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EVENT Former White House staff member to motivate SJSU By Jeff Gonzalez crafting my legislative agenda “I think it’s rare that students “I’m not exactly sure what his somebody with this level of experi- @JeffVGonzalez in the Senate, then leading my get the opportunity to get to lis- entire speech will consist of, but ence,” Lee said. “So this is (a) great presidential transition, and most ten, first hand, to the experi- I know some of the stuff he men- opportunity.” Chris Lu, the former Cabinet recently, managing my relations ences of someone who has had tioned he will try to stress is the Peck said she asked Lu to come Secretary of the U.S. and assistant to with the Cabinet,” Obama stat- such great success and has given importance of public service and speak at SJSU. President Obama, will give a moti- ed on the official White House back to his community so much,” growing as a leader and a person,” One of the goals of Peer Con- vational speech at SJSU Morris Dai- website. Lee said. “It’s definitely a great Lee said. nections is to encourage indepen- ley Auditorium today at 3:30 p.m. As Cabinet secretary, Lu was the opportunity.” Lu will give a 20-minute speech dence and leadership among the Lu was the leader of an advisory mediator of the representatives of Lee was asked by Deanna Peck, segment and will follow it with student body at SJSU, according to committee, assistant and cabinet the different Cabinet offices, ac- director of Peer Academic Success a 40-minute question-and-answer Peck. secretary for the Obama Adminis- cording to an article by Peter Baker Services, to emcee the event and session with students, according to To accomplish that goal, Peck tration from 2009 to 2013, accord- in The New York Times. mediate the questions during the Lee. said she thought bringing a speak- ing to a statement released by Pres- He was in charge of bringing discussion portion of the event, ac- “A lot of times students have er to campus to motivate student ident Obama in January 2013 when the cabinet members together and cording to Lee. questions about politics, about ca- leaders would be an effective meth- Lu left the White House staff. mediating agendas or decisions on Lee said he spoke with Lu via reer advice, about really anything od to reach the student population. “Chris Lu is one of my longest- legislation between them, accord- webcam to prepare for today’s that often are hard to ask because serving and closest advisers, first ing to Baker. speech. the opportunity isn’t given to ask SEE SPEECH ON PAGE 2
CAMPUS More construction, fewer walking paths By Allison Williams campus, but around down- @all3ybobally town San Jose as well. On his morning walk Construction on Yo- from the train station, shihiro Uchida Hall has Gomez said he encounters not only displaced the a lot of construction that kinesiology department, forces him to take different as reported on Sept. 30, routes or detours. but it has also blocked off Amru Eliwat, a senior the walking path between software engineering ma- Uchida Hall and Washing- jor, said the construction ton Square Hall and the hasn’t gotten in the way of pathway between the Spar- his morning cup of coffee tan Memorial chapel and from Philz. Uchida Hall. “I’m in MacQuar- The blocked paths mean rie Hall,” Eliwat said, “so that students are siphoned from the bus I go to Philz into one walking path and ... Sometimes I would go have to walk to either end straight through campus of the campus to reach just because the entrance Fourth Street. For some was there.” students, it’s just one more He said he sympathizes walking path gone. with the students whose “Campus is small al- daily routines are affected ready,” said William Lai, a by the blocked pathway. junior electrical engineer- “I think it’s pretty an- ing major, “so, yeah, it’s a noying,” Eliwat said. “I big (issue).” wouldn’t like to deal with According to the Plan- that on my way home.” ning, Design and Con- He said that all of the struction Projects website, construction on campus is Uchida Hall was built in inconvenient and he hopes 1931, the Uchida Annex that it will be worth it. was constructed in 1955 “I had a professor who and the Spartan Complex said she’s been at San Jose Central and East buildings Raphael Kluzniok | Spartan Daily State as a student (and) as a were constructed in 1961 A construction worker sweeps debris at the Yoshihiro Uchida Hall construction site Tuesday. professor for 20 years and and 1927, respectively. The they’ve always been con- Uchida Annex is the addi- grades on the structure, The feasibility study, gency lighting and improve hassle the construction has structing something,” Eli- tion that was added to the accessibility and systems available on the Planning, restroom accessibility. caused will be worth it. wat said. original building. as well as seismic modifica- Design and Construction Anthony Rivera, a junior “I’m pretty sure we won’t He said he hopes that According to the web- tions. Projects website, shows justice studies major, said get to see it though,” Lai after the current con- site, Uchida Hall is the first A feasibility study con- that the other renovations the construction doesn’t said. struction is done, there part of a construction plan ducted on the project lists planned are to address the really affect his daily Gabe Gomez, a fresh- will be a break from other that also includes Uchida the seismic modifications current and future needs routine. man engineering major, projects. Annex, Spartan Complex and includes strength- of the department, mod- “I just go back and forth said that construction is “Just give us two or Central and Spartan Com- ening wall and roof con- ernize data and electrical from the library,” Rivera the norm for him since he three years, at least.” Eliwat plex East. nections, adding addi- systems, upgrade the stairs said. started at SJSU this fall. said. The website shows that tional roof beams and new and accessibility to the In the long run, Lai said He said he’s noticed that Allison Williams is a construction includes up- columns. second floor, install emer- the inconvenience and construction is not only on Spartan Daily staff writer.
