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Thursday, May 5, 2011 spartandaily.com Volume 136, Issue 50 Obama: ‘Teach-in’ No bin Laden analyzes photos Middle East McClatchy Tribune uprisings WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama decided against Matt Young releasing pictures of Osama bin Staff Writer Laden’s death at the hands of U.S. forces, saying that doing so could pose a security risk and would be In January of this year, an “Arab inconsistent with American val- Revolt” occurred, with people ris- ues. ing up against the Hosni Mubarak “We don’t trot out this stuff regime in Egypt en masse. as trophies,” he told CBS’ Steve What caused it, where is it go- Kroft. “The fact of the matter ing, and what are the implications is, this was somebody who was for the United States? deserving of the justice that he Shariat Lin, president of the received. And I think Americans San Jose Peace and Justice Cen- Photo: Jesse Jones / Spartan Daily and people around the world are ter, brought together a panel of Senior philosophy major Samantha Pedrosa, sophomore Samantha Plescia and psychology major Denisse glad that he is gone. But we don’t scholars on the topic for a ‘teach- Mendez work on recreating the Venus. need to spike the football.” in’ with a series of interlinked pre- After 48 hours of briefi ngs on sentations, followed by a Q-and-A the bin Laden assassination that session. sometimes were inaccurate, the The event, though complex in president and his administration the issues presented, contained called a halt Wednesday, refusing Dressing Venus: some pragmatic information, even to release neither the photograph if it wasn’t as in-depth as some, as that many had been clamoring for attendee Donna Wallach would nor any more details about how have preferred. bin Laden met his end. Wallach, sporting a hat fes- Obama said that after seeing Exploring body image tooned with buttons featuring slo- the photos himself, and based on gans, such as “Support Palestinian DNA testing, he is “absolutely Rights: End U.S. Funding of Israel” certain” that bin Laden is dead. and “The Patriot Act? That’s so Conspiracy theorists would Nate Morotti rine dated from between 22,000 and top 8 percent of women in our na- 1984,” said she liked the event, but not be satisfi ed even if a photo Staff Writer 24,000 BC featuring an overweight tion, and we want people to know the information presented didn’t was released to the public, he de- nude woman with large protrud- that it is okay to be proud of what explain as much as she had hoped cided. ing breasts and an exaggerated labia. they look like.” for. There was internal disagree- In the modern age of supermod- It was discovered in 1908 and later The event consisted of coloring “It was good. I think it needed ment about whether to release els and Photoshop, one of the most named the Venus of Willendorf. cut-out clothes to put on photocop- to be like a seminar,” she said. “I pictures of a slain bin Laden, but talked about issues in global culture The event is part of Respect Your ies paper dolls of Venus of Willen- don’t think a two-hour event can the president’s most senior Cabi- is the issue of body image and what Body week, where women are en- dorf, which was meant to show that present all the information that net members concurred that it it means to be beautiful. couraged to take care of themselves any type of body can be considered needed to be talked about.” was best to keep the photos secret These are the topics the group by eating healthy and exercising beautiful, according to the members She complimented the fact that because they were too infl amma- Womyn on Womyn’s Issues hoped while also promoting a healthy body of the club. many on the panel had lived in the tory, a senior White House offi - to address in its “Paper Venus of Wil- image and higher self-esteem for “Society reinforces those ideals of Middle East and presented infor- cial said Wednesday. lendorf” event on Wednesday in the women across the nation, according what women are supposed to be,” said mation she called “pretty power- But CIA Director Leon Pa- Mosaic Cross Cultural Center in the to the Women’s Resource Center. Bonnie Sugiyama, the director of the ful.” netta has seemed more open to Student Union. “The most pressing issue when campus Women’s Resource Center. The people involved were con- releasing the photos, saying in “The Venus of Willendorf is the it comes to body image for women Other events being put on by nected with the events in the Mid- interviews they would come out earliest example of a 3-D image of a is conforming to what the media Womyn on Womyn’s Issues include dle East in a variety of ways and eventually. woman created by man,” said Saman- says a person should look like,” said a “Vanity Fair Reshoot” where wom- included educators from around The White House had ordered tha Plescia, a member of Womyn on Denisse Mendez, another member en get to remake an issue of Vanity the world, according to the Peace an intelligence analysis to gauge Womyn’s Issues. “It’s the fi rst image of Womyn on Womyn’s Issues. “This Fair Magazine using more realistic and Justice Center, the event orga- whether public disclosure might we have of a woman and it’s very dif- media image of what women should and diverse body types and a presen- nizer. ferent from the modern idea that we look like, like supermodels, is admi- tation by Barby and Vic Ulmer of the have of what women should look like.” rable, but people also need to realize San Jose Peace and Justice Center on see OSAMA page 2 The image comes from a fi gu- that that is only representative of the U.S. foreign policy. see ARAB page 3 Professor pairs with ‘Desert Flower’ to fi ght mutilation

