ENTERTAINMENT SPORTS Action star Jackie Chan San Jose in a 'Rage' as the accepts Maverick Spirit Lasers beat Philadelphia Award at Cine quest 71-67 See page 5 See page 8 Volume 110, No. 10 Serving San Jose State University Since 1934 February 5, 1998 Beyond the trend: Olympic snowboarding Professor wins Byjerennah Oshan shadows and into the spotlight, trouble followed, position on barrel staves sliding down snow-cov- Staff Writer but this time over who would govern the sport in ered hills in Europe. Even the ancestor of the Presidential the Olympics. modern snowboard, the "Snurfer", dates back to The International Snowboard Federation had 1965. To say snowboarding is a new sport would be been sanctioning snowboarding events, but the The Snurfer looked like two skis attached to lie. Federation Internationale du Ski (FIS) chal- together without the bindings and was controlled Scholar Award With snowboarding making its Olympic debut lenged for the rights to oversee the sport in the by a rope which was tied to the front and acted sport is seem- in Nagano, Japan, on Feb. 7, the Olympics. The International Olympic Committee as a rein. It was sold mostly in sporting good By Peggy Flynn ingly getting the respect that it has not gotten awarded the FIS with the bid, prompting at least stores and toy shops as more of a novelty item, Staff Writer from the skiing establishment in the past. one top rider to drop out of the competition. not as a potential Olympic sport. The modern Participants will be timed in a giant slalom race But the road to Nagano has been a long time snowboard resembles its ancestor, minus the and judged in a half-pipe competition, which is coming at the Burton Snowboard Museum in rope, with more sophisticated bindings and Dr. Randall Stross is familiar with success sto- like a tunnel cut in half where various tricks are Vermont there is a snowboard-like-contraption board construction. ries. performed. that dates back to 1920. In World War I, there The author of several books on business history Even as the sport seemingly stepped out of the were accounts of soldiers standing in a surfing See Debut, page 9 Stross a San Jose State University professor of Organization and Management will receive the 1997-98 President's Scholar Award and can boast of his own lifetime of successes. The President's Scholar Award, first presented in 1973-74, recognizes excellence in research and scholarship. Stross' award is the first ever for the College of Business. "Our courses have benefited greatly by his research of China and Silicon Valley," said Dr. Burton Dean, chair of the Organization and Ai This is the most exciting place in the world to be. Technology is the single most important element of econom- ic change and the technology is right here. Dr. Randall Stross professor of Organization and Management Management Department. "He is making this region aware of its role in the global market." AN an expert on Silicon Valley start-up compa- nies, Stross has drawn upon his stores of knowledge to write articles for Fortune magazine, US News In (;,,at son Wen. Spat NW DMA and World Report and The New Republic. "This is the most exciting place in the world to off a table top jump snowfall made it difficult for snowboarders to see, but the Chris Regan, 13, of Reno launches be," Stross said. "Technology is the single most at the boarder cross park at Alpine Meadows. The heavy powder was a welcome relief from previous icy conditions. important element of economic change and the technology is right here." Strews is currently working on a book about Hewlett-Packard. He has also authored six books Mountaintop culture including "The Microsoft Way: The Real Story of How the Company Outsmarts its Competition" and "Steve Jobs and the' NeXT Big Thing." The award came as welcome surprise to Stross, attracts 'one-plankers1 who returned after a semester off due to back I v Jeremiah ()shan park they like to build their own surgery. According to Stross, the surgery was a result often accident "involving a computer monitor, tdt1 Writer jumps where they won't get har- ra ssed ." a car trunk and a bad back." Stross, a faculty member since 1986, teaches Venture off the groomed path at Snowboarders also like the feeling of going where others have not. international business and a business and society any given snow-covered mountain class at the. graduate. and undergraduate level. He and you're likely to find young snow- "I would much rather hike around is considering teaching an MBA class on the role of hoarders flying through the powder. a little bit to find some untouched get the. personal computer. Due to lack of initial acceptance by powder (ungroomed snow ) than right off the lift and go straight down A Feb. 17 reception at 4 p.m. in the Student ski resorts (most didn't allow snow- Union Barrett Ballroom is planned for Stross, who until the mid-'80s) anyone the grt aimed stuff," snowboarder and boarders said. will give' a presentation entitled, "Fortune-Telling: wanting to snowboard was forced to student Cameron Delano With the' advent ti rotas at How a Historian in 2050 Might View Silicon Valley do so on their own, usually in in the. 1990s." ungroomed areas without the assis- comes it whole other part of the snow- boarding lifestyle.. tance of chairlifts. Finding "virgin" snow has become A major part of the snowboarding culture has more to do with the finan- a definitive part of the snowboarding - -Daily Reminder- culture at resorts because of the cial sit wit it that the. average snow seclusion it brings. boarder Is in. Due to increasing lift- Friday Snowboarders seem to have found ticket prices and the. cost of gear, on every- their niche in the "out of bounds" boarders try to save money areas of resorts. This has also been thing when going on their trips. is the last day to add 4 :30 in instrumental in their branding as "I've gotten up at the morn- rebels. ing a bunch of times," snowboarder classes and to sign up for "Snowboarders seem to like. to be Dan Schaar said "It's a lot cheaper Carlo Teano, 26, of Fremont pulls off a huge air at Alpine Meadows. a motel room." in the trees more," said Trayce Shires, than getting the installment Alpine Meadows was the last ski resort to allow snowboarding in the Some snowboarders opt fi a- their Tahoe area. an ex-ski patrol member at Shirley Meadows. "When they don't have. ;t See. Snowboarder, page 10 payment plan. Stolen bikes make for unhappy students Correction Dead Woman Walking ByJolut Meyer "It makes me worry about my Senior Staff Writer Ai bike I depend on my bike to get SJSU students ponder Karla Faye Tucker's to school " A few more San Jose State It kind of makes you wonder what the ITPD Sgt livrnandez death by lethal injection Tuesday University students are walking value of society is. Someone had to of said there is a pattern m the. Do you think "finding to school this semester but not recent bicycle. thefts because Do you think being a by choice. seen it. It was stolen in broad daylight seven of the nine incidents have' God" should exempt woman should exempt Their bicycles were stolen. been reported it or near the someone from execution? someone from execution? So far, nine bicycles have been in front of the library Event Center reported stolen in the first three Sgt Hernandez said it is pos- 12% 4% weeks of this semester, according Dan Goodrich sible, judging from cases in the. to the University Police SJSU student past, that one or two people' Department. This is about 40 could possibly be stealing the percent of all bicycles stolen last bicycle's. fall. UPI) has increased the mini SJSU student Dan Goodrich it kind of makes you wonder Other SJSU students are ber of officers patrolling the. had his $350 mountain bicycle what the value of society is," aware of the problem. Event Center because. of the. cur no Nog yes stolen in front of Clark Library. Goodrich said. "Someone had to "A friend of mine got his wheel rent thefts, Sgt Hernandez said. The Goodrich had locked the bicycle of seen it. It was stolen in broad stolen (off of his bike)," SJSU In general, most stolen bikes Spartan Daily mislabeled the pie chart that ran in Wednesday's with a cable lock to a bike rack daylight in front of the library." student Edgar Hernandez said. issue The correct pie chart appears above. We apologize for any con- Sf'f' Bicycles, page 10 fusion. Technology crimps Bilingual education 01 D I . 5. 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