TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2002 WWW.THESPAR1 NDA I IN.CONI TURF' WARS Rugby clubs, intrumerial leagues are displaced by new turf laid down at South Campus Sports, 3 TAN AUNRAVEI. ACITIZIti COPE S DEB1.11 Minal Gandhi advises Self-titled album features blues, ladies to keep their VoL. 118 hip-hop, jazz and urban beats. 70' clothes on and their A & E, 7 n.t..4 dignity intact No. 18 t, i Opinion, 2 V 1180 IN TODAY S ISSUE Opinion 2 Sports 3 Classified... 7 AIL Sparta Guide 2 Crossword 7 A & E 8 Si It% I N(p S Vs' jOSE STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1934 Choraliers take flight in concert Tickets By Michelle Giluso anger DAILY STAEF WRITER A scream echoed throughout the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church on Sunday evening in students Saratoga. Two loud bangs soon fol- lowed. By Lori Hanley These weren't the sounds of DAILY STAFF WRITER a crime being committed. They were the sounds of the A San Jose State University San Jose State University student said he is furious after Choraliers performing receiving a $31 parking citation one of for parking their most unusual and enter- illegally in the 10th taining songs of their "Aloha Street garage. "I'm outraged. Nobody can find parking without circling for an hour. So you are late for REVIEW classes (and) miss quizzes," said Concert" program, senior Mohammad Shobeiri. "Pamugun." Shobeiri said he arrived on In Tagalog, a Filipino dialect, the SJSU Choraliers impres- campus at 8 a.m. on Feb. 12 and sively sang composer circled the sixth floor of the 10th Francisco Street garage looking for a park- Feliciano's song, which tells the tale of a ing place for about an hour sparrow's desperate before parking illegally in a cor- attempts to escape from danger. "Pamugun" ner spot of the garage. was only one of "I was hoping I wouldn't get a the many impressive songs per- formed ticket because I have a parking by the Choraliers. permit," Shobeiri said. The SJSU Choraliers were He said he has been forced to sleekly dressed in formal black- park illegally before but never and-white attire with the men received a parking citation. dressed in tuxedos and black, Sergeant Jim Renelle said he patent leather shoes, and the is amazed by the placea where women wore black dresses and people park. pearl-tiered drop earrings. "There would be complete They were the perfect pic- chaos if people parked wherever ture of professionalism and they wanted," Renelle said. their performance proved their There are two full-time park- capacity to make beautiful and ing enforcement officers on cam- harmonious music. Ikihiro Fittaiviira Dailv Staff pus, Renelle said. Two wonderfully performed From left to right, San Jose State University Choraliers Jennifer Butler, Loralie Zapata and Andrew Chung performed songs on They make sure parking 4 Renaissance madrigals were garage entrances are open, selected to begin the program. Sunday evening from their "Aloha Concert" program at the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Saratoga in preparation for their upcom- direct traffic, answer questions, English composer John Dow- ing concert in Hawaii. offer courteous services and reg- land's song "Fine Knacks for ulate parking, he said. Ladies," about love lost, and evening's diverse program. neth Thomas and bass Jason uplifting song. about the "Loving Mother of SJSU parking permits cost French composer Claudin de Ron Staheli's "The Promised Harvey, as the rest of the Nonveigan composer Edvard God," was angelic and heartfelt. $82 per semester, and parking Sermisy's romantic "Tant que Land," featured riveting solos Choraliers triumphantly joined Grieg's spiritual "Ave Maris citations range from $31 for gen- vivray," of true love, were by tenors Josh Palkki and Ken- the soloists to conclude the Stella" (Hail Star of the Ocean), delightful starters for the see CONCERT. Page 8 See PARKING. Page 8 Chicano poet laments Provost to host KSJS talk show By Rima Shah lege students through the NIUSE pro- lul and a %ill be. People don't hear gram. what we're doing, and when people DAV( STAEF ARID Ft Piper Hollenbeck, a molecular biolo- don't hear what we're doing, they think America's machinery KSJS, the San Jose State University gy senior. said the show was a good idea we don't stand out." radio station, may have a new star in if it could get students to listen. Apart from letting the community It% \like Corpos tion system, corporate America and U.S. Provost Marshall Goodman, who will "It might be helpful for (students) to know what the university is doing, the DAII1 SI WRIII R foreign policy. be hitting the airwaves with his own know about things that are going on show will also focus on student prob- Navarro told the audience much about talk show called "University Round- with the campus," Hollenbeck said. "It lems and what