Lyell Marks lion, to battling rapists and poverty, a way that was so graphic that no one Staff Writer Dirie overcame a cruel burden of ad- who reads this will even question if versity that few girls her age could this is the right thing to do,” she said. possibly carry. Miller has been at SJSU for the As a young college girl living in Miller’s tale tells of Dirie’s strug- last six years, originally fi nishing the rural Pennsylvania, Cathleen Miller gle but also aims at illuminating the story while she was an Master of never could have envisioned a sce- issue of female genital mutilation, a Fine Arts student at Penn State Uni- nario where she would be telling the horrifi c rendition of what has been versity. story of a girl from Somalia who had traditionally called a “circumcision.” What Miller describes in the pag- run away from an arranged marriage What Dirie was unable to escape es of her book started as a tribal prac- and haunting cultural tradition. was a cultural practice that has ex- tice in African countries that were With more than 11 million copies isted in Somalia and other African mostly hunter gatherer societies. of her book “Desert Flower” being countries for roughly 4,000 years, She said the men of the tribe sold worldwide, Miller, an SJSU Eng- one that kills one-fourth of the girls would return home from hunting lish assistant professor, said their alli- who the operation is performed on, trips that would span months, fi nd- ance had to be something more than according to Miller. ing their wife pregnant with what coincidence. “To call it a circumcision is really a couldn’t possibly be their child. “It was total destiny,” Miller said. happy euphemism,” she said. “Some- “They fi gured, well, we’ll cut off “She believes it and I believe it. What thing that kills 500,000 little girls her clit so she doesn’t have any inter- are the chances that a white gal from a year is not a cultural practice we est in having sex,” Miller said. “Then the south and a black supermodel need to propagate.” we will sew her up so it’s physically from Africa pair up and write a book Miller said the procedure is per- impossible for her to have sex.” together?” formed on roughly 2 million girls What Miller said is the most de- “Desert Flower” is the story of every year, an operation that involves pressing part of this practice is that Waris Dirie, who left her home in cutting off the clitoris (sometimes culturally, women are the advocates Somalia at age 13 to escape a mar- with glass or a razor blade) and sew- for the procedure and young girls riage arranged by her father to a man ing them back up with little or no Photo: Michelle Terris / Spartan Daily with a white beard and cane. anesthetics. SJSU Assistant Professor Cathleen Miller (right) poses with the Masai From being face to face with a “I wanted to write about FGM in see MILLER page 2 people she interviewed for her forthcoming book. 2 NEWS sPARTANDailY Thursday, May 5, 2011

OSAMA THIS DAY IN HISTORY ... From Page 1 rally opponents of the U.S. and produce a back- lash. Analysts examined the historical record and found that in previous cases where such photos were made public, “there was harm done over time,” the offi cial said. Throughout the debate, Obama always leaned against release of the grisly pictures, the offi cial said, and “there was never any reason for (Obama) to change his mind.” “The costs outweighed the benefi ts,” the offi cial said. Photo: McClatchy Tribune “They’re photos of Residents of Abottabad, Pakistan, said they someone who got shot believed the two men who were hiding Osama bin in the head,” said the of- Laden were either smugglers or gold merchants. fi cial, who was not autho- rized to speak publicly. “I’m afraid the decision ground of the bin Laden “You can see it’s him. It made today by President operation, as many peo- looks like Osama bin Lad- Obama will unnecessar- ple assumed. en. But it also looks like ily prolong this debate,” “There was a time pe- someone who was shot in he said. riod of almost 20 or 25 the head.” With the bin Laden minutes where we really Sen. Lindsey Graham, death photo remaining didn’t know just exactly On May 5, 1982 R-S.C., called the presi- under wraps, the iconic what was going on,” he Spartan Daily Reported that ... dent’s decision “a mis- picture of the moment told PBS. take.” will remain the one But the administra- • (Above) Locals celebrated the 120th anniversary of the Battle of Puebla with the Cinco de Mayo Graham said the purpose taken by White House tion was reluctant to be of a raid instead of a bom- photographer Pete Sou- more specific because parade in Downtown San Jose over the weekend. bardment of bin Laden’s za of Obama and his top doing so might unmask • A marketing research class was in the process of creating a survey to provide new ideas for the use compound was to “obtain advisers in the White the specific “capability” of the Student Union. indisputable proof,” and the House Situation Room. that allowed the presi- “best way to protect and de- Panetta said the president to keep track of the • Nine of the 11 Academic Senate positions were won unopposed. fend our interests overseas is dent and his top advisers mission in real time, the • SJSU golfer Julie Inkster won the Southern Classic by two strokes. to prove that fact to the rest were not looking at a live administration official of the world.” video stream from the said.

