believes young president Arash Shokouh said that people don’t feel politics apply the meeting went well. to them. “It was very long and very “Historically, the voter productive,” he said. “We got all the Alison Fong, a senior major- ing in creative arts, said she feels turnout for young people has important stuff out of the way.” been low. Young people don’t Subsequent meetings will be strongly that young voters do not pay attention to the news or feel directly connected to the focusing on getting the 2004-05 outcomes of the elections,” Haas A.S. budget passed, according politics. “We are isolated from the said in a phone interview. to Shokouh, a junior majoring There is still time to choose in computer engineering. He issues and major current events. a candidate for the March 2 also added that the board will be Today our attention is on California primary, though ac- dealing with the upcoming A.S. popular media like ‘American Verna Kirkendall / Daily File Photo cording to the California offi cial elections and the changes to the Idol,’ and when the news in on, voter information guide, the last board’s roster. we change the channel because Massachusetts Senator John Kerry raises his fi st during his speech at last year’s California Democratic Convention the news is not applicable to us. day to register to vote is Feb. 17. held in March 2003 in Sacramento. Next to him is his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry.

Kerry wavering on gay marriage issue

Associated Press have received high-level assurances he error for Massachusetts to enshrine will take the step. in our Constitution a provision which WASHINGTON — Democratic Spokesman Scott McClellan would have such a negative effect presidential hopeful John Kerry, who said the administration was closely on so many of our fellow residents,’’ Kerry and 11 other members of the opposes gay marriage and hints he watching events in Massachusetts, state’s congressional delegation wrote. might support a limited ban, just two where lawmakers are on the verge of The Legislature’s 2002 effort years ago signed a letter with other voting on such an amendment. Bush failed, but that debate renewed in congressional colleagues urging the has denounced the Massachusetts ruling as ‘‘deeply troubling.’’ the last week after the Massachusetts Massachusetts Legislature to drop a Supreme Court ruled gays were constitutional amendment outlawing Kerry has left open the possibility he could support a Massachusetts ban entitled to the same marriage homosexual nuptials. as heterosexuals unless the state And when Kerry opposed federal on gay marriage if it recognized civil unions and other protections as an al- constitution is changed. Lawmakers legislation in 1996 that defi ned mar- debated a possible amendment again riage as a union between a man and a ternative. But in 2002, he joined his congressional colleagues in opposing Wednesday. woman, he compared the law to 1960s Frank and most of the other con- efforts in the South to criminalize Massachusetts’ last effort to outlaw gay marriage, saying they feared it gressmen who signed the 2002 letter interracial marriages and accused his sent a new letter last month again op- could be used to prevent communities supporters of engaging in the ‘‘politics posing the constitutional amendment, of division.’’ ‘‘from acting as they might wish to but this time neither Kerry nor Sen. ‘‘This is an unconstitutional, un- provide some form of recognition for Edward Kennedy signed. precedented, unnecessary and mean- same sex relationships.’’ Frank said Wednesday he didn’t spirited bill,’’ Kerry declared then, The letter, organized by Rep. ask Kerry or Kennedy to sign this even as 85 senators and President Barney Frank, D-Mass., was sent on time ‘‘because I was in such a hurry,’’ Clinton supported the measure. congressional stationery on July 12, the openly gay congressman said. As his home state grapples with 2002 as the Massachusetts Legisla- Frank said Kerry has always been a historic Massachusetts Supreme ture fi rst considered a constitutional clear to him that he opposes gay Court ruling that could permit amendment that limited marriage to marriage but wants homosexuals homosexual marriages, Kerry’s own ‘‘only the union of one man and one to have equal protection under the comments on the campaign trail woman.’’ law through civil unions, and other are being compared by Republicans, ‘‘We believe it would be a grave legislation. Democratic rivals and even his own constituents to his prior record. Kerry’s campaign said Wednesday he has consistently opposed gay mar- riage while also rejecting legislation, ���� like the 2002 amendment, that he believed jeopardized the civil rights ���� and recognition of gay relationships because it was too broadly worded. �������� ��� ‘‘John Kerry’s position has been crystal clear. He opposed a proposed ���� constitutional amendment in Mas- ��� ������ sachusetts in the summer of 2002 ��� because a sweeping proposal would have threatened civil unions, health ������ benefi ts, or inheritance rights for gay couples that represent equal protec- tion under the law,’’ spokesman David ���� � ���� �������� �������� Wade said. ������������� ����� ��� ���� ����� ‘‘John Kerry favors civil unions, not gay marriage. It’s that simple,’’ Saturday, February 21st he said. The emergence of gay marriage as San Jose State University an issue has placed several candidates GRE GMAT LSAT MCAT NCLEX — including Howard Dean who signed a civil-unions bill during ������������������������������������������� his Vermont governorship — in a delicate balancing act of trying to avoid looking bigoted while placating � �������������� heterosexual and religious voters. The White House refused � � � � � � ��������������������� Wednesday to commit President Bush to supporting a constitutional ������������������������ amendment to ban gay marriages, al- ����������������������������������������������������������������� though conservative leaders said they PAGE 6 THE SPARTAN DAILY THURSDAY FEBRUARY 12, 2004 • SPORTS • SJSU women to face tough road tests Spartan men return home By Ian Ross Daily Sports Editor looking for fi rst WAC win With a conference record of 5-5, the Spartans women’s basketball team By Daniel Lopez tion of 6-foot-11-inch, 215-pound controlling the tempo of the game. embarks on a tough two-game road trip Daily Senior Staff Writer freshman forward Nick Fazekas Despite the fi nal outcome of the while attempting to remain above .500 has improved the Wolf Pack — an Hawai’i match, SJSU was able to in the competitive Western Athletic improvement they demonstrated on execute its game plan, keeping it low Conference. It’s another week for the Spartan men’s basketball team, and with it Dec. 21 knocking off the University scoring as they had planned. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL comes another set of challenges. of Kansas, then ranked No. 6 in the “As long as we keep the other team nation. under 60, we have a great chance of OFF THE For the Miners, Johnson said guard winning,” Walton said. “That means MEN’S BASKETBALL Filiberto Rivera, a 6-foot-1-inch, we’re picking up our defense.” IN THE 165-pound junior college transfer, has Eleven of the Spartans’ 15 losses DRIBBLE raised the caliber of the team. this season have come when the other NOTEBOOK With the infl ux of talent in the team has scored 70 or more points. PAINT conference, the Spartans face an ad- “We’ve shot ourselves in the San Jose State University ranks NOTEBOOK ditional obstacle. foot,” Walton said. “We’ve beaten sixth in the WAC, half a game behind “Every team in this league is a ourselves.” tonight’s opponent, Southern Method- major challenge,” Johnson said. “I Tempo is something the Spartans ist University, which is currently tied for Among the tasks at hand for San know this though, we’re working at it will also have to focus on in their fourth place with a 6-5 record. Jose State University (5-15) is to turn and trying to meet the challenge.” second home game of the week, slated The road trip continues on Saturday, the tables on its season. SJSU will face its next challenge for 7 p.m. Saturday against Louisiana when SJSU has a date with nationally “We’d like to end the losing streak,” when it tips off tonight with Southern Tech University. ranked Louisiana Tech University. said Spartan head coach Phil Johnson. Methodist University at 7 p.m. at the Concentrating on tempo is nothing “That’s the fi rst goal.” The game will be televised Event Center. new to Johnson. A 56-55 loss Saturday to the nationally on CSTV (College Sports Point guard Bryan Hopkins leads “We have to keep the tempo of the University of Hawai’i brought SJSU’s Television), channel 610 on DirecTV the Mustangs, who at 3-8 rank eighth game right against anyone we play in losing streak to 12 games. at 4:30 p.m. PST. It will mark the fi rst in the WAC. the WAC,” Johnson said. The defeat also keeps the Spartans time in school history that the women’s “He’s a great player. He sees the The Bulldogs (11-10 overall, 5-6 basketball team has had a nationally in search of their fi rst Western Athletic fl oor really well. He’s just an explosive Conference victory that has eluded WAC) come to town after their match televised game. weapon,” Johnson said of Hopkins. tonight at the University of Hawai’i. The No. 6 Lady Techsters