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t Twitter: @spartandaily Bay Area F facebook.com/spartandaily INSIDE freelance photographer See exclusive online content talks about his and multimedia at P. 2 A&E: Kanye West’s “Cruel Summer” fails to make a lasting impression in this album review MLB Instagram spartandaily.com photos P. 3 Sports: Coach Mac discusses how the Weather: Clear Spartan football team can beat Navy this Sports Q & A p.3 H: 80 Saturday and make history SPARTAN DAILY L: 54 Serving San José State University P. 5 Opinion: Newest column of “Road Rage” since 1934 writes how to deal with bad drivers Volume 139 / Issue 15 Printed on recycled paper Tuesday, September 25, 2012 PROP 30 ENGINEERING Faculty gets Engineering a high-tech ride ‘green light’ for Prop 30 campaign Academic Senate resolution plans to educate voters on impact of proposition failure By Melanie Martinez @meltinez The Academic Senate passed resolution AS 1489 yesterday, which promotes voter education of the potential impacts of the fail- ure or passage of Proposition 30 in November. Students may face tuition hikes, inflated class sizes and class cancel- lations should Proposition 30 fail, according to information from the Academic Senate meeting on Mon- day. Senate Chair Beth Von Till, said the resolution allows for SJSU fac- ulty to promote education to their students about the funding for public education in the state, rather than for the specific proposition. “It’s not encouraging on which way to vote but promoting educa- tion on the proposition,” Von Till said. The Academic Senate’s reso- lution calls for the education of the potential consequences of the From left to right: SJSU alumni and Spherical Drive System engineers Max Ratner, Henry Li and Andrew Parmar developed a self-balancing, omni-direction- proposition, should it fail, or the al, electric motorcycle that rides on spheres. Photo by Derik Irvin / Spartan Daily benefits students will face, should it pass. SEE NEWS ON PAGE 6 “This election will take place at a time when California faces a fiscal crisis of unprecedented magnitude CAMPUS that has already resulted in deep cuts to the budgets of California’s public schools and public institu- Student Union expansion awaits green certification tions of higher education,” stated the senate’s resolution. By Eddie Fernandez According to the resolution, the @SD_EFernandez passage or failure of Proposition 30 will be a determining factor in As SJSU constructs its new how the CSU system handles future Student Union, it awaits word for financial planning. which LEED certification it will be On September 19, the California awarded by the U.S. Green Building State University Board of Trust- Council. ees adopted a budget contingency The council developed Leader- plan should the proposition fail, ship In Energy and Environmental according to the California State Design, known as LEED, to pro- University office of public affairs. vide building owners and operators The Senate resolution states with a framework for identifying that if the tax initiative fails, the and implementing practical and California State University sys- measurable green building design, tem would be cut by $250 mil- construction, operations and main- lion, which would cost SJSU $16.3 tenance solutions, according to the million. council’s website. “Overall, this cut would mean Nick Williams, customer service that state support for the CSU will representative for LEED, said that have decreased by 40% since 2007- projects are based on a point system. 2008,” the resolution stated. Williams adds that a project President Mohammad Qayou- must reach 40-49 points to be certi- Students walk by the Student Union expansion construction site on Monday . SJSU is awaiting word on which LEED mi told the Academic Senate that fied. certification it will be awarded by the U.S. Green Building Council. Photo by Jeffrey Cianci / Spartan Daily while he was optimistic the propo- “To become silver, you must sition would pass this November, have to earn between 50-59 points, “It takes anywhere from up to 25 before anyone thought about assess- director of Northern California he was preemptively planning for gold is 60-79 points and platinum business days for that review team ing the environment and generating at Brightworks, is facilitating the more budget cuts that aligned with is anywhere from 80-100 points or to return that information back to power through other means, accord- LEED projects for the company, the California State University sys- earned credits earned on a project,” you,” he said. ing to Busalacchi. which is consulting with SJSU. tem’s proposed cuts. Williams said. Busalacchi said the expansion is “The entire building in general “We manage and facilitate the “It’s going to be a