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WORLD NEWS Japan rocked Persian new year Aggies edge Spartans celebration by 8.9 quake; in WAC Tournament kicks off Iranian tsunami studies program Wesley Dugle wreaks havoc Staff Writer

Mahvash Guerami thumped his on Santa Cruz tombak drum and Pezhham Akhavass played the soft and delicate sound of a santour as vocalist Hossein Mas- shores soudi sang to a packed room Thurs- day. The trio performed in the Engi- McClatchy Tribune neering Auditorium to commemorate Norooz, the Persian New Year, and SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Some bro- celebrate the community’s culture ken docks and debris were pulled out of and the commencement of the new Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor on Sat- Iranian studies program at SJSU. urday morning after a day of tsunami Persis Karim, an associate profes- surges caused by the massive earth- sor of English at SJSU and one of the quake in Japan. head coordinators of the event, said Offi cials have counted 18 sunken the new program can allow more stu- vessels and Coast Guard Lt. Renee dents to become acquainted with Per- McKinnon said more continue to take sian culture. on water and are in danger of sinking. “I think it’s really important for a The overall damage to the harbor is place like San Jose State to recognize still being calculated, though the pre- some of the surrounding communi- liminary damage assessment to the port ties and cultures that inhabit Silicon district facility is estimated at $17.1 Valley,” she said. “This program is million. aimed at not only educating Ameri- Port Director Lisa Ekers said at a can students but also helping the next Saturday morning news conference that generation of Iranian-American lead- half of U Dock is destroyed and at least ers to connect culture and heritage.” 10 other docks have signifi cant damage. According to Karim, San Jose is Ekers said her top priorities are to home to the second-largest Iranian- help the 60 registered “live-aboards,” American community in California, people who have made the harbor their with Los Angeles being the largest. home, and raising boats that may still Karim said Norooz is an important be salvageable. holiday for people of Iranian descent For Sean Collins, owner of a sail- and from Persian-speaking countries boat, Zoey, and one of the harbor’s because it’s a celebration of the com- “live-aboards,” the surges threatened ing of spring. She went on to say the his home on the water. celebration is not religious and that “The funny thing about Santa Cruz events like these are meant to bring is that someone says there is a tsunami the Iranian-American community and everyone goes to the beach,” he closer together. said. “The idea is to share in the beauty The tsunami warning woke Collins of this community and also to make on Friday and he spent most of Friday a bridge between the Iran of old and trying to keep his ship tethered to the the Iranian-American of new,” Karim dock. said. “She broke off twice,” he said, add- Neda Nasr, a freshman biomedical ing that without the help of fellow boat Photo: Vernon McKnight / Spartan Daily engineering major who is currently owners, he wouldn’t have been able to Senior guards Adrian Oliver and Justin Graham walk off the court after the helping Karim start the Iranian stud- keep the ship anchored. Spartans’ 58-54 loss to Utah State at the WAC Tournament in Las Vegas. While Santa Cruz Deputy Chief see SPORTS page 3 see PERSIAN page 2 Steve Clark said he understands the urge to visit the harbor to investigate damaged property, he asked that the More than 500,000 people have been JAPAN EARTHQUAKE BY THE NUMBERS public continue to cooperate and sup- forced to evacuate from quake- and port recovery efforts by staying away tsunami-affected regions, Kyodo News from the water and off the docks, many reported. of which have not been proven safe. At least 1.4 million households had “A tsunami watch does not mean gone without water since the quake watch the tsunami,” he said, adding that struck and some 1.9 million house- his offi cers’ duties during the surge in- holds were without electricity, Kyodo cluded crowd control on and around the reported. Murray Street Bridge, where hundreds Adding to the problems in the region gathered to watch. were a series of more than 40 punish- “Nature’s going to do what nature’s ing aftershocks, three of magnitude 6 or going to do,” Clark said. “Our main more Sunday. concern is providing security for those Offi cials from Tokyo Electric Power whose investments and lives are out Co. said they would begin rationing there in the harbor.” power Monday to the 45 million people Meanwhile, Japanese authorities say they serve to prevent Tokyo and nearby thousands may have died in the mas- prefectures from experiencing massive sive earthquake and tsunami that left blackouts, Kyodo reported, and that ra- many survivors stranded or shivering in tioning is expected to last until the end makeshift evacuation centers that were of April. running low on supplies Monday. Losses from the quake, tsunami and About 1,800 people were confi rmed fi res will total at least $100 billion, in- dead Sunday — including 200 bodies cluding $20 billion in damage to resi- found along the coast, according to The dences and $40 billion in damage to in- Associated Press. About 1,900 were in- frastructure such as roads, rail and port jured and more than 1,400 were miss- facilities, Oakland-based catastrophe Photo: Leo Postovoit / Spartan Daily ing late Sunday. modeling fi rm Eqecat estimated. Information compiled from MCT and USGS 2 NEWS sPARTANDailY Monday, March 14, 2011 SJSU presidential candidates to visit campus

