SEND A TWEET WITH YOUR #ONEWORD TO @SPARTANDAILY FOR Weather Partly Cloudy Hi o 84 LACK OF LEASH LEADS SKELETON KEY SCARES HOMELESS PROBLEM ONE WORD Lo o TO GUIDE DOG HURT AT GREAT AMERICA IS NOT THEIR FAULT WISDOM 64 PAGE 3 PAGE 5 PAGE 7 Volume 143 | Issue 15 Serving San José State University since 1934 Wednesday, October 1, 2014 GET HEAL HY Brandon Chew | Spartan Daily By +Wes Moots @Stevewes Construction lights cast a cool presence against the sodium lamps between the Current Event Center and the new Student Health Center while a student runs up and down services What used to be an open lawn and the steps during a late-night workout. Physical Therapy barbecue pits is now home to the construction site of the new Student Health Center. Elrod said that space is being made in In order to accommodate for these new X-rays Construction began in June 2013 and has an the new building for massage, vision and positions and services, the new health Pharmacy estimated completion date in 2015. dental services. center will be 30 percent larger than the Treament for conditions, Located at Seventh Street and Paseo The plan is to offer dental care shortly current one, according to the proposal for de San Carlos, the new health center is after opening the new health center, and the new health center. injuries and illness planning to offer new services which may after observing how well this does, they The proposal for the new health center Family planning include dental, vision and massage services will “consider when and how to establish places the size of the center as 52,000 gross to students, according to Student Health the other two,” Elrod said. square feet, a nearly 12,000 gross square Potential new Services Director Roger Elrod. Elrod said they are introducing the feet increase from the current (40,060 services The construction project was announced services one at a time to allow for the gross square feet). Massage in February 2013 to the public on blogs. handling of complications and to ensure The design for the new health center was sjsu.edu. The project was said to created by Blach Construction Vision cost $25 million and would be and Ratcliff Architects, Dental completed this December. I think FD&O is aiming for according to blach.com. Most recently, the cost of the According to the Blach project has been listed on sjsu. a late March completion of Construction website, “The SHC When will edu/fdo as $36.5 million and building will serve as a gathering project completion in February construction, within Student place for students, support a the building open? of next year. culture of wellness and promote The cost of the new health Affairs, we are telling our staff active student life.” “Dec. 2014” center is being covered by The plans for the new health Construction Proposal student health fees, according to and students to anticipate an center include using sustainable 2012 sjsu.edu’s blog. design principles, including “I think FD&O is aiming end of May move optimizing energy performance, “Dec. 2014” for a late March completion Roger Elrod maximum use of daylight and blogs.sjsu.edu of construction,” Elrod said. water-efficient landscaping, “Within Student Affairs, we are student health services director according to the proposal Feb. 19, 2013 telling our staff and students to submitted to the San Jose City anticipate an end of May move.” high-quality and efficient services. Council. “Feb. 2015” The new building will offer space for Josh Joel, a junior business management The progress of the construction sjsu.edu/fdo 70 employees and 20 student assistants major, works at the Event Center box office can be observed via live webcam according to blogs.sjsu.edu — 20 more where he can see the ongoing construction updates, which posts a new photo of the July 15, 2014 employed positions than is offered at the of the new health center. project grounds every 30 minutes at current health center. Joel wears glasses and thinks that m.blach.workzonecam.com/blach. “May 2015” Current services offered to students by having an optometrist and vision services The original health center was built Email with Roger Elrod the student health center include physical on campus would be convenient. in 1958, nearly six decades before SJSU Sept. 26, 2014 therapy, x-rays, an in-house pharmacy, “It would depend on the costs of the is currently scheduled to open the treatments for conditions, injuries, illness services, but the fact that it would be replacement. and a family planning program. available would be cool,” Joel said. Christopher Brown, associate vice president of Facilities Development and Operations, said that in addition to the new services which may be offered, all of the services currently offered at the student health center will be available at the new building. The current health center is located on the eastern side of campus at Paseo de San Carlos and Ninth Street. The current