have them through 10 games. The assignment of guarding Hop- The last time the Spartans went on The Louisiana Tech lineup features compiled a 10-1 conference record, en kins will fall on Bim Okunrinboye, the the top rebounder in the nation route to a share of fi rst place with Rice such a streak was the1997-98 season, Spartans’ point guard. when the team lost18 in a row. That — Paul Millsap. University. “He likes to create for himself,” Millsap, a 6-foot-7-inch freshman The Spartans hosted both teams dry spell included nine straight losses Okunrinboye said. “We got to contain to WAC opponents, and the team averages 12.8 boards per game. earlier in the season, losing to Louisiana him.” “He’s kind of the centerpiece of Tech and defeating SMU in overtime. ended the season at 3-23. The Spartans won’t be able to As if having to overcome op- that team,” Johnson said. During the fi rst game against SMU, concern themselves too much with The duty of keeping Millsap off the the Spartans trailed 35-21 early in the ponents on the court wasn’t tough Hopkins, who Johnson said plays off enough, it seems Johnson and his team glass will again fall on Walton. second half, after being down 26-21 at of high screen and rolls. They must “He’s an all-right player,” Walton halftime. are battling themselves. also focus on 6-foot-8-inch, 250- said. “Just got to go on an all-out war Spartan head coach Janice Richard “We’re trying to break out of the pound Eric Castro, who plays at the with him. May the best man win.” said the key to the comeback was history of the program,” Johnson said. forward and center positions. Shih Fa Kao / Daily File Photo When the two teams squared off SJSU’s three-point shooting. The Spar- Since being formed in 1909, the In the previous meeting this season Jan. 15, Millsap and the Bulldogs tans missed all six of their three-point SJSU men’s basketball program has between the two teams on Jan. 17 in came out on top, winning 73-62. attempts in the fi rst half but made six Spartan forward Tatiana Taylor drives the ball into the paint against Rice only had fi ve seasons of 20 or more Dallas, it was the duo of Hopkins and out of 10 three-pointers in the second University forward Elisa Inman on Jan. 31 at the Event Center. San Jose wins. The mark was last achieved in Castro that allowed SMU to top SJSU “They have a real toughness about half and overtime to erase the defi cit. State University plays at Southern Methodist University tonight. the 1980-81 season when the Spartans 73-58. them, and they don’t give up,” Johnson “(Guard) Lindsay Harris, one of our went 21-9 with coach Bill Berry at the “Their size got to us,” Johnson said. said. freshmen, stepped up that game and helm. “We didn’t guard the inside. That was In order to swing Saturday’s game 15. The next game, they’ll score six,” she including forwards Trina Frierson and in the Spartans’ favor and snap the hit two crucial threes,” Richard said. said. “There is not one person we can Amisha Carter who both average 16.7 Johnson said the absence of a the difference.” “We were able to rally back, turn it up winning history adds to the adversities Johnson said the strategy has losing streak, Walton has a plan. consistently go to.” points per contest. “We just got to get back to our on defense and were able to get some Louisiana Tech head coach Kurt SJSU faces. changed for this game. Rompola said, defensively, the defensive principles, staying in front stops.” Mustangs were concerned with stop- Budke said opposing teams have “Having a winning season, I think “We can’t let them throw it right in SJSU point guard Cricket Wil- of our men, post defense, just all-out ping Williams. problems with his team’s quickness. that’s the progress we’re trying to to Castro,” he said. liams scored 20 points and dished out playing to the best of our abilities,” “Cricket Williams always plays well “The biggest thing people have make,” Johnson said. The primary responsibility of 10 assists in the game, while center Walton said. against us,” she said. “You can’t stop her trouble with is our defensive quickness,” In the 10-team WAC, Johnson defending Castro will rest on SJSU Teoma Taylor added 19 points and nine With eight regular season games consistently one on one. We have to he said. “We’re second in the nation in said programs that have overcome center Eric Walton, who sat out the rebounds. remaining, this week could be the best minimize her number of times at the steals, over 14 per game, and we force similar challenges are the University Hawai’i game last weekend because SMU head coach Rhonda Rompola 25 to 30 turnovers per game.” of Nevada-Reno and the University of of illness. opportunity for