“That’s the thing I am With most of her friends MILLER proudest of,” Miller said. “If residing in advertising fi rms in From Page 1 people have read the book it is the Bay Area, her move wasn’t like night and day for them — welcomed with open arms by they get it.” everyone. look forward to having it “Desert Flower” wasn’t “My friends thought I had done. very popular when it was fi rst lost my mind,” she said. “I an- Before they have been cir- released in the U.S., but when nounced that to them that cumcised, young girls from it hit the international market I’m moving to central Penn- Somalia are thought of as sales surged as the book be- sylvania to go to graduate “dirty” and “unclean” by men came the No. 1 seller in Ger- school to get an MFA degree, because they still have the fe- many, England, New Zealand and they wanted to stage an male parts that are considered and the Netherlands. intervention — they thought “evil” in their culture. “It just went crazy in Eu- I was completely out of my rope,” Miller said. “I hate to say skull.” The power of the this but I think what is shows Through a series of pen is that these cultures have a events that she said in hind- Jenny Walicek, a fi rst year much more sincere interest sight are hard to believe are in the MFA with a focus in in politics and human affairs. coincidences, Miller ended up creative nonfi ction, read a Even though they don’t have moving away from an adver- short version of the book a problem with female genital tising career to pursue writing many years ago before return- mutilation in Germany, they at Penn State University. Photo illustration: Leo Postovoit ing to SJSU for the MFA pro- really embraced the story.” “I knew it was a gamble but Africa is home to the highest rate of female genital mutilation, in all forms. The practice gram to learn Miller would be Since the release of “Desert I never looked back,” she said. continues, despite being outlawed in several countries. her fi rst instructor. Flower,” the practice has been Her success and evolution Walicek promised herself outlawed in 17 of the 29 coun- as a writer wasn’t a product she would read the full ver- tries that have traditionally prac- of sheer luck, but a manifesta- sion after the sensitive con- ticed it, according to the U.N. tion of an aggressive mental- tent deterred her from fi nish- The book has also been ity that she has harnessed as a ing the book before. turned into a feature fi lm that graduate student and has car- “I kept putting it off be- premiered earlier this year at ried over into her teaching. cause I knew it would be dis- Cinequest Flim Festival, and “I tell my students that your turbing,” Walicek said. “I’m has now been released in 27 work will be rejected,” Mill- someone who agonizes all day countries across the world. er said. “You will be among over road kill so when I even- “The movie is going to the best writers in literary tually plunged in — I couldn’t affect an entirely different history by being rejected — look away.” group of people.” she said. but you have to at least take She describes a dramatic Miller said she heard that a the chance or you will never opening that was reminiscent to group of men who saw the fi lm succeed.” Beryl Markham’s “West With in Ethiopia stood in unison after SJSU’s Master of Fine Arts the Night,” and a “literally viscer- the fi nal credits and vowed to program has had two Push- al description of the protagonist’s never do this to their daughters. cart Prize nominees in the last mutilation” that was “riveting.” “Beyond the rewarding ex- year, an incredible testament perience of reading her book, to a program that is only 10 I got a vicarious thrill out years old, according to Miller.

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CAMPUS VOICES By: Lyell Marks

How frustrating is the parking situation at SJSU?

Jaque Nghia Combs Pham “I’ve had a couple of parking tickets “I walk, mostly and missed a few because I’ve classes. I don’t heard owning a know what they car as a student can do. There are in San Jose is limited park- more of a hassle ing spots. They Junior Senior could try to get Advertising and than it’s worth.” Computer Public relations Science another garage?”

Victoria Ian Harnlasiri Crowe

“There are so many other “I take the VTA forces at work. I but have heard deﬁ nitely don’t there are lots of think there is issues with driv- enough parking. ing around SJSU’s I just don’t know campus. The VTA what the solu- Sophomore is so convenient” Sophomore Accounting and Political science tion is.” Business Photo: Jesse Jones / Spartan Daily Donna Wallach watches a discussion about the Arab revolutions.

Stefanie Josh Lin said. “There were 11 with a statement of Lin’s, Cuevo Mendonca ARAB youth organizations in- who argued that “in Egypt, From Page 1 volved.” all of the presidents came He said he believes that it from the military, so it is a It’s a complete Opening with a video fea- stems from the 2008 demon- part of the dictatorship to a joke. We have ture titled “Reshaping the strations of textile workers, degree.” “Light rail is OK, 30,000 or so Future in 100 Days,” Mayy and the fact that there have Zunes said that “the but the buses are students and El-Hayawi, a visiting schol- actually been around 3,000 movement isn’t pro-Sharia back to back so one perimeter of ar at Stanford and assistant strikes in the last 10 years, law — they’re actually made you just have to free parking? It’s professor at Ain Shams even though those strikes up of a disproportionate know the train a huge down- University in Cairo, went are technically illegal under number of Christians and Sophomore schedule.” Junior side of going to through the seeds of the the prevailing laws. secular youth. These are Forensic Business school here. revolution. She said it began The desires of the people very much homegrown revo- Science with the assassination of boiled down to economic lutions.” Anwar Sadat in 1981 by fun- and government fairness, He said this is “a rise in damentalist army officers. Lin said. civic society with successful Sadat was the president A late addition to the people power and democra- of Egypt at the time, and panel, SJSU graduate and cy,” and as such is “a greater El-Hayawi asserted that re- current masters student setback to fundamentalist cently deposed leader Hosni Hesham Hussain spoke of Islam than the death of Osa- Mubarak was involved in his experiences and insights ma bin Laden.” some way. as a Yemeni American. Zunes characterized the Though she did not men- A member of Yemeni United States as supporting tion it in the presentation, Youth for Change, Hussain oppressive regimes. in March of this year Sadat’s linked the Yemeni Revolu- “You want to know how son said he did not believe tion to Egypt and Tunisia, to change the Middle East?” Mubarak was involved, ac- and that in a case similar to he asked. “We need more cording to multiple news those uprisings, people are strategic nonviolent action outlets. hungry for change. here in the United States.” The growing corruption With the Yemeni facing The last in the presenta- of the Mubarak regime, El- challenges from dictatorship tion was Khalil Barhoum, a Hayawi said, led to a build- rule to corrupt police taking Palestinian who coordinates ing unrest among the Egyp- bribes, he said he hopes the the African and Middle tian people. United States will stand with Eastern Languages and Lit- Adding in events such as the people of Yemen. eratures program at Stan- the long-term detainment of Hussain argued that while ford. students, the suppression of there are concerns that Ye- He criticized Israel’s for- opposition movements and men will become a terrorist eign policy, and suggested the supposedly intentional center, and that the aver- that the Palestinians’ link to use of highly carcinogenic age Yemeni has three pieces the Arab Revolt “cannot be pesticides, the Tunisian Rev- of weaponry, no protesters over-emphasized. Mubarak olution in January sparked have actually brandished or was removed as an impedi- the Arab Revolt in Egypt, used firearms in protests. ment to a Palestinian agree- she said, and that Mubarak While acknowledging ment.” was forced out by the mili- the al-Qaida presence there, Zunes said President tary because of mounting he said the people actually Obama was “late to the par- public pressure. want change for themselves. ty” and “playing catch up” “I was there at the height Stephen Zunes, professor on the issue of the revolts of the uprising in Egypt,” of politics and international and who to support. Lin said. “The event sent studies at the University Barhoum agreed, and said shock waves throughout the of San Francisco where he “Israel will be remembered Middle East. For the first chairs the program in Mid- in history as the country that time, women actually came dle Eastern studies, weighed brought about Mubarak’s out and led some of the ral- in next with arguments for fall for being recalcitrant.” lies.” “strategic nonviolent ac- Mubarak had a “profound He said he wanted people tion.” role” in America’s relations to understand what he be- “Strategic nonviolent ac- as its mouthpiece, he said. lieved were the protesters’ tion is more than twice as “Israel isolates Palestin- real sentiments. effective as armed struggle,” ians from the rest of the “It has been portrayed in he said. “Nonviolent action world,” he said, and men- the media that the uprisings more often than not ends up tioned failed efforts “deliv- were for democracy,” Lin in democracy, while armed ering Israel to the Palestin- said. “That was partly true.” action more often than not ians,” characterizing Israel He went on to explain ends up in a dictatorship.” as “foreign occupiers.” that the economic situation Rebutting media claims Rami Abdelehadi, who there was also a large factor. that the Muslim Brother- graduated from SJSU with a “It also underlines the po- hood in Egypt is a major mechanical engineering de- litical unrest and the unrest player and threat to the up- gree in 2009, said he found in the economy, and the lack rising of the people, Zunes the event “well-done and in- of equality in the economy,” said “the biggest threat to formative.” Lin said. the people’s movement is “It reﬂ ected the reality of He said the uprising did not the Muslim Brother- Middle Easterners and what’s not come out of “thin air.” hood, but from the ‘old going on right now, unfortu- “It was not a leaderless guard’ of military leaders nately,” he said. “Hopefully, revolution — people were and such.’” the Middle East will have a working behind the scenes,” This was in agreement prosperous future.” 4 NEWS sPARTANDailY Thursday, May 5, 2011