the university is doing Joe Navarro, a Chicano poet and San himself in his presentation. He was table," said Nick Martinez, the station's will help, probably, build community on about them, Goodman said. Jose State University graduate student, expelled from high school and completed general manager. campus, have students know what is Giving the freshman seminars as an read his poetry and presented slides and his GED when he was 30. He began col- The show, which is scheduled to air going on and have them be more example, Goodman said that getting photographs of his trips to Mexico to 22 lege in his mid-30s and became a teacher from 5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. every Tuesday, involved in the campus and what the information out to students, faculty students and faculty members in the at age 40, he said. will focus on academic topics and will administration has planned for it." members and alumni will help increase SJSU Multicultural Center on Monday. Currently, Navarro is a first-grade publicize student issues, faculty, Besides students. Goodman said a enmllment numbers in those programs. One of the organizers of the event, Jeff teacher at Sunnyslope Elementary authors and research connected to San lot of community members are interest- Future shows will also include indi- Paul of the Multicultural Library was School in Hollister. Jose State University, Goodman said. ed in what the university is doing, and viduals from enmllment services who happy to see people show up. He has been writing poetry for 20 "We don't always have an opportuni- this is a good way to reach out to them. will talk about admissions, advising, "We're absolutely pleased with the years, and he was first published in 1987. ty to talk about them," Goodman said." "There is not enough communication registration and financial aid, Good- turnout, the last time we had Joe here "I've been mostly independently pub- It's a good way of getting the word out. about the direction the university is man said was in 1989," Paul said. lished. My poetry is very Chicano-orient- SJSU is changing, and we are in a peri- taking and why the university is going Jonathan Hwang, a graphic design Navarro, a San Francisco native, has ed, and it has a critical perspective of od of transformation and change." down a particular path and the pres- freshman, said the talk show was good lived in Oakland, Denver and, most racism among other issues. Lots of pub- Goodman said the changes being sure it faces." Goodman said. "I think if it brought about some changes. recently, Hollister. lishers don't like that," Navarro said. made around campus include the fresh- once people at least understand what "If it doesn't bring any change about During the reading, Navarro took The presentation included selections men seminars, workshops and semi- the university is doing and why it is i tt t ilrliversity, then these discus- shots at a number of socio-political See NAVARRO, Page nars designed to assist first-year col- doing this, I think it is going to be help- machine.: including the American educa- see KSJS, Pap 8
Pause for reflection . . . Student Union shaking alarms some 11% Ali tart' -roll with the flow of what's g.r.g on lanes. around." However. Kubo said the tiles at DAILY STAFF WRI1114 He said the only reported floor dam- Jamba Juice were replaced, and since Students who. eat at the Student age occurred at a concert in the Student then. the bowling center has not had a Union food court may have noticed the Union ballroom in the late '70s when too pmblem with anything related to the ground shaking beneath them at vari- many students were bouncing to the food court. US times of the day. "pogo" style of dancing popularized by "Students can feel totally safe," Gre- The tremors, which can feel like the new wave. gory said. weak earthquakes, have frightened stu- "Engineers came in and tested it; the According to Gregory, structural dents who haven't forgotten that Cali- floor could not withstand that type of engineers came in and looked at the fornia is known for its moving plates, movement," Gregorv said. building in 1995 and determined that some said. As a result, he said the ceiling area there was no problem with its founda- According to Terry Gregory, manager above the food court was re-clone and tion. of the Student Union, there isn't much heavy girders were installed to support Although the engineers secured the to fear as far as the building's safety the ballroom floor. safety of the building, some students during an earthquake. But some students believe that some- still consider the shaking ground a mys- "That's pretty standard procedure," thing should he done in order to pnwide tery. Gregory said. "The middle level and a sturdier gmund to the food court area. Yas Goto, a cashier at the food court. upper level a lot of times you'll