the Spartans to turn said the Spartans have an edge because free-throw line against us.” Richard said the Lady Techsters Texas-El Paso. “I’m not holding back,” said Walton their season around. they have beaten the Mustangs once The Mustangs will also attempt to are balanced because everyone on their The acquisition of marquee players, after Wednesday’s practice. “I’m just “Both of these games are winnable already this season. slow down Tatiana and Teoma Taylor, team is a threat offensively. Johnson said, has strengthened those going to play my game.” — that’s how we’re approaching it,” “This is a pivotal game,” Rompola Rompola said. Budke said opposing teams can’t teams. The key to breaking the losing Okunrinboye said. “O and 10, we can said. “Everyone is trying to move up in “Both Taylor sisters can be very focus on one player in order to slow In Reno, Johnson said, the addi- streak for the Spartans could be only get better.” the standings. dangerous,” she said. “They are very down their offense. “We’re still searching for consistency strong. They muscle up a lot, use their with our team,” she said. “We’re not a bodies well and have good hands.” “You can’t come in and say, ‘We’ll great road team, but we’re a good home The Spartans will then face shut down this person or this person’ Claxton, Cardinal lead Warriors past Suns, 110-99 team. We’re too up-and-down right Louisiana Tech, which is currently on and shut down Louisiana Tech,” Budke a nine-game winning streak. The Lady said. now. We need consistency, especially on Associated Press 19 points in the Warriors’ second high 33 points and nine rebounds the offensive end.” Techsters have won by an average of Louisiana Tech ranks fi rst in the straight victory heading into the for the Suns, who fell behind by 24 Richard said the Spartans had been more than 30 points per game during WAC in scoring offense at 84.1 points All-Star break. points early in their fi fth straight OAKLAND — Brian Cardinal working on some things defensively to the streak. per game. Erick Dampier had 12 points loss. Phoenix has lost 11 of 13 overall, slow the Mustangs’ balanced offense. One of those nine wins came at the The Lady Techsters also rank second scored 23 of his career-best 32 points and 12 rebounds as Golden State dropping six games behind the Los “Offensively, they have no players Event Center, an 84-71 win against the in scoring defense, allowing only 59.4 in the fi rst half, and Speedy Claxton overcame the embarrassing memory of Angeles Clippers for last place in the who average 15 or 16 points a game,” Spartans. points per game. had 19 points and a career-best 13 its last home game, when the Warriors Western Conference. Richard said. “Their leading scorer is During that game, Williams scored “They are playing it on both ends of assists in the Golden State Warriors’ scored a record-low two points in the The Warriors owed their victory to averaging nine points, and they have 21 points against Louisiana Tech and the ball,” Richard said. 110-99 victory over the Phoenix Suns fourth quarter of a loss to Toronto. Cardinal, who has been one of their several players who average seven to Taylor posted a double-double, with 14 Budke said his team wouldn’t on Wednesday night. They stayed tough against the Suns, more pleasant surprises in years since nine points. points and 11 rebounds. overlook the Spartans on Saturday. Cardinal surpassed his career high fending off a late rally with big baskets making the team as a free agent. He “That type of team is the most “We feel like we can compete with “(SJSU) always plays us well here,” for the fi fth time in his remarkable by Claxton and Richardson. had his best game ever in just his dangerous,” she said. Louisiana Tech with athletic ability and he said. “I like their team. They have season, and Jason Richardson scored Amare Stoudemire had a season- fourth career start. Rompola said she likes that aspect of on defense,” Taylor said. “There’s no one of the best players in the country in her team because opponents must guard reason why we should get blown out.” Cricket Williams, but they have other all fi ve players on the court. The Lady Techsters have four play- players who can score 10 or 15 points “Some nights, one player will score ers averaging double fi gures in scoring, a night.” THURSDAY FEBRUARY 12, 2004 THE SPARTAN DAILY PAGE 7 • SPORTS • Roddick advances in Siebel with straight set win By Jenny Shearer choose to prepare to receive on. place, and hopefully I can continue that Daily Senior Staff Writer “He doesn’t have the biggest and get even further this year.” wingspan in the world, so I wanted During the offseason, Blake said The ace count