SPARTA GUIDE Details, photographs emerge from bin Laden compound

Sparta Guide is provided to students and faculty, McClatchy Tribune men, in addition to bin Laden, were U.S. currency. free of charge. The deadline to submit is at noon, killed in the early morning raid — two “It’s not an impressive house. The three working days prior to desired publication date. men who likely were al-Qaida couriers build quality doesn’t look top-grade, Entry forms are available in Spartan Daily, DBH 209. and one of bin Laden’s sons. and it isn’t in the best part of town,” Send emails to [email protected] ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan — Photos Locals have said they were aware said Mohammad Anwar, who runs the titled “sparta guide.” Space restrictions may require taken by a Pakistani security offi cial in- only of two men at the house, who Property Point agency in Abbottabad. side Osama bin Laden’s hideout provide identifi ed themselves as Tariq and Ar- “We’re assessing it on the ground, not editing or exclusion of submissions. Entry is not guar- the most graphic images — and perhaps shad Khan. from a satellite.” anteed. Entries are printed in order of which they are the only ones that will ever be made New clues also emerged about how Reports say the house, in the Bilal received. public — of the chaos that engulfed the bin Laden might have escaped detec- Town suburb of Abbottabad, is around three-story house in the moments before tion during his stay at the house, which 3,000 square feet. Thursday, May 5 a U.S. special forces team killed the ter- U.S. offi cials said was built specifi cally Anwar said that the notoriety that rorist leader with gunfi re to the head. to house him six years ago. the house had brought to the area Obtaining a Part-time or Seasonal Job Workshop The photos don’t include images According to a Pakistani television could mean that land prices in Bilal of bin Laden, whose body had been channel, Express News, the house has Town will plummet, by as much as 50 Noon - 1:30 p.m., Mod A hauled from the house and carried off 10 bedrooms, each with a kitchen and percent. Abbottabad is known chief- Sunday, May 6 by a U.S. helicopter perhaps as much as a bathroom. That arrangement would ly for housing the Pakistan Military a half-hour before Pakistani troops ar- have allowed residents and guests in Academy and is also the headquarters Community Engagement Awards rived on the scene. the house to live independently of of two army regiments. But they do show the bodies of three one another, without having to con- It’s unclear what Pakistani offi cials 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m., Boccardo Buisness Complex 032 other men sprawled on a blood-soaked gregate even for meals. Around 20 will do with the house, which could fl oor and hint at the grisly nature of people lived in the house, including become a pilgrimage site for extrem- Contact: [email protected] bin Laden’s own wounds — one of the seven or more children, reports indi- ists. For now, the home has become an Monday, May 9 reasons the White House announced cate. instant local tourist attraction. Wednesday that it wouldn’t release Pakistani offi cials have refused to Wednesday afternoon, when Paki- Drop-in hours for part-time/seasonal job counseling photos taken of the dead bin Laden. allow reporters to enter the compound stani security offi cials lifted a cordon In the Pakistani security offi cial’s where bin Laden died. Express News around the house, people swarmed for- 1 p.m. - 3 p.m., Career Center images, blood oozes from the dead said it had gained entry and offered a ward. Tuesday, May 10 men’s noses, ears and mouths. The pic- detailed description of the layout. Young men came to leer at the tures show no weapons, though what There were three bedrooms on the foreign female journalists — uncov- Drop-in hours for part-time/seasonal job counseling appears to be a plastic toy gun can be first floor, four bedrooms on the sec- ered women in public are uncommon seen underneath one of the men, who ond floor and three more bedrooms in this conservative part of Pakistan. 1 p.m. - 3 p.m., Career Center is lying near what seem to be computer on the third floor — where U.S. Families came with their children. One Saturday, May 14 cords. The U.S. team reportedly carried officials say bin Laden was shot and enterprising man was selling snacks. off a computer, hard drives and other killed. Everyone clambered for the best A Wish Come True gala by Delta Sigma Pi — Theta electronic equipment from the house. Unusually for Pakistan, the house vantage point, on the roofs of One of the men, a thin man with had a central heating system, accord- surrounding houses. Chi chapter a short beard, looks as if he could be ing to the television channel. That “It’s such a big deal. They claim bin 6 p.m. - midnight, Fourth Street Summit Center Arab. The other two, who are bulkier would be considered a big luxury in Laden was living here for fi ve years, so and have mustaches, appear more Abbottabad, which is set in the foot- we wanted to see,” said Bilal Khan, 42, Contact: Arleen Cantor @ 650-740-5660 likely to be Pakistani. hills of the Himalayas and gets cold in who had come with his sister and fi ve Saturday, May 21 Time stamps on two of the photos winter. children. “It’s so strange that he would indicate they were taken at around 2:30 Still, local real estate professional leave the mountains of Afghanistan 1st Annual Choose Your Adventure Festival a.m. Monday, about an hour after the raid, said U.S. offi cials wildly overestimated and choose to live in the lap of the Pak- which began at 12:45 a.m., had ended. the value of the property when they istan military.” 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., 401 Roland Way, Oakland The Pakistani security offi cial sold described it as a $1 million mansion. There was also plenty of skepticism. the photographs to the Reuters news The home, with peeling paint and “No one believes that Osama bin Contact: Christina Castro @ 408-535-6237 x301 agency, which distributed them to its sitting on a little under an acre of land, Laden could have lived here. Show us clients. has a value of probably no more than the proof,” said Saifoor Khan, 51. “It is U.S. offi cials have said that three 20 million rupees, or about $235,000 in all just a Hollywood picture.” Sony shifts into damage-control mode after network attack

