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Volume 115, No. 35 ww w.spartandaily.org October 19, 2900 Economic impact of vouchers debated By Beau Dowling If passed, the proposition would political science and president of the -Vouchers don't create competition authorize the state to pay $4,000 for any SJSU Libertarians club, said Proposition among private schools," Suzuki said. 1)\111 SI \IF ViRIIIR student who wishes to attend a private or 38 is a good idea because it would allow Handan Ugar, a graduate student in Thirty-five people came to the Almaden religious school. parents to choose which schools their economics, said distributing vouchers to room of the Student Union to watch the Eddy Fong, a senior majoring in eco- children would attend. every student would not work. apartment of economics debate on nomics, said the proposition would not "School choice shouldn't come from "We have to determine the marginal Wbposition 38, which regards school c4;r:;vi help lower income families. bureaucrats," Johnson said. "It allows value of education for each student," Ugar vouchers. "It will help the higher income and competition in schools and offers students said. "Only an increase in the quality of Mike Pogodzinski, a professor of eco- Rudolph Gonzalas, department chair of middle income people, Fong said. "It better education." education can determine who is valued." nomics, and Steve Cuellar, a lecturer of economics, acted as mediator. gives more choice and freedom to middle Keiko Suzuki, a graduate student in Pogodzinski started off the debate by economics, discussed the pros and cons of Pogodzinski is pro-Proposition 38, and income people." economics, said the idea of vouchers cre- Proposition 38. Cuellar is con-Proposition 38. Joel Johnson, a senior majoring in ating competition is unrealistic. see VOIT'HERS.1,,,,,. Not just another face On the wall Housing, Daniel Loyal Careia, a Prop 38 member of the October 22 Coalition. speaks out on agenda about victims who were killed by of senate police. Garcia said that he I{ \ I Fitt 1.11(1c1 still started work- DUI \ NI \II ksiiis Faculty housing and state Proposition 38 will ing against he some of the topics of discussion when the uni- police brutali- versity's Academic Senate reconvenes for its Unit- monthly meeting, from 2. p.m. to 5 p.m. on Mon- ty in the day, in the Almaden room of the Student Union. ed States four The meeting will be opened to the public. years ago A presentation on faculty housing will leadoff the meeting, after his followed by a brother. Mark question and a nsvver peri- Williams Gar- ACADEMIC SENATE od, said Mary MONTHLY MEETING cia, was mis- Jo Gorney- 111I \I: taken as a Moreno, the Among issues to be dis- senates chair- cussed. faculty housing and criminal and woman. school vouchers beaten to Featured speakers will Witu. : 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. death by San be Susan WIIERE: Almaden room of the Francisco Hansen, Student l'nion director of police offi- housing serv- Sleeting is open to cers. ices and Jerry the pohlh.: Mimnaugh, 1,1 1,111011111 11111a 11,11R Si,di executive director of Spartan Shops, she said. 'Stolen Lives Wall' displayed outside "Housing is difficult for everybody," Mimnaugh said. "It's in every newspaper." Union to help end police brutality The topic of housing at San Jose State Univer- sity is nothing new. By Minal Gandhi spoke about the 1996 case of his broth- President Robert Caret mentioned the issue of er Mark Garcia. He said his brother housing in his Aug. 24 inaugural address. DA111 ARM it was pepper-sprayed, beaten by police "We continue to ... concentrate our efforts on While walking by the Student Union officers and then thrown into a police improving faculty and staff salaries ... but we on Wednesday afternoon, many San Jose wagon where he later died. have a new challenge ... the wildly escalating State University students slowed to Garcia's booming voice attracted a cost of housing in our valley," Caret said. rve the tall, dismal black boards that crowd of about 20 people. Somv On Oct. 2, Patricia Hill, chapter president for hundreds of names and pictures of stopped to listen for the duration of the California Faculty Association, voiced her victims of alleged police brutality Garcia's speech while others moved on concern regarding the issue. The "Stolen Lives Wall" that was on after a few minutes. "Any discussion of faculty salary has to be display outside of the Student Union Elizabeth Gravis, a sophomore placed in the context of the high living costs in was presented as an effort to end police majoring in liberal studies, lingered in Silicon Valley," she said. brutality, repression and the criminal- front of the wall. She said it was scary Also on the meetings agenda will be a resolu- ization of youth, according to the SJSU to see so many names of the victims of tion opposing school vouchers - state Proposition Students for Justice organization, police brutality. 38. which hosted the event. "It's good they're having this because "Vouchers are a threat to public education," "Our goal is to raise awareness it raises awareness and makes people said member Tim Hegstrom, a professor in com- among the students on campus and think," Gravis said. "There are good munications studies, who had introduced the res- hopefully have them speak up on police officers out there. but seeing that olution during the senate's last meeting on Sept. issues such as this one," said Richard brutality still occurs makes many peo- 25. Martinez, a member of the group. ple distrust the police altogether." "It smacks of tribalism," he said. Martinez said police discriminate Steve Dixon, the press information l'han, a sophomore at San Jose State llniversity reads a ilicr given out by Although several members had voiced their against poor people, younger genera- officer for the San Jose Police Depart- Students for Justice. Students I'm Justice. an tif sl club. displayed a number of support of a motion for the resolution, time ran tions and people of color. ment, said the department had no com- out before any action could be taken. As students read the names of the ment. walls that indicated names of victims of police brutality in the Bay Area and Other items on the last meetings agenda had victims, Daniel Garcia Sr., a represen- "These organizations have been other major cities in the tinned States. Phan said he ICIt bad that most of victims tative for Families of Stolen Lives. See WALL. Page 6 were Asian Americans and African Americans. set SENATE. Page 6
At a candlelight vigil to promote Breast cancer vigil draws slim crowd Breast Cancer Awareness Month, By kellie Chittenden have more of a turnout, but the people who were Denise Rivera. right. Marisol Mar- here are people who feel passionate about bringing tinez. center. and Cecilia Sobalvar- i) Y WKII/14 forth that awareness on campus." Tile need to promote Breast Cancer Awareness Six sorority sisters huddled together on the bench ro. left listened to information Month was evident by the sparse turnout at the can- outside the memorial and lit candles while Michelle provided by Michelle Lozada. a dlelight vigil sponsored by Sigma Theta Psi. Lozada, team leader of the gender and sexual health peer health educator (not pic- Seven members of the multicultural sorority, track of the peer health education program, passed including chapter president Maribel Martinez, who out pink ribbons signifying breast cancer awareness. tured). The women. who belong to organized the event, met at the Spartan Memorial Lozada lectured the women about the importance Sigma Theta Psi. honored people for the vigil that was scheduled to start at 7 p.m. of monthly self-examinations and provided them The event got to a slow start, however, when uni- with instructional pamphlets and diagrams - includ- who have been affected by. breast versity police failed to show up to unlock the memo- ing a diagram designed to hang over a shower head cancer. They walked around cam- rial's doors. with punch-out markers for each month. Martinez said people who might have joined the "Basically, I just wanted to let you know that there pus with candles and at the end of event may have been deterred because the chapel are a lot of resources on campus that you weren't the vigil blew them out inside wasn't open and lit on time, but that she was not dis- aware of..." Lozada said. "With your tuition, the Stu- Spartan Memorial. couraged by the low turnout. dent Health Center actually offers physical exami- "It would have been nice to have more people join Jill Toyoshiha , Daily us," Martinez said. "Hopefully for future events we'll See V IG I L. Page 6 Staff