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San Jose State University Since 1934 SServing THURSDAY PART NIOAILY www.thespartandai y.com 10.18.01 Anthrax not found in Duncan Hall package VOL. 117, No. 35 13 Colin Atagi the top of the priority list, Lowe wasn't too worried. majoring in biology, said she could have entered the building. said. "The decision to evacuate thought people were just reacting Jennifer Diaz, a junior major- DAILY STAFF WRIllit Lowe said there is no need for everyone was probably made to what they saw on the news. ing in radio, television and film, The substance that caused the anyone to panic about Tuesday's because of the news media," he "I think they're overreacting said she had a geology class on WEATHER evacuation of Duncan Hall before event. said."! heard there were like 100 because they're so sensitive about the third floor Tuesday night and noon on Tuesday tested negative He said he still encourages events like this around the coun- the issue right now," she said. was worried. SUNNY for anthrax, said Lt. Bruce Lowe people to follow the proper proce- try yesterday, and I think people Some students said they "I was scared," she said. "I was of the University Police Depart- dures in the event of finding any are just paranoid and it's mass thought someone was just pulling coming to school and the whole High 79 ment. suspicious mail containing hysteria." a joke on everyone. street was blocked oft I didn't we I just went Len Low 54 "It was found to be an organic unusual substances. Carlo Moreno, a senior major- Kelli Tran, a senior majoring even want to stay, so led substance," Lowe said. "But it was Despite the events, some stu- ing in biology, wasn't in the build- in biological science, said she just home." not anthrax." dents said they weren't scared ing at the time, but said he didn't thought someone was pulling a Hazel Guillermo, an unde- freshman, said she heard Lip It is still unclear as to what the and felt that people were making think it was anthrax when he fire alarm. clared OPINION substance is, and it is still being a bigger deal out of things then heard the news. "I thought it was a hoax," she about the events on the news. investigated, he said. they needed to. "I had a feeling it was just said. "I'm not worried about any- "I was surprised when I saw it thing on television," she said. "Maybe it th However, because it was deter- Ante Mlinarevic, a graduate something that was blown out of really." Ozmosis' mined that the powder was not student in geology, said he was on proportion," he said. Some students, though, said would have been different if I give readers a but Benita Tamrazi, a senior they were scared that anthrax were actually here to see it." .st hazardous, it will not be put at the third floor at the time re glimpse of things they may not know to about how the Olympic ce Spartan Daily works. is he hopeful anthrax .ou Recent Bringing cases open a whole new IW gets her in scenario for 'My Jounar: smallpox and ill the nation's history chance nd defense to- strategies By Todd Hendry nt DAILY STAFF WRITER al- Page 2 Participating in the Olympic a to life has been a lifelong dream for 32- year-old Stacie Haro, a career he information specialist at San sit Jose State University. SPORTS get her 1,1 Photos and story by JaShong King on Page 8 In January, Haro will ed chance. She is one of the 7,200 ss torchbearers who have been cho- sen to carry the Olympic Flame ie on its 65-day, 13,500-mile jour- is ney from Atlanta, Ga., to Salt Lake City, Utah. ss "It'll be my Christmas pre- r- sent," Hero said. It. Haro didn't discover her ath- letic talents until junior high school. She said she tried The women's volleyball is volleyball and basketball but it didn't fit. it team managed to overcome Her junior high track and ie the Golden Bears and field coach, Jan Kelly, recognized sweep them in three games her talent and encouraged her to th Tuesday at the Event Cen- give track and field a chance. Haro at ter. said she remembers her coach telling her, "If you don't Page 8 even try, you've already failed, but if you try, you've already suc- ceeded." So Haro gave track and field a try. A E She competed in the high jump and broke the school record. After junior high, Haro was nearly undefeated in high school. "My coaches decided where our competition was strong and where we needed strength to get the points for the team," Haro said. "I was pretty much unde- feated in all the events that I Top right: Dressed in full Civil War- director, talks with Michael Nevin, a fellow shade of a group of trees, take aim at did." Film students combine era clothing, Scott Pierson, right, San member in his re-enacting unit. Rebel positions during a Civil War battle "She still holds records at Gilroy High School," said her forces with professor Babak Jose State University's marching band Above: Union re-enactors, under the re-enactment in a park west of Fresno. Sarrafan to make a comedy See HA RO. Page 3 flick titled 'Pizza Wars.' Be prepared to gorge yourself. - Page 5 Teachers march to Tower Hall to voice concerns By Fernando F. Croce deteriorated by current trends." with students and faculty mem- ins were scheduled to be held on relate directly to student condi- Hill spelled out the detailed bers, who were there to lend their the same DAILY STAFF WRITER day included San Fran- tions. results of the charts and graphs support as buttons and flags with cisco State University and Sacra- "We're all in the same boat INSIDE Taking the podium and facing surrounding the podium, with the organization's logo on them mento State University. here." Sloan said. "A decline in the audience at the Student such information as the decade- were passed among the crowd. Speakers at the rally offered faculty salaries is synonymous Sparta Guide Pq 2 Union Amphitheater at noon long decline of the percentage of The event was part of the day- their views on the result of the with a decline in teaching condi- Tuesday, Patricia Evridge Hill, Entertainment Pq 4 5 the California State University long teach-in initiated by the Cal- current trends found across state tions. Working conditions are president of the California Facul- budget devoted to instruction. ifornia State University campus- universities, such as the decrease learning conditions. Sports Pg / ty Association chapter at San Hill said it was the perfect es in coordination with students in instructors' salaries over the "But it is not about the money. Jose State University, went time to get the message out. to educate their community about years. It's about respect," he said. Classifieds Pq / straight to the point. "That's a decline we need to the effects of poor working condi- Steve Sloan, an instructional "That's what the CFA is fighting "The future of quality teaching reverse. That's a slide we need to tions that have been support Crossword Pg. / reported technician for the school for. That's what we are all fight- is at risk," Hill said. "The faculty's stop," she said. across the university system. ofjournalism and mass communi- learning conditions are being The amphitheater was packed Other campuses see TEACH-IN, Page Photo Story Pg. 8 where teach- cations, said faculty salary trends 3 Activist: say Aloha to Hawaii, U.S. Ginkgo trees By Fernando F. Croce fornia," he said. "I eventually said. joined the Marines to avoid the Nichols said he was "no here to stay DAILY STAFF Wants complacency that I saw around longer comfortable being a citi- "'Aloha.' That's how the me in that area." zen after uncovering so much natives meet you in Hawaii, Nichols said that the period hypocrisy in the conduct toward despite smell greeting the same people who he spent with the Marines in other countries," and so he By Andress lo have over the years prostituted Saudi Arabia and Kuwait in the renounced his U.S. citizenship that native word," Ken Nichols early 1990s led him to join and became part of the Hawai- DAILY STAFF WiiiFt said. GreenPeace, which pointed him ian nation, dedicated to expos- Some students have noticed Nichols, an environmental toward "the process I would like ing the pages of history rarely certain trees on campus give off activist and documentary film- to call enlightenment." remembered in classes. an odor that is unbearable to maker, was present to discuss a It was when he moved to Nichols said the goal of the those who pass by. film about U.S. interference in Hawaii and became involved in film is to make people aware of "The tree drops those berries, Hawaiian history with San Jose the diving business, Nichols "the hideous way the United and you step on it. Then it makes State University students at a said, that he found his true love, States selfishly imposed control your shoes smell, and you smell it presentation held Tuesday after- "natural environment on the over the peace-loving natives of wherever you go," said Albert noon at Washington Square whole," and when he looked into Hawaii as they have done with Hsia, a junior majoring in Hall.