find Maya Kubo, a senior in kinesiology said he doesn't notice the tremors it's shaking for a variety of reasons." and a staff member at the Student because he's busy serving customers, Lucy Hernandez, an undeclared fresh- Union bowling center, said 'she doesn't though the movement sometimes fright- man who works at the food court. said feel any of the shaking on the bottom ens his co-workers. she noticed that the floor shakes when floor but is concerned about the food "I don't feel it except when I don't she started working there but is now court. have customers," Goto said. used to them. "It's only on the cafeteria side, which Gregory said students shouldn't hail A., 1,1,4v Milt Stall "When you come to eat, you feel it is weird. You don't feel it at the book- think that the food court grotuld is when people walk hy," Hernandez said. store." Kutio said. shaking because of overcrowding. Brandon Moreno walks past a puddle on the path parallel to Spartan Com- Gregory said the Student Union has She said that a year ago. the bowling "You might feel that movement when plex East. pillars that go down to "the earth's alley ceiling was leaking material from no one is around. It isn't necessarily water table," causing the building to Jamba Juice that would drip onto the weight," he said.
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2 FEBRUARY 19, 2002 OPINION SAN JOSL SI \ II UNIVERSIT1 Ladies, respect yourselves and your predecessors know, fairness isn't inherent in haucy, seductive glances to the rappers. experiences have directed my repul- youour society. Equality can be It occurred to me that I should push sion toward the women responsible, Bicycle, skateboard acquired only when we fight for it these ladies away. Not just because they not men. It's true that our amendments were violating my personal space but What a way to digress, girls. grant us numerous rights, including more so because they were an embar- Of course, rm not these people's keep- policy needs updating the rights to free speech, to practice rassment to me and other females who er. Nor am I, to their good fortune, their religion, to bear weapons. have an inkling of self-respect. mother, who can tell them how to behave. Here we are. The "Metropolitan" university. Yet the struggles in attaining each It was obvious that some of these I'm still a woman though, and the Silicon Valley's university. One of those state- of these rights have been long ones women were doing their best to rouse consequences of some actions find their of-the-art places. We teach the skills needed ones that We didn't have to personally the gentlemen onstage. way to me and you sooner or later. in the 21st century. We breed the leaders of the fight. Our predecessors did have to Not long after that, something flew It's easy to forget about the plight for future. fight them, however, and the least we through the air and onto the stage. I did women's suffrage in the mid-1800s and So there's your basic San Jose State University could do is not let their crucial efforts society in regards to what we can do a double take, and when I still couldn't the feminist movement of' the late '60s sales pitch. dissipate in vain. The stereotype makes it seem as though believe what I saw, I looked again. and '70s. They were so long ago. Plus, That's why it's especially ironic that we have such Presently, inequalities still exist, our capabilities come with liznits. It was a bra talk about class. we weren't the ones battling the injus- a stone-age policy on riding bikes and skateboards especially between the sexes. For some time, I assumed men were For much of the remaining perfor- tices at the time. on campus. Women are paid less in comparison to blame for this burden. mance, I saw that piece of lingerie It doesn't give us an excuse to take "Skateboards, roller-skates and similar devices to men, according to the U.S. Census That their egos, testosterone and make its way through the hands of the the privileges we have today for grant- shall not be ridden on the San Jose State University Bureau, which revealed that females chauvinism were responsible for the guys onstage. ed, though. campus. This section is effective 24 hours per day, earned only 73 percent of what males hurdles we have to ju.mp before we're At that point, something inside of I'm tired of feeling defeated. seven days per week." earned in 2000. appreciated for our minds and not our me felt a personal loss. If we women expect others to treat us That's what presidential directive 90-01 states, At times we're treated with less bodies. I have since teamed this is not On the same note, when watching like fair and dignified individuals, we since it was passed in 1990. respect than men, and we occasionally entirely true. situations unravel at Mardi Gras must, in turn, have a standard of dignity. As for bicycles, they