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LIFESTYLES - PAGE 4 OPINION - PAGE 2 SPORTS - PAGE 3 Elizabeth Hurley heats up 'Confession' examines beauty Spartans clinch WAC playoff the screen in 'Bedazzled' beyond the Barbie world berth with win against 'Dogs V;41:e..1, partan aily SFIIVING SAN JOSF STATF UNIVFRSITY SINCF 1 934 Volume 115, No. 38 www.spartandaily.org October 24, 2000 Football player's leg amputated ()N THE WiTiFi"-71 INSIDE TRACK SJSU lecturer has high hopes for school board race Diana M. Ramirez When it comes to running for t he school board, Eric Narveson said he has the inside track. As a history professor at San Jose State University and a par- ent of chil- dren in the Fremont Uni- fied School District, he said he has knowledge of how school districts work. His know- how isn't the only thing Narveson that prompt- ed him to run for one of three Fremont school board seats. It started in February when his sons brought home notices explaining that, because of bound- ary changes in the elementary schools, they would be moved to I ildbmni hijihi Skiff Azevada Elementary, a school far- Spartan ther away from their home. football players prayed for sophomore Neil Parry after they defeated Neva- ing the game. and according to head coach Dave Baldwin. the team's slogan for the The school meeting regarding da last Saturday. The players wore stickers with Parry's No. 32 on their helmets dur- game was "60 men for one cause for one player" in dedication to Parry. these changes had been scheduled for the day before Narveson received the letter, he said. "It was really, really amateur," Portion of sophomore safety Neil Parry's Narveson said. "You'd think that it \%ould be more professional if they right leg removed after injury, infection See NARVESON, Page 6 11) Marcus R. Fuller it happened. The lack of blood supply to tis- sue was a critical factor." SIN,Kis I i)ii..k DUN Parry, an undecided major, was a starter Philosophy Neil Parry, a sophomore safety on the on the Spartans special teams. Spartan football team, who suffered a com- The injury occurred on a kick off return pound fracture during a 47-30 loss to the in the third quarter when a UTEP player University of Texas El Paso on Oct. 14, knocked down a member of the SJSU speaker underwent surgery Monday to amputate team, who then rolled into Parry's leg. below his right knee. Spartan head trainer Charlie Miller said Surgery was needed to stop an infection the open fibula fracture was visible requires in Parry's right leg that began Wednesday, through the sock. according to San Jose State University "It was an angulated fracture where the head physician Martin Trieb. lower leg was out of alignment," Miller "It became evident Saturday that there said. "There was extensive bleeding thought was so much destroyed tissue that there through the sock." had to be an amputation," Trieb said. Parry was immediately taken to O'Con- By Beau Dowling The amputation, which was done three nor Hospital where surgery was performed DAR Y STAFF WRI I I.R incliabove the ankle. was performed suc- to put a rod into his lep. The goal of the sur- ce ly at the Stanford Medical Center in gery Saturday was to stabilize the right Philosopher Donald Davidaon is Pa Ito, according to Trieb. tibia, Trieb said. scheduled to speak at 4 p.m. today "The knee is in good condition," Trieb The tibia is the inner and thicker of the in the council chambers of the Stu- said. "There was no infection left in the two bones of the leg between the knee and dent Union at San Jose State Uni- remaining portion." the ankle, sometimes called the shinbone. versity. Trieb said the fracture infection was A few days later, severe swelling began Davidson's speech, titled "What highly unusual in 20-year-old Parry's case. in the post-surgical area, which later led to nady suo Thought Requires," is scheduled to "There are motorcycle accidents where a the bacterial infection. run until 6 p.m. person's leg scrapes along the cement, Parry was moved to Stanford on Neil Parry, a sophomore safety. on the San Jose State University football team. was Christy Aguirre, a philosophy teaching assistant, said she is excit- picks up dirt and there's no infection," he Wednesday where physicians worked to wheeled off the Spartan Stadiuni field after injuring his right leg on Oct. 14. Parry' said. "This particular infection has nnt ed about Davidson visiting SJSU. happened many times don't knaw why see PARRY, Page 6 suffered a compound fracture and had a portion of his leg