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WEATHER TECH MULTIMEDIA SOCIAL MEDIA FFollow us on TTwitter Physics puzzler delights Greek life hits it home @@spartandaily fi rst-person fanboys with fundraiser BecomeB a fan oon Facebook High: 74° ffacebook.com/ Low: 50° PAGE 6 ONLINE sspartandaily Spartan Daily Serving San José State University since 1934 Tuesday, May 10, 2011 spartandaily.com Volume 136, Issue 52 NATIONAL FEATURE NATIONAL Texans aim Beyond the limit Obama for guns on reroutes university $2 billion campuses for rail McClatchy Tribune Funds from Florida The Texas Senate voted Monday spread across country to allow guns on college campuses, moving the measure one step closer McClatchy Tribune to being law as the bill’s author at- tached it onto another piece of leg- islation. WASHINGTON — The Obama The measure would allow con- administration parceled out $2 bil- cealed handgun license holders lion Monday for high-speed rail to carry their weapons on college projects in the Northeast, Mid- campuses. To get a license, a person west and California, repurposing a must be 21, pass a 10-hour course pot of funds rejected in February and a background check. by Florida’s Republican governor. Stymied in his previous efforts, Amtrak’s Washington-Boston Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Anto- Northeast Corridor is the biggest nio, was successful on his fourth winner, getting nearly $800 mil- try as Republican senators agreed lion of the funds; followed by the to add the proposal onto a state fi s- Midwest, with $400 million go- cal bill. ing toward Chicago-Detroit and The door was opened when Chicago-St. Louis routes; and Cali- senators added another languish- fornia, with $300 million for the ing bill, on higher education, to state’s planned San Francisco-Los the fi scal measure. Lt. Gov. David Angeles high-speed route. An ad- Dewhurst ruled that the handgun ditional $336 million is designated proposal also could be added as an for new locomotives and passen- amendment because the overall bill ger cars for the Midwest and Cali- Photo illustration: Matt Santolla/ Spartan Daily relates to higher education. fornia. Wentworth’s measure has been Despite the university’s position on alcohol use on campus, members of Counseling Services are working to “These projects will put thou- blocked because of a Senate rule alter the punitive measures for intoxicated students in need of medical assistance. sands of Americans to work, save that required two-thirds of the Jeff Cianci hundreds of thousands of hours senators to vote to bring the bill to for American travelers every year, the fl oor for debate - he lacked the Contributor and boost U.S. manufacturing by necessary 21 supporters. He needed investing hundreds of millions of only a simple majority, however, to dollars in next-generation, Amer- add the bill as an amendment. atie Johnson was having trouble recalling how many shots ican-made locomotives and rail- He said the bill stood a better cars,” Transportation Secretary chance attached to the fi scal bill. K she had taken that evening as she left the party early for the Ray LaHood said in a statement. “More hopeful today than I was The Florida project was sup- just a couple of hours ago,” Went- night. She was safe though, she thought. Her dorm was only a posed to be a showcase of Presi- worth said. dent Barack Obama’s $10 billion The measure has strong sup- stumble across campus and a friend had offered to walk her home. high-speed rail initiative, but Gov. port in the House, with about 85 Rick Scott canceled the project, co-sponsors, and a similar measure All they had to do was cross the street onto campus. saying he didn’t want the state’s has already passed through a com- taxpayers to be on the hook for fu- mittee in that chamber. Gov. Rick ture operating costs. Perry has said he supports the bill as well. see RAIL page 3 The bill has been criticized by see ALCOHOL page 2 top administrators, such as the chancellor of the University of Tex- as System. Supporters say that those trust- Multiple car accidents occur east of campus ed with handgun licenses should be allowed to protect themselves Nate Morotti ther of the drivers who were hit. on every part of campus. Critics, Staff Writer The second vehicle collision oc- including law enforcement of- curred at the intersection of Elev- fi cials and university leaders, say enth and San Carlos street, roughly guns would create the potential There were two separate car 100 yards away from the from the for more dangerous situations and crashes early Monday, both occur- fi rst crash. that universities should be able to ring on Eleventh Street in down- SJPD traffi c offi cers were fl agged set their own rules about concealed