Spons Svoirrs Volleyball team ties best start French epic 'Lucie Aubrac' is ever, improves to 15-1 Lances Pick of the Week Page 4 Page 7 SPART SDAlLYPjinc.sjsu.edu Thursday th./ribci 7. 1999 \flhl1I1(' I 12;. .\"(). 27 Serving San Jose State University Since 1934 An art of 1? by a laser. By Melissa Matchak One San Jose tattoo shop Daily staff editor sells a T-shirt which states the philosophy of many people who body is not a protect himself and Aointicipation sweated out get tattoos: "My winces in pain as he gets his tattoo from John Carlos Street. Bullock wears surgical gloves to Amanda it's a canvas." Jason Vogen f every pore of temple, Tattoo located on W. San the client from any infection. atcher's body as the Whether small or large, full- Bullock, artist and owner of San Jose tattoo needle got closer to her color or just a black outline, the skin. range of different tattoos peo- The first stick of color to her ple can design and have inked design," Bullock said. "Most people come iii with a design in skin was a shock, accompanied on their bodies is infinite, by Hatcher restricted mind and find something they gripping a like from our designs." only by imag- After the customer chooses a friend's hand "It did hurt, ination. and the arm of Hatcher design, the artist makes a line the reclining but it wasn't said she drawing on stencil paper, which chair, as a is then transferred onto the chose the skin as black tribal that bad design, which a purple- or blue-ink dolphin was outline. The customer can see she saw at what etched onto because it the place their tattoo will look like, her ankle. and the artist can confirm that wasn't where she the customer is satisfied with "It's some- went to get thing I'd the design. constant. ." her tattoo, The thought about because she artist then sets up the doing for at wants to be a ink he will need black and least three other colors if necessary Lindsey Maurer marine biolo- Bullock said. The tattoo years, and I SJSU student gist. finally went machine consists of a hand "Getting piece with a needle connected and did it," this tattoo said Hatcher, a made me feel to it, which is dipped into the San ink. The needle is inserted just Jose State like I have a below the skin, and the ink University stronger con- along with it. student. "It nection with wasn't as painful as I thought Lindsey Maurer, a SJSU the animals I love." student, said the experience it would be, and I can see The procedure is fairly sim- myself getting another one wasn't as bad as she expected. ple, according to John Bullock, "It did hurt, but it wasn't someday." a tattoo artist and owner of San Top left, a tattoo of a Volkswagen emblem surrounded by a sun was what Jason Vogen chose Whether a reminder of a that bad because it wasn't con- Jose Tattoo. Bullock said it stant, and the pain stopped as for his first tattoo. The process of getting a tattoo pokes 3,000 holes a minute into the skin . crazy college night, a symbol of starts with a design, either one love for someone special or the soon as the tattoo was done," Above, Vogen's tattoo took one hour to complete at San Jose Tattoo. Bullock said that "People the customer has drawn or one said Maurer, who has a tattoo name of a friend, lover, child or found among the 6,000 avail- bring in a custom desgin, when in reality that design is already on their wall." family member, a tattoo is a of a fairy on her lower back. able to choose from in his shop. Hatcher and Maurer are piece of art that will last forev- "About 20 percent of our cus- Photos by Aimee Santos er. Or at least until it's removed tomers come in with their own See Tattoo, page 11 Treasure hunting Getting leid' at school Hawaiian-inspired event teaches students to organize activities By Ryan McCrossin activities the festival offered. ticipants for the students to Daily staff writer Mapp's marketing team, a receive credit. group of six students from the Their relentless pitchman, who Every event needs a good recreation and leisure studies 97 wouldn't take "no" for an answer, pitchman to attract a following. At class, which teaches special seemed up to the task. the Maui Wowie festival events and planning, joined him "Come on. One game. One Wednesday at the Seventh Street in promoting the event. Students game. Everything's free. Come on Plaza. 7-year-old Deseandre in the class are required to orga- over," cried Mapp as he tried to Mapp played the role perfectly. nize two events over the course of place plastic leis around the necks Mapp, who came along with his the semester. of students strolling through the mother, flopped around the plaza One event must be off campus plaza. At times he threw his in his baggy jeans and an over- and the other on campus. The on- hands into the air in desperation sized baseball cap trying to charm campus event must be one hour people into participating in the long and attract at least 75 par- See Maul, page 8 Anti-harassment bill becomes law By Liz Cloutman Caret, president of San Jose AB 537 was authored by Rep. Daily staff writer State University said that both Sheila James Kuehl (D-Santa the entire California State Monica), who represents the 41st On Oct. 2, Gov. Gray Davis University system and the cam- assembly district. Kuehl, 58, is signed into law Assembly Bill pus already have policies against the first openly gay member of 537, which will protect students discrimination on the basis of the California Legislature. in public schools, community col- sexual orientation. "(I) have heard hundreds of leges and universities from "We've effectively implement- stories from young people who Gladys Morulala / Spartan Daily harassment and discrimination ed it (AB 537)," Caret said. "It have been punched, kicked and basically parallels our statement spat upon simply International student Dalsuke Horiuda inspects a vase at a glass sale Tuesday in front of the on the basis of actual or perceived because they on nondiscrimination, on what were gay or somebody thought program. sexual orientation. Student Union The handmade glass pieces will benefit the San Jose State University glass During a regularly scheduled we've done and will continue to The sale will continue through Friday. press conference Tuesday, Robert do." See Harassment, page 12 A kiL FORUM San Jose State University New 'muscle' cars Body image real not up to speed concern for males females with good ol' days as well as Jason Stull Daniel Severin 81 4FF WRITER STAFF WRITER have buddy has a Males who Mv1965 Pontiac eating disorders ;TO. That yellow aren't quite as beast is a monument to rare as you might think. American excess and inef- Just ask my friends. They ficiency. are all convinced that I The body is thick- have one. gauge Pennsylvania steel. Nearly 1 million men there is no padding on the dash board and there in the United States may have an eating disoi are nb seat belts in the rear seat they were not der, according to Arnold E. Anderson, M.D., pro. required at the time it was manufactured. fessor of psychiatry at the University of Iowa. A 5-foot hood with stacked headlights and a I am not one of them. battering ram chrome bumper designed to hurt Society saturates us with stereotypes of how the other car in the event of an accident hides we should look and act. Everywhere I look, I see an enormous 326 cubic-inch V-8 engine. images of beautiful people, and I am expected to No matter how fast you travel in this tank, it want to be like them. wants to go faster, and it will. The secret to the Women's magazines tend to focus on articles appeal of this car is its large cylinder bore. There about dieting and weight loss. Men's magazines are no computers, fuel injectors or turbos, just a write most of their stories about body building, huge nasty engine that sets off car alarms. weight lifting and muscle toning. My buddy and I were sitting on my porch hav- Libraries and print books will never die From a very young age, boys are taught to be ing some beers the other night, talking about this strong and masculine, while girls are told they and that. When you bury yourself the photocopiers. Is the library need to be passive and beautiful. We started talked about large displacement deeply into a book, you used and useful? You bet. It is tough to shed years worth of indoctrina- engines, when the conversation started to wander. lose touch with reality. It's no wonder. tion of cultural stereotyping. I am not tall and The words "Honda" and "Acura" popped up. Someone three times my age Libraries are free. muscular, and I am just fine with that. Just Phrases such as "four-banger" and "low suspen- confirmed that fact last week, Living in an affluent, tech- because I am thin does not make me anorexic. sion" snuck in. Front-wheel drive was mentioned showing that age and experience nologically savvy area has The first male with an eating disorder was more than once.