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opposingviews SPARTAN SOFTBALL NOTEBOOK lOut of the Shell i tit The freedom we have as Should sporting events American citizens gives us the continue during times of war? WIND rt right to question our government ill 15 OPINION 2 SPORTS 6 OPINION 3 Cr VOLUME 120, NUMBER 46 SERVING SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1934 SC at :n ot ay le SPARTAN DAILY WWW.THESPARTANDAILY.COM 9,2003 le WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1- e- CONFLICT IN IRAQ Sc ik on Military airport seized; weapons cache found ht St BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) IL s. inside a cave, complete with white The toll on civilians from four days hostile fire had been cooling from the smoke poured out of the Ministry of ly eager to help the forces of id forces battled the tattered remnants of marble floors, 10-foot ceilings and flu- of urban combat was unknown. But building, although the journalists said Planning building in the city's center. Operation Iraqi Freedom. as Iraq's army for control of downtown orescent lighting. the World Health Organization said they witnessed none. "We are continuing to maintain our Four days after Americans first pen- Baghdad on Tuesday, crushing a coun- Marines battled snipers as they Baghdad's hospitals were running out Separately, the Arab television net- ability to conduct operations around etrated the Baghdad outskirts, the city C. the war. a terattack and seizing a military air- fought deeper into the capital from of supplies to treat the bums, shrapnel work al-Jazeera reported that a U.S. and in Baghdad, and remove them showed the effects of port. Saddam Hussein's fate was the east. They seized the Rasheed wounds and spinal injuries caused by warplane attacked its office on the from regime control" said Capt. Frank Civilians roamed the streets with hand, uncollect- as unknown after an attempt to kill him Airport and captured enough ammu- the fighting. banks of the Tigris River, killing a Thorp, a spokesman at U.S. Central Kalashnikov rifles in from the air. nition for an estimated 3,000 troops. Two cameramen were killed and at reporter. Command. ed garbage piled up, and there were es reduced number of I a Inside the capital to stay, some Army Ominously, they also took a prison least three others wounded when an On the city's northern side, Army State-run Iraqi television was long lines at the 18 units routed Iraqi fighters from a where they found U.S. Army uniforms American tank fired a round into the forces set a Republican Guard bar- knocked off the air, depriving the gasoline stations still open. headquarters for hun- racks ablaze. Warplanes flew their regime of a key source of influence There were also military losses for is - Republican Guard headquarters. and chemical weapons suits possibly Palestine Hotel, Others discovered a 12-room complex belonging to American POWs. dreds of journalists. Commanders said bombing runs unchallenged, and over a population thought increasing- See BAGHDAD, page 5 in SC al 4fet Spartans Golden in win over Bears Students SC IC It unsure St ts 3. SJSU has won seven about as of the last 11 meetings By Tammy Krikorian women Daily Staff Writer to The Spartan baseball team earned its 1St third win in as many games, defeating ors the University of California Berkeley *4: in combat rw 5-2 Tuesday afternoon. San Jose State University used five By Wendy Lopez pitchers for the game. Senior Andy Daily Staff Writer Cook started the game, freshman Brandon Dewing recorded the win, Note: The SJSU Iraq War Survey and by the end of the game, freshman had a ±4 percent margin of error. Matt Winck would earn his first save. Cal was first to score, putting one When asked if women should fight run across the plate in the top of the next to men in frontline combat, San first inning, but Spartan first baseman Jose State University students revealed Jordan Bergstrom put SJSU in the mixed reactions, according to a survey lead in the bottom of the inning with performed by sociology students a double to right center, sending home studying quantitative research meth- id second baseman David Pierson and ods.' third baseman Kevin Frandsen. The campus community also shows ngor Pierson and Frandsen both reached mixed reaction when asked the same base on singles up the middle. question. Left fielder Markum King took the "Society resists the idea of women plate next, singling to left field and joining the military because they are sending Bergstrom home. used to seeing women fulfilling moth- The score was 3-1 Spartans going , asr t, .