town San Jose. down at 12:20 p.m to investigate handgun holders. The fi rst was a hit-and-run near the accident according to Manuel Sen. Judith Zaffi rini, D-Laredo, San Fernando Street in front of the Aguayo, public information offi cer argued the measure would under- Sigma Nu, Delta Chi and Sigma Zeta for University Police Department. mine local control of campuses. fraternity houses. A white Ford Excursion was in “The only feedback I’ve had on A red Volvo was speeding down the process of changing lanes when it this bill has been negative,” she said. Eleventh Street when it crashed into crashed into the front right wheel of the rear end of a silver Toyota caus- a white Honda. Emergency medical ing it to crash into a third car, a blue personnel were dispatched and de- Toyota Camry. termined that neither driver received CORRECTION “The suspect exited the vehicle any injuries. Both drivers refused any and then ran down Eleventh and further medical attention. onto San Fernando,” said Offi cer “I drive down this street every day, Duran of the San Jose Police Depart- but I never expected this to happen.” • In the May 9 issue of ment. said Sarah, the driver of the white the Spartan Daily, a The suspect was described as be a Honda, who refused to give her last photograph accompany- Hispanic female in her mid-twenties name for confi dentiality reasons. ing the story “Spartans wearing a black jacket, a fl oral-pat- But according to Sabrina Miller, honor Mauer, fall short of championships,” misiden- tern blouse and black jeans, accord- one of the residents of Eleventh tifi ed the pictured player ing to Offi cer Duran. Street, the road has a reputation for a as BranDee Garcia. The After running a background high number of car accidents. player is actually freshman check on the suspect’s vehicle it was “There were at least three separate Photo: Vernon McKnight / Spartan Daily infi elder Jacqueline Zepeda. revealed that the car was stolen, ac- car crashes that I remember from last Two SJSU students examine a damaged vehicle after being involved in cording to the SJPD Offi cer. year,” she said. “I hear them all the a collision at the corner of Eleventh and San Carlos streets Wednesday. No injuries were reported to ei- time. 2 NEWS sPARTANDailY Tuesday, May 10, 2011 UPD: Alcohol abuse spikes near start of semester ALCOHOL From Page 1 Then there were police lights — an uncomfortable ride in the back of a patrol car — and a night in the drunk tank. According to the San Jose State University Police Annual Safety Report, incidents like Johnson’s are not uncommon on campus. In 2009 the University Police Department made 60 arrests at SJSU for alcohol violations, 25 percent of which occurred at university residential facilities, according to the annual safety report. Sergeant Manuel Aguayo of UPD explained that in their ef- fort to enforce alcohol laws on campus, ensuring the safety of students is most important, but consequences do follow. “In the residence halls, we frequently fi nd people, especially under the age of 21, who have consumed alcohol to such excess that they need to be hospitalized,” he said. “After paramedics have provided medical services, we will write a police report. We will send that police report to student affairs and also to Uni- Statistics from Offi ce of Student Conduct and Ethical Development, Graph: Matthew Gerring / Spartan Daily versity Housing Services, both for review of disciplinary action. Data from the Offi ce of Student Conduct and Ethical Development show a repeating pattern of alcohol abuse. “Being intoxicated, especially if you are underage, may be a violation of university licensing agreement and it’s also a viola- tion of student code of conduct.” and Ethical Development, there were 673 alcohol violations at some of the fear of seeking medical assistance. Kaylee Saenz, a sophomore occupational therapy major, said SJSU in 2009-2010, occurring most often in September, October “My priority is student safety,” Emmert explained. “I want to the culture of binge drinking in the residence halls has her con- and February. remove those barriers that may prevent students from getting cerned for her hallmates’ safety. Gunner said she believes students who know the rules, but help.” “Everyone drinks, a lot … sometimes people just get too drunk test the water, create the beginning-of-the-semester spikes. Saenz, who lives at Campus Village, said a medical amnesty to take care of themselves, and your roommates aren’t doctors — “Students gotta touch the fi re just to see it’s hot … Whatever policy would provide comfort of the school’s concern for stu- even though some like to think they are,” she said. you choose, it’s your choice, this offi ce is here to hold you ac- dent safety.