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WEATHER A&E MULTIMEDIA SOCIAL MEDIA Follow us on Twitter ‘Bridesmaids’ Arthur Kao: @spartandaily Brushstrokes of genius drops the bouquet Become a fan on Facebook High: 62° facebook.com/ Low: 54° PAGE 4 spartandaily.com spartandaily Spartan Daily Serving San José State University since 1934 Monday, May 16, 2011 spartandaily.com Volume 136, Issue 55 Details emerge in FEATURE campus shooting Students provide insight Junior business administration major Jeremy Nguyen was walk- into events inside garage ing with classmates onto the crime and Twitter updates scene shortly after gunshots were heard. Shirene Niksadat & “I got out of my night class at Kyle Szymanski 8:30,” said Nguyen. “I was walking with my groupmates on San Fer- Staff Writers nando Street crossing 10th, when we heard about seven to 10 fi re- crackers go off.” Downtown San Jose, an area all Nguyen and his classmates en- too familiar with pervasive gang- tered the building and proceeded related issues, was recently the set- to walk to their cars. ting of a supposed lovers’ quarrel While Nguyen’s classmates were turned homicide-suicide. parked on the third and fourth lev- The three individuals who died els of the structure, Nguyen was in the shooting on May 10 were parked on the fi fth level, which he identifi ed at a news conference on later fi nd out was where the shoot- May 12. ings occurred. Marcory Tarlit Caliguiran, 25, Upon attempting to drive his car and Thomas Williams, 26, were ac- out of the garage, Nguyen said he counting majors at SJSU, said Pat had to text his classmate whose car Lopes Harris, SJSU’s director of was ahead of his in the line to fi nd media relations. out that there had been a shooting The suspected shooter was iden- and police would not allow anyone tifi ed as Napoleon Caliguiran, 54. to leave the building. Photo illustration: Leo Postovoit/ Spartan Daily The suspect was not a SJSU student, “I had no idea what had hap- The ominous cost of books follows students throughout their higher education career, creating an but was married to the 25-year-old pened, only that there had been a increasingly signifi cant yearly expense as paying for college continues to become a costly nightmare. victim, Harris said. shooting,” said Nguyen. “UPD made an announcement “The fact is, a lot of over the blue light intercoms that students should stay away from the people felt unsafe and 10th street garage,” said Nguyen. Students fi nd new ways to save at SJSU we are all sup- “But there were still twenty of us money, but prices catch up posed to feel safe. This see SHOOTING page 2 is the fi rst time Cynthia Ly I haven’t.” Contributor INSIDE: Omar Torres he automatic sliding doors swoosh open. Colorful greeting Senior political science major STUDENTS cards, SJSU sweaters and a “for sale” table mark the route. Both victims were supposed to T graduate at the end of the Spring Shiny new laptops and iPods create rubberneckers. The staircase 2011 semester. REFLECT ON The younger Caliguiran and leads to the fi nal destination. Williams were both found dead SLAIN inside a vehicle that was registered to the married couple, and the el- der Caliguiran was found suffering CLASSMATES from a gunshot wound outside the vehicle shortly after the call came into police at 8:36 p.m. on Tuesday. see TEXTBOOKS page 6 Students would face fee hike under worst-case state budget Lyell Marks institutions on a lasting basis.” Staff Writer He said that the May revise is a contingency plan by the governor that looks at the newest Having already felt the impact information about revenue of $500 billion in cuts to the CSU coming into the state treasury, system in March, another wave of allowing him to modify the cuts will be proposed by Gov. Jerry budget proposal he made in Brown at 11 a.m. today as a part of January. his revised budget. If the CSU budget is cut by an During a conference call on additional $400 million, tuition Friday, Robert Turnage, Cali- fees for students would increase fornia State University assistant 32 percent for the upcoming vice chancellor for budget, said semester while a cut of $200 the “May revise” announced by million would halve the fi nan- the governor could determine cial burden on students, still whether the CSU will have to raising tuition fees 16 percent, endure up to an additional $500 according to Turnage. million in cuts — a scenario “The magnitude of any tu- he said could possibly result in ition increase is directly corre- tuition increases of more than 30 lated with the magnitude of any percent for students. additional cuts,” he said. “We “We are at a point where we are are dealing with a very volatile, not only cutting fat away, but we contingent