SPARTAN DAILY VOLUME 125, NUMBER 02 Serving San Jose State University since 1934 FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 2005

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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 . \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- A.S. proposes action center 10115 at the time. to join my staff. 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 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. SumoMania always her home," Briggs said. onstration by Jon Stoll, external development Natalie Alizage, a junior health science major, puts on a Sumo suit "She always took time to maintain coordinator for A.S. and Solara Foxie, internal see AS., page 4 with the assistance of Robert Griggs, a junior aviation major. The her ties and help in any way she sumo wrestling was put together by the Greek Life committee. could." PAGE 2 SPARTAN DAILY OPINION FRIDAY AUGUST 26, 2005 JESTER ALONE "Gilligan's Island" is not what it was 30 years ago After the weather started getting rough and the tiny bound by a different eIN shackles. Mr. Howell's sin is fairly obvious - with all Mary-Anne bakes every now and again a little too ship N% as tossed, it was over for the fearless crew and The characters of No Exit" come face to lace with of his avarice inspired scams and stinginess the guy is much, on top of letting his anger unleash on his "little its passengers. With Gilligan as first mate they never the unexplained eternity of death and a bizarre yet a comic rendition of Dickens' Ebenezer Scrooge. buddy." This scenario would leave Gilligan without had a chance. This alludes to something that really horrific afterlife, whereas the seven cast- Mrs. Howell, never lifts a sin. But, anybody who's seen the show knows that the needs to he out in the open. The silence has gone on aways are confined to the whims of the tinger around the island, drinks tea with Gilligan is the least virtuous of the characters. The too long. The island thth Gilligan, the Skipper, the strict 1960s television censorship board. her pinky sticking out and complains castaways plans to flee the island are always foiled by millionaire and his wile, the movie star. the Professor In both cases, regardless of how annoy - about the islands sub-par conditions all his stupidity the reason the SS Minnow ended up and Mary -Anne are "stranded" on is Hell. ing their neighbors get, murder isn't an the while sitting on her lazy money. She's on the island in the first place was piobably his doing But don't take my word for it. Thinkers far more Option. as slothful as we all wish we could be. and he always wears red. This leaves us with one con- distinguished and older than myself have come to the Some may wonder why the slightly The Professor represents clusion Gilligan is Satan. After all, it is Gilligan's same conclusion, though by examining a different set amusing and buffoonish characters stuck pride. He convinces himself that his end- of circumstances. on "Gilligan's Island" deserve this pun less stream of crackpot ideas are going to Unlike the characters of "No Exit" that are for- In his play "No Exit." Jean-Paul Sartre purports a ishment. They 'me not that bad, even is ith- work when he can't even patch a hole in ever entombed to the stage, the castaways finally got theory that "other people are hell." The setting of the out the laugh thick. The answer lies in the SS Minnow. some relief. The show was cancelled to make room play is a single room is here three people, recently de- their number. Each character represents PETER CLARK The final two sins allotted to Gilligan for Gunsmoke. Oh yeah, they got to meet the Harlem ceased, are led into a small apartment is here they are a deadly sin they breakdown accord- and The Skipper can be divvied up in two Globetrotters. to to spend eternity. At first, the situation doesn't seem so ingly. different ways. The most obvious way bad, but all too soon the unimaginable horror of being Ginger. with her slinky clothes, painted face would be to blame the always ready-to-sleep-and-eat surrounded by the same individuals forever sets in. and siren song is the embtwiliment of lust tor at least Gilligan of gluttony. pissing off the Skipper, causing tl Both "No Exit" and "Gilligan's Island" are existen- was to me when I was a little kid). hitn to lose his tempter and smack Gilligan with his ti tial tragedies. The characters are completely stripped Jealous of the attention Ginger receives from hat out of the final deadly sin anger. of their tree will. Every attempt at breaking free from the bumbling male characters. Mary -Anne is guilty of However. nobody could argue the generously Peter Clark is a Daily opinion editor their confines is met with failure though each group is has ing envy in her heart. proportioned Skipper enjoys the coconut cream pies "Jester Alone" usually runs every other Monday

