Spartan Daily, April 7, 2003

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The third installment of the series . g Beauty lies within, not depicting citizens at the San Jose Spartans take weekend series in physical attributes Police Department's academy. .from conference rival Fresno State OPINION 2 NEWS 3 SPORTS 4.mmittair' VOLUME 120, NUMBER 44 SERVING SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1934 SPARTAN DAILY WWW.THESPARTANDAILY.COM MONDAY, APRIL 7,2003 CONFLICT IN IRAQ Diving U.S. troo s attack central Ba hdad coach BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) U.S. up Highway 8 meeting only moderate Attack Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th American forces begin flying into airport troops seized key buildings in the heart resistance mostly assault fire and Infantry entered the palace compound, of the Iraqi capital Monday, including a rocket-propelled grenades from searching the around andbeginning to Associated Pro, airport, carrying unknown cargo but major presidential palace on the Tigris infantry. secure the building. Iraqis shot small weighted with symbolism and tactical arrested River, the Information Ministry and "I do believe this city is frealcin' ours," arms fire at them from a clock tower Chipping away at the vestiges of importance. The arrival presaged a the Al-Rashid Hotel. said Capt. Chris Carter of Watkinsville overlooking the compound. Tanks Saddam Hussein's power, U.S. forces major resupply effort by air for U.S. Boos confessed to child mokstation; Under cover of tank-killing A10 Ga. quickly destroyed it. troops, dependent until now on a tenu- encircled Baghdad on Sunday and bail reduced to $75,000 Warthog planes and pilot-less drones, The U.S. Army columns moved Most of the compound was severely began flying into the capital's airport. ous line stretching 350 miles to Kuwait. the 2nd Brigade of the 3rd Infantry northeast to the newest and main pres- damaged from prior U.S. raids. British forces in the south made their U.S. officials declared Baghdad cut off By Huong C. Pham Division rolled into central Baghdad at idential palace on the river. Iraqis fled Col. David Perkins told his troops from the rest of Iraq. deepest push into Iraq's second largest Staff Writer 6 a.m. along its banks and some jumped in the before the operation that the mission city. "We do control the highways in and Daily Entering on the western side of the water. An ammunition depot across the A hulking U.S. C-130 transport plane Tigris, which divides the city they came river was on fire. See CAPITAL, page 7 See ROUNDUP, page 7 Santa Clara police arrested San Jose landed at the Baghdad international State University women's diving coach William T. Boos last Monday at the Santa Clara Divers Club on a child molestation charge, according to Santa DIGITAL Clara police. Boos has confessed to claims that he sexually ART molested a 2- year-old girl in Graduate student merges his care, according to authori- art with technolgy ties. By Sunita Vijayan "The victim is Daily Staff Writer now 19-years- old and remembers very little "I wish you were (not) there," is a digital media art form designed by of what hap- Kazunori Takahashi, a graduate student pened," according to Deputy District who's getting his masters degree in dig- Attorney Chuck Gillingham. ital media at San Jose State University According to police report, the victim Shown at Gallery No. 2 in the Art remembers being touched by an building, the screening was held from unknown man. She remembers talking Tuesday April 1 to Thursday April 3. about it years before and pointing to A thesis prttject by Takahashi, he said the genital area that was hurt during the idea came about while he was on the the alleged assaults according to the Internet. report. 'I was browsing and happened to find 57, also known as "Coach Bill," -f film that could be used for an art proj- has worked at SJSU since 1996 and at ect:Takahashi said. the Santa Clara Divers Club since The film, a specialty by itself; is a liq- 1999. He is the head women's diving uid crystal layer that alternates from coach at SJSU and was named coach of opaque to transparent as the viewer's the year at the Western Athletic moves are detected by the 12 infrared Conference Swimming and Diving motion sensors placed strategically Championship in February, according along one side of the wall. to SJSU Athletics. The 12 films on the panel at the front During Boos' court appearance for a of the room are laminated and contain a bail motion Friday morning, the judge liquid crystal layer between two pieces reduced his $250,000 bail and granted of plastic film. With live video