SPARTAN DAII-dY VOLUME 125, NUMBER 25 Serving Sall Jose Stale I. 'iti versity since 1934 NIUNI \ I )('1B11k 2005
"Sleepwalking to Sanity," Joe Question Opinion Page 2 SJSU ice hockey, 1 vs. Don Kassing, Sports Page 3 A&E Page 7 Conference hones student Keeping campus residents sate leadership Card keys replace old locks BY ILBRA BEITPOLOUS Day Stiff Vvritcr in brick residence halls About 400 students came together to sharpen their leadership skills at an annual conference this Saturday BY CHRISTINE BARKER said. in the Student Union. IiiOw itt is I tffillms ii The student organization leadership conference is buildings theut ,tist :is in.i,iy is title,: or put on by the Student Life and Leadership facilitators There are many things ,omeone looks lour limes \\ hen tesidents !iced and Associated Students to give students the chance to for when deciding on a plase it is to use then t did key to attest WI 01 bin ming. he said learn and network through other student organizations pella115 in a downtown menopohian ;ilea parts the along with faculty and staff. thines like lo - Hie difference between the The conference began at Cal UM. rent lock sy stems of the trick halls and a.m, with keynote speaker and safety Campus Village is that the Professor Joe Martin, who are all lac- latter also requite, Iliac lo travels and speaks at 75 to Ile card key ac, e,, t i the 80 different campuses a year. tiltsfor some residents eles;Flors. Hansen ,,i1F1 said Anthony Cummings. ot San Jose State's on- Hansen said th.o \diem coordinator hit Student campus housing. either in S 'sums settne tit , alter hganization Development the new Campus the lit wk halls iii( .1,111,11s and Special Programs. buildings or the viihre the', MARTIN Martin was voted "Student Nick rest their inst so ilk, ...di he of the Year" by faculty mem dence let in. hers at the University of West Florida. \\ here he safe's has 'The resident is ii.- Illea graduated at the top of his class when I \\ ,is 1,1th 21t been taken pected to escort years old. to a neYY er and gtics1 al all times He began his own business at 22 and was hired as easiei ley el lansen ii il the youngest professor to ever teach in Florida at age There are main, icasons x 11% thc sy stem 24. was changed hum the tldci. metal keys, to (Intl hi's Frill it Martin is also the founder and president of Real the nester card keys in the halls said Susan ha F, c the tic is mil World University. an Internet resource center for stu- due,..toi it IIMINIII!` Hilt the main key system dents that attempts to help them Sties Cell in school and c.,,Fti nit et tit ellis. she said ,k [though it might in life. I e card key .iccess :dim% s tor a new seem inconvenient it times Martin has also written many books that wadi out key to be made much mole gutt kly.- to have to meet your guest to those who want to make the twist .0 then lives. Hansen said. "It provides hotel set' Ii e on the main Moor and bring "Student were glued to him (and I he \\ as \ cry el our residents and Is Itore cosi el f v.-fly Li them bask to yoi tot,111 it festive." Cummings said. Some student also like the lirLide lit goes IF,F, Martin shared his experiences griming up in a the now, L :nil key systeun. for your y isnot. he ',aid family with nothing and made sonic students aware caid is a lot more con% Hansen said that the nes\ or of how lucky they arc to be attending such a great said Josh ('.ilainese..1 sophinnine inahninn L aid key sy stem is a more ...phi. institution. in marketing and the president of Budding Its tied technology, hut in the end He mentioned how he visits itivenile delinquent, It ot Campus Village L 'thin the housing FI Is the ,RIllent, who are the most and inmates in prison and speaks to them. He then student gosernment. ells...toe security preventative went on to say that students take their positions in life "You can keep your card in your wallet 1115%1,111C. for granted. and that sonic days the biggest complaint .ind it's cheaper to replace. so that 5 bet "Students are the ones that can is actually going to a class. iii he said assuie its that people who do Martin said that when he visits the inmates. he tells Some student residents it %tutors not list' in the buildings do not them that students complain about getting up and co \ Wage like the L aril key sy stein better firth, \\ them in." Hansen said ing to class. They tell him that they \\ mild trade place, than metal kits -n's similar," said Oabriela Robles, a sopho with students in college in a heartbeat. Mathilde Mcent minor majoring in in- more at I >e Anza Junior Collece. Martin then asked the group hots many st m1 em. ternational business visits friends at Campus Mace and would say that about trading places in life with an in "You don't ccii lia e to take (the card said that It wr the most part she hasn't had mate and nohixly responded. out of your pocket a %t ill can just pass itthy a problem having people let her into the He wants people to appreciate the life they line the sensor).