RANDOM WORDS publishe waGGE* Reading the newspaper is Bring Dwight Bente Glla room number 2CB ®17 cattf not always interesting t I I.or the past [lour I've been sitting here trying to between the two sides. Egos get in the way and [email protected] think of a toph. maybe time to try something sometimes people take the wrong path. That's Li else. The newspaper should be a sturdy spring- human nature I suppose. The writers I've known board, it's good enough for Regis. have been good people though. Looks like Schwarzenegger's approval rating Is Hey ... want to hear a jokc? How do you tell the down again -- welcome to politics. "Last Action difference between a reporter and a photographer'? Hero." Give them each a stick of gum and tell them to fol- SPARTA GUIDE Wowza. she's tine ... oh sorry. low you. When you turn back around, ask the win- Oh. here's an item. ner to take your picture. Ba-dam-bum! "Marlins suspend batboy for milk-drinking Oh. there she is again wait that's a man .. dare." During an August 2g baseball game be- oh, sorry yet again. Sparta Guide is provided free of charge to students. faculty and staff members.The deadline for 11 tween the Dodgers and the Marlins. Dodgers nipping the page ... look it's President Bush V entries is noon three working days before the desired publication date. Entry forms are avail- pitcher Brad Penny bet a Marlins batboy $500 the junior, not the senior. lot our I ricnds coming to drink a gallon of milk is itlun tim out of comas able in the Spartan daily oftice in Dwight Botta flail. ro lllll 209. Entries can also he e-mailed .. dude on might want hour. Of course, the kid is 1:111 for it. to sit doss mu for this one. Journey didn't to [email protected] titled -Sparta Guide." Space restrict' s may require editing of but he didn't make it. He finished make it. Hush is hi mg the American submissions. Entries are printed in the order in which they are receis ed. the milk hut not in the hour. No $.500 dream, taking what he wants and do- bounty, but the Marlins did slap a six ing it his mmwtm way, and this time he's game suspension on him. TODAY TUESDAY accomplished the unthinkable a sec- Kind of harsh il fl/1.1 ask me. If ond degree of s acation. He stayed at the message is betting is not 4:011 - C', ass had. 'texas, .0 long he forgot that English Department Catholic Campus Ministry dotted that's fine, but aren't they hunting and fishing men't iiork. The war punishing the wrong guy'? Not to 011 treetry ity terrorists is Three new sections of English 1B will A screening of "Hitch" take place at 7 mention. as Penny told the Miami still ongoing. There's no sign of Osama SHAMINDER DULAI be opened. Monday and Wednesday p.m at the Catholic Campus Ministry Herald. "It's kind of ridiculous that Bin Laden. gas Ink:. are always a hot you get a 10-game suspension hit button teat it non -Californians). Iraq is from 12 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.. Monday and Chapel on the corner of 10th and San steroids and a six -game suspension Iii milk.- You still pH, .ag. the pieces together and lets not forget said it, but wait. There's something is tong with the (laza Strip. Not laughing? It'd be funnier if he I I Wednesday from 1:30 p.m. to Carlos streets. For more information, It baseball when players have a ruler to measure sue - weren't the most powerful man In the world. 2:45 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. to contact Kay Polintan at (408) 938- rind punishments. Speaking of not funny, religious nut (can't get II 11:45 a.m. 1610. Hey there she is again maybe I should walk enough of it) Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson over ... oh sorry.. again. apologized for putting a hit on Venezuelan Flipping through the lest of the pages of the President Hugo Chaves. Robertson hosts "The SATURDAY WEDNESDAY newspaper. I began lib /totice a trend. There are 700 Club." If PAX had a [WU \ show, this would many pages of women's underwear. Why are they be it. Since when do peace ltd men of religion send there? Do they really think someone out there is someone to sleep %s till the fishes ' I guess the Ten Lambda Theta Aloha The Career Center going to flip through the paper and say. "1-Imm, Commandments aren't a corner stone. A car wash bras why didn't I think of that?" Well that's my time I'm out of newspaper. will be held on Saturday An open house will be held from 10 There sure are a lot of good writers in this paper. from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the a.m. to I p.m. For more information. Coming from the photography side of the Spartan Shaminder Dulai is a Daily Photo Editor Pauls Methodist Church on 10th contact Marisa Daily many folks assume I mit don't write so good "Random Words" usually runs every other Stacker at (408) 924- well. It is true that sometimes there is a tension Friday. street and San Salvador. Fore more 6171. infomration. contact Maria Lopez at (408) 417-1978. 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6 PRI I ) VY U. GUST 26, 2005 SPORTS SPARTAN DAI I .1 PAGE 3 Volleyball team readies for new challenges in 2005 season

BY CHEETO BARRERA Daily Staff Wntc.

