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AACCESSCCESS MMAGAZINEAGAZINE iiss ccomingoming iinn tthishis TThursday’shursday’s issue!issue! Oaxaca's tasty treasures Tuesday SPARTAN DAILY A&E p. 3 Shoot to thrill! November 8, 2011 Volume 137, Issue 39 SpartanDaily.com Sports p. 2 Education costs prompt student jobs program by Margaret Baum through as many channels as possible, Staff Writer he said. Th e Career Center will off er a new "We need to provide another means way to help students fi nd jobs with of employment other than Sparta Jobs a trial drop-in interview program on and job fairs on campus," Newell said. Tuesday. He said because of construction Th e program, which runs tomorrow work, employers are no longer able to from 12 to 3 p.m., will off er students do informal interviews at tables. a professional, but less formal way of Th e drop-in interviews will be for connecting with employers, accord- two diff erent companies: Extreme Attendees joined members of the San Jose Spokes Expo in the Spartan Complex on Monday. The event pro- ing to Daniel Newell, job development Learning Inc. and Crowne Plaza Inn, wheelchair basketball team for a few games of half-court vided opportunities to practice rugby, volleyball, soccer and marketing specialist for the Career according to a fl ier handed out by the four-on-four basketball during the SJSU Disability Sport and goal ball. Photo by Jasper Rubenstein / Spartan Daily Center. Career Center on Monday. "Th is is just a pilot," he said. "We are Extreme Learning is looking for an trying to provide as many channels of online academic coach for their Mor- employment as possible." gan Hill location and Crowne Plaza is Adapting to adversity Newell said his position was created looking for a full-time house person, a this year to help fi nd more jobs for stu- part-time room att endant and a part- dents in a time when they need it most time bellhop. by Nic Aguon tions with disability, as well as those ment,” said junior kinesiology major because of the rising cost of tuition. Th is type of interviewing works Production Editor who don’t have a disability,” she said. Jessica Lydon. “What we had to do Students need to fi nd jobs to help when employers are looking to hire and Angelica Valera “We’re fortunate tonight to have a was go out and get donations … ei- pay for school, he said. many students at a time, Newell said Staff Writer great turnout … we’re very pleased ther food donations or money dona- According to Stephanie Th ara, a – each student will get about 10 to 15 about that.” tions to run the whole expo.” representative for the California State minutes with each employer, and the A crowd of more than 200 people Megginson said the expo is orga- She said the students supporting University system, tuition for the CSU interviews might be one-on-one or in reveled in curiosity watching and nized every year in the fall and al- the event compiled all the decora- has risen 22 percent in the past year. In small groups, depending on the em- learning about adapted physical ac- ways held in early November. tions and raffl e items. November 2010 it was increased by 10 ployer. tivity at the 13th Annual Disability Students from her KIN 159 Sport “Adapted physical activity has percent, the equivalent of $444 a year "I would like to see at least 30 stu- Sport Expo Monday evening at the and Adapted Physical Activities class evolved from what used to be consid- for undergraduates, and in July 2011 it dents per employer," he said. Spartan Complex gym. were assigned specifi c roles in con- ered just school-based education the was increased again by another 12 per- Newell said if there is a large turnout Nancy Megginson, kinesiology junction with the Adapted Physical last decade and a half,” Megginson cent, the equivalent of $588 for under- it will show that this type of interview- professor and director of the adapted Activities club on campus. Meggin- said. “One of the things that’s avail- graduates. ing is appealing to students and a more physical activity club, coordinated son said all of the donations were able to the population without dis- According to Newell, there are a few intensive calendar should be developed, the event. coordinated through the work of the ability is recreation as well as sport, reasons for trying this method of inter- allowing more students to meet with “Th e purpose of this event is to fa- students in her KIN 159 class. and so disability sport and recreation viewing. Rising tuition and increased more employers. cilitate an understanding and appre- “My