Former Football Coach Dies at 69 by Ben Aguirre Jr
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Junior Ruiz brings his Feelings of past relationship Keanu Reeves' band hard-nosed style to SJSU's warrant a 'Confession' plays at BackBeat ... baseball diamonds Excellent! .Sports, page 5 Oprmon, page 2 11111A A e:r E, page .1 sPARTANServing San Jose State University Since 1934 DAT www.spartandaily.org Former football coach dies at 69 By Ben Aguirre Jr. Dave Baldwin. "It's very emotion- Elway three baseball head coach Sam Piraro, career began at Cal-State North- defeat of then-ranked No. 10 Bay- al to me and coaches everywhere. weeks ago. DAILY STAFF EDITOR who served as Menges' assistant, ridge in 1976 before moving on to lor University. "He was a father figure. He was "I was remembered that in 1979 all the SJSU. In 1981, Elway coached the Jack Elway, father of former a mentor. He was my friend," he shocked," coaches shared a locker room and Elway served as the head coach Spartans to the California Raisin Denver Broncos quarterback John said. "Not many people can be all Menges said. that his locker was next to of the Spartan football team from Bowl. Elway and former Spartan foot- of that at the same time." "He was a great Elway's. 1979 through 1983, and guided Elway also coached the Spar- ball head coach, died Sunday Gene Menges, who served as coach and a "He was a very outgoing, the SJSU football team to a 35-20- tans to a 9-8 record against Pacif- morning in Palm Springs at the the Spartan baseball team's head great guy. It friendly person," Piraro said. "He 1 record. ic-10 Conference opponents, age of 69. coach in 1979 the year when was a pleasure wanted to know about the other During his five seasons with including three consecutive victo- "I was in my office this morn- Jack Elway first signed-on with to be around coaches' sports and their personal the Spartans, Elway led SJSU to ries against Stanford University. ing (when I found out)," said for- San Jose State University said him." lives." its first victory against a national- mer Spartan football head coach he was surprised because he saw Spartan Elway Jack Elway's college coaching ly ranked opponent, a 30-22 See ELWAY, Page 3 Former It's a small world after all Daily Geography class editor transforms stone spheres to globes wins By Emily B. Zurich Dun Simi Flaws Giant cement spheres sur- rounding the Seventh Street plaza fountain were trans- Pulitzer formed from drab, beige stone to colorful globes Monday after- noon. By Clarissa Aljentera "It's tight," said Mike Bekly, a DAin si \II EDii,e freshman majoring in computer science. "I like art." For more than two decades, The project was undertaken David Willman paid his dues in for the first time by the senior journalism, and it paid off Mon- seminar in geography class, a day when he won the Pulitzer course geared toward geogra- Prize for investigative reporting. phy majors. Willman, a The event's purpose was to San Jose State help notify students that University Wednesday through Friday is alumnus, is the International Week on campus. first San Jose Written in large letters State Universi- alongside a flat map next to the ty reporting fountain were the words: "Inter- and editing national Week." major to win a The theme for the event is Pulitzer. "Making a Connection," accord- Willman, ing to Pilar Dixon, the office who worked on manager of the International the Spartan House. She added that this Daily during Willman year's International Week is the Spring and scheduled to have job work- Fall semesters of 1977, is an shops, film festivals and a study investigative reporter for the Los abroad fair. Angeles Times. "International week at SJSU Two SJSU alumni photogra- is a traditional event," said phers, Kim Komenich and Steve Kocina Daily Staff Marcia Holstrom. a geography Starr, also won a Pulitzer in instructor 1987 and 1970, respectively. Sean Tully, left, and Scott Gilliland turned the spheres around majors were responsible for creating the globes by using chalk the Seventh Street fountain into globes Monday. Geography and a large map for International Week. see GLOBES. Page 3 see PULITZER. Page 8 Indoor air 'Details' editor highlights 15th Magazine Day By KtN in Iliguchi and open to all Student Union. ruary 12, 2001 issue of Sports majors. Both Cargo and Kemberly Illustrated. pollution PREVI I \\ The event is Gong, the event co-chairs, said The panel was designed to Organizers of the 15th annual scheduled to the event will have art/photogra- attract students from the pho- Magazine Day said they are try- ble-majoring in magazine jour start