ACADEMICS Anthony DiQuattro, a senior aerospace Hsu said a possible disadvantage of the engineering major, said he hasn’t noticed any split is more limited collaboration between Aerospace and mechanical effects of the split. the two departments. “Right now, (the split) isn’t much of an is- Mourtos said the split will offer new possi- sue since it’s an administrative change, but bilities to aerospace engineering faculty. engineering department split I think that it will be good for the aerospace “The split is expected to benefit all aero- department since the number of students in space engineering faculty members, as they By Kristi Myllenbeck Nikos Mourtos Ph.D., professor and direc- the major has been growing over the past few can now assume unhindered a leadership role @ricekristi tor of aerospace engineering, said aerospace years,” he said. in various aspects of their program, some- engineering faculty sought the split from Hsu said the split will likely not affect me- thing which is not always possible when a This semester, the aerospace and mechani- mechanical engineering to help the program chanical engineering students, but that the small program must coexist with a larger one cal engineering departments have split up. grow into its own department. split is favored on both sides. in the same department,” he said. According to Andrew Hsu Ph.D., the dean Hsu said the split has been a long time com- Mourtos said the department split “was sup- Although enrollment in the aerospace en- of engineering, mechanical engineering will ing. ported by an almost unanimous vote by all me- gineering program has been kept “artificially become its own department and aerospace en- “It’s been a discussion that has lasted 10 chanical and aerospace engineering faculty.” low” in recent years, Hsu said he hopes the gineering will work toward becoming an inde- years, or more,” he said. “It came to the fore- As far as benefits, the split could mean in- split will increase interest. pendent department in the near future. front because I am a new dean here.” creased growth and interest in the program as “The program is a hidden gem,” he said. The departments have split to allow room Hsu took the position as dean of engineer- well as a sense of independence, according to “Our highest priority at the college is student for each of them to grow, especially aerospace ing in February 2013. Hsu. success.” engineering, Hsu said. The split is expected to have minimal “I think there was some feeling that by hav- Mourtos said increasing visibility of the “Our goal is to grow the aerospace engineer- effect on students for now, according to ing the two programs combined, the aerospace aerospace engineering program is vital. ing program and grow enrollment,” he said. Hsu. engineering program does not have enough of “We need to keep in mind that SJSU is lo- Hsu said for Fall 2013 aerospace engineer- “Right now there (are) no immediate ef- its own distinctiveness,” he said. “Aerospace cated in an area with a prominent aerospace ing has 306 students enrolled and mechanical fects because the two have had their separate wants to have its own department to better engineering has 797. curriculums,” he said. market to prospective students and employers.” SEE PROGRAM ON PAGE 2 2 | Spartan Daily NEWS Wednesday, October 9, 2013 NATION something sexual when they knew the per- Program: Administrative change Sexual assault son did not want to (characterized as “forced sexual contact”). About 3 percent reported they had gotten someone else to give in to sex to promote academic growth common among when the perpetrator knew the other person did not want to (characterized as “coercive FROM PAGE 1 rate program office where we will have to have American teens sex”). Also, 3 percent acknowledged attempt- community, including NASA Ames Research staff answering questions from students,” ing rape, meaning that he or she had been un- Center, Lockheed-Martin, Space Systems/Lo- he said. “But we’re trying to keep the cost By Melissa Healy able to force someone else to have sex. And 2 ral and many smaller companies, which hire minimal.” McClatchy Tribune percent — a total of 18 individuals — said they aerospace engineers,” he said. The aerospace engineering department had forced another person to have sex when DiQuattro said the split has potential to will have its own office starting in January, ac- Nearly one in 10 young Americans be- they knew the person did not want to, a com- benefit aerospace engineering students in the cording to Hsu. tween ages 14 and 21 acknowledges having pleted rape. future by encouraging enthusiasm. DiQuattro said aerospace engineering stu- perpetrated an act of sexual violence at least Coercive tactics, including arguing, pres- “I think it will help the aerospace program dents have been well-informed by the dean once, and 4 percent of a nationally represen- suring, getting angry or making someone if we can get even one or two more aerospace and professors of potential changes the split tative sample of American kids reported at- feel guilty, were most commonly reported by engineering-specific classes,” he said. will bring, such as the location of a new of- tempting or completing rape, a new study those who acknowledged attempted or com- Many aerospace engineering students fice and the addition of new faculty in the finds. pleted rape. And the study found that 75 per- don’t get the opportunity to take aerospace en- future. While those most likely to report initiating cent of the cases of sexual violence occurred in gineering classes until their third year at SJSU, “It’s out of our control and there haven’t unwanted sexual contact in their early to mid- the context of a boyfriend-girlfriend relation- according to DiQuattro. been any problems so far,” he said. “The only teens were boys, girls were among the perpe- ship. Ten of the respondents — just under 1 “It’s not really possible to get immersed change we’re experiencing is that we have to trators as the age of respondents increased. La- percent — acknowledged having threatened or in and excited about what you’re doing when move our AIAA (American Institute for Aero- tino and African-American youths, and those used physical force to get someone to engage you’re not connecting what you’re learning to nautics and Astronautics) club room, which from low-income families, were less likely in sex. what you want to apply it to in the first half of is the unofficial aerospace engineering study to have coerced another person to engage in While vaginal sex was the most common your core classes,” he said. room, a few doors down.” sex than were whites and those from higher- form of forced or coerced sex sought, it was According to Hsu, confusion about The overall effect of the split will be posi- income families, the study found. closely followed by oral sex. the split