SPARTAN DAILY VOLUME 126 NUMBER 19 Serving San Jose State University since 1934 TUESDAN' FEBRLAILY 2, 2006 DAY NIGHT Men's basketball team The Spartan Daily wants your Car show ready to close out photos. Submit your photos of heats up its season campus life to San Jose Sports Page 3 [email protected] A&E Page 8 58 F 44*F Former Spartan Restored painting looks to make major impact at unveiled at spring training Steinbeck Center By Jimmy Durkin By Ryan Sholin I It look tel.' et1 k,111 DAILY COPY EDITOR DAILY STAFF WRITER , I 1,011, All 1 ,,,.11111thi 111,11/.1il .1 ,1:111,,1 Playing in the major leagues On the day 01 his 104th birth maim ing in SOL 1, di ,1; L 1 ii,. le.1k1 for your hometown team is some- day, a newly restored portrait Itus huh. thing many young baseball play- of John Steinbeck was um cited ab\''li1111lt11):111 \ Itit ers fantasize about, but few have Monday at the Martha Heasley 101111lIel ,,1 (C111c1 .111(1a pi' the opportunity to make a reality. '.ox Center for Steinbeck Studies lessoi einenta I twits!' at San Former San Jose State University at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Jose State I ntcasits, said the star Kevin Frandsen is working on Joint I Awry ponrait show ed steintieek at a becoming one of those select few. "It's a different picture of ounget agt: I lit Ii she hail seen The product of San Jose's Steinbeck," said Paul Itouglass, Bellarmine College Preparatory the director of the Stembeck bcilik":I tiglass said lieskott paint left SJSU two Center "It shows him at the tthiehs years ago as height of his powers " the school's 'Ile portrait was painted one from the P1-40, all-time hits in 194r, by Swedish artist Bo 1:aalt lean ol fin said leader and was lieskow. I 111% 1111,11, drafted by the Steinbeck, who died in PNtti. Sieinfteek looked much mot, San Francisco wrote such not els as -Hie human and ito itinL.. III the. pt.! Giants, the team tirapes of Vt.rath.' "Of Mice and Itait to othei paintint, he grew up root- among of the author FRANDSEN It len" and "I -;ast of I:den." ing for, in the others .At lucky to bate it. 12th round of au tie Steinbeck, the author'. Kilei said the 2004 amateur draft. thud title, left the portrait to the 'ox said the idea lot .1 centet Currently, he's spending his sec- centei in her will when she died tor stud) mg 'swathe, k s %toils ond straight spring with the Giants' in 2003. came ut itt ti hen she iii' In big league camp and is preparing Douglass said the painting ar- Prineelon 1,11eVe for the team's first spring train- rived at the Steinbeck Center in entrant, r anis ',lit ut ii,' '.t ing game Thursday against the Dec 2005 Sleinbet.k st.11,4.11 PeWl I it Milwaukee Brewers. "It hail some small tears and it Ii' tn,iturc,1 het lie's switched from third base. the paint it as staffing to deterio- conlcieme in ,ilittqlna. uiuit hat his college position, to second rate." I kinglass said. she Lanett 'Nictiittet. Is I owl!' base, and his future appears to be San Jose art restorer steintleck isis Ito! ii III bright. Yet, it's still hard for him to tychimukot spent three months anti spent 11101 tul huts lite In believe at times how far he's got- repairing the painting, he said. Itnne10 I ."111111. ,,111111e 1,, ten. "It had some problems - I the \\ el, sill' 11,1 1 he I C Wei "Most of the time it's surreal," solved them" Chchinnikot said ,,1"Ii 1111,e,k's ill,% Frandsen said in a phone inter- *Tor me. it's a regular treatment els featured chaiai pulled view before leaving for camp in after 31 years of work maight tutu tit Ins ept I Is e iii the SIOnlete ltt;tutu ink Intl Scottsdale. Ariz. "1 never expected The portrait show sieinbeck it. It's an exciting tune It's a posed against a blue bac kg ttund. mg lishermen. Linnets and t Silt great experience no matter what " wearing a brow n jacket .ind a ner is.uket s stnped tie while a cigarette ,111,1 1 lit 'Sled Si it di clangles Rising to the top from his hand intended 4,11 Approximately 40 people at- Steinbei k s Litt! k Coming off a year in which he th,f, mu, h DANIEL ESCH /DAILY STAFF tended the unveiling. which was skyrocketed through three levels followed by a champagne re- ('I)'. though' Cox Center for of the Giants organization