1 CONFUSED HALLOWEEN Halloween is not a tradition HAUNTED celebrated by everyone CAMPUS OPINION 2 NEWS 4 SERVING SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1934 SPARTAN D 1LY VOLUME 121, NUMBER 45 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31,2003 WWW.THESPARTANDAILY.COM EL DIA DE LOS MUERTOS Honoring lost loved ones culturally Finalists in Mexican celebration end, senior Araceli Madrid will be "It's definitely gotten much To prepare for the event, Madrid presidential honoring her deceased loved ones on stronger here, especially over the last said her family sets up an altar, observed by El Dia de Los Muertos. 10 years," Gonzalez said. "More which is usually a table decorated staff The cultural event, which in trans- immigrants are coming here with with candles, flowers and the pic- students, lation is known as "The Day of the their traditions." tures of deceased family members. Dead," or "All Saints Day," is cele- Madrid said that she celebrates El Madrid's family also visits the search announced By Veronica Mendoza brated primarily in Mexico on Nov. Dia de Los Muertos every year with grave sites of the deceased family Daily Senior Staff Writer 1 and 2. her family, who are originally from members and takes food to them. By Falguni Bhuta he said. "And all the 111,t,aN The event is also celebrated in the Durango, Mexico. Her family also usually has a picnic school have Daily Projects Editor I have known from high While many college students United States, said Roberto The tradition has been handed at the cemetery, and they talk about been pretty good and reliable." be attending Halloween par- Gonzalez, professor of anthropology down from generation to generation, Cook said one of his biggest com- might at San Jose State University. Madrid said. See M UERTOS, page 4 Five months after the search for the ties and haunted houses this week- new San Jose State University presi- plaints about former President Robert dent started, the officials at the Caret was that he never saw him California State University despite being on campus 12 hours a announced three finalists for the posi- day tion Thursday. The president I'm looking for is the The finalists in the race for the pres- one who is out there with the stu- idential position are Judith A. dents," Cook said. Ramaley, associate director of educa- He said he would rather have some- tion and human resources for the one from the San Jose area because of National Science Foundation; his or her familiarity with the region. Gregory M. St. L. O'Brien, chancellor Each of the three finalists will spend of the University of New Orleans and a day on the campus, meeting faculty, Sheila I. Kaplan, president emeritus of staff, students, alumni and the com- Metropolitan State College in munity. Ramaley will be on campus Denver. on Nov.11, SJSU Provost Marshall Goodman, O'Brien on who was in the race for president, Nov. 12 and incidentally, was not in the list of Kaplan on Nov. finalists. 14, according to Goodman said he would continue to the CSU. be provost of the university despite An open not being selected for the post of the forum is president unless the new president planned each of decided to replace him. these three days "I am very happy here, and I am with the respec- really dedicated to the mission of San tive candidate Jose State," he said. from 10:15 a.m. Goodman said, although he didn't to 11:15 a.m, in O'BRIEN know the finalists' backgrounds, after t h e reading their biographies he thought Engineering they were all extraordinary leaders. building room Peter Haas, a professor in the politi- 189 and an cal science department, said the list of open reception candidates sounded impressive. will be held at 5 "I would prefer somebody with p.m. on the experience in an urban setting like same days in the San Jose State," Haas said. King Library, "Somebody who is accomplished in Suite A. terms of teaching and scholarship and Annette who can speak to the faculty with a Nellen, chair of high degree of credibility." the Academic Photos by Josh Sturgis Dally Staff Haas said he was particularly Senate and member of the RAMALEY David Baker, a junior majoring in art, discussed his group's altar, "Death of Liberty," Thursday at Inca Gardens restaurant at Third and San impressed with Kaplan and O'Brien because they have the experience of an advisory com- Fernando streets in downtown San Jose. urban university. mittee for the O'Brien, a professor of psychology presidential and public affairs, has been chancellor search, said stu- of the University of New Orleans dents and facul- since 1987 and has a doctorate in psy- ty should take Students take twist on Day of the Dead this chance to chology from Boston University. Kaplan, a professor of history, was know the candi- He said the altars represented the dates better. class. president of