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SServing San Jose State University Since 1934 FRIDAY PARTAN DAILY www.t espartandaily.com 10.26.01 Vol.. 117, No. 41 ROLLING WITH THE PUNCHES Julius Menendez, former boxing and men's soccer coach, to receive the Spartan Legend award By Clarissa Aljentera WEATHER DAILY SENIOR STAFF WRITER Former Spartan coach Julius PARTLY CLOUDY "Julie" Menendez had a saying High: 75 about soccer, "When the ball is on the ground everyone is the same Low 46 size," Menendez, 79, said. In bas- ketball, height is an issue and in football the size of the player is a OPINION factor, but in soccer the quicker player gets the ball, Menendez said. Recent movie "The advantage is that you theater don't have to be real big to play experience it," said Menendez, who coached reminds men's soccer and boxing between 'Annoyed' the years of 1952 and1989. why he hates Menendez, who graduated it so much with a bachelor's degree from San Jose State University, is among 11 people to be honored at the SJSU Hall of Fame Banquet today. Menendez will be present- ed with the Spartan Legend 'Where's My award. Lighter?' During his Spartan tenure, discovers the Menendez spent time as head dangers of coach of the Olympic boxing and driving on soccer teams. One of the most Interstate famous boxers to be coached by highways Menendez was Cassius Clay, now known as Muhammad Ali, who while going Of I won the gold medal in 1960. a road trip. Menendez was the assistant soc- cer coach in 1971 and 1972 and Page 2 the head coach in 1976. His trophy room is proof of the legacy he created. JaShong King / Daily Staff His shelves and walls are lined Julius Menendez, a former San Jose State University boxing with various and soccer coach, shows off the trophies in his house. Menendez is sched- SPORTS plaques of excel- uled to receive the Spartan Legend lence and commendations. award from the San Jose State University Hall of Fame this Friday. Al's autographed picture even Spartan boxing coach Dee Por- 1960. But college boxing hangs on the wall. lost its Menendez posted at the exit of Menendez had worked in night- tal recruited Menendez to attend NCAA sanctioning in 1960 when Spartan gym that was used to clubs to earn money for school. SJSU in 1953. The two met when SJSU boxer Stu Bartell's hit to GOLDEN TOUCH motivate the team. "The differ- "In our first trip to Chicago Menendez was in the Navy. Charlie Mohr led to his death. ence between being good Menendez, who spent four and just about the whole way he kept Menendez eventually took over in Spartan boxer Dave Nelson great is a little extra effort." us in stitches with card tricks," years in the Navy split his time Portal's position, and led SJSU to boxed under between Menendez from 1958 When the Spartans took a road Nelson said. being a pilot and a boxer. three consecutive National Colle- to1960 and was on all the He racked up 17 cham- trip, Menendez would bring out Nelson said he once asked Patriotism for both the United straight wins giate Athletic Association boxing pionship teams. his before he turned to coaching. magic and card tricks to Menendez what he did in his championships in 1958, 1959 and Nelson recalled a sign that entertain the boys, Nelson said. States and Canada were present See BOXING, Page 6 Tuesday at the Compaq Center of San Jose, where the two coun- tries' women's Olympic hockey teams faced off. New streetlight will stop traffic Peking Page 4 By Andrew Toy the city of San Jose is in charge ate the foundation for the light was hit by a car while crossing of the project, and it is current- poles to stand on, and the stop- the street from the corner of opera star DAILY STAFF WRITER ly underway. light should be in place in Ninth and San Fernando streets INSIDE 1The Stoplight that is sup- "It should definitely be work- November. This would leave heading toward "tokunplkr. The posed to help bring safety to the ing before the start of the spring December for the power to be vehicle was traveling west- crosswalk at Ninth and San semester," Rodriguez said. connected to the light in order bound in the number two lane teaches Letters Pg. 2 Fernando streets is scheduled to He also said the underground to get it running, Rodriguez on San Fernando. Witnesses Sparta Guide Pg. 2 be up and running by the end of construction is scheduled to said. said they first saw the car stop December, said Jaime begin some time this week. This Zavagno said it is unfortu- for a pedestrian and waited for students Viewpoint Pg. 2 Rodriguez of the San Jose will include the installation of nate that the installation of the the crosswalk to clear. Then, as Department of Transportation. conduits and pull boxes, which traffic light is a lengthy process, the vehicle proceeded to acceler- By Fernando F. Croce Sports Pgs. 3-4 According to Jim Zavagno, help house and distribute the but he is well aware of the need ate, another pedestrian was described as jogging and walk- DAILy STAFF WRITER Classifieds Pg. 5 the assistant director of plan- electrical wiring to power the for the light. ning, design and construction stoplight, Rodriguez said. According to San Jose police Life is theater and vice- See Page 5 Crossword Pg. 5 for San Jose State University, The next steps will be to ere- reports, on Oct. 11 a pedestrian LIGHT, versa, said Yen Lu Wong, a professor at the school of television, radio, film and theater at San Jose State Women's studies explores multiculturalism in the classroom University. By Sarah Grace Ruf Ogaz also talked about her own experi- had been formed by ni) education to hi What c..ii,titutt., legit int,ite kno,.