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SCIENCE THE WIRE CRIME STATE Former SLA member Police released from prison CHOWCHILLA — A former pursue 1970s radical associated with the group that kidnapped newspaper heiress fi nished her California pot prison sentence Tuesday, ending a legal drama that harkened back to a violent era of social unrest. users Sara Jane Olson, 62, was freed from the Central Marijuana usage an California Women’s Facility issue in campus housing, in Chowchilla shortly after UPD offi cer says midnight and was allowed to serve her year-long parole in HANK DREW . Staff Writer UC plans to boost energy effi ciency If you smell smoke while on a stroll through the SJSU residence RIVERSIDE — A University of halls, sniff again before you pull California Regents’ committee the fi re alarm. has approved a program to Th e source of the odor could be marijuana. work with the state’s utilities Dr. Kenneth Coale, SJSU representative for the COAST project, aboard the ship Sheila B. used in SANDRA SANTOS / Spartan Daily to boost energy effi ciency at a sea turtle research near the Moss Landing Marine Laboratory located an hour away from SJSU. University Police Depart- UC campuses and medical The laboratory, where students with a marine biology concentration work and learn from, is located an hour away from SJSU. ment crime logs detail six ar- schools over the next three rest and citations for posses- years. sion of less than one ounce The plan to reduce energy of marijuana during the fi rst two costs and greenhouse gas weeks of March — mostly, peo- emissions was approved Protecting the ple aged between 18 and 30. Tuesday by the UC Regents’ According to the UPD Annu- grounds and buildings com- al Safety Report and Crime Sta- mittee. tistics, 153 people were arrested California coast for drug violations in 2007. Drug - arrest data for 2008 was not corporate multiple campuses. available. NATIONAL Established in 2008, Th e council’s primary fo- UPD Sgt. John Laws said program seeks to learn cus is to promote marine and marijuana use in student housing Bush on Obama: “He coastal research and education is a consistent issue on the SJSU deserves my silence” about state’s marine life throughout the CSU and across campus. the state. “Most of the marijuana arrests “Some of our specifi c goals that we make are students,” Laws CALGARY, Alberta — Former SAMANTHA PATTERSON President George W. Bush said Staff Writer are to promote the advancement said. “Without any information on Tuesday that he won’t criti- of our knowledge of coastal re- to back it up, my experience is cize Barack Obama because As part of an initiative to pre- sources to help our faculty de- that most of it is occurring in the the new U.S. president “de- serve and protect California’s velop professionally,” said Krista residence halls.” serves my silence,” and said coastline, faculty and admin- Kamer, the council’s coordinator. He said UPD is usually called he plans to write a book about istrators within the California “We want to provide new educa- to the residence by the staff . the 12 toughest decisions he State University system have tional opportunities for under- Student housing did not reply made in offi ce. collaborated to form the Coun- graduates and graduate students, to repeated requests for com- Bush declined to critique the cil on Ocean Aff airs, Science and increase environmental lit- ment. Obama administration in his and Technology, or COAST. eracy in the public sector.” Some students said they feel Established in February Th e idea of COAST evolved that university housing is not en- fi rst speech since leaving A view of the coast as seen from SANDRA SANTOS / Spartan Daily offi ce in January. 2008, COAST is an affi nity group, which is a systemwide Half Moon Bay State Beach, which is open See COAST, page 2 from 8 a.m. to sunset. See POT, page 4 - Associated Press initiative within CSUs that in- INTERNATIONAL BUDGET Military hands nation’s presidency to opposition Tuition fees expected to increase across CSU system ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — Madagascar’s top generals Anticipated increase by Board proposal in the governor’s bud- but reiterated that there are fee handed over control of the of Trustees is 10 percent get as part of the whole pack- in-creases during hard fi nancial Student fees through the years island nation to the opposition age,” Whitmore said. “My un- times. leader on Tuesday, hours after derstanding is that (the Board of A historical fee perspec- the president himself stepped MARCOS BLANCO Trustees) are not going to look at tive chart on the CSU Web site Full-time student fees: Part-time student fees: down and tried to put the Staff Writer the fee issue until May when they shows the chronology of fee have a much clearer picture.” increases for full-time and part- military in charge. 2002-03 - $1,507/year 2002-03 - $912/year Vice-Admiral Hyppolite Rari- In the wake of last month’s Teresa Ruiz, a spokeswoman time undergraduate students son Ramaroson said he and announced budget cuts to the for the CSU system, said she dating back to 1979. 2003-04 - $2,046/year 2003-04 - $1,188/year two other generals rejected California State University sys- couldn’t speculate on whether Th e chart shows a signifi cant President Marc Ravaloma- tem, SJSU President Jon Whit- or not there would be another increase in student fees begin- 2008-09 - $3,048/year 2008-09 - $1,770/year nana’s attempt to transfer more said there is an anticipated fee increase. ning in the 2003-2004 academic power to a military directorate. 10 percent increase in student “Th e Board of Trustees must year. Student fees for that pe- 2009-10 - $3,352 (projected) 2009-10 - $1,947 (projected) fees in the proposed state bud- vote on any potential student riod were $2,046 for full-time - Associated Press get signed by Gov. Arnold fee increase,” she said. Schwarzenegger. Ruiz added that student “All there is at this point is a fees haven’t gone up every year, See FEES, page 3 Source / California State University THE SPORTS BLOG NEWS BLOG PHOTO BLOG The SJSU baseball team Staff writer Marcos Blanco See the best photos of SPARTAN defeated Chicago State 9-2 talks about future anime the week by Daily staff DAILY. yesterday. conventions in San Jose. photographers. Follow the Check out a slideshow of COM Spartan Daily on Twitter. the SJSU tennis team’s loss Go to www.twitter.com/ to Northern Colorado by Sports Blog: thespartandaily staff photographer Sandra www.spartandailysports.wordpress.com Santos. Photo Blog: www.spartandailyphoto.wordpress.com News Blog: www.spartandailynews.wordpress.com CHRISTIAN GARRUCHO / Spartan Daily 2PAGE NEWS WEDNESDAY,,, MARCH 18, 2009 SPARTA GUIDE Groups ask people to give up meat Veggie burgers given out 18 Today to encourage students to Weekly Discussion take up vegan lifestyle Hangout with globally-minded people, discuss international issues and fi nd out internship JESSICA AYALA opportunities. Staff Writer 6:15 p.m. in the Pacheco Room of the Student Union. Students got a glimpse of Contact Ryan Wu at what it’s like to be a vegetarian [email protected] Monday as 100 veggie burgers where given out in front of the Campus Cookout Student Union. Free food and entertainment for Th e Santa Clara County students. Activists of Animals, the Food Noon to 1 p.m. at the A.S. Empowerment Project and stu- barbecue pits. dents from the Environmental Club gave out veggie burgers Graduation, What’s and vegan chocolate chip cook- Next? ies and brownies from the Sun Learn some of the steps that will Flour Baking Company to pro- make graduation smooth sailing. mote a diff erent kind of diet. 