Metropolitan State Art project true spirit of the College of Denver from 1993 to 2003 She said by He teaches the students that even participating in death he hopes to and holds a doctorate in history from commemorates those though they discuss The Graduate School, City University these forums teach them how to live. the campus groups decid- of New York. Perreira said the class Ramaley was previously the presi- community in afterworld ed the theme for their altar based on could give its KAPLAN what they thought was important to dent of the University of Vermont and Portland State University and has a input about the By Mark Cornejo them. doctorate in anatomy from UCLA candidates to Evanthia Antonokopoulou, a fresh- "There don't apeear to be any the advisory committee, who will then Daily Staff Writer man majoring in biological sciences, forward it to the trustees' committee. used family as a basis minority candidates, Haas said. "But and her group I'm sure the search committee looked Under the CSU Board of Trustees' In honor of the holiday El Dia de los for their altar. presidential selection policy, the chair or, the Day of the Dead, for the most qualified candidates." Muertos The altar was adorned with several Haas said he was surprised that were of the board establishes a five-person some San Jose State University stu- pictures of family members who trustees' committee, one of whom is dents had the opportunity to create well as foods, no finalists from SJSU or the sur- have passed away, as rounding area. designated as committee chair by the altars for those things they held dear wines and pan muertos, "death board chair, according to the CSU. to their hearts. "However a fresh outside perspec- Ashley Finger, an undeclared freshman, took her group's altar bread." tive can be a better in some way, he Board policy requires the chair to Students in Todd Perreira's Death, apart after presenting it to her religious studies class, Death Dying The pan muertos were a part of most appoint an advisory group to the Dying and Religion class had an altars, and they are a traditional said. and Religion, Thursday at Inca Gardens restaurant at Third and of the Bryan Cook, a graduate student in trustees' committee. The advisory opportunity to showcase their altars at piece of an altar. committee is composed of representa- Gardens, a restaurant on the cor- San Fernando streets. said the other history, said he would pick Kaplan Inca Antonokopoulou from the other candidates because of tives of the faculty, staff, students and ner of Third and San Fernando foods and wines were some of their alumni, as well as a member of the death," Perreira said. "This is a form of tit to have his students do a project on favorites. her association with the City streets. deceased relatives University of New York and with his- campus advisory board, all of whom "One of the things we realize in the healing." the holiday. She said her group chose family campus. Perreira said this is the first time he "By doing the altars it gives them the tory. are selected by the class is that the American culture has and I know not addressed way, ,,f dealing with had the opportunity to teach the class chance to remember, but also re, heal "I am from New York in the fall semester, so it was a perfect ourselves," Perreira said See ARTWORK, page 4 the school system there is very good," See SEARCH, page 4 Terkel brings humor, wisdom to campus By Ron Pangrac Berman, director of San Jose State "They arc not enenue,, but kindred," he thing, are beWlidetillg, as they are today, University's Center for Literary Arts. "His said. people sometimes lose hope." Daily Staff Writer evident desire is to create a whole new The event was to be a conversation The opposite of hope is despair, Terkel generation of activists." between Terkel and Berman, with some said. When Studs Terkel was asked what gm The heroes of his book, Terkel said, are questions submitted by audience members. "Despair equals death," he said. "But (de ernment should do for the American peo- people who say "No" when "No" needs to At the outset, however, Terkel explained la Cruz) said there's a saying in Spanish ple, he loudly proclaimed, "We are the be said. to the audience that he is nearly deaf. He that translates 'hope dies last.' Hope is government!" "It's about people down through the said when he watched news coverage of what we are imbued with from the day The author of a number of best-selling years, who have been imbued with hope the war in Iraq, he heard a phrase, which we're born. When someone gives birth to a books, Terkel said being patriotic means whether they be abolitionists or Tom Paine he later learned, was "embedded journal- baby, that mother, that father is hopeful." speaking out and acting, whether it be or African American people and students ists." Some of Terkel's