situation.” are cutting into muscle and bone,” The CSU was originally Turnage said. “If we go any further intended to be fully funded by the in terms of reducing spending, we state, allowing student to pursue are seriously going to jeopardize Graphic: Leo Postovoit / Spartan Daily the quality of the programs and see CUTS page 6 2 NEWS sPARTANDailY Monday, May 16, 2011 SHOOTING bef0re anyone else. was via Twitter. in custody and there was no threat to the From Page 1 Torres, who works as a community or- Upon asking a university security guard campus community.” ganizer with the City of San Jose’s Strong outside of the library what was happening, In a press conference held in front of in there.” Neighborhoods initiative, said he knew de- he found it disappointing that university Clark Hall on Thursday morning, Torres said Nguyen said that around 9:30 the UPD tails surrounding the case from his boss. offi cials were not sharing any information a spokesperson at the conference addressed made another announcement over the blue Torres’ boss, Paul Pereira, a community or- with students about what was going on. the issue of Alert-SJSU, citing that it was a light intercoms that the shooter was in cus- ganizer for the downtown area of San Jose, “I told the guy there was a lot of talk on new system and not yet up to par. tody. is described by Torres as very dedicated and Twitter about this, and he still refused to tell When asked how he knew about the press At that point, Nguyen said he and the oth- proactive individual who has developed a me anything more,” said Torres. conference to begin with, Torres said he ers were escorted down to the sidewalk out- strong relationship with the San Jose Police For Torres, like many other students, heard about it on Twitter. side by police and interviewed one by one. Department. Alert-SJSU was one of the last sources in- “I wouldn’t have even known about the “We were asked pretty standard ques- While most might have assumed the forming him of the shootings in the 10th press conference if people hadn’t re-tweeted tions,” said Nguyen, “They asked If we had shootings were a gang-related incident when Street garage. it,” he said. heard screaming or seen anything unusual. I they fi rst heard, Torres was aware that the Torres, who asserts that he has applied for Students at SJSU said they are still having didn’t end up leaving campus until about 11 shootings were a product of domestic vio- the text alert system more than once, said he a hard time believing that a shooting took p.m.” lence long before the majority of the public. did not receive any text news via the system. place on campus. Harris said the investigation into the “I work with the City of San Jose and my He said he received an email at about 10:05 “I think that this whole situation is unfor- shooting is not yet completed, but so far it boss, who has a close relationship with SJPD, p.m. about the parking structure. tunate,” said senior business major Kenneth appears that the husband shot the two vic- was getting the full scoop every other twenty “The fact is, a lot of people felt unsafe and Oshiro. “Any situation where there is a loss tims before shooting himself. minutes and texting me as well.” at SJSU we are all supposed to feel safe,” Tor- of life is unfortunate especially when it in- Caliguiran died shortly after being trans- Torres, who was hanging out outside of Dr. res said. “This is the fi rst time I haven’t.” volves San Jose state students. ported to Santa Clara County Valley Medical Martin Luther King Jr. Library with friends “The shooting was an isolated, targeted “We’re lucky, however, that it was an iso- Center, Harris said. around the time of the shootings, mentioned and contained incident,” said UPD Lt. Frank lated incident that occurred at night and not Senior political science major Omar Tor- that in addition to the text messages much of Belcastro, addressing the seemingly slow during the day when a lot of people could res said he knew details about the shooting the information he and others were receiving alert times to the campus. “The suspect was have gotten hurt.” Students and faculty react to tragedy, remember victims Shirene Niksadat & teaching fun and reward- told her she was married, Kyle Szymanski ing.” but in the process of filing Staff Writers Moschetti said both and finalizing a divorce Williams and Caliguiran from her husband. She received scholarships from conveyed to this classmate Gunfire rang within the the organization for their that her husband was very cement walls of the 10th leadership roles in numer- possessive and controlling Street parking garage Tues- ous professional, social, of her and would easily be- day night in an on-campus community service and come jealous.