at 9 a.m. phy design panel discussions in tography, graphic design and art examined ing to reach out to other majors nalism and environmental stud The keynote the Almaden room from 9 a.m. to department, Cargo said. in addition to the magazine jour- ies. speaker, Daniel 10:15 a.m. with freelance photog- There will also be panels for nalism department. The event is scheduled to Peres. is sched- raphers, including Brad Mangin online writing happening simul- "We wanted to extend Maga- begin at 9 a.m. today, with panel uled to speak from Sports Illustrated. taneously in the Costanoan by speaker zine Day beyond just the maga- discussions taking place in the at 1 p.m. in the Mangin is an alumnus who room, said Kellie Chittenden, a zine journalism department." Almaden and Costanoan rooms Loma Prieta graduated in December 1988 photo of Feb- 11 11:111 Rohs! I son said Hillary Cargo, a junior don- of the Student Union, and is fro Peres room of the and shot the cover tier MAG DAY, rage 3 DNII SIAIF VF,R111.14 Your garage and kitchen may be more dangerous than a toxic Student activists battle FRONI THE NI01,1) waste dump, warns Wayne Ott. SPRIT-NG- a Stanford University scientist Industrial studies major who is scheduled to lecturc for affordable housing Kyle Ellison uses a torch Thursday on campus. Karen habilint4 The group plans to march to heat a metal piece used from the church to City Hall. \I, u,siiip in a process called "spru- PREVI EW where it will present its con- ing." The process involves The last time Students for cerns to the City Council at 7 making a wax object, such Role of Justice protested for affordable p.m. Ott's speech, "The as a ring or bracelet, and Indoor Air Pollution in Human housing, San Jose Police officers Sundown Hazen, a member of Exposure to Environmental Pol- arrested about 37 people, includ- the organization, said Students placing it in a plaster mold. lution," is scheduled for 3 p.m. in ing seven San Jose State Univer- for Justice networks with col- The mold is then heated, Morris Dailey Auditorium. sity student activists. lege:4 in the Bay Area and volun- and the wax melts, leaving Ott, an environmental expo- Activists broke into an aban- teers its services to the Commu- behind a cavity in the plas- said doned house on South Fifth nity Homeless Alliance Ministry. sure research scientist, ter that is the exact same many of the world's most dan- Street, the site for San Jose's "The city has some messed-up gerous chemical compounds new City Hall, to protest the pro- politics in the view of homeless," shape. The sprus are the appear more frequently indoors, gressive issue of affordable hous- Hazen said. "They are the people piping through which liquid rather than outdoors, contrary ing. that make up the city." metal is fed into a plaster to the "natural assumption." Students in the organization Students for Justice demands cavity to create a metal that are sponsoring a march with the an even balance, he said. The problem, he said, is object. people may mistakenly assume Community Homeless Alliance Hazen said the city of San that their homes are safe and Ministry for extremely low- Jose subsidized about $3.5 mil- liristopher Gainey will continue to use harmful income housing at 6 p.m. today lion for the new apartments on in front of First Christian Daily Staff See OTT, Page 8 Church at 80 S. Fifth St. See PROTEST, Page 8 I NION P DAII C) SPARTAN TUESDAY, Amt. 17, 2001 SAN J SWAT E UNIVERSITY Letters Coming to terms with betrayal and heartache n the path to adulthood, I've scrunching my forehead and ques- remorse. managed to become reliably tioning people's sincerity. "What is he thinking?" I shouted Church visits don't neurotic, perpetually tardy At some point, my subconscious in a tone of outrage, as if it really and ever so slightly jaded. CHRISTINA began to war with my conscious. mattered. Although I anticipated having to In a dream, I confronted my ex. But it didn't matter. It hadn't mat- calm my dramatic antics and limit LUCAROTTI But instead of saying all the horrible tered for a long time. determine values my lateness, I had planned on things I had planned on saying if our Up until my ex-boyfriend's enlightenment, my anger was only a Religion is a really touchy subject. I must agree remaining bitter. paths ever crossed, I asked him how with some aspects of "Holy Week emphasizes Bitterness somehow seemed he was. punishment to myself religion's importance," written by Christina glamorous, like a 1930s movie star. "Very unlike me," I thought upon I had spent months being upset at Lucarotti in the April 10 issue of the Spartan Daily.