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Read about each candidate at spartandaily.com MOHAMMAD LEROY DAVID QAYOUMI MORISHITA STEELE President of CSU East Bay Executive vice president Dean of the College PERSIAN “I think the fact that it’s part of the and chief fi nancial offi cer of Business at SJSU curriculum is a big thing,” he said. at San Francisco State From Page 1 “It’s really educational and good for University the Iranians to reach out to the Amer- ies program, said a great deal of work icans.” Photos courtesy of: CSU went into getting Iranian-American Nero Parik, a graduate student in students and community members to the materials science department, come to the celebration. said he enjoyed the Norooz Trio’s “We (had) posted fliers about our music because of its similarities to event all over campus and in addi- his Indian culture. tion had clubs advertise our event,” “I had no expectations when I she said. “We also had teachers and came,” he said of attending Norooz. students announce the event in class- “But after listening to the music my es, and of course we have a Facebook expectations got higher because I event for Norooz.” love that kind of music.” Nasr is an officer for the Student Mehrdad Pourfathi, a graduate stu- Association for Middle Eastern Stud- dent in electrical engineering who is ies and next year will be taking over of Persian decent, said he was un- as the group’s president. aware of the event but was excited The event featured Iranian-Ameri- when he found about it and got his can speakers, poets, and singer Hos- friends to come along with him. sein Massoudi’s musical group the “I actually encouraged my friends Norooz Trio. who are non-Iranian to come over According to Massoudi, he and his here and watch this,” he said. “It was fellow Iranian musicians, Mahvash a good opportunity for the people to Guerami and Pezhham Akhavass, come over and get acquainted with had been playing together for only the Iranian culture.” two months when Karim got them to Pourfathi went on to say how sur- sign on for the event. prised he was by the large turnout “It’s been a labor of love,” he from the Iranian-American commu- joked about the amount of time they nity. Photo: Michelle Terris/ Spartan Daily have had together. “More people attended than I Members of the “Woop Woop” group gather to answer questions in the International He also spoke about how good it is thought,” he said. “A lot were from Quiz event where students participate in a Jeopardy-style game and answer that SJSU is starting its own Iranian outside school and it was really questions about different countries. studies program. amazing to see them here.”

Brain benders abound Scheduled wireless maintenance for the upcoming week at International Quiz PHASE SJSU BUILDING DAY TIME Phase E MacQuarrie Hall Monday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Phase E MacQuarrie Hall Tuesday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Francisco Rendon have known the answer to,” countries.” Phase E Boccardo Wednesday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Staff Writer said Duke, a senior com- Senior business major Phase E Boccardo Thursday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. munication studies major. Robert Lolbeck, a member Phase E Boccardo Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The world’s tallest wa- “It’s a great event to get of the winning team, said terfall, Mother Teresa’s na- students together and have he felt the diversity of his tive country and the Roma- fun answering questions.” team was important to its nian fl ag were all subjects She said learning about success. of questioning at the Inter- other cultures from the “We had a wide repre- national Quiz on Friday in event was representative of sentation: Polish, Croatian, the Dining Commons. her experience living in the Indian and Vietnamese,” Teams consisting of four I-House. Lolbeck said. “It helped for to eight people each an- “Living in International sure.” swered questions in cate- House is a great way to Bernhard Lachmann, a learn about more culture,” graduate student in urban £ gories such as international personalities, national fl ags Duke said. “Not a lot of planning, said he enjoyed and symbols and world people on campus know the event and felt his in- landmarks. that Americans can live ternational background The event, sponsored by there.” helped his team. the International House, The quiz was the fi rst “I knew a lot about Eu- £  consisted of two rounds event in International ropean countries,” said of three categories, with a Week, a series of