WEATHER A&E SPORTS SOCIAL MEDIA FollowF us on TTwitter Dark comedy a series Spartans send @spartandaily@ Bulldogs to doghouse comical vignettes BecomeB a fan ono Facebook High: 64° PAGE 6 facebook.com/f Low: 45° PAGE 3 & 4 sspartandaily Spartan Daily Serving San José State University since 1934 Monday, April 25, 2011 spartandaily.com Volume 136, Issue 43 Problematic Never too early for Earth Day pests no match for Festivities bring SJSU’s Sustainability Week to a close with food and games Anastasia Crosson university Staff Writer Nic Aguon Staff Writer SJSU sustainability week, which kicked off with a native species planting at Clark Hall, fi nished with Pests can be a nuisance if not han- an Earth Day celebration at San dled properly. The university works Carlos Plaza on Thursday. hard to keep them out of sight and The Environmental Resource out of mind, said the director of fa- Center hosted the event, bringing cility operations. students together with more than Betty Luna said the university 50 local organizations, student orga- uses several preventative measures nizations, a live music performance for pests. and a sustainable-food vendor. “Roaches are managed by service The center is a student-run orga- requests,” she stated in an email. nization affi liated with the depart- “Honey bees and tree squirrels are ment of environmental studies that protected species and we are limited is funded through Associated Stu- on what we can do.” dents. The center was established in In an annual pest control report 1967, according to a statement from from Facilities Development and the organization, just three years be- Operations at SJSU, there were a fore the fi rst Earth Day celebration total of 93 service requests for the on record with the Environmental 2009-10 period. Service requests in- Protection Agency. cluded picking up deceased animals Decades after that fi rst celebra- such as birds and rodents. tion, SJSU hosted one of its own. Dead squirrels and pigeons have “Its important to learn about been disposed of by grounds services the impact our choices have on the on several occasions. According to global, not just local, environment,” the report, a dead pigeon was found said senior communications major on two separate occasions in April Jeremiah Navarette. Photo: Jesse Jones / Spartan Daily and June 2010. Navarette was staffi ng an Educa- Sophomore music major Matt Martinez and English major Emily Knight are about to collide into each other “Ground squirrels and pigeons tion First (EF) Spring Break infor- with Earth balls for Earth Day, which is celebrated on April 22. are not protected and cause great mation table at the campus Earth damage,” Luna said. Day celebration. dozens represented at the event in- event was the Treatbot food truck, tion on local farms, farmers’ markets According to the report, a request EF College Break is an organiza- cluding the Crossroads Exchange a dispensary of ice cream treats that and community-supported agricul- for service at Duncan Hall was made tion that specializes in international Co., a vintage and previously-owned boasts a mobile karaoke machine. ture programs to passersby. Sept. 1, 2010, in which workers travel and foreign exchange pro- clothing retailer. Several students tried their vocal Detar was also seeking to enlist found 33 pigeons in a single room. grams for college students, which This retailer was also a major sup- luck at singing for a karaoke score of SJSU students into the organiza- “We do preventive measures for Navarette says is essential for stu- porter of this year’s Trashion Fash- 90 or higher to win a free ice cream. tion’s Farm to School campaign, mice and rats,” Luna stated. “Out- dents to gain a global perspective on ion Show, having donated clothing Laura Detar, an employee of where volunteers visit elementary door bait traps are set twice per environmental impacts. to the event. Community Alliance with Family school children to “get kids excited year.” This organization was one of Among the attractions at the Farmers, was distributing informa- about non-processed food.” These bait traps have caught mice in the Engineering Building on sev- eral occasions. The report included an encounter with mice on June 25, New name, Entrepreneur 2010, which took fi ve days to handle. Bees and wasps are a common new money combines nuisance on campus based on the events recorded. Numerous bee food, charity hives have been spotted and re- for school moved near the Associated Students House and outside Dr. Martin Lu- with website ther King Jr. Library. of nursing “I remember one time I was at the barbecue pits for an event near the Alex Wara A.S. House,” said Danny Garcia, a Staff Writer Anastasia Crosson sophomore mechanical engineering Staff Writer major. “I was in line