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Monday, November 22, 2010 spartandaily.com Volume 135, Issue 45 NEWS • Art piano on campus defaced 2 • Conference urges CSU Board educators to use arts in high school, grade Warriors offense school 2 • Counseling services workshop discusses submits stereotypes and their impact on SJSU dominates Spartans students 3 2011-2012 A&E • ‘Harry Potter’ casts magical spell on budget audiences 4

JAIMIE COLLINS OPINION Staff Writer • Thanksgiving Traditions die with the Th e California State University Board of 5 turkey Trustees proposed its budget for the 2011- • ‘Fighting Sioux’ forced to 2012 academic year on Nov. 10, requesting a change name 5 • It’s the American $379 million increase from the state’s general way 5 fund, according to a CSU news release. “Our budget proposal is tempered by the fi scal uncertainty that California continues to SPORTS face,” CSU Chancellor Charles Reed stated in the release. “We are hopeful the incoming gov- • SJSU men’s basketball team ernor and legislature will realize the importance takes down Ducks in fi nal seconds 6 of providing the funding to support the servic- • Spartans defeated by es critical for the success of these students.” Warriors 6 Th e CSU Budget Offi ce determined the annual budget based on seven priorities while the Board of Trustees approved it, said Erik Fallis, a media relations specialist for the CSU. ONLINE Th e fi rst priority covers the CSU’s plan to add 30,000 students to the CSU system in the

PHOTO: CLIFFORD GRODIN spring, requesting $106 million in a one-time SOCIAL allocation of federal funds, he said. “It’s important for educational quality and MEDIA making sure we provide a good experience for Become a fan our students,” Fallis said. on Facebook Junior anthropology major Sarah Tran said facebook.com/ the admitt ance of the extra students is a good spartandaily sign for educational availability. FollowF our “It’s sad, but in past years it has become tweetsttw on harder and harder to actually att end college,” TwitterT @spartandaily@ she said. “Gett ing admitt ed is a batt le in itself, so its good to see that the restrictions are being | SPARTAN DAILY loosened a litt le bit.” Th e second priority includes $64.8 million which will enable the system to grow in enroll- OUTSIDE ment by 2.5 percent. Fallis said long-term projections show that in the coming decades California will be short on workers who hold bachelor’s degrees. “In order for the CSU to be part of providing Junior off ensive tackle Fred Koloto (65) pats Jordan La Secla (12) on the back after those ... degrees, which the CSU would have to being sacked during the fi rst half of their game against the University of Hawaii on be if we were to be able to meet those targets Saturday. that are being put out there, we are going to have to continue to grow,” he said. High: 58° See full story on SPORTS Page 6 Low: 43° See BUDGET Page 3

Coroner identiﬁ es California universities praised in victim of fall from poll by state public policy institute

parking garage JAIMIE COLLINS California is a nonpartisan privately Staff Writer operated research company that

TYLER DO The medical examiner’s conducts public opinion polls and

Staff Writer complete investigation will Aiming to analyze state pub- studies covering a range of topics take two to three weeks be- lic higher-education systems, the Education is and occasionally focuses on educa- The Santa Clara County fore it releases additional in- Public Policy Institute of Califor- tion, according to the company’s

Medical Examiner-Coroner’s formation. nia found in its November poll the basis for a website. office identified the student Pat Lopes Harris, director that most Californians believe the lot of“ people’s “Th e (institute) is a very highly who was found dead at the of media relations for SJSU, systems are doing a good or excel- recognized and respected nonprofi t 10th Street parking garage said the university has little lent job, according to a news release success. in the state,” Fallis said. “ on Nov. 17 as Jason Gilbert information regarding San- from the California State University. “ Th is particular survey is conduct- Santiago, a business admin- tiago’s background, but said “It’s important for us because it YVONNE GORDON ed annually, considering all campus- istration and finance major at there was probably nothing gives us a bit of a window on pub- Freshman engineering es as it rates each education system SJSU, from Fremont. out of the ordinary about his lic thinking,” said Erik Fallis, a CSU major as a whole, he said. The case is currently being time at SJSU. media relations specialist. “It was Th e institute looked at higher investigated as a suicide and Golnaz Monazamfar, a encouraging to see that the public education provided by the three sys- has been turned over to the senior graphic design major, appreciates the job that the CSU is tems in the state, including the CSU, Santa Clara County Medical said she wants to rally stu- doing.” Examiner-Coroner’s Office, dents and start an initiative Th e Public Policy Institute of See PUBLIC Page 2 according to a UPD news release. See VICTIM Page 3 2 NEWS Monday, November 22, 2010 Art piano on campus defaced