books are oral histories. working for peace, supporting an environ- during the 60s," he said. "And others "I heard 'in bed with journalists,' " he In "Hard Times," dozens of everyday mental issue or writing a letter to a news- (become) imbued with that hope. !Cs also said. people talk about their lives during the paper. being part of a community. You can't do it Terkel joked that his deafness comes in Great Depression. "The Good War does "Once you participate, something hap- alone. handy because he can respond as he choos- pens to you you count," he said. Going to the American Revolution for es, irrespective of the actual question. Sec TERKEL, page 4 Before a crowd of more than 400 people an example, Terkel said the men who led "Mr. 'Terkel has his own ideas of where Dailey Auditorium Thursday in Morris the fight against England were "a prophet- he wants to go," Berman said. Writer and Pulitzer Prize winner afternoon, Terkel spoke out on activism, ic minority." When An Audience member asked who book, "Hope Dies Studs Terkel signs a copy of his the topic of his latest "Many colonials didn't care if they had a he thought was the worst American presi- Last." king," he said. "They just wanted to get dent, Terkel ignored the question and book, "Hope Dies Last," for a fan The audience applauded and laughed as through the day." instead talked about Kucinich, one of two after he spoke in Morris Dailey the 91 -year-old Terkel commented on cur- After a minority initiates action, many politicians interviewed in "Hope Dies Auditorium Thursday afternoon. such as the war in Iraq and the rent affairs, others who feel the same way are willing to Last." The discussion was hosted by presidential candidacy of Dennis join, he said. Asked about the theme of the book, from a life Mitch Berman, director of the 1San Jose State Spartans to the The perennial football powerhouse Miami Hurricanes is Cal-State Spartans is as ridiculous as it is ludicrous. The ranked number two in the nation and is named after a city irony behind this recommendation is that the team that in Florida as opposed to the state. My point is that it is not a challenge for foreigners clobbered the San Jose State Spartans 77-14 in last week- the name that matters; it is what is behind the name that a end's football game was Boise State (a school named after makes the difference. If you renamed a Hyundai Halloween is here. Advertisements written in English were soon covering a town), not Idaho State. The idea of dual names, such as Mercedes, with all other things remaining the same, would In a few hours, thousands of American kids will put on walls and windows at the mall and people slowly became better vehicle? If you called a the school being named San Jose State University and the it automatically become a their costumes and begin one of the most exciting more aware of this massive advertising campaign that football team being named the Cal-State Spartans, will domestic cat a lion, would it automatically become fiercer? evenings of the year. They get to dress up in a costume was supposed to make Norwegians into Americans on 49ners, cause confusion and a loss of true identity. If we named our football team the San Francisco that's only allowed that one night of the year and go Halloween. Furthermore, to even consider changing the name of the would our players play like Jeff Garcia and Garrison from house to house asking for candy. I was a sophomore in high school when I first went university to Cal-State for the sake of helping the football Hearst? To assume so would be absurd and to think that a What more could you want if you're a little kid? trick-or-treating on Oct. 31 with my friends. Dressed as team win games is preposterous. mere name change will help our football team achieve its Unfortunately, nowadays, Halloween has lost some if a ghost, I went around the neighborhood in a white absurd. The football team, even if it was renamed the Cal-State goals would be just as its charm. For security reasons a lot of parents have sheet with two holes for my eyes, asking for candy. The Spartans, would not be a representative of the entire Cal- become much more hesitant to let their kids accept most common response was, "What do you think you're State system. The team represents and is a representative candy from strangers. People have put damaging sub- doing?" of the San Jose campus and only the SJSU campus. San stances in candy, even needles, and therefore, many par- But some people felt bad for us and ended up giving us Diego State University, which is also a part of the Cal- Chris D. Wright ents choose to stick to the mall, a more controlled envi- some fruit. Walking around in 20 degrees temperature State system and is named after the city, not the state, typ- Senior ronment. and with snow up to my ankles in a thin ically fairs well with