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Twitter: @spartandaily facebook.com/spartandaily Slammin’ back to the ’90s INSIDE A&E, P.2 See exclusive online content P. 3 Sports: and multimedia at Bandwagon fans get too much spartandaily.com flack when local teams are winning P. 6 Sports: SJSU athletes win WAC Swimmer Weather: Partly cloudy and Diver of the Week H: 59 P. 7 Opinion: It’s an injustice to stigmatize SPARTAN DAILY L: 40 Serving San José State University mental illnesses since 1934 Volume 140 / Issue 6 Printed on recycled paper Wednesday, February 6, 2013

CALIFORNIA Individual donors open wallets for CSU system By Christiana Cobb the mission of university, which is to the gifts and commitments from indi- enrollment receive more grants for ages a student to do something or rec- @christianacobb educate,” Harris said. viduals increased. areas, such as research, than other ognize a student.” Harris stated in the Donor Honor Elizabeth Chapin, CSU spokes- campuses. SJSU’s Donor Honor Roll and Donations made by individu- Roll and Tower Foundation Annual woman, said the CSU has seen the Fallis said although the donations Tower Foundation Annual Report als to the California State Univer- Report that most of SJSU’s donors are greatest number of individual do- increased, generally campuses have a stated that the top department do- sity system, including to SJSU, alumni who reside in San Jose, Los Ga- nors since 1999 with 224,194 do- target to generate 10 percent of sup- nations went to the Charles W. increased in the 2011-12 school tos and Sunnyvale. nors for the 2011-12 academic port from outside sources. Davidson College of Engineering year. According to the CSU Philanthrop- year. Donations are interesting because with $32,341,455, College of Busi- Pat Lopes Harris, Director of ic annual report for 2011-12, dona- Chapin said it is hard to say why in- most are targeted to a program or de- ness with $29,232,010 and with media relations for SJSU, said Ac- tions from individuals increased from dividual donations increased, but it is a partment that the donor cares about, $28,146,646. celeration, the school’s fundrais- $7.9 million to $107 million. positive that people are donating and whether it is an academic program the The report also states that dona- ing campaign, encourages people Erik Fallis, CSU media relations showing their commitment for the donor was once part of or a communi- tions ranged from $1 to $3,038,000. involved with it, such as alumni, to manager, said donations either come CSU and students of California. ty program that the donor is attracted “One of the myths of fundraising partner with SJSU in the form of from individuals who want to donate “Donations are definitely critical to, he said. (is) that only wealthy people are able to donations. or organizations. during these hard economic times,” “Because they (donations) are spe- give, (but) anybody can give,” Fallis said. “Generally donors give because Fallis said for the year 2010-11, she said. cialized they don’t replace state dollars, “Small gifts, just like large gifts, can be they have been students here or they the W.K. Kellogg Foundation gave an According to Chapin, typically but they help us create a margin of ex- targeted to whatever the donor wants.” have children or grandchildren who organization donation of $42 million larger campuses such as San Diego cellence,” Fallis said. “They (donations) Christiana Cobb is a Spartan Daily are students here and they believe in to Cal Poly Pomona, however, this year State and Fresno State with larger can provide a scholarship that encour- staff writer.

PROFILE DEPARTMENT Spartan Star League gets ready RTVF for competition in virtual arena syllabuses still not available on the website By Lauren Hailey @LaurenOLovely

SJSU’s Radio, Television and Film department’s syllabus site is down due to technical difficulties. Students who try to click on the “Courses/Syllabi” tab on the website will come to a page that says “Under Construction.” Some students said they were having issues finding the correct syllabus =information for their classes on the website. “I have noticed this semester a lot of professors are requesting for us to print them, ” said junior RTVF major Chloe Uyehara. “I go to Canvas (for my class information).” Many students in the department said they have not noticed the missing syllabuses on the website. Freshman Hieu Tran watches an online stream of League of Legends at Star League in the Engineering building Friday. Photo by Codi Mills / Spartan Daily “I only visit the website when I need to, like when I get an email By Anthony Nguyen According to Kieri, he is also working with (Jungle), Andrew Miller (support) and Ken- about updates,” said junior RTVF @Antnguyen87 the people who run the Student Union and neth Tang (captain/ADC), according to major Cedrick Cabrera. “I’ve never said he has talked with people to make a gam- Kieri. gone to check the actual green- The SJSU gaming club Star League will ing room in the expanding arcade and have a “I am a bit nervous because there is a lot sheets.” be participating in a competition for a PC LAN center. at stake and nerves will be a problem,” said It wasn’t anyone’s fault, stated game, League of Legends, in Los Angeles on “I think we got pretty lucky getting an easy sophomore business major Jake Wheelehan. Kimb Massey, professor of televi- Feb. 18. bracket,” said Max Li, freshman electrical “This is because we have to play on stage in sion, radio, film and theatre, in an According to Kenneth Tang, League of engineering major. “If we win, it’s just some front of hundreds of fans, in addition to the email. Legends is categorized as a multiplayer on- nice cash for doing something we enjoy. If we thousands of people that will watch the game “It wasn’t that the site was line battle arena game. win or not, I don’t really care. This is probably on stream.” down more than it was the course “Players use their unique avatars to de- the first time I’ve had a really good team and Kieri said the club will have the match was assigned to the wrong facul- feat each other in five-on-five match-ups participating in an actual tournament, so I’m viewing over an online stream before they ty,” Massey stated. with certain unique abilities and skills,” said just happy being able to play.” practice with each other. According to Massey, the Sergio Kieri, senior chemical engineering He said he also plays Starcraft II and it got “Practice also takes many forms, for some- difficult budget situation has and political science double major and presi- him thinking about making a team. one competing at the top watching videos of led to shuffling in terms of sec- dent of the Star League. “The goal seems easy “After last year’s improvements in SC2, I professional play is very informative so we tions being canceled and fac- enough but it employs a lot of strategy and felt it was important to build on the success watch a lot of Pro LoL and SC2,” Kieri said. ulty being moved to other skill before you arrive at a victory or a defeat of e-Sports upcoming games and moved into You can watch the team Feb. 18 at www. sections. screen.” LoL,” he said. “Our league by chance added in twitch.tv/cstarleague. The Star League mainly focuses on PC a LoL component this year with a huge purse Anthony Nguyen is a Spartan Daily staff SEE WEBSITE ON PAGE 5 gaming for the time being, such as Starcraft of $180,000. That money could help me build writer. II and League of Legends, he said. an e-Sports program at SJSU so I decided im- The club meets in the Engineering building mediately that we were joining.” from noon to 8 p.m., where they meet to prac- Li said this will help the school if we win tice the game and hang out. According to Kieri, the money then when we put the prize money they also have LAN (local area network) parties into scholarship, and there are no details yet See breaking news, multimedia to play PC game and console games. if they will win. “At first I just wanted to join the SJSU SC2 Kieri said he started an idea to make a and the Sparta Guide calendar (real-time strategy) team seeing as I was an team for League of Legends and he has seen avid player in my transfer year,” Kieri said. the potential when he had the team try “I thought it would be a good idea to create a out. at www.spartandaily.com club to get some school funds in order to grow The team and their positions are David my club.” Pham (mid), Max Li (top), Jake Wheelehan A E Page 2 | Spartan Daily & Wednesday, February 6, 2013