-, erly roles," said Erika Jackson from the into the second inning, as Dewing .4. , SJSU Women's Resource Center. came in for Cook. s - "(People) are socialized to see women In the bottom of the third, catcher as mothers." Aaron Bates was walked on a full- Society is concerned with how much count, loading the bases. While desig- the family is going to change if a nated hitter Nick Guerra was at bat, tlyan Balbuena Daily Staff woman is not going to stay home and all runners advanced on a wild pitch Spartan first baseman Jordan Bergstrom attempts to tag out Cal infielder Conor Jackson Tuesday at Blethen Field. San Jose State University split take care of the children, she said. and Bergstrom, who reached base "Men should take responsibility and when he was hit by a pitch, came this season's series, 1-1, against UC Berkeley. Spartan pitcher Matthew Winck pitched during the eighth and ninth innings earning his first save of the season. take care of their children ifs woman home. LEFT: decides to join the military," Jackson With the bases still loaded and no made a diving stop for an out, but stop in the ninth. Spartans 4-3 earlier this season in "Bergstrom established the day," said. "There should not be a reason outs on the board, right fielder Jon SJSU was unable to stop Cal left field- Winck took to the mound for Berkeley. Thurman said. "He just went with the that keeps women from joining the Heuerman reached on a fielder's er Justin Nelson from driving a home- innings eight and nine, allowing one Tuesdays win improved the Spartans pitch, and that's how you score those military. choice, and although a double play run over the right field fence. hit, no walks and no runs to earn his record to 18-17. first hits. He broke the ice for every- Monica Jimenez, a senior majoring was made, King was able to score, The Spartans maintained a strong first save. Doug Thurman, associate head body." in finance, said women should be able bringing the game to 5-1 Spartans. defense throughout the game, assisted The Spartans series against the coach for the Spartans, gave much of Frandsen agreed, acknowledging to go fight in a war if they have good The Spartans started the top of the by Heuermans diving catch in the Bears began in 1933, and Cal leads the offensive credit to Bergstrom for fifth inning strong when Bergstrom eighth inning :111(1 Frandsen's diving 80-37-1. The Rears defeated the his two-run double in the first inning. See BASEBALL, nage 6 See WOMEN, page 4 SJSU authors showcase books Alcohol screening on Thursday Treatment and t,,r are By Huong C. Phani being held nationwide, the event is Abuse the Center By Daniel Hartman "I went to a publisher, and they said but times are changing, and there marking its third year at SJSU, Tam Substance Abuse Prevention, Tam I would have to wait nine months for ways to get around the norms. Daily Staff Writer Daily Staff Writer said. added. the book to be published, and I She said all her friends were inter- The program is funded by several The screening is free of charge and couldn't wait that long," Mujadedi national students when she attended San Jose State University students agencies, such as the National $2 drink coupon from Spartan Shops The bookstore played host to a said. "The book seen through the SJSU. Many of the other books on will know their drinking limits Institute on Alcohol Abuse and will be given to all students, who com- book tour Tuesday, showcasing San eyes of an Afghan in America display were used as textbooks. Thursday, as they are encouraged to Alcoholism, the Center for Substance plete the screening. Jose State university faculty members informs about my culture and reli- "(Of the books here) there are at participate in the National Alcohol who have published books within the gion." least 15 and maybe twenty used as Screening Day that is scheduled to be past year. Mujadedi said she left Afghanistan textbooks here at SJSU," said Tony held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m, in the Bookstore Director Court Warren when she was 5 years old. She said Sanjume, who works at the book- Pacifica room in the Student Union. said the event was a combined effort she was in Austin, Texas just after store. "Some of the authors have This event, "What Are Your Limits? Give him a hand of the Spartan Bookstore and the Sept.11 where she was harassed for become administrators, but most Be in the Know," not only provides a Clark library. her Middle Eastern appearance. went through being on the faculty." screening that will help students eval- The social gathering where cheese Mujadedi said the book was her Jan English-Luech from the uate their drinking behavior but also and wine were served included books first and included a chapter on anthropology department said her raises awareness about the conse- from SJSU alumni such as PariYana women in Islam and the struggles book, "California in the Silicon quences of drinking and alcohol relat- Mujadedi, who said she just recently they face.