its football program. Aside from this, Political Science The costumes also seem different than white sheet wasn't exactly an enjoyable they used to. The other day, I walked into experience. a Halloween store and saw some of the A few years later, Halloween has Viewpoint I Football's existence questioned ugliest monsters I have ever seen. What become a more customary event to cele- happened to the happy superhero cos- brate, even for Norwegians. People are The Faculty Mentor Dear editor, among the poorest of the poor. tumes or Bob the Builder? no longer surprised when they see cos- department writ- Program was cut this year; the English Now the costumes look like they were tumes appearing in the stores around Class sections have been and will con- Michael Harold has a brilliant idea in his letter of Oct. ing lab is no more. taken out of a scene in a horror movie. October. But somehow, in the attempt to brings me to an interesting com- 27, i.e. that we should rename the San Jose State tinue to be cut. And this Still, Halloween can be a lot of fun, adopt the tradition something must have English lecturer teaches 200 stu- University Spartans the California State University parison. A full-time and, most of all, it's a tradition that has gone wrong. English IA and 1B, yet, Spartans. I have an even better idea let's have a CSU dents a year in eight sections of been celebrated for decades. First of all, American trick-or-treaters an average of 11 play- football team, but let's have the Central CSU a full-time football coach coaches According to the History Channel's THERESE BRATBERG are usually not adults. They are little kids Budget for 2001- Administration fund it and Fresno State University run ers. (See the Athletics Department online Web site, the American tradition of who are followed by their parents. nine full-time coach- it. That way, SM. can get pin of the unprofitable busi- 2002: during that year we employed trick-or-treating dates back to the All Souls' Day parade Recently, the Norwegian trick-or-treaters who arc-often for 109 football players.) ness of running a Division I-A football team that requires es and two part-time coaches in England. During these festivities, the poor residents about 20 years old, have lost all respect and throw rotten travel, the weight room, per- large infusions of cash from the General Fund (over $5 And this does not count would beg for food from families, and this tradition sup- eggs, tomatoes and rocks on the houses if they don't get supplements, uniforms, free million a year for the Division of Intercollegiate formance-building protein posedly transformed into American kids going around their candy. Jose hotels Athletics). buffet breakfasts and overnight stays at San asking for candy. The part they don't understand about the American games! Only by very creative accounting can the myth that before home The tradition of dressing up in costumes, according to celebration is that trick-or-treating was never meant for we have not been able to afford for SJSU football pays for other sports, or even itself, be Football is a luxury the Web site, has European and Celtic roots. That is adults. College students can dress up and go to parties. dispiriting to have the academic needs promulgated. decades, and it is hard to believe though as the holiday is mostly celebrat- So as a Norwegian on Halloween, I guess I have been below theneeds of a Division At a time when every division of this university except of our students placed well ed here in America. behaving pretty well. cheer for a single sys- Intercollegiate Athletics is being asked to make a 5.6 per- IA football team. I would gladly For me, Halloween is a celebration that is new and also This year, I am going to follow the American tradition football team based in Fresno! Go, CSU cent budget cut, it is time for us to ask where our and our tem-wide a little bit exciting. and actually go to a party and dress up for the occasion. administration's priorities lie. The library has not had a Bulldogs!!! Since I was born in Norway and spent most of my My Viking helmet will not be a traditional costume, but single dollar added to its base acquisitions budget in the childhood there, Halloween was not even a concept in it will have to do for now. last 13 years, and we currently allocate $1 million less to Nancy P Stork my mind. It might be hard to imagine for the average Happy Halloween. library acquisitions than San Francisco State University. Associate Chair American, but to most Europeans, Halloween has been