events Lachmann, who is from musical performance from organized by the I-House Germany. “(With) a lot of ²* junior advertising major every semester. different nations working Kinsey D’Aquila during I-House director Leann together we have so much > > the fi nal scoring. Cherkasky Makhni said more knowledge — that’s a Winners were presented the event was aimed at pro- very good message.” -,(;<905.b with gift baskets contain- moting awareness of the I- Alex Antazo, an R.A. at ing an assortment of prizes House and the international the I-House, was largely in P05.,9Q(5.,9? and fi rst place received a community on campus. charge of organizing the ,51(405,5+,9:65 trophy. Being able to draw event for the second year in “It was entertaining to upon a wide variety of a row and helped select the knowledge was an ex- questions. say the least,” said fresh- (5+ man business major Gur- cellent resource for the Antazo, a senior picto- simran Singh. “(There competition, she said. rial art major, said hold- 4<*/469, were) some challenges that “The more diverse the ing the event in the Dining really made you think.” team, the more likely Commons was a positive Vanessa Duke, an R.A. they are to win,“ Cher- shift from previous years’ at the I-House, co-hosted kasky Makhni said. “I think experiences.

the event and said she we are really fortunate “It was much easier for

to be on a campus that is (people to get) food,” he COMING SOON thought it was very educa- U tional. so diverse. That’s what said. “There’s people here E we’re all about — In- already so (the event) is not March 2011 “I defi nitely learned IN SPARTAN DAILY things from questions (that) ternational House has trying to get people to the P I would never otherwise 72 students from 30 ballroom on a Friday.” Monday, March 14 2011 sPARTANDailY SPORTS 3 BASKETBALL SJSU headed to CBI after heartbreaker

Melissa Sabile The team then moved to Sports Editor the second round to play fourth-seeded Idaho on Thursday. Oliver and fresh- Despite a 58-54 loss to man guard Keith Shamburger eventual tournament cham- both posted 28 points to lead pion Utah State in the semi- the Spartans, who overcame finals of the Western Athlet- an early defi cit, to a 74-68 vic- ic Conference Tournament tory over the Vandals. Two in Las Vegas, the SJSU men’s consecutive steals in the last basketball team isn’t quite minutes of the game from ready to call it quits. senior guard Justin Graham The Spartans, whose 17 secured the win for the Spar- wins are the most recorded tans. for SJSU since 1981, have ac- On Friday, SJSU played cepted an invitation to play what turned out to be its fi - in the College Basketball nal game against the No. 1 Invitational and will face seeded team and conference Creighton University March champions, Utah State. The

15 at the Qwest Center in heavily favored Aggies were Photo: Vernon McKnight / Spartan Daily Omaha, Neb. able to pull an early lead and Freshman guard Keith Shamburger pushes his way through four Idaho players during the Spartans’ 74-68 victory over “Playing in the CBI is an- Utah State senior forward Tai the Vandals in the second game of the WAC Tournament. Shamburger posted 28 points in Thursday’s game. other step forward for our Wesley said the team didn’t basketball program,” SJSU expect the Spartans to catch just went up and out. You “We came to the tournament head coach George Ness- up so quickly. make some, you miss some.” to win it. I know that sounds man said. “We had a success- The Aggies’ defense then Ultimately, two techni- like crazy talk because we ful season and are delighted double-teamed Oliver to shut cal fouls from Oliver and were the eighth seed. That’s to participate in postseason him down for the remainder Graham proved to be instru- just everybody else’s percep- basketball. The CBI will be a of the game and he was hardly mental to the Spartans’ loss, tion.” fun experience for our play- able to get any shots in. as the four free throws from Though the Aggies will be ers, coaches, fans and San Jose At the fi nal seconds of the the Aggies all fell swiftly into the team to advance to the State University.” game, Oliver once again had the net. Oliver, who only shot NCAA Tournament and play The Spartans were selected the opportunity to sink a 6-19, still led the team with Kansas State on Thursday, to the CBI after a strong run game-winning shot, but this 16 points followed by Sham- SJSU will head face Creigh- in the WAC Tournament. time his shot, a 3-pointer, did burger with 11. ton in the College Basketball After starting out the not land in his favor, bounc- The disheartening loss for Invitational. tournament on Wednesday ing off the rim into the hands the Spartans was matched Creighton (19-17) is a as the eighth seed of eight of Utah State. by a sigh of relief from Utah Missouri Valley Conference teams, the Spartans (17-15, “I had fl ashbacks to two State head coach Stew Mor- member and hasn’t played 7-12 WAC) played their fi rst nights ago when I did make rill, who said SJSU’s team against SJSU since 1988, game against the University it,” Oliver said. “I was happy didn’t look tired during the when the Bluejays beat the of