San Jose State University's vol- leyball season is right around the corner with a young team and a revamped league.

VOLLEYBALL

The Spartans. with five fresh- men on the squad, lost last year's powerhouses Carrie Nash and Dana Rudd. s ho played their last year of eligibility.

Learning I he ropes

I lead Ci ,asIi ( aig ( twate said 141111ave; the freshmen are meeting expecta- tions and should fill in the holes. "The kids coming hack :ire do- ing what I though they s%ould do... Choate said. "The freshmen ;ire doing what I hoped ta1 ey ss etcL pable of doing. I'm really excited. 4P' I have a great team." While the team may be s oung. it doesn't lack enthusiasm. tumor right side hitter D)ana Thompson said.

"I didn't know anything about KEVIN WHITE / DAILY STAFF them. hut the first day of practice. they went hard." Thompson said. From foreground, Justine Pingue, Kristina Conrad, Jessie "They really gas e it their all and Shull and Danielle Orong, members of San Jose State got the older play ets pumped up.- University's volleyball team, warm up for practice in Thtimpson. ss Ito Iii shed the Spartan Complex on Thursday. int season with NI blocks. :idded that the teammates have re- Wahine in the Sweet said that \slide she is not a starter. grown close together and have 16 ot the NCAA tournament last she is really learning a lot. "ama/ing chemistry- on the court. year. -Everybody wants to he here." Choate is also looking forward Pingue said. "We base a really Same conference, new foes to the matches against Utmersity good coach; he's a great persor.. In of Nevada, which ss iii teturn all its high school. I didn't get better. But SJSI* 'all us.' Lice three new players from last season now being here on this team really. opponents in the restructured But Choate said the focus is teaches you a lot." Western Athleti, 'onference. nosy on the nes\ tdulls The Spartan Gym. the Spartans' The Cm\ Lastly of Idaho. New "The real (mesh, in mark is on home court, is being renovated and . Motto State I \ and Utah the new schools." Choate said. has forced the team's Sept. h home State I ’IllCI sit leplaLed Rice "Idaho and New Mexico are both opener against the Umversityob KEVIN WHITE DAILY STAFF ersity. strong teams. Utah State has a San Francisco to he played on the Unis Southern Methodist Jessie Shull, a junior defensive specialist, digs a serve during practice Thursday in the Unket-aty. good program. hut they had ses - road at the War Memorial Gym. Tins ersity of Texas Spartan Complex. The team plays 7 p.m. today at UC Davis. El Paso and the ersos. of end injuries. Choate said lie sy is Ilsi the Tulsa. a Inch all sent to Me nos ly No one knoss s ss hat to think of gym would he reads tor their formed Conference t 'S A the three nes% hook," he said. Sept. 22 game against Idaho, hut Choate said SJSU is in a strong In an attempt to till the holes, a he has scheduled the Es ent Center conference. ranked ses emit in the CN% players were switched around. as a backup. nation, and he expects I lass at' including sophomore Jennifer The Spartans started out strong the WA(' perennial puss erhouse. Senftlehen who moved from a with a 14-6 overall record hut to once again dominate. middle Mocker to outside hitter. stumbled mid -way though the "1 hope we can face them three "He just had Me MOW over." year. losing seven of their last times. which means we make it to said Senftleben, who recorded 351 eight games to finish 15-13 over- the championships of the WAC kills in 2004, the second most on all. 5-8 in WAC play. tournament,- Choate said. the team. -We lost Carlie Nash The Spartans play their first The Spartans will take on 10th - and we needed to till her place." game at 7 p.m. tonight on the road ranked Wisconsin. which heat the First -year player Justine Pingue against l’( Davis at the Pavilion.