COMMENTARY ‘Phat’ ’90s make a comeback

By Tessa Terrill jor. “He’s bringing the retro late ’90s, will be collaborating @ tweetybirdtt music back, which is cool. He for “The Package.” was an icon back in the day. A big announcement on For those who remem- He’s bringing sexy back.” 98degrees.com lists 29 cities, ber the ’90s in flashes of boy which includes San Jose. bands and TGIF, it’s time to Destiny’s Child became “It’s funny to see that get excited because many of a household name in 1999 because I thought they to- the decade’s stars are making when they debuted their first tally disappeared,” said junior comebacks. number one song “Bills, Bills, meteorology major Chris Bills.” Camacho. MUSIC With their recent reunion The three musical groups at Sunday’s Super Bowl half- will be bringing their ’90s Millions of young people time show, it should come nostalgia magic to HP Pavilion fangirled over ‘N Sync from as no surprise that on Jan. 29 on July 7. its start in 1998. they debuted a compilation of old and new songs for their TELEVISION new album “Love Songs,” featuring their newly released Seeing double was a com- song, “Nuclear.” mon occurrence in 1994 when “I would listen to it, but twins Tia and Tamera Mowry Destiny’s Child members Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams reunited and hopefully they stay true to starred in “Sister, Sister.” released its studio album “Love Songs” on Jan. 29. Photo by Nicolas Khayat / MCT themselves instead of trying Although the show ended to fit in,” said Jessica Calara, a years ago, viewers can get It is now possible to see playing a quirky teenager any- “I have high expectations for it. junior social work major . another dual dose of the twins what it would be like if Joe more. He’s super old.” I’m scared it won’t live up to my Group member Michelle on their Style Network reality Roman went to work as a Started in 2010, their show expectations.” Williams said in an MTV show. nanny for Sabrina Spellman will begin its third season this News interview that they According to stylenet- in their ABC Family sitcom, spring, according to abcfamily. picked up right where they work.com, the show started “Melissa & Joey.” com. left off and that the group following the girls in 2012, wants to show their appre- focusing on Tia’s pregnancy In what is possibly the big- Justin Timberlake is a former ciation to the fans with this and Tamera’s upcoming gest story in ’90s history, the member of ‘N Sync. Photo by album. wedding. TV couple of the decade that Abaca press / MCT Now, the baby has been we all aspired to be, Corey and born, the vows said, and the Topanga, is coming back to par- After successfully going new season follows Tia’s moth- ent Riley Matthews in the new solo, member Justin Timber- erhood and Tamera’s preg- show, “Girl Meets World.” lake is bringing new music nancy. After toying with fans on to our ears with his first al- “When I see Tia and Twitter, Danielle Fishel and bum since “Future Love/Sex Tamera, I see how much Ben Savage broke the news that Sounds.” they’ve grown up, but they’re they were reuniting for the According to his website still the same,” said freshman Disney Channel production. “Boy Meets World” first aired justintimberlake.com, “The communications major Jayda It has been reported that in 1993. Photo courtesy of hot92and100.com 20/20 Experience”, which he “The Package” tour begins Ervin. “It’s good to see people Michael Jacobs, producer of says is influenced by a mix of May 31. Photo courtesy of who were on TV when we were “Melissa & Joey” airs on ABC “Boy Meets World,” will be music he grew up listening to mohegansun.com younger doing good things.” Family. Photo courtesy of heading the project and Rowan Although there is no of- and some new inspirations, www.themortonreport.com Blanchard will be playing Ri- ficial air date, Ben Savage has will debut on March 20. In the mother of all North “Brotherly Love” in 1995, ley, the daughter of Corey and recently tweeted “We’re almost “I think it’s great he’s com- American tours, 98 Degrees, “Clarissa Explains it All” in “It is so weird to see them Topanga. there!” in response to a fan asking out with a new CD,” said New Kids On the Block, and 1991, and “Sabrina the Teen- back on TV,” said Arantxa “I’m mostly excited and ing when the pilot will air. Daniel Torrefranca, a senior Boyz II Men, who all rose to age Witch” in 1996 were all Alejandro, a sophomore child kind of scared,” said junior Tessa Terrill is a Spartan computer engineering ma- popularity in the early and staples of ’90s television. development major. “She’s not nursing major Crystal Banania. Daily staff writer.

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ETHICS Right and wrong are blurred by standards of sports culture

Gary McHugh Jr. lifts a visage of linebacker Ray Lewis during a Super Bowl victory celebration for the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Tuesday. (Kim Hairston / MCT)

By Dan Le Batard game injection in the butt yanked. They put a towel in enhancer, but it certainly en- betrayal if he hastened his do to the athletes “cheating” McClatchy Tribune that burned so much for 60 my mouth (for the scream- hanced Gibson’s performance, recovery with something with them today. seconds that this giant man ing). Oh my God.” which wouldn’t have been banned. We want our make- But you have to admit Our blissful ignorance was would close his eyes whenev- It is a symbol of echoing possible without it. Lost in the believe to be real, damn it, we’ve arrived in a barbaric, on peacock display again last er that big needle approached strength in the gladiator are- shouting of “Cheater!” and even though this is all just confusing place when the week with the comical “scan- — and that was the remedy na for legend Ronnie Lott to “Fraud!” from a pill-popping entertainment, and the en- following is true: Destroy- dal” involving Ray Lewis. . But nothing compared to demand his pinkie finger be America is how often athletes tire from-standing-ovation- ing your body by cutting off We’ll get to that in a moment. what he endured while trying cut off during a football game have to go through the phar- to-finger-wagging journey is your finger or playing with But, first, as athletes and to pass a kidney stone during so he could keep playing. But macy for the healing proper- like watching a Disney movie a catheter in your penis is games and stakes grow as if that game against Lewis. it is a Super Bowl “scandal” for ties of hormones, not just to stopped mid-reel to have one not against the rules, but us- on human growth hormone, “I had to crawl on the field,” Lewis to rush back to punctu- hit home runs but because of the cartoons pee in a cup. ing some kind of deer antler let’s rewind 15 years for he says. ate a 17-year career by maybe what they do for a daily living Ten years from now, blood spray to speed up healing is, proper perspective — arriving Kidney stones are about — maybe! — using a deer antler really hurts. spinning or human growth and we spend a lot more time at that utopian, pure football the worst physical pain a spray any of us can buy at a lo- There is an ethical line be- hormone or the modern-day questioning the morality of time when the old guy trying human body can feel (aside cal supplement store to speed tween those two things, heal- ephedrine equivalent might athletes than we do the mo- to block a young Ray Lewis from labor), but that wasn’t healing. The judgments we ing and cheating, banned and feel more like steroids — ob- rality of the athletic culture had ... a catheter in his penis. the worst part of Brown’s rain down upon these athlete- not banned, but it is blurrier vious and overt — than they or its rules. Lomas Brown, an offen- day. Throughout the game, entertainers are filled with than ever because of advances sive lineman for 18 years, he felt like he had to urinate selective moralities, but you’ll in medicine, about as thin as once played an NFL game every 15 seconds. Teammates have a hard time finding an the one letter of difference with pooped uniform pants would gather around him inconsistency more absurd between “immortality” and because there wasn’t time for with towels on the sideline, than that one, though mod- “immorality.” the politeness of a bathroom shielding him as he tried to ern medicine keeps giving us The climate complicates break. Another time, in search pass the stone in public. But more from which to choose. things more. Fans and media of soothing, he slathered him- that wasn’t the worst part. We are OK with Kirk Gib- want to believe the unbeliev- self in a cream intended for “The most painful part son hitting one of the most able so badly, it is as if we are horses, the awful stench ooz- was them taking the cath- famous home runs ever on all drugged, too. We love pure ing from his mouth and every eter out afterward,” Brown one steroid (cortisone), but we miracles, so football’s MVP pore for days. says. “Oh my God. So excru- slam the Hall of Fame door award went to Adrian Peter- Each game his last seven ciating. They yank it out all on the face of everybody else son after an unprecedented seasons, in a sport we are at once. Horrible. Horrible. who might have used the ana- comeback when it should seeing is not meant for the The doctor had pliers and bolic kind. Granted, cortisone probably just go to science human body, he took a pre counted to three and just is not a banned performance instead. And we’ll howl with

