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D S Serving San Jose State University Since 1934 a FRIDAY PARTAN MIX www.t espartan ai y.com 11.2.01 VOL. 117, No. 46 Governor Gray Davis warns of attacks LOS ANGELES (AP) The The FBI, however, said in its Nov. 7, the agency said. Monday's warning. The official Tom Ridge said in a telephone FBI has alerted law enforcement alert that authorities had not yet Justice Department spokes- said a foreign Islamic terrorist interview Thursday that even agencies in eight Western states corroborated the information but woman Mindy Tucker said the group may be targeting the though federal authorities had that it has unconfirmed informa- decided to issue a warning, information that prompted the bridges. not publicly released the informa- WEATHER tion that terrorists may be tar- The warning was sent Wednes- warning was "at a lower level" Davis mentioned the warning tion, he would not second-guess geting suspension bridges on the day to law enforcement agencies than what led to the FBI's gener- Thursday during a news confer- Davis' decision to do so. PARTLY CLOUDY West Coast. in California, Washington, Ore- al warning to Americans on Mon- ence in which he also appointed "I respect the decision Gov. The Justice Department con- gon, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Mon- day. "We are working to verify the the state's new terrorism security Davis made; he exercised his High: 70 firmed the warning Thursday tana and Idaho. validity" of the information, czar, George Vinson, a 23-year judgment," Ridge said. Federal Low: 50 after California Gov. Gray Davis "Reportedly, unspecified Tucker said, veteran of the FBI. authorities, "thought it was said law enforcement officials groups are targeting suspension A senior U.S. official, speaking "The best preparation is to let important enough to relate to the had "credible evidence" that four bridges on the West Coast," the on condition of anonymity, said terrorists know, we know what governor, and the governor California bridges, including the FBI said in the message. Six the threat is based on new infor- you're up to, we're ready for you," thought it was important enough OPINION Golden Gate, may be the target of "incidents" were planned during mation acquired by U.S. intelli- Davis said. an attack. rush hour between Friday and gence and law enforcement since Homeland Security Director see ATTACK. Page 3 'Annoyed' reflects on a lost semester Science, and time that keeps flying Goal oriented. by. religion discussed Pondering the Day of the Dead will make a in movie person ask, By Andrew Toy 'Where's My DAILY STAFF WItIl FR Lighter?' The Institute of Social Responsibility, Ethics, and Edu- cation at San Jose State Univer- sity is hosting the viewing of a Page 2 video conference taped in Octo- ber at Harvard University titled, "Science and Religion: A Multi- media Discussion." SPORTS The viewing of the conference has been broken up into three segments, the first was shown Thursday and the next two are slated for Nov. 8th and 15th from noon to 2 p.m. at the Instruction- al Resource Center, in Room 306. According to Richard Keady, the director of the Institute of Social Responsibility, Ethics, and Education, the conference is a The San Jose State University conversation and discussion men's rugby club gets ready to about the science and religious scrum this perspective of what it means to season. The club took be human. Omar Ornelas Daily Slag a hit in a 22-7 preseason loss Thursday's segment featured Joel Molina, a San Jose State University student, uses a pair of trees as goal posts in front of Dwight Bentel Hall to practice Thursday. Saturday at Santa Clara two key guest speakers. University. The first was Jane Goodall of Page 6 the Jane Goodall Institute and a doctor irr ethology, the study of animal behavior and the forma- tion of human characteristics. Fund honors fallen S.J. officer Goodall is known for her INSIDE extensive field research of chim- panzees in their natural environ- By Ben Aguirre Jr. "He was an outstanding stu- Thomas said the Fontana fam- people were interested to know if dent," said Shannon Thomas, ily contacted Inger Sagatun- the department was doing any- ment. With her DAII v MA \ hol log Letters Pg. 2 knowledge, she for the talked about her experiences internship coordinator Edwards, the chair of the admin- thing to honor Fontana. In light of the recent death of department. "What's interesting istration of justice department, "Immediately after his death, Sparta Guide Pg. 2 with chimpanzees and the simi- larities San Jose police officer Jeffrey