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.V15It Spartan Bookstore tor Details PAGE 4 SPARTAN DAILY NEWS FRIDAY AUGUST 26, 2005 MOVIE - A.S.- Board of Directors discusses wireless project, print shop hours extension continued from page 1 continued from page 1 teachers were interviewed from that they didn't feel connected Wednesday, said De Alba. access points on campus. "It's slit lerent depanments. with the University." However, while "installation sporadic at this point." De Alba The purpose of the survey, With these responses, the sur- said. projects. liii'Ile 's( MOIL' night a stints - was successful." not all of the which took place earlier this De Alba also mentioned that Some of the university mg of -The Longest Yard," is veys showed that the student's Wireless access points are work- month. was "to get a variety of perspective was different from the the A.S. Print Shop has extended money. along with donanons nom scheduled tor nest Thursday and ing. De Alba said. perspectnes tin how people feel administration's perspective. its hours this semester, closing Martinez and Dallas' connections, A.S. has already confirmed that He said the rest of the testing allowed them to acquire the rights about the campus:* Guiterrez SilS1' is also expected to have at 6:30 p.m. Monday through the spu inkier. it ill he off at the said. needed to completely implement to the script and hire expenensed its it Ryles, project running within Thursday and at 5:30 p.m. on time ol the presentation. Quest it SUC11 as the project w ill take three to four "What do the next month. Friday. actors 1nr South Bay Film Studiii's lit addition. ( luiterrez Melt - weeks, though some students who you like and don't like about The protect, which is meant to tirst feature. such as SJS1 r,ilurir- Other than that. "enjoy the rest Milled a \so ss eek-long stir- SF51 '.yy Vie asked. hay e already set up a w unless ac- fins Cohi Bell I -Third Watch'. offer wireless Internet to students week of classes." t ,illitIMIet1 Ilie I /MCC 01 '1 bin' of Me mord onntruin re- count may lind that they can get of your first Donnie keShat% an ''24t and from !mist buildings on campus, .111t. O.111,11 sIlltletlIs sponses mitten by students) was was supprised to be effective online in certain buildings or at Guiterrei said. Josh Stamberg ("OYer -There). All of Martinez and Dallas' pre% t- oils efforts DIRECTORY - Computer updates allow instant data entry have been self -funded. continued from page 1 trafion, emergensy procedures and Updates were often major COM it's easy. - Jochim did say. however, that with in4in- department oftis es plailltS of users.'' Chris Joelmn. chair of the hu- he liked the new system better.

ey coining It. .,irse the database is updat- Van Leer said the PDF, .ire Some faculty members said manities department, said while "I use it I remiently. and I found phone book," straight from ed through the human resources updated monthly. hut the depart- using the new directory is easy the new directory' IS easy to use, it to be a better San Jose the pockets of lists. Van Leer said phone and e- ment is working 4 411 has mg them and they have experienced few he sees a fen/ improvements that Jochim said. -Because hasp, accounts their friends mail lists are updated daily. The updated on a weekly problems. need to be made. State was based on on MARTINEZ .ind ftiitiilies prey loin lust was updated two or -II was 5 eiy peOple IlltelisiVe It is pretty much the same as "In terms of ease of use, it is the lotus servers, a lot of people were sloyvly being "Di 'twig 1 legants enlarged bud- three times per year, he said. to update:* \,'an Leer said. "We the old systein). I would think. - same as its predecessor,- Jochun left out and are add- get. how eve'. did not change the The new directory now offers had scheduled updates tout times said Jim Freeman. chair nil the said -But Mete you still haye an ed. They need to get rid of the ex- proses. 