SPARTAN DAILY VOLUME 125, NUMBER 02 Serving San Jose State University since 1934 FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 2005 1111 !rjp SPARTAN DAILY "IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT..." JTHEWILL NOT PUBLISH BAD WRITING CONTEST, NEWS PAGE 6 MONDAY. IT WILL RESUME TUESDAY. New Professor directory offered available extra help BY CHEETO BARRERA Daily Staff Writer Memorial service The San Jose State University to be held Saturday online phone directory received a major face-lift at the end of last se- BY JOHN MYERS mester that more than doubled the number of faculty, staff members and departments listed. Journalisin Professm Serena While there are still a few sty- Stantoid is drop anything she listic points to work out, Victor is is doing to help her students. Van Leer, manager for university "I isas ill and I missed a less computing systems, said the new classes." said Gail Evans, associ- system is easier to operate. ate dean of undergraduate ,tudie, The old database required at San Jose State University. "I people to enter phone and e-mail couldn't set up a time to meet with lists by hand, Van Leer said. (Stanford). so she invited me to Now, University Computing and her home and spent several hours Telecommunications, which oper- naming me It was so above and ates the system, uses unclassified beyond what any professor is re- human resource information that quiri'sl ti di allows the database to be more ho spent more than complete and accurate. 30 yews Ii SJSV and retired from "The old phone directory was her position as head of graduate done by hand," Van Leer said. studies and reseasb in 1999. died "The new system is based on the PHOTO COURTESY OF MIKE ADAMS June 5 :it the age ot 1,5, A mem, human resource database, which Full sets ice \sill he held at 2 p.m. gives us the correct name, title, de- Director of photography Jim Orr measures the light for exposure for a scene in the movie "Drifting Elegant." The film was primarily shot Satinday ii the Music building partment, phone and email." on and around the San Jose State University campus. r'oniert The new directory went on- I have heard from line May 31 after nearly a year of students Mitt had lwr Is that she planning and a month of testing to vs as Iii lb evtraoithilarily compe- work out most of the bugs, Van tent and clii is Is gracious in Leer said. dealing is ith student concerns.- The original directory web site, SJSU in the spotlight said Lela Noble, Interim dean of www.sjsu.edu/directory, is still on- the College of Social Work who line which provides a link to the said she has known Stanford for old and new phone lists. Van Leer Professor takes director's chair; alumni star in film decades. said the old list will be taken down s .ins. who was advised by sometime in October. By Kevin Yuen tools 111155 main ared, It 1110,1111 Mid (I1C.111C Lill inein ( oink' Stanford i hilt: pursuing a minor Van Leer said there were a few Daily A&E Editor sdlool :is ikell as in local busi- hers tit k %Lamle/ and N1.11 111W/ dild had help. in Tel% Ii ionununication. said she updates over the summer, but they nesses. including Faluenheit Dallas veie up lot a challenge hiss es el. In South liay HMI is ill is' ii lOrget tier memories of were mostly "usability enhance- A professor became a director. Ultra I aninge and Peanuts This was not different than is hat Studios. a production ,ompany Stantold's work. ments." a play morphed into a film and a The film. duected by tele the had thine before the!. the% 110,Itell ',1St "She is as, without question. one The old directory listed 195 de- campus transformed into a movie sill. di. tutu ind /heatic ha \ e pioduced three othei featuie 1,15,c nom SPNI Cannen of the most outstanding imtfessors partments and now 433 are listed. set over the summer at San Jose professor Amy I ;Wet. is iii, also tilins and a number it must, suil Sttici I he -audit) is managed Iris c had 111\ lengthy educa- Van Leer said. State University. direoed the plas seisiOn. lillis cos in ilk. department lint they I.\ the San lose State I'm \ ersity tionai c,,teer." Es an. said. The number of staff members The feature "Drifting Elegant" the breakup ot a tumultuous mai ILO Pi"diks'd .iii thing "i MITIll.11111. 