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facebook.com/spartandaily INSIDE Twitter: @spartandaily Instagram: @spartandaily P. 3 A&E: The Farmers Union is the pub See exclusive online above content and multimedia at P. 7 Sports: SJSU at Minnesota preview spartandaily.com P. 9 Opinion: Slow Wi-Fi ... still loading Weather: Clear SPARTAN DAILY P. 10 News: It’s not easy being green during H: 82 Serving San José State University #MissAmerica2014 L: 57 since 1934 campus construction Volume 141 / Issue 10 Opinion, P. 8 Thursday, September 19, 2013 Printed on recycled paper CRIME TECHNOLOGY UPD solves case of found body, Cybersecurity driver says there’s another story courses teach By Leeta-Rose Ballester uty district attorney, confirmed that he what he called a stolen vehicle was parked Internet safety @leetarose is currently charged with involuntary near his home in the Los Gatos hills. manslaughter in the death of Winslow. “The sheriff was in process of mak- By Melissa Lewelling University police have concluded a “com- He said, however, that he couldn’t com- ing arrangements to have the vehicle @melissadanae91 plex case” involving a body found in a parked ment as to why charges changed from moved,” Laws said. “Later, Mr. Yuhara car near Spartan Stadium on Sept. 8, a Los homicide. saw some people doing something to the Cybersecurity and the ability to analyze Gatos homeowner and a vehicle that was re- “We believe that’s what the evidence vehicle.” data are important issues facing SJSU gradu- portedly stolen, according to Sgt. John Laws. will show,” Welch said. “We don’t have any On that night, Sept. 8, Yuhara confront- ates and the university is responding with a Before Craig Yuhara, 62, was taken into evidence that Mr. Yuhara was trying to kill ed the two men, one of them Winslow, and new interdisciplinary curriculum focused custody Sept. 9 under suspicion of homi- anyone in that car.” told them he knew the vehicle was stolen, on those areas, according to SJSU President cide — less than 36 hours after the body of Laws has provided these developments according to Laws. Mohammad Qayoumi. Daniel Winslow, 47, was found — Laws told in the UPD’s investigation: “They got in (their car), drove toward “I think, as a topic, cybersecurity is be- the Spartan Daily that simply finding a sus- “A vehicle was left just off of (Yuhara’s) him, and he fired once,” Laws said. “And, coming an issue for everyone,” Qayoumi pect would not complete the puzzle. property,” Laws said, confirming reports unfortunately, the shot hit Mr. Winslow.” said. “Every level will need to have some As of Wednesday, Yuhara is that sus- that Yuhara had called the Santa Clara knowledge of it and that’s why ... we have to pect, and Brian Welch, supervising dep- County Sheriff’s Department to report SEE INVESTIGATION ON PAGE 2 see cybersecurity as not merely a technology issue.” SJSU hired nine new faculty members in CAMPUS IMAGE August to address “all different aspects” of cybersecurity, big data and analytics, along with current faculty in computer science, Student Union steps closer to opening software engineering and business already focused on the issue, Qayoumi said. Scott Jensen, a newly hired business pro- fessor focused on management and integra- tion of data within enterprises, said big data is the information generated while users search for content online and click on links, which businesses use to market similar prod- ucts or content to consumers through adver- tising. “What they’re doing now is they’re col- lecting a lot of data on a consumer’s click- stream, (or) what you’re looking at,” Jensen said. “(Businesses) are looking to see, ‘Can I learn more about my customers from this data?’” Data collection isn’t a new phenomenon, according to Jensen, but its form and pack- aging have changed over the years. “There’s a lot of industries that have been working with large amounts of data for a long time,” Jensen said. “In the past, a lot of the stuff that’s been coming at you in high volume has been structured ... (now) they’re looking at this high volume of unstructured data.” A lot of that unstructured data is referred to as “data exhaust,” Jensen said, because it’s generated as a by-product of other processes, like making an online purchase. As businesses begin to focus on “data- driven decision making,” there’s a lot more analysis that goes into the process, Jensen said. In a 2011 report, the McKinsey Global In- stitute estimated that by 2018 there will be a shortage of 140,000 to 190,000 data scien- tists in the U.S. and a shortage of 1.5 million business managers and analysts who know how to use that data to make informed deci- sions. “That’s why, from an educational stand- point, it’s important for