he Martha Heasley Cox, founder of the Martha Heasley Steinbeck Studies, attended the ception to celebrate Stembeck's unveiling of a restored 1946 portrait of John Steinbeck on Monday. The painting by Swedish artist Bo began the season with the Class birthday. SEE STEINBECK PAGE 6 BeSkow will hang in the Steinbeck Room of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Joint Library. A San Jose Giants and finished it with the Triple -A Fresno Grizzlies Frandsen is looking to pick up where he left off. Event to wrap up black history month "I hope to be starting out in Local law enforcement prepares for possible Fresno,- he said. "Being in Fresno By Janet Marcelo I mon last year and playing there was DAILY STAFF WRITER ".fricati \\tali itss \ louth is great." wild downtown Mardi Gras celebrations more of a celebratton than Itein SJS t coach Sam Piraro was sur- The African Awareness Month avtaie.- said I i,ui e Xhilisoit. .1 in prised to see his former star make By Andrew Torrez out Of control. pioblems on campus in recent Planning Committee is holding Mtn nne WaltIi .11e such a big jump in one season. DAILY STAFF WRITER '(We are) mall, lust lookin sears an Affican Unity Fest today from tub el/111111111111,11, I,, 111,101L And Ihe "I was surprised because you "i (1") thud lint for the people that ate out tittle to stall appropriately noon to 4 p.m to wrap-up African SUIP"1 C Pit this don't see a guy go up three levels The San Jose Police looking for trouble,'" Mit), said make sure that those et ents Awareness Month. month is [tune of a I ele1,1.111,,11 in one year,- Piraro said. "Not be- )e partment is preparing for "There are a small percentage don I end up coming on campus the appinaiiiiii iii those things 10 cause I didn't think he had the tal- whatever ma) happen tonight as people that can't conduct them and c:iusing problems." I AWS our lIt es " is ent, but just because of the fact that Mardi Gras hits downtown San selves properly when they ha) e ald The \ Trican t nits I est ill lie he made the adjustment (from col- Jose had to much to drink and those ccording to an article Irom a et:Mu:Mon M1'1.2111,2 het lege to professional baseball).- Sgt Nick \ I ut o, a spokesman are the people we is ill be hug: spartan Daily in 2004. \ lard' The event will be held in the Frandsen's professional career for sill I. said that additional po- ing at." I its t:inset' problems tor this ii Barrett Ballroom of the Student SEE MONTH PAGE 7 off shortly after he was Ws kicked lice ill lice] s will be tnn on force local businesses and lost]] 1".111 .1(114. dllr11111111.11 cal drafted when he played 25 games k di 1,11S 1011011 to make sure that people taurants are also preparing lot 111e,,e, for the Salem-Kaizer Volcanoes, hate liiii, Md sale lime Mardi Gras Britannia Arms iitd u!MCI, it as flipped in er, the Giants' low (lass A affiliate in " cattier permitting. mune will he open as if it is a regular ptuluteitsft. assaulted and lights lumping for a can., Kinzer, Ore. Ile hit .2% with three will be on horseback." X lily Tuesday, bartender Nate lata) bittki .tut between people walk- home runs and 14 RBIs, impres- said. "And some is ill be on bi- said. ing ait Mind sive enough to earn him an invita- cycles. If the Neather isn't too "We w ill be open till 2 a 111 ins, said he hopes students tion to big league spring training had, we will has e our helicopter like an) other night.- \ 1:11a) said neat tonight just like any other the following season. out as well "But we will has': L. \ria secian) night and that they. go out with In parts of 10 games last spring, Muyo said that most police around tor Mardi uitts" litends and people that they Frandsen went 4-for-11 with three officers on duty will be in cars Sgt. John Law s ol the San trust RBIs before the Giants designated patrolling downtown Jose State 1.111% "I )00 go alone and tionI him to San Jose. where he got to re- Muyo said that had weather kpanment said that extra of drink to excess," I :its, ald turn to his former collegiate home and the large number of people kers will be on campus tonight "The moment you drink to ev ballpark, Municipal Stadium. out for Mardi Gras and a San "This year we have prepared cc,.