has been avoided by keeping stu- tive, according to Mourtos. And among perpetrators of sexual vio- The study also found that perpetrators of dents informed via town hall meetings and “I am extremely happy with the decision of lence, consumption of X-rated materials — sexual violence of all types were unlikely to ac- seminars. the college to give us this opportunity to grow, specifically those depicting physical harm in cept responsibility for their acts. One in seven “It seems like the students are fairly aware so we can better serve our local, as well as our the context of sex — was notably more com- believed that he or she was “not at all respon- and supportive of this development,” he said. national and international aerospace com- mon than it was among youths who did not sible for what happened,” and almost four in As far as budgetary changes, Hsu said the munities by providing top-quality aerospace report efforts to coerce or force someone else 10 said they considered the victim somewhat effects will be minimal. engineering graduates,” Mourtos said. to engage in sex. or completely responsible for the reported “It’s not going to be completely budget Kristi Myllenbeck is a Spartan Daily staff The research, published Monday in the incident. And only two of the respondents neutral because we will have to support a sepa- writer. journal JAMA Pediatrics, appears to be first reported being arrested for the transgression. to gauge how widespread sexual violence is The authors said that the rarity with which among Americans of high-school and col- perpetrators either are caught or assume re- lege age. It was based on surveys conducted sponsibility for their actions underscores the between October 2010 and March 2012 with importance of “bystander” training and in- Speech: Leadership meeting turns 1,062 people ages 14 to 21 who participated in tervention in U.S. high schools and colleges. a broader longitudinal study called “Growing Such training emphasizes the responsibility into campuswide conversation Up With Media.” of peers not only to discourage and prevent Drawing upon the U.S. Justice Department negative behavior within their group or com- FROM PAGE 1 “It felt like it was really concerns as a student so that definitions of sexual violence, the authors of munity, but also to recognize, stop or report She said her original plan coming from a place of privi- Lu could address issues im- the latest research asked participants whether such behavior when they witness it. Widely was to bring a motivational lege. And so many of our portant to SJSU students. they had ever engaged in a wide range of be- used in anti-bullying campaigns, bystander speaker to give a speech to a students aren’t coming from Lee said he didn’t want haviors, including kissing, touching, making intervention is now gaining ground on col- group of student leaders on a place of privilege,” Peck to disclose any specific top- an unwilling partner do something sexual or lege campuses as a means of reducing sexual campus that are a part of the said. “That’s why we felt he ics he and Lu discussed be- coercing or forcing someone who did not want violence. Consortium of Peer Educator might not understand all the cause he was unsure what Lu to have sex to do so. That range of behavior The study was conducted by Michele L. Supervisors. hardships our students go would choose to talk about. might range from sexual harassment to rape, Ybarra of the Center for Innovative Public The Consortium of Peer through.” The event was funded by but is generally all defined as sexual violence. Health Research in San Clemente, Calif., and Educator Supervisors is a col- Peck said she contacted an Asian-American Native In all, 8 percent of those responding — 84 Kimberly Mitchell of the University of New lection of student represen- Connell, gave him the feed- American Pacific Islander of 1,062 respondents — reported they had Hampshire’s Crimes Against Children Re- tatives from around campus back and let him know that Service Institution grant, kissed, touched or made someone else do search Center. such as tutors, peer mentors he was not the best fit for the according to Ann Baldwin, and advisers, resident advis- SJSU speaking engagement. project manager of AANA- ers, officers of student clubs, Connell was understand- PISI. Associated Students mem- ing of the criticism and he The AANAPISI Service bers and others, according to suggested Lu as an alternative Institution is a federal Peck. to his presentation, according grant that gives SJSU mon- There's more than The speaker would give a to Peck. ey for activities, tutoring speech to those student lead- Lu and Connell have been and special events for Asian one way to get to SJSU! ers and give them tools and in contact with each other American, Native Ameri- motivation to practice “au- since they met at public cans and Pacific Islanders thentic leadership” and give speaking events, and Connell that requires at least 25 back to their community, asked Lu to consider the SJSU percent of the student pop- Peck said. engagement as a possibility, ulation to be Asian-Amer- Jason Connell, a public according to Peck. ican, Native American or speaker who specializes in After leaving the White Pacific Islander, Baldwin motivating audiences to do House, Lu has been giving said. 8/22/13- 3/08/14 things with their lives, was public speeches on his expe- SJSU qualified for the originally going to be the riences as a leader and politi- grant because more than speaker, but Peck said she was cian, Peck said. 30 percent of its population dissuaded from the idea when Peck said Lu’s upbringing, is Asian-American, Native Unlimited rides on all buses she researched his website background as a politician American or Pacific Island- and Light Rail with EcoPass! and his goals. and involvement with his er, according to Baldwin. Connell runs a motiva- community made him a bet- The grant gives SJSU tional speaker series called ter fit for the SJSU environ- $375,000 per year to fund Ignited Leadership, Peck said. ment. projects and workshops that “One of the messages Ja- What started off as a mo- help improve graduation son was providing was that it tivational speech meant for and retention rates among was all about the individual, about 24 student leaders at its Asian Americans, Native how it’s all up to you, and you SJSU became a campuswide American and Pacific Is- have to do it for yourself,” she forum to give all students lander population, accord- said. a chance to interact with a ing to Baldwin. Peck