Hawaii, pulling off a vic- to be in that position again. game and was impressed with Spartans 87-77. tory in the waning moments When I caught the ball after the way the Spartans fought The winner of the match- as senior guard Adrian Oliver the rebound, I was kind of till the end. up will advance to the second scored with 3.3 seconds left smiling because I had a feel- “We didn’t come to the round on March 21 to face Photo: Vernon McKnight / Spartan Daily in the game to edge the Rain- ing something special was go- tournament to make it to the the winner of the James Mad- Brenda and Genevieve Oliver show support for Adrian and bow Warriors 75-74. ing to happen. But, the ball semifi nals,” Nessman said. ison-Davidson game. the Spartans at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. SENIORS! Graduation www.SignatureA.com Announcements & Diploma Frames

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Ron Gleeson Hertler fi nished 3-for-3 with three Staff Writer RBIs, reaching base in all fi ve of his plate appearances on the game. The Panthers were plagued by In a weekend packed with offen- their pitchers who frequently found sive punch from the Spartans’ lineup, the dirt in front of home plate with the SJSU baseball team won the Jack their pitches. However, even more Gifford Memorial Tournament for than the pitching, Wisconsin-Mil- the second straight year in its two- waukee was doomed by its poor per- year existence. formance on the fi eld, committing The Spartans won all four games fi ve errors. the they played in, including a 11-4 SJSU defeated Wisconsin-Mil- victory over Wisconsin-Milwaukee waukee earlier in tournament by a (2-10) to claim the tournament title fi nal score of 14-5 at San Jose Mu- Sunday afternoon at San Jose Mu- nicipal Stadium on Friday and con- nicipal Stadium. tinued its offensive tear in the next The Spartans (12-4), who were the two games by defeating UC Davis (3- visiting team because of tournament 11) with a fi nal score of 9-6 and Utah rules on Sunday, started quickly. (4-7) 8-3 on Saturday. The game got off to a unconven- In the two games Saturday, the tional start when senior left fi elder Spartans scored a total of 17 runs on Craig Hertler was pegged in the leg 25 hits. by Panthers’ senior starting pitcher “All weekend we had a real good Jayme Sukowaty’s fi rst pitch. game plan going into each game,” he Sukowaty’s outing didn’t improve said. “Our guys executed well, did much from his wild start. a great job at it and worked hard, Freshman second baseman Jake Photo: Jesse Jones / Spartan Daily which got us these victories.” Valdez followed Hertler with a base The Spartans celebrate their 11-4 victory after sophomore pitcher David Wayne Russo, No. 13, closed the The tournament was named after hit, followed by junior center fi elder game against the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers to end the tournament on Sunday. Jack Gifford, a life-long baseball fan Jason Martin who drove a base hit who was a generous supporter of into the outfi eld, scoring Hertler for “We knew we wanted to score ear- “There were very few easy innings for Panthers’ rally by getting Phil Strig- several college baseball programs, the game’s fi rst run. ly in case rain came,” head coach Sam Milwaukee, which was our goal.” gow to ground out to the shortstop. including SJSU as well as Santa “The lineup seems like its work- Piraro said. “We had a great approach Wisconsin-Milwaukee responded The fi fth inning would close all Clara University, Stanford, Univer- ing really well together,” Hertler said. to the game and our hitters went strong in the third inning by scoring scoring done by Wisconsin-Milwau- sity of California and his alma-ma- “Lead-off guys are getting on, we’re along with the game plan to a ‘T’.” three runs to cut the defi cit to two kee the rest of the afternoon after ter, UCLA. limiting the strike outs and stringing The Spartans were back on the runs, led by a two-run double by Paul Guzman settled in and allowed only Gifford passed away on January together hits with less than two outs. scoring train in the top of the second, Hoenecke and an RBI base hit by se- three hits while striking out fi ve in 3 11, 2009, at the age of 68, and Piraro It’s becoming big for us.” led off by a base hit on a full count nior second baseman Cole Kraft. 1/3 innings of relief, earning him the said he will always be remembered Sukowaty’s woes continued as he by Hertler with one out, which was The Panthers got within one run win for the game. through his annual memorial tourna- gave up a four-pitch walk to senior followed by a triple by Valdez, scor- and one base hit of taking the lead “(Guzman) had three pitches that ment as well as countless other rea- fi rst baseman Danny Stienstra to ing Hertler. from the Spartans in the fi fth inning he was throwing for strikes all game,” sons. load the bases for freshman designat- “I wasn’t sure if I could get to following a double by freshman third Piraro said. “Those three pitches Piraro said he will personally al- ed-hitter Caleb Natov. third off the bat,” Valdez said. “But baseman Sam Koenig that scored he was also using to get