COMMENTARY Bandwagon fans aren’t all that bad

By Melanie Martinez little fans devoted to the new team of the @meltinez “Perhaps band- month. Before the eyes of true fans com- I’m going to let you all in on a little se- wagon fans know pletely glaze over in a white hot rage cret: I know little to nothing about most less about your by the seemingly pathetic aforemen- sports. tioned behavior, take a second to pause For example, I firmly believe there favorite team, but and reflect. are three sports that should be referred All of these purchases not only to as b-ball: baseball, basketball and of that doesn’t mean sink loads of money into your orga- course, bowling ball. nization, but they also help promote Despite my lack of knowledge of we’re good-for- inclusion. nifty sports facts, nothing prevented Isn’t inclusion and rallying people me from proudly donning a 49ers cap nothing scum of together for a common cause really what on Sunday and rooting for the home sports are all about? team. the Earth, either.” Aren’t sports supposed to promote Likewise, when the Giants won the community? World Series title back in October I was doesn’t mean we’re good-for-nothing If the above answers are “yes” then proudly in attendance at their victory scum of the Earth, either. it seems the whole anti-bandwagon fan parade, decked out in orange and black In fact, sports loyalists and die-hard rhetoric is a bit contradictory, coun- gear. fans should make room and encourage terproductive, and even a bit mean- Go ahead, die-hard sports fans, roll us inept sports newbies to get on board spirited. your eyes and scoff, but your disdain considering all we do to benefit the Realistically, if fanatics are looking won’t push me off the bandwagon. team. to despise something they should unite It’s understandable that a lifelong New fans offer up new excitement with the fair-weather fans to mutually fan may fill with resentment when a and enthusiasm for a team which creates hate the rival team. young fan randomly starts shouting a greater population of potential lifelong Sports provide a means to feel a praises for a team without much prior fans. part of and a chance to experience to- knowledge about the team’s history, or When these ignorant bandwagon getherness — why deny someone that posting shout outs incessantly on Face- fans have committed to jumping on chance? book. board guess what they need? Apparel and So, when true fans spot bandwagon In fact, there’s even a Facebook page tickets. fans in crisp, newly purchased gear dedicated to loathing us bottom feeders These eager newbies need to be screaming statistics that don’t make of the sports world called “I Hate Band- clothed and swaddled in coveted team sense at the next b-ball game don’t scare wagon Fans” that has gathered more gear while they learn about their new fa- them off, but embrace them. than 5,000 likes, so it’s obvious we’re not vorite players. Who knows, maybe they’ll turn into appreciated. They need tickets so they can eagerly a lifelong die-hard. Perhaps bandwagon fans know post pictures on their various social me- Melanie Martinez is the Spartan Daily less about your favorite team, but that dia sites to prove they are in fact good Managing Editor. NEWS Page 4 | Spartan Daily Wednesday, February 6, 2013

BUDGET Obama urges short-term budget fix, but GOP balks at more revenue By Anita Kumar industries or the wealthy, as well House of Representatives on New and David Lightman as spending reductions. Year’s Day, also lowered the cuts McClatchy Tribune He also said Congress should to $85 billion. rely on a proposal he made in mid- The reductions, nearly 10 per- WASHINGTON — President December to House Speaker John cent of the nation’s defense and Barack Obama urged Congress on Boehner, R-Ohio, which includes, domestic spending, would be felt Tuesday to pass a package of mod- among other changes, a less-gen- immediately in a wide range of est cuts and tax changes as a way erous measure of inflation to So- government programs: fewer FBI to delay drastic, across-the-board cial Security and other programs agents, less food assistance for federal spending reductions that and cuts to health care. low-income families and a delay could harm the economy. On Capitol Hill on Tuesday, in new equipment and repairs for But Obama’s proposal would Republicans began criticizing the military. The cuts could lead only postpone the $85 billion Obama’s comments even before to the loss of hundreds of thou- in automatic cuts, scheduled he uttered them, dismissing them sands of jobs. to take effect March 1, by a few as more partisan rhetoric and In recent weeks, some Repub- months until a larger deal could the same mix of tax increases lican lawmakers suggested that be reached. and defense cuts he advocated in the government should consider “Deep, indiscriminate cuts to the past. Senate Minority Leader allowing the original cuts to go things like education and train- Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said the forward. ing, energy and national security president had an “unserious atti- “We’re willing to let it go will cost us jobs, and it will slow tude.” through till they (Democrats) re- down our recovery,” Obama said “We must be clear. This ap- spond to us,” said Rep. Lynn West- in a seven-minute statement to proach is neither responsible nor moreland, R-Ga. reporters at the White House. “It’s balanced,” said a joint statement CBO director Douglas El- not the right thing to do for the by House Armed Services Com- mendorf told reporters Tuesday President Barack Obama makes an announcement on sequestration in the White economy. It’s not the right thing mittee Chairman Howard “Buck” that there are consequences for House Press Briefing Room on Tuesday. Photo by Dennis Brack/MCT for folks who are out there still McKeon, R-Calif., and Sen. James allowing fiscal problems to go looking for work.” Inhofe of Oklahoma, the top Re- unfixed. is not part of the solution, even if “This president, it’s time for Obama’s remarks came as the publican on the Senate Armed Taking $2.34 trillion out of the it’s masked as closing loopholes or him to step up, put forward a bal- nonpartisan Congressional Bud- Services Committee. 10-year projected deficit, he said, raising fees. anced budget or tell us when his get Office released its forecast for The automatic cuts — known would only bring down the per- Higher taxes would be “noth- budget will balance,” said Rep. the next decade inside the Beltway as sequestra- centage of debt held by the public ing more than another tax hike to Tom Price, R-Ga., the bill’s chief The CBO projects, absent tion — are the result of a biparti- from 77 percent to 66 percent at pay for more Washington spend- sponsor. changes in spending and/or tax- san deal struck in 2011 to raise the end of a decade. That’s still ing,” said House Ways and Means Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Mary- es, that federal debt held by the the nation’s debt ceiling. Congress well above the historical average Committee Chairman Dave land, the top Democrat on the public will reach levels akin to 76 agreed that if a 12-member com- of 39 percent over the past 40 Camp, R-Mich. “That is not what House Budget Committee, scoffed percent of the total economy, the mittee failed to reduce the deficit years. America needs.” and said the bill was nothing more largest percentage since 1950. by $1.2 trillion over the next de- “There are costs and risks of House Republicans want than a “meaningless political ac- It would tick up to 77 percent by cade, the cuts would come from maintaining debt at that level,” the White House to accept the tion.” the end of the decade and rise government spending. the CBO chief said, adding that alternative spending cuts the The House will spend much of even further in years beyond The first round of $109 bil- high debt levels leave the U.S. chamber passed twice last year. its week debating the bill _ and that. lion in cuts was set to start in government with little room to The partisan plan died in the likely vilifying Obama for not Obama did not offer a specific January. But the White House maneuver if the economy were to Senate. proposing a budget by his dead- proposal or release any new plans and Congress agreed to delay slide back into recession or faced Meanwhile, the House Repub- line Monday. Administration of- Tuesday. But he said Congress that until March 1 as part of a other shocks. licans pressed ahead with legisla- ficials attribute the delay to the should approve additional rev- deal that raised taxes on the rich- House Republicans insist that tion that would require Obama to New Year’s Day agreement. enue by eliminating tax loopholes est 1 percent of Americans. The the nation faces a spending prob- produce a balanced budget in 10 (Staff writer Kevin G. Hall con- and deductions benefiting certain bill, passed by the Senate and the lem and that additional revenue years. tributed to this report.)