said Connell’s ap- “high profile” person such as The grant started on Oct. proach was too individualis- Lu, Peck said. 1, 2011 and ends on Sept. tic and irrelevant to the SJSU “When else are we go- 31, 2016, Baldwin said. environment. ing to get the opportunity to The AANAPISI fund “Whereas a lot of SJSU see someone that has been provided $5,000 for the Lu (students) in my experience that high up in the U.S. gov- speaking engagement at ... are more about the com- ernment, even rub elbows SJSU, according to Baldwin. munity,” she said. “The per- with them after the speak- While serving as cabinet ception of their family and ing engagement,” Peck said. secretary to the Obama ad- community means a ton to “I wanted to give all students ministration, Lu was one of our students.” the chance.” the highest-ranking Asian- She said she believes Lee said that speaking Americans in government, the SJSU community has with Lu before the speech was according to Kaleo O AAPI, a diverse background that a revelatory experience. an Asian-American and Pa- wouldn’t relate to Connell’s “You see these guys, these cific Islander newsletter. style of teaching. politicians, on the news and “He’s a good role model SJSU has a student popula- stuff, you see them as these for our students,” Baldwin SJSU EXCLUSIVES! 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[email protected] 408.924.RIDE (7433) @TS_SJSU Follow us on Twitter! @spartandaily Wednesday, October 9, 2013 A & E Spartan Daily | 3 PROFILE Artist uses stories of death to bring veterans’ issues to life veterans know more than one. “I’m appreciative that someone was brave enough to take the bull (by the horns),” Sok said of Pinto’s exhibit. Sok said that veterans are an at-risk pop- ulation and that there needs to be a reach to help these veterans. Help isn’t necessarily easy to come by for veterans. Pinto said that there are often many hurdles when it comes to receiving help from the VA. ... TheT genre of veteranvetera art is just coming to life ... There is a common feeling among veterans that no one cares and that maybe the artrt willwill help. For one, if you call the VA, Pinto said that you’re lucky if you’re on hold for only 30 minutes. The wait is usually much longer. The hold time is filled with an old, Carolyn Seng | Spartan Daily Artist and military veteran Mark Pinto’s exhibit in the SJSU art building features toy paratroopers hanging from nooses. outdated recording of a woman’s voice — the same recording that the phone in the ex- pilot. When it came time to retire, Pin- important to Pinto. He said that he wanted hibit is pumping into the room. By Allison Williams to said he didn’t find it very difficult to them to understand the reason behind his Pinto said that the difficult access isn’t @all3ybobally make that decision. At that point, he was art and it seems that “22 Joes Every Day” going to help someone who is already at the philosophically torn. has garnered a lot of support. end of his or her rope. At first glance, the exhibit seems like a The day after he retired from the On a piece of black paper outside of While there are more efforts being made man’s homage to childhood. Colorful toy Marines, he became a Buddhist priest. the exhibit, viewers took the opportunity to help veterans and lessen the worrisome paratroopers are suspended in neat rows He’d spent 13 years living in Japan and to write down their thoughts and leave statistics, Pinto said there is still work to from cables stretched across the room. It developed an interest in Buddhism. What feedback. be done and it all starts with access to seems reminiscent, maybe even innocent, started as a mild curiosity ended in eight Notes of thanks, support and opinion resources. until the details start to emerge. years as a priest. spattered the paper in colorful chalk. Pinto’s work isn’t just confined to SJSU’s The room is dark. The once-white walls The exhibit uses an artistic medium to art building. He has an installation at the are covered with black paper and the only convey a very real, very bleak reality. Pentagon, even though it was delayed for sources of light are a single circular light (Statistics) show six months, and he’s also shown in various on the floor and the harsh fluorescents The stark reality veteran art shows. filtering through the doorway from the that 22 military According to Pinto, it’s safe to say every He hopes to eventually take his “22 Joes tiled halls of San Jose State’s art buil ing. veterans commitmmit veteran knows someone who has commit- Every Day” exhibit from the gallery to the The warm, pleasant remembrance of ted suicide. streets. childhood starts to shrivel in the coldness of suicide everyy daday.ay. Ben Sok, president of the Veteran Stu- Allison Williams is a Spartan Daily staff the room. dent Organization on campus, said many writer. An old, scratchy recording of a woman’s The Buddhist philosophy was something voice plays from a phone set on a table in the that piqued his interest. back corner of the room and the paratroop- “(It) goes into the art of knowing conse- ers — the very ones that children throw into quences,” Pinto said. the air to watch parachute back down to earth Pinto never had any formal art train- — wear more than their parachute and hel- ing, but one picture was enough to get him a met. In this exhibit, each one wears a noose. spot in SJSU’s Open University. Any remaining idea that the exhibit is According to the Open University web- meant to recall a bright childhood vanishes site, the program allows students from out- completely. side the university to enroll in courses and That’s exactly what Mark Pinto, the art- get college credits. ist behind the “22 Joes Every Day” exhibit, Now a graduate student and an associate wanted to do. He uses the toys to shock the professor, Pinto said that he considers him- viewer. self a social artist. “Art has the potential to involve the “I wanted to activate a space,” he said. viewer in ... a visceral reaction,” Pinto said. For “22 Joes Every Day,” Pinto pre- He said that he used to toys to trick the pared from June to September, buying the viewer and put them in a position to be necessary materials and planning for the shocked with the statistics. exhibit. The statistics he’s referring to are “I tied nooses all summer,” Pinto said. from the newest study released by the Each day for the 10 days that the exhibit Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in was originally planned to run, 22 para- early February. They show that 22 military troopers were hanged. veterans commit suicide every day; four He said that the genre of veteran art is more a day than the previous study’s statis- just coming to life; that there is a common tic of 18. feeling among veterans that no one cares and that maybe the art will help. The man behind the art “They do have the potential to make a big After enlisting in the Marines at 26 years difference,” Pinto said. old, Pinto spent 20 years as a helicopter Veteran response to the exhibit was very Attention Accounting Majors! Prepare to become a CPA.