business students to understand how they can use that data to make better business decisions,” Jensen said. “I don’t think there’s a convergence of ma- jors in the sense that they’ll all be the same, but it’s another skill that they need to have.” Swathi Pai, a computer science gradu- ate student, is enrolled in a new under- Carolyn Seng | Spartan Daily Construction workers shape concrete steps that will lead to one of the entrances to the new Student Union. SEE ANALYTICS ON PAGE 2 EDUCATION CSU system implements an online cross-campus course program By Juan Reyes For example, SJSU students can now take an another CSU school — and must have earned at Enrollment program can cap class sizes from @jmreyes831 elementary astronomy course that’s taught at least 12 units on that same campus. 15 to 20 students a course. CSU Northridge without actually showing up In addition, Scharberg said SJSU students “These are ... traditional course(s) that (have) College campuses have gradually added a to class. But it’s not as easy as it sounds. that only need to take one course still have to been put fully online and they would have been number of courses over the years for students There’s a process to go through and accord- pay full-time tuition and fees before enrolling online for a number of years,” Uhlenkamp to take online and it has worked out well for ing to Maureen Scharberg, the associate vice into the program. said. “They have already shown to be fairly many of them. But what happens when a statis- president for Student Academic Success Ser- Cheal said the Intrasystem Concurrent close to the face-to-face version of that class.” tics class fills up on one campus and has plenty vices, the first step for them is to meet with Enrollment program could help alleviate However, students not enrolled at SJSU will of room on another? an academic adviser and to keep in mind they the problem of overcrowded classrooms at not be able to access courses taught at SJSU be- The California State University system may must follow the school’s academic policies SJSU. cause the university is not offering the shared have a solution for the Fall semester after they from that campus, not SJSU’s. “The hope, of course, is that we’ll be able to courses, Cheal said. introduced the Intrasystem Concurrent En- “You might think our last day to add a class handle more students,” she said. “Our infra- The school is in the process of adding one or rollment program. was the 10th,” Scharberg said. “No, they could structure is pretty limited to this square block two classes to the new Intrasystem Concurrent According to Catheryn Cheal, the SJSU have different policies.” that we stand on, it would be a good thing to be Enrollment program, and it wasn’t an easy Academic Technology associate vice president, Scharberg also said incoming freshmen and able to help more students.” process to make happen, Cheal said. the new approach to online learning allows transfer students are not eligible to take the According to Michael Uhlenkamp, CSU’s “What we had to do is show that the online students to take one of the 30 courses listed on online courses. The only way a student is eligi- director of affairs, unlike the San Jose Plus course was better than the traditional course,” the CSU website from a school that they don’t ble for a class is if they have completed at least courses where hundreds of students can sign attend. one term as a matriculated student at SJSU — or up for one class, the Intrasystem Concurrent SEE ALTERNATIVE ON PAGE 2 Page 10 | Spartan Daily NEWS Thursday, September 19, 2013 ENVIRONMENT the landfill isn’t as environmen- He said that the changes the tally friendly and costs additional campus should make wouldn’t nec- Sustainability measures questioned money. essarily be easy changes. Currently, concrete is ground up “I’m thinking ... solar panels on to use to fill in holes and build up all the roofs,” Horowitz said. throughout campus construction ground. Excess dirt created during He also said that no-flush uri- construction is also being saved to nals could also help reduce the By Allison Williams everyday function and ongoing to the U.S. Green Building Council. observe the environmental friend- amount of water used on campus. @all3ybobally construction. In order to receive the certifica- liness and sustainability of cam- Brown said that after analyz- The United States Environ- tion, a project must meet certain re- pus, Brown said. ing what the appropriate payback During the construction on mental Protection Agency defines quirements in different categories, “We’re waiting to find someone period would be, they found that campus, sustainability and envi- sustainability as a process that cre- according to the U.S.