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. in Clark Hall, “I think it’s a really positive Room 118. event to show people that they Contact Veronica Mendoza at can have great food as well as [email protected] protect the environment and save lives of animals,” said Lauren Weekly Discussion Ornelas, founder and director for Animal rights activists hand out fl iers along with veggie patties to students on Monday. Courtesy of Lauren Ornelas Hangout with globally-minded Food Empowerment Project. people, discuss international Ornelas, who has been a veg- he said. “It’s really sad.” event is great way to reach out to issues and fi nd out internship an for 21 years, said that being a Frazier, who is a vegan, said students who are not vegans. “The industry really relies on people not opportunities. vegan has made her more aware people have a misconception that Padilla said he couldn’t taste 6:15 p.m. in the Pacheco Room of of what she eats and has also al- being vegan is a diffi cult thing to the diff erence between a meat understanding how the animals are kept ...” the Student Union. lowed her to appreciate diverse do, but said that it’s a very easy patt y and the veggie burger and Contact Ryan Wu at RYAN FRAZIER ethnic foods. thing to do. would consider going vegan. Santa Clara County Activists of Animals [email protected] Ryan Frazier, an SJSU alum- According to the American Steven Stahl, a junior anima- nus and currently with the Dietetic Association, vegetar- tion major, said he could taste Santa Clara County Activists of ian diets are associated with a the diff erence between a veggie cal Treatment of Animals were Drew added that this event is Zen Buddhism Club Animals, said if the average per- reduced risk for obesity, heart burger and a meat burger, but also handed out to students in a good way to bring awareness of “Releasing Ourselves from Obses- son knew what the conditions disease, hypertension, diabetes, added that it was satisfying. hope that they will have a bett er what animals go through in the sion.” are like in the factory farms, lung cancer and kidney disease. “When you go out to eat a understanding of what occurs in factory. 3:30 p.m. in the Costanoan Room they would never buy meat prod- Frazier added that, for health burger you’re expecting meat,” farm factories. For students who missed of the Student Union. ucts again. reasons, it’s hard to beat a veg- he said. “But when you’re eating Onika Drew, a senior pub- Monday’s giveaway or are inter- Contact Justin at 677-8681 or “Th e industry really relies on etarian diet. a veggie burger you’re expecting lic health major, said she went ested in exploring a diff erent diet, [email protected] people not understanding how Tony Padilla, a junior anima- vegetables, but it doesn’t taste vegan nine years ago because of there will be another meat-out the animals are kept and it’s re- tion illustration major, said he like vegetables. It tastes more like fi nancial issues. She said she is event at Great America Friday, ally, really horrible condition,” is not a vegan but said that this regular food.” from South America and said where the Santa Clara County 19 TomorrowTomorro Th ree diff erent types of veg- that when she came to America Activists of Animals and the gie burgers, donated by Whole at 15, she would’ve preferred go- Food Empowerment Project will Foods Market, were given out. ing vegan because the meat in be encouraging people across Bible Study Fliers from organizations such South America is much fresher. the country to try vegetarianism Acts 2 Christian Fellowship hosts as Viva! and People for the Ethi- Her parents didn’t allow it. for 24 hours. a weekly study. COAST Two 7 p.m. in the Pacifi ca Room of the Student Union. Contact Justin Foon at [email protected] faculty members from Meditation Group 5 p.m. in Dr. Martin Luther King SJSU involved Jr. Library. Contact Harrison at [email protected] have programs like this to edu- Continued from page 1 cate students on what they’re Marimba Madness interested in,” Hyun said. Percussion studio of Lecturer Last fall, faculty involved Galen Lemmon. from a previous CSU pro- with the council had the oppor- 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. in the Music gram that ended in 2008 called tunity to competitively apply for Building Concert Hall. CICORE — Center for Inte- release time from teaching so Contact 924-4673 for more grative Coastal Observation, they could have time to develop information. Research and Education. Th e proposals for external funding federally funded program, es- agencies. tablished in 2002, showed that “What that would do is if 30 Monday CSU campuses could cooperate they are successful with those to create a network throughout proposals, it would bring in Slam Dunk Contest the system. From this, COAST more money for our research to Show off your skills during the came into scope. the CSUs,” Kamer said. Slam Dunk Contest as part of the “I don’t really know anything Two of the 11 successful fac- IM Sports Basketball Champion- about the beach, I barely go,” ulty applicants were from SJSU ship Night. said David Hyun, a senior ani- — assistant professors Erika 6 to 10 p.m. mation major. “I think it’s good McPhee-Shaw and Ivano Aiello. Contact Campus Recreation at to protect it though.” Th e successful candidates 924-6218 or Although the program is in have until January 2010 to sub- [email protected] its fi rst year of operation, fund- mit their proposals to external ing has already come into eff ect. funding agencies. Th e proposals “Our base line funding is have the opportunity to bring 01 WednesdayWednes coming from small contribu- more than $2 million in grant tions from the campuses that funding to the CSU in return for Manipulating the have been matched by the Chan- an initial investment of about Unwanted: Labor, cellor’s Offi ce,” Kamer said. $76,000 in assigned time fund- War and Public She added that the council ing, according to the council’s Policy is currently draft ing its strategic semi-annual report. Explore the experiences of Mexi- plan and laying out long-term About 15 of the 29 SJSU can farm laborers in California goals and determining how to members of the council are fac- and learn about the forced im- fund them. ulty, many of whom — includ- migration of Peruvian-Japanese “What we like to do eventu- ing McPhee-Shaw and Aiello to the U.S. Free and open to the ally is enhance undergraduate — work at the Moss Landing public. 7 to 9 p.m. at the Schiro education,” Kamer said. “Have Observatory, a multi-campus Room in Dr. Martin Luther King some sort of summer exchange marine research facility of CSU. Jr. Library. Contact Danelle Moon program where students from Kenneth Coale, director of at 808-2061. one campus can apply to go do Moss Landing Observatory, is a some coastal research at another member of the council’s execu- campus during the summer and tive committ ee. Sparta Guide is provided free of get experience that may count “I think there is incredible charge to students, faculty and staff members. The deadline for towards their degree.” potential within the CSU to entries is noon, three working days She said it would be “neat” to make environmental literacy as before the desired publication date. have a formal program for stu- high of priority as math, English Space restrictions may require dents, but that funding isn’t in or history,” he said. “Th is pro- editing of submission. Entries are place for that. gram has grassroots to become printed in the order in which they are received. Submit entries online “I think it’s good the CSUs quite eff ective.” at thespartandaily.com or in writ- ing at DBH 209. www.theSpartanDaily.com 3PAGE WEDNESDAY MARCH 18,, 2009 NEWS Recognizing the women who made America

nist capital of America. SAMANTHA PATTERSON Th e women studies program, re- “There’s a strong tradition Staff Writer source center, along with contributions from the history department at SJSU of women in San Jose March is Women’s History Month, collaborated together to off er a selection politics.” an opportunity to acknowledge the of events throughout March in honor of issues women have overcome and the Women’s History Month. PATRICIA HILL contributions they’ve made while fac- “I didn’t even know it was Women’s associate professor, history dept. chair ing the difficulties and obstacles of History Month,” said Kelsey Doust, a each era. freshman occupational therapy major. “I women’s history is that many of the ob- “I think it’s important to educate our- do think it’s important to learn about it, stacles in female achievements still exist. selves on women of the past,” said Muoi though.” She added that, in some ways, wom- Ngo, a junior accounting major. “We Events include discussions, panels, en have made great strides. learn a lot about men, but not necessar- and movie showings. Women still make 70 cents for ev- ily about women.” Th e events are varied to provide stu- ery dollar men make. Women are still According to History.com, Inter- dents with multiple perspectives on under-represented in almost every posi- national Women’s Day was fi rst rec- women’s activities and contributions, tion of real power, Hill said. ognized in the early 1900s. Congress Hill said. Women’s experience is one thing, and then established National Women’s “If a student sampled any of them, that’s plural, not monolithic, Hill said. Week in the early 1980s, which was ob- they would be exposed to women’s activ- Th ey vary on the women’s individual tal- served the second week of March. It was ities in a wide range of reformed move- ents, based on race, ethnicity, social class, further expanded into a month in the ments, national and international situa- religion, circumstances of her birth and late 1980s. tions.” Hill said. family situations, she added. San Jose itself has several historic Earlier this month, a discussion on “Instead, thinking of women’s history, women involved in politics, and social women and social movements in San plural, of women’s experiences, plural, and reform movements. Jose was held at the Dr. Martin Luther in American and around the world, the “Th ere’s a strong tradition of women King Jr. Library. Hill presented a national more we can help provide students and in San Jose politics,” said Patricia Hill, reference about women’s involvement in people to see a more accurate sense of an associate professor and department social and reformed movements in the what it’s like to be female at diff erent chair of history. “People recognize Carly late ’90s and early 21st century. times and places,” Hill said. S. Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett -Pack- Guest speaker Susan Wilson pre- Muoi Ngo said students don’t know ard. She’s not the fi rst.” sented her past roles in the Silicon Valley. about the events that take place during San Jose was the fi rst large city in Wilson was elected to the city council Women’s History Month. America to elect a female mayor to offi ce in the 1970s and served as a Santa Clara “In high school, you heard events Elizabeth Cady Stanton Photo Illustration by CARLOS A. MORENO / Spartan Daily — Janet Gray Hayes in 1974. County supervisor. over the announcements in the morn- (above left), an American social activist for women’s rights, Carly S. Fiorina Women were also elected to Con- She shared her experiences in early ing,” Ngo said. “In college you don’t have (below left), former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, Janet Gray Hayes (center), the gress and as county supervisors. So many environmental movements and politics that kind of announcements, so it’s hard fi rst woman elected mayor of San Jose, Jeannette Rankin (above right), the elected females represented San Jose in in San Jose and Santa Clara. to learn about these kinds of events to fi rst woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and Susan B. the 1970s it became known as the femi- Hill said much of what is telling about take part of.” Anthony (below right), mother of the women’s suffrage movement. After 30 years, former Afghan FEES Pell Grants will go up $300 president given proper burial next fall, SJSU president says business major, is worried year, roughly.” former president’s surviving fam- and, fi nally, the U.S. invasion aft er Continued from page 1 about paying more money in Birman was skeptical. Associated Press ily members, along with interna- the Sept. 11, 2001, att acks. student fees. “It’s hard to say, really,” he tional ambassadors. Th e Islamic militants have “I have to take bigger loans said. “It seems like it could help, An honor guard accompa- made a violent comeback the last students and $1,188 for part- now,” he said. “It’s aff ecting ev- but then why raise the student KA BUL — Executed in a nied Daud Khan’s body from three years following an apparent time students, up from $1,507 eryone. I hope they go down, fees in the fi rst place?” coup 30 years ago, buried hastily the palace, with soldiers bearing initial defeat aft er the 2001 U.S. and $912 in the 2002-2003 but I think they’ll just keep in- Birman, who has a middle- in a mass grave along with a small the coffi n and larger-than-life invasion. In response, the U.S. is academic year. creasing.” class income, said the fees don’t golden Quran, the man who portraits. He was buried along sending thousands of new troops For the 2008-2009 academ- Genna Birman, a full-time aff ect him much fi nancially, but turned Afghanistan from a mon- with family members on a hill- to the south — the Taliban’s ic year, tuition fees are at an all- senior social work major, said he still indirectly feels the im- archy into a republic returned on side overlooking the mountains heartland — this year to try to re- time high of $3,048 and $1,770 student fee increases due to pact of the budget cuts in his Tuesday in a fl ag-draped coffi n to that surround Kabul. verse their gains. for full-time and part-time stu- state budget cuts would lead to capacity-fi lled classrooms and the same palace where he met his Th e executed president drew But a spike in violence is an dents, respectively. fewer classrooms, teachers and through friends who have been death. praise for his fi ve-year rule. early indication that insurgent “When looking at the chart, resources. struggling fi nancially with in- Th e body of President Sardar “Aft er his death three decades att acks are likely to surge as you will see most fee increases “Th is is important for those creasing fees. Mohammad Daud Khan was of war ensued — fi rst the Soviet’s some 17,000 U.S. forces arrive have been around 10 percent of us who value our education,” “If you raise the fee, it’s unearthed aft er a former Afghan invaded and then the civil war this year to bolster the record and occurred during a time Birman said. “I think the bud- bothersome because people are general involved in the secret ensued. Th e people now hold his 38,000 Americans already in Af- when the CSU faced budget get cuts bother students more struggling,” he said. “What is the burial pointed the way last year time, as one of the best in Afghan- ghanistan. cuts from the state,” Ruiz said. than the fee increases.” upside to us paying more? We to two mass graves. In July 2008, istan’s history,” said Mohammad On Monday, offi cials said, an Ruiz said when the state To hopefully lessen the ef- want to get what we paid for.” graves were opened that held the Qasem Akhgar, an editor-in-chief Australian soldier serving with doesn’t provide enough funds fect of potential fee increases at Ruiz encourages students of bodies of the former leader and of the Kabul daily named “8 a.m.” NATO-led forces died of wounds for their budgetary needs, they SJSU, Whitmore said one-third the CSU system to take action 17 family members and associ- “He wanted development and sustained in a fi refi ght with 20 are forced to consider raising of the 10 percent fee increase against school budget cuts so it ates killed with him. progress in the country, he want- Taliban insurgents, Australia’s Air student fees. would go to fi nancial aid to help won’t lead to more increases in Daud Khan, whose shooting ed democracy, but he also wanted Chief Marshal Angus Houston “It is an unfortunate reality needy students who can’t aff ord student fees. death ushered in an era of Soviet to control everything. We should said Tuesday. Th e clash followed for the system and our students tuition if the increase happens. “It is important for our stu- domination over the country that not forget that during his presi- a surge in violence in Afghanistan that without enough state fund- Whitmore said that Pell dents to voice their concern over lasted for a decade, was identifi ed dency, a lot of economic projects last weekend that led to the deaths ing our campuses are challenged Grants, which are also sup- budget cuts to the system,” she by teeth molds — but the key started. He believed in a strong of eight other foreign troops, in- to fi nd the resources they need posed to help struggling stu- said. “Students should consider was the Quran, a gift from a Saudi educational system, as a basis for cluding four Americans. to continue to provide a quality dents with tuition fees, will advocating local legislators to king found along with the body in development, and was the man Also Tuesday, U.S.