strikeouts, ways remember Gifford for what he Ahead in the count to Natov, Su- they threw it home, and I kept run- Hoenecke who reached on a double which was the most effective aspect did while Piraro was going through kowaty showed his control problems ning.” of his own. of his outing.” cancer treatment. again when he hit Natov with a fast- Sukowaty was replaced following With runners on second and third SJSU would score again three “He stepped forward and helped ball, allowing Valdez to score from the triple by Valdez, but it did little and two outs for the Panthers and an more times in the sixth inning from me,” Piraro said. “He made sure I got third as all runners advance. to mitigate the Panthers’ pitching opportunity to take the lead, Spartan RBI singles by Hertler and Martin. the best care, and he took an active Junior catcher Michael DiRocco sorrows as his substitute, freshman junior Esteban Guzman was called Hertler would hurt the Panthers role in that. The man was a one-in-a- capped off the scoring for the Spar- Mike Schneider, threw a wild pitch, on to relieve freshman pitcher D.J. again in the seventh inning with an million type of person. We are able tans in the fi rst inning with a sacri- giving the Spartans a 5-0 lead after Slaton in the fi fth inning, who re- RBI base hit, scoring DiRocco and to keep his name alive through this fi ce fl y to center fi eld, scoring Martin two innings. lieved starter Martin after the third Nick Borg. A ninth inning run fi nished tournament and honor him for win- to bring SJSU’s fi rst inning run tally “We kept the pressure on Milwau- inning. off SJSU’s offensive thumping of the ning it for the second year in a row. to three. kee almost every inning,” Piraro said. Guzman closed the door on the Panthers at 11 runs on the afternoon. We are very proud of that.” CLASSIFIEDS

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In addition, Give the gift of family through readers should carefully investigate all firms offering California Cryobank’s donor program 408.924.3270 employment listings or coupons for discount vacations Apply online: or merchandise. SPERMBANK.com Monday, March 14, 2011 sPARTANDailY OPINION 5 Young athletes should be getting their brains checked On Feb. 17, 2011, four-time Pro Bowl selection juries. For the older crowd, someone suffering Kids, on the other hand, don’t fully understand what they are and two-time Super Bowl-winning NFL safety from the symptoms of this condition would getting themselves into when they ask to join a sport. Dave Duerson committed suicide by shooting be described as being punch-drunk — people Unfortunately, there hasn’t been any major head trauma re- himself in the heart, rather than the head, with thought it was something that only boxers search on kids under high school age to provide ourselves with the request that his brain be sent to the “NFL were subject to. an understanding of whether concussions at a younger age are brain bank,” otherwise known as the Sports Leg- When you look at boxing today, you have to more harmful than suffering them as an adult. acy Institute. believe that the sport has fallen off signifi cant- Nowinski talked about the repercussions of damage being It was perhaps the most sobering and tragic ex- ly in popularity in part because of the public’s done to individuals’ brains when they are 6 years old. ample in sports history of the effects head trauma view of Muhammad Ali. “Should kids be playing 12-game (football) seasons at 6 years can have on an individual. What person looks at arguably the greatest old?” he said. “Should they have coaches that have no regulations The Sports Legacy Institute was established to boxer of all time, now suffering from Parkin- on how often they hit ‘em? A lot of the damage that you see in “advance the study, treatment and prevention of son’s disease, and thinks “I want to go down these NFL guys was not damage they received when they had a the effects of brain trauma in athletes and other that same career path” or wants to send his or team of doctors, the damage they got was when it was unregu- at-risk groups,” according to the institute’s web- Marlon Maloney her children into that sport? lated hitting from the age of 6 to 18 when they went to college.” site. One-Man Peanut Gallery During an interview between ESPN colum- He also talked about the sneaky damage of headers in soccer Recently, major sporting leagues such as the nist Bill Simmons and Sports Legacy Institute and how kids and adults practicing them hundreds of times are NFL and NHL have begun implementing rules to co-founder and President Chris Nowinski, basically playing football. protect players from concussion-causing hits. There have been Simmons brings up a conversation between himself and Mal- Better rules and regulations need to be put in place to at least stories written about the rules and how they may be ruining colm Gladwell, a staff writer for The New Yorker. protect the brains of our youth, from themselves and parental each sport’s respective game — namely football. During the conversation Gladwell expressed his sincere belief pressures. When boys are hurt they are told to “toughen