is that he was also a recipient of Tuesday evening to discuss the we had students, faculty and that she discovered Fontana, the San Jose State the Lomio scholarship." Classifieds Pg. 5 between them and humans. Uni- scholarship. other students asking if we were versity administration of justice The Lomio scholarship is "We already had something in setting up a scholarship," According to Goodall, she has department, in Crossword Pg. 5 found from her conjunction with named after SJSU alumnus mind, but things like this have to Sagatun-Edwards said. "I dis- field study that the Fontana family, has set up a Daniel Lomio, a San Francisco go through the family," Thomas cussed it with his mother and she Sports Pg 6 scholarship memorial fund in his police officer who was also killed said. See MOVIE, Page 3 name. in the line of duty. Sagatun-Edwards said some see FUND, Page 3 A.S. office move means more red tape Day of the Dead By kemberly Gong DAIIN SIAIF Wk111-14 Yellow construction tape and a celebrates afterlife chain-link fence circling the Uni- versity House at San Jose State University are the first welcome By Cohn Atagi the ofrenda. signs to the Associated Students, However, she wasn't avail- which have finally moved its DAllY STAiF WItIrFI2 able for comment. offices to the house. El Die de los Muertos, the Miguel Ulloa, a senior A.S. moved into the house on Day of the Dead, was celebrat- majoring in international busi- Oct. 19, said A.S. administrative ed Thursday to honor those ness, said he was impressed by assistant, Maria Murphy. who have passed on to the the department's ofrenda. Currently, the office space that afterlife. "I'm Mexican, so it's a part of will be used for the board of direc- Robert Milnes, the director my culture." he said. "I'm tors is still under construction, for the school of art and design. impressed to see that they put and recently had desks installed, said the Day of the Dead is dif- the American colors on the said Alice Tsai, the A.S. director ferent from Halloween. ofrenda. I'm quite happy to see of student resource affairs. "It's a celebration of life," that because Day of the Dead is The office is still under con- Milnes said. "Halloween, in its to remember the ones we love struction and desks and chairs current manifestations, has and the ones who passed away are still not set up. Mail for the more to do with ghosts and gob- that we want to continue to board members was sitting on lins and things like that. I remember." the table, waiting to be picked up. think Day of the Dead really is Ulloa said he thought the Tsai said there is one working a way of linking with your own American colors on a product of phone in the office for the board heritage and those who have the Mexican culture showed a of directors. come before you as families and sign of unity between the two "We can't do office work in friends." countries. there as of now," she said. Milnes said activities usual- He said the only thing miss- A.S. vice president Akbar ly take place over a couple of ing from the ofrenda were pic- Shetty, said every director has an days, but Nov. 1 is the actual tures of the deceased, which he e-mail address or voice mailbox Omar (kudos / Daily Stuff day of celebration. said is a common practice in that they can be reached at. Boxes littered the Board of Directors Office in the Scheller house. The extent of the activities Mexico when creating ofren- A.S. president Maribel Mar- depends on how dedicated peo- das. tinez said that she, A.S. controller response," Cohen said. signed on time, causing a delay in the group holds its bi-weekly ple are and if everyone is able In addition to the ofrenda, Julie Perreira-Rieken and Shetty He said the board was unre- getting Internet access. board meetings in. However, to travel, he said. the Spartan Memorial was all had offices that were set up. sponsive and prone to one-way Tsai said it was sometimes because of a vandalism on Oct. 5. An ofrenda. which is Span- open for anyone who wanted to "You can currently contact communication because they hard to contact directors because that damaged the house's eleva- ish for an offering, is used for pray for the dead. three executives who will be take so long to respond to anyone. most haven't posted any office tor, A.S. is not able to hold board offerings to the deceased. One Roger Wharton, chaplain for responding to any messages," "They are there to take care of hours since the house isn't com- meetings as of yet, because the was set up in the Art building sjspirit.org, said the memorial Martinez said.

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