- Vim said. building. been blessed with and live it to their potential. In the block hills. only the twin (loots -I've had one student s.i no.- Robles UPD increases patrols Cummings said. are beinc upciailed iii the nest Lard kcs .aul ''his' said no, We're IC1115 Mit S111/541sed Martin was selected to speak at the conference system that Campu. \ uli.tec alleady has. 111 (let petple up Mout t.uud kCs because he gets through to his listeners and engages Hansen said. Hie Inuits 'dual room success S1,1111: students agree that the ads antace. or new Campus Village their interest in conversation rather than talk at them. in the brick halls still still be by metal keys, see KEYS, page 6 BY RACHAEL HAMILTON more calls, hut if erall, it has gone he added. slit. said. Baines said, 'In With more than 250 student organizations on cam- the old dorms. people could just jig has hued taut 'ley% oth ,iiher . ZII 555'11 FF annmd. all !het need to pat pus, an event of this has to he planned Sins t 4 'anirius Village opened 1, et, tit keep tip yy ith the 2.0(i0 ad through 55 as one ,,ecuiu, in advance and Its i ,Limbers from each incain/ani in Oils semester. the Unit ersity &tonal students on Lampti, measure,- ( 'alahrese Barnes said most ollein.e. ha, Li see LEADERSHIP, page 5 e Department and f'ampus \ pet sonnel lime been been minor. 'minding some noise FF,Fikillg hard to pros nle student complaints and 1115 ItIC115 Cs 01 5;111- \L ail a safe living en\ (1 11’miii ale Pr"Pells !Minh: 111 Itt addition to tccidat. pa- 1i5 hell I t,1 Iltlre trols. Barnes said Ihc 114) of- It.,1 115, 1,,11101 Salt Jose titate licers \souk seiy .10,els is tilt the \ et.it \ link in 2041--1. he said Campus V'illace tesulciii \ iset's 111,11 011C it his .!(,.11's 55a5 hi ensure on Cell:1111 thati 'ampus Villace had adequate 111CIU(1111(1. MCCt tithl-grvels train- seL III ny ing the ;1,1\ Ise,. to identity drugs. impus Village security has selt\delense techniques and other definitely heen one of our coal, tIns semestet theme has , been see UPD, page 6 Collections feature historical documents BY FARIDEH DADA yyork and posts al is to help illustrate /5:111 01 MAI% al 111:1.t C11 ii lilt Special Colic, non, Daily ',Lift \At tu Ills' topic of Spanish Colonialism.- she M0011 said l'he open house is an opportunity said. A large itillection 01 Si SI mate! lids to in, lease :maleness ot mit 'it It s,tuut. yy ith the goat it, Unique and rare aoo I, , ans. Original Moore said the Don Edwards display doittillentintt ilw luustuiiuu itt ihit' aun. ions. Moon manuscripts will be displiied Tuesday will include a hill he supported, a letter pus since 1,, 05,011. 1115 hiding inclea.e use ot the collections and even- during an open house of San Jose State sent to the White House and a hit of his- s kiss book', siiaphooks. pholocraphs, mid is Illt:leaSe the hiituui ssit 111:11 StlItlentS University's Special Collections and tory from the time. ephemeia. 01 al hitsiuiu amid :111111,, 5 1s11:11 and as tills 4:an haw bettet.. ..t..ess Archives at the Dr. Martin Luther King Danelle Moon. director of the 111:11Cr1:11S. C .ilstiiitiutisplat. Wonsan!. ''As the director. I also (Wet classes Jr. Joint Library. Special Collections, said the purpose "The idea behind the open luitise is to the up;xut'ttuimui lit teal it more ;thou' pri- Some features will include Spanish of the event is to encourage faculty and encourage lattills .ind studenls IFF use mary sources, 11115% ti t'ooduct research as %Yell as our in a special collections library. and pro- DANIEL SATO DAILY STAFF colonialism in California. Japanese in- students to see the range of primary and our primatv ternment camps. former U.S. Rep. Don SeC1,11t1;115 Inaterials that are available rare mid 11111litle Ne1011dary SI/tIrCes,- vide hands-on evpenence working with Edwards' legislative papers and SJSU in the Special Collections. r51111,1C su iii, original doeunlerliS.- Moon said. Mixing it up ... homecoming act it ihes of the past. said "Sly primary goal is to work with .1011:1111:111 R0111. the chair of the "II is important to hold an open ;irchives assistant Moore. faculty to support the course goals In. history department. said there are house because it us central to (nu mis- Nora Schwaller, a junior majoring in tine arts, Display 5 ma \ a variety. of for- archival and rare materials." tremendous iestiurces in the Special sion to encom age use of our eollec- cleans out a clay mixer after emptying a new mats. she said. Moon said. Collections. lions.- Moore said. batch of red clay in the Industrial Studies "I.tr example, in the Spanish Personal papers. organizational re- Roth said by hating these open