up,” “walk it that in 30 years the NFL will have gone the way of boxing, in that We, as a society, have taken the fi rst steps into the depressing off,” “rub some dirt on it” or something to that extent. only the very poor, the lower-class and foreigners will participate world of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and it’s up to us to Growing up, the test for head trauma was “How many fi ngers in the sport because they don’t really have anything to lose. stay on task and fi nd the full effects that these activities may be am I holding up?” It seems like almost every other day another athlete suffers a having on our lives. This way of thinking extends well into manhood. Players concussion in one of the major professional sports leagues. One in eight boys play football in America, according to Now- such as Hall of Fame Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach, But with instances such as WWE superstar Chris Benoit, inski, in addition to kids participating in all the other sports — who played in a league without all the roughing the passer rules who killed his wife, his 7-year-old son and himself in 2007, and that’s a lot of people. quarterbacks enjoy today, described the NFL as being “kind of a the 2006 suicide of NFL defensive back Andre Waters, whose The amount of people playing professional sports is so small wussy game, really, in a way,” in a September 2010 interview. 44-year-old brain tissue was described as that of an 85-year-old compared to the amount of youth who play. It’s an absolute This was coming from a guy who retired after suffering 20 man with Alzheimer’s disease, the public needs to take notice. shame that more research has not been done on young brains. concussions. Maybe people tend to not care as much because the people Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is the name for a condi- suffering head trauma are adults who have made the decision to “One-Man Peanut Gallery” is a column appearing every other Mon- tion caused by repetitive concussive and sub-concussive brain in- put their health at risk in exchange for monetary gain. day. Marlon Maloney is a Spartan Daily Copy Editor. Reverse The recession we’ve been living through proves the NFL fans should go on strike fallacy of Milton Friedman, Robin Reaganomics, Ayn Rand, Alan If you haven’t heard the The workers who just lost a Greenspan and the rest who news already, NFL fans, it major union battle in Wiscon- told us that markets are self- looks like the the season of sin can’t make ends meet! Hood correcting and regulation is sitting our lazy butts down Can’t these players afford bad. on the couch in front of the to live modestly for just one Economy Banking regulations kept TV on Sundays in the fall is in season? We blue-collar fans are this country out of a serious danger. fi nding it really hard to sym- recession for 70 years, but After several weeks of de- pathize with players who even U.S. corporations are sit- once the regulations were re- bate, the NFL Players Asso- make “minimum wage” by NFL ting on $2 trillion in cash — pealed it took only a decade to ciation decertifi ed last Friday standards. trillion, not billion. Salman Haqqi bring the world’s economy to after labor talks failed with This leads me to the owners On The Contrary The same people who its knees. the owners of the football who are perhaps even greedier shipped millions of jobs Yet Republicans refuse to franchises, allowing players to than the players. These are the overseas, caused the fi nan- Yet the wealthiest aren’t acknowledge how wrong they fi le antitrust lawsuits against Wesley Dugle guys who decide that cheap Staff Writer cial crisis, and pay themselves willing to give up anything to were as they continue to try to them. seats will cost close to $100 dur- multimillion-dollar bonuses help our country out of the fi - gut government regulations. What the hell are we fans ing the preseason. every year are now sitting on a nancial mess they created. Every time a politician tells supposed to do on Sundays during the fall now? They are the ones who say “We need a new mountain of cash. In 1980, Ronald Reagan told you he wants to make the gov- Go to church? stadium built in this low-income neighborhood Yet both state and local gov- the biggest lie ever perpetu- ernment more business friend- All kidding aside, as a Bengals fan I think I that really can’t afford it.” ernments feel the need to give ated on the American public. ly, what he’s really telling you can stand to not watch another 4-12 season and These are the guys who refuse to give any them more tax cuts. He condemned Jimmy is that he wants to increase I think fans of the 49ers probably aren’t too hot transparency of their funding to the players, There is no indication that Carter for running a $40 bil- taxes on your children and about seeing Alex Smith throw another inter- meaning something shady is probably going they are interested in doing lion defi cit, and then told ev- grandchildren. ception, but what this labor battle between the down there. anything to spur the economy. eryone he could cut taxes and Every bad business practice owners and the