are restricted from 7 a.m. to experience situations when we just A little more than a week ago, a every year I end up feeling defeated. Flashing our breasts, tossing our 10 p.m., Monday through Friday. aren't taken seriously. Visit a hardware friend and I went to support a local, Sexed-up, inebriated men encour- hair and batting our eyelashes doesn't This is the exception, according to the University store. Drop your car off at the mechan- hip-hop group that recently released age women to flash their breasts, and help our cause but instead re-enforces Police Department: ic. Inquire about the logistics of a foot- its new album. for what? Shiny, plastic beads? Is that the stereotype many female leaders "Bicycles and unicycles may be ridden on the fol- ball game. Observe the reactions. You'll I enjoyed the night's outpouring of all we're worth? have tried break. These women helped lowing streets (within a prescribed bicycle lane when know what I'm talking about. entertainment until I felt as though rgy Are our bodies free to strangers who to make our lives more comfortable. it is provided): 4th Street, 7th Street except between Women are commonly typecast as surroundings were dosing in on me. want to stare and touch? And more impor- We've come too far to let them down Clark Library and Engineering, 9th Street, 10th emotional, subordinate individuals Young women were all around, tantly, do some of us really have a right to now. Street, San Carlos Street, San Salvador Street and who are best left to domestic tasks. struggling to make it to the front, near be appalled by the male gaze when we San Fernando Street, 5th Street south of San Carlos And, most irritating, we're charac- the stage. They were dancing by means actually act as though we're seelcing it? Minal Gandhi is a Street, 8th Street between San Carlos Street and terized as sex symbols. of rubbing up against one another, To say that I'm repulsed is an Spartan Daily copy editor San Salvador Street." Such descriptions do little but blind slithering this way and that, and giving understatement, but these unusual 'Unravel" appears Tuesdays. Get it? Will you remember all that? Does it make sense? ATLANTIC FEATURE SYND. ©2002 MARK PARISI www.offthemark.com So here's where the problem begins. Most people [email protected] don't know the policies for bikes and skateboards on campus. And even if they did, how much sense does In times of crisis, the news all that really make? Let's say you're riding your bike up Seventh Street, are you really going to stop and get off your aro oli-1 PASTE shouldn't be dumbed down bike and walk it according to these restrictions? Or are you just going to keep going on that bike Unlike Palestinians or Israelis, all until you get stopped for one of those $30 tickets? we have to do when the news gets Plus, why should skateboards be treated different depressing is change the channel than bicycles? or turn the page of our newspapers. As HILLARY And why is it we encourage students to use alter- Americans, many of us rely on the news native forms of transportation to get to SJSU, but to give us options of information. CARGO then tell them they can't use these alternative forms You want entertainment? We got it. when they actually get on campus. You want suicide bombing pictures? What we need is a policy that is realistic and con- No problem. venient for the students. If you don't want what we have, you can But we still need to hold it to the same principle turn the page. It's not really a problem. 11 \III! RI \ that UPD says is most important: safety. But if you want what we don't have, investigative story that charged the com- "It's a safety issue," Lt. Bruce Lowe of the Univer- now that might just be a problem. pany Monsanto with secretly injecting sity Police Department said. "We have to protect the In a society that dubs itself as democ- growth hormones into their cows. public when they enter the grounds on the universi- ratic, one of the essential elements of this The hormone was linked to cancer tY" "democracy" is a free press. and other health concerns, so to expose The best way to do this is to make room for the It was a free press that allowed the the truth would have been in the pub- cyclists and skaters. They are both legitimate, effi- American public to find out why Water- lic's best interest. But NewsCorp., cient and effective ways to get around campus. gate was a scandal large enough to owned by media mogul Rupert Mur- And with a little work, things could be easier for impeach Nixon. doch, refused to air the story on Fox, everyone. Without the system of investigating since it held a joint venture with Mon- Why not make a single path around campus in and questioning the government's santo. To air the story would have which bikes and skateboards would be allowed to actions, we can learn from other countries