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By Robert Hong will consist of those who place 1 team is Daily Staff Writer through 7, and the second made up of 8 through 14. Menaugh said that UTEP, which Saturday at 11:45 a.m., the season's first all -conference cross country took last years championship with meet will hit the trail, as the women men's runner Bashir Ibrahim, will be of the Western Athletic Conference returning with hopefuls, Mircea begin their 5 -kilometer race at Bogen, and Dirk de Heti, to defend Crystal Springs International Cross their title. The Miners are a favorite Country Course in Belmont. to win the race, and still hold the This year's meet, hosted by San record for the WAC's best winning Jose State University, will feature 10 streak, going without a loss from teams from the women's division, 1973-83. and 7 teams in the men's 8k. Another promising team, Southern "UTEP, SMU and Nevada might Methodist University, also has high be the front runners," said Joe expectations for the meet. Menaugh, assistant championship "(The season has) gone pretty director for the WAC. "But it's real- well," said SMU head cross country ly wide open." coach John Rembao. SJSU head cross country coach "Tomorrow is going to be the first Augic Argabright said he expects his time we've ran a full crew." team to perform well at the compe- Rembao said the team is counting tition. on freshman Rachel Collins, and "Depth wise, this is the best team junior Karin Van Rooyen to lead the we've ever had at SJSU," he said. women's team to victory. Argabright said the men's team has "Nevada has got a strong women's never won a competition with the team," Rambao said. "But if they WAC championships, but that the have an off day we might clinch it. new recruits are showing promise. The team is also depending on "It would be a major accomplish- Dalibor Balgac, who finished fourth ment if we could win with such a last season in the men's race. young team," he said. 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PAGE 4 NEWS T E SPARTAN DAILY OCTOBER 31, 20(1' SJSU inhabited by spirits, some say "I hear random knocks at my door the hall screaming but the guy And Potter had played pleny of Students suspect around three in the morning, but caught her and killed her. tricks on the sisters of Delta when I look outside there's no one "After the guy killed her he threw Gamma. ghosts in residence there," said Rigo Pantoja, a sopho- the body out of the (third floor) win- Michelle Eginoire, an undeclared more majoring in kinesiology. The dow," Louie said. "(Supposedly) late freshman is the niece of a former sis- knock is big at first and then it gets at night you can see someone jump- ter who was a friend of Potter's halls, sorority house soft." ing out of the window. I had a friend now sleeps in the deceased's old room. Pantoja said he also hears a bounc- last year who said he saw someone Eginoire said that Potter was the By Annelinda Aguayo ing noise in the hallways in the mid- jumping out of the (same) window. It known as a prankster throughout dle of the night. spooked him." house when she was a part of the Daily Senior Staff Writer "Sometimes it spooks me," he said. But Washburn Hall is not the only sorority. "It's really weird. place where Louie has heard of a "One time I had an empty video Ghost stories have risen from their Lu said she was told by a Hoover haunting. He said he had a creepy box on a shelf and it started shaking graves. Hall resident that she had a strange experience at Moulder Hall before it all by itself," Eginoire said. Believe it or not, some buildings at experience as well. was torn down. She said that the tricks that Potter San Jose State University are 'Some girl said that one time in "I had these random occurrences of plays do not scare her. believed to be haunted. "Hoover Hall the middle of the night she saw a where between four to five in the "She was my aunt's friend and I'm is famous for being haunted," said female figure with black hair in a morning I would see a shadow of feet assuming she s looking out for me," Lucy Lu, a sophomore majoring in white dress," she said. "She thought outside my door, and what sounded Eginoire said. "But my roommate business. "It's known as Haunted it was her friend and she called out like someone writing on the door," gets freaked out by it." Hoover." her name, but the girl kept walk- Louie said. While some of Potter's tricks are con- When Valerie Lee, a freshman ing." But when he would open the door sidered funny, there have been some majoring in industrial design, moved No one really knows if there is any to see who was outside, there would that have not been laughing matters. into Hoover Hall this semester, she truth to the Hoover Hall story, said be no one there, he said. Wynne said that she and her room- heard a story from Lu ... a disturb- Diana Tran, the community relations "It was kind of scary," Louie said. mates shared two rooms connected ing story. coordinator for University Housing According to members of Delta by a bathroom, and one time when All the dorms have two phone Services at SJSU. Gamma sorority, there is a ghost