44t filming. Dallas said. PI31: files of the phone lists for a year but averaged tvy 44 per sear elect' is al engineering depart- extra step beton) )24 ring to the new tra step... and make the data inure 1fie nu idel is the same." Dallas facults and daft. campus Amons Non we can update cry day ment It the UWE can go online, directory " complete said. -It's like instead of single -A baseball. vyere playing triple- baseball. Vve.ie still not doing multi -million dollar trims and we probably nit er still but we Finger case plea delayed tt.:1111 to Make 111111, it 1111 all et1Md- UC Berkeley to review ban tional spin 4411 them." \ spf - A plea sought to yv in large settle- A prolessional production crew i the w,d)’hd, ment horn the last kxrd giant was brought in to work on the sn44441 Yv-as delayed Thursday after de - by mg a portion of a human on alcohol at Greek events and a legion of about 40 snide its tense attorneys asked to discuss tinger in a howl 441 chili. fif.KKI I I rAPI ethyl:11s ers worked with us on this issue current ban by Sept. I. the end ot worked under them for class credit the case with the judge. lieprity lYistrict Attorney at the I tin el its of California. throughout the summer and came recruitment week, campus officials and internships. Anna Ayala and Jaime Chuck iillingham said pros Berkeley. hat e leached an agree- up with a plan that my olv es y lose will lift the ban in stages, possibly -1,14;e're giving students the esPe- Plascencia face two felony ec Mors are not interested in ment that could result in easing the monitonng hs Greek leaders, se- ending the moratorium entirely by nencc if being on a real movie set charges: conspiracy to tile a false iedusing INs against the ban on serving alcohol ii raternity rious sail, non, and educational Oct. 21 if there are no problems. by creating it." said \ Adams. charge and attempted grand then litishand and stile and sorority events. coomonents It a great start.- Greek community leaders [lase chair of the teley nu m. radio, film NS tb CU:et:Sive damages. Another heal mg was ss lied- I he agreement still require the Campus of In ials issued a ['flora- agreed to strict sans non, against and theatre department "Most uni- Authorities allege the pair tiled fin t 1-riday it eek community to be More ay'- torium on dunking :it fraternities chapters that don't ft illoyv the versities don t do that ) ountable. ins hiding patrolling and St1101111e, in \ lay. s long con- agreement. ,side from simply :d lowing their es ems and reporting v rola cerns about problems including UC Berkeley' has 70 fraternities students the opportunity to be its ol c:unpus policies. school lighting. hazing and unruly parties. and sororities with more than 2,500 surfounded by trim professionals. officials said in announcing the 'The ban covers events on and off members. Hard liquor is banned "Drilling Elegant- also proy ides plan Tuesday campus and extends to fraterni- under long-standing policy. Beer the tutus et sity the chance to fund am very pleased with this ties or sororities that do not have a and wine are allowed for students future elide:nor.. said Suzanne The Spartan .igi4)ement.- Karen Kenney. dean chapter hiruse. of legal drinking age. hut cannot Murphy, director of enterprise and 441 a Luton.. said in a news release. Under the new plan. if there he tinted from kegs or other bulk endowment programs of the San "1 rah:nifty and sorority lead- are no signiticant s iolations of the containers. Jose State 1 its erats oundation. The im Mt, ol the !dm will he Daily will not sequestered .ivs.iy and 1111: ." saved 10 jump start other publish Monday. Mlnects. -les been a wonderful on% ergenc,. It will resume I I opportuni nes.- \hirphy said "N1t: has e Tuesday. ADAMS many talented people on stall tat 's1I H ilus particular depart ment -.. eot a world-class ill rector in vHs fhe pieces \v at: w- ally all there "What Barnaby and Nick were able to tht 1, they sass these folks in place and %self:able to pull them into one molest Dallas said he speculates a cut of the in44 still he finished by the end of Nov ember. and that the film will he ready tor testis als such as Students the Sundanse I liii 1 estry al in Park City. t 'nth, and the Tidieca Film Save 50% Festival in in the late winter to early spring of next year. on Symphony "Our track record indicates that it will at least he released direct - to-video. if not in theaters." Dallas Tickets! said. South Bay Film Studios will Subscriber Benefits continue to fund endeavors in the Unlimited Ticket Exchange future, hut another feature film Ticket Exchange by Phone still not come into the horizon for a it title Create-Your-Own Series -A moy ie of this scale takes abut, a year and a half," Martinez said. "In Season Highlights the meantime, this semester we're IV117 conducts Stravinsky's gong to focus on a reality show and Oedipus Rex in semi-staged production another film. "Next summer we're getting Violinist Sarah Chang plays Sibelius ready for a student film one writ- David Robertson conducts Cermin4burana ten by a student and then after Pianist Lang Lang plays Beethoven that another feature film." , Maninez said he thinks the skills 4 acquired on the set of "Drifting Elegant" can be used in future proj- ects. "Basically it teaches the next generation of filmmakers," he said. Drifiting Elegant' had a lot of ex- perienced people who learned a lot and so when the next feature comes around, they can possibly work as department heads or get their own Spartan Bookstore feature shot." Martinez said he would like a A Division of Spartan Shops showing of the movie on campus -, sometime in the near future, after - post-production is finished. subscribe! 