McClatchy Tribune planted a file on a server breach April 19 and shut named “Anonymous” with down the PlayStation Net- the words “We are Legion,” work the next day. The the tagline for the group. company informed account LOS ANGELES — The On a Twitter account holders that their personal Justice Department has that frequently speaks for data was potentially ex- opened an investigation the group, Anonymous deposed about a week later. into the security breach nied that it was involved in The attack on Sony’s at Sony Corp., in which the attacks. PlayStation Network and two separate attacks over “For once we didn’t do Qriocity music-streaming the last month shut down it,” it wrote. service compromised the Sony’s PlayStation network Federal prosecutors in personal information of and an online-gaming unit. San Diego are working with 77 million customers’ ac- The federal probe comes FBI agents to look into the counts. as Sony said Wednesday alleged hacking crimes, ac- On Sunday, the company that its network might cording to a news report. suspended service for Sony have been breached while On Wednesday, Kaz Hi- Online Entertainment, best it was defending itself from rai, Sony’s executive deputy known for creating online denial-of-service attacks by president, wrote in a letter multiplayer games such as Anonymous, a loosely con- to the House Subcommit- EverQuest and the Matrix YARD HOUSE IS nected group of Internet tee on Commerce, Manu- Online, after an intrusion activists who have success- facturing and Trade that exposed personal data for fully brought down the the company “has been the about 24.6 million subscrib- NOW OPEN! websites of other big corpo- victim of a very carefully ers. rations and was retaliating planned, very professional, Sony apologized Satur- against Sony for bringing a highly sophisticated crimi- day and announced several civil suit against a hacker in nal cyber attack designed “welcome back” freebies for federal court in San Fran- to steal personal and credit PlayStation customers, in- cisco. card information for illegal cluding 30 days of free ac- In the course of its in- purposes.” cess to Qriocity for affected vestigation, Sony said it In the letter, Hirai said customers as well as 30 days discovered that the hackers Sony learned of the first of access to the PlayStation Plus online game service. The company will also provide credit card protection services to relevant customers, Hirai said. New York Attorney Gen- eral Eric Schneiderman on Wednesday subpoenaed three Sony divisions — Sony Computer Entertain- ment, Sony Network Enter- tainment and Sony Online ÎääÊ->Ì>>Ê,ÜÊUÊ->ÊÃi Entertainment — for docu- {än°Ó{£°ÓÇÎÊUÊÞ>À` ÕÃi°V ments regarding their security, CNBC reported. Consumers have filed at Please drink responsibly! Yard House supports designated driver programs. least two lawsuits in Cali- We card anyone who looks under 35. fornia against Sony and are seeking federal class-action status. Thursday, May 5, 2011 sPARTANDailY A&E 5 THEATER REVIEW Opera delivers discounted artistic experience