affected NewsCorp.'s profits. travel. Their own special lane. Mark it in yellow and examples that a dictatorship could easily The journalists were fired for refus- let them be on their way. befall us. It's true that in times of war the ing to "dumb down" the story. It could make its way through most of the popu- First Amendment can be viewed with dif- So again, let's talce a poll: Tell the lar parts of campus, but still designate a safe place - - ferent priorities, such as national securi- truth or keep your job? for people to ride without getting in the way of every- ty, taking precedence. These journalists chose truth and one else. But in the last few months, the lost their jobs. After all, it is the 21st century. Niurx silence has become deafening. 'That was back in 1997, and we've grad- Some major stories are not being uated to grander forms of censorship since told, and if they are told, they are given the "war on terrorism" has beguri. Counseling Services other re-entry students from noon to 1:30 minimum coverage. Who wants to criticize the goverrunent General process group from 2:30 p.m. p.m. in the Pacheco Room of the Student We learned with Enron that the cur- when it is doing such a great job in these to 4:30 p.m. in the Administration build- Union. For more information, contact Jane rent administration can have close ties trying tunes? (Sarcasm noted 1. ing. Rootn 201. For more information. con- Boyd at 924-5950. to corporations. Forget about what threatens the Lact Kell Fujimoto and Jeni Landau at So would it be surprising if we dis- public interest, we secm to have com- SpartaQuide 924-5910. Multicultural Center Library covered that the goverrunent has strong placently allowed the government to tell Film showing: "Mountains Mist and Mex- ties to corporations such as media con- U8 what our public interests are. Evening with Mutabaruka len- from noon to 1 p.m. in Module A, room glomerates? I think not. In these times of hypersensitivity Poetry, history and reggae music with 117. For IMP Ultimatum' . contact 924-2707. A 1999 article in "The Progressive" toward the definitions of what rnalces a to si p.m. in the Art and Induatrial Studim Tuesday jamacian poet and reggae artist Moto- magazine states that each of these patriot, it is more important, for my view buildings. For more information, contact baruka from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Stu Associated Students Board media conglomerates averages at least of patriotiam, to exercise a healthy democ- Catholic Campus Ministry John or Nicole at 92A-4330. one equity joint venture: which means dent Union Ballroom. of Directors racy above appe_asing the current admin- Daily Masa at 12:10 p.m. at :100 S. they share ownership of a company. Spenal board meeting at 4 p.m. in the Uni- istration's corporate-friendly agenda. 10th St. For more information, contact SIN- Multicultural Center Library Getting your news is now like getting In order bp participate in the Wednesday meaty Boum second floor. Room 2111. For mire exercise of ter Marcia Krawie a 938-1610. Maa Hashimoto: presentation on a loaf of bread in some parts of Russia. this democracy, it is important for us to ask, Enk Gmli 924447 Japanese-American internment from noon Do you want white bread? Or ... white "What stories aren't being told?" and to find Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and School of Art & Design to 1 p.m. in Module A, Room 117. For more bread? them in outlets such as independent media, Transgender Alliance Department of Nutrition and Student gallery exhibitions from 10 a.m. informatton. contact 924-2707. With less than 10 media companies which isn't hadced by financial interests but Club meeting from 5 p.m. to 6:45 Food Mc fence to 4 p.m. through Friday in the Art and as our sources of information, it is time runs for the pmfit of the people. p.m. in the Almaden room cif the Student Body. composition testing fmm 130 Industrial Studies buildings For more infor- SJSU Ballroom Social Dance Club to ask the difficult question: Can we Without a collective effort to get our Union. For more information. e-mail p.m. to 3 p.m. in C,entral Claasroom Build- mation. contact John or Nicole at 924-4330. Foxtmt lemon with Jim Morton in Spar- trust the news we are getting from the news from these objective, independent glbtallemailsjau.edu. ing. Room 221. Two-for-one Valentine's tan Complex. Room 89. Beginners at 6:30 mainstream media? Have reporters sources, it will be hard for our democracy special thin mcmth. For more information, such as ibm Brokaw and Dan Rather Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano p.m.. intermediate at 7:30 p.m. For more to maintain its health and stay in shape. Financial Managment Association contact Sherry at 206-7599. traded in their ethics of objectivity for Afterall, it's de Aztlan information, contact