4-80tYlb,click sfaymphony.org Enter 1 leas in the prone-14ton rode field )05 FRIDAY .1 CGUST 26, 2005 NEWS SPARTAN DAILY PAGE 5 Calif. politician visits Mexico It's .1ba MEXICO CITY (AP) Woo Hispanic A u,leus ahead of the alarm at the declarations of California Assembly Speaker Nov. X eleclion. :hat emergency in New Mexico and Fabian Nunez met Mexican Memo,. led meanwhile, is head- Arizona. Mexico sees the emer- President Vicente Fox on ing Int!) its lug most wide-open gencies as exaggerated and anti - Thursday on a trip he said was igh presidential election year in many Mexican. meant to ease Mexican anger at decades. on On Aug. IX, Nunez called on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's On arrival at Mexico City air- Schwarzenegger to declare an remarks about immigrants. port. Nunez. who lit ed in ()St Mexico emergency in California. saying But Nunez also found himself until age 7. said enforcement of it would help pressure the federal his explaining oN% n all for a state inlinigration Ia,. -has to he done go eminent to stop drug-running of emergency along the border, a with respect and dignitx." lie said and illegal immigration. declaration made by other states '(7aliforma depends on Me kit, iii St, list arienegger said there 1=1 that has irritated Mexican lead- labor- and endorsed the idea of it as no need for ',OA a deeldra ers. legalizing 'num. il those not). hon. Ile also said state its ;Mums NM Not by coincidence. Nuriefs MIL xiirking illegall hint to declare emergencies unil) meeting with Fox wasn't men- Ile also said he would try in case of war, natural disasters ii it" - tioned on the president's daily to stimulate 111 biismt,'SS. UM hat epidemics. schedule of public e% ems. Mexi, an ilit estment in the state In a letter he sent to Nunez on Heading into the meeting this nd )21.0" ti Pcrcoll ins ci. Wednesday. Sehu.arzenegger said at the presidential residence of the is e ears. Feat, hung $30 the lass tt as intended to protect Los Pimis, the speaker said hill the stir. health. safety life and property in emergency decree was a !natter It Meister; and immigration extreme circumstances. -het )xeen the states and the Bush are hot issues throughout the 'The current situation in ere No administration- meant to seek Sinalm est. Id- Mexican politicians California does not Ilse to this DANIEL SATO / DAILY STAFF resources It, sr Is border region often seek dpplause at home h.) let el.'. the got et nor AA rote 'I - prohlems. denouncing I X treatment of re (hr rhursda). tour Republican Leaps and bounds ... In no way does it seek to at- migrants .ind Ls meddling in state lint makers said they iimmd tack n place blame on the SlexiLan Nine -year -old Geneva Quakenbush hack :mans. ed to introduce a hill that would jumps around Thursday at San Jose State university. She came ol Nlexico.- said Nunez, a Los foi the along with her aunt lost time, Nlexican amend state 1.1w, gising the g, it Gina Silva, a senior interior design major. The inflatable house was part of Greek Angeles Dt mi it,rat. Migrants iS mg abroad it ill be ernor :indium!), mu, declare a stale Life activ4 The 12,, erii,rs of Ari/ofia du] allimed to 1st absentee ballots of emergencs along the border. 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MTV often MTV, which is part of the media company showed only a song or two from several of the Viacom Inc., said its new broadband video performances. channel, MTV Overdrive, will include the AOL visitors could choose from video dedicated "My VMAs" channel to allow fans feeds from London and other cities and perfor- the chance "to relive and remix" highlights inances were shown in them entirety. from Sunday's show along with additional Toffier said there vv as no connection be- coverage of arrivals, parties and interviews. tween the VMA broadband coverage and fall- "It's a way to give people a more com- out from Live 8. plete experience." said Van Taller, president The "My VMAs" effort was in the planning of MTV Networks Music Group. "What we stages for months for