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Get More Information at: www.sjsu.edu/lucasschool/prospective-mst/ 4 | Spartan Daily SPORTS Wednesday, October 9, 2013 FOOTBALL Player Cards Badgers’ wide receiver Abbrederis has become an NFL prospect By Jeff Potrykus “His mom is a Packer freak,” said Jar- “Right there I knew there was some- McClatchey Tribune ed’s father, 46-year-old Scott Abbrederis. thing special. I thought nobody does this “She loves the Packers.” kind of stuff.” About 18 years have passed since a Jared Abbrederis does, too. Abbrederis didn’t follow to the letter young boy growing up in Wautoma, Wis., “I’d watch them on Sundays and then the orders of his doctor. first shared with his mom what sounded I’d go outside and play with my buddies or “The doctor wasn’t sure if I was going like an implausible dream. throw the football with my dad,” he said. to play again,” he said before proceeding to “I remember this as clear as if it was Jared Abbrederis, who has been mar- downplay the seriousness of the injuries. yesterday,” Lisa Abbrederis, 46, said by ried for 14 months, is on the cusp of realiz- “My ACL just pulled off the bone. Luckily phone from the family home in Wau- ing that dream he shared with his mother it wasn’t really torn. They just had to sew it toma. “He was about 4{ and I was putting as a child. back on. I mean, it was a bad injury.” him to bed. And usually I sit and talk With UW (3-2, 1-1 Big Ten) in the “But I came back six months from the to the kids and pray with them before first of two bye weeks in October, Ab- surgery.” they’d go to bed. brederis entered the week fifth in the na- Abbrederis not only qualified for both “I was ready to leave the room and he tion in receiving yards (572) and 11th in Division 2 hurdles events at the state meet, Sophomore 65 saves, .73 save said: ‘Mom, you know what I want to be receiving yards per game (114.4). Going he placed in both. Goalkeeper percentage in 2012 when I grow up?’” against one of the better cornerbacks in Abbrederis finished fourth in the 6’1” 14 matches played Lisa Abbrederis turned and asked Jared the nation in Ohio State’s Bradley Roby, 110-meter hurdles and fifth in the 300 Abbrederis, the youngest of her three chil- Abbrederis had 10 catches for 207 yards hurdles. Surrey, B.C., Canada 11 matches started dren, to open his heart. and a touchdown. “Jared is pretty determined and once “He said: ‘I want to be a pro football The journey from his bedroom in Wau- he has got a goal in mind he just goes after player,’” she said. “I just looked at him and toma to the UW campus has been filled it,” Scott Abbrederis said. “And he worked said ‘Jared, you just work at it and you can with physical pain, disappointment, per- his butt off to get back.” do it...’ severance, triumph and, through it all, Jared Abbrederis is a devout Christian. “He was such a little squirt.” humility. According to his mother, that faith was That little squirt, now 22, is a fifth- Abbrederis competed in football, track bolstered rather than tested when he suf- year senior at Wisconsin, carries 190 and field and wrestling in high school. He fered the injuries. pounds on his wiry 6-foot-2 frame, is one was moved from wide receiver to quarter- “That injury was pretty devastating,” of the top receivers in the Big Ten and ap- back as a freshman after the team’s starter she said. “I know his faith took a giant pears talented enough to realize his dream was injured. leap because of that. I think the Lord sometime next year. Abbrederis weighed about 160 pounds just went before him and he put his faith “He’s the full package,” Badgers coach as a sophomore and in October of that sea- in God.” Gary Andersen said. “He understands son his right leg was crushed by an oppos- That strong faith, and his humility, zone coverages. He’s going to get into the ing lineman. would serve him well once he arrived as a holes. He’s very talented when it comes to “He gets hit by a 300-pound D-line- walk-on in 2009. catching contested balls. Jared is not de- man,” said former Wautoma coach Den- But before he arrived on the Wisconsin ceptively fast. Jared is fast.” nis Moon, who works for Bigger Faster campus, Abbrederis demonstrated the hu- “So all those things combined, and Stronger, which specializes in high school mility instilled by his parents. then his ability to be able to get into man athletic weight training. “He tore his ACL A talented dual-threat quarterback, coverage. You can see it when he gets into and his femur was broken off. He was done Abbrederis was the star of Wautoma’s guys, leans, gets himself back off. He just for the season.” team as a senior in 2008 and led the Hor- Sophomore Academic All-WAC has a great feel of breaking off routes to According to Moon, Abbrederis was nets to the WIAA Division 4 state title. cause separation.” still using a wheelchair when classes re- “His faith is unwavering and he gives Midfielder honoree in 2012 So how does a 4-year-old boy growing sumed after winter break. all credit to God every time,” Moon said. 5’9” 13 matches played up in Wautoma decide he wants to play “But he started training shortly after “It was an unbelievable letter saying how Sandy, Utah 2 matches started professional football? that,” he said. “Lo and behold by May the proud he was to play with all these guys and He watches the Green Bay Packers, kid qualifies for the state track meet in the how humbled he was to be on the team. You Photo illustrations by Carolyn Seng | Spartan Daily week after week, with the family. hurdles. 