they were out of town, she had a booths, except Hoover. One is closed "I have heard about Hoover and lurking in their house on Eighth and frightening experience. off," Lu said. the phone booth," she said. "But as Reed streets. "It was about 11:30 at night and "From what I know, a girl on the far as I know, there has been no such Mindy Wynne, a senior majoring my roommates' radio was blasting," second or third floor was taking a incident." in creative arts, said the ghost of Wynne said. "I went to turn it off but shower and a guy walked in and tried Tran said that even SJSU staff Lori Potter a former sister it wasn't on, so I had to unplug it and to rape her," Lu said. "She ran to the members know the Hoover Hall dwells in their home. Wynne said then it stopped." phone booth, but he caught up to her phone booth story. that Potter died in a fire at the Sleep, was the last thing on and killed her." "I think it's just an urban legend Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house Wynne 's mind after that. Jabari Lofton, a sophomore major- that's been passed down," she said. then located at 99 S. 17th St. "I didn't want to go to sleep," she said. ing in computer science, said, "I And the urban legends have been in 1985. "It was a trick, but it wasn't funny." heard that the girl tried calling 9-1- drifting through SJSU. "They say that she was at the top of Wynne said that a few days ago the 1, and (those two) numbers were Ryan Louie, a sophomore majoring the stairs and they were burning, but sisters were sharing stories and one broken on the phone." in mechanical engineering, said that she was scared of heights and she of them told of a rather terrifying Lee said that when she heard the there is something eerie going on in wouldn't jump off of them," she said. experience. story it reminded her of a horror Washburn Hall. "Since she died, strange things have One girl saw a silhouette of some- Photo Illustration by August Patterson / Daily Staff film. "There's a story that a girl stayed been happening (in the house)." one in the kitchen in the middle of Lori Potters old bedroom in the Delta Gamma sorority house is Today the phone booth is no longer alone (at Washburn Hall) over win- Wynne said that all of the sisters are the night," Wynne said. "She said she ran out." where Michelle Eginoire, the niece of Potter's old roommate, cur- blocked, but there is no phone in it ter break," Louie said. "She took a aware of Potter's presence in the house. she was so scared and nobody seems to know why. shower and right after she got out "We say she plays tricks on us," Whether these stories are urban rently lives. Potter has made her presence known to Eginoire by Whether Hoover Hall is haunted is she saw a guy, and he started follow- Wynne said. "We don't like to say legends or not, some students believe temporarily locking her out of her room by opening all of the up for debate. Some residents think it ing her." our house is haunted because it that there are scary things at SJSU dresser doors to block the door. is. Louie said that the girl ran down scares us." that go "bump" in the night.

MUERTOS Steeped in tradition SEARCH I Campus split on choices

page 1 Spain and the Native Americans. In addition, the Nu Alpha Kappa cont:nuedfrom page 1 Charles B. Reed appointed Joseph dent in nutrition and food science, continuedfrom When the Spaniards came to the Fraternity of which Melgar is a part Crowley, president emeritus of the said the new president should think the lives of their family members. Latin American countries they of, are also celebrating El Dia de In a statement released by the CSU, University of Nevada, Reno, as SJSU's about ideas that meet the needs of dif- Madrid said that the event is not a brought with them the traditions of Los Muertos on Saturday with an Trustee Bill Hauke, who is chair of interim president who will serve the ferent ethnic backgrounds. day to be sad but rather a day to the Catholic Church, who celebrate event at the Mexican Heritage the search committee, said each of the term until the permanent president "In the Bay Area, there are a lot of remember and celebrate the life of All Saints Day while the indigenous Plaza. three candidates has top-level admin- arrives. people from multiethnic groups," she the people who have passed away in people celebrated a similar event, Melgar said he is surprised that istrative and academic experience and The CSU Board of Trustees will said. "Decisions should be made with the family. Gonzalez said. many college students do not know could lead SJSU forward as it deals interview the finalists in closed session these people in mind." Madrid said that El Dia De Los The Zapotec Indians celebrated an the significance behind the celebra- with fiscal challenges facing both the on Nov.18, according to CSU offi- Palaniappan said