11011 pion( Emmet SJSU President John nearly doubled from 3.069 to was shot in and around Hugh riage over hie y eats Stephen this magnitude below "Dotting \ helps stu- Bun/el said he never thought twice 5,213. Gillis Hall, as well as on bra- Belber. sli %%title the pla also Elegant- \wok] ii!cid 1,t1,1,2,1 of dents run 5,, iiit liii 11111 ieseiirch about hione Stanford as his special tion in San Francisco. \vilere adapted it to the screen $1 25.000 and. ii lie lust lune. assistant in the 1970s. see DIRECTORY, poge 4 the film is set. Locallv. sir/wiling Producers and tele% sun. ra- Would use Alois limn tile Siteen see MOVIE, page 4 "She sits bright, energetic and honest." said Buniel, who is now a telloyy sith the 111,11 er Institution at Stanford Cm \ ''We de- veloped an instant rapport. and I it'll', II1Ced iigitinst her Mien- 10115 at the time. to join my staff. A.S. proposes action center II %% as one of the hest decisions I esei nude." NA,Ic saki StallfOrd WaS plan, responds to survey ;I I elLibic 'lleague. BY CHRISTINE GLARROW development coordinator for A.S. The purpose of Pci'onal orPenci,cc with het is as that she simply could be Daily Online Editor the demonstration was to inform AS., and even- counted oil to be thoughtful in tually the rest of the students on campus, about wine she did and innovative in Students may have access to more commu- the potential for a similar center or organization how she did things." Noble said. nity based volunteer opportunities if plans for the on SJSU's campus, called the Cesar Chavez Bowel said he could give any creation of a campus action center, discussed at Community Action Center. a.m.!! Innen' to Stanford and she Wednesday's Associated Students meeting, ma- The reason for the center is to give students would he on it immediately. terialize. opportunities to work with children and others in "She is as a take -charge person," A.S. President Alberto Guiterrez, along their community by providing outlets and in- he said. "She was somebody who with A.S. Controller Alex Ramos, Director formation on programs that help others. Stoll was able to deal with problems, of Legislative Affairs Rebecca Balderas and said. reduce them to a manageable size Executive Director Alfonso De Alba, traveled to The center is "for students to be involved ... to and come up with solutions." various California college campuses. including be an active citizen," Stoll said. William Briggs. chair Of the University of California Santa Barbara, California At this point, the center has not moved out of school oi journah sill and mass State University, Northridge, San Diego State and the proposal stage and a location for the possible communications, said he knew of Cal Poly Pamona, over the summer in an effort center has not been determined. Stanford's reputation before tirTIV- to get "programming ideas" and ideas as to how "Ideally, it would be right in the heart of where ing at SJSU. to get their students involved. Ramos also took a the students are, in the Student Union," Stoll "I had heard about this awe- trip to California State University, Chico, where said. some professor at San Jose State." he received information on a scheduler that the As of now, A.S. has allotted $10,000 to get the Briggs said. "When I joined the college offers to its students. plans for the center started. and Stoll said he plans faculty. I was finishing my doc- The trips purpose was to go to CSU Chico to fundraise more next .,emester. torate and she voluntarily helped and learn about their Community Service Action Stoll said he hopes half of the money needed me do all the data analysis for my Center, something that A.S. is looking to imple- to execute the center will come from A.S. and the dissertation just out of the kind- ment at SJSU. "It's geared toward service leam- remaining funds will need to be raised. ness of her heart." ing," Ramos said. "The idea is that the action center would be a Briggs said that even with Ramos said that "once students go on Campus. department of A.S.," Stoll said. Stanford's administration position, they're encouraged to join (the action center)," as Guiterrez also discussed his involvement with she never forgot her students in it is such a well-known and successful organiza- freshman orientation, as well as the first movie the school of journalism and mass tion on their campus. "About 85 to 90 of (the) night, held on August 21. While the movie night communications. people who join (the action center) graduate," had a good turnout, the event would have gone DANIEL SATO / DAILY STAFF "She taught in other depart- Ramos said. better had sprinklers not turned on during the ments on campus. hut this was A bulk of the meeting was occupied by a dem- film, Guiterrez said.