NATIONAL Leaked justification for drone killings rewrote ‘imminent threat’

By Jonathan S. Landay a U.S. citizen who is believed to be a leader of found sanctuary among Pakistani and Af- White House spokesman Carney defend- McClatchy Tribune al-Qaida or an “associated force” and is in an- ghan insurgents. The Obama administration ed the paper’s definition of imminent threat, other country “actively engaged in planning says the attacks have decimated the ranks saying, “What you have in general with al- WASHINGTON — Civil and human operations to kill Americans.” of the terrorist network responsible for the Qaida senior leadership is a continuing pro- rights advocates Tuesday denounced a leaked The unclassified and undated memo says 9/11 attacks, but human rights groups and cess of plotting against the United States and Obama administration “white paper” that that three conditions must be met. “An in- residents say a large number of civilians have American citizens. I think that’s fairly irre- sets out the legal justification for killing formed, high-level official of the U.S. govern- died. futable.” U.S. citizens suspected of being members of ment has determined that the targeted indi- At least three Americans have been among Carney reiterated that a pillar of the pol- al-Qaida, an issue certain to arise during the vidual poses an imminent threat of violent those killed by drones, all in Yemen. Two were icy is the post-9/11 congressional resolution confirmation hearing Thursday of White attack against the United States; (2) capture is killed in the same Sept. 30, 2011, strike: al- authorizing the president to use “all neces- House counterterrorism adviser John Bren- infeasible, and the United States continues to Awlaki, who was born in New Mexico and who sary military force” to fight al-Qaida. nan to be CIA director. monitor whether capture becomes feasible, Obama administration officials claim was the “Certainly under that authority the presi- The White House on Tuesday defended and (3) the operation would be conducted in a operations chief of al-Qaida’s Arabian Pen- dent acts in the United States’ interest to pro- the practice of targeted killing, for which manner consistent with applicable law of war insula branch; and Samir Khan, an Islamist tect the United States and its citizens from Brennan is a key overseer, as “legal ... ethical principles,” the memo says. writer who grew up in New York City and al-Qaida,” he said. and ... wise.” But spokesman Jay Carney re- Civil and human rights experts said the whose family now lives in North Carolina. Al- The white paper also asserted that judges jected anew calls by lawmakers and others for paper jumbles international and U.S. law. Awlaki’s teenage son, who was born in Colora- cannot review or block targeted killing or- the administration to release a secret 2010 They also rejected the administration’s as- do, died in a separate drone strike two weeks ders because that “would require the court to Justice Department legal opinion on which sertion that the president’s sweeping author- later. supervise inherently predictive judgments by the leaked Justice Department white paper ity to kill Americans abroad is beyond court Brennan, who has been Obama’s top the president and his national security advis- was based. review as well as what they called an exagger- counterterrorism adviser, is among several ers as to when and how to use force against Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who ated rewrite of the legal definition of immi- U.S. officials who have outlined the admin- a member of an enemy force against which chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee nent threat. istration’s legal grounds for those killings Congress has authorized the use of force.” that will consider Brennan’s nomination, ac- “The government just gets to make deci- in speeches aimed at quelling calls for the The memo said that the legal basis for tar- knowledged that the panel had received the sions in secret,” said Andrea Prasow, senior release of the secret Office of Legal Counsel geted killing relies on two principles of inter- white paper as a “confidential document” in counterterrorism counsel for Human Rights opinion. A Manhattan federal judge ruled national law: the right to kill an enemy in the June. Watch. last month in a Freedom of Information Act course of an armed conflict and the right of a The memo has allowed the committee “to The administration received a vote of con- case that the government was not obligated to nation to defend itself against an imminent conduct appropriate and probing insight into fidence from Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., a make the opinion public. threat of armed attack. the use of lethal force,” and its release permits former FBI agent who chairs the House Intel- The white paper, however, spells out rules By citing both, however, the administra- the public to “review and judge the legality of ligence Committee. under which such attacks can be ordered that tion is “conflating” distinct legal principles these operations,” she said. “I agree with the Justice Department’s appear to be much less stringent that what ad- “so that it’s never clear which legal basis the At the same time, she said the panel will conclusion that targeting a senior leader of ministration officials have said. government is relying on,” said Prasow of Hu- continue pressing for the secret legal opinion al-Qaida is a lawful act of national self-de- It says, for example, that the United States man Rights Watch. “It may be able to rely on written by the Justice Department’s Office fense in these circumstances,” Rogers said. isn’t required “to have clear evidence that a both, but what it does with the self-defense of Legal Counsel, which she said contains “When an individual has joined al-Qaida — specific attack on U.S. persons and interests rationale is that it takes the idea that the “details not outlined in this particular white the organization responsible for the murder will take place in the immediate future.” threat is imminent and then writes away the paper.” of thousands of Americans — and actively It also says the United States has the right definition of imminence. Separately, eight Democratic and three plots future attacks against U.S. citizens, sol- under international law to act under the sus- “This idea that the government can re- Republican senators sent a letter Monday to diers and interests around the world, the U.S. picion that an attack might take place. write legal terms is one that we’ve seen be- President Barack Obama asking that he give government has both the authority and the “It must be right that states are able to act fore,” she said, citing the Bush administra- Congress “any and all legal opinions that lay obligation to defend the country against that in self-defense in circumstances where there tion legal opinion that redefined torture, out the executive branch’s official under- threat.” is evidence of further imminent attacks by allowing the CIA to use interrogation meth- standing of the president’s authority to de- Targeted killing, which began under for- terrorist groups even if there is no specific ev- ods such as waterboarding that most experts liberately kill Americans.” mer President George W. Bush, officially re- idence of where such an attack will take place regard as torture. The Obama administration has refused mains a classified CIA program. To date, it is or of the precise nature of the attack,” it says. The senators who sent a letter to Obama for years to make public the legal opinion known to involve only missile strikes by un- “Delaying action ... would create an unaccept- asking that he give Congress “any and all legal on which it has based its use of unmanned manned aircraft in Pakistan, Somalia and Ye- ably high risk that the action would fail and opinions that lay out the executive branch’s drones to target American citizens it accuses men against what U.S. officials say are leaders that American casualties would result.” official understanding of the president’s au- of being affiliated with al-Qaida, most nota- of al-Qaida and “associated groups” plotting Several experts called that an exagger- thority to deliberately kill Americans” were: bly Anwar al-Awlaki, the spiritual leader of imminent attacks on U.S. targets. ated rewrite of the legal definition of “immi- Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Mike Lee, R-Utah, al-Qaida’s Yemen affiliate. An estimated 3,500 people have been nence,” something that the administration Mark Udall, D-Colo., Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, The 16-page Justice Department white killed in the strikes, the vast majority in Paki- has labeled “elongated imminence.” Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Susan Collins, R-Maine, paper became public late Monday after it was stan’s tribal area bordering Afghanistan, a “That is a completely nonsensical case,” Richard Durbin, D-Ill., Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., leaked to NBC News. It asserts that the gov- region largely outside government control said Micah Zenko, an expert with the Council Tom Udall, D-N.M., Mark Begich, D-Alaska ernment has the constitutional power to kill where al-Qaida and allied militants have on Foreign Relations. and Al Franken, D-Minn. NEWS Wednesday, February 6, 2013 Spartan Daily | Page 5