she would like Muertos is nothing like Halloween event known as Lani Bhni Hui, tion despite the fact that he believes state and the CSU system. cials. The new leader will be named more interaction between the new and the two shouldn't be confused. which in translation is The that SJSU is one of the most diverse The search for the new SJSU president shortly thereafter and would assume president and students. "1 see Halloween as something Festivities of the Wounded People. colleges in the country. began after Caret took up presidency at presidency on a date that is yet to be "There should be more group meet- that came out of nowhere," Madrid The event was named because the "I'm still surprised to hear college Towson University in Maryland. determined. ings so students can meet the presi- said. "Halloween is something just Zapotec Indians would sing to people that don't know what the day In the meantime. CSU Chancellor Uma Palaniappan, a graduate stu- dent and talk about his new projects." to do for fun." attract the spirits to come back to of the dead is," Melgar said. "They Gonzalez agrees that Halloween is their living family members, should all be aware of different cul- a commercial celebration, which has Gonzalez said. When the Indians tural traditions." gotten away from its religious roots. would sing it sounded like wound- Melgar said the event will feature TERKEL I 91 -year-oldfull of wit Gonzalez said he celebrates El Dia ed people crying. music and they will decorate a de Los Muertos or Todos Santos in Gonzalez said the tradition of graveyard named, "El Campo continuedfrom page 1 young as it could be," Nguyen said. Commonwealth Club Silicon Valley, the Fruitvale District in Oakland. singing is still done by the Zapotec Santo," to dedicate to people who Dyana Thompson, a freshman said she thought Terkel was charming. He said that the celebration is very in Oaxaca but that they now sing have passed away. the same with World War II. majoring in mass communications, said "He lights up a room," Newfarmer big there because of the many in Latin because of the influences Gonzalez said that the celebration Terkel said he does not like when she was surprised by Terkel's energy. said. "He's very optimistic." Latinos who reside in the area. of the Spaniards and the Catholic in Oakland has attracted many dif- people refer to his interviewees as "It was very inspirational how Asked which books he wants to be "Here in Oakland in the last four religion. ferent ethnicities to the event, not ordinary." much he knows, his whole life. He most remembered for, Terkel said, "It's or five years it's become more popu- Gonzalez said he teaches about the just Latinos. "Ordinary is too patronizing," he remembers everything," she said. like asking a parent about their lar," Gonzalez said. "It's a beautiful rituals celebrated in Mexico that He says that he has seen more said. "I prefer non-celebrated. " Thompson said she looked around favorite child. It's the whole collection celebration." deal with death, including El Dia African Americans, Asians and These histories are important at the audience during the talk and one piece leads to another." Gonzalez said that as a young boy De Los Muertos for his other cultures celebrate the Latin because America has "national saw many older men. Near the end of the hour-long talk, growing up in south Texas, his fam- Anthropology of Mexico class. American tradition. Alzheimer's Disease," he said. "Every man in the room was so into Terkel said something written by Paine ily made him aware of the celebra- Gonzalez has also written a book, "That's really neat to see," People don't know about the it," she said. "They were captivated." in 1791 was pertinent in society today. tion, but it wasn't until he went to "Zapotec Science: Farming and Gonzalez said. Depression, he said. Too many of Part of the Center for Literary Arts' "Paine wrote, 'Freedom had been Oaxaca, Mexico to do research for Food in the Northern Sierra of Professor of Spanish, Anne today's leaders forget how the free Major Author series for 2003-2004, hunted around the globe; reason was his dissertation that he really Oaxaca," which also describes some Fountain, said that El Dia de Los market came to big government on its the talk was free to SJSU students, considered as rebellion; and the slav- learned about the history and the of the history behind the celebration Muertos is being celebrated here hands and knees for help in the 1930s. faculty and staff. It was cosponsored ery of fear had made men afraid to significance of El Dia de Los of El Dia de Los Muertos. while in Mexico, the American tra- Terkel criticized Attorney General by the Commonwealth Club Silicon think. But such is the irresistible Muertos. Another student who celebrates on dition of Halloween is beginning to John Ashcroft as well. Valley