-led coali- education to our current stu- signifi cantly go up if students make higher education a prior- July 2008. who established the Afghan state tion troops killed seven mili- dents and to all of those students already have them. ity so that when budget cuts are President Hamid Karzai, television.” tants and detained three others who are eligible for admissions “So if you’re on a Pell Grant, being discussed, the legislature who directed the eff ort to iden- Soviet troops rolled into Af- during a raid on a bomb-making to our campuses,” Ruiz said. it’s going to go up $300 this will have a clear picture of how tify his predecessor’s remains, ghanistan in late December 1979. cell in southern Afghanistan. Gabriel Sanchez, a junior year and then $300 again next students are being aff ected.” led Tuesday’s ceremony, which Th ey occupied the country for 10 Separately, Taliban militants began in the presidential palace years but were forced to leave as ambushed a police patrol in BLOG where Daud Khan and his family the Soviet Union was breaking up Kandahar’s Panjwayi district, Follow the Spartan Daily were killed. Among those who in 1989. killing fi ve offi cers and damag- att ended were Karzai, his allies Th ey were replaced by the ing their vehicle, said Bismillah NEWS BLOG and political opponents, and the chaos of civil war, Taliban control Khan, a police offi cer. Go to SpartanDailyNews.wordpress.com Prosecutors seek death penalty for Calif. arson degree murder, 20 counts of arson ler is not just a casual arsonist. He Associated Press and 17 counts of using an incen- wanted to have that responsibility, diary device. Jurors found him that power to end people’s lives.” guilty of sett ing numerous fi res Defense att orney Tom Eck- RIVERSIDE — Prosecutors in rural areas of Riverside County hardt pleaded with jurors to spare on Tuesday urged jurors to rec- between May and October 2006, Oyler’s life, arguing his client did ommend the death penalty for a including the deadly fi re that not mean to kill. man convicted of murdering fi ve killed the federal fi refi ghters who “Th is is not a case where there fi refi ghters by igniting a California were defending a rural house. was an intentional killing,” Eck- wildfi re because “the punishment Riverside County prosecu- hardt said. “Th is is a case where has to fi t the crime.” tor Michael Hestrin told jurors because of insane, don’t-give- But the defense att orney for in closing arguments of the trial’s a-damn recklessness, these fi ve Raymond Lee Oyler pleaded with penalty phase that Oyler caused people died.” jurors to sentence the 38-year-old terror in rural communities by Th e fatal blaze, known as the auto mechanic to life without the sett ing the fi res and horrifi c pain Esperanza Fire, roared to life as possibility of parole because he to the fi refi ghters before they suc- fi erce Santa Ana winds swept did not intend to kill the fi refi ght- cumbed. through Southern California. ers when he set the 2006 blaze. “He gave them the death pen- Th ree fi refi ghters died there Oyler was convicted earlier alty that day by his own action and and a fourth died soon aft er at a this month of fi ve counts of fi rst- his alone,” Hestrin said. “Ray Oy- hospital. 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WASHINGTON — Seeking to counter a chorus of unhappy Republicans and nervous Wall Street investors, President Ba- rack Obama and his economic team are taking a cheerier tone while making billions in federal loans available to the nation’s struggling small businesses. Obama and Treasury Sec- retary Timothy Geithner on Monday planned to announce a broad package that includes reduced small-business lending fees and an increase on the guar- antee to some Small Business Administration loans. A day ear- lier, the president’s advisers said in television interviews that they remained confi dent in the na- tion’s economic fundamentals, at times adopting upbeat rhetoric the president once mocked. “Th e fundamentals are sound in the sense that the American workers are sound, we have a good capital stock, we have good technology,” said Christina Romer, who heads the White House Council of Economic Ad- visers. Obama, for his part, has em- Axel Soriano, a freshman electrical engineering major, doing a bike trick called “Keo Spin” during a break from his classes last YOUNG-SUNG KWON / Spartan Daily braced the role of “confi dence- Tuesday in front of MacQuarrie Hall. He made a spin about three times without touching the ground. builder in chief,” as one business leader asked him to become. One week aft er his budget di- rector declared “fundamentally, the economy is weak,” Obama’s Use is personal choice and should be tolerated, two students say economic advisers off ered up a POT buoyant assessment. Larry Summers, the direc- She said she had never been phy major, said she doesn’t smell “I don’t really mind it, but I possession of marijuana, if they tor of the National Economic around alcohol or marijuana marijuana that oft en in the dorms am an athlete so I do not do it,” have a prescription for marijua- Council and an Obama adviser, Continued from page 1 until she came to SJSU. and feels that marijuana use is he said. na, they’re simply not going to quoted the president: “It’s never “When I came to college it not detrimental to students. While the Cal State Stan- get a criminal citation,” he said. as good as people say it is when forcing its own rules about mari- was the norm,” she said. “I do consider myself a user, islaus student government re- Laws said UPD would still they say it’s good and it’s never as juana use in the residence halls. Bowens, a senior health sci- but I don’t think it aff ects me,” cently voted in support of legal- write a report with student hous- bad as people say it is when they Stephanie Bowens, a peer ences major, said she thinks she said. “I feel that if you have izing marijuana to help ease the ing and student aff airs would de- say it’s bad.” health educator, said she thinks stress and peer pressure are the your priorities aligned it should current budget crisis, President liberate over disciplinary action. Dealing with a severe reces- residence hall workers apply the major causes of marijuana use not be a big deal.” Jon Whitmore said the univer- “Even if it is legalized, will sion, Obama has turned to a rules about marijuana smoking by students. “More people die more from sity’s drug policies will remain that change the policies on the public face that emphasizes the unevenly. “A lot of students are stressed DUI than they do from mari- as writt en. university campus?” he asked. potential for recovery instead of “If it is their friends, they let and they turn to marijuana be- juana,” she added. Laws said university policy “You’re not allowed to smoke a its limits. things slide,” she said. “I think cause it is cool,” she said. Contrary to Liu, Judd Mead- does not allow for marijuana cigarett e inside university hous- To that end, the government more higher-level administra- Other students said marijua- ows, a freshman civil engi- use on campus — even with a ing facilities. plans to take aggressive steps to tive staff needs to be involved na use is a personal choice and neering major, said he smells prescription. “Why would you be allowed boost bank liquidity with more to make sure the rules are being should be tolerated. marijuana smoke oft en in the “If we go up to a residence hall to smoke a marijuana cigarett e than $10 billion aimed at unfreez- followed properly.” Helen Liu, a junior philoso- residence halls. room, and we fi nd somebody in but not a tobacco cigarett e?” ing the secondary credit market, according to offi cials briefed on the plan who demanded ano- nymity to avoid pre-empting the Police allege college student missing president’s announcement. Administration offi cials con- fi rmed they would unveil details since ’07 died of a drug overdose Monday. “We know that small busi- “I believe (Jou) was at this geles intersection about 1½ miles nesses are the engine of growth in Associated Press party in the Palms area (of Los An- from his house. the economy, and we absolutely geles) and she was inducing nar- An Orange County sheriff ’s in- want to do things to help them,” cotics, and the cause of her death vestigator said at the time that au- Romer said Sunday morning, LOS ANGELES — Po- is most likely gonna be overdose,” thorities received an e-mail from speaking broadly on the outline lice said Tuesday they think a Detective Ron Ito, the lead inves- Burgess off ering his “att empt to of the plan. “Th ere are already a 19-year-old college student who tigator, said at a news conference. communicate his thoughts and lot of things to help them in the went missing almost two years Deputy Chief Charles Beck, his feelings of essentially what recovery package, and some of ago died of a drug overdose at chief of detectives, noted that may have occurred.” what will be coming out are the a party, and they charged a con- “the witnesses to the crime were Burgess was subsequently ar- things that were in the recovery victed sex off ender with involun- unclear on some of the events.” rested in Florida and