% I - "Theater expands the ences in the academic world as a Chicana. someone I'm not. edge?" Ogaz asked. DAILY STAFF WRITFR expressiveness of human She explained how her education lacked "You go to school, and you have to code- After taking a class that offered beings," she said. "It is not The women's studies department hosted a elements from her own culture. Ogaz said switch. It's only those of us that know how aspects of her culture as knowledge, Ogaz just somebody reading. It is brown bag lunch series Thursday, where fac- her primary education lacked the elements to code-switch that succeed." said she began seeking similar classes to speaking, singing, dancing, ulty member Charla Ogaz spoke about mul- that would allow her to reflect on who she Ogaz said she also asked herself, once explore. movement" ticulturalism in the classroom. was in context of her culture. she went to college, why everything she "I'm only here because I had a door in Wong said theater must "If we're trying to find ways to live with "I realized that my entire education knew from her experience wasn't consid- my academic experience that permitted be watched in motion and equality" Ogaz said, "then we have to pay denied me that reflection," Ogaz said. "I ered knowledge. me to be here," Ogaz said. practiced to be properly attention to inequality ... and that causes studied rather than academ- challenges in the classroom for teachers and ically poured through books. students." "You can't read about During the first part of the series, Ogaz 11 cut above the rest. . . movement; you have to see read from her dissertation about the chal- it," she said. lenges of teaching cultural issues, then she As part of the world the- took questions from the few people in atten- ater class Thursday after- dance. noon, students were treated Ogaz tackled the question of whether stu- to a presentation by guest dents can internalize trauma that is taught Jacie Wang, who recently in the classroom, such as racism, classism performed in the play "A and sexism. Peek at Peking Opera" at the "I think that when we deal with the histo- Montgomery Theater in San ry of people who have been discriminated Francisco. against in our society, we have to witness The presentation, titled what their experience must have been like," "The World of Peking The- Ogaz said. "That's our responsibility as citi- ater: The Training of a zens of a nation that is invested in equality" Jingju Performer," included a Ogaz said she advocated a classroom envi- practice session in Washing- ronment where students have the opportuni- ton Square Hall during ty to express their emotions about sensitive which Wang demonstrated to issues. First, Ogaz said, they must feel the students the preparation environment is safe. Jingju performers have to go "How do you create a classroom that through before becoming allows students to be vulnerable?" Ogaz part of the opera. asked, adding that she tries to create an Wong said she hopes stu- atmosphere for students to be vulnerable. dents will learn about the One way, she said, is to arrange her class- importance of studying the- room seats in a circle and try to acknowledge ater from other cultures. every student who comes to class individual- 'From theater we learn of ly. a culture's entire history," Ogaz said she is still learning how to cre- she said, adding that she ate a classroom environment where this kind thought Chinese theater is of of vulnerability in education can occur, but special importance. part of it is learning how to make people from "It's always important to other cultures feel comfortable in the class- know what one billion people room. are watching," she said. One student said she agreed that dis- Wang led students cussing cultural issues in the classroom is through a series of exercises difficult. in which she explained the "Students know that their cultural identi- importance of using one's ty has something to do with how they receive voice, the position of feet, the information," said women's studies graduate angle of the torso and the April May. "But there's no forum to discuss it. Omar Ornelas Daily Ste sway of the arms. "Nobody ever talks about how you feel ... I don't know how you can talk about (cultur- Tom Parodi, a San Jose State University employee, has been trimming trees on campus for the last 20 years See OPERA. Page 5 al issues) without (talking about how you before the beginning of winter. feel)."
1 111111 eI .4 4 ()PIN ION- SP 410 Vs DAll Y FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2001 SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY 1 Letters - Movie-going adventures spoiled by teens
a kid, I hated going to the Even now when we go to movies, They spotted the security guard and there is always something that always she motioned for them to come to her. movies. It was like a chore. My they Officer clears air Asparents had to drag me out of annoys me. The laughing stopped and stared Last week we went to go see "Joy back. She took one step in their direc- the house to go see "Fievel Goes West" took and "The Color of Money." Ride." It was a 9:45 p.m. showing, so I tion and the three guys off run- Even though I enjoyed the latter, I wasn't expecting a huge crowd, so I was ning. She chased them down the corri- about anthrax happy. dor and the girl escaped out the back still hated the movie theater. the record, I was misquoted in I grew up in San Francisco. The the- We got our overpriced popcorn, sodas exit without being caught. For"Anthrax not found in Duncan hall aters were raunchy and the parking and candy and we were on our way. After this, I thought nothing else package," Oct. 18, on the unknown sub- sucked. We were going to have a great could top it. stance found in Duncan Hall. I am quoted as The theater always felt like a frikin' evening at the movies and nothing was So I settled in with my girlfriend, saying it was an "organic substance." icebox. older and that my feet actually touch the going to spoil it. and we were ready to watch the movie I think the reporter and I misconununicat- They always had the