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VOLUME 120, NUMBER 54 SERVING SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1934 SPARTAN DAILY WWW.THESPARTANDAILY.COM MONDAY, APRIL 21, 2003 Details of CSU audit to be examined by committee By Kimberly Lapham held by the Joint Legislative Audit and the committee will decide it any tern, Weaver-Taylor said. Taylor said. the Select Committee on Committee on April 21 in further action is recommended, The hearing lasted about 5 hours, At the upcoming hearing, the com- Information Technology, a legislative Daily Staff Writer Sacramento to continue the question- Weaver-Taylor said. said Patricia Evridge-Hill, chapter mittee will suggest ways the state leg- committee that investigates state The California State University's ing and testimonial processes that During the first hearing, the state president of the California Faculty islature can keep the poor planning, agency spending on information Common Management System audit began at an April 3 hearing, said auditor spoke and presented an out- Association at SJSU. cost overruns and conflicts of interest technology. will be the subject of two hearings in Enka Weaver-Taylor, press secretary line of the audit's findings. "There is so much information in involved in the CMS case from hap- At the hearing, administrators, CFA the next month while the system gets for assemblywoman Rebecca Cohn. Committee members also asked the the audit and many people on both pening again, Evridge-Hill said. employees and staff members will underway at San Jose State Cohn is the chair of the committee. auditor about findings and questioned the government and CSU sides want An unrelated public hearing will be give testimonies about the system. University. The hearing will also allow for the CSUChancellor Charles B. Reed and to weigh in on the subject, so there held on May 1 at SJSU by assembly- Evridge-Hill said. Members of the An informational hearing will be presentation of more information, people integral in purchasing the sys- will be this second hearing," Weaver- man Manny Diaz, who is the chair of See CMS, page 6 Cultural showcase is By Carrie Mattingly Daily Staff Writer is a The Pakistan Student Association Photos By Josh Sturgis / Daily Staff a of San Jose State University present- Pakistani students celebrated ot ed Sham-e-Hangama Saturday their culture Saturday in an event in night. held in Morris Dailey Auditorium he Held in Morris Dailey Auditorium, where bands performed for the Sham-e-Hangama is the annual cul- audience. tural show presented by the Pakistan an Student Association. All of the pro- ceeds from this year's show will go to ed aide the children in Iraq. The association was established at - SJSU in 1997 and shows support in Ii- educational and extra curricular activ- in ities while also welcoming anyone interested in learning about Pakistani to culture, said Qousain Ali, Pakistan ut Student Association Treasurer. re Since school is a binding point for en everybody, the association is there to get people together and have fun, she "(The association) gives people a place to go if they dont feel comfort- able," Ah said. ne Sham-e-Hangama was created to bring cultural awareness ,to the cam- we pus. It was decided last year during tie the first cultural show to support e- Pakistanis in Pakistan through the D.I.L. organization. Develop in liter- acy would help support poor families specifically in education by hiring teachers, and buying lunches and school supplies, Ah said. "The quality of education in Pakistan isn't high," Ali said. Child Family Health International in San Francisco is the organization chosen as this year's beneficiary. According to the organization the purpose of Child Family Health International is to aide people that might not otherwise receive health care. The organization hires doctors to work in underprivileged countries. The masters of ceremonies for the second annual culture show were Ali, Danish Abid, Sher Baig and Sarah Naqvi. In the first part of the show, the audience members were asked to rise during the Pakistani National Anthem. A white screen, lowered from the ceiling, hung above the stage. A documentary on Pakistan's last 50 years was shown while music ABOVE: The audience in Morris Dailey Auditorium on Saturday was played in the background. presented with many different skits and bands in an event designed The Meta Long Gawacha dance to promote Pakistani cultural awareness. followed. The all-female, all-SJSU student dance routine featured Sinai Gama, Ana Lisa Khan, Mahwish RIGHT: Pakistani women dance on the stage at Morris Dailey Auditorium in an event that celebrated Pakistani culture. See CULTURE, page 6 Professor offers views Citizens experience reality of police work Editor's note: The Spartan Daily The planned