extradited package: increasing the SBA loan tary manslaughter. Jou’s family had held out hope to California to face the charge guarantees, lowering fees.” San Diego State student amid vigils, volunteer searches of having failed to register as Th e move comes as Repub- Donna Jou’s body has never been and off ers of reward money for a sex off ender when he was in licans have sought to build on found, and Tuesday’s announce- her safe return. Los Angeles. some bipartisan misgivings over ment was the fi rst offi cial asser- Her mother, Nili Jou, was Burgess was convicted of Obama’s ambitious spending tion that she is dead. Th e last time devastated. three counts of batt ery in 2002 blueprint. In particular, Republi- her family saw her she rode away “It is so hard,” she told report- and of performing a lewd act cans say Obama’s budget propos- from her Rancho Santa Marga- ers while weeping. “All this time against a child the following year. al to raise taxes, starting in 2011, rita home on the back of a motor- waiting and waiting and hoping, He was sentenced to 146 days in on individuals earning more than cycle driven by a man authorities and now — it’s hard, it’s hard, it’s jail, placed on three years’ proba- $200,000 and on households identifi ed as John Steven Burgess. hard — and Donna did not de- tion and required to register as a earning more than $250,000 will She was later seen at a party at his serve this.” sex off ender. hurt small businesses, which face West Los Angeles home. Th e district att orney’s offi ce higher dividend taxes and limits Burgess, a longtime suspect said in a statement that all the on itemized deductions. in her disappearance, is serving a alleged crimes occurred on June “We’ve got to do something to three-year prison term for failing 23, 2007, the last day her family help these small-business people. to register as a sex off ender. Be- saw her. We know that they’re the job cre- sides the involuntary manslaugh- Her mother received a text- ators in this economy,” the House ter charge, the 36-year-old faces message the following day that Republicans’ No. 2 offi cial, Rep. new charges of misdemeanor said her cell phone batt ery was Eric Cantor, said Sunday. “And concealment of an accidental dying, but she’d be home soon. the problem ... I think we’re see- death, sale or transportation of In early July 2007, the license ing out of the Obama adminis- heroin and sale or transportation plate of a pickup truck belonging tration is a lack of focus on how of cocaine. He pleaded not guilty to Burgess and his motorcycle to get things going again.” to all charges Tuesday. helmet were found at a Los An- 5PAGE WEDNESDAY,,, MARCH 18, 2009 A & E CD REVIEW: ‘ALL I EVER WANTED’ KELLY CLARKSON Back to her roots and back on the charts

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mmadeade 2004’s “Brea“Breakaway,”kaway,” a Th e title track,track, “All I EverEver mmulti-platinumulti-platinum hit. Wanted,” is a far cry from “My“My Th e CD is jumpstartedjumpstarted bbyy the Life Would SuckSuck Without You.” lead single and fi rst track on the Recent appearances on “Live It steers clear of mainstream album, “My Life Would Suck with Regis and Kelly,” “Satur- bubblegum pop while blend- DAN LU Without You,” an up-tempo, fun day Night Live” and “American ing a mix of anger and punchy have to face down your own Staff Writer pop track about picking fi ghts, penned hits for Katy Perry, Idol” have shown audiences that guitars. Th e song was originally hate.” apologies and concluding with Pink, Avril Lavigne, Daughtry she still has the power to stay writt en and recorded by the Other standout tracks in- Th e fi rst American Idol, a catchy chorus accented with a and Leona Lewis. on top as the original American Oklahoma band, Aranda, which clude “Cry”, which is heav- Kelly Clarkson, is back with her fl urry of “yeahs.” Th e lead single has reached Idol. Upcoming appearances on passed on to Clarkson. ily infl uenced by country music fourth studio album, titled, “All Fans will not be disappoint- No. 1 in three countries and “Good Morning America” and “If No One Will Listen” is a and “If I Can’t Have You,” an I Ever Wanted,” blending electro ed by the solid eff ort by the hit the top 10 in more than 11 “Oprah” later this month could simple ballad reminding fans up-tempo crowd pleaser. Bright pop, mainstream, power ballads 26-year-old Texas native. Th e countries since its release, ac- solidify that title. why she was the original Ameri- hooks, angry lyrics, soft ballads and rock. album combines fun and catchy cording to Billboard magazine. OneRepublic’s front man can Idol. Th e lyrics grab the at- round out the 14 tracks on the Aft er lackluster sales for production, fi ltering out what “I Do Not Hook Up,” co- Ryan Tedder lends his talent on tention of listeners with lines album. 2007’s “My December,” tour made “My December,” a tough writt en by Kara DioGuardi, the four songs on the album. In track like, “If you fi nd your fi sts are Clarkson’s album was re- cancellations and disagreements sell. new fourth judge on Ameri- six, “Already Gone,” Tedder mir- raw and red from beating your- leased March 10, 2009 along between her and her record label, Th e track was writt en and can Idol, is a great segue into a rors the same production he self down / If your legs have giv- with a deluxe edition includ- the “Since U Been Gone” prin- produced by Dr. Luke and Max catchy chorus and fl urry of “oh used for Beyonce’s “Halo” and en out under the weight / If you ing bonus tracks “Tip of My cess returns with an album rem- Martin, the duo behind “Since ohs.” Th e song could easily be a provides background vocals for fi nd you’ve been sett ling for a Tongue,” “Th e Day We Fell iniscent of the pop formula that U Been Gone,” who have also contender for the next single. the track. world of gray / So you wouldn’t Apart” and “Can We Go Back.”

Moggs crush huge sound into tiny crowd

cate but to the point, and Justin It’s kind of like the live perfor- DAVID ZUGNONI Millner’s guitar (and occasion- mance wearing cologne — but Senior Staff Writer ally a bass) was a big brash wall it’s cologne that actually smells of sound, nullifying the need for prett y good. Some say it’s more nerve-rack- any more band members. Moggs have two releases, ing to play in front of 10 people Some parts were herky-jerky a 2005 full-length called “Th e than to play in front of, say, 100 and thunderous, almost like White Belt Is Not Enough” and people, or even a few thousand, grindcore or math metal in slow- the 2008 four-song “Amulat but it didn’t seem to bother a Pet- motion. Others were still hard EP.” aluma two-piece called Moggs. but had more of a groove — not It’s all a matt er of prefer- Th ey seemed comfortable on enough to make everyone bob ence, but for me, the recorded Sunday night at the Hemlock their heads, but enough to make material has a production style Tavern in San Francisco, mov- the wilder stuff worth it. that is barren and brute and ing swift ly through a set of dirty, If I had to complain about bashes hard, but clearly has re- jolting rock that bared a striking something, I’d complain that straint over the band to bring resemblance to 5-year-old shoe- they were too loud for a small, it closer to a sound that is easy gaze band Autolux with a smid- empty room. A small room de- on the ears, especially aft er gen of the intensity and noisiness serves a band that will at least repeated plays. of the more-like-25-year-old ex- consider turning down a notch, In other words, they’re not perimental punk wonder Sonic but when the sound bounces of completely obnoxious, but they Youth. all the walls instead of being ab- also would never make it onto I don’t mean to make too sorbed by audience members, it “Soundcheck,” an indie music- much of the gender thing, but can assault your ears. based nightt ime radio show Moggs’ juxtaposition of male But, hey, sometimes you on Live 105 that usually isn’t and female vocals is common to don’t mess with something half bad. these two bands, as is the type good, and maybe Moggs would Th ey’re just too off -kilter. of dry, bare bones, untraditional have lost some of their edge But, I just like it. It’s hard to ex- singing that turns many listeners if electing to play at a more plain why. Th ey just rock, OK. away but satisfi es a few. controlled volume. Get off my back. Th ey commit Th e drumming of former San On record, the band sounds to what they do, and they do Jose dweller Cara LP was intri- a litt le tamer, a tiny bit cleaner. it well.