JEN NOWELL call that someone was jump- PHOTO: Staff Writer ing on the public art piano in front of the Student Union,

said Sgt. John Laws of univer- Walking through SJSU’s sity police. JENNA BARJAM Art Quad, music can still be Luke Jerram, the artist be- heard streaming out from the hind the pianos, put them in street piano in front of the place around the city for peo- Student Union despite a few ple to play and enjoy, accord- broken keys. ing to his website. From Aug. 28 through “It’s ridiculous,” said un- | SPARTAN DAILY Sept. 22 of this year, 19 street declared sophomore Spencer pianos appeared on the streets James. “Th e piano was put of San Jose as part of the 2010 there for everyone.” Zer01 San Jose Biennial, ac- He said the vandalism of cording to the street pianos the piano was an immature website. act, and he doesn’t understand Th e 01SJ Biennial is the what the person was thinking. country’s “newest and largest “I expect bett er from San The public art piano by the Student Union was vandalized on Oct. 31. The piano was donated by Zer01, which festival of digital arts,” accord- Jose State students,” he said. produced the 01SJ Biennial. ing to Zer01’s website. Th e description that UPD Aft er Sept. 22, Zer01, received was a white male which produced the 01SJ Bi- wearing a dark sweatshirt with spectful. check to see if the piano was be played. He said he lives in San Jose ennial, donated the pianos a hood and blue jeans, Laws Th e person may have been still playable. “Th e action is broken on during the school year, and to schools and community said. drunk and having fun, but he Th e piano was put on cam- several of the keys, including since the piano was put on groups in the area and the pi- He said he didn’t get there only ruined the piano for ev- pus for everyone to enjoy, said the high B,” Eg said. campus, he has enjoyed being ano in front of SJSU’s Student in time to catch the person eryone else, Eg said. sophomore business major He said the action is what able to play again. Union was left for students to who vandalized the piano and “It’s just a shame,” Laws David Campion. allows the key to bounce back Any help that anyone could play, according to their web- by the time he got there too said. “Th e piano is there for “It’s totally lame,” he said. up aft er it is played. provide to help the UPD fi nd site. many people matched the de- everyone. It’s art.” “Th at’s not a good way to “I have a piano at my home who vandalized would be On Halloween night, the scription that he was given. Laws said when he arrived make friends.” in Santa Cruz,” Eg said. “So greatly appreciated, Laws said. San Jose State University Po- Senior business major pieces of the piano were lying James said some of the keys I’m able to play when I go “I hope they fi nd out who lice Department received a Mark Eg called the act disre- on the ground and he didn’t are missing and are unable to home.” did it,” Campion said.