health center is not planned to close until the new SHC is completed. Wes Moots is a Spartan Daily staff writer. Jonathan Marinaro| Spartan Daily A pair of students walk around the Student Health Center construction fence. facebook.com/spartandaily @spartandaily @spartandaily @SpartanDaily WEDNESDAY 2 NEWS OCTOBER.1.2014 San Jose Repertory Theatre in limbo for its next act Arts-related organizations, schools may submit ‘request for interest’ By Beverly Ukpabi ater also had season ticket holders and loyal dren’s Musical Theater and City Lights According to the community and econom- @cheerbev09 patrons. Theater Company. ic development committee’s memorandum The “blue house venue” won the award for Although the city received the facility’s keys found on the city of San Jose’s webpage, the The San Jose Repertory Theatre located at Pas- Best Theatre Company by Metro in 2012 and from the bankruptcy trustee, Adams-Hapner city now has full ownership of the inventory eo de San Antonio closed for business in June 2014. 2013, according to its Facebook fan page. said there are no plans to demolish the building. and property used for theater production. The performing arts building filed for At San Jose State, several members of the “Its absolutely important that whatever This includes performance equipment, bankruptcy after years of being San Jose’s theater department program happens in concession equipment and furniture. largest theater company. faculty were heav- the venue, it will be a The advisory group will be comprised The venues’ shows included a variety of ily involved in the variety of audiences,” of seven to nine individuals who will hold musicals and drama productions. events held at Ham- We feel the loss of the Adams-Hapner said. public meetings within the community in “The Rep” was named after owners Susan mer Theatre Center. institutional partnership Though not yet con- search for a new permanent operator to dis- and Phil Hammer under the name The Susan Former literary firmed, the cultural af- cuss the market and goals. and Phil Hammer Theatre Center. manager of San Jose and miss the presence fairs committee plans Adams-Hapner said theater organiza- It was a nonprofit organization that Repertory Theatre of a major regional to expand the building tions, schools, dance companies and music housed 528 seats. After closing, ownership of and professor, David to become another per- companies may also get involved by issuing the building was given to the city of San Jose. Kahn, expressed how theater just one block forming arts space. a request for interest. Prior to closing, the facility accumulated the university has held from campus “It’s certainly a “City of San Jose is looking to request an $31.6 million in proceeds. a valuable collabora- David Kahn beautiful building that interest for different parties,”Adams-Hap- According to Kerry Adams-Hapner, city of tion with the venue. deserves to be put to ner said. “We would ask them what their in- San Jose’s director of cultural affairs, the rea- “We are saddened former literary manager good use,” Kahn said. tent is to do things differently, how they are son behind the bankruptcy was because of rev- by the financial cir- of San Jose Repertory Adams-Hapner managed and how they are structured.” enue not meeting the demands of production. cumstances that led Theatre and professor hopes to not only at- Students are welcome to get involved with “The ticket sales, donations and grants to the closing of the tract previous veterans the public process and may receive more infor- did not meet the costs of the maintenance Rep,” Kahn said. “We and a variety of people mation by contacting the council members. and operations made by the facility,” Adams- feel the loss of the institutional partnership from different ages, ethnicities and social “We live here and I think people often Hapner said. “They spent more than they and miss the presence of a major regional economic backgrounds. forget what an extraordinary part of the could earn.” theater just one block from campus.” She also said there will be an advisory group world we live in, in terms of entrepreneur- Aside from donors that helped support Other local venues that have reached that will weigh out processes of the bankruptcy. ship,” he said. the San Jose Repertory community, the the- out to veteran supporters include Chil- The process lasts between six months to a year. Beverly Ukpabi is a Spartan Daily staff writer. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM @SPARTANDAILY Committee in the works for new administrative candidate Fusing undergraduate and graduate positions may benefi t research foundation By Abraham Rodriguez Stacks, from graduate stud- “It’s the same kind of ics, while the graduate position out the new job description mittee via submission box- @A_Rodriguezzz ies and research, and Dennis work, but it’s just more of deals with graduate academics.