air conditioner ground now, but the movie going experi- Wrong. when a large man comes in and decides blowing full blast, even if it was the ence is still one I have to think about I felt like I was at a high school he wants to sit next to me. ed. The substance found in Duncan Hall was that I not an organic substance. dead of winter. before I open my mouth and say "yes." dance. The theater was packed with This is another thing don't The seats were often large and smelly. At the age of 17 I started to frequent rambunctious teen-agers who couldn't get. With a theater full of empty seats Keep in mind I was probably about 5 the movie theaters. sit down and be quiet, even if their lives and seeing how my girlfriend and I Lt. Bruce Lowe only ones in the row, SJSU Police Department years old at the time, my legs were too With my girlfriend on my arm and depended on it. seemed to be the short to reach the Coke-stained floor. my wallet full of singles, we'd march up In particular, three boys annoyed the why the hell would this beast of a man The theater always seemed like a to the window and purchase our tickets. hell out of me. They thought it would be come and sit next to me? Public stations different world to me. Being the gentleman that I am, I a great idea to sit in the top row and I still don't get it. I hated everything about it. opened all the doors for her, not allow- shout stuff as the lights dimmed. The same thing happened to me One of the most annoying things I ing her to even touch the handle. The security guard, a manly looking when we went to go see the movie help one tune out remember is the look on the faces of So the tone seemed to be set for the woman with a deep voice, walked in "Body Shots." those who had just exited the movie I night, right? and flipped the lights on. The theater was full of perverts who was going to see. Wrong. The audience went dead silent and were in their mid-30s looking to see a the 'perma-news They'd often come out with a smile The movie theater was full of teen- she threatened the boys. She told them little T and A. on their face like they were the coolest agers who couldn't seem to control that if she received one more complaint Not only were they there to see the Ermly B. Zurich's column about survival people alive because they had just seen themselves. You had the people in the about them, that she'd throw them out. scantily clad teen-agers who starred in and television (Protecting one's sanity the latest flick on opening night. top row making out, and the idiots in People in the crowd responded by clap- the movie, but they wouldn't stop talk- from TV 'perma-news,' Oct. 9) was great, But that was more than 15 years the row beneath them throwing pop- ping their hands. ing to me, as if I were actually having a but I think we can all use a break from the rat- ago. One would think that my percep- corn all over each other and using pro- They said they were sorry (yeah conversation with them. ings-driven television news networks. tion of the movie-going experience fanities every third word. right) and she started to make her way You'd think that as time changes, so About a month ago, when I needed to escape would have changed, right? Is it just me, or does this sound down the stairs. would my annoyance for movie theaters. from the images of the terrorist attacks and Wrong. familiar? Just as she did so, the exit door Wrong. the bold headlines that say, "ATTACK, ALERT In the last five years, I have gone to I mean what is it about these places popped open and four people, three guys or BREAKING NEWS," I turned on the radio the movies quite a bit, and I am still as that bring this behavior out of them? and a girl, came in. They strutted, laugh- Ben Aguirre Jr. is the Spartan Daily and discovered National Public Radio. annoyed as ever. As I have grown older, I have started ing because they thought they were Managing Editor. I have always thought that the public radio Yes, things have changed. I know lam to notice these things more frequently. about to sneak into the movie for free. "An noyed" amen rs Fridays. station was boring and that only older people would want to listen to it. My only use for the radio had always been to listen to music. THIS, GENTLEMEN, IS THE BLACK HOLE To my surprise, NPR is actually very funny OF LARGE-SCALE MILITARY OPERATIONS" Seattle road trip turns and interesting to listen to. It not only reports news but also different programs about enter- **. N> tainment, sports, finance and the British Broadcasting Corporation international news into cultural experience that will cater to everyone's interest. hours on the road, about 11 They recently broadcasted a special on sleep Fourmore to go, my ass is asleep and deprivation among young adults that can defi- my right foot hurts from stepping nitely relate to the vast majority of us. One of the on the gas. The left lane suddenly closes best parts about NPR is the commercials because and there is nowhere to go but into the they do not have any of those ten minute-long fat orange cylinder barrels, locking the commercial breaks like the other stations. brakes in the process. The next time when the images on TV are The Coke spilled and the windshield becoming too harsh and the music becomes wipers wiped away the rain as the car too redundant, tune into NPR and be ready to came to a stop. My heart was beating be enlightened. faster than a drummer playing solo in a punk rock concert and my chest hurt from Julie Huynh the seatbelt restraint. Was it worth it? myself so I could sit in a corner and carve sophomore Well, beside the fact that I almost killed everything I saw in my mind forever. engineering self and my friend Clay on Interstate 5, -hare always loved. cities..14frav up Isioith or Vfilicouver, WaShingfen, "bathing in one and hope to grow old smelling the back from a photojournalist