and open to general public. nature of truth that all it asks, and all Gonzalez said that in Oaxaca El El Dia De Los Muertos is a sopho- be celebrated by some Mexicans. "I maintain John Ashcroft is at least Trish Newfarmer, director of the it wants, is the liberty of appearing.'" Dia de Los Muertos is a very big more business and liberal studies She said that because of the world 350 years old," he joked. event celebrated by many of the major, Arnold Melgar. we live in, the traditions of different "You know 'The Crucible' about the indigenous tribes such as the Melgar said that he and his family cultures are being celebrated in Salem witch hunts? John Ashcroft Zapotec and the Mixteco. celebrate on Nov. 1 for his grandfather. other countries. was in that play. He was the Reverend San Jose State University AISES Chapter Presents He learned through his research He said that his family makes his "We're in a global world that con- Parris. He said, 'If zou're not with me, that El Dia de Los Muertos is a grandfather's favorite dish and nects in so many different ways," she you're against me.' hlemlim; of the tr i tiom, from rights a candle for him. said. Taho Nguyen, a junior mathematics major, said she attended the event for an English class and knew little about Terkel beforehand. She said he impressed her. ARTWORK I Student ideas varied "His body is old, but his mind is as continuedfrom page 1 George W. Bush, so it's like we voted video game cartridges from the first for him because he was a celebrity so Nintendo Entertainment system. alneVa. because it is something that made lets vote for what Schwarzenegger Andrew Weiglein, a sophomore Ccinemas them happy to think about and would wants." double majoring in English and psy- 42:1=0) 288 S 250 St 998.33On give them a chance to get to know One of the groups broke away from chology, said his group wanted to do each other better. the pack and dedicated their altar to something different. STUN* iN Oscat I1001, be a good way obsolete video games. "Everyone else talks about people Os 53440 7 925 . "We thought it would RIM IN) 1.7/10 if./ to pay respect and remember our fam- Instead of pictures of family, they and death," Weiglein said. "We 3.3 El.; Week' Dielv at 405 550 s4 ily members," Antonokopoulou said. had drawings of characters Sonic the wanted to do something more `3a1 at 10 Sun 51 12 IS "People become more friendly when Hedgehog and Zelda, along with humorous." Mr/ -5,iica '1437 they talk about family." Dal ,e S, ior, Sat at 1 20 Laura Pignone, a junior public 366 S Fast 1' \ relations major, and her group creat- LOST IN TRANSLATION IA) DAN el 8th Annual to dead 0 Sal-Sto IA 1230 245 ed a similar altar dedicated DEAD ALIVE INC.I at 12 am pets. The altar contained a water dish, TIII TINIR is, Japanowt papier-mache dog skeletons and pic- Deily At 5 05 15 pRED Ei\RTI-4 DAY that Sc40,h7iller,MBA 140.111 OR) Daily Si In Honor of Lanny Pinola tures of the group members' pets 7 Sal-Sun 3 10 . 70 541 t 40p01 1 have died. MI maw ri (14) Penelope Cou Gomel One of the more abstract altars was Gar.6 BeeN' Doty a, 440 7 020 . Sel So' 220 Revisions Production Company Presents: titled "The Death of Liberty," which politicians and MUSAWAY JINN (PG 131 stars .loon Cisocit , dealt with corrupt flaoy M 4 10 S SO 9 30 CM- S,in At ?10 death of people's trust in govern- INTOLESULE POWS 1P73 11) Hold Ovorl ment. FROM THE BEGINNING LOST N TRANSLATION t' 4 4,, I Barker, a junior majoring in David 4=D Proneyard/Cannobell 559 n903, Native American Creation and Origin Stories art, said his group used a collage of 1.2E11411100.13e1P pictures and quotes by politicians as a 504 1/2 PINTS ! V., 0,1 F.,-81.0. 00MA IMO .4, 14, -49, Special performance by Native Artists: backdrop for the altar. TOE INMAN STAIN (44 Nen* tconnn A40120Y Paul Deerhouse (singer), Jeremiah Cahill (poet), and Thursday & Saturday Nights 9 poi unbl Midnight In 041.341 DailyIl Susie "It's becoming more readily apparent 301 2. 4 30. T.920 Pinola politics, Barker (storyteller) there is corruption in 6 1111111{11"1'' Meg4r7r9r- said. "The recent protests against the INS (A) : 040 Da ),J11 30i±30 110 530 730 910 war were some of the largest in histo- NMI OA (PG,111-4(71,1101mos Saturday, November 1, 2003 ry Pery,i. IS) roost 71S 910 NISEI 6pm-9pm Barker said the idea for the altar is Late night menu available TIE TINCEN lITO-131 A=111;51 more relevant now with the election of 405. 1.945 Todd Theater, Hugh Gillis Hall, San Jose State University Schwarzenegger as the gover- SCANT STOW tpug, ss Arnold 10 12 Alo-lTo 07TY) tot SUP * nor of California. SIAS ALIVE iriC 1 7 FII at 12 ern "The election was an example of public ignorance to corruption," ELEPHANT "(Schwarzenegger) has Barker said. SHATTERED GLASS For more info call (408) 956-1696 l.3SuctettO 3100croy the same political strategist as a THE SINGING