challenging However, SJSU’s project certifi- about being green-friendly. will be lighter and (naturally) bright- entire process,” he said. “We work year,” Qayoumi said. “I hope Propo- cation ranges between 26-32, silver “We’re using low flush toilets, er in hopes of becoming more invit- with both the design and construc- sition 30 passes.” is 39-51, gold is 39-51 and platinum we’ll be using less water, hopefully ing to students,” Busalacchi said . tion teams.” While budget cuts and tuition to be over 52 points, according to less electricity, we’re having solar Chris Lewis, a sophomore me- Blount said the project typi- hikes are dependent on the failure Cathy Busalacchi, executive director panels on the roof,” she said. chanical engineering major, believes cally begins with a general design of the proposition, students could for the student union. The goal is to save resources in a the idea is good for SJSU. meeting with the design team to be facing a 5 percent increase in Under LEED in 2009, exist- variety of areas and better accom- “Anything that’s good for the en- investigate potential strategies tuition as soon as January 2013, ing buildings, operations and modate students, according to Busa- vironment is good,” Lewis said. that can be incorporated into the should it fail. maintenance are certified under lacchi. He said that it would be nice to building. “That would bring undergradu- a lower rating system. Platinum is “What you’re going to see is our have a place to hangout at, especially Luis Alvarado, a junior politi- ate tuition for one semester to now over 52 points, rather than a water fountains will actually be re- somewhere new. cal science major, said although $3,135 and provide approximately new building requiring 80 points, fill stations, so instead of wasting Marissa Marapao, a freshmen he may not still be attending SJSU $58 million in revenue for 2012- according to the council’s website. water, students can actually have a child and adolescent development when construction completes, he 2013,” as stated in the Cal State According to Williams, once water bottle refilled right there,” she major, believes it will make the cam- looks forward to seeing the new Trustees budget. a building has become certified, said. pus look nicer. expansion. Additionally, Qayoumi said it takes five years before it goes Busalacchi believes this can be an “It will provide more opportu- “The budget for (the expansion), graduate and non-resident stu- through a recertification process. educational feature for students to nities for students to hang there,” it is kind of high, but at the end it dents, as well as those with more Williams said points are understand conservation — decreas- Marapao said. pays off,” he said. “You’ll end up sav- than 17 units per semester, could determined by the amount of cred- ing waste and using fewer resources. She said she will be excited to see ing more ... down the line.” see extra fee increases if the propo- its attempted and how many were “We’re just trying to be more en- the new expansion when it is com- Eddie Fernandez is a Spartan sition fails. denied throughout the review pro- vironmentally friendly,” she said. pleted in 2014. Daily senior staff writer. Follow him on cess, but all projects are different. The old student union was built Heath Blount, the regional Twitter @SD_EFernandez. SEE PROP 30 ON PAGE 4 Page 2 | Spartan Daily A & E Tuesday, September 25, 2012 ALBUM REVIEW Kanye West’s ‘Cruel Summer’ all bang, no boom Though more of a compila- tion album, due to its very fea- Grade ture-artist nature, the project as C a whole meets expectations. It hardly goes beyond it, which has been a West trademark in the By Nina Tabios previous years. @SD_NTabios The most notewor- thy songs — “Mercy,” “The K anye West’s recent release Clique,” “I Don’t Like” and “Cruel Summer” hits hard “New God F low” — were all where it matters, but fails to tracks previously released make a lasting impression. over the web prior to the K anye West doesn’t album’s release. aim for low stakes and I All were huge radio and don’t think he ever means club hits, but that’s about to — which makes his latest the extent of greatness this project, “Cruel Summer” a project offers. disappointing feat, at least by Most long-time West fans K anye standards. are accustomed to his whole The album released under projects exceeding the extrava- his G.O.O.D. Music label — gance of his single-hits, and this which stands for “Getting Out is where the album hurts the Our Dreams” — was released most. last week with much anticipa- The few standouts in the tion from fans and the hip-hop meat of the album include, community alike. “Bliss,” “Creepers” and “The “Cruel Summer” is rapper Kanye West’s compilation album which features performers on his G.O.O.D.