building on Thursday. The mixer was formerly Colonialism display, there will he cords, photographic collections, art and houses, stall, tas.tilty and students will the U.S. Navy. see COLLECTIONS, page 4 a bread mixer used by hooks, reproductions of drawings. art- artifacts. artists' books and rio,..tr. are be ;mare oh %% hat resources are in the PAGE 2 SPARTAN DAILY OPINION MONDAY OCTOBER 10, 2005
SLEEPWALKING TO SANITY Progress of rebuilding New Orleans depends on attitude After more than a month of watching broadcast Orleans take on the same attitude that those in San opments were being torn down outside of the French standing up to the government. 50.000 dwellings for news about Hurricane Katrina that hit the Gulf Coast Francisco did so many y ears ago? Quarter, where only 4.3 percent of the residents are the homeless were built in a year. and what the people are doing to survive. it seems that New Orleans is still under water and will continue black. In a tragic devastation, such as Hurricane Katrina, the citizens will not stay quiet. They will not stand to be hit by hurricanes, but the people shouldn't be If the reconstruction effort was led by groups such we cannot forget that humanity is all we have to keep by and let this disaster be used as an opportunity to expected to live in fear because they will not as the Douglass Community Coalition, a us together. replace homes with mansions and condos in a gentri- be taken care of afterward and be forced to low-income group in the Community Labor "Government cannot solve all our problems, even fying New Orleans. live in devastating situations. United, New Orleans could be rebuilt for in normal times, much less during a catastrophe of While many claim that any effort to rebuild New Community Labor United, a coalition of those victimized by the flood. Schools and nature that reminds man how little he is. despite all Orleans is a waste of time, I would like us to take a low-income groups in New Orleans, went hospitals that were falling apart before the his big talk," Thomas Sowell of townhall.com said. look through the history books and rethink this. on to demand that a committee of evacuees floml could be rebuilt with better resources "The most basic function of government, maintaining On April 18, 1906, San Francisco was struck by "oversee (Federal Emergency Management and the project would create thousands of law and order, breaks down when floods or blackouts a great earthquake that is estimated to have been Agency). the Red Cross and other organiza- jobs. paralyze the system." 7.7 to 7.9 in magnitude and broke more than 270 tions collecting resources on behalf of our On the other hand. many think that re- While New Orleans residents are helping out in miles along a great fault - creating the San Andreas people." They called on evacuees from the building would come at more of a loss than rebuilding, many businesses are starting back up, and rift. There were around 3900 deaths, approximately community to actively participate in the an efficient cause. with the help of those in the community, many ser- 225,000 injuries and $400 million worth of property' rebuilding of New Orleans. SHANNON BARRY Many believe that making New vices are being repaired. damages. That would make the $10.5 billion of Orleans a place to live just goes against "Even as we mourn the loss of life and property This earthquake ranks as one of the most signifi- aid released by Congress and the 5.500 mil- its natural environment. caused by Hurricane Katrina, our fundamental spirit cant of all time. lion raised by pits ate agencies, as of Sept. 26, belong "New Orleans naturally wants to be a lake," St. remains strong," Sandra Shilstone, president and CEO W.J. Barnett of the Western Pacific Railroad to the victims Louis University professor of earth and atmospheric of New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation, said Company said more than a week after the earthquake. 