seminar, and fumes and searching for Ilea tiA between almost ending up under a big,figryeah it concretrstrnauTes. was quite the experience. There is a lot of culture Itt Seattle, We left San Jose on Thursday, three whatever that may mean. It certainly has Quote for the Daily: hours after the time we set to leave. a different feel to it than anywhere I have "No man has a right in America After loading all our photography crap, ever been. Long black coats popped out of bringing enough CD's to go for 15 hours coffee shops, art galleries, night clubs, to treat any other man "toler- both ways without repeating a single strip clubs and, the fish market. Seafood song and buying some pork rinds, we is the best when eaten inoderately antly" for tolerance is the were on our way to Washington. I was not bothered that overcast at all, After passing through olive fields, I guess because I don't live there and have assumption of superiority. Our lakes, mountains and nothings, we to wake up to it every morning reached Oregon. Tip: don't run out of gas I saw homeless people in seattle liberties are equal rights of at 11 p.m., half an hour south of Eugene, wrapped up in bags te insulate themselves better known as the middle of nowhere. from the We got off on Drain to look for a gas sta- freezing night. There was also a every citizen." man riding /I unicycl. stopjied to front tion. Remember that exit and don't ever of the entrance of a parking garage to look take it. We drove for 10 minutes to get to at his face Wendell L. Willkie civilization only to realize everyone had in the fish-eye mirror above. been sound asleep for a couple of hours. Another kid offered ID tell me a joke if I We made it to Cottage Grove, got gas gave him a dollar so he could catch the bus. It was like candy for the eye. site sopint org and felt like giving the lady at the gas The next day it was time to get back Student Health Center station who filled our tank a hug, kiss to and the promise to name Clay's fist-born reality, and I hoped for a miracle that Tay-Sachs disease presentation and training open to would let me wake up in the morning in all SJSU students, 'staff and faculty members. 1130 after her (just kidding). On the road again. my bed so I did not have to go through Sparta a.m. to 1 p.m at the Health building, Room 208. For all the driving. Didn't happen. There's a point where nothing you do more information. call Dr Oscar Battle, Jr at 924-6117. This time I made sure I read the signs keeps you awake when you are driving. that Try slapping your face, yelling out loud, indicated "Left lane closed ahead." We Guide stopped 15 miles east of Eugene at the hot pinching the skin between your nostrils, springs in the Sisters Mountain range. Tuesday opening the window to freeze, thinking Today 9765 dirty thoughts, nothing. This was one of the highlights of the whole trip. Not because I saw more Saturday The Society We spent the night in Portland. We were naked School of Art and Design for Advancement people in one place, pretending to be of Management (SAM) on our way to our final destination Friday all Student galleries art exhibitions, 10 am to 4 pm SJSU Ice Hockey, A-Team nonchalant about it, but because it General meeting, 4 30 p m in the Costanoan room morning. The good thing about long road was m gallenes two, three, live, six, eight and Herbert SJSU Spartans vs Utah State, 8 p m at the Log- nature to its maximum. in the Student Union For more information, e-mail trips are the sections of the road where you We sat in the hot Sanders in the Art and Industrial Studies buildings inch Ice Center, located at the South Campus corner springs (not Sylvia Krick at [email protected]. can test how fast your vehicle goes because naked by the way), played For more information, call John or Nicole at 924-4330 of 10th and Alma) For more information, call Peter with an underwater camera and chilled 885 9765 there are no cops. Try three hours from Hayes at Student Life Center for an hour before heading hack home. New Student Orientation: Leader Recruitment Portland to Seattle, pretty fast. Working with Associated Students Leadership Many songs and bad fast (nod snacks Looking for a job on campus where you can make a Let's just say Seattle has become part of workshop, 4 p m to 5:30 p.m. in the Costanoan room of later we were back in San Jose. difference' Join a team of 25 paid orientation leaden Sunday my "places to live before I die" list. It was the Student Union For more information, call 924- The next day I and impact more than 3,000 students Applications are like being in San Francisco, but in a larger woke up happy to a 5950 sunny available in the Student Life Center in the old cafete- Catholic Campus Ministry scale and without so many tourists. California day with the conviction ria building Deadline is Nov 2 For more information, Mass, II m and 6 p m at the that the trip added to my understanding Campus Ministry Career Center The next day I attended the photojour- call 924-5950 or e-mail gwolcottessou edu Chapel For more information, call Sister Marcia of the diverse places in this country. at Second interview session. 