CAMPUS CONGRESS Department of House Republicans hold Website: design awarded hearing on immigration IT not environmental By Franco Ordonez testified on behalf of a path to Several members of the aware of McClatchy Tribunes citizenship. House bipartisan immigra- He cited the hearing as tion group are also on the Ju- grant for building WASHINGTON — Re- a further example that the diciary Committee, including problem publicans in the House of country is “on the cusp of Democrats Zoe Lofgren of Representatives kicked off real progress.” But he warned California and Luis Gutierrez FROM PAGE 1 By Lauren Hailey 2013, according to the news their first hearing on immi- lawmakers that any plan of Illinois, along with Repub- “There is no require- @LaurenOLovely release. gration Tuesday with a stated that doesn’t include a path to lican Raul Labrador of Idaho. ment that a syllabus has to After eight months of goal of harmonizing the citizenship risks creating a Other House members of the be on a website,” Massey Students and faculty work on their projects, the principles of humanity and population of “second-class immigration group include stated. from SJSU’s department phase 1 grant recipients the rule of the law. noncitizens.” Republican Rep. Mario Diaz- The IT department was of design were awarded a will bring their designs to Members of the House Castro joined seven experts Balart of Florida and Demo- unaware of the syllabus grant from the Environ- Washington, D.C. to par- Judiciary Committee met af- on immigration who spoke cratic Rep. Xavier Becerra of website being down, said mental Protection Agency. ticipate in EPA’s National ter a wave of comprehensive about proposals to rework the California. Zhi-Xue Xu, an information The grant was in the Sustainable Design Expo, immigration proposals from laws, attract more high-skilled “We need to be fair to the technology services lead amount of $15,000, stated according to the website’s President Barack Obama immigrant workers and im- millions of Americans who for the IT department at an EPA news release. news release. and a bipartisan group of prove border security. want to follow the rule of SJSU. The investigators in the The P3 awards are senators calling for a path to Julie Myers Wood, a for- law,” Labrador said during “Our ITSS (Information project are students and “People, Prosperity, and citizenship for the 11 mil- mer head of U.S. Immigration the hearing. “We need to be Technology Support Servic- professors from the design the Planet Student Design lion illegal immigrants now and Customs Enforcement, fair to the millions of people es) didn’t support the RTVF department, according to Competition for Sustain- residing in the United States. said any new legislation must who are waiting in line to website,” Xu said. the EPA release. ability,” according to the But Tuesday’s gather- consist of stronger employ- come legally into the United Massey also stated the “The students are de- EPA website. ing emphasized how many ment-verification systems States. And I think we need to department has no issue signing facade and win- Winners receive a P3 House Republicans still op- and improve the resources of be fair to the 11 million or so with the website. dow elements made of award and recommenda- pose granting a path to citi- agencies that were charged that are in the United States While Massey didn’t say 3-D printed wood and tion for a second phase zenship, which several com- with enforcing immigra- illegally.” that anyone was to blame glass,” stated Virginia San grant of up to $90,000 to mittee members referred to tion laws. “If we’re going to Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., for the issue, she said, “I Fratello, assistant profes- further develop their de- as “amnesty.” do this again, we’ve got to get the chairman of the Subcom- had difficulty transitioning sor of interior design, in an signs, according to infor- “The question of the enforcement right and get it mittee on Immigration and from one (learning manage- email. mation provided on the day,” said House Judiciary right from the get-go, or oth- Border Security, cited his ment system) to another.” The project will focus website about the award. Committee Chairman Rob- erwise will be in this situation concerns and those of other The website isn’t the on improving construction The 9th Annual National ert Goodlatte, R-Va., was again,” she said. Republicans about repeat- only way to get syllabus methods and making more Sustainable Design Expo whether there were any signs As the meeting got un- ing the mistakes of the so- information, according to sustainable buildings by us- featuring EPA’s P3 competi- of compromise between the der way, House Speaker John called amnesty legislation of some students. ing recycled wood and glass tion is open to the public and “extremes of mass deporta- Boehner, R-Ohio, praised the 1986. “They just give us the 3-D window elements, stat- scheduled for April 19-21, tion and path to citizenship.” ongoing efforts of Senate and That law, signed by Presi- green sheet,” said junior ed the news release. 2013, at the National Mall in “America is a nation of House bipartisan groups that dent Ronald Reagan, also RTVF major Elaine Yee. “I think it’s fair to say Washington, D.C., accord- immigrants,” he said. “Ev- are working on immigration promised to grant legal sta- “And they’re all the same that there is a synthesis being to the news release. eryone among us can go proposals, and he advised tus to illegal immigrants, se- professors, so we all know tween my own research and “I think the students back a few or several gen- members to take their time. cure the borders and beef up them pretty well outside creative activities and what will benefit immensely erations to our own rela- “This is not about being in worker-verification protec- the classroom anyway.” the students are doing in from this research, there tives who came to America a hurry,” he said. “This is about tions. But the enforcement According to the RTVF some of the Interior Design are very few interior design in search of a better life for trying to get it right on behalf protections were largely un- website, all the informa- upper division classes,” San programs in the world that themselves and their fami- of the American people and met, and millions more illegal tion has been moved from Fratello stated. have access to this technol- lies. But we are also a nation those who are suffering under immigrants flooded into the the former site, rtvf.info, to The lead investigators ogy,” San Fratello stated. of laws.” an immigration system that United States. sjsu.edu/rtvf. are faculty members Vir- Lauren Hailey is a Spar- Julian Castro, the Demo- doesn’t work very well for (Anita Kumar contrib- Lauren Hailey is a Spar- ginia San Fratello, Biagio tan Daily staff writer. cratic mayor of San Antonio, anybody.” uted to this report.) tan Daily staff writer. Scarpello, Shannon Wright, Leslie Speer, and Cassandra Straubing, the EPA news release stated. “I am the primary inves- tigator, but three other faculty members are support- Parking ing our research by sharing their knowledge about the respective materials,” San Fratello stated. Made Easy “My role on the grant hasn’t begun yet,” stated Shannon Wright, associ- ate Professor of spatial art Fourth Street Garage in an email, who is also the Only $175 for SJSU Students woodworking and bent- lamination consultant on the project. The design will be targeted at the construction industry, and will be evalu- ated based on factors such as rapid manufacturing and energy conservation, stated the news release. “It seems like design and architecture are great places to experiment with (developing) design and test Second & San Carlos Street Garage product applications us- Only $160 for SJSU Students ing this technology, hence the interest,” San Fratello stated. They will use only recycled or recyclable materials, serving to preserve the planet’s natural resources, the news release stated. “So far we have con- ceptualized about 10 3-D printed facade systems and printed parts of both 1 wood and 1 glass facade system as prototypes for test- Spring semester permits are valid January 15 ing,” San Fratello stated. through May 31. Permits are available The awarded grant cov- for purchase at garage offi ces. ers the project period from Aug. 15, 2012 to Aug. 14, Students must provide valid student ID and proof of enrollment (minimum 6 units). Please bring originals with copies. For more information, call (408) 794-1090. Get parking information, directions, maps and more at sjdowntownparking.com Follow us on Twitter! @SpartanDaily SPORTS Page 6 | Spartan Daily Wednesday, February 6, 2013