decision-making sce- on affirmative action will he following the progress of the narios included a vehicle stop, a case of Citizens Police Academy through an domestic violence, a computer burglary By Falguni Bhuta said She ,aid the idea that affirmative ongoing project aimed at presenting the in a corporate office and a stolen vehi- Daily Ste Writer events If each week. This is the fifth cle case. action is an unpopular policy is proven by the results of an opinion poll. The part gl a series titled 'Citizens on Sgt. Gary Drake described how the As part of the annual conference duty, which is scheduled to run scnpted tasks were to demonstrate the poll, which was conducted in hosted by the department of psycholo- California when the Michigan cases Monday until Mar 4. objectivity for how events play out. gy at San Jose State University, the We wanted you to see what really came to the Supreme Court, reported By Janine Stanhope issue of affirmative action was that more than 50 percent of the peo- happens on the streets," Drake said. addressed Thursday in a psychological Daily Staff Writer Monahan assigned an officer as an ple were against affirniative action. pairs. context. Crosby differentiated between affir- evaluator to each of the team Faye Crosby, from the department of Learning how to walk the walk was "The vehicle stop scenario in the mative action and equal opportunity psychology at UC Santa Cruz, spoke definitions and examples. the message presented to the citizen's parking lot in Campbell starts the rota- Staying cool by giving the SJPD with Christine on "Affirmative action: She described of affirmative action as academy students by tion cycle," said Officer with a hot topic" on the second and four reality-based, crime-in-progress Marquez,' a guide and evaluator for one "occurring whenever an organization final day of the 46th annual Spartan to ensure fairness." scenarios held Wednesday. of the teams in the black and white goes out if its way red, Psychological Association Research An organization that practices affir- Wailing police car sirens, flashing squad car. Conference. white, blue and amber lights, the Mantel Juan, a specialist with the mative action will spend some of its -gunfire The main issue that Crosby covered resources and energy to ensure that sound, smoke and smell of cap police auditor's office and academy stu- in her 40-minute speech was why in the air turned Westmont High dent, took the wheel of the brand new people from different groups are all one com- Josh Sturgis / Daily Stall Americans don't like affirmative action treated the same. School in Campbell into police car, switched on the siren and even though it is a sensible policy. She pressed evening of what goes on in a Citizen cadets wore bulletproof vest and carried cap guns Wednesday lights and drove into the lot secured for "And this is different from more pas- supported her arguments by psycho- sive equal opportunity," Crosby said. real police academy. at the San Jose Police Departments Citizens Academy. The citizens the activity. logical research that she and others in Officer Chris Monahan coordinated participated in staged crimes where they acted as the police and the "Pull over and step out of the car "You don't have to make an effort and instructed this field have conducted. spend some of your precious resources the academy scenarios and criminals. They responded to domestic violence, please," Juan said as she called in the Crosby said she would mainly touch the 24 students to wear protective vests police acted as the license plate numbers for the SUV into trying to assure fairness you just burglaries and made traffic stops that resulted in gun battles. the points from her new book make sure you're not discriminating and duty belts. her imaginary radio. live either a large 'Affirmative action is dead; long against anybody." He asked them to select Marquez, who sat an the back seat, affirmative action," which is slated to worked with said. "The same evaluator will be with involved. Was of Crosby said a lot of attention has or small handgun that directing the escalating stages released next January. caps. The handgun handles were each pair all night long to explain each About 45 officers participated as role events every step of the way. be been diverted lately to the education scenario." players and evaluators to construct the "My argument is that given that aspect it affirmative action because of wrapped with yellow tape and were to "It looks like the car is stolen from the sensible, how holster on the duty belt. Monahan explained that he wanted problem-solving activities, Monahan (affirmative action) is so be kept in the come we don't like it better?" Crosby See VIEWS, page 3 "You will work in pairs," Monahan them to get the feel for the cognition said. See ACADEMY, page 3