PUBLIC Conference urges educators to use From Page 1

the University of California and community colleges, arts in high school, grade school according to a pamphlet providing the survey results. Freshman engineering major Yvonne Gordon said she thinks the survey is a great idea to check on how SHIVA ZAHIRFAR what the fi rst workshop she signed up During the session, she talked about the system is doing, but wishes there was something Staff Writer for would involve. her fi rsthand experiences with children similar for individual campuses. “Th e one (workshop) I’m most curi- who have a diffi cult time communicat- “At this point, the poll is only surveying the higher Th e Arts Really Teach conference ous about is Black Holes: Spaghett ify ing in English but come out of their level,” she said. “It’s all about the big picture, but it taught current and future teachers ways and Colors of the Mind ... it was the last shells when puppets are involved. would be kind of cool to see how SJSU is ranked in of integrating arts into everyday school- one open,” she said. “I signed up about Smith said making a puppet with a relation to the rest of the campuses.” work on Friday in Sweeney Hall, said four days late — the best ones were reserved second language English stu- Fallis said the poll asked a variety of questions, the visual and performing arts coordi- probably taken immediately.” dent oft en gives the teacher and student including those concerning public perception of the nator for Santa Clara County. Th e hands-on conference off ered something to talk about, even though job the education system is doing, funding the sys- “Th e more we get teachers involved various hour-and-a-half-long work- they might be speaking in two diff erent tems are receiving and public preferences in terms of with conferences like this, especially shops in many aspects of art, Love said. languages. taxes versus fee increases. as student teachers are going through “Art can be something that you can Adding arts into history or science Th e three systems all received similar results, the the credential program, we can ensure use to teach — as a vehicle to enhance assignments is an easy thing to do, she pamphlet stated, with 62 percent of those surveyed that we have more arts in our schools,” other areas of the curriculum,” Love said. believing the CSU is doing at least a good job and said Lisa Gonzales. “I think this is the said. “For a lot of kids it inspires them “In fourth grade they did biogra- 64 percent saying this about community college and primary place to start to get really high- in ways that maybe traditional subjects phies,” Smith said. “Everyone made a UC systems. quality arts K-12, county-wise.” don’t reach them.” puppet of their biography character. Kendra Allen, a junior child and adolescent devel- Co-sponsored by the SJSU College Samantha McMillan, an SJSU stu- We had a meeting of the minds — the opment major, said the results are surprising but are of Education, the Santa Clara County dent in the teaching credential major, Wright brothers were able to talk to also something that should make students proud. Offi ce of Education and the California said she plans to take the skills she was da Vinci about fl ight. Or if they were “Th ere are a lot of good colleges in the UC sys- Kindergarten Teachers Association, shown and apply them in the future as a studying planets we’d have an alien tem,” she said. “It makes me proud to think that my the conference was available to SJSU social science teacher. conference and everyone would have state school is doing just as good of a job as the bigger students for free because of a donation “Th ere isn’t a lot of art integrated in to make a puppet from their planet and universities.” from alumna Marion Cilker. the curriculum and I’d like to fi nd a lot then would have to talk about it.” Seventy-three percent of Californians think the With 230 students registered for the of opportunities to actual do that,” she Lizbeth Castellanos, a multiple price of att ending college deters students who are fi rst day’s worth of workshops, unregis- said. subject credential major, said she was qualifi ed to att end and as far as parents are consid- tered students waited around Washing- Arlinda Smith, an SJSU alumna and pleased to learn that puppets can be ered, 42 percent with children age 18 or younger ton Square Hall trying to fi ll in for the puppeteer who teaches the second made out of everyday items. hope their children will get a degree while 60 percent no-shows in the workshops, said Robin grade, was armed with a suitcase full of “I think that, aft er being in the work- are worried about the cost, according to the pam- Love, associate professor at SJSU and puppets as she led the workshop “Pup- shop, it doesn’t take a lot to make a phlet. member of the event’s planning com- pets Across the Curriculum with an puppet so you can incorporate a pup- Senior kinesiology major David Nguyen said he mitt ee. Emphasis on Second Language Learn- pet into reading, writing so that it will thinks everyone should take the opportunity to get Evita Magdaleno, a junior creative ers” to 24 students and teachers in motivate students to do their work,” she a college education. arts major, said she was interested to see Sweeney Hall. said. “Having a degree opens up so many doors for people,” he said. “It doesn’t matt er what age you are. You should get an education because it will change the way you live and bett er your life considerably.” Th e pamphlet also stated that about three-fourths of citizens say state funding is inadequate and most favor funding for colleges over other state programs. Junior psychology major Robert Davis said he thinks education should take priority over some of the other programs in terms of funding. “Education is the basis for a lot of people’s success,” he said. “Schools should get more money so that they can bett er educate us and bett er prepare us for future employment.” Ninety-seven percent of Californians said the higher-education system is important to quality of life and economic vitality in the state, according to the CSU news release. “Th e results of the poll reaffi rm that higher education is integral to the future of California,” CSU Chancellor Charles Reed stated in the release. “It is our hope that the incoming governor and the legislature will feel the same way and continue to make funding higher education a priority.” Monday, November 22, 2010 NEWS 3 Counseling services workshop discusses stereotypes and their impact on SJSU students

SHIVA ZAHIRFAR statements that apply to every person “All of these stereotypes are based DerBing said stereotypes aren’t al- it’s still going to be a problem so I think

Staff Writer of a certain group, while judgment on assumptions,” she said. “And the as- ways negative, and can also be positive people should just learn to live with it