SANDUSKY SCANDAL Sue Paterno talks with Katie Couric about her husband’s legacy

By Tom Infield Now, Sue Paterno has giv- Sue Paterno planned to McClatchy Tribune en an interview to Katie Cou- give $1.5 million to charity, ric, to be aired Monday on the family said. PHILADELPHIA — After Couric’s syndicated TV show, The Paternos previously the Pennsylvania State Uni- “Katie.” gave about $7.5 million to versity board of trustees fired Paterno’s son Scott, a Har- the university and other football coach Joe Paterno in a risburg, Pa., lawyer who has charitable causes. That in- phone call, his wife of 50 years, often acted as his mother’s cluded funds for the main li- Sue, impulsively rang back to spokesman, did not return brary — renamed the Pattee let her feelings be known. calls from The Philadelphia and Paterno Libraries — and “After 61 years, he de- Inquirer on Tuesday. the independent Catholic served better,” she was quoted The “Katie” website said center on campus, renamed as telling John Surma, the Couric visited the Paterno the Suzanne Pohland Pa- board vice president. home in State College, Pa., and terno Catholic Student Faith That was in November will also host Sue Paterno for a Center. 2011, not quite 15 months studio interview. A group of about 15,000 ago. Since then, Sue Pa- Joe Paterno, who died of Penn State alumni, led by pro terno has been largely si- lung cancer at age 85 in Janu- football Hall of Famer Franco lent about the way her hus- ary 2012, left $13.4 million Harris, who is close to Sue Pa- band’s legacy and his final in state pension benefits to terno, has been mounting an weeks of life were engulfed his wife, according to a state- effort to oust trustees who by the Jerry Sandusky child- ment last year by the Paterno participated in Joe Paterno’s abuse scandal. family. firing. Sue Paterno’s interview airs on Katie Couric’s TV show Monday. Photo by Nabil K. Mark / MCT

SWIMMING & DIVING Spartan Schedule Kilby and DeWames Baseball receive WAC honors Sat., Feb. 9 Alumni Game, 1 p.m. Fri., Feb. 15 vs. Pacific, 3 p.m. Compiled from SJSU Athletics swam the lead leg of the 200 freestyle relay (1:36.10). Sat., Feb. 16 vs. Pacific, 3 p.m. DENVER - San Jose State’s Kilby, a senior from Okla- Sun., Feb. 17 at Pacific, 1 p.m. Marisa DeWames and Amy homa City, Okla. (Putnam Kilby have been named the City North H.S.), scored first Western Athletic Conference place dives in the 3-meter div- Men’s Basketball Swimmer and Diver of the ing with a score of 332.70 and Fri., Feb. 8 vs. Utah State, 7 p.m. Week, respectively, for the in the 1-meter diving with week of Jan. 28 - Feb. 3. a 292.20 in the win against Thurs., Feb. 14 vs. New Mexico State, 7 p.m. DeWames, a senior from Fresno State. Sat., Feb. 16 vs. Denver, 7 p.m. Thousand Oaks, Calif. (West- Her 1-meter board ranks Thurs., Feb. 28 at UT Arlington, 7 p.m. lake H.S.), recorded two first- seventh in the WAC this sea- place finishes in the Spar- son, while her 3-meter score tans’ 199-96 win over Fresno ranks as a WAC season best. Women’s Basketball State at the Aquatic Center This is the third time this Sat., Feb. 9 at Utah State, 7 p.m. on Feb. 2. season the pair have been hon- She set new Aquatic Cen- ored in the same week. Thurs., Feb 14 at New Mexico State, 6 p.m. ter pool records in the 50 This is the fourth overall Sat., Feb. `16 at Denver, 4 p.m. freestyle (23.27) and the 100 Diver of the Week award for Senior Amy Kilby dives against Fresno State at the Aquatic Photo by Raphael Kluzniok / Spartan Daily Thurs., Feb. 28 vs. UT Arlington, 7 p.m. freestyle (50.44). She also Kilby this year. Center on Feb. 2.

