OPINION Spartans beat Patchy low Majority rules U()P in the clouds and fog. for Prop. 187 final game of Highs in the 50s supporters. the season. to low 60s. See page 2... See page 6... DAILY I SPARTAN 103. 'N r 57 Published for San .lose State niversity since 1934 Monday. November 21. 1991 IRA defeated by 3-1 margin Student rescued Proponents, opponents claim election violations on both sides from carjacking By Kevin Valine no and 1,185 voted yes ence major and a leader of the million, with $670,000 going to Spartan Daily Stall Writer opposition. By Cindy Trotter screaming. "We are all disappointed, athletics. The higher fee, based Spartan Daily Staff Writer victim needless to say," said John "If he (President J. Handel on an enrollment of 25,000, "I saw this little Asian girl at San Jose State University stu- Ralston, SJSU head football Evans) wants athletics on cam- would have generated $3.75 mil- An 18-year-old San Jose the stoplight yelling 'help me, dents rejected the proposed coach. "Students saw it the pus," DeAlba said, "he's going to lion, with $2 million going to State University student was help me,' " Carlson said. "And Instructionally Related Activi- other way. We gave it a good have do more fund-raising." athletics. leaving the Bank of America I saw this black guy holding ties fee increase by a nearly 3- effort." At his Tuesday press confer- The remaining balance of IRA branch on Fourth and San on to her clothes. to-1 margin in the special elec- Opponents of the fee increase ence, President Evans said that money helps fund such non-ath- Fernando streets, when a tran- "She broke away from him tion held Wednesday and said the election was a referen- he supported the fee increase letic programs as the Spartan sient approached her, told her and ran toward me. At that Thursday. dum on athletics at SJSU. because it helps provide stu- Daily, KSJS, the symphonic he needed a ride and forced time, I told her to keep run- The highest student voter "I guess the students sent a dents with a complete universi- orchestra and the opera work- his way into the vehicle. ning," Carlson said. turnout in seven years said message to the president of the ty experience. shop. The suspect, Elbert Strib- Stribling jumped out of the no to raising the IRA fee from university: 'We can't afford to The IRA fee is used mainly to Cold and rainy weather did ling, 33, and the unidentified car and Carlson chased him $20 to $75 per semester. Of pay more fees,' " said Alfonso help fund intercollegiate athlet- not keep both sides from can- victim were stopped at the onto campus. the 4,413 votes cast, 3,228 voted DeAlba, a senior political sci- ics. During 1993, it raised $1.1. See Election, page 8 corner of Fourth and San "He ran and got tangled up Carlos streets when a quick- in all the fences," University thinking student decided to Police Lt. Bruce Lowe said. become involved. "He ended up being tackled Sociology major Thomas and arrested almost in front Carlson was across the of UPD." street when he heard the See Catjacking, page 4 Robot contest puts SJSU in elite group By Kevin Valine went to a Japanese team. Spartan Dauly Staff Writer Even though this was the first When most people think of time SJSU competed In the the premier engineering school event, the students' professor, in the United States, they think Ping Hsu, had high hopes. of the Massachusetts Institute "Before they left for Japan, I of Technology the Harvard of thought they would do well," engineering. Hsu said. "Last year's winner (at But San Jose State Uni- the competi- versity's electrical engineering tion) 'We were department will now be known jumped 20 around the globe because three feet, and I kind of SJSU students took second knew we'd scared ... place in an international robot- do at least We dam- ics competition held in Osaka, that well." Japan. The stu- aged it (the The three senior electrical dents, who robot) engineering majors Nathaniel made the three times Greco, Rufino Olay and Adam robot as a ANDY BARR] N SPAR1AN DAP 1 Parker competed against 33 class project in testing teams from nine countries in for Hsu, Rufino 01a), ABOVE: Spectators huddle around "The Plumed the long jump event at the weren't as Serpent," a sculpture by artist Robert Graham, dur- confident. ing its unveiling Friday in downtown San Jose. International Robolympia, held Nov. 12 and 13. "We were kind of scared when LEFT: The 3-ton sculpure, which cost the City of The object of the long jump we got to Osaka," Olay said. San Jose about $500,000, is an