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SPARTAN DAILY SPARTANDAILY.COM Volume 142 | Issue 2 Serving San José State University since 1934 Thursday, January 30, 2014 CRIME Sexual Battery reports put students on edge By Josie Chavez Victims of both incidents on Jan. 25 SJSU text message reporting an attempted three skateboarders attempted to touch the @JosieChavez described a white male adult, approxi- sexual battery in front of MacQ uarrie at 1 a.m. victim inappropriately.” mately 20-30 years old, wearing a black hood- The Alert-SJSU stated the suspects were No one is in custody , Gaxiola said. The University Police Department sent out ed sweatshirt, black pants, mustache and rid- two white adult males with a heavy build. “We do have leads that we are currently in- three Alert-SJSU text messages last weekend ing a bicycle according to the Alert-SJSU. One suspect has long blonde hair and was vestigating,” Gaxiola said. informing SJSU students of two sexual bat- Gaxiola said that the first assault reported riding a skateboard. While UPD leads an investigation on all tery incidents occurring on Jan. 25 and one at- on Jan. 25 took place in front of the Event The second suspect has short dark hair three incidents, students comment on the tempted sexual battery on campus on Jan. 26. Center at approximately 6:55 p.m. and was wearing an orange shirt, according to effects of the Alert-SJSU texts and campus Victims from all three incidents were fe- The safety alert released by UPD stated UPD. safety. male and were accompanied by friends dur- that the second assault took place on the 8 th UPD reported that the suspects were ac- “As of right now I don’t feel safe,” said Heidi ing their separate assaults, according to Jenny Street side of Hoover Hall dormitory at 9 :21 companied by a third person who also rode a Reyes, a senior business management major. Gaxiola, UPD temporary public information p.m. the same night. skateboard. officer. On Jan. 26 UPD sent out another Alert- The Alert-SJSU reported that “two of the SEE DANGER ON PAGE 8 CAMPUS First naturalization ceremony held at the MLK Library By Brandon Chew @bchewphoto Seventy-seven immigrants re- ceived their U.S. citizenship at the Dr. Martin Luther K ing Library on Tuesday. This was the first time that a nat- uralization ceremony has been held at the library. The ceremony was hosted on the second floor. A video of Martin Luther K ing’s “I Have a Dream Speech” played while people filed in. After the video, several speakers explained the significance of be- coming a U.S. citizen and related it to Dr. K ing’s I Have A Dream Speech. Everyone swore in by reciting the Oath of Allegiance. The new U.S. citizens were congratulated and then said the Pledge of Allegiance. The new U.S. citizens had smiles on their faces and were excited to take their next step into fulfilling their Basil Sar | Spartan Daily dreams. From left to right: Richard Eaman, Arsenia De Vera, Jim Li and Junsan Chang raise their right hands as they are being sworn in as U.S. “We wanted to honor Martin Lu- Citizens Tuesday morning inside the MLK library. ther K ing,” said Sharon Rummery, public affairs officer of U.S. Depart- ment of Homeland Security. Her expectations for gathering and speak their mind and not have plained to him that the reason for and live my life here,” she said. For him, he said it was a sense of people at the MLK Library were to worry about consequences,” Rum- leaving Vietnam was to gain better For her, she said gaining U.S. citi- freedom. to connect the action of becoming mery said. opportunities, and that America zenship is a relief. He said he can now apply a U.S. citizen while honoring Dr. Obtaining U.S. citizenship would do just that. She said she does not have to wor- for jobs and have a say in the K ing’s dream. meant a lot to Thai Nguyen. It has taken him 35 years to be- ry about not being able to finish her government. The new citizens emigrated from When he was only seven years come a U.S. citizen. education due to her citizenship sta- Dr. K ing’s ideas resonate in a variety of regions that included old, Nguyen escaped from Vietnam “Finally I can call this my coun- tus, and looks forward to spend the Ortega’s words: “I am equal just like Latin American, European and with his parents. try,” he said. rest of her life in America. everyone else.” Asian countries. Nguyen said that they traveled Larisa Makshanova has been liv- “I am able to work now and be For many of the newly recog- by boat, and struggled with the lack