Goren at 924-SP1N. difficult to exercise when Meeting with a guest speaker from their paychecks? you're stuck in the mainstream Weekly officers meeting at 6 p.m media's Merrill Lynch at 4:30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. in Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity Let's take a poll: What's more impor- tiny, dark cell, where the information is in the Chicano Librac:y Resource Center, Mlle! of Silicon Valley the Costanoan Room of the Student Informational meeting at 6:30 p.m. in tant to you? Your job, or telling the truth? slipped to you urider the door by corpo- Module A. For more information, contact Live fmrn Millet it'a Tueiday night: din- Union. For more information. contact the Student Union f'ouncil Chambers. For If journalism is a business, then it rate hands who are happy to do busi- Adriana Garcia at 250-9245 ner and Israel 2001. Begin. at 6:30 p.m. at Glendon Rioter at 356-0626 more information, contact Jim at 390-3662 becomes easier to offer entertainment to ness with us, bye-buy. 336 E. William St. For more information. boost the profit margin than, say, investi- 'lb them, we are the profit, not the School of Art & Deeign contact Brett Shore at 286-6669 ext. 13. A.S. Campus Recreation Sparta Guide is provided free oI charge gating your conglomerate company for people. Toms.. night Ireton. sencsi.liw.lis lian Itackcounuy ski/soca...hoe weekend pre to students, faculty and staff members. The negligence or mistreatment of their work- It's in the public's interest to know what Korecin Typography, frt. 5 p.91 p.m in the 90.5 KSJS Ground Zero Radio tnp meeting at 5 p.m. in the Monudvo mom deadline fiir entries Ili noon. three working ers, which amid harm pmfits. we're not being told, since it is these things An building, Ks. 133. Fur usse information. Tuneful Tuesdays: live music every of the Student Union. For more information. day. before the desired publication date. But not everyone has sold out to this that can hurt us more than a few wealthy comae:1.k, Hernandex 92A-4:14 week from noon to 1 p.m. in the Stu- cnntart Matt McNamara at 924-6217. Entry forms are amilable in the Spartan truth-is-bad-for-business corporate agenda. individuals' interpretations of truth. dent Union Amphitheater. For more Office. Spam restrictions may require Some journalists have chosen truth, School of Art & Design information. contact Shaun Morris at Reach Program editing of Rubmissions. 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PI SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY Rugby clubs, intramural soccer put out of action women's rugby coach Karl University Police - practices and new place to practice and play South Campus Laucher. Department to game play. games until the first week of The field was destroyed by patrol the area. "(Rugby players) put their heart "I just hope school, McDonald said. rain at the Silicon Valley Laucher said we have a field "It is only because of the gen- resodding Football Classic game on Dec. the new fence and soul on the line and recieve no next year," erosity of the Seahawks that we 31, said Raul Bueno, the causes new prob- respect. Then they pull the field McDonald said. are able to use their fields," displaces teams, south campus facilities man- lems for him and Weather per- McDonald said. ager. his team. out from under them." mitting, dis- He said men's rugby does not "It was a big mess. We had to Since he is a placed teams have as many players becauae IFC league repair the field," Bueno said. volunteer coach, Karl Laucher, SJSU women s rugby coach will be able to the players do not want to travel The field was leveled and he said he does return to the that far to practice. They have to repaired in about eight hours not get a parking field by mid- leave early to make it to class on By Lori Hanley on Thursday, he said. permit from San Jose State "The university is doing the March, Bueno said. time, and traffic is horrendous. "They will get a better field University and cannot find best they can," de Alba said. DAV, STAI4 WRITIR McDonald said the condition The women's rugby team is than ever," Bueno said. parking at practices or game He said he is being kept of the field forced his team to also losing players, Laucher On Feb. 14, the South Cam- A 12-foot fence was erected days. posted by Bueno and that the move practices and games to said. pus field adjacent to Spartan to secure the area 24 hours a He said he is lucky if he can league will return as soon as it new locations. He said one of his players is Stadium received new grass, day, seven days a week, Bueno find parking on 10th Street. is given the green light. Practices are now held off- an intern at the Santa Cruz fire and many teams were left said. The inter-fraternity council Men's and women's volunteer campus at Blackford High department