said it all on Wednes- to establish my wide serve so it would he worked on his serve, which paid off day: 16 for Andy Roddick and four open up,” Roddick said. during his match with Fleishman. for Christophe Rochus, his Belgian Roddick made Brad Gilbert his “I started off serving terribly, and opponent. Roddick won 6-4, 6-2. coach over the summer and credits I picked it up and I didn’t get too The crowd, including Roddick’s Gilbert with helping him to become frustrated or down on myself, especially girlfriend, singer-actress Mandy more mentally focused. because I wasn’t serving well at the be- Moore, applauded loudly after he “I used to kind of play every match ginning,” Blake said. served up a 143-mph missile at 3-1 in do or die, and I would drive myself Before Roddick took center stage, the second set. crazy sometimes. I’m just taking a real American Mardy Fish defeated Ken- Over the weekend, Roddick set a laid-back approach now,” Roddick said. neth Carlsen of Denmark, 6-3, 3-6, new world record when he fi red off “For example, if I feel like going out and 7-6 (7-2). a 150-mph serve in Davis Cup play watching a movie during the day before Fish, the tournament’s third seed, against Austria. I play a match, then I’ll do it.” seemed to lose his concentration in the Rochus had never played Roddick Roddick said what he likes about second set. He played better when he before and said he had a hard time tennis is that it presents new challenges served and volleyed and dictated the adjusting his game to Roddick’s tempo. every day. points. “He has so much intensity in his “It’s cool in the fact that you can’t Fish served 12 aces and got 55 game. Everything goes so fast. He really sit on your haunches too much percent of his fi rst serves in compared doesn’t let you breathe,” Rochus said. and enjoy what’s happened,” he said. to fi ve aces from Carlsen, who landed Rochus also said the ball felt “heavy” “There’s always something else out 64 percent of his fi rst serves. during the match, which made him feel there.” Fish said his play was a little messy. like he was hitting the ball late each When asked how he felt about “I remember I played a match time. sharing the nickname “A-Rod” with here last year in the same round, and Roddick, the tournament’s No. 1 baseball star Alex Rodriguez, Roddick I pretty much played identical to that seed, said he thought otherwise. said he’d “let him have the nickname if I and I lost that match,” Fish said. “But “I thought he was actually handling can have his contract.” mentally, I stayed in and am just a lot my stuff decently. He was hitting the After Roddick’s match, American more mature in my game. I think today Yvonne Pingue / Daily Staff shots he needed to hit. I thought he hit James Blake defeated qualifi er Zack was a testament to me hanging in there a lot of good shots and fought his way Fleishman, 6-1, 6-3. He will play and staying focused.” American Andy Roddick, ranked third in the world, prepares to hit the ball in the second set against Belgian back into the fi rst set,” Roddick said. Joachim Johansson of Sweden in the He said he was particularly happy Christophe Rochus Wednesday night in the fi rst round of the Siebel Open held at the HP Pavilion. Roddick Rochus countered Roddick’s boom- second round. with how he handled Carlsen in the would go on to win the match 6-4, 6-2, moving him to the second round. ing forehands and serves with slice Blake said he likes playing indoor tiebreaker. backhands, but once Roddick settled tennis. “I knew his strengths and weak- Hyung-Taik Lee defeated Belgian Taylor Dent, 6-4, 6-4. Qualifi er K.J. Thursday’s featured night matches into his surroundings, he dominated “I grew up playing a lot indoors since nesses. His forehand was better than his Xavier Malisse in two sets, 7-6 (7-1), Hippensteel sent Jan-Michael Gambill are Andre Agassi versus Wesley Moodie the match. I was in Connecticut, so that feels good,” backhand, so I said to myself, ‘I’m going 6-1. Johansson also defeated Germany’s packing in two sets, 6-3, 6-2. of South Africa and Roddick versus Even though Rochus was able to he said. “I’ve got a lot of confi dence here to serve every serve to his backhand and Nicolas Kiefer, 5-7, 7-5, 6-2. With the win, Hippensteel reached Belgium’s Kristof Vliegen. return some of Roddick’s serves, he … I made quarters and semis the last make him beat me,’ ” Fish said. In an upset, American Robert his fi rst-ever Association of Tennis Wednesday’s total attendance at HP said it was hard to know which side to two years. I defi nitely feel good in this In morning matches, South Korea’s Kendrick beat fellow countryman Professionals quarterfi nal. Pavilion was 10,705.