ing in the U.S. for 12 years and said apart of this democracy,” said Ro- Brandon Chew is a Spartan Daily staff nized U.S. citizens, America is a land of gasoline, food and water until she is excited to finally become a drigo Ortega, who obtained his U.S. writer. of opportunities. they were rescued off the coast of U.S. citizen. citizenship at the ceremony. “It’s for the freedom they cannot Hong K ong. “I’m just going to continue to “One of the first things I want to find in their home country, to get up Nguyen said his parents ex- move on, continue my education do is vote.” WEATHER Rain provides no relief from statewide drought, SJSU unaffected By Nicholas Ibarra Because of the availability of clean water saves around 65 million gallons a year, our well,” Brown said. “Our well is six hundred @NickMIbarra drinking water in the U.S. it’s easy to take it Brown said. feet underground.” for granted. “The drought, oddly enough, doesn’t affect Brown joked that he is hesitant to tell peo- On Friday, Jan. 17 , Gov. Jerry Brown de- “If a five-gallon jug was all the water you ple this because he doesn’t want them to get the clared a statewide drought emergency, putting had to use during a day,” Mehl said, “you “I don’t think impression that there’s no reason to conserve. an official seal on what most people already would watch the water you used.” He said there is still a reason to conserve — know: it has been an awfully dry winter. The best case scenario in the coming people think it’s a it’s a good habit, and it’s “just the right thing So dry, in fact, that this year is the driest months will bring plentiful rainfall, replen- to do.” year in the history of the state of California, ishing aquifers and reservoirs, Mehl said. real, serious Preparedness, Brown said, is why SJSU is according to the National Oceanic and Atmo- Worst case scenario this year heralds the largely unaffected by the lack of rain. spheric Administration. start of a decades-long mega-drought, some- problem, and they’re “While lots of other places are react- “I don’t think people think it’s a real, seri- thing that is precedented by California’s geo- ing to the drought, we were prepared for the ous problem, and they’re not going to realize logic record, according to climate scientists not going to realize drought.” until this summer... ” said Shaun Mehl, a civil including paleoclimatologist Edward Cook. He said the drought does serve to highlight engineering major and co-president of the According to Christopher Brown, associate until this summer...” the importance of water, something that peo- SJSU chapter of the American Water Works vice president of Facilities, Development and ple often forget. Association. Operations, SJSU is maintained with recycled “Water is probably one of the most under- “People need to be more conscientious on water, and all potable water comes from an on- valued commodities in this country like any how big this issue really is and try to conserve campus well. Shaun Mehl commodity, it needs to be valued and man- as much as they can, because every little bit All new construction, including the MLK aged,” Brown said. goes a long way,” Mehl said. library, is dual plumbed to allow potable water American Water Works According to Brown, because of its Flushing a toilet, for example, uses about as for washing and drinking and recycled water Association infrastructure SJSU sits in a good position to much water as one person drinks in an entire for flushing toilets, Brown said. day, according to Mehl. Switching toilets from fresh to recycled SEE WATER ON PAGE 8 INSIDE FORECAST Showers P. 2 News: Swine flu threatens SJSU students Spartan Daily 59°F P. 4 Sports: Ihenacho plays in Super Bowl will return 38°F P. 6 A&E: MUJI should stick to selling clothes Feb. 4 P. 7 Opinion: Macklemore steals the Grammy’s Printed on recycled paper 2 | Spartan Daily NEWS Thursday, January 30, 2014 HEALTH Swine flu comes to the Bay Area and threatens students By Nick Esposito According to Laurie Jones, a like Alpha Omicron Pi have had year are the young, those who have Manibo have encouraged everyone @NickSEsposito staff nurse at George Mark Chil- their run-in with the flu as well. chronic health issues and those go and get their flu vaccination this dren’s House hospice and instruc- Marisa Vela, junior kinesiology who haven’t been vaccinated this season. California has been up in arms tor at Unitek College, a nursing major and Alpha Omicron Pi mem- year.

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