to get a burger when, all of a sudden, I looked up With the dropping of a banner Photo: Michelle Terris / Spartan Daily If you haven’t heard of Yum- and noticed a swarm of bees in the from the Health Building, students, Junior nursing major Stephanie Lopez practices putting bandages on sprout, an online restaurant review smoke.” faculty and community members a dummy purchased with the help of The Valley Foundation. community that brings users togeth- Ants were also reported in large were able to read a new sign in bold er through free tasting campaigns, numbers near windows in the letters that revealed the new name Thursday to honor The Valley Foun- “We are very grateful for the gen- Andy Tran, founder and SJSU alum- Health Building and Spartan Com- of the school: The Valley Founda- dation in the renaming ceremony. erous donation that has been given ni, is sure that you soon will. plex. Service requests in December tion School of Nursing. SJSU nursing student Katie to us,” she said. The idea behind Yumsprout goes 2009, and January and March 2010 About 250 SJSU administra- Weigand said she attended the event Weigand added that she has seen beyond the online space, allowing called for an ant problem at the tors, faculty and students gathered because she wanted to support her users to receive updates on free food Health Building. in front of the Health Building on major’s program. see NURSING page 2 tasting events happening in the area According to the report, roaches and review the experience later. were spotted Sept. 22, 2010, near It brings Yumsprout users into Campus Village Building A, but the Life lessons from an alternative spring break the real, off-line space where they problem was taken care of quickly can visit a restaurant and try a se- with the area being sprayed with Ron Gleeson brings them every day. For fi ve days, the women trip,” she said. “He taught so lected item from the menu for free. pesticides. Staff Writer The welcome back din- lived on the Navajo reserve much about a lot of differ- Yumsprout is still in its beta “Other than the large number of ner, which was sponsored under the hospitality of ent ceremonies and rituals phase, with only two free restaurant squirrels, I really don’t see any prob- by Cesar Chavez Commu- Larry Emerson and his sis- of the Dine Navajo tribe.” tasting campaigns in its repertoire, lems on campus with pests,” said The University House nity Action Center, fea- ter Gloria Emerson, who Louey listed some of the but Tran said he plans to ramp up sophomore business major Allison played host Thursday night tured a group of all women welcomed the group with ceremonies the group par- the website’s operations through a Beasley. to a welcome-back din- students who shared their open arms ready to teach ticipated in while visiting, partnership with SJSU. According to the university’s ner for students who par- experiences while away. the group life lessons they such as the “Spirit Bowl,” Tran is seeking to give his start- website, pest control on campus is ticipated in the Alternative Team leader Joslyn would never forget. which is a ritual which in- up a targeted audience — students provided by in-house licensed quali- Spring Break program. Beard said the trip was life Katie Louey, a senior volves placing a bowl of — and boost the website’s appeal to fi ed applicators, or by contracted Seventeen students changing. sociology major and team various foods outside for local restaurants. Pest Control Operators. In addition, and two chaperones spent “The trip was really in- leader, said the amount of their dead ancestors to eat. “Trying to get a lot of the local all methods and materials used are their Spring Break in the describable,” said Beard, a knowledge Larry Emerson “This particular ceremo- restaurants works perfectly with registered by the Federal and State Dine Navajo Nation of sociology major. “It was by shared throughout the trip ny I related to quite easily,” SJSU students because the restau- Environmental Protection Agencies. New Mexico working on far one of the greatest expe- was one of the many un- she said. “It translates to my rants need exposure,” he said. Emergency maintenance service community-based projects riences I have ever had the forgettable aspects of the culture because we do simi- Tran graduated with a bachelor’s can be requested during normal as well as learning more pleasure of being involved experience. campus business hours of 7:30 a.m. about their spiritual selves in during my entire college “Larry was sort of our to 5:00 p.m. and the good that the Earth career.” professor during the entire see SPRING page 2 see FOOD page 2 2 NEWS sPARTANDailY Monday, April 25, 2011 NURSING “We have a long history working with The CAMPUS IMAGES Valley Foundation,” Cohen said.