that cannot be easily changed about a and neutral. and not take it as harsh,” she said. group of people is called a rigid stereo- Undeclared freshman Citlalli Ji- Th e students were asked to par- Giving insight on stereotypes to type. menez said a majority of stereotypes ticipate in two activities relating to the about 26 students, SJSU counseling DerBing said an example would be seem to be negative views on a com- subject. services held the “Don’t Judge a Book if many people went into a bookstore All stereotypes munity or group. Showing six diff erent people on By Its Cover” workshop at 11:30 a.m. and only people of a certain ethnicity DerBing and Scott said there are their PowerPoint presentation, the Friday in Clark Hall. were asked to check in their bags, be- are based on four A’s — awareness, appreciation, ac- presenters asked the student to write “ Th e session, which included a pre- cause a stereotype of that ethnicity is assumptions.““ ceptance and advocacy — for stopping down the fi rst thoughts that came into sentation and activities, was led by that they are more prone to steal than stereotypes. their heads aft er seeing the pictures. Claire Scott , who has a master’s degree other races. CLAIRE SCOTT Realizing the unique qualities, the For the second activity, DerBing in social work, and Clift on DerBing, According to the presentation, sec- positives and the importance a person and Scott asked students to pair off to who has a Master of Arts degree in ondhand stereotypes are ones that Masterʼs in social work can bring to a group or community is discuss stereotypes that they had faced. clinical psychology. people acquire from family, friends and important to breaking down stereo- Freshman linguistics major Eliza- Stereotypes, according to the Pow- the media. types, Scott said. beth Montelongo said stereotypes are erPoint presentation, can be put into Th e last category is erroneous ste- Jimenez said people should try not constantly used in our society, and four categories: simplistic, rigid, sec- reotypes, which Scott said are com- to let stereotypes aff ect them. they can have a big impact on people. ondhand and erroneous. ments about a person or group that are sumptions are based on many factors: “I think we could change it (get rid “It’s harsh but I know I do it as well,” Scott said simplistic stereotypes are exaggerated. skin, gender, age, religion.” of stereotypes), but I mean either way she said.

population. dents will use their time in $3 million for tuition related on-the-job experience on but last year, the state didn’t “What we are looking to college bett er.” to enrollment growth. policy-making processes for have a budget in place until BUDGET do in the graduation initia- Recently, the CSU ap- “Hopefully the legislature students studying California Oct. 1, he said. From Page 1 tive is increase graduation proved a 5 percent tuition will prioritize that,” he said. government issues, accord- Senior linguistics major rates for everyone,” he said. increase for the spring semes- “If they do ... then the CSU ing to the program’s website. Katherine Mangan said she Sophomore physics major ter to bring the system to the will rescind the 10 percent When distributing funds, thinks the system is effi cient Providing $58 million, Loren Jimenez said preparing level of support the governor fee increase so students don’t Fallis said the CSU considers at providing the right amount Fallis said the third prior- students for college can help would assume in his January have to pay.” a campus’ enrollment growth of money to the colleges that ity targets students’ college them graduate faster and budget proposal, Fallis said. Th e budget is also allo- number, its capacity, need deserve it the most. preparation tactics, such as be more successful while in Th e governor assumed cating $24.9 million within and the number of growing “A lot of campuses are early start programs and pro- school. there would be a 10 percent the sixth priority for general programs in need of support. impacted and are struggling fi ciency tests. “Some students aren’t re- increase and as a result, the operations, which Fallis said Even though the CSU is to provide good educations Specifi cally, he said this ally ready for college when tuition was raised once more, include the general processes releasing its budget projec- because they have higher en- money would contribute they graduate (from high Fallis said. and services the CSU pro- tions now, Fallis said the sys- rollment than other schools,” toward increasing the sys- school),” he said. “Th ere are However, the fourth and vides. tem probably won’t know for she said. “Schools with more tem’s graduation rate, espe- programs to help them get fi ft h priorities enable the Th e last funding priority sure the amount it is receiv- people need more funding cially for students who are in ready but they need funding CSU to buy out this increase, consists of $563,000 for the ing until next summer. and it’s important that the groups known to perform at to operate. If the state pro- Fallis said, providing $121.5 Center for California Stud- Annually, July 1 marks the state takes that into consid- lower levels than the overall vides that money, maybe stu- million for basic tuition and ies, a program that provides beginning of the budget year, eration.” $3,000,000 $563,000 Allocation of $375 million VICTIM $3,000,000 increase in state funding From Page 1

Unique programs for fellows for the installation of $106,000,000 new, higher barriers and security cameras Plan to add 30,000 students to CSU for better safety. She said with new security measures, Enables system to grow in enrollment by 2.5% campus police would $121,500,000 be better helped in their investigations Preparation tactics aand probably be able stop events like this from happening. Basic tuition “In regard to bar- $64,800,000 riers, we’re looking at that, but it’s not a Related to enrollment growth decision that is final- ized overnight,” Har- ris said. “It’s some- $58,000,000 General processes and services thing that is being taken into consid- eration for all three CHART: HANNAH KEIRNS | SPARTAN DAILY garages.” This is not the first death to occur at the 10th Street parking garage. On Nov. 2, 2006, the Spartan Dai- ly reported that a 43-year-old woman had jumped to her death from one of the upper floors of the garage. The woman, who had been a resident of a local halfway house, was pro- nounced dead on the scene. “We always want students to know there is counseling services 24/7,” Pat Lopes Harris said. Counseling services are available to students by call- ing the university’s counseling services department at (408) 924-5910. Anyone who may have witnessed the incident is urged to call UPD at (408) 924-2222. 4 A&E Monday, November 22, 2010 ‘Harry Potter’ casts magical spell on audiences