1.'nfOrtunately. this is not the way reconstruction sciences Timothy Kusky told Time tragazine. on neworleansonline.com. "We will rebuild our city, plans for making San Francisco the "most beautiful works. "A city should never have been built there in the first restoring it to a better New Orleans than ever be- city in the world" would soon be underway. One of In Sri Lanka, six months after the tsunami, the re- place," he said to the Atlanta Journal -Constitution. fore." the first steps toward rebuilding took place on April construction effort put a council of the country's most In 1985. an earthquake struck Mexico City and as 24. 1906, when 15 men were put to work on the tower prominent businesspeople in charge. In the meantime. in New Orleans, the government also failed its peo- of the Ferry building. thousands of poor fishing people were stuck in camps ple. A month after the quake 40,000 angry refugees Shannon Barry is a Spa runt Daily copy edi- With this earthquake in 1906 and the recent disas- patrolled by soldiers. marched on the government, refusing to be relocated tor -Sleepwalking to Sanity" appears every other ter along the Gulf Coast. why can't the people of New Before Katrina. African -American housing devel- :Ind demanding a "democra tic recnstructito to.- lit Abinday.
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Sparta Guide is provided free of charge to students, faculty and staff menthers.The deadline for women of their femininity entries is noon three working days before the desired publication date. Space restrictions mav \ ements regarding the advancement of wom stream. I genuinely look forward to my wedding day, require editing of submissions. Entries are printed in the order in which they are received. cmi si mnlits have been around for more than 150 years, when a very special man and I make a lifelong com- with the first women's rights convention held in New mitment to care for one another. I also look forward Prejudice meeting from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in TODAY l'tirk in 1848. The First National Women's Rights to all of the experiences that follow, those of both the Costanoan room of the Sutdent Union. For more Convention was held two years later, and then both sacrifice and gain. For example, rather than look- Career Center information. contact Jason Fithian at 795-3804. the National and American woman suffrage associa- ing at cooking and laundry. as a hassle, I see it as Resume critiques will be given from 10 a.m, to noon Listening Hour Concert Series tions were started in 1969. Since then. the Planned an opportunity to care for and bless my household. and front 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Career Center. For There will he an electric jazz guitar recital from Parenthood Federation has been started, birth control Many would argue that this perspective makes wom- more information, contact Marisa Staker at 12:30 p.m. to I: I 5 p.m. in room 150 of the Music pills have been approved and in 1973 Roe v. Wade en inferior to men as far as sacrifices are entailed. 924-617'1 building. For more information, contact Joan Stubbe -- one of the most famous decisions in the Iti I would argue that both individuals in any' type of Pride al Pacific Islands Chth at 924-4649. Supreme Court's history -- replaced anti- relationship make sacrifices, whether it is There will be dance lessons from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Schoo/ ofArt and Design abortion laws, ruling that women have the I hat of a married couple, a brother and a right to safe and legal abortions. This rimlitie osier in room 89 of the Spartan Complex. There will bean exhibition of student art from or a boss and his or her employees. was then reaffirmed in 1992 in the c.c.,. ,,I \ woman preparing a home -cooked meal SJSL' Ice Skating 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Art and Industrial Science Planned Parenthood v. Casey. mid driving her kids from little league There will be a collection of food and clothing buildings. For more information, contact the eallery While it is true that such associations practice to ballet could be looked at as a office at 924-4330. for the victims of Hurricane Katrina and all proceeds and rulings have advanced the indepen- hurden. Or. she could look at it as a self- from skate rentals will he donated to the Red School 0/A,': and Design dence and equality of women, that's not all .1,.t of service to honor her husband Cross