Spartan baseball explodes for Coming home was never easy, Spartan Weather 30 hits, 27 runs in weekend rout muses 'Born Under a Bad Sign.' Partly Cloudy High: 68' F Sports, page 4 Opinion, page 2 Low: 49" F Serving San Jose State University Since 1934 PARTAN DAILY Caret hears concerns at study break By J.E. Espino Thursday at eye-level to break cheon at Intel with California Sen- bread and discuss issues ranging ator Dianne Feinstein in atten- DAII SIA/I \k I II It from parking to student enroll- "I'd love to have a facility that provides meeting dance. The number of people who sat ment. "Sometimes I feel like the around the table to address cam- El Concilio, an organization space for all clubs and organizations. I don't see mayor of a city," Caret said as he pus-related issues made it easy to composed mostly of Hispanic began to take questions from stu- note that no one sat at the head of American campus clubs, was one happening overnight." dents. the table - not even San Jose State formed this semester to promote Robert aret. SJSU President When Sam Casas, the Associat- University President Robert student unity by exchanging infor- ed Students director of faculty Caret. mation, said David Ruiz, president affairs, asked about the possibili- Instead, the atmosphere in the of Chicano Commencement and open to any multicultural campus communication between the uni- last stop of a day that started with ties of' having a space on campus Chicano Resource Center was student intern coordinator for the group, he said. versity president and the student a town-hall meeting with universi- for students, Caret said students informal as students of El Con- university president. The open dialogues, called body three years ago, Ruiz said. ty faculty, a computer lab tour cilia, or Counsel, and Caret met The organization, however, is study breaks, were created to open The meeting marked Caret's with disabled students and a lun- See CARET, Page 6 There's no place like home Former Spartan Ryan Suarez returns to SJSU By Clarissa Aljentera DAII SI MOH SIAI.1 Wail tit Ryan Suarez isn't accustomed to being the visitor at Spartan Stadium. He also isn't accus- tomed to being booed and criti- cized on what was once his home field. But times have changed and so has the color of his jersey. In the end of the first half, Suarez practically wrapped his body around Earthquakes for- ward Dwayne DelRosario and did- n't get a penalty card and instead was booed. Suarez, a former San Jose State University soccer player, had his first career win as a mem- ber of Major League Soccer's Dal- las Burn on Saturday at Spartan Stadium. Suarez said that before game time he had 57 people on the wait- ing the list for tickets to the game. But for Suarez, who spent four seasons playing at Spartan Stadi- um, Saturday's win was a home- coming of sorts. "This was a beautiful home debut in front of my family," Suarez said. His parents, friends and former teammates came out to support him in the 1-0 win against the San Jose Earthquakes. "It is a dream come true," said the 23-year-old defender. "There were a lot of emotions running kiisrwihe, Gain., nail, stun through me." Ryan Suarez, a San Jose State University alumnus and Dallas Burn defender, left, headed the ball Saturday night against the San Jose Earthquakes at Spartan See SUAREZ, Page 3 Stadium. The Burn's 1-0 victory against the Earthquakes marked Suarez's first career win as a professional soccer player. Egg-cellent day Class gets 'dream' tour of Coliseum i11,i Xill'ii111 .1 1),,, , 1, "If I met the players, that would be Brad Jeselink's dream came true Wednesday. good. On these field trips I can learn He walked into the Eastside Club at the Network Associates Coliseum, about the stadium services, and this is through the suites and into the press box. what I'm trying to get into the event All he needed was an autograph from services aspect." someone such as first baseman Jason Giambi to make his trip complete. Brad Jesclink Jeselink wasn't an average fan checking out the A's game, though. He was part of the sport, facility and event understand concepts and ideas stud- Avila echoed Gutierrez's thoughts management class at San Jose State ied in class. about networking in the sports manage- University. For students such as Dan Gutierrez. ment business. Jeselink, who considers himself a a student in Nagel's class and a com- "Networking is extremely important die-hard A's fan, said it was an eye- mand post dispatcher at the Coliseum. in the industry," Avila said. "It is no opening experience to see the guts of the the tour wasn't anything new. longer the simple degree." Oakland Coliseum. "The field trip showed me that net- But Avila said he is willing to give "If I met the players, that would be working is important," Gutierrez said. everyone a chance. good," Jeselink said. "On these field Nagel said he was able to get an in- "Everybody needs to start some- trips I can learn about the stadium ser- depth tour of the facility because he had where," Avila said. vices, and this is what I'm trying to get met Avila before and contacted him Graduate student Lone Hirahara into - the event services aspect." about the tour. said she noticed differences between The hands-on experience guided by After the physical tour, a handful of running the Event Center and running David Avila, the guest services director members from the management staff the Coliseum. for the Athletics, included an inside look came to talk about food management. Hirahara said she noticed the large Haviess Anti. shit/ at the services and money that go into plant operations and supervising the number of security guards, concession- running a sports venue. people who help run the Coliseum. stand workers and management staff it Alberto Meza spent Easter Sunday around the fountain on Tower Lawn at San Professor Mark Nagel, who teaches Avila said his goal was to show stu- took to run a baseball game. Jose State University eating candy and playing with his friends. the class, said he tries to take his stu- dents the entire Coliseum, from the "This is on a grand scale," said Hira- dents on several sport-venue field trips holding cell in security to the bar in the so they can get a feel of the place and Westside Club. See COLISEUM. Page 6 2 MONDAY, Amu_ 16, 2001 OPT NION SPARTAN DAILY SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY Letters Going home brings concern for family, future three graduate? way: "Will you stop holding your dick When I left fisr San Jose Giving a different view years ago, I didn't think much Of course, it's hard to tell if a near- and help me with these bags?" would change at my house. ly deaf, absent-minded, cantankerous And before the end of my recent {tut after spending three weeks man who tells dark jokes about dying stay, he told me this gem: "Son, when on Kashmiri conflict back home ... Boy, was I wrong. is getting ready to die or developing it's time, I want you to get Death for I figured some things would Alzheimer's. Hell, he's been this way me. I know you'll fuck it up." change, like the screwy cable system for nearly most of my life. My mother simply shrugged at the Tlie news item published on April 3 classified Still, there are always things he statement. So did I. India as an invader. This is absolutely adding and changing a ridiculous amount of channels, the bathroom does and things he says that makes After all, the man had said earlier wrong. me wonder if he's all right. Noticing that he was proud of me for being the The ruler of Kashmir signed the instrument of being cleaner because of one less indi- vidual using it stuff like that. how much more careless he's gotten only child he's had who went to col- accession, and the British parliament gave this tuned to recently does add to my concerns. lege. right to him. But there were things I didn't whatever has Regis Philbin expect to change, like my room, for or a home-improvement show on. A few months ago, my father left his I have to admit, I really don't know Maharaja wanted Kashmir to be independent, jacket and his wallet at a slot machine. what I'm writing here, actually. and he gave a clear sign of it to the Viceroy Lord instance. And she's still over-concerned about My room now serves as a guest- everything she offers me enough He was lucky to remember something The Spartan Daily never runs Mountbatten when he visited Kashmir, according wasn't right. It took him nearly 12 around Mother's Day or Father's Day, to "Freedom at Midnight," by L. Collins and D. room for my nephews when they stay medicine that I wouldn't have to worry over, after my mom drives 100 miles to about an allergic reaction to anything, hours before it dawned on him that he so I could never write a column for Lapierre (241-2). The government of Pakistan did- them on those days. n't like the idea of an independent Kashmir and pick them up first.