When he was done watch- 4/5 ing it, not only did he think it was a good movie, but he said he never felt lost and was able to follow everything that was happening. KENNY MARTIN If that is not a testament

Staff Writer to the quality of the writing PHOTOS COURTESY : and acting, then I don’t know Th e fi rst movie in the two- what is. part conclusion to the Harry Th e actors really channeled Pott er saga had a lot of hype the personalities of their char- leading up to its release, and I acters well. Voldemort and his am relieved and happy to say henchmen appear completely that it lives up to most of it. vile, greedy and scared deep Because the Harry Pott er down.

books are adored by so many On the side of the heroes, ALLMOVIEPHOTO.COM people around the world, the Harry is the stubborn leader directors and actors must feel who won’t rest until he feels a tremendous amount of pres- his mission is complete, Her- sure to get each movie to do mione is the practical care- the books justice. taker of the group, and Ron I would imagine the pres- is the more happy-go-lucky sure is at least just as high as one who pulls the others out it has ever been with “Harry of tight spots when they most Pott er and the Deathly Hal- need the help. lows,” because it is the last in- Th e rest of the minor char- stallment in the series. acters do a fi ne job as well. Daniel Radcliff e as Harry Potter in the fantasy adventure “Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows - Part 1.” Th ere’s an oft -held notion Th e movie also ends at that movies are not as good as probably the best place part the books — this holds true one could have ended. All with the Harry Pott er movies I will say is that the ending and this latest movie is no ex- scene perfectly sets up the aff ord to spend the extra time ception. inevitable fi nal clash between building up to, especially Th at being said, the movie Harry Pott er and Lord Volde- considering that the movie is does a great job covering the mort. two-and-a-half hours long. events that happen in the Th e main reason why I Likewise, there were some book — the actors are able don’t give the movie a perfect scenes that, while reading in to convey the seriousness of score is because I have read the book, completely lift ed the situation and the writing the book and it goes back to my spirits out of a dark de- expertly mixes humor in with the distinction between books spair and put a smile on my the overall dark and oppres- and movies. face but did not have the sive mood of the story. With books, the author has same impact when acted out Th e writers did a phenom- more tools and time to de- in the movie. enal job keeping the plot co- velop characters and scenes, All in all, the fi rst install- herent and explaining every- which in turn allows the au- ment of “Harry Pott er and thing that was going on and thor to invoke readers’ imagi- the Deathly Hallows” hits what led up to it. nations. all of the major scenes in the A great example is one of Th ere were several scenes in book successfully. my friends who went to go the book that really portrayed Th e acting and the writ- see the movie, even though he the somber sense of isolation, ing make this movie worthy had not read any of the books hopelessness and utt er defeat of bearing the Harry Pott er Ralph Fiennes plays Harry Potter’s nemesis Lord Voldemort. or seen any of the movies. that the movie just could not name. Monday, November 22, 2010 OPINION 5 Thanksgiving Traditions die with the turkey ‘Fighting Th is Th ursday the aro- family was all still talking to suspicion that she would no longer come Sioux’ forced ma of a turkey dinner be- one another. for movie night. ing cooked and the sounds My aunt died fi ve years When my older sister got engaged of the Cowboys football ago and it split the family a week aft er Th anksgiving last year, I game will fi ll homes all over on account of the people thought it might be over entirely. to change the U.S. she left money to — my When my best friend proposed to Unfortunately, those two cousins and me. his girlfriend last December, I knew we smells and sounds will not Family time in Sacra- would never have Th anksgiving movie name fi ll my house this year. mento is offi cially awk- night again. Chalk up another point to Every year aft er dinner, ward. My aunts don’t speak I’ll come home from Sacramento on the politically correct. our family hangs out, eats to each other, my grand- Th ursday night to avoid the evil Black Fri- As of Nov. 16, the Fight- pie and my two sisters and KRISTEN PEARSON mother doesn’t speak to day traffi c and sit down to watch a movie ing Sioux of the University of best friend come over to Pearson’s Ponderings my cousin and my family or the last hours of football alone. North Dakota are no-names watch a movie. is as neutral A comedy will be a ne- in the world of college sports