beginning at 7:30 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. at There will he a lecture titled "Forms and .1radition they have done. They have sparked what and Juldren. This doesn't mean that the the Logitech Ice Center. in Contemporary Spain" from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. in is known today as the feminist movement. oinan can't also be successful and pur- School of Art and Design room 133 of the Art building. For more information a movement that was original!) aimed at sue her own dreams, There will he an exhibition of student art front contact Jo Farb Hernandez at 924-4328. guaranteeing equal rights for %%omen. CHRISTINE GLARROW H wevel% when I think of 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Art and Industrial Science School ntArt and Design However, in this attempt to obtain the feminist philosophy. I can't buildings. For more information, contact the gallery There will be a reception t'or the student artists front and ensure equality between the sexes. help but hear other women %%omen have lost the true meaning of being term office at 924-4330. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Art and Industrial Science teaming in my head. "It's all about ME'." nine, leaving men feeling emasculated and women Why can't women acknowledge and appreciate the SIR; Catholic Campus Ministry buildings. For more information, contact the gallery feeling unsatisfied. men in their lives - whether it is a father, a brother phone at 924-4330. Mass will be held at 12:10 p.m. in the SJSU Catholic I would consider myself an independent woman. III a spouse - the nay t hct tt.int to be acknowl- Campus Ministry Chapel. For more information, call Hip-Flop Congress I have strong opinions on all major political. social edged and appreciated? Thi, often begins vi ith let- Fr. Jose Rubio at 938-1610. There will be a general meeting from 6 p in. to and moral issues. 1 work, take good care of myself ting the men be just that: the men in their lites. 7:15 p.m. in the Pacheco room of the Student I nion. and have numerous hobbles, just as many as other Instead. feminism weakens men in an attempt to TUESDAY For more information, contact Dave Nlanson at men and women I knot,. strengthen women, rather than facilitating a respect 186-5071. At the same time. hot\ eta. I have no problem and appreciation that would empower both genders. QTIP SAL' Study Abroad ()Mil' acknowledging my desire to take on a distinct femi- As for the men. I'll address them next time. There will he a Queers Thoughtfully Internipting There will be an information meeting at I p.m. nine role in my life as an individual and when I later 1 Corinthians 11 :11-12 says. "In the Lord. how- in room 104 of the Faculty Offices For more become a wife and mother. ever, woman is not independent of man. nor is man information. visit www.sjsu.edu study abroad. I find it upsetting that many women today independent of woman. For as woman came from cringe at the thought of marriage and laugh at the man, so also man is born of woman." Career Center THE SALTY JOSH ZINMAN thought of domestic responsibilities. Such commit- Resume critiques will be given from 10 a.m, to noon ments have adopted a stigma that has led females and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m in the Career Center. For to believe that to have such responsibilities would more information. contact Marisa Staker at hinder them front achieving personal successes. Christine Glarrow is the Spartan Daily online 924-6171. My view is quite different from the American main- editor. "Slumber Pant" runs every other Monday. S.I.St Catholic ( antptis Alniotri Mass still be held at 12.1(1 p.m in the SJSt Catholic Campus Ministry Chapel. For more information. call GOT PROBLEMS? Fr. Jose Rubio at 938-1610. NEW COLUMN STRIVES TO HELP SJSU STUDENTS
WEDNESDAY' Got an SJSU related problem or question? Too busy to solve it yourself? Want someone else to help you? Well, worry no longer. In his new column "Spartan Solutions," the Spartan Daily's ( areer C'enter ' Executive Editor John Myers will do his best to answer two questions submitted by students in There will be a business career internship fair front each column. Just go to www.thespartandaily.com and click on letters to submit your problem 3 p.m. to 5 p.m in the Loma Prieta room of the or question. Make sure to include your name, year. major and contact information. Student Union. For more information. call 924-6171.
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