images him a $75,000 bail, the county clerk from Times Square, New York placed said. behind the 12 squares of films, it is an His next court date is April 14 at 2 attraction guaranteed to grab the view- p.m., where he will be given the oppor- ers' attention. tunity to make a plea. "What you are seeing is what is actu- ally happening right at this moment in Photos By Saon Yoneda / Daily Staff New York," Takahashi said. "The transparency of the film is con- Kazunori Takahashi, a graduate art student, had three-day art exhibition in Gallery ii in the Art building from April 1 to April 3. He made a moni- trolled by utilizing the properties of liq- tor that was divided into 12 squares. Each transparent square screen showed live scenes at Madison Square in New York City, but only when Senate OKs uid crystals whose molecules align with viewer walked by the 12 sensor boxes to the side of the screens. voltage," he said. "The light cannot pass through at randomly aligned phase newer while it can easily pass through when liquid crystal molecules align." Takahashi said this is the secret of how the film changes its level of transparency. questions The object is to create collaboration between the viewer and the art system itself, Takahashi said. "I want people to pLy with it and fig- for teachers ure out what it is, Talcahashi said. I ABOVE: Takahashi explained his want people to see more than the sur- friend Naoko Mori, a sophomore By Janine Stanhope objects of face and not be fooled by majoring in art, how each sensor Daily Staff Writer technology" is connected to the monitor last Fong Ly, a senior majoring in graphic design studies, said she really liked see- day of his show, "I wish you The Academic Senate voted to ing -how Takahashi related his art to were(not) there" at Gallery No. 2. approve more up-to-date questions technology. for a new Student Opinion of "I was reading the description, and it's RIGHT: Sheng Nien Yang, a senior Teaching Effectiveness (SOTE) amazing how all these ideas he had put form, but others say it took several majoring in photography, steps backward with the decision to together related to technology," she said. worked as a receptionist of the Takahashi said most of his work had distribute the new form to every been done using the Internet. Natalie & James Thomson Art class. Naoko Mori, a sophomore majoring Gallery on Wednesday and Faculty members keep a_portfolio in art, said she thought Takahashi s con- looked at the Kevin McCoy's with a selection of SOTE results, cept of using technology in art was a work called "Learning from published articles and student letters good one. Vegas," that installed a variety of for presentation during their review process, said Academic Senate Chair "I really like the idea of once you famous motion pictures shot in stepped in the room and walked toward James C. Brent. the art, all these sensors work so you can Las Vegas in order to show the "Faculty evaluation ratings are see the screen clearly," she said. social norms of behavior. comparing averages from 10 years ago, Brent said. "The rating forms have been used to evaluate the faculty for the past 20 years." Patricia Evridge Hill, an associate Dancers, singers perform at Pacific Islander u'au professor of history at San Jose State University, who is president of the By Daniel Hartman a lot closer after this. said the Hawaiian hula style is the SJSU chapter of the California Dancer Stephanie De Los Reyes said slowest. Daily Staff Writer Faculty Association, said the univer- she and her fellow dancers practiced for Krystalyn Sylvester said the hula sal policy oversight is up to individ- close to five hours per day in order to dance is used in the Hawaiian culture to ual departments as the decision- The Pride of the Pacific Islands club perform at the luau. tell stories through the hand gestures. making units and not up to the held their third annual luau in the ball- Flana Shiga, a volunteer who helped She said when the United States colo- Academic Senate to determine if room of the Student Union of the San set up for the event, said people can get nized Hawaii they tried to stop hula more than two classes are to be eval- Jose State University on Saturday. a feel for the Hawaiian culture at a dancing because the moves were too uated by students. Cori Miller has been president of the provocative. "We object to the academic senate Pacific Islander club for three years at "There are lots of organizations, tables "King Kalakala revised hula dancing setting a policy statement because we SJSU, where the Pacific Islander popu- and door prizes," Shiga said.

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