amputated Monday.' "He is one of the most important figures in philosophy today," Aguirre said. "He branches out into all areas of academia." Rebecca Wolpinsky, another Beethoven's hair locked up for exhibit at SJSU teaching assistant of philosophy, said she is impressed that such a A lock ot 11 Chittenden United States and that this is big name in philosophy is coming to really a world -class research SJSU's small philosophy program. Beethoven's hair i) th) S111. institution," Meredith said. Bo Mou, an assistant professor of is on display in the Four hundred twenty-two "This is not at Stanford or philosophy, said the 83-year-old Vt. me. philosopher is a world-renowned Ira F. Brilliant Cen- strands of hair from the head of Berkeley," Meredith continued. Ludwig van Beethoven are on "This is at San Jose State." leading expert in philosophy of lan- ter for Beethoven display at the Ira F. Brilliant San-San Chang, a piano per- guage, philosophy of mind, theory Studies located in Center for Beethoven Studies at formance major, said she's glad to of knowledge and action theory at San Jose State University. have the Beethoven Center on the University of California at Modular A, Room The exhibit titled, "Medical SJSU's diverse campus because Berkeley. 100. The lock. Mysteries: The Guevara Lock of students from a broader range of Davidson has developed a widely Beethoven's Hair," opened Mon- backgrounds will have access to admired and influential theory of which was cut from day at the Beethoven Center it. mind al language, and his work is Beethoven's head located in Modular A, Room 100 Music major Christopher closely 'elated to linguistics, psy- in the Tenth Street plaza. McLaurin said he thought the chology, logic and cognitive science, after his death on SJSU's center for Beethoven Beethoven Center was a good Mou said. March 26. 1827. -tudies is the hub of research and resource for students, but said Accord to The Oxford Com- panion To I hilosophy, edited by 'RA consists of 422 exhibits regarding the 18th and more consideration should be 19th century composer, said the given to modern composers. Honderich, Davidson has devel- strands. center's director, William Mered- "I think that San Jose State oped a widely admired and influen- ith. and the MUSIC program had tial theory of mind and language. Joel lianer "I think that students should access to a lot .. a lot more valu- Honderich also states Davidson's Daily Skiff be proud of the fact that this is the only Beethoven Center in the see HAIR, Page 6 see DAVIDSON, Page 6 4. ; 2 TUESDAY, OCIORER 24, 2000 SPARTAN DAILY SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY "How sg, sow sAP" Looking like 'a doll can't replace inner beauty I was a kid, my mother stage of development - well, for the having to mingle among a room full Whendidn't buy my sister and me most part. of strangers. Barbie dolls to play with. It seems that even after we moved I don't especially enjoy schmooz- I think my mom must have known past cattiness, a seed of resentment ing, and to add to my nightmare, that as girls we were going to strug- toward the physically beautiful everyone in attendance was gorgeous gle with our self-image, and she did- remained rooted deep in some of our and seemed to know it. n't want our idea of beautiful to be a souls. I felt as if I was in high school or blue-eyed, blond-haired babe that I'm not nearly as concerned with Hollywood, and I absolutely wanted neither Nicole nor I would ever look what causes this as I am in figuring to disappear into the crowd. like. out what can be done to reverse it. It wasn't that I felt their beauty My mom - like most moms, I A friend of mine, who happens to voided my beauty. Their beauty void- assume - didn't want my sister and be beautiful, smart and talented, said ed my existence. me to base our identities on how we that seeing an attractive girl when And then I talked to some of them looked. she is out with her boyfriend makes and fully understood for perhaps the She told us we were beautiful, but Christina Lucarott her feel bad about herself first time in my life that beauty - she also told us we were smart and Cori it ss to ei On some level, she believes that physical beauty - is only skin deep. talented. another woman's beauty voids her Not everyone I spoke with was I think we believed her. started seeing each other as competi- own. dull or self-centered, in fact some of And I think all of the other girls tion instead of friends.

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