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Dear Melissa, sponse to a situation that upsets us, Why do girls often take a but we always need to take a step while to reply to a message on back and see the situation from every Facebook, even though it’s clear angle. that they’ve seen it? I wonder why it is that you think - Frustrated it’s just girls who tend to take a long time to reply. Speaking from similar Dear Frustrated, experience with both sexes, if some- Facebook indicates if someone’s one doesn’t respond to a message opened your message, but it doesn’t it’s because they’re busy, don’t know say how long they spent reading it. So how to respond or just don’t want to how do know these girls have really talk to you. read your message? The hardest part to accept in any It’s possible that, even though situation is that someone might not Follow Melissa Lewelling on Twitter @melissadanae91. Melissa is a Spartan Daily staff writer. “Ask Melissa” ap- they have been active online and saw want to talk to us, but it’s important pears every second and fourth Wednesday of the month. your message, that it was just briefly to consider. If you’re good friends violence, or stalking — but dat- have also found that jealousy is and then they had to do something with these girls, look back at your Dear Melissa, ing violence can take less obvious the most frequent cause of dat- else and forgot to respond. message to see if something you said I’m worried about my forms as well. ing violence and that hitting as While that may be giving them could have been interpreted another friend’s new relationship. One of the major signs of an a response is often accepted by the benefit of the doubt, it’s impor- way and possibly made them feel Her boyfriend seems nice emotionally abusive relationship both sexes. tant to try and see all the possibilities awkward or brought up an uncom- enough, but ever since they is isolation, which can easily be If her boyfriend acts on his before assuming anything, because fortable subject. got together she’s been pull- confused with the desire in a new jealousy by becoming angry with we don’t always know what’s go- If you’re asking these girls out ing away from all of her romance to spend every waking her and/or withdrawing his af- ing on in someone else’s life at the or hitting on them with your mes- friends and he gets really moment together. It’s important fection as a form of punishment moment. sages, then you should consider the jealous when she talks to oth- to talk to your friend and let her for talking to other guys, that’s a You said that the girls you’re try- possibility that they don’t want to er guys. I want to help, but know that you’ve noticed she’s clear sign of an abusive relation- ing to talk to are “taking a while to go out with you and just don’t want I don’t think it’s my place. been pulling away and that you ship — even if he never hits her. reply,” so I’m assuming that means to hurt your feelings or know how What should I do? miss spending time with her. Although jealousy may be they are eventually responding to to say no. - Concerned Friend Don’t make it personal or normal, she needs to know that you. If that’s the case, I don’t think No matter the case, give them a point fingers, which could cause behavior is not. She doesn’t de- you should necessarily worry about reasonable time to respond and if a Dear Concerned Friend, her to become defensive and serve to be treated that way, no how long it’s taking them to re- couple of weeks have gone by with- If you’re this girl’s friend, withdraw from the conversation. matter how he may rationalize spond, especially if your messages out a response then move on and try then it is most definitely your Maybe she truly hasn’t noticed his behavior. are long or require a thoughtful to let it go — if they don’t want to be place to say something to her if the way she’s been acting and her She’s lucky to have a friend answer. a part of your life, then it’s their loss, you’re worried about her. After pulling away is just the result of who’s concerned about her and It’s easy to have a knee-jerk re- not yours. all, what are friends for if they the recent infatuation, but it’s wants to help. The cycle of abuse don’t look out for one another important to bring that to her at- in dating relationships is a sticky other? tention. web that’s difficult to get out of The relationship you de- Isolation doesn’t have to be because the relationship prob- scribed doesn’t sound like a forced or coerced to be abusive. ably isn’t bad all the time and he healthy one, and honestly, it Often times the isolation is seen may apologize and promise to sounds like the beginning stag- as a sign of devotion by that change more than once. es of an abusive relationship. I person, but it burns important Don’t get frustrated if she know the term “abusive” may bridges of support that makes seems receptive to your advice, sound harsh and it may seem too it difficult to leave the relation- but doesn’t break up with him early to tell, but it’s important to ship. right away. Continue to be a good be able to identify the signs of A 2011 national survey pub- friend, keep an eye out for esca- an abusive relationship before it lished by the CDC found that lating behavior and just lend a gets worse. dating violence occurs in “ex- listening ear. If your friend feels According to the Centers for tremely high rates” among col- like she can talk to you without Disease Control (CDC), 12 mil- lege students, which often goes judgment, it might encourage lion people are victimized by unreported because of accepting her to be more honest with you intimate partner violence every attitudes that minimize the se- about her situation and be more year in the form of rape, physical verity of the situation. Studies willing to accept help. Making sense of the government shutdown The United States Na- of school, and even then, furlough days received Most workers in the eye of the storm live in What will happen when government tional Archives and Re- mixed feelings between students and faculty. the D.C. area. The demographic also happens to spending goes back into full gear having to cords Administration is Millions of people work for the govern- be mostly African-American, so you can imag- pick itself up out of the hole of the shutdown? not posting on its Tumblr ment and will continue to work through the ine the amount of concern from the GOP. We’ll probably just go back to the stare-downs anymore. shutdown such as everyone in the armed forces The place just celebrated the 50th anniver- between political parties. I got this message on and air traffic controllers. sary of the March on Washington, and they On one side, you have a group proposing a my dashboard last week, But employees for NASA, the Environ- follow that up with the 18th anniversary of the solution to a supposed problem. The other side “Due to the Federal Gov- mental Protection Agency, national parks last government shutdown? C’mon. doesn’t