players has really shown me is And these guys can’t compromise on their In December, we heard the balance the budget. that is endured will be funded that they both have a clear disconnect from re- fi nances? Republicans tell us that people Voodoo economics — that’s by taxpayers who clean up the ality. In the end, what I have come to realize about making more than $250,000 what George H.W. Bush called mess at some later date. I understand the players’ gripes with un- this “labor battle” is that it’s not a fi ght between per year couldn’t afford a 4 per- Reagan’s economic plan. He Now we are told that ev- proven fi rst-round rookies being overpaid and the little guy and the big business owners, like cent tax increase, and it would was right, and by the mid ’80s eryone must sacrifi ce to bring not turning out to be the players they were the other ones taking place around the coun- be terrible for the economy to the budget defi cit had bal- state and federal government supposed to be (see JaMarcus Russell). But the try. increase their taxes. looned to more than $200 bil- budgets in line. idea that any player isn’t getting paid enough is It’s a battle between millionaires and billion- Thirty years ago they were lion. Somehow the sacrifi ces all ridiculous. aires and they have just shown the true colors paying 70 percent in taxes. Of course it was the rich fall on those at the bottom of Some of these star players, like the Manning of their greed to the fans. Now they pay half that, but a who walked away with virtu- the economic ladder. brothers, Albert Haynesworth and Donovan The players and the owners are both wrong 4 percent increase is just too ally all of the Reagan tax cuts. Once again, businesses are McNabb, have close to $100 million contracts to believe they are entitled to more money in a much to bear. During the last 25 years given tax cuts and money is that will line their pockets for decades as long dire economic climate like this. Now we are told that state the Republicans have doubled found to increase spending on as they don’t plan to pay for their own private Real union battles are taking place around workers making $40,000 to down over and over again, giv- roads, but education, health islands. the country right now, where real people are $60,000 per year are stealing ing more and more tax cuts to care and help for the poorest I was absolutely shocked when Kansas City struggling to feed their families for far less the state blind. the rich. in our society are cut. Chiefs guard Brian Waters announced he money than these pigs are fi ghting for. The same workers, who for While the rich have gotten There isn’t a fi nancial crisis would be working on an emergency fundraiser It’s an absolute shame that these players and the last two years have taken richer, the poor have gotten at either the state or the fed- to help fringe players and practice squad guys owners can’t come to a simple agreement over more than a 3 percent pay cut poorer. It is a reverse Robin eral government. “make ends meet” if the lockout goes into the the oodles of money they will make in the com- in the form of furloughs, are Hood economy where we take The crisis is our unwilling- regular season by getting higher-paid players ing seasons and it shows just how out of touch now told they haven’t sacri- from the poor and give to the ness to make those who have to subsidize their funds and send the money to these people are with reality. fi ced enough. rich. gained the most from our soci- these players. The people who will lose here are the fans, Now they must forfeit 7 It has been the greatest ety to pay a fair and equitable Ummm, last I remembered a practice squad because all we do is send the NFL our money percent or more of their pay transfer of wealth in the his- share from the wealth this so- player still makes $300,000 a season, and a waiv- every year in exchange for regular season tick- and give up their right to ne- tory of our country — the 400 ciety has allowed them to ac- er wire free-agent add can still make millions of ets, fan memorabilia and TV sports packages. gotiate their futures. richest people have more than cumulate. dollars in a season If fans really want to show the players and What is appalling is that the 155 million poorest. So Mr. Waters, you mean to tell me that owners how disgusted we are with the audacity the state workers were willing Ballooning government def- these guys “Can’t make ends meet?” of their greed, then we need to stop buying any- to give up the money to help icits weren’t a problem when “On The Contrary” is a weekly I’m sorry, but the longshoremen who work thing NFL-related until this lockout ends. out the state — all they asked Republicans held the White column appearing on Mondays. at the docks in Oakland can’t make ends meet. Don’t worry though, they are all millionaires was to keep their right to ne- House, but with a Democrat it Salman Haqqi is the Spartan The union workers with four-member fami- and billionaires, so I’m sure they will “make gotiate. is suddenly a crisis. Daily Executive Editor. lies at Safeway can’t make ends meet. ends meet” without our money for a while.

