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Simply smashing Ask the dean SJSU boots Western Washington in soccer opener 1(1111111 CO11111111 provides answers to students' dilemmas , SPORTS--PACE 4 ( %MN’SPACE 6 Volume 87, No, 8 Serving the San Jose State University Communitv Since 1934 1 uesday, September 9. 1986 Brain work Tae kwon don't yet Group helps earns award for teacher -- zoo chimps By Brian Fedrow ____ Daily staff writer The brain isn't doing much, according to ,r ' feel at home SJSU English Prof. Gabriele Rico. But there's still hope. By Paula Ray Christiansen Rico's work on the untapped potential ot Daily staff writer the right brain in writing, learning and life Hey, hey, it's the monkeys. helped her earn the 1986 President's Scholar And when it conies to monkey business, members of Award from Gail Fullerton, SJSU president. the national Chimpanzoo organization don't monkey "I feel the award is a tremendous honor. around. considering the number of faculty member. Monkeys are their business. and SJSU's affiliate mem- here." Rico said. "The award validates thosc bers are dedicated to making monkeys feel at home in the who are excited about their work." zoo. The President's Scholar Award is given The organization, founded by Jane Goodall in Decem- once a year to a faculty member for outstanding ber of 1984, is pan of a nationwide effort to improve living research or scholarship on a national or interna- conditions for primates in /on environments. tional level. Rico received her award at a cere- Goodall has taught special seminars about primates for mony in May. the SJSU Anthropology Department and is scheduled to lec- Rico's teachings are based on the theory 4 .. ture here again in April. that the right half of the brain can he used for a. SJSU anthropology students study changes in chimps' greater creativity. behavior patterns and how they relate to one another. She is the author of the best selling hook Ihe pnmary goal of the primate studies program is to "Writing the Natural Way." which illustrates offer students the opportunity for hands-on experience in her philosophy of the brainstorming process of the field. The work the group members do with the chimps the right side of the brain. is comparable to what they will encounter once they begin "It's more than just a gimmick," Rico ex- studies in the field. plained. "We all have both hemispheres hut SJSU is one of the few universities to offer such an- we resist the meaningful (right) pattern-making thropological opportunity, said Robert Jurmain. director of the SJSU Anthropology Department and head of the local side." Writing "the natural way" involves let- Chimpanzoo chapter. "We watch each animal ting the right brain flow while keeping the logi- for half-hour intervals every day." he said. The group has an estimated 7(8) hours of cal, linear left brain at bay. documented data, more than any other affiliate in the na- A person starts with a key word or phrase tion. circled in the middle of a page or chalkboard. Instead of writing from left to nght in "Seven hundred hours of observation amounts to See MONKEYS. page 6 complete sentences, the person "clusters" a chain of related thoughts in any pattern they wish, from the center to the outside. Then, po- etry or prose is formed from the free, right brain thoughts. Business prof Rico said that in more than 10 years of re- search with learning disabled and gifted young people, as well as college students, she has yet to come across anyone who failed her tech- angered after nique. "People are surprised at what actually comes out on the page." she said. "It's not Illi what you expect.'' Nicaragua trip Rico came to SJSU in 1964, and she re- By Scott G. Hamilton ceived her Ph.D. from Stanford University 12 Daily staff writer years later. It was while at Stanford that her An SJSU business professor visited Nicaragua last fascination with the potential of the right brain month on a goodwill mission and came away believing that led her to form her theories. the United States is hiring killers in that country when it Rico's right-brain concepts are being should be helping with social problems. practiced in many school districts throughout Bob Wentworth, an associate professor of business, the country. But Rico won't rest just yet. In said that by approving aid for the Nicaraguan contras, the fact, she's currently working on three books. Reagan administration is essentially helping murder inno- The brain research field is evolving rap- cent people. idly and is very exciting, Rico said. She's in- "As far as I'm concerned, these people can have their terested in the untapped potential of the brain's le tosir revolution, but