see the problem and considers the pro- ernment shutdown, the and museums will be staying home because According to the Washington Post, the posal nonsense. National Archives is their duties are deemed “unnecessary” by the shutdown costs Washington D.C. about $200 The government is like NHL and NBA play- closed. We are unable to Follow Vince Ei on government. million a day. Today would be day 8 of the ers tussling with their respective organizations post or participate in any Twitter Upholding our image to visiting tourists, shutdown which would put the city over $1.5 over arbitrary collective bargaining agree- of our social media chan- @vince_the_ei which also draws in revenue, and services such billion in the hole. ments. nels during this closure. as food inspections are unnecessary to the But get this, losing a bunch of money may Just like the lockout, the winners and losers All National Archives facilities are closed, with government, but spying and drone strikes are have been the purpose. of the government shutdown will be vaguely the exception of the Federal Records Centers considered necessary since the NSA is not fur- The reason we’re all forced to live in this represented, but there will mostly be losers. and the Federal Register, until the Federal gov- loughed and drone operators are still on hand. Tea Party dreamland, according to some econ- In sports, the players, owners, refs and fans all ernment reopens.” Yeah, national security is a necessary ser- omists, is to force the issue of the declining lost. I mean, Lebron James won his first cham- This is how the government shutdown af- vice, but what about the government? economy. The government will be back and pionship in the most recent NBA lockout with fects me the most. Posts of random, obscure A bunch of paperwork is being stalled by running in no time according to economists his dreaded Miami Heat teammates. U.S. documents from old White House menus the shutdown. Things such as loan applications such as Bruce Bartlett of the New York Times Obamacare, which remember is the touted to letters written by Harvey Milk and the ori- for housing and court cases will be delayed. if we lose money fast enough. cause, will still take effect after the shutdown. gins of novelty holidays like Constitution Day Donte Whitner, the hard-hitting safety of The treasury had already set the Oct. 17 Would Republicans feel better about it because and Talk Like a Pirate Day will be missing from the 49ers, can’t even change his name to Hit- deadline for discontinuing the “extraordinary they got puff out their chest a little? the usual Breaking Bad and animal gifs. ner because of the government shutdown. measures” it took to help the United States re- When all this is over, I think Ted Cruz’s 21- For many of you, the shutdown hit proba- The good news is that these workers will cover from reaching the debt limit in May. If hour filibuster that prefaced the shutdown will bly just as hard, which is to say, not much at all. still be paid after the government gets back in the government is still idle after that, the shut- be one of the most memorable things to come Ignoring the fact would be like saying Hur- business, but they have to survive on their sav- down could extend to Nov. 1, when the gov- out of it. Highlights of the strained speech will ricane Katrina doesn’t matter because it only ings in the meantime. ernment has to pay a $67 billion bill for social make its way into the National Archives and gave my region a few showers. It’s good that these workers get compen- security. will show up on my Tumblr dashboard when For the 800,000 government employees sated on behalf of the incompetence of the Some economists say this may actually the event fades in my memory. furloughed for the shutdown, this government government, but would that mean they are es- be good for the economy and may result in a I would also recommend following the brouhaha puts them in the most destructive sentially paying them for not working? Where good quarter, according to Businessweek, but I United States National Archives and Records zones. A furlough doesn’t sound so bad to me, but would that money come from and how deep of wouldn’t put it into the record books without Administration on Tumblr. they are missing out on a lot more than just a day a hole will dig into those funds? an asterisk. Vince Ei is the Spartan Daily opinion editor. SPARTAN DAILY STAFF Fall 2013 EDITORIAL ADVISERS ADVERTISING LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Ashley Cunha Parth Patel Kellie Miller Ryunn Young Tim Mitchell Vu Tran The Spartan Daily is a public forum. 6 | Spartan Daily NEWS Wednesday, October 9, 2013 ENVIRONMENT Yosemite’s largest ice mass is melting By Louis Sahagun Research by scientists at NASA, the U.S. McClatchy Tribune Geological Survey and UC Davis suggest that absorption of sunlight in snow by industrial air LOS ANGELES — Climate change is taking a pollution including soot, or black carbon, is also visible toll on Yosemite National Park, where the causing snow and ice to melt faster. largest ice-mass in the park is in a death spiral, Yosemite’s other glacier, Maclure, is also geologists say. shrinking, but it remains alive and continues to During an annual trek to the glacier deep in creep at a rate of about an inch a day. Yosemite’s backcountry last month, Greg Stock, Lyell, however, hasn’t budged. It is the second the park’s first full-time geologist, found that largest glacier in the Sierra Nevada and the head- Lyell Glacier had shrunk visibly since his visit water of the Tuolumne River watershed, but it last year, continuing a trend that began more no longer fits the definition of a glacier because than a century ago. it has ceased moving. Lyell has dropped 62 percent of its mass and “Lyell Glacier is stagnant — a clear sign it’s lost 120 vertical feet of ice over the last 100 years. dying,” Stock said. “Our research indicates it “We give it 20 years or so of existence — then it’ll stopped moving about a decade ago.” vanish, leaving behind rocky debris,” Stock said. Of particular concern is the effect on Yo- The Sierra Nevada Mountains have roughly semite’s Tuolumne Meadows. After two years of 100 remaining glaciers, two of them in Yosem- drought, many of the streams that nourish the ite. The shrinkage of glaciers across the Sierra is picturesque meadowlands have gone dry. The also occurring around the world. Great ice sheets one exception, however, is the Lyell Fork of the are dwindling, prompting concerns about what