1 p.m in the Engineer- nalist's presentations and was blown away 938-1610 I won't live down the "cone killer" ing building, Room by some of the work shown. Photography San Jose State Sailing Team 189, and internship workshop, 1,30 nickname for a while, yet. p.m. in Building F For more information, call the cleans your soul. It connects you to the sub- Weekly meeting and practice. I 30 p m at Lake I understood no matter how many Career Resource Center at 924-6033 ject and helps you pay attention to your sur- Cunningham, located at Capitol Expressway and Tully Monday hours you're stranded in a car, there is Road For more information, call Vikki Hunt at (415) roundings in detail. That day I, and two Sparta Guide is provided free of charge to students.facultv always something to talk and laugh 305-1283 or email at vikkiahuntfioyahoo corn stispiritorg other photo freaks, went out to explore and stall members The deadline for entries is noon, three about, right Clay? Daily 4 pm. to 5:90 p m at the Cam- downtown Seattle through a viewfinder. meditation. uorking days before the desired publication date Entry forms SJSU lee Hockey, A Team pus Ministry on 10th Street. no matter The skyscrapers, looking like grown-up Come join us are available in the Spartan Daily Office in Dwight Rentel Karla Cachet is a Spartan &ISO Spartans vs BYU, 7.48 p.m at the Logitech Ice what your meditation form. There is power and Lagos, stood higher than my neck could Hall. Room 209 Spare restrictions mos, require editing of sub. Daily Production Editor Center, located at the South Campus (corner of 10th and comfort in community meditation. For more informs- bend back, the air smelled fresh and minions Entries are printed the order in which they are My Alms) For more information. call Peter Hayes at 885. in chilled. I wished I could have been by "Where's Lighter?" bon. call Chaplain Roger at 275-1348 or visit the Web reeeived appears Fridays.
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4 SPARTAN DAILY SPORTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2001 SAN JOSE STATE UN VERSIT World Series more like a world of boredom Cleveland Indian slugger Juan high-profile power hitters, and for $2 million ...... That silence you hear is the ... A sign of just how good the Gonzalez is gone. Warriors with the rest of the nucleus Newsflash Alex, Bill Buckn- void from all of those who kept St. Louis Rams are: The best play- guard Vonteego Cummings around, they can't do it again ... er thought he had the third out, muttering "Too old, too old, too er in the league, Marshall Faulk, is going. Carolina Panthers run- ... Is it just me or is this A's- until it went through his legs. He old" ... gets hurt and his backup, Trung ning back Nick Goings is staying Yankees postseason rivalry turn- ain't suing anybody ...... The Warriors traded forward Candidate, steps in and runs for put for now. But the dots keep ing into Chicago Bulls vs. Detroit .. The point is: If you can't Chris Porter to the Charlotte Hor- nearly 200 yards going, and going, and going ... Pistons of the late '80s and early make the play, don't whine about nets on Thursday. The good news ... And sorry to the Redskins ... Well, it looks like I was '90s? ... it ... is Porter is now closer to Alabama, and my mom, but the Rams are wrong about that whole A's win- ... My mother told me recently ... "My whole issue is this is where he was arrested on drug winning it this year, but then ning the World Series thing, but that the Yankees deserve to win America's pastime," said Popov's charges in August. Makes the jail- again my predictions haven't been on the football side of things it the World Series because of every- lawyer, Marty Triano. "I want kids house commute a little quicker ... all that great so far ... looks like a championship of ban- thing that's happened in New doubt he'll be able to make it past big or little to be able to go ... In the same deal, Derrick ... Well, here's a sure shot: I ner isn't totally out of question for York recently ... any kind of airport security ... the ballpark and catch the ball Coleman was shipped back to predict the Warriors won't win the the Network Associates Coliseum ... So do the Washington Red- ... The other part of me thinks with their eyes wide open." Yeah, Philly and will wear a 76er uni- NBA title ... skins deserve to win the Super that it's hard to root against tell that to Jeffrey Maier ... form once again. Alert the ... Even though it's going to be ... Not that I like the Raiders, Bowl? ... perennial good guy Luis Gonzalez ... That's the kid who reached Philadelphia Police Department painful to watch the Yankees they could have Jerry Rice, Steve ... Honestly, I could really care in Arizona. Hard, but worth the over the right-field wall in Yan- another World Series, I'll just Young, John Taylor, Dwight Clark, less about the World Series now. I effort ... kees Stadium in the 1996 Ameri- ... Just when you thought keep in mind a shirt I saw a few and they'd still suck ... hate the Yankees and after spend- ... Forget it, I'm rooting for a can League Championship Series, everything had totally changed weeks back. 'Yankees Suck" was ... But back to the A's, re-sign- ing a summer in Arizona, I don't natural disaster ... making Jeter's fly ball a game- for the Dallas Cowboys, one of on the front. "Jeter Swallows" was ing Jason Giambi needs to be a want to hear about the Diamond- ... Giants fan Alex Popov says tying home run ... football's top teams of the '90s, on the back. major priority if they ever plan on backs and their two-man pitching he caught Barry Bonds' 73rd ... Michael Jordan is averaging comes this sign of things getting dethroning the New York Yan- staff... home run ball, but lost it to 22.5 points per game in about 26 back to normal: fullback Robert Mike Osegueda is Daily Senior kees. They've seen the team crum- ... Part of me thinks that if Patrick Hayashi after fans piled minutes per game with a single Thomas violated the league's sub- Staff Writer: "Between the Dots' ble in the past when they lost Derek Jeter wins another ring, I on top of him. Now Popov is suing game-high of 41 points ... stance abuse policy ... appears every three weeks.