Anastasia Crosson which is the only one of its Staff Writer kind in the United States. This program is based on the German “Fest” model in I enjoy the arts as much as I which the resident artists en- do a night bar hopping in San gage in yearly contracts with Francisco. Opera San Jose to sing several Is it typical of a 23-year- roles in the same opera house, old college student? You tell California Theatre. me. Is it possible on a stu- Jouvanca Jean-Baptiste is dent’s budget? Let me tell also a resident artist and shares you — yes. the role of Mimi with Jasmina Especially at an establish- Halimic. ment like Opera San Jose, “This theme music embod- which offers student rush ies my character,” Jean-Bap- tickets at the bargain price tiste says of the song “Si, mi of $11 to college students un- chiamano Mimi,” also known der 25. as “Mimi’s Aria.” “In a truly I hold a student member- great opera, (a character and Photo Courtesy: Atlantic Records ship to the Fine Arts Muse- their music) feed off each Musiq Soulchild (above) debuted his new album on May 3. ums of San Francisco, which other.” costs $55. The principal conduc- ALBUM REVIEW Recently, I watched Alon- tor for “La Bohéme” is David zo King’s “Lines Ballet” for Rohrbaugh, the founding mu- $25 and the off-Broadway sical director of Opera San New ‘Musiq’ showcases tour of “Rain: A Tribute to the Jose and a former professor of Beatles” for free, but nothing music at SJSU. quite beats orchestra seating Rohrbaugh said he directed artist’s unique sound at Opera San Jose for $11. the opera workshop program Just blocks from campus, at SJSU for 24 years. students can step back in The performances on May Tracks enable time to the bohemian Latin 1 and 3 were conducted by Photo Courtesy: Opera San Jose Quarter of 19th century Joseph Marcheso, who is Jasmina Halimic (left) plays Mimi on stage with Alexander album to excel Paris. Opera San Jose is the also a conductor and faculty Boyer (right) as Rodolfo in Opera San Jose’s “La Bohéme.” mode of transport — Puccini member of West Coast Op- is the guide. era Works and San Francisco More than a century after Conservatory. bleed section,” as one Opera on top of that and watch the Nic Aguon its 1896 premier, Italian com- Marcheso said he fi nds the San Jose usher jokingly re- opening production of Op- Staff Writer poser Giacomo Puccini’s “La “dramatic momentum” of the ferred to the view offered in era San Jose’s 2011-12 season, Bohéme” is still being told — fourth act “a diffi cult part” California Theatre’s “Family Mozart’s “Idomeneo.” and right in SJSU’s backyard. and personally rewarding as a Circle” seating. If you think you won’t un- Musiq Soulchild, a Phila- Photo Courtesy: Albumartexchange.com A story of love and loss, conductor. Ladies, $11 is quite a bar- derstand the opera, Google delphia R&B singer, possesses This new release boasts 12 “La Bohéme” has been told “The music disintegrates,” gain for a girls night out. Fel- “supertitles.” passion and authenticity — tracks of varying beats. and re-told through opera, Marcheso said. “Those are the las, next time your girl asks Opera San Jose has you two things missing in today’s fi lm and other performance parts where a conductor earns you to sit through another covered. The productions are music scene. This track is similar to arts — most notably the Pu- their pay.” “cute” 3-D Disney fl ick, here’s aesthetically and musically Soulchild’s sound in his “Love,” his hit single from litzer Prize-winning Broad- In the case of Opera San the out: “Hey honey, how beautiful, highly entertaining new album “MusiqInThe- his fi rst album, which way musical, “Rent.” Jose’s student rush ticket pro- about an opera instead?” It’ll and honestly the most reward- Magiq” is original and true spent 22 weeks on the Hot Much like the central gram, seating is fi rst-come, make you look like a real ing $11 you might ever spend. to his name. 100 Billboard charts. characters of “Rent” (starving fi rst-served and tickets are Prince Charming. Opera San Jose’s produc- He released the album I enjoyed Soulchild’s new- artist-types living in Manhat- available 90 minutes prior to Now, if only I could get my tion of “La Bohéme” ends this Tuesday, nearly three years est album from start to fi nish. tan’s Lower East Side circa curtain. money back for the complete weekend, May 8, with the fi - after his last effort, “OnMy- It is one of the few records I 1990), Puccini’s central char- Often this would gain at- waste-of-time movies I’ve nale of an eight-performance Radio.” can listen to without feeling acters live an impoverished tendees access to the “nose- seen, I would put a half-dollar run. He has not lost a beat and compelled to skip a single life “bursting with youthful “MusiqInTheMagiq” proves track. idealism and a lust for life,” that. His songwriting skills The quality of Soulchild’s according to a statement are amazing. songs is phenomenal and from Opera San Jose. He ignores punctuation, should be noted not only by In the fi rst act, an encoun- HelpingHelping YouYou SaveSave spacing and spelling when fans of R&B, but also by the ter between the main charac- titling his albums and singles, entire music industry. ters attests to Puccini’s bohe- something that makes Soul- Soulchild has been in the mian sentiments. ForFor YourYour Future.Future. child unique from all the R&B industry for 11 years This chance meeting be- rest. now, making music you can tween Mimi, a poor woman He has crafted six studio dance, smile, love and make who makes a living embroi- albums over the past 10 years, love to. dering fl owers, and Rodolfo, conquering a feat that many His music has only grown a poet, ends with professions of today’s artists struggle to stronger over the years — of love. do — make music. something few can say about This story is also a person- His fi rst two albums, “Ai- other artists such as Chris al one to those involved in juswanaseing” and “Juslisen,” Brown. Opera San Jose’s production. both won critical acclaim and He clearly stands above all “As a resident of the com- went on to become platinum- the rest, and no matter what pany, we are like Puccini’s selling records. is trendy, Soulchild sticks artists living together,” said Soulchild’s approach to to his instincts and “Musiq- Silas Elash, a bass player who music is honest and refl ec- InTheMagiq” proves it. shares the role of Colline tive. This album is a bit slow- Soulchild’s respect and with bass-baritone Isaiah er than his previous releases, perseverance in his music to Musik-Ayala. “The role is not but it doesn’t disappoint. past soul artists will not go a stretch at all. 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SPORTS ROUNDUP National Hockey League Sharks win in OT behind Setoguchi’s hat trick Staff Report