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PLAY REVIEW ‘Intimate Apparel’ bares all in woman’s search for love

Alex Wara Staff Writer

The production of the play of “Intimate Apparel” could not have come at a better time than during Women’s History Month. In the SJSU production, the depart- ment of television, radio, fi lm and theatre débuted the play on March 11 in the University Theatre. Set in 1905 in New York, the audience is in- troduced to leading lady Esther Mills, a 35-year- old African-American seamstress who sews lingerie attire for wealthy brides and even for her prostitute friend Mayme. Esther, played by Sheryl Sims, lives in a boarding house owned by Mrs. Dickson, played by Iris Benson. Esther rents a room from Mrs. Dickson, where she sews away at her corsets in hopes of one day being able to gather enough money to open her own beauty parlor. Like many women, Esther starts to feel alone with the thought of not being married. Sims does a good job at portraying the emo- tions that the character goes through. The small cast also includes Cherise Mantia who plays Mrs. Van Buren, a some- what childish woman for whom Esther sews corsets. She is having marital problems with her hus- Photo Courtesy: Tvradiofi lmtheatre.com band and tells Esther about them. (From left) Esther, played by Sheryl Sims, is consoled by her love interest George, played by Yousef Erakat. The play has scenarios woven into the dialogue that many women go through, in- Then a letter arrives from Panama. The exchange of letters goes on for months storyline was diffi cult to follow, often leaving cluding marital problems, the feeling of The letter is from George — a man who has on end and leads to George wanting to come to someone wanting a little more explanation. being alone and having to appear sexy to men. taken an interest in Esther. New York and meet Esther. There were moments during the pas- Esther also fi nds a friend in Mayme, played Played by Yousef Erakat, he is a man His arrival brings Esther the life she sionate love scenes, especially during Esther by Jenna Cual, who fi nds it easier to take men working on the Panama Canal and eventually always wanted. and George’s wedding night, that made the to bed rather than giving her heart to them — becomes Esther’s love interest. The second act of the play switches from the audience feel as nervous as Esther did, with she brings an element of comic relief through Being illiterate, Esther cannot read the let- sweet innocence of love to the dark side of hap- nervous laughter often fi lling the theater. the portrayal of her character. ters he sends her so she turns to Mrs. Van Bu- piness. The play does a good job of portraying Mr. Marks, played by Rory Gaughan, ren and Mayme for help. Each character’s demons start to come the different emotions and scenarios that is a Jewish man who sells material for Es- Although it is obvious that the two are deal- out and the audience is taken through an women go through when looking for love ther’s apparel and also provides Esther with ing with their own individual problems, they array of emotions. and most importantly fi nding who they are comfort. agree to help Esther write back to George. Esther’s once fairytale moment starts to turn supposed to be in life, while still giving a Even with all of these people around her, Es- As letters are sent back and forth, there is no into a disaster. realistic portrayal that not everyone can have a ther can’t help but feel alone and trapped. doubt that George is a romantic. Although the acting is spot on, the happy ending.

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