Not this year. I realize that things change as Switzerland for some cessity this year without mascots. as we get older — people move away or die reason. some friends to make life Th e National College Ath- and traditions grow cold and stale, but I Th is year, we’ll be visit- bright, like they did the letic Association removed the never thought this would happen to me. ing with my grandmother This is the ﬁ rst years when we watched name aft er one tribe of Sioux I was wrong and naive to think such and aunt and then we’ll at- “Th e Notebook,” “Rent,” Native Americans refused to things couldn’t touch me. tempt to go visit with my time in about “Th e Terminal” and “Th e MICHIKO FULLER approve the 80-year-old name, Well, this year we’re going to Sacramen- aunt and cousin because “ Lord of the Rings: Th e according to News Oklahoma. eight years that Staff Writer to for that glorious day in which we usu- they will defi nitely not have Return of the King.” Ironically, another Sioux “ ally spend time with my dad’s side of the been invited to dinner. we haven’t “ had Or maybe I’ll take out nation actually gave consent family. As for our Th anksgiv- Thanksgiving in that giant list I’ve been for the college to continue using the name, but since the It will be my mom’s family this year. ing movie night, that’s over making of all the movies two groups were unable to reach a consensus, the name was Th is is the fi rst time in about eight years too, but not just because the comfort of my co-workers think I removed anyway. that we haven’t had Th anksgiving in the I’m going to be out of our own home. should see and make my Th e Florida Seminoles and the Utah Utes have been allowed comfort of our own home. town. way through it. to keep their traditional names aft er similar controversies in It’s my only living grandmother’s 85th Even if I was here, the Whatever happens which Native American councils approved the names for the birthday and since my grandfather passed past fi ve years of movie this year though, I hope respective schools. away last year, we have to go. watching pale in compari- I won’t be making new I struggle to fi nd what exactly is off ensive about the name. Th ankfully, my only living grandfa- son to my two sisters and best friend all traditions, but that someday my old tradi- It’s not a slur, a la the National Football League’s Washing- ther — whose wife also passed away last gett ing married this year. tions will live again. ton Redskins. year — is going to join us in Sacramento, None of them will be available for a Th e logo itself was de-

so at least my dad’s side of the family will be night with a drama, an epic, a comedy or “Pearson’s Ponderings” is a weekly signed by a descendant of there as well. a love story. column appearing on Mondays. the Sioux people and not a Spending Th anksgiving with my mom’s When my younger sister got engaged Kristen Pearson is the Spartan Daily stereotype in cartoon form.

side of the family wouldn’t be so bad if the last year on Th anksgiving, I had a sinking Managing Editor. It’s also a completely cor- ... this rect way to refer to a Native American tribe. decision“ pushes I’ve dealt with the school the boundary of “ It’s the American way mascot sensitivity issue “ when I was growing up in washing out Education Statistics, the aver- during the past few years — smatt ering of protests here Illinois. history. age cost for a public four-year minus the uproarious riot. in California over the seem- I went to Woodland Pri- education in the United States Th e argument that arises ingly annual tuition feehikes. mary, Elementary, Interme- is $13,424. from this, of course, is whether My suspicion is that we diate and Middle schools. However, I can see how this tuition increase is creating would get mildly upset, pay Th ey were all in diff er- an increase from the current a system where people from the fees and graduate as fast ent buildings with the same cost of just more than $5,000 lower-income families will as possible. mascot — we were the a year to about $14,500 would suddenly be without the op- It’s said that if you place Indians. make some people livid. portunity to receive a higher a frog in a pot of boiling wa- I was in fi hft grade when the news was passed down to the But to provide a bett er education. ter it will jump out. But if students that our mascot was off ensive and our new name understanding of why these Th e key benefi t that arises the frog is placed in a pot of would be the Wildcats. MARLON MALONEY British students are so upset, from America’s assortment of cool water and the water is It’s honestly hard to remember if I was more upset about One Man Peanut Gallery I must att empt to explain the choices is our ability to pro- heated slowly, the frog will sit losing the Indian moniker or gaining the completely generic English system of education vide a higher education to all. unaware until it is too late. nature of the new mascot. Last Wednesday in Lon- fi r s .t Maybe we’re okay with Later, my history classes revealed that the term “Indian” don, England, a student dem- At the elementary, middle tuition hikes because our tu- was a misnomer coined by Christopher Columbus, who was onstration turned violent aft er and high school levels, the ition didn’t jump up in one completely in denial about what continent he landed on. students learned of a proposal British and American systems fell swoop. It has risen slow- Aft er that revelation, I learned to love att ending one of the to increase tuition fees to up of education are quite similar. Maybe we’re ly and steadily, making us many schools in the area that called itself the Wildcats.