Warriors' trade nets 2005 first-round pick, Henderson Spartans beat USF in sweep PHILADELPHIA (AP) The The Hornets have been trying desperate for scoring after a mul- By Colin Atagi 21-12, 25-15 and 29-18. game with seven and five Charlotte Hornets traded forward to unload him and his attitude for titude of injuries. Allen Iverson, Derrick Coleman to the Philadel- some time. But they had no tak- Eric Snow and Aaron McliGe are DAILY STAFF WRITER An attack error by the Dons' blocks, respectively. Brittanie Budinger allowed the Noble finished with 13 kills, phia 76ers on Thursday in a three- era, based on his horrendous sea- all out. The last time the San Jose Spartans to gain the winning while Blair and Hudson fol- team trade involving the Golden son last year and heavy contract. For the Warriors, the trade State University volleyball point, ending the second game lowed with 10 kills each. State Warriors. He showed up at training camp thins a crowded roster and practi- team played the University of with a result of 30-21. SJSU's current record stands The Hornets get forwards last year 30 pounds overweight, cally assures that all three of their San Francisco, the Spartans The first point of George Lynch, Robert Traylor and never worked his way into shape well-regarded rookies Jason the third at 17-4 while the loss put the and won in four games. and final game was scored in Dons at 8-9 for the season. Jerome Moiso from Philadelphia because of problems with his irreg- Richardson, Troy Murphy This time, the Spartans won favor of the Spartans on an ace and forward Chris Porter from ular heartbeat and spent much of Gilbert Arenas will play impor- "I think they played us season. in three straight games in their served by Noble. tougher the first time," said Golden State. the season on the injured list. tant roles this match against the Dons on The Dons' April Scoggin The Warriors get forward In 34 games last season, he Cummings flopped last year as SJSU outside hitter Christina but he Tuesday at the Event Center. scored with a kill to even things Lukens. "They always play us Cedric Henderson and a condi- averaged 8.1 points less than Mookie Blaylock's backup, In the first game, Brianna up at 1-1, but the score was 6-1 tional first-round draft pick in half his 17.9 career average. He has one guaranteed year left on well, though. They're an up and contract. With Blaylock, Are- Blair took the first point in before the Dons scored again. coming team that has a lot of 2005 from Philadelphia, as well as also shot 38 percent from the field his what would be an early 5-0 lead A kill by Jeanine Haldi later potential." cash from Charlotte. The Sixers and averaged 5.4 rebounds, both nas and Larry Hughes, who's for SJSU. in the game gave the Spartans also get guard Vonteego Cum- lows for his 12-year career. expected to play at the point this a The Spartans' next game is didn't need Later, Liz Hudson scored the 13-point lead over the Dons scheduled for this Saturday at mings and forward Corie Blount He also had a falling out with season, the Warriors winning point for the Spartans with a score of 17-4. Cal State from Golden State. coach Paul Silas that has yet to be another point guard. Fresno. Cummings and Blount, a jour- with a setup from Savannah An attack error by Scoggin "Usually they play us Coleman, in his fourth season resolved. Smith, ending the first game by would give the Spartans a 15- tougher over there than they do with Charlotte, did not practice A former No. 1 overall pick, neyman forward acquired from a score of 30-20. point lead later on, making the over here, so I'm expecting a with the Hornets on Thursday. Coleman was scheduled to be the Phoenix last spring, both likely In the second game, the Spar- score 25-10. pretty The deal sends Coleman back Hornets' sixth man, playing behind would have been cut before the big war," said Spartans' only tans began with a two-point Middle blocker Katherine head coach Craig Choate said. to Philadelphia, where he spent Elden Campbell and P.J. Brown. season opener. Golden State's lead, with kills from Smith and Powers scored the final point for "Right now Fresno, three seasons before signing a He had seemed unwilling to significant loss is Porter, who had the Univer- a surprisingly strong rookie sea- Hudson. the Spartans with a kill, giving sity of Nevada and San Jose five-year, $40 million deal with the accept that role, saying the day The Spartans were usually SJSU a victory over San Fran- State are Hornets in 1998. He has two years training camp opened that "I ain't son but was arrested in Alabama fighting behind charges in ahead by 10 points for most of cisco with a final score of 30-19. Hawaii, so it should be a huge left on that deal and is still owed never been nothing but a starter." on drug possession this game, with scores of 18-9, Hudson and Haldi ended the match." $19.1 million. The Sixers, meanwhile, were August. Hill credits Carlson, Ferguson in SJSU's win .44(141.1' By ('hris Ciovannetti who gainud more than 3,000 rush- DAILY STAFF WRITER ing yards last na, With help from some unlikely year as a senior Across forces, the icy chill of a winless at Inglewood campaign transformed into the icy High School, is chill of a Gatorade bucket for head the shortest play. the coach Fitz Hill. er in Division I-A Hill, who earned the ceremonial football. dumping after recording his first "(The height win as a San Jose State University factor) is all men- kriddIck"-e head football coach last week, found tal. You can be success in using quarterback Clint tougher than any Carlson and tailback Lamar Fer- one of the big High School in Oklahoma. guson in replacement roles, guys if you just think tough," said Blankenship could nab the job Carlson, expected to be under Ferguson, who had 35 yards on 17 as Gouch was injured in a 41-10 center when the Spartans line up carries against UTEP. "On the loss at Boise State on Oct. 13. against Tulsa University this Sat- field, I feel the same size as every- "If (Couch) is healthy, he'll go urday at Spartan Stadium, threw one else. I look at people who are against San Jose," Golden Hum- for 366 yards and three second- 6-foot-5-inch, and I don't even cane head coach Keith Burns said. half