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Now imag- sporting event. You ine spending that have just passed the kind of money for ticket takers at the a family of four. entrance and are I know what now making your you’re probably way into your fa- Follow Basil Sar on saying, “Why do The toxic stigma of mental illness vorite sports team’s Twitter @basilsar you attend if you venue. know it’s going At this point, you’re to be expensive? You don’t There is a class of ill- absence of other input, the The truth is that most people with thinking two thoughts to have to!” ness that is rampant in our actions of the killer only mental disorders, like their physically yourself: “Should I head to Why do I still buy the country. It afflicts tens of reinforces our cultural ste- disabled counterparts, are normal, func- my seat first or get some- expensive stuff sometimes? millions of Americans and reotype of the mentally ill. tional people who are burdened every day thing to eat before the game?” It’s for the experience, of takes the lives of tens of I’d like to point out that by their disorder but simply go on living. You’ve decided to head course! Every fan could tell thousands every year. the utterly vast majority of But we treat them so much differently. on over to the concessions you that. I’ve asked fellow It ruins lives, destroys homicides in the country I’d bet good money that if someone to get some food first (I use sport heads about how they families and disables those are perpetrated by the sane. told you they were bipolar, you would the term “food” lightly). You felt and some said they don’t it does not kill. People with mental dis- react very differently than you would stand in line looking at the mind as long as their team Unlike the victims of orders are, by and large, far if they had a malformed leg and had to menu and the prices hit you wins whereas others just feel other illnesses, these people Chris Marian’s column more dangerous to them- walk with a cane. like a freight train: “$6.50 like they’re being ripped off appears every other are not treated with dignity Wednesday selves than to others. For a bipolar person, their cane is the for popcorn?!” by their favorite team, the and compassion. When people think men- medications they have to take religious- If you think that this venue or both. Instead, they are treated with suspi- tal illness, they tend to think of the white ly, every day, their entire lives — and of- is only at sporting games, I sometimes do feel the cion, mockery and contempt. padded walls and straightjackets of mental ten with some really nasty side effects. you’ve got to remember that pain of some fans when they They are modern day lepers. institutions. I don’t think people appreciate that movie theaters and concerts barely afford the tickets to a I am, of course, talking about the The media conditions them to think mental disorders are disabilities. Ac- also do this because they can. game but to purchase snacks mentally ill. of people who are violent and defective cording to the government they are, but Honestly, we all know and a beverage costs an arm Mental illnesses come in many — and when it’s not about violence it’s good luck putting that into practice. what it’s all about these days and a leg. forms, with myriad effects, but the about comedy. According to our popular attitude, at any venues that are made Honestly, there’s not great consistency is, taken together, the Autism is not goddamn funny. mental disorders aren’t disabilities, they are to entertain: the profits. It’s much we can do, right? We epidemic scale of their presence and the I believe part of our national indif- weaknesses, flaws, and calls for derision. as simple as that. can complain to manage- conversely little serious attention given ference to the issue of mental illness is When you want to demean some- I may sound like a “Nega- ment, corporate or whom- to them in the national consciousness. that, culturally, we treat mental disor- one you call them things like “retard” or tive Nancy” or cheap-o, but ever but they’ll just probably We need to have a real national dis- ders in a profoundly different way than “psycho” or numerous others. this is how I feel. I’m pretty tell us to get over it. cussion about mental illness, not just we treat physical ones. This social stigma against mental ill- sure a good number of people about treatment, but about our attitude I’ll stop here to say that I only use the ness has a profoundly destructive effect feel the same way and know The one toward it, because the problem is very terms “mental” and “physical” for rhe- on our ability to address, diagnose and the cost of choosing to eat real and very big. torical purposes. treat it. and drink at a sporting game. thing The statistics from the National Insti- Many young people are afraid to admit If you don’t, let me tell you, tute of Mental Health, a government or- ...many, many to having a mental disorder for fear of be- it’s pretty darn expensive that irks ganization, are shocking and saddening. ing branded as a freak or as the media cari- and not that good either. Major depressive disorders, dysthy- people go cature of the pill-popping emo kid. The cost of a beer would be me about mic disorders and bipolar disorders The stigma is so bad that many won’t what some students make an alone afflict nearly 10 percent of the without report even admit it to themselves. hour! The one thing that irks attending entire population, with major depres- Adults with mental disorders hide it me about attending a sporting sive disorder being the leading cause of and diagnosis, to protect their careers, afraid that their event is the overall cost. a sporting disability — of any kind — among adults bosses might think that even a mild and The one thing that pisses event is age 15-44 depriving treatable disorder would make them un- me off about these high costs Although serious disorders are lim- fit for their job. of food and beverages at the overall ited to “only” 6 percent of the popula- themselves of The upshot of this is that many, many sporting events or any type of tion, the institution estimates, based the treatment people go without report and diagnosis, entertainment venue is when cost. on census information, that 26.2 per- depriving themselves of the treatment they keep the same prices dur- cent of all Americans have some form they need to live they need to live functional lives. ing a non-sporting event. Overall, this is America, of mental disorder — translating to This needs to stop. What I mean by this is the where the basic economics 57.7 million people. functional lives. I am convinced that our relative lack hosting of a conference or any of supply and demand (and That’s more than a quarter of the of national dialogue about mental dis- event along the lines. Recently, the people who wear the big population. These are figures of stagger- The truth is that all mental disorders orders comes from a conditioned sub- I was photographing an event pants that can do whatever ing proportion. are physical ones. Our brains are made conscious attitude that the mentally ill where they were charging they want that set these pric- The institute calculates that 33,300 of physical tissues and cells that can be aren’t worth it. $4.75 for a simple ham and es) is something that is, well, people killed themselves in 2006, and damaged or misconfigured. This is the In order to address the needs of the cheese sandwich. preferred, here in our coun- that 90 percent of those had a diagnos- source of “mental” disorders. millions of mentally ill citizens of this Let’s use hockey, for ex- try. We, the fans, demand able mental disorder, usually depression. It is, perhaps, our spiritual nature nation, we must first address our at- ample. I love the Sharks even the $8 hotdogs and $10 beers. According to data from National and independent-minded culture that titudes towards them or we won’t get if the season started late and They have the ability to price Highway Traffic Safety Administra- causes us to categorize and treat mental anywhere. tickets have gone up each it whatever they want. tion, that’s almost exactly a thousand and physical disorders differently. A more balanced attitude in the me- season. The average ticket for This is similar to college more people than those who were killed The media is full of stories about dia would eventually seep into popular upper level seating is between textbooks but that’s an en- in their cars the same year. people with physical disorders over- culture and make coming out with a $45-$100 depending on tirely different subject. I feel According to the Centers for Dis- coming adversity through sheer force mental disorder more likely and less where you purchase your tick- that for people to really enjoy ease Control and Prevention, that’s of will and character. It’s all about mind painful. ets and where you’re sitting. the experience, why not ease over 20,000 more than those who were over matter. More discussion from our nation’s If you’re one of the folks the strap on the cost? killed by guns in 2010 and over 10,000 But what happens when it is the leaders would prompt more discussion who MUST get food and drinks, Basil Sar is a Spartan Daily more than those who died from AIDS mind, not the body, that is broken? among ourselves — always a healthy thing. you’re looking at $10-$60. photographer. in 2009. Our culture has no sympathy for People with mental disorders are Mental disorders kill people — a lot of perceived mental weakness. complete human beings, as worthy of people, and it seems we don’t really care. I see, over and over in the media, compassion and respect as any other. It saddens me that national discus- people and characters with mental dis- We should start treating them like it. Follow us on Twitter! sion of mental disorders only seems to orders depicted as stupid, weak, come- Chris Marian is the Spartan Daily @SpartanDaily happen after tragedies like the one at dic, dangerous and less-than-human opinion editor. Follow him on Twitter Newtown, all the more so because in the psychos or drooling vegetables. @ChrisMarian1 SPARTAN DAILY STAFF SPRING 2013

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IMMIGRATION Eager for reform Farmers are fiercely lobbying for new immigration policies