to £9,000 per year — more But when it comes to higher okay with oblivious to its eff ects. I’m all for keeping up with politically acceptable terms, but than triple the cost of their education, British students “ Our generation has grown this decision pushes the boundary of washing out history. current tuition, along with a do not have the same array tuition hikes more and more apathetic to Th is long-standing mascot is beloved by its students and cut in subsidy. of choices that we Americans things that matt er on a broad alumni, including notable graduate Ralph Engelstad. “ About 50,000 students, enjoy. because our“ scale. We’ll continue to ap- He funded the hockey arena and supposedly put many Sioux lecturers and supporters par- Almost every British uni- tuition didn’t ply for our college loans and logos into it to discourage the changing of the Sioux name. ticipated in a demonstration versity receives state funding. jump up in one choose to worry about it Th e expense involved in changing the mascot seems trivial that rammed its way into Th ere are many arguments aft er we graduate. in comparison to other pressures put on tight school budgets. the headquarters of Prime for and against the concept fell swoop. Th e diff erence in our two Th e idea is to improve the experience of students off end- Minister David Cameron’s of privatized education and nations’ student’s perspective ed by the name — so why isn’t there a petition to change the Conservative Party, according its benefi ts relative to a public on this issue is quite broad, Fighting Irish? to the AOL News website. education. and yet I cannot say that I am If it is truly racist to embody the warrior spirit of the di- According to the XE cur- Th e protest, which most any diff erent from the rest. verse ethnic groups present in this country, then by that logic rency conversion website, certainly did not go as plan- My question is whether we, In America we views things we should be changing our own school’s mascot in respect to £9,000 converted to U.S. dol- ned, does shed light on the as students of the much-ma- with a general malaise and students descended from Sparta. lars is equal to about $14,000. benefi t of a government not ligned lackadaisical age, would continue on with our day. According to the Minnesota Post, the name and logo will Th e tuition hike, when in- having to pay for every single have a similar response if our It’s the American way. be deleted by August as per the National College Athletic As- cluding the cut in subsidy, student who seeks a higher tuition were suddenly ramped sociation requirements. comes to about $14,500 — education. up to a seemingly exorbitant “One Man Peanut Gallery” Th ere’s no word yet on what the University of North Da- rather close to the norm at U.S. Overall, this whole tuition amount. is a biweekly column making a kota will be known as in the future, but I have a feeling they’ll state schools. fee increase seems fairly iden- As recent as 1997, Britain special appearance. change to a cuddly animal or take on the persona of a more ac- According to a 2008 report tical to what has been happen- did not even have tuition fees. Marlon Maloney is the ceptable group of people — like cowboys — instead of Native by the National Center for ing with CSU tuition costs So far there have only been a Spartan Daily Opinion Editor. Americans.

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Oregon on the road Saturday on a three- “Hawaii played well,” said utilize the turnovers, making it easy CLIFFORD GRODIN point play by senior guard Justin Graham, head coach Mike MacIntyre. for the Warriors to take the win. whose basket and foul shot with 2.8 seconds “They had some big plays. De- “We did what we could,” La remaining put the Spartans ahead 75-72. fensively, they smothered us. Secla said. “The biggest prob- Th e win against Oregon (3-1) was the fi rst We did not handle some of their lem was when we got turnovers, by SJSU (3-0) over a Pac-10 school since pressure as well as we have been our offense didn’t capitalize. 1992, when SJSU defeated Stanford 56-52. having, so that was a disappoint- When I turned the ball over, Since then, SJSU has lost 10 straight games ment for us.” that was huge because you never