Winger Devin Setoguchi to overtime, setting up the syuk gave Detroit its second Baseball capped his hat trick Wednes- team’s second overtime vic- lead of the game with a power day night in the sweetest way tory of this year’s series. play goal with 1:43 left in the possible — an overtime goal Setoguchi’s fi rst of three second period before Boyle’s to stretch the Sharks’ lead in goals opened the game’s equalizer which sent the SJSU baseball team stunned by UC Davis the Western Conference semi scoring, giving the Sharks a game into overtime. fi nals to 3-0 over the Detroit 1-0 lead which was given up San Jose goaltender Antti Red Wings. by the end of the fi rst pe- Niemi was solid defending The game entered the riod following a goal by Red the net, fi nishing with 38 With two outs in the ninth inning and the But Nick Schulz scored on an error in the first overtime period with Wings defenseman Niklas saves against Howard’s 34. Spartans leading 5-4 with their closer on the top of ninth, and head coach Sam Piraro stuck the score tied 3-3, and 9:21 Lidstrom. For the second year in a mound, SJSU was in an ideal position to beat with Jones to close out the game. later Setoguchi sent Red The Red Wings would row, the Sharks fi nd them- UC Davis. After getting two quick outs, Jones allowed Wings fans home disap- strike fi rst in the second pe- selves with a 3-0 lead over De- But the Aggies’ next three hitters reached a single Daniel Cepin, hit Justin Andrade with pointed with a wrist shot, riod behind a go-ahead goal troit in these same Western base and Brett Morgan capped the ninth-in- a pitch and walked Alex Dreyfuss, leading to beating Detroit goaltender by Patrick Eaves, however Conference semifi nals. ning rally with a two-run single to propel UC the Morgan’s heroics. Jimmy Howard. Setoguchi claimed his sec- San Jose will have an op- Davis to a 6-5 victory Wednesday in Davis. The Spartans (30-18, 9-7) have lost two in a Sharks defenseman Dan ond goal of the night just 50 portunity to sweep the series Zach Jones, the Spartans fl ame-throwing row as they fell to Stanford 3-1 last Tuesday. Boyle scored the tying goal seconds later to tie the game in Detroit on Friday, a feat closer, allowed three runs in the eighth inning, They will next play the University of Pacifi c with 4:08 remaining in the once again. they did not to accomplish which allowed the Aggies to tie the game at 4. on Tuesday at Blethen Field. third period to send the game Red Wings star Pavel Dat- last season.

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Hubbard takes WAC Championship after playoff

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It was my mom’s birth- “the bastard is dead,” “we got him,” I was very disappointed by the limited spectrum of student views offered day, though she had already been at and “the war is over.” in “U.S. Forces Kill Osama bin Laden.” work at the coffee shop for three When I heard the next day on the One of the key goals of journalism is to remain neutral by publishing the hours. radio that people were celebrating facts and offering a full range of views, and while the factual nature of the I was getting ready for school and bin Laden’s death by running in the overall article was true to this, publishing only quotes of students who didn’t still had no idea what was happen- streets, screaming obscene things and believe this event was “relevant” was not. ing on the other side of the country, wrapping the American fl ag around In doing so, you incorrectly represented the general opinion of this inci- and all I could think about was how themselves like a blanket, I was up- dent as one of disinterest or even disapproval. I hadn’t gotten my mom a birthday set. I also found it disrespectful that one of the few quotes you did choose to present yet. Is the world a better place because publish suggested that since it has been “10 years” it might not be a “big deal” My dad called, like he did every his is dead? Yes, of course. Is it going — as if time was enough to erase the tragedy of so many innocent people be- morning, to tell me that he was on his Melissa Sabile to change the fact that thousands of ing violently killed. I was born and raised in New York, and was a sophomore way and I needed to be waiting out- people died because of his reign of in high school there when the attacks occurred. The Real Deal side for him to pick me up. terror? No. Is it going to bring the U.S. I will never forget the looks on the faces of friends and classmates whose As I climbed into his car a few troops back? Absolutely not. loved ones had died, or were simply never found. minutes later, I can remember him asking me what I The war is not over, why are we running amok in I typically disapprove of execution — but keep in mind, this man was a wanted for my birthday, because in about three more the streets? mass-murderer, responsible for not just death, but paranoia, racism, and cul- weeks, I would be 15 years old. His radio was off, like It’s a debate that I’ve been following on my morn- tural insensitivity in epic proportions following 9/11. every morning on the way to school, and still I had no ing talk show and it’s something I don’t understand. Rather than philosophically pondering “What does his death really mean clue what was going on in New York. One side of the debate is that people are celebrating today?” Why not ask a New Yorker? I assure you, there are plenty of us who I walked into my fi rst class dreading to learn what bin Laden’s death because it is an American victory. can tell you what it means. grade I received on the test I knew I had bombed, but The other side of the debate is that people shouldn’t what I learned was what happened to the Twin Tow- be celebrating his death because it does nothing to im- Lauren Doyle, ers earlier that morning. I remember sitting in my ge- prove their lives — celebration is pointless. Art history and visual culture major ometry class, staring at the TV thinking to myself that Don’t get me wrong, I’m proud that our American San Jose things were about to change. soldiers have given him the justice he deserved. Suddenly, it no longer mattered that my birthday I’m in no way relieved or believe that the world is at was in three weeks. It didn’t matter that I hadn’t got- peace now that he’s gone. ten my mom a birthday present or that I had failed my The fact of the matter is terrorism will still exist, To the Editor, geometry test. regardless of whether bin Laden is dead or alive. No What mattered was that my family was safe. My amount of U.S. troops deployed in any part of the In “Breaking the Silence about Religion” by Francisco Rendon, we are school was safe. Travis Air Force Base, which is less world will change that. told about the difficulties of discussing religion and advised that “every in- than fi ve miles away from my house, was safe. Oprah had Tweeted shortly after the president’s dividual has the responsibility to investigate the truth for themselves [sic], Despite the fact that my world was relatively safe, speech on Sunday, “Does this mean the war is over?” and to form his or her own framework of how to view the world.” the rest of the world was not. Many people were di- The answer is no. Many people, like Oprah, believe Wouldn’t it be great if students could find venues on campus to learn rectly affected by the events of Sept. 11, and thousands that we are safe now that bin Laden is dead. about and discuss the perspectives of the world’s religions and investigate of innocent people died. Someone new will rise up and violent acts will still them with a sympathetic as well as critical mind? In light of recent events, memories of that terrible take place — perhaps there will even be more attacks Well, apparently unknown to Francisco, there are currently about 20 day have been surfacing and people are having mixed as people in enemy countries, no doubt, will see bin such venues on campus: the classes offered this term by SJSU’s Compara- emotions, myself included. Laden as a martyr. tive Religious Studies Program. On Sunday night I was at work in the pharmacy, I hope and pray that there will not be any more at- You’re welcome to take one next semester, Francisco. Perhaps you’ll have bored and watching a feel-good movie on ABC Fam- tacks on our nation and that our troops will soon re- a future as a news service religion editor. ily. Right around 8:15, my TV movie was interrupted turn safely. In 10 years I probably won’t remember so by news fl ashes and reports that Osama bin Laden had vividly what happened on May 1, 2011, but I will never, Chris Jochim, been found and killed. ever forget what happened on Sept. 11. Professor religious studies As I sat there watching the president speak, I real- San Jose ized that things, once again, were about to change. I “The Real Deal” is a weekly column appearing on Thurs- logged on to Facebook and saw that my newsfeed was days. Melissa Sabile is a Spartan Daily Sports Editor. The royal wedding: Tradition or a dog and pony show?