Justin Millner and Cara LP of Moggs. Courtesy of LARS KNUDSON / Offi cial Moggs Web site 6PAGE OPINION WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2009 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

This letter is in response approach wouldn’t work. Other- has or doesn’t have pesticides exactly how that piece of produce pany’s commercial venture to be foreign countries should start to the current economic wise, why would our leaders be on it, which may or may not be should look and taste – as op- capitalize on its profi table intel- pinning the blame for modern climate: implementing a plan that grows good for your health. It’s about posed to a culturally derived and lectual properties. American shortcomings on the a huge federal defi cit and risks the entire food delivery system therefore falsifi ed one (i.e. chard It’s a company — making Continental Congress. Yes we can! So why don’t we? further decline until benefi ts are and the values commercial (non- that’s as red as your lipstick or the money is its business. Th at is in Even if he wanted to, I doubt Our government must try to realized? organic) farming promotes ver- taste of non-organic produce peo- no way a correlation to the hor- Walt Disney can do a thing to prevent this economic recession sus the vaules organic farming ple ate while growing up). rors of war and the vileness of change the course that his com- from becoming a death slide. Why not just give promotes. racial prejudice. pany is taking. Th e poor guy is But why the top-down strat- In contrast to the farming Hanna Hamilton Does Ms. Shapiro imply that just a sitt ing target for Ms. Sha- egy, where corporate and gov- the “stimulus” methods of commercial agri- biology major the ignorant parents who are piro’s opining. ernment entities are trusted money directly to business, organic farming usually purchasing these atrociously I’m going to invoke Godwin’s with the responsibility of doing takes place on a small scale, fam- overpriced DVDs for their chil- law at this point and ask that the things intended to eventually al- us taxpayers? It is, ily owned and operated plots by This letter is in response to dren should be likened to the Spartan Daily not use assertions low Americans to buy and spend people who have absolutely no “Disney’s evil empire strikes ignorant German populace who of the lowest common denomi- again, as is their role in a capital- after all, our money. problem gett ing down on their back,” which appeared allowed Hitler’s rampage to go nator to make a point next time. ist society? Wouldn’t that be a hands and knees to pick weeds March 16: unchecked? P.S. It’s hypocritical to say If that’s the goal, why not just for a living as opposed to spray- Clearly, Blockbuster’s $1.99 the “Lion King” sequels lacked give the “stimulus” money di- more cost-effective ing. Following Ms. Shapiro’s deal is the liberating hero here! “creativity and originality” when rectly to us taxpayers? It is, aft er For us it’s an economic and logic, I should remind her of Even the connection made the original “Lion King” was a all, our money. Wouldn’t that way of achieving environmental imperative; when Ted Bundy since I am also clean- between the late Walt Disney complete plagiarism of “Kimba be a more cost-eff ective way of the objective? you’re working on small tracts of shaven and part my hair to the and the company he left behind the White Lion” set to “Hamlet.” achieving the objective? land, you don’t have the luxury of right. I’m disappointed that the lacks any real tenable link. Our federal government I don’t know much about eco- spraying everything in sight only word ‘evil’ was so irresponsibly Rather than blame the mis- Khoa D. Do could give every one of Ameri- nomics. But I know how much to rotate massive fi elds every few used to describe Disney Com- takes of Americans today, may- San Jose, Calif. ca’s roughly 320 million people I love America. Maybe this silly years aft er you’ve polluted nearby up to one million tax-free dollars idea is just an expression of my water sources, stripped the land (depending upon what the smart frustration from also knowing of its natural minerals, and tilled people who run everything de- that many will suff er for as long to the point of soil erosion. cide would be so much no one as it takes our nation and the rest To this end, the food pro- DID YOU KNOW... would want to work anymore) of the world to surmount the duced from these fi elds, however and still have spent less than one- challenge we face here. oddly misshapen and despite the third of one of the hundreds of occasional ding or two, is always Butterfl ies taste with their feet? It is one of the billions in the stimulus package. Bob Pellegrini a source of pride, the irregulari- And we wouldn’t have to wait SJSU professor of psychology ties evidence of its authenticity. ways butterfl ies tell what plants to lay their eggs months or years for jobs to be In addition, animals raised on generated or for banks to fi lter organic farms are treated more money down to lenders. This letter is in response to humanely: grass-fed, hormone- on. They have taste sensors on their feet, and by Th e money could be given in “Save some cash, skip the free cows are allowed to graze the form of a voucher only valid organic aisle,” which in low-stress environments and standing on a leaf, they can taste it to see if their to buy cars, houses, etc. And appeared March 5: chickens are cage-fee. People there’d be no opportunity for who buy organic understand this caterpillars can eat it. mismanagement or corruption As the daughter of organic and spend the extra money to in distribution. Aft er the vouch- farmers, I found your piece to be support it. ers are received, American busi- incredibly ignorant and off ensive Th ey know that the food ness would be back in business. to our livelihood. Eating organic they’re buying is nature’s ideal – — SanDiegoZoo.com Surely, this simpleminded is not strictly about produce that its color, shape, smell, and taste is

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Th ey havea ap ublicpublic voice voice or visiting terminally [email protected] fessional athletes more prevalent Th eir ability to reach untapped and chose to speak fforor others who ill children, all of which than ever, critics may begin to ask audiences through their athletic did not. areare bebenefinefi cicialal a ndand d ondonee why our country donates so much achievements, and their decision For those who bbelieveelieve prprofes-ofes- with good intentions rather SENIOR EDITORIAL STAFF of our time and money to a sense- to bring national and interna- sional athletes cannotnnot have sig- thanthan for purposespurposes of shame- JOHN HORNBERG, Executive Editor less distraction from the real wor- tional att ention to injustices, is nifi cant impacts non t hthee p opoliticallitical lessless ppromotion.romotion. But whenwhen are TOMMY WRIGHT, Managing Editor ries of the world. something that is rarely done by world, look at Billiee Jean King as professionalprofessional athletes, and the CARLOS A. MORENO, Photo Editor JON XAVIER, Online Editor Who can blame them? Th ere athletes today. an example of just how much of leaguesleagues they play in, going to ANDREA FRAINIER, Opinion Editor are constant images of athletes Th e fact that fewer athletes an impact activism ththroughrough sports getget invoinvolvedlved in bringingbringing aware-aware- RYAN BUCHAN, Sports Editor who take our trust for granted are willing to stand up is a result, can have. King, ann aadvocatedvocate fforor nessness to llessess coocookie-cuttkie-cutt er or MATTHEW KIMEL, Sports Editor by using performance-enhancing I think, of the dramatic increase women’s rights, wasas involved in moremore controversialcontroversial internationalinternational CHRIS CURRY, Arts & Entertainment Editor drugs, like Alex Rodriguez of the in money given to professional the passage