MTV Overdrive, which found with the VMAs is it creates a lot of wa- launched in April, he said. tercooler talk about what you missed or saw ... "What Live 8 did show is that when there whether it was Michael (Jackson) kissing Lisa is a connection between the TV event and the Marie (Presley) or Madonna kissing Britney choice of on-demand consumption after the (Spears)." event, everybody wins," Toffler said. Broadband users will be able to replay the VMA coverage already is available on ceremony and sample the bonus material at MTV Overdrive, including a look at the nomi- will, including performances from hands like nees with MTV's Damien Fahey and a profile the killers. The "My VMAs" customization of first-time nominee My Chemical Romance. feature vv ill be available after the show con- A live post-show segment will include re- cludes. porting from MTV News' . John Diddy will host the Video Music Awards, Norris, , SuChin Pak and airing 8 p.m. EDT Sunday from Miami. . All of the awards coverage will The broadband effort follows MTV's much be available on MTV Overdrive for a month criticized coverage of the international Live 8 after the ceremony. 'Geek Squad' Comment on stories online at www.thespartandaily.com overhauled TODAY'S SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Agents of the computer fix- CROSSWORD PUZZLE ing "Geek Squad" wear badge. ACROSS and uniforms and drive black and I I wilp.i., charge PREVIOUS PUZZLE SOLVED white cars a look the California 5 Misbehave 42 wds ) 10 Ant horde Highway Patrol fears too closely 14 District resembles 15 Salary increase actual police officers. 16 Footnote tern The Volkswagen Beetles, em- 17 Pirates' base 18 Football's Answers will blazoned with a "Geek Squad" Marcus - logo and painted black-and-white, 19 Ms Bo mbed. 20 Collarbone are driven by men and women in 22 Insert marks appear in the white shirts and snap-on ties whose 24 Turkish iii ,,,, 25 VIII OW . mission, for a fee, is to bring help 26 Internal .,, i ir , 29 Informer next issue to customers homes, repairing and 33 Decent grade installing computers and entertain- 34 Wild cat 36 Put up clapboards ment systems. 37 Music and dance 39 Astrologer it ..,:WStrillL10, fq,dicals Illt Best Buy Co. Inc. is now re- Jeane - painting its "Geek Squad" Beetles 41 Pea-soupers 3 Spunky movie 32 Ford lemon 42 Exactness princess 35 Talents throughout California to comply 44 Sent via phone 4 Butterflies-to-be 38 Untangles with the highway patrol's request 46 - - Dawn Chong 5 Spider 12 wds I 47 Orchid suppliers 6 Popular lily 40 Newborns that the vehicles not look so much 49 '1964" author 7 Nosecone 43 Read the act Si Kites and blocks covering 45 Teetotalers like their patrol cars, the company 52 Gaelic pop star 8 Capitalize on 48 Computer said Thursday. 53 Knights combats 9 Eyebrow - network 56 Pentagon 10 Martini. maybe 50 Squanders "If a new driver or an older 60 i,tk,cih-bah (2 wds ) 11 Scarce 52 Form a gully driver we, this black and white t 12 Execs 53 Pokes 61 Fateful card 13 Team cheers 54 Ersatz buffer vehicle [hey might think it's the 63 Big horn 21 the 55 Colorado 84 Suitor picture, Springs acad police they've got uniforms 65 Piano exercise 23 Runs a fever 56 Champagne on and they've got badges on and 66 Nov event 25 Ricoh rival word 67 Pastel 26 Muffler 57 Grass-skirt could he mistaken for an officer," 68 Parcels out 27 Grave risk dance 69 Polio vaccine 28 Dismiss 58 'Bootnoser CHP spokesman Mike Herman said inventor (2 wits 1 of hockey Thursday. 29 Border state 59 Short nail DOWN 30 Love greatly 62 Nibbled on The decision to repaint cars 1 Greenish mineral 3 On the stemmed from a traffic stop in 2 Face-to-face exam up-and-up Walnut Creek, Calif.. in June when ' dell lid' it Geek Squad member was charged ma ill d with breaking a California law that .. says, "No person shall own or op- . erate a motor vehicle painted ... to 1 resemble a motor vehicle used by sii. ji 11 a peace officer or traffic officer on duty." ismudim Best Buy then worked with a il.diiii ii in PHOTO BY ROBERT MEGGERS / SPECIAL TO THE DAILY the highway patrol to eliminate similarities. 