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Vintage records available for purchase are among the many items that adorn Ken’s Hubb Barbershop, operated by Ken Parker. iting one of his stories to a customer ‘The Rock & Roll who wrote for a newspaper. “They asked me, ‘Do you want to Barber’ cuts hair be?’ and I said, ‘Is it going to cost me anything? No? Then I’ll be (happy to and sells records be written about),’ ” Parker said. By Michelle Ochoa Lined on the wall are pictures and postcards of various recording artists Daily Staff Writer above bins of used records for sale. “I have a friend that lives over on Since 1963, Ken Parker, “The Rock the coast and works for a newspaper,” & Roll Barber,” has been cutting hair Parker said. “All those postcards he in the same location neatly tucked sent me.” between the Catholic Campus Minis- Parker said his friend also sent tries building and Robert’s Bookstore him the two black-and-white photos on Tenth Street. taken between the ‘80s and ‘90s at the On the front door, neon lights spell Catalyst in Santa Cruz. One picture is “The Rock & Roll Barber” above a Tina Turner, the other B.B. King. Both paper sign declaring records are for artists are singing alone on stage. sale, “Drop in and browse around.” The records for sale are also part of “The fraternity brothers started Parker’s shop. calling me that in the ‘70s,” said Parker about his alias. Stepping inside is like taking a walk into a comfortable 1960s den, except for the two barber chairs on the right-hand side. Various collections, memorabilia, magazines and a stereo fi ll the shop, as well as the faint smell of age found in many of San Jose’s older buildings. In the back, behind a door sits a beer refrigerator. Parker isn’t particular about any one brand. “A cold beer is a cold beer,” he says. However, this place isn’t someone’s home. “I run an old-fashioned bar- bershop,” Parker said. “And it’s a barbershop, not Supercuts.” Sure enough, there are no fancy hair dryers or hot irons here. “He used, like, regular scissors you have at home,” said James Brent, associate professor in the political sci- ence department, about his experience with Parker. “It’s a crazy place, man,” said Jessica Photos by Susan D. Reno / Daily Staff Parker’s craft doesn’t depend on Mazur, a television, radio, fi lm and high tech equipment. It’s based on TOP: Ken Parker, also known as “The Rock & Roll Bar- theater major who purchased a Neil ber,” takes a break on Tuesday in the doorway of his old-fashioned barber skill. Diamond record there in 2001. “It was the only haircut in my life barber shop on Tenth Street, next to Robert’s Bookstore. “Don’t blow my spot,” said inter- where he used a hot lather. You just Having been in this location since 1963, Parker said he national business major Chad Belden, don’t see that anymore,” Brent said. has witnessed many changes in the neighborhood. He Parker, 64, said he has been work- who buys records at Parker’s shop. said he is happy about the newest addition, the dorms ing in the profession since 1957. Belden said he likes that only a few being built across the street, because their height will “My father asked me what I was people know about Parker’s records. block the summer afternoon sun and keep his shop going to be, and I said I didn’t know,” Parker said he bought the records cool. Parker said with a laugh. at garage sales and fl ea markets in He said his father told a barber the 1980s. He estimates he had about ABOVE: Ken Parker, owner of Ken’s Hubb Barbershop, about his son’s dilemma. The barber 30,000 at one point. checks the mirror to evaluate his work. His customer, suggested barber school. A haircut from Parker costs $14 Brian Kim, is a library science graduate student at San “And I’ve been one ever since,” and a beard trim costs $6. He’s open Jose State University. Kim said he discovered “The Rock Parker said. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and & Roll Barber” while shopping next door at Robert’s Recommendations for Parker’s Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Bookstore. services come from different places. Parker said he’s closing this In 1988, San Jose Mercury News weekend to head to Daytona, Florida RIGHT: Parker rests during a Tuesday afternoon lull in columnist Larry Slonaker extolled the for the Daytona 500, but he’ll be back. business at his barbershop. His shop is open Tuesdays pleasures of receiving a Parker haircut, After 40 years, there’s little worry that through Thursdays and on Saturdays. However, he will complete with a 20-second shoulder he will be leaving his shop for good be closed for the rest of this week while he travels to massage as a fi nishing touch. anytime soon. Florida to attend the Daytona 500 for the third time. In 1998, Metro named Parker’s shop “The Best Haircut Like Elvis Used to Get” in its “Best of Santa Clara Valley” issue. Parker expressed amusement at these and other media mentions. He said it’s all about who you know, cred-