touchdowns in place of Mar- realize I'm smaller than them cue Arroyo in last week's 40-28 until people say something." Another kind of rivalry victory over the University of At his Monday press confer- Texas-El Paso. ence, Hill said Whitaker's status Hill and Burns can date a rival- "Clint came into the game and for Saturday is "day-to-day, but he ry back to 1998, when the two made some heroic plays for us," should ready to go." were assistant coaches under said Hill, who avoided being the Houston Nutt at Arkansas Uni- first Spartan head coach to begin Which quarterback? versity a season winless in his first six "Some of the best days in my games since Robert Titchenal It's a guess as to who will start life were working with Fitz. I in 1962. "In our last two games, at quarterback for the Golden Hur- learned a lot about how to coach the defense played well enough to ricane, as junior Josh Blanken- and some subtleties at the wide win. We just couldn't put points ship and freshman Tyler Couch receiver position from him," said on the board." are locked in a battle. Burns, who was the defensive Also impressive in the win was The sentimental choice for coordinator while Hill served as Ferguson, who replaced leading Tulsa fans is Blankenship, wide receivers coach. "In practice, rusher Deonce Whitaker in the whose father Bill is a well- we used to go one-on-one all the Spartan backfield, known and highly successful time, my secondary against wide At 5-foot, 4-inches, Ferguson, football coach at Tulsa Union receivers. It was great fun." Diamondbacks, Yankees compare their stadiums' nuances PHOENIX (AP) Matt rooms are like our trainer's room." has presented tractor pulls and Williams made a beeline to Monu- True, the House That Ruth motorcycle races in its four years. ment Park the first time he Built about a decade after Ari- "Man, they got a lot of stuff stepped into Yankee Stadium. zona became a state does not going on," Yankees outfielder Paul "You have to go pay homage to have those amenities. O'Neill said upon first look Thurs- the history of the game. That's Its home clubhouse has some- day. where Ruth, Gehrig and DiMaggio thing more hallowed Thurman Even the fans who run across Visit Spartan Bookstore Mondays after an SJSU home played," the Arizona third base- Munson's locker, complete with the field during games are far dif- man said. 'It's a baseball cathe- his No. 15 jersey and catching ferent. Football Game and receive 1% OFF your purchase for dral." gear, still intact from the day he At Yankee Stadium, it's usually Any tips on what Derek Jeter died in a 1979 airplane crash, a drunken fan. At the BOB, you every point scored by the Spartans. Limit 35 points. and the New York Yankees should "You're never going to match never know. One time, a woman do when they visit Bank One Ball- the tradition Yankee Stadium has, popped out of the pool without a park? Never," Grace said. "When I go top. "They might want to take a dip there for the first time next week, Ah, the pool. Right behind the Show your SJSU Spirit and Pride by supporting your in the pool," Diamondbacks first I'm going to be just like a little fence in right-center field, it rents baseman Mark Grace said. geek, seeing the monuments and for $7,000 a night and entertains Spartan Football team, and getting your gear at From the Babe to the BOB, it'll shrines." 35 people. be two different worlds at this He'll be walking inside a park Among the rules: "Guests wear- Spartan Bookstore! year's World Series. with 26 World Series champi- ing obscene or indecent clothing Especially when it comes to the onship flags. will not be allowed into the pool *excludes textbooks, computers, software, & hardware. stadiums, starting with Game 1 A place where Muhammad All area. Example: Thong style swim- Saturday night in Phoenix. fought, Johnny Unitas won the ming suits." Must show ticket stub as proof of attendance. "This is the biggest contrast 1968 NFL championship in the so- "I didn't get a chance to check there is, I think," Arizona pitcher called 'Greatest Game Ever it out today," Jeter said after Greg Swindell said Thursday. Played," Notre Dame coach Knute Thursday night's practice. "But I It's your campus. "They're going to see our place Bodine gave the "win one for the think they should put a pool in IPIP1 SpartanBookstore 'Spoiled rotten.' I mean, Gipper speech' and two Popes cel- the center-field bleachers at and say, WE'RE YOUR A Division ol Sport, %hop,. we have a tanning booth and a hot ebrated Mass. Yankee Stadium, just to see how The BOB, on the other hand, it works out." can Intl. St lite IlniVer%,,Y tub in our clubhouse. Their locker BOOKSTORE. sparIaoshopa coon OCTOBER FRIDAY' 2(X)1 SPORTS SARI JOU STAIE UNIVERSITY - SPARTAN DAII A border skirmish silt' said. Team USA beats The United States proved vic- torious that night, 4-1, but win- Canada in women's ning the match wasn't as impor- tant to the club as polishing its hockey game at the game and hyping the upcoming 2002 Winter Olympics to be held Compaq Center in Salt Lake City. Granato said she thought the Americans would have a home ice By Chris Giovannetti advantage because they would and Kemberly Gong have a lot of support from fans, DAILY STAFF WRITERS and they would also have the advantage of playing during As he walked around the con- primetime instead of playing at a course level of the Compaq Center odd hours. on Tuesday night, Ivan Wallis pre- The last time the two teams sented a new definition of rooting played each other was on Oct. 20 patriotically. when the United States. defeated The Ottawa native was clad in Canada, 4-1. That game was his team Canada hockey jersey played in Salt Lake City, the same and red, white and black beanie place where the Americans will while draping a Canadian flag - try to defend their 1998 gold the red maple leaf showing proud- medal. ly - across his back. Tuesday was the United "There's a lot of interaction States' ninth stop on its 38-game between fans out here. It's great," Visa Skate to Salt Lake Tour, said Wallis, who recently relocat- which has already included a Sep- ed from Ottawa to Palo Alto, tember trip to Beijing where the Calif, to take a job as a software Americans played against Russia engineer. "The history runs so and China. deep between these two clubs, "The tour builds momentum especially on the men's side. It's a for everyone," said U.S. head coach lot slower than the men's game. Ben Smith. "But they don't put Smith said the results of those track and field scholarship and Above, Cammi There's not too much hitting, but people on the medal stand in matches have helped women's threw the javelin and discus for Granato, forward the women play a lot more intelli- October, and we've got a lot of hockey blossom. the Cardinal until a shoulder gently." work to do still. "After we played the (Eastern injury began to sideline her. for the women's Wallis was just one of 5,124 "The scores aren't indicative of College Athletic Conference) All "My freshman year was hard. United States fans in attendance for a matchup what went on here. From our Stars, which we beat 16-0, my It was one of the toughest times in Olympic hockey between the United States standpoint, we still have to find brother said, "They played you my life when I couldn't throw. team, tries to steal women's national hockey team the right combinations of players guys a lot tougher this time Back in Canada, I loved to play a pass from Geral- and its Canadian counterparts. and see who will be the final 20- around.' He had a good point," hockey so I tried out for the men's Willis wasn't alone in showcas- player roster we keep for the said Smith, whose squad played cub team," said Small, who hails dine Heaney of the ing national pride as elderly men Olympics." the ECAC team in an exhibition from Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Canadian Women's (Clarence Johansson, 85), joined In the up-and-coming sport of match prior to the 1998 Olympics. holds a degree in mechanical Olympic team. toddlers (Taylor King, 3) in sport- women's ice hockey, the United "Those Olympics were a big engineering. ing U.S. jerseys and waving Amer- States and Canada have become turning point for women's hock- "Playing hockey made sports Right, Cammi ican flags with reckless abandon. the world's biggest rivals and two ey," Smith said. "Who knows, fun again. It was club (hockey), so "To wear the USA jersey is a top teams on the international there may be a girl in the stands if you missed a practice, it wasn't Granato, forward great honor, but after Sept. 11, it stage. right now who goes home tonight a big worry. Playing on that team for the women's takes on a whole new meaning," Canada has captured all seven asking her parents to sign her up was like having 20 brothers. Once United States said U.S. goaltender Sara DeCos- women's world championships for a hockey league." they began playing practical jokes Olympic hockey ta. "(The terrorist attacks) sort of that have been contested, begin- At the conclusion of the match, on me, I felt like one of the guys," team, tries to steal gave us a new goal heading into ning in 1990 in Ottawa with a 5-2 Sami Jo Small, the Canadian Small said. the Olympics. It's like we don't defeat of the United States in the starting goaltender, raced into the The next scheduled match for a pass from Geral- want to let the country down now." gold-medal match. In fact, the stands to visit with old friends. the United States women's hock- dine Heaney of the U.S. forward Cammi Granato Canadians have beaten the Unit- Small was the Pac-10 player of ey team is tonight in Boston as Canadian Women's said the attacks created a change ed States in every world final the year during the 1996-1997 the Americans take on the Olympic team. in the dynamic of the team. except for 1998, when the Ameri- season at Stanford University - Olympics alumni team. "I don't listen to the national cans upstaged them at the inau- where she played on the men's The Americans return to San JaShong King anthem the same way anymore; gural Olympic tournament -in team: Jose on Jan. 22 when they host there is a new sense of purpose," Nagano, Japan. Small came to Palo Alto on a China. / Dail); Staff f e) tp Hawaii and Fresno State prepare to rumble Menendez to be honored HONOLULU (AP) - Hawaii has dropped 10 spots in the poll, "It's a good chance for us to backup quarterback Nick Rolovich will try to bounce back from last still comes SPAR FAN L)AIL3 S IAI I REPOk I make a mark, but it U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse The sold-out event is scheduled is taking every snap like it might week's 35-30 loss to Boise State. down to the 11 guys on the field," Julius 'Julie' Menendez heads Campbell, softball pitcher Gale to be held tonight at the San Jose be his last. Bulldogs coach Pat Hill said he said. "It's whoever makes the the class of 11 inductees that will Dean Andaluz, basketball players Airport Hyatt Hotel. On Saturday, That's because the senior last week's loss was "devastating," plays really." be honored in the San Jose State Coby Dietrick and Karen Mason, the inductees will again be hon- knows when sophomore Timmy but doesn't change their priorities. University Hall of Fame. Menen- fencer Joy Ellingson, soccer player ored at the Spartan Hall of Fame Chang recovers from the wrist "Our goal at the start of the dez, who will be given the Spartan Ismael "Easy" Perez and football Game, where the Spartans are set injury he suffered last month, he'll season was to win a WAC champi- ' ' the SIM' player Art Powell. to host the Tulsa University. The be sent back to the bench. onship," Hill said. `We still have a ',Ler teams from Menendez is one of three coach- &imp