Substances Put Athletes' Eligibility at Risk
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SPARTAN DAILY Serving San Jose Stale L,iiiersitr since /934 VOLUME 124. NUMBER 31 FRIDAY. MARCH II. 2005 1-Nbi Substances put athletes' eligibility at risk OPINION By Jean Blomo ala Daily Staff Writer According to the National Collegiate Athletic Association. stu- dent -athletes are at risk from being suspended from cotnpeting for taking View from Me East certain dietary supplements. Assault on ethnic identities Recent media cos erage of profes- disrespectful p. 2 sional and Olympic athletes testing posit's,: in drug tests has prompted uitisersit,es and esen high schools to re -es aluate drug education. said Dana Hughes. director of the SJSC Student Health Center's Prevention Education Program. NC AA "We include information about The Scratching Post steroids) in our drug and alcohol pre- Banned Exploiting disasters and tragedy cut ion and education presentations." inappropriate p. 2 Ilughe. said. Hie nutrition education component Substances of the Pres onion Education Program also partly deals with steroid and di- NI WS etary supplement use. Hughes said. A 2001 survey of 21010 stu- Hybrid Cars athletes 014eP4 T SUP its dent administered by the SJSU may. otter belief to drivers p. 3 N('AA found more than 25 percent of caffeine student -athletes used dietary supple- New Staff ments. International and Extended alcohol "Not all dietary supplements are Studies adds four members p. 3 I Food and Drug Administration) up- ephedrine pros ed. so some companies do not Timber! list all ingredients." said Jch Burns. 40-fixii tree falls near Lowell associate head athletic trainer at TVIG Elementary School p. 4 SJSE. "There is the potential for 19-NOR Robert Serpa something to he in it that is harmed Androstenechon Discusses psychological by the NCAAI development p. 4 What's banned isn't always obvi- ous es en an energy drink can con- Essam Martini tain a forbidden drug. SUP? Lectures on ,N Vs iecent mission to Saturn p. 6 see SUPPLEMENTS, page 4 Photo Illustration by Neal Waters SP OR I S Gymnastics King Library debunks lice Small business Gets set to defend conference championship p. 5 infestation rumors classes to open Sparta Guide p.2 By Jean Blomo need that a few pieces tot uphol- any kid that's in school." Breivik Daily Staff Writer stered furniture) were sery said. "This is not a unique thing Library joins initiative Crossword p. and someone said they had spot- by all) means. - ted what appeared to he lice. Any Head lice do hot jump or fly. By Mayra Flores Center. Classifieds p. pieces that were especially soiled and they stirs Ise about 30 days The administiatois at the tyr. The uluutl.ulixe began with an %%etc remosed and the rest were on a host and 24 hours without Daily Stuff Writer Martin hulk.' 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Budd said students the lice in. hut it could he just small businesses," Meiss said. said Pams s is. he 11111er- prose this the community should be aware of the possibility as likely from school children, The grant was noticed by %It) library dean The King Library joined an mi- of getting lice from lying down or anyone for that matter.- Budd the Northern California Small Kunnas has e !seen circulating natise around Christmas to shed on furniture. said. Business Development Center that the him it us sw.11111111g with light on resources available to The National Pediculosis According to the .e.si v lutuott. lead at the College of Business at the t. realities. ss luidu according to small businesses. Assocition. a nonprofit meant - people should not underestimate San Jose State I III% ersity the World Health Organization. "We want to make tresourcest /anon that educates about head the potential tor disease transmis- "We realiied that there was no are the most president parasitic accessible to small businesses so lice, said head lice can be spread sion s it the head louse. which business planning as ailable in San infestation of humans in the they can do market research on- through direct contact iii the head feeds only on human blood. Jose." said Blake Escudier. devel- United States and Lurope. line. know who their competition or hair with hats, brushes, hair The library has taken steps to opment center director. -So we "We has;' ties er meets ed any is. what kind of association