and was risking stranded in the process. Despite this precaution, late intramural soccer league was rugby coaches, Mike McDonald School, and home games are her firefighting career by play- "(Rugby players) put their Thursday night the field was cancelled because it had and Karl Laucher, respectively, now held off-campus at Watson ing rugby on a rocky, muddy heart and soul on the line vandalized by people playing nowhere to practice or play said they were not notified Bowl, the San Jose Seahawks field. and receive no respect. Then soccer before it was ready for games, Alfonso de Alba, the about the field being re-done playing field, he said. "Heaven forbid we ever play they tear the field out from play, he added. executive director of campus and have no idea when their The men's rugby team did in Spartan Stadium," Laucher under their feet," said Bueno said he has asked the recreation, said. teams will be back to regular not know it needed to find a said. Gymnastics team stumbles
DAILY STAFF RENA' Five falls on the balance beam Was enough to do in the SJSU gymnastics team S PA RTAN Ro und Up as the Spartans came in second place in Fri- day's triangular meet at Cal State Fuller- ton. California Division II lead. The host Titans, who suffered four falls Santa Clara men 34, SJSU 13: At Wat- on the beam themselves, edged SJSU, son Bowl in San Jose, Jeff Welsh and Diego 191.775 -189.600. Neito scored second-half tries for the Spar- UC Santa Barbara finished in third at tans, who dropped to 0-3 on the season. 173.500. SJSU trailed 20-3 at halftime thanks to The Spartans had a slim lead over the a first-half penalty kick from Craig Mur- Titans heading into the balance beam, the phy. night's final event, but failed to place any- The Spartans are scheduled to play at one in the event's top three. California Maritimp Academy in Vallejo on Despite the balance beam performance, Saturday. sophomore Shirla Choy captured all-around honors posting a 38.450. Men's basketball SJSU returns to action on Feb. 23 in a triangular meet with UCSB and Eastern University of Hawafi guard Carl Eng- Michigan at Santa Barbara. lish scored a season-high 23 points as the Rainbow Warriors slammed SJSU in Hon- olulu on Saturday night, 71-46. Rugby Hawai'i avenged its 57-53 Jan. 19 upset loss to SJSU as guard Mike McIntyre Bridget MadeII, a Santa Clara Univer- scored 17 points and preseason all-Ameri- sity rugby player, scored three tries to can candidate Predrag Savovic added 14. lead the Bronco women's rugby team to a The Rainbow Warriors shot 52 percent from 34-8 victory against San Jose State Uni- the floor while SJSU shot at a paltry 36.2 clip. versity on Saturday at Watson Bowl. The WAC's top-ranked defense allowed Spartan outside center Martiza Munoz just one SJSU field goal in the final 10 min- scored a try for the Spartans, while Hilda utes of the first half. Vazquez had a penalty kick. Forward Marion Thurmond paced the Andrea Scutt Daily Staff SJSU returns to action Saturday at Spartans with 12 points. SJSU is scheduled to return to action on Jennifer Crowder, right, of the Spartan women's rugby club, Sacramento State. attempts to score a try against Santa Clara A win by the Spartans over the Hornets Thursday when it hosts the Rice Universi- University. Santa Clara won the match, 34-8. could force a three-way tie for the Nort hern v 011IN Surprising performances mark the Olympics first week SALT LAKE CITY (AP) The The men's hockey and curling sentation from the Polish judge. of Switzerland. Martin Annen of Italy's Karen Putzer got bronze. first full week of the Wint,er tournaments also continue. The World champions Barbara Fuser Switzerland was third. Kjetil Andre Aamodt of Norway SPARTAN Olympics is over. And, for the most U.S. hockey team faced Belarus in Poli and Maurizio Margaglio of The U.S. women's two-man team won the men's Super G on Satur- part, so is the scandal that marred it. the first game, with the marquee Italy are third. had some confusion Sunday when a day, giving him two golds at these The politics and investigations matchup featuring Dominik SPEEDSKATING: Even if she hamstring injury to brakewoman games and seven in his Olympic remain, but the sight of Canadian Hasek and the Czech Republic had been at full strength, Witty Gea Johnson raised the possibility career. No other Alpine slcier has OUTLOOK figure skaters Jamie Sale and against the struggling Canadians. couldn't imagine skating 2. laps in 1 of reuniting the broken-up tandem more than five. Stephan Eberharter David Pelletier receiving their gold The United States has won at minute, 13.83 seconds 0.23 faster of Jean Racine and Jen Davidson of Austria was second and team- medals Sunday night while least one medal every day of the than any woman had ever gone. on Tuesday. But Davidson was mate Andreas Schifferer was third. Women's Basketball