against teams from the conference. Senior quarterback Jordan La | SPARTAN DAILY want the defense to score points “Justin read that he had a play and he made Secla could hardly find an open against you.” a nice shot,” said head coach George Ness- player all night and was 15-for- He said there were a few big man. “He took it in the lane strong and scored 29 with two interceptions and plays in the first half made it and got fouled and made the free throw.” 116 yards. hard for the team to get back Aft er missed shots by senior guard Adrian In contrast, Hawaii’s junior into the game. Oliver and junior Oregon guard Malcolm quarterback Bryant Moniz “We just had some miscom- Armstead, the Spartans called a timeout to set tossed a career-best 560 yards munication, didn’t get the ball up for a fi nal shot. on 32-for-44 passing and three Freshman wide receiver Noel Grigsby (23) reaches for a pass off quick enough a few times,” Nessman said the team ran a play called touchdowns. defended by senior Hawaii cornerback Lametrius Davis (2) MacIntyre said. “I give the the fl at, with the other Spartans leaving Gra- La Secla was also sacked eight credit to them. They did a really in the Spartans 41-7 loss to the Warriors on Saturday. ham isolated. Graham then had the option to times in the first three quarters. good job.” shoot or dribble to Oliver and give him the “Their defense was super ag- opportunity to score, the coach said. Graham gressive,” La Secla said. “It kind LEADERS drove and shot, giving the Spartans the lead. of got me out of my game a little see despite the many chances I saw him carrying the ball, I SJSU Th e ensuing inbound pass was defl ected bit. I made some uncharacter- the offense had to score. tried to rip it out and luckily my by a Spartan, Nessman said, into the hands istic mistakes just because the “We had some opportunities teammates hustling to the ball La Secla 15-29, 116 yds. of Oregon’s senior guard Jay-R Strowbridge, pressure was tough.” there to put more points on the as well and they picked it up. TD & 2 INT who heaved a desperation throw. Spartans’ first and only score board that might have made the We got a big run out of it.” Rutley 9 carries, “He didn’t really get a shot off ,” Nessman came in the second quarter outcome a little bit better, but Two drives later, a pass 41 yds. said. “He kind of chucked it toward the rim with La Secla’s 21-yard pass to we didn’t,” MacIntyre said. by Moniz was intercepted Hunsucker 6 carries, and that was the end of the game.” freshman wide receiver Noel In the second quarter, sopho- by sophomore cornerback 40 yds. The Spartans had not defeated Oregon since Grigsby for a touchdown. more safety James Orth forced a Ronnie Yell, who returned the K. Smith 9 tackles 1952. “It’s a play we’ve been practic- fumble aft er Moniz made a 42- ball for 45 yards, but that drive Hawaii “We wouldn’t point to any particular op- ing for several weeks,” Grigsby yard pass to Kealoah Pilares – the was turned over with an inter- Moniz 32-44, 560 yds. ponent and say ‘Well here, that proves it that said. “Th ey dialed the number ball was recovered by freshman ception by La Secla. 5 TD & 2 INT we’re going to have a good season,’” he said. and Jordan looked at me and linebacker Keith Smith, who re- “Th ey brought a lot of blitzes,” La Pilares 9 catches, “Th e way we look at it, our entire staff and our threw the ball. It was good pro- turned the ball 34 yards, but the Secla said. “We’ve got to make teams 154 yds. players we feel we have something to prove tection by the line, good execu- Spartans’ drive ended in a punt. pay when they blitz against us and every time we step on the court.” tion.” “We were in man coverage,” we weren’t able to do that tonight. Salas 8 catches, Graham, who proved he could make a Grigsby’s touchdown would Orth said. “The guy got behind Th ey had a good plan for us.” 144 yds. game-winning shot, had 12 points in the game. be the only points SJSU would us and I was trying to chase him. In the third quarter, another Paredes 7 tackles Freshman guard Keith Shamburger and senior guard Adrian Oliver each had 19, with 17 of SJSU UH Oliver’s coming in the second half. First downs 12 28 Nessman said the team cannot depend Net total yards on Oliver, who averaged a Western Athletic 164 626 Conference-leading 22.5 points per game last Net passing yards 130 593 season. Comp.-Att.-Int. 19-37-2 35-50-2 “We have to have other guys who step up Net rushing yards and make baskets and make plays, and we’ve 34 33 had that throughout our fi rst three games, but Fumbles-lost 1-0 1-1 it was really the case (Saturday),” he said. Sacked-yrds. lost 3-14 8-65 Junior forward Wil Carter led the Spartans Penalties-yards 6-44 4-30 with eight rebounds and Shamburger, Oliver and junior forward Matt Ballard each had Punts-yards 9-421 4-186 seven rebounds. 3rd-downs conv. 6-of-17 4-of-10 Nessman said the team did a good job 4th downs conv. 1-of-2 1-of-1 defensively, pointing to the Ducks’ 37.5 Possession shooting percentage from the fi eld. 29:59 30:01