of Titlee IX llegislation,egislation, issues sucsuchh as tthehe ggenocideenocide in ALLIE FIGURES, Arts & Entertainment Editor New York Yankees, or egocentric athletes for commercial endorse- which stated that no oonene cancan bbee Darfur.Darfur. JOEY AKELEY, Multimedia Editor athletes who believe they are en- ments. denied federally fundedunded benefi ts I’ll continue to ssupportupport mmyy KAAJAL MORAR, Features Editor titled to the multi-million dollar Beginning in the 1980s, and of any educational programprogram or ac- favoritefavorite teams anandd atathleteshletes fforor KIMBERLY TSAO, Features Editor contracts and recognition, like growing to astronomical amounts tivity because of theireir gender,gender, anandd thethe featsfeats theythey achieveachieve on thethe fi eldeld ELISHA MALDONADO, Investigations Editor Terrell Owens. in the 1990s, endorsement deals was passed in 1972.. or court, but those who make an MEGAN HAMILTON, Production Editor What some fail to realize is have become just as lucrative for Today, the MLB,LB, NBA andand eff ortort ttoo mamakeke a ddiffiff erenceerence off thethe YA-AN CHAN, Copy Editor ANGELO LANHAM, Copy Editor that the world of professional athletes as their multimillion-dol- NFL all have charitiesrities that sup-sup- fi eld will not onlyonly continuecontinue toto sports hasn’t always been about lar salaries. port and promotee good deeds havehave mymy support,support, but mymy respectrespect multimillion-dollar contracts, It’s not to say that endorse- through commercials.ials. Th ee NBANBA asas a fan.fan. SENIOR ADVERTISING STAFF endorsements, bloated egos and ments for athletes are a negative has NBA Cares, a commercial RalphRalph Warner is a Spartan VANESSA ALESSI, Advertising Director dirty syringes. thing, but the desire to maintain series that showsws prominentprominent DailyDaily staffstaff writer. DARREN MITCHELL, Assistant For several decades, profes- a neutral or politically correct im- athletes Advertising Director KRISTI RIGGS, Creative Director EMILY JAMES, Assistant Creative Director Forecasting another cycle of bad music STAFF WRITERS JESSICA AYALA, MARCOS BLANCO, York City where Warner Mu- nomena. Extended Coldplay is Ellington, Bing Crosby and the best material from Nirvana, HANK DREW, DOMINIQUE DUMADAUG, sic Group, Sony Music Enter- threatening to throw the planet Frank Sinatra were recording Tool, Red Hot Chili Peppers, KELLY ENOS, JESSICA FROMM, tainment and Universal Music into global freezing. Cars and infl uential music. Th en, almost Tupac, Alice in Chains and Dr. BRETT GIFFORD, MERRIL GUZMAN, Group are all located. Accord- homes are damaged by wind- overnight, six feet of fresh com- Dre. But no thing lasts forever. ANDREW HERNDON, ELIZABETH KANG, ing to Nielsen Soundscan, these driven Britney Spears. Hur- mercial tinge covered the na- Th en, the energy dissipated MICHAEL LE ROY, DAN LU, three are responsible for 72 per- ricane Jonas is threatening the tion. Let’s face it, Elvis Presley and acts like the Backstreet ANDREA MUNIZ, cent of the planet’s current mu- entire East Coast. was overrated. Early ’60s Beat- Boys and Spice Girls launched SAMANTHA PATTERSON, JUSTIN PERRY, sic emissions. Not to panic though, we are les were corny, and Beatles wan- us into a new 20-year era of tal- MINH PHAM, HARVEY RANOLA, One would think that having simply riding out a natural cy- nabes were even cornier. entless commercial goldmines. SCOTT REYBURN, SAMANTHA RIVERA, CHRIS CURRY the headquarters of the biggest cle. In fact, this is the third such Twenty years passed, then Speaking of gold, enough bad JULIANNE SHAPIRO, HOLLY SZKOROPAD, For Those About to Read STEPHANIE VALLEJO, RALPH WARNER music publishing companies in round we’ve faced. came another musical spark. It music came from the gold-fi lled the world would create com- started around 1967 and end- mouth of unoriginal rappers for Recently, I had a terrible, petition to sell quality records. In analyzing both ed close to 1971. Th is is when three generations. Yet we still sit SENIOR STAFF WRITERS awful, devastating revelation But, alas, this is not the case. a new dawn of music peeked and weather the storm. TARA DUFFY concerning the climate of mu- Lack of expectation of qual- regional and global through the clouds and thawed So, the bad news is that it DANIELLE TORRALBA sic. All signs point to a contin- ity music has created a massive music patterns, the dingy frost. Bands such as looks like the next rays of mu- DAVID ZUGNONI ued “good music” drought that low-pressure front in the area. Led Zeppelin, the Beatles, the sical originality shouldn’t be will not let up for quite a long Couple this with the low- I was able to isolate Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd breaking through until some- time. Be prepared for the worst. pressure system over Wal-Mart were producing their best work. where around 2016. ADVERTISING STAFF If my calculations are correct, headquarter in Bentonville, a reoccurring cycle. Motown was in full swing and Th e good news is that we’ve ASHLEY CHAVIRA, DIEP DINH, and they always are, we’re in Ark., and we could be in for a James Brown and Jimi Hendrix been through this before, and SAMANTHA INOUYE, KHALID JIVANI, I know its causes, RYAN KINGSLAND, LILIA LUNA, the middle of a musical “perfect long one. According to Wal- had the fl owers blooming and with an iPod full of properly SHOKO MASUDA, storm.” Mart, it won’t carry any music but more important, the birds singing. stored rations, we can survive RITA MIKHALTCHOUK, In analyzing both regional containing a parental advisory Th en came the cloudburst. indefi nitely. NAMPHUONG VAN and global music patt erns, I warning. It is, by far, the U.S.’s, I know when it will Dangerous slides of disco, was able to isolate a reoccurring and indeed the world’s, larg- end. punk, new wave and glam rock cycle. I know its causes, but est retailer. Th at creates a lot of threatened structures such as ILLUSTRATOR more important, I know when pressure. Th e fi rst extended period of stadiums, arenas and dance Chris Curry is a Spartan CARTY SEWILL it will end. As these two fronts ap- musical sunshine came in the clubs. Again, 20 years had to Daily A & E editor. “For Th e northeastern region of proach the MTV worldwide jet middle of the 1940s, approxi- pass before we could breathe Those About to Read” the U.S. is a major factor in the stream, the combination cre- mately 1943 to 1948. Artists without airwave pollution. Th e appears every Wednesday. PHOTOGRAPHERS phenomenon, specifi cally New ates a plethora of musical phe- such as Nat King Cole, Duke period from 1991 to 1995 saw MIKE ANDERSON STEFAN ARMIJO SANDRA SANTOS YOUNG-SUNG KWON It’s time to take control of handgun laws ADVISERS RICHARD CRAIG, News overturn a handgun ban in June gun control. Th e answers, “mo- European countries don’t even fi rearms need to show respon- MACK LUNDSTROM, News 2008. rality/social values” and “social/ reach 50. sibility fi rst, more so than those JAN SHAW, News How quickly Americans for- government systems failures,” However, the same article who want to speak their mind, MICHAEL CHEERS, Photojournalism get their luck can run out. It did took gold and silver respectively. contended, “Unlike the U.S., because while words have power, TIM HENDRICK, Advertising for Germany. Even though religion and whose courts recognize a con- guns have the power to kill. TIM BURKE, Production Chief TIM MITCHELL, Design A 17-year-old boy killed 15 mental health may play devil’s stitutional right to bear arms, Accordingly, both Portugal JOHN SHRADER, Multimedia people before taking his own life advocate, it’s naive to think fi re- European nations tend to view and Denmark are considering PAT WALLRAVEN, Business Manager on March 11. arm laws have litt le or nothing gun ownership as a responsibil- harsher sentences for crimes in- Th is happened despite of to do with shootings. Th ey’re ity that must be both justifi ed volving fi rearms. Aft er school KIMBERLY TSAO DISTRIBUTION Germany’s already strict rules deaths by guns. Of course, guns and earned.” shootings in 2007 and 2008, Fin- ANDREW IDUL Itʼs Down to This on gun ownership. Th e country are involved. land pegged 20 as the handgun- GURDIP CHERA insists on permits, licenses and, It’s Herculean for us to even Virginia Tech ownership age last week. Th e We got lucky with Colum- sometimes, yearlong background think of universal health care, so legal age was previously 15. OPINION PAGE POLICY bine. checks. German law also requires why not take care of lax gun laws mourned 32 If you go Down Under, you’ll Had things gone as planned, fi rearms to be locked up. fi r s t ? need trigger locks for gun stor- Letters to the editor may be placed in not only would the event been So why should we follow suit A 2004 Slate article main- people who died age. Australia has also banned the letters to the editor box in the Spartan Daily offi ce in Dwight Bentel Hall, Room heralded as a school shooting, when no-nonsense gun legisla- tained that one of the Colum- in a shooting on shotguns and semiautomatics. 