homage to the was to have your robot jump "We damaged it (the robot) Aztec serpent God. QuetzalcOatl. the farthest. SJSU's robot, three times in testing." which looks like a cross bow, It was a fluke SJSU was invit- leaped almost 25 feet. The win- ed to the competition. Profes- Quetzalcoatl ning robot from Thailand sor Ray Chen, chair of the elec- jumped 30 feet. Third place See Robotics, page 8 finds home University Club burns during two-alarm fire in San Jose M]]NIQUE St HDENFTI SPAR] AN 17 residents relocated to Residence Hall $500,000 Aztec sculpture unveiled at Plaza de Cesar Chavez By Kevin Valine engine was here." By June Pratt Spartan Daily Staff Writer Stahl said an electrician will Spartan Daily Stall Writer be out today to inspect the 'We fear no art. We must celebrate our diversity.' Hands reached out and rushed to touch A two-alarm fire broke out at building. She said the building Susan Hammer Jose is closed and its 17 residents the symbol of Mesoamerica's past, "The 11 p.m. Saturday at the San San .lone Me, or Plumed Serpent," as sculptor Robert State University University Club have been relocated to Royce Graham unveiled it to the City of San Jose at Eighth and San Salvador Hall until repairs have been Friday at the South Island of Plaza de "We fear no art," she said. "We must has a unique and very special place in San streets, said Lori Stahl, SJSU completed. Cesar Chavez. celebrate our diversity." Jose, she said. associate director of public Besides providing a home for "QuetzalcOatl," a 3-ton coiled serpent Hammer praised Vice Mayor Blanca "With this sculpture, we take part in affairs. 17 SJSU personnel, Stahl said cast in gray stone, brought an immediate, Alvarado for being the "heroine of the linking our past in America to our present "The fire started in the base- the University Club also serves tactile response from the crowd of 500 process" and leading the effort. and our future." ment and the cause is undeter- lunch during the week. people, climaxing a ceremony to honor Alvarado spoke of the history of the During the time of the public hearings, mined, but it did start near the "It's a gathering place for fac- those who brought 11 10 San Jose. project, which began Dec. 10, 1992 when people from the religious right and other furnace," she said. No one was ulty, staff and administration," Controversy had surrounded the choice the Redevelopment Agency entered into groups had voiced their opposition to the hurt. she said. and cost of the sculpture, but on Friday, an agreement to spend $400,000 for the choice of the mythological Aztec serpent University Club resident The club is also used for only a few protesters with signs and bal- fabrication of "The Plumed Serpent" God, Quetzalcoatl, whose religious lead- Wendy Graham was home when receptions and talks The annu- loons hovered around the group of sculpture, with an additional $100,000 ers, they claimed, had conducted human the fire started. al Thanksgiving luncheon for onlookers, Aztec dancers, guests and offi- allocated for its installation. sacrifice on a grand scale. "I was awake in my room and today has been moved to the cials. There were six public meetings in- But Ranato Rosaldo, chair of the the smoke alarms went off," she University room, next to the old San Jose Mayor Susan Hammer spoke of volving public hearings and extensive anthropology department at Stanford said. "I went into the hall and Cafeteria building. the importance of the sculpture, which review by the arts and urban design University, who spoke at the San Jose smelled smoke ... I got my coat Looking at the building from reflected the significant contribution of committees of the city. and the process Museum of Art on Thursday night before and wallet and went outside. the street, it's hard to tell there pre-Hispanic culture in the present day was "public and open," she said. the unveiling, said the name, QuetzaciSatl, "Lots of smoke was coming was a fire The only clues are Mexican-American community of San "This is a valuable piece of art for San was being confused with another figure in from the southeast corner the faint smell of smoke and yel- who (of the building)," she said. low police tape stretched Jose. Jose by a great artist and sculptor See Sculpture, page 4 "Next thing I knew, a fire across the driveway's entrance 2 Monday, November 21. 1994 OPINION San Jose State t niventity SPARTAN DAILY Editorial Newspaper remedy: stcirt changing The newspaper business is in papers have lost their pull, newsy articles, USA Today trouble.