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The emergency order from the The California Independent "Maybe we'll all get to go ISO caused Edison to reduce de- System Operator, which operates home early." mand by 800 megawatts through- the electric grid in California. de- La Puente. with a population out its territory. clared a transmission emergency of about 41,000, is located in the The ISO asked San Diego to at 3:57 p.m.. said ISO spokes- San Gabriel Valley east of Los shed 100 megawatts. Northern woman Stephanie McCorkle. Angeles. California was not affected by the About 30 minutes later, power The utility scatters the outages shutdowns. was being restored to people sub- to lessen the impact. If the prob- Pasadena, which has its own jected to the blackouts, she said. lem had persisted, the blackout power utility, was asked to in- It marked one of the most seri- would have been shifted to other crease production. ous electricity shortages since the areas. SoCal Edison serves about 13 posver crisis in 21881 and 2001. Temperatures that hovered million people in more than 400 The ISO ordered Edison to around 10(1 degrees in inland ar- Southern California cities and reduce demand throughout its re- eas created increased demand of communities. gion, prompting initial blackouts about 1,500 megawatts. A mega- High demand, high whole- DIANA DIROY / DAILY STAFF in areas of Fontana, La Puente, watt is enough power to serve sale energy costs, transmission Student Ambassador Ibidun Egueti answers students' questions and recommends paying with a credit Cathedral City, Iluntington about 750 homes. glitches and a tight supply caused card on the Internet or dropping off a check in the drop box outside. Eguen was stationed at the front Beach, Long Beach and Ontario, The situation was exacerbated widespread power problems in door of the Bursar's Office on Monday to give students alternatives to waiting in line. said \ lexander. a spokesman by the sudden loss of key trans- California in 2000 and 2001. for So( al Edison. mission lines from the Pacific Southern California Edison Enrollment on campus up Fess WC1C reported in Northwest. Alexander said. and Pacific Gas and Electric lost comnumities struck by the black- A transformer in Los Angeles' billions of dollars to high whok- BY JOHN MYERS Rose said. in students to type in keywords outs. Sylmar section that converts sale prices that the state's electric- Daily Executive [(Mc/ Rose said the in:lease IS tine 10 to mid quick answers to questions Long Beach police Officer powei trout the Pacific Northwest ity deregulation law barred them a new recruitment plan the unit er about scheduling classes, scholar- Greg Schirmer said Edison noti- took itself offline automatically at from passing on to consumers. Students walking across ciun- sity has implemented. Univeisitv ships. linalici;i1 aid and other stu- fied the department in advance 3:56 p.m. when an oil flow alarm During the crisis, the state's pus may notice less elbow room recruiters spoke to each poten- dent se! ices and there were no problems. went off. said Carol Tucker, energy market was manipulated this year. tial student depending on that -When students can sec what "We've had rolling blackouts a spokeswoman for the Los by traders from companies, in- Marshall Rose. associate vice student's interest in coining to we have to 01 lei, it builds our repu- in the past and we se beef) for- Ange I C kpartment of Water and cluding now-bankrupt Enron president of enrollment and aca- SJSU. tation up and that's supported with tunate enough not to have any Inch co-owns the trans- Corp. demic services at San Jose State "For the students with a higher our staff and faculty,- Rose said. University. said the university level of interest in coming here, we Next ear. Rose expects ct CII received 5.000 more applications communicate with them at a high- more marketing it the schi than last year. er level," he said. "We continue to recruitment slogan, "Build tomiii LOWEST TEXTBOOK PRICES "That's a pretty big jump." Rose develop that communication until TOW. start today." said. "Usually it's 500. W1, up to they. say they're mat interested, ''We'll continue with our CIII GUARANTEED! a 1.0(81-application increase not then we cut it down or stop. rent plan. hut %% ell go a step fur- OR several thousand." Rose said his department Ims 'her,- he said. "We want to put More than 34,1MS1 students ap- also trained and hired tom signs in our lett airport like WE'LL REFUND plied, Rose said, and about 25 to who use a new visitor's cute' other universities do, and we want i 30 percent of them are expected to in the Dr. Martin Luther Kiiir to put ads on buses DOUBLE THE DIFFERENCE* show up to classes and enroll in the Jr. Joint 1.ibrary as a gatesav to Rose said getting the word out university. showing potential students the rest about &1St' is Ins department'. NM Spartan Bookstore "The trend is to keep going and of the university. aim. 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