The shouts and hollers of Americans were Even though it doesn’t completely change death of a person that did not CNN sent 400 of its em- heard throughout the streets on the night of our military or political involvement in the war, get a fair trial. ployees just to cover the event. May 1, when we learned that Osama bin Laden it has brought a strong sense of closure and jus- Innocent until proven A little excessive because I’m had been killed. tice to every American. guilty? willing to guess they only have The crowd members that celebrated in front Knowing that a mass-murderer of thousands I would say yes to anyone something like two foreign cor- of the White House were screaming so loud, of innocent people is fi nally dead makes me else, but not for bin Laden. respondents in Afghanistan. they reminded me of teenage girls in crop tops happy. I couldn’t care less whether It’s sickening when there’s at an *NSYNC concert, or a pack of pomerani- It’s most likely that feeling Batman never he sat before a judge or whether tornadoes in North Carolina, ans in a barking match. seems to keep in his grasp. Islamic practices were upheld tsunamis in Japan and unrest It was strange — to be celebrating someone’s But a friend of mine disagreed completely: in relation to his death. in Libya and yet Prince Wil- death. she thought it was horrible to be reveling in the As gruesome as it may be liam and what’s her name get to enjoy his demise, I must say married and the media takes a I am as satisfi ed knowing he is big lace and pearl dump all over dead as Tom Cruise is on a yel- Jordan Liffengren the Internet and television, ob- Caturday Night Live low couch. structing the view of anything Which is the real reason so signifi cant going on in the many Americans are celebrating and not asking world. questions about how he died. I understand the tradition is important, but That is the only thing of importance right really? now. Why don’t they just have a low-key, cost- Which is nice for a change — something in effective wedding and save the $87,000 on fan- the news worth spending the time to listen to, ciful, Narnia-inspired greenery alone, for relief instead of something like that royal wedding efforts? nonsense. Or at least give it to the Goslin sextuplets — I mean, does anyone really care about the those poor children will most likely need money wedding? A friend told me four million Ameri- to pay their psychiatric bills once their TV show cans tuned in to watch it, which is a damn lot at has ended. 3 in the morning. I guess it’s just another ridiculous American I guess a lot of people care. obsession, like illiterate kittens or Beavis and I’m sure the royal family would prefer that it Butthead. not be publicized anyway. They would probably I hope that our brains don’t melt too quickly. appreciate some space. One can only hope. Why does the media spend so much time em- phasizing something so trivial and we eat it up “Caturday Night Live” is a column that appears like a fat kid given a lifetime supply of coupons every other Thursday. Jordan Liffengren is a Spartan Cartoon: MCT to Wienerschnitzel? Daily A&E Editor. partan ail S Serving San José State University since 1934 d y Editorial Staff Staff Writers Senior Staff Advertising Directors Advisers Opinion Page Policy

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First-, second-, third-, fourth- and ﬁ fth-graders wait their turns to ride a bicycle at a station designed to teach students how to yield to cars at driveways.

Many Anne Darling Elementary students rode their bikes or walked to school Wednesday as part of Communivercity’s Bicycle Rodeo.

Aaron Francis, an aerospace engineering graduate, helps students at the station that tests students on their ability to check for cars periodically.

SJSU student Maylyn Ko helps students at the “Drive- way Yield” station. Photos: Brian O’Malley / Spartan Daily