Tuolumne River, which is sustained by runoff happens next to surrounding ecological sys- from Lyell and Maclure glaciers. tems after perennial rivulets of melted ice “When the glaciers are gone, there will be no disappear. steady supplies of water in that drainage,” Stock “We’ve looked at glaciers in California, Colo- said. “We don’t know what the impacts of that rado, Wyoming, Washington and elsewhere, will be on plants and animals that evolved with and they’re all thinning because of warm- these ice flows.” ing temperatures and less precipitation,” said Future research projects will attempt to use Andrew Fountain, professor of geology and climate shifts chronicled in the widths of tree geography at Portland State University in Or- rings in nearby forests to create computer mod- egon. “This is the beginning of the end of these els that will show the shrinkage of Yosemite’s hammered wooden stakes into its icy crust in Overall, “the rate of glacier retreat has accel- things.” glaciers over the last 300 years — and help pre- 1872 to prove that glaciers are “living” because erated since about 2000,” Stock said. “Eventu- If carbon dioxide levels continue to rise, the dict when they will disappear entirely. they move and alter the landscape as they do so. ally, they’ll be nothing left.” earth will eventually become ice-free, according Scientists also want to know why Lyell has “Glaciers tend to flow like honey down That’s already happened at least once in to a study by Ken MacLeod, a professor of geo- stopped moving when neighboring Maclure, a plate, or slide over meltwater beneath Yosemite, geologists say. Black Mountain Gla- logical sciences at the University of Missouri, which is half the size it was a century ago, con- them,” Stock said. “We suspect Lyell just isn’t cier, which Muir discovered, surveyed and published in the October issue of the journal tinues to advance at the same rate it did when thick enough anymore to drive a downhill declared “living” in 1871, was gone by the Geology. naturalist John Muir and his friend Galen Clark motion.” mid-1980s.
EDUCATION nals are transmitted from one nerve cell to another University professors within the brain. Last Follow us on Tumblr! month, he was recognized share 2013 Nobel Prize with the Albert Lasker Basic thespartandaily.tumblr.com Medical Research Award. The bulk of Sudhof’s award-winning research was conducted at the Univer- sity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He moved to Stanford’s medical school in 2008, where he has made further advances into the pa- thology behind Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases. Sudhof was in the remote town of Baeza, Spain, where he was attending a confer- ence, when he learned of the Kristopher Skinner | MCT honor, according to a Stan- Randy Schekman, professor of molecular and cell biology ford press release. at UC Berkeley, left, sits with Chancellor Nicholas Dirks as “I’m absolutely sur- he takes a congratulatory phone call during a news con- prised,” Sudhof said. “Every ference announcing Schekman’s being awarded the Nobel scientist dreams of this. Prize in Berkeley on Monday. I didn’t realize there was chance I would be awarded By Monte Morin tenders for the award, which the prize. I am stunned and McClatchy Tribune is worth roughly $1.2 mil- really happy to share the lion. prize with James Rothman Professors of molecular At a press conference in and Randy Schekman.” and cellular biology at the Berkeley, Schekman said he Initially, the Nobel com- University of California, was aware of the speculation mittee called Sudhof’s home Berkeley, and Stanford Uni- but didn’t think it would in Menlo Park. versity are sharing the 2013 happen. “The phone rang three Nobel Prize in physiology or But then, hours after times before I decided to medicine for their work in returning from an award go downstairs and pick it unraveling the mystery of a ceremony in Germany, the up,” said Sudhof’s wife, Lu key cellular process. 64-year-old was awakened at Chen, an associate profes- Randy W. Schekman of 1:30 a.m. by a ringing phone sor of neurosurgery at Stan- Berkeley and Thomas C. and his wife Nancy’s shout- ford. “I thought it was one Sudhof of Stanford have ing, “This is it! This is it!” of my Chinese relatives who been awarded the prize along “My heart was pounding couldn’t figure out the time with Yale University pro- and I was trembling,” Schek- zone.” fessor James E. Rothman, man said. “But then I heard At a press conference at chairman of the cellular bi- a comforting voice with a Yale on Monday, Rothman ology department. The an- thick Swedish accent con- said he was overwhelmed. nouncement was made on gratulating me.” “It’s still a little hard to Monday. The voice belonged to the believe this is all happening, The Nobel Committee chairman of the Nobel Com- I have to admit,” said Roth- lauded the researchers for mittee, Sheckman said, and man, 62. making known “the exqui- “he assured me it wasn’t a The researcher did, how- sitely precise control system crank call.” ever, note a connection for the transport and deliv- “All I could say was, ‘Oh between his work and the ery of cellular cargo. Distur- my God. Oh my God,’” Schek- elation he was feeling after bances in this system have man said. “I was speechless. learning of the award — an deleterious effects and con- I couldn’t’ say anything elation caused by the secre- tribute to conditions such as more.” tion of endorphins. neurological diseases, diabe- Schekman’s research be- “Everyone has comment- tes and immunological dis- gan in the 1970s and focused ed on how my mood has been orders.” on the use of yeast cells. In very good today, and my wife, For decades the men have the 1980s and 1990s, his Joy Hirsch, has commented studied the cell’s intricate, findings enabled the bio- that I haven’t complained internal transport system technology industry to use today and it’s already 12:30. in which bubble-like vesicles yeast cells to create phar- I think that’s because the shuttle key molecules — hor- maceutical products such as secretory pathway that my mones, neurotransmitters, insulin. Currently, one-third colleagues Randy Schekman enzymes — to different parts of the world’s supply of insu- and Thomas Sudhof and I are of the cell and through the lin is created and secreted by credited with understanding cell’s membrane. yeast. in a new way has been stimu- The researchers had been Sudhof, 57, a native of lated and so my endorphins cited as among the top con- Germany, studies how sig- are stimulated.”