exchanging pleasantries with the games for a total of 18 five more Doing it a month after being naled ineligible because she didn't HOCKEY: Those chants of Tonight atthe University of Russian co-champions helped than at any previous Winter diagnosed with mono wasn't even compete at trials and Johnson was 1952 might start getting louder Nevada, 7 p.m. return the focus to ice and snow. Games. Hays and the Nordic com- fathomable until she looked up able to go through a practice run. for the Canadians. bined team did their best to add to and saw she'd done it. SUPER G: A crash, fall and A tight 3-2 victory over Ger- Saturday at Fresno St., it, but each finished fourth. Germany's Sabine Voelker, who an early wipeout. Caroline Lalive many among the weaker teams in Selland Arena, 4 p.m. Olympics 2002 Sale and Pelletier finally got to owned the world record, was sec- simply had an Olympics to forget. pool play, left Canada on thin ice experience the view from one of ond. Rodriguez raced into third As a result, so did the U.S. in its bid to end a 50-year gold That puts the spotlight on the best places in sporta: the top of with the fastest final lap of the day women's team. medal drought. Men's Basketball speedskaters like Chris Witty and the medals platform. They Gerard van Velde, a Dutchman Lalive, considered America's The winner of Canada's game Thursday vs. the University Jennifer Rodriguez, the gutty received their gold medals along- renowned for his fourth-place show- best all-around female skier. failed against the defending champion of Rice at the Event Center, effort of short-track speedskater side Elena Berezhnaya and Anton ings, won the 1,000 meters Saturday. to finish a major event for the ninth Czechs who are coming off a 2-1 Apolo Anton Ohno and even the Sikharulidze, who won the event's brealcing the world record four years straight time by tannbling barely loss to Sweden most likely will 7:30 p.m. agony of just missing a medal felt original set of golds. after giving up the sport to sell Car& 10 seconds into the Super G. What face Finland in the quarterfinals; Saturday vs. the University by bobaledder Todd Hays and the 'The four of us were part of his- Teammate Jan Bos was second and was supposed to be the tRa111.8 best the loser probably will play the Rus- of Tulsa at the Event Center, U.S. Nordic combined team. tory: Pelletier said. American Joey Cheek was thini event resulted in no better than a sian& 7:30 p.m. Witty capped her return from FIGURE SKATING: The BOBSLED: This close-call 14-place finish by Kirsten Clark. A late goal by Brett Hull helped strength-sapping mononucleosis to pairs ceremony had a pretty nice stuff is getting really annoying to The team has yet to medal with the United States salvage a 2-2 tie Men's Golf sin a gold medal and set a world opening act: the original dance American bobsledders. only the giant slalom and slalom with Russia on Saturday night in ;word in the 1,000 meters Sunday portion of ice dancing. Hays finished 0.03 seconds out events remaining. a game featuring the electric Wednesday-Friday at the Rodriguez was third, giving Ameri- France's Manna Anissina and of a medal, landing the U.S. team 'We can do better than this. atmosphere expected from their John Burns Intercollegiate, cans six medals in six speedskating Gwendal Peizerat used a torrid fla- in fourth for the second straight that's for sure," coach Madan first meeting on U.S. soil since Kaneohe, tlawan events. menco mutine to remain in first place Olympics. Brian Shimer's duo did Cernigoj said. 1980. . Ohno won another on the short heading into Monday night's free it last time by 0.02; this time, Italian Daniela Ceccarelli won In women's play, the United track Saturday night by sticking a dance, which is worth 50 percent. Shimer was ninth. the Super G gold. Croatia's Janica States has advanced to the semifi- Baseball skate over the finish line in the Russians Irina Lobacheva and Christoph Langen of Germany Kostelic, the gold winner in the nals along with Canada, Sweden Friday at Cal Poly, 5 p.m. 1,000 meters after having his Ilia Averbukh repeated their sec- won gold, edging Christian Reich combined event, was second and and Finland. Saturday at Cal Poly, 1 inner thigh gashed in a bizarre ond-place fmish in compulsories, pileup. He needed six stitches to hoosted by a perfect acore for pre- P.m. stop the bleeding and went to the Sunday at Cal Poly 1 p.m. medals ceremony in a wheelchair. Germany added to its Softball Olympics-best medals total by winning the first event Monday, GOT DEBTP Invita- Be an Angel... Friday at the Wildcat the team 120-kilometer ski jump. tional, Tucson, Ariz.Vs. Ari- Finland got silver and Slovenia Donate Eggs! zona, 4 p.m. and vs. Northern bronze for its first medal of these If you are 21-30 years old CAN HELP! 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