209, sent by fax to (408) 924-3282, but as a bombing as well. Th e tion leads to the same tragic end bine gunmen was depressed and Switzerland isn’t staying neu- e-mailed to [email protected]. gunmen originally had propane anyway? Bernd Carstensen, a the other was a psychopath be- April 16, 2007. Yet, tral either. Currently, 1.5 million edu or mailed to the Spartan Daily bombs set to explode. Th en, they spokesperson for the Association yond repair. Th e article claimed for the most part, people are allowed to keep auto- Opinion Editor, School of Journalism and would have robbed the survivors of German Police Detectives, that the shooting wouldn’t have matic weapons in their homes, Mass Communications, San Jose State of their second chance at life by said Germany may have the laws happened if depressed boy didn’t the state approved but not if the Swiss Alps has its University, One Washington Square, gunning them down. in place, but they didn’t imple- meet psychotic boy. Th e logi- way. San Jose, CA 95112-0149. Th e Pew Research Center re- ment them. cal conclusion: Even if society the U.S. Supreme Are we really going to let them Letters to the editor must contain the vealed that the number of believ- Th at’s why. took care of the blues, the world upstage us? author’s name, address, phone number, ers in gun control declined in the Wolfgang Schaeuble, Germa- would still know of Columbine. Court’s decision to Let’s take control of gun own- signature and major. Letters become years following Columbine. In ny’s interior minister, was quot- Society needed to take care of ership. Let’s take control of our property of the Spartan Daily and may overturn a handgun be edited for clarity, grammar, libel and 2008, gun sales peaked in Colo- ed in an Al-Jazeera article say- the psychopath, but since he was lives. length. Only letters of 300 words or less rado, home of Columbine High ing, “We shouldn’t think about too far gone, only ironclad gun ban in June 2008. will be considered for publication. School. tougher laws all the time, but legislation would have stopped Published opinions and advertisements Virginia Tech mourned 32 think about what we can change Columbine — and Michael Not all the constitutional Kimberly Tsao is a Spartan do not necessarily refl ect the views of the people who died in a shooting in society.” Moore’s eventual Oscar speech. amendments should be our Daily features editor. “It’s Spartan Daily, the School of Journalism on April 16, 2007. Yet, for the When the Pew Center asked A Time magazine article dis- rights by default. We can’t be im- Down to This” appears every and Mass Communications or SJSU. most part, the state approved the for the root problems behind the closed that the U.S. has 88.8 guns mediately entitled to bear arms. Wednesday. The Spartan Daily is a public forum. U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to shootings, only 14 percent said per 100 people, whereas many People who want to purchase 8PAGE SPORTS WEDNESDAY,, MARCH 18,, 2009 SOFTBALL Spartans slide past Canisius Golden Griffi ns 5-4

ELIZABETH KANG Staff Writer

Th e SJSU soft ball team won 5-4 against the Canisius College Golden Griffi ns yesterday, but high fi ves and cheers were not to be seen or heard aft er the win. In a game that became too close for Spartans’ comfort, SJSU secured the lead in the last inning. Head coach Peter Turner looked angry and frustrated at the end of the game. He said that al- though he was happy with the win, he was not happy with the way the game was won. “I’m completely disappointed in the manner in which we ap- proached the game,” he said. “We were sloppy, timid, and we did not play well.” In a nail-biting seventh inning, the Spartans found themselves tied with Canisius, 4-4. Junior second baseman Kelli Fangonilo, one of the team captains, said she felt the energy from her team going into the last inning “Everyone wanted that win,” she said. “Th is was one of the rstfi times I’ve seen everyone loud in the dugout. It was awesome.” With SJSU’s junior right fi elder Kayla Hayes on second base, out- fi elder Nicole Wells got a single to bring in the game-winning run. “I just wanted to get a win,” Freshman Morgan Otto, slides safely into second base during Tuesday’s game against Canisius College. The Spartans STEFAN ARMIJO / Spartan Daily Wells said. “It was a good team beat the Golden Griffi ns 5-4 with a run in the seventh inning. eff ort.” Hayes said she was confi dent going into the seventh inning with a run in the second. TENNIS a tied score. In the third inning, the “I knew that if someone was on Spartans led 3-1, but Canisius base, or if I could get on base, we almost caught up in the fourth Northern Colorado Bears claw would win,” she said. with two more runs to the Spar- Even so, she added that the tans’ one. At the top of the fi nal out a victory against SJSU other team shouldn’t have scored inning, Canisius scored a run, so many runs. tying it 4-4. “It shouldn’t have been as Turner wasn’t pleased with close as it was,” she said. “We the tie. are a much bett er team than “We’re just waiting to fi nd Canisius.” ways to throw away leads,” he Turner agreed. said. “We have chances to put “Th ey played well enough teams away and we’re not.” to beat us, but we happened to Aft er the Spartans won, come out on top,” he said. “Th ey Turner could be heard loudly are scrappy. You can’t let scrappy scolding the team. teams hang around because they’ll “Today was the fi rst time fi nd a way to beat you.” I’ve ever lit these kids up,” he Th e Golden Griffi ns are now said. “I’ve had enough.” 6-9 overall. Th e Spartans advance Hayes didn’t blame Turner to 10-17. for being upset. To begin the game, Canisius “I appreciate the way coach Senior Silvana Dukic, a senior, and SANDRA SANTOS / Spartan Daily scored no runs. In the bott om of handled our win today,” she juniorJennifer Williams during a partners tennis match against the fi rst, the Spartans took the lead said. “It was good for him to be North Colorado at the South Campus Tennis Courts Tuesday with one run by center fi elder Sar- honest, but at the same time it afternoon. SJSU’s three pairs lost their games, 1–6, 3–6, and ah Taylor, but Canisius tied it with was good to get a win, too.” the last pair ended the game in a seven point tie break, 5 –7.

BASEBALL Shopshire pulls Spartans past Chicago State

SJSU senior Ryan Shopshire pitches during the Spartans’ 9-2 victory against Chicago State University. STEFAN ARMIJO / Spartan Daily Shopshire pitched seven innings, allowed four hits, no runs and struck out three. He got his fi rst win of the year in his third appearance. The Spartans play Chicago State again today in a doubleheader. Full story of Spartans’ win over Cougars online at the TheSpartanDaily.com