own personal job in this expo student debt means that the Career "I am curious to see what kind of ciation of disability sport and popula- was in the food and décor depart- SEE EXPO PAGE 6 Center needs to off er employment turnout this will draw," he said. Michael Jackson doctor found guilty of manslaughter Staff and Wire Reports aware of the risks involved with the “the opportunity of a lifetime,” faces “Would the verdict have come out drug. a maximum penalty of four years in the way it did if there hadn’t been two “I miss Michael Jackson,” said Ar- state prison. years of pretrial publicity? We’ll never A Los Angeles jury convicted Mi- cher, who is part of SJSU’s marching Th e stern approach Pastor took in know,” he said. chael Jackson’s personal physician of band. “(Jackson) was an amazing mu- sending Murray to jail rather than Los Angeles County District Att or- involuntary manslaughter, concluding sician.” releasing him on bail suggested the ney Steve Cooley denied that the case a trial that off ered a glimpse of the last He said he remembered watching minimum sentence of probation is un- was brought only because it involved days of one of the world’s most fa- the videos for “Beat It” and “Bad” as a likely. Jackson and said the offi ce would mous men by deciding that his death child and his parents were fans of the Authorities in Texas and Nevada prosecute any doctor. was a criminal act. King of Pop. are expected to revoke his medical “To the extent that someone dies as Th e verdict was delivered Monday in “It’s a shame that we won’t expe- licenses and the California Medical a result of their being a so-called Dr. a windowless downtown courtroom a rience more of his talent,” said Paul Board suspended his license earlier Feelgood, they will be held account- world away from the turreted Holmby Olivo, SJSU graduate and library assis- this year. able,” Cooley said. Hills mansion where Dr. Conrad Mur- tant in the school of music and dance’s Aft er the verdict, Murray’s jury Deputy District Att orney David ray had a $150,000-a-month position resource center. consultant, John G. McCabe, said the Walgren, the lead prosecutor, echoed a that included providing what the pop Olivo said his earliest memory of Mi- doctor’s biggest challenge had been theme of his own summation. Jackson, star called “milk” — the surgical anes- chael Jackson was when the artist was the intense coverage of the singer’s he said, was “not a pop icon but a son thetic that ultimately claimed his life. still part of the Jackson 5 and recalls his death. Of the nearly 150 citizens in and a brother, and that’s most impor- Sophomore aviation major Sean surge in popularity during the ’80s. the jury pool, everyone said they had tant to keep in mind today.” Archer said he thinks the artist was “I remember when MTV was pro- Dr. Conrad Murray looks on during his heard of the case against Murray. Th e verdict came on the second moting ‘Th riller,’ the build up for the trial on Monday in Los Angeles. “You can’t fi nd anyone who doesn’t day of deliberations and was read to premiere,” he said. Photo by Al Seib / MCT know who Michael Jackson is,” said a packed courtroom that included View exclusive stories and multimedia at Senior nursing major Tiff any Wong Nathan Villanueva. “Fame is a double- Jackson’s parents, some of his siblings spartandaily.com said she wished the media would focus fatal overdose of propofol and there- edged sword.” and devoted fans. As a court clerk pro- on celebrating Michael Jackson’s life fore bore complete responsibility for He said he knew people who re- nounced the word guilty, there was a instead of hyping up the trial. his own death. spected Michael Jackson’s contri- gasp from the singer’s family. She said she thinks the high-profi le Immediately aft er the verdict, Mur- butions to music and dance, while Across the aisle, Murray’s mother nature of the case led to a harsher ver- ray was placed in handcuff s at the di- ignoring any of the media storm sur- sat stoically while other supporters dict. rection of the trial judge, to remain in rounding his personal life and Mur- sobbed. During the six-week proceed- “If it was any lay person, then it custody pending his Nov. 29 sentenc- ray’s trial. ings, prosecutors painted Murray as would probably be considered negli- ing. “I feel like artists should be only con- greedy and incompetent and accused t Twitter: @spartandaily 63˚ gence,” Wong said of the involuntary “Th is is a crime where the end re- sidered for their work, and anything him of abandoning his medical judg- manslaughter ruling.