they. ties. pillows or headrests that present lice problems h pnihib- met with Linda Meiss and put two complaints it reports of lice should belong to and so forth." hase been in direct contact with iting sleeping in the library with and two together." problems." said Luann Budd. the infested indisidual. extra cub 'ft and the separa- said Susan Lewis. program man- administratise onkel for the li- "Anson,: that reads the papers ager of the Northern California briny "Nine months ago, we no- knows that this is a problem with see LICE, page 6 Small Business Development see BUSINESS, page 3 Women's Basketball Results from the 2:30 p.m. WA(' tourney game against Rice sstll he posted shortly after Reed Magazine stands its conclusion the test of time By Amber Sheldon the Swint-leek Award in an attempt to /hilly Senior Staff Writer broaden the %liability of the publica- tion, he said "There's more exposure because of the name and 5E000 award, which is The final frame of Kyle Killen's a substantial dollar amount." Fink said. short story "Johnson's March" pro- "We turned Reed into a national maga- Ask Ryan ides a taste of the literary delicacy zine from lust a campus magazine and 'The Thrilla from Manila offers folded within the pages of Reed now we receise international submis- advice to the student body Maga/ine. San Jose State University 's sions." yearly murnal Scott Rice. chair of the English de- "Without knowing why. I tell the partment and comparative literature. fineguest story my father told me. the only one said the magaime has been around for Read resiews of movies featured I can really rememher, about the battle a king time at the downtown film festival in the summer, and the rains. and the "I Wiese it is billed as the old- skeletons, and the battle in the winter. est student publication west of the and how you can't nist expect the dead Photos Mississippi - 1 think d goes hack to to go away.- Killen writes. See all of the pictures published the 1,420s and its current incarnation Web Killen's words earned the Aryona in the Daily in color on the dates hack to 1,14h. a little more than derIntler Seittal Daily Skill Reed Magame's John resident half a century ago," Rice said. E-mail: Stembeck Award tor best short story spartandaily susicsisti.edu Mitre Perineh, left, a grad student majoring in creative writing, attends her Reed Magazine class Current Reed Maga/me faculty which meets Monday evenings. Reed Magazine features poetry and short stories from around the adviser Chris Fink conceptualited set REED, pew I nation. S PAGE 2 SPARTAN DAILY OPINION FRIDAY --- MARCH II. 2005 VIEW FROM THE EAST Attacks on ethnic identities inappropriate Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words Yet in a Feb. 23 column by conservative colum- "dyspeptic." so the version that ran in print and on "old Arab." will never hurt me. nist Ann Coulter, Thomas was referred to as "that old the Universal Web site read "dyspeptic, old Helen It wasn't her byline she got discriminated for, but Oh, for childhood rhymes to be true. Arab." As in. "Press passes can't be that hard to come Thomas." her background. After Sept. II. heightening the racial Names are particularly important words. A name by if the White House allows that old Arab Helen Good catch. barriers that Arab Americans face was out of line for can be a reflection of culture and a source of pride. Thomas to sit within yards of the president." However, the original version with "Arab" Coulter. For example, my name, "Ling-Mei," means "beau- Not being politically correct doesn't in it is still up on Coulter's Web site, Just because Thomas happens to have a Lebanese tiful spirit" in Chinese. I cringe each time someone even begin to describe the damage Anncoulter.com. background does not make her any less American suggests I Anglicize my name. Coulter's thoughtless words caused. For her bigoted comments. Coulter than Coulter. Stud Thanks, but no thanks. I don't want to go from Sticks and stones indeed. caught flak from several ethnic watchdog The blood that flows in my veins isn't American, bri "beautiful sprit" to "Lindsay" or "Renee." It doesn't follow that because of groups, including the American-Arab Chinese or British. It's human, just like Thomas' and cami Even though changing my name may make it easi- her ethnicity, Thomas was somehow a Anti-Discrimination Committee.