I do not feel that we should he attempting to frontal lobe as well, which is concerned with murder them." Wentworth said. long-term planning. "My tax dollars are being used to hire murderers, and I 'I want to create awareness that we learn am very, very upset about that." he said. in more ways than one. Rico said. "By or- Wentworth visited the country as part of a delegation chestrating both pans of the brain, learning is establishing a sister city relationship between Berkeley and not just twice as good. it is more powerful.'' the Nicaraguan city of Leon. Aside from the ability to write more effec- Wentworth, of Oakland, was among 13 people chosen K Lam Daily staff photographer tively and creatively, she said clustering can be Kenneth by the city of Berkeley to spend a week in Nicaragua meet- a powerful tool for self-discovery. government officials to evaluate which projects the Tom Tafoya, airborne, a junior in accounting, aims a They expect 20 to 30 newcomers to revive SJSUs Tae ing with "The mind has potential to make quantum See NICARAGUA. page 8 leaps." tae kwon do kick at partner Brian 'Fran, a sophomore. Kwon Do Club, which expired file v ears ago. Old building once campus hangout UPD chief likes campus challenges By David Rickard By Frank Michael Russell San Francisco earthquake. Daily staff writer hadn't been on the Daily start writer But the building, acquired by SJSU in 1959, sits empty Lew Schatz Thousands of SJSU students pass by Kottinger's Gro- and unused across from the Student Union too costly to job more than a few days when the between his 'I basically like cery every day and don't even know it. renovate and not enough of a safety hazard to tear down. lines of communication sev- Building D. now a decrepit structure on Ninth Street, said Mohammad Qayoumi. associate executive vice presi- office and the university were to be where the was built in 1878 by the John Kottinger family, early set- dent of Facilties Development and Operations. ered. snapped tlers of San Jose. A tree removal crew action is. The building, once a cottee shop and campus hangout the lines that connect the blue light Surprisingly The 108 -year-old structure is one of the oldest build- called the "Pig Pen," is not named on campus maps and is phones with the University Police ings on campus even older than Tower Hall, the old Sci- one of what once was a virtual alphabet soup of temporary Department. presenting the new enough, I always ence Building and Dwight Bentel Hall. It survived the 1906 See PIG PEN, page 8 SJSU chief of police with his first di- lemma. wanted to be a "It was a great way to intro- cop.' duce me to the campus," he joked. But Schatz had the cable back Lew Schatz charge Man arrested on indecent exposure up in less than four hours, an action University Police chief that underscored his commitment to By Oscar Guerra The employee said that the man Moffitt said. improved law enforcement through Daily staff writer had his pants around his ankles and Hermosillo was arrested without communication. The University Police Depart- was masturbating, said Officer John incident at the scene, the officer said. Schatz, 44, who took over from interim Chief Maurice Jones on June ment arrested its second suspect in Moffitt. "In these cases, sometimes the four days for suspicion of indecent ex- 2, has spent the past three months Moffitt. along with Officer Dan suspects resist quite violently, because posure yesterday. wading through mountains of paper- Coffman and parking Officer Jose Mu- being caught can ruin their lives," work, trying to fill open positions in 'The first time they did a re- safety, campus escorts and the The man, who was identified by a rillo. sealed off the area and waited for Moffitt said. tic the department. cruitment, I hadn't finished the work lock and key shop, which employs university employee, was reportedly the suspect to come out, Moffitt said. "It is not like drunken driving. But he anticipates the time I started at my last job,' he said. 122 people. masturbating. where most of the time the crime is ac- routine will slow "When we went back to the area when his hectic "But the second time the combina- Schatz joined the department cepted," the officer said. down and he can broaden his in- Jose I.uis Hermosillo. 30. was ar- where the suspect was seen, he was tion of high police activity here and after relinquishing his post as police volvement in the academic environ- rested by the UPD and booked into the still there, and he still had his pants On Thursday, a naked man was a good academic environment ap- chief at Oregon Health Sciences attracted him to SJSU.

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