By Ricardo Lopez the recession. During the McClatchy Tribune housing boom, for instance, contractors persuaded farm At Chandler Farms, just workers to work in construc- outside of Selma, Calif., in tion. the San Joaquin Valley, about According to data from the three dozen workers are need- U.S. Department of Agricul- ed each season to pick acres of ture, roughly half of all hired delicate peaches, plums, nec- crop farm workers are in the tarines and citrus. country illegally. Of all work- In recent years, however, ers, 7 of 10 are from Mexico, owners Carol and Bill Chan- a country that has provided a dler have struggled to find steady supply of farm labor- laborers as immigration from ers since the middle of the last Mexico has slowed to a near- century. standstill. With immigration reform “When the crops are ripe, back on the table this year, we need a reliable labor force,” farm groups are fiercely lob- Workers bring in buckets full of red bell peppers to a packing tent at a farm in the Bakersfield area. Photo by Ricardo DeAratanha/MCT she said. “That’s what we’re bying to make sure proposed worried about going forward.” legislation includes provisions legal liabilities for employers on his vineyard, and other class that ramped up agricul- Technology is also playing The Chandlers are among for their workers. who hire illegal immigrants. growers saw ripe crops lan- tural production. a role. Using robots that shake farmers who welcomed a There have been false starts Diego Olagaray, 51, who guish in the fields. Now, American farmers loose crops from trees, farm- move last week by Congress in the past, including efforts grows 750 acres of wine grapes Still, any policy effort may find themselves competing ers have been able to cut back to make immigration reform by former President George in Lodi, Calif., said that grant- do little to solve the labor for a dwindling supply of on labor costs. a legislative priority this year. W. Bush, who sought to create ing legal status to the state’s shortage, said Edward Tay- workers. Paul Wenger, president of But the promised changes a guest worker program and agricultural workers ensures lor, a professor of agriculture “Immigration policy stops the California Farm Bureau may not be enough to solve overhaul immigration laws that both farmhands and and resource economics at being a solution if you can’t Federation, said farmers are their chronic labor problems, during his administration. employers would be able to the University of California- find workers,” Taylor said. well-aware that their industry which have been exacerbated But the latest push to breathe a little easier. Davis. Farmers in California have is changing. by deportations and a stronger tackle the highly politicized “Some of these workers go Such shortages predate already begun adapting to the And although he agrees Mexican economy. issue is “one of the best signs back to Mexico on a regular the recession. During boom supply of laborers drying up. that a dwindling labor supply Last week, a group of Re- we’ve seen in a long time,” said basis,” Olagaray said. When times, contractors persuaded Growers, for instance, have will cause problems further publican and Democratic sen- Ken Barbic, senior director of they travel, “they’re fear- many workers in the fields to swapped out labor-intensive down the line, he said Con- ators unveiled a blueprint that government affairs for West- ful of something happening work in construction jobs, ac- crops such as tomatoes and gress should still pass immi- aims to grant legal status to an ern Growers in Irvine, Calif., to them. With amnesty, it’ll cording to farmers and Taylor, peaches for less labor inten- gration reform that will allow estimated 11 million illegal a trade group that represents make them feel more com- who recently co-wrote a study sive ones such as tree nuts. farmers to hire legal farm immigrants in the country. farmers in California and Ari- fortable. They’ll also feel that that examined the decline in Almonds, which were the workers. President Barack Obama zona. they’re part of society. ... And the number of farm workers second-most valuable crop “Within the next two de- also joined the fray, urging If Congress passes legisla- it will make it easier for em- from Mexico. in California in 2011, were cades, we’re going to have a Congress to move legislation tion, “the folks who are cur- ployers as well.” A key finding in Taylor’s ranked No. 11 in 2000. Sales problem. A domestic work- along quickly this year. rently working here with Olagaray said that if im- study was that more immi- of almonds have skyrocketed force will not want to work in Immigration reform has false documents, it takes migration isn’t resolved grants were staying home to from $682,000 to $3.9 bil- the fields,” he said. “It’s going been a rallying cry among them out of the shadows,” soon, labor shortages will be- work on Mexico’s farms. They lion during that time period, to be a problem. But that still farm groups for years. Farm- Barbic said. come more pronounced. Last were taking advantage of a according to the California doesn’t mean we shouldn’t ers have long reported chronic Barbic added that immi- spring, he said he had trouble strengthening Mexican econ- Department of Food and Ag- fix the problems that exist labor shortages that predate gration reform would remove filling his usual crew to work omy and a growing middle riculture. today.”

CORPORATE Dell Inc. to go private in $24.4 billion deal

By Andrea Chang end of the second quarter of Dell’s fiscal McClatchy Tribune year. The personal computer maker said it After struggling for years to remake it- would solicit competing offers. self, Dell Inc. has announced it will be taken Dell said the transaction “strengthens private in a deal valued at about $24.4 bil- Dell’s capabilities to bring industry-lead- lion. ing, differentiated, simplified and easy-to- Under the terms of the agreement, manage solutions to customers worldwide.” the Round Rock, Texas, company will be “Dell has always been focused on deliv- acquired by Dell founder and Chief Ex- ering a best-in-class customer experience ecutive Michael S. Dell and global tech- and our top priority is to ensure that cus- nology investment firm Silver Lake tomer needs are met,” the company said in Partners. a statement. “Our potential new owners are Microsoft Corp. will invest $2 billion in equally dedicated to winning in the mar- the deal, a move the Redmond, Wash., com- ketplace.” pany said it was undertaking to help sup- The company currently has a $23.05 port “the long-term success of the entire PC billion market cap, with shares that closed ecosystem.” Monday at $13.27. In 2000, at the height Dell — which has fallen behind competi- of the dot-com boom, Dell was the world’s tors including Hewlett-Packard Co. — an- largest PC maker with a market value of nounced the deal early Tuesday. It is the more than $100 billion, the Associated biggest leveraged buyout since the reces- Press said. sion. The going-private deal is already mak- “I believe this transaction will open an ing waves across the personal computer exciting new chapter for Dell, our custom- industry. Rival Lenovo said in a statement ers and team members,” Michael Dell said Tuesday that “the financial actions of some in a statement. “We can deliver immediate of our traditional competitors will not sub- value to stockholders, while we continue stantially change our outlook.” the execution of our long-term strategy and “We are focused on our products, cus- focus on delivering best-in-class solutions tomers and overall execution rather than to our customers as a private enterprise. distracting financial maneuvers and major Dell has made solid progress executing this strategic shifts,” Lenovo said. “This focus strategy over the past four years, but we is an advantage for us and a benefit to our recognize that it will still take more time, customers.” investment and patience.” Away from the scrutiny and glare of Dell stockholders will receive $13.65 in Wall Street, the company might stand a cash for each share of Dell common stock better chance of long-term success. Dell has they hold, representing a premium of 25 for years tried to transform itself as it runs percent over Dell’s closing share price of into increased competition from Lenovo, $10.88 on Jan. 11, the last trading day be- Apple, Google, Acer, IBM, Samsung and fore rumors of a possible sale began. The HP. About 45 percent to 50 percent of its buyers will acquire for cash all of the out- revenue is estimated to come from desktop standing shares of Dell not held by Michael and notebook PCs. Dell and some other members of manage- The company has $11.3 billion in cash and ment. $5.3 billion in long-term debt. Dell said its board of directors, acting In 1984, when he was 19, Michael Dell on the recommendation of a special com- started PCs Limited in his University of mittee of independent directors, unani- Texas-Austin dorm room with $1,000. mously approved the agreement. The The company would go on to become transaction is expected to close before the Dell.