[--SPORTS 1 ENTERTAINMENT Men's soccer team kicks off best season since SJSU alumnus, director Luis Valdez returns 1971, ranked 8th in nation by NSCAA Thursday to speak of creativity, role of theater SPARTANSee page 5 DAILY See page 6 Volume 111, No. 13 Serving San Jose State University Since 1934 September 17, 1998 Stolen, resold parking permits illegal By Heidi Marie Ortnanan Staff Writer
Students selling parking per- mits originally sold by San Jose State University may not be who they claim to be. According to University Police Department Traffic and Parking Operations records, 86 university parking permits were stolen in the last 12 months, resulting in a $6,966 loss to the department. The UPD is warning students who park on campus to avoid the temptation of buying a cheap parking permit from peo- ple claiming to be students, because anyone caught with an invalid, stolen or altered permit will be prosecuted and could face expulsion from school. "This kind of crime is consid- ered a 'theft of services' crime to the university, because these individuals using invalid or stolen permits are using up spaces that other students who Vicky Nguyen, a sophomore in the Industrial design program, launches her of the Student Union. Nguyen's project soared through the judging criteria, which have paid for their permits model sail boat, which carried an egg safely to the ground below the second story consisted of points for flight performance, a safe landing and design. deserve to park in," UPD Sgt. John Hernandez said. "It isn't fair to those who pay to park here." The UPD keeps a list of all Egg droppers take flight parking permits reported lost or stolen to police. If they happen to find the stolen or lost permit affixed to another vehicle, the owner of that car is fined $31 with industrious designs and could face prosecution by the Santa Clara County district rubber bands, glue and wood prod- one of the highest grades for his attorney. By Hugo Rivera Staff ucts, including paper, in the con- device, a triangular wooden base The case is also forwarded to 'Writer struction of their device. with spiraling sails. student affairs, where the stu- "This project teaches them "A tetrahedral is the strongest dent is punished internally by structure, aesthetics and crafts- base," Lafferty said, referring to the university. In most cases, Students in lecturer Roger manship," Stoller said. the triangular design of his project. the student is assigned "commu- Stoller's industrial design class According to Stoller, students One student who did not suc- service," where he or she gathered at the Student Union nity their grade for the project ceed in making the egg survive the must work as a parking atten- Amphitheater on Wednesday, receive based on whether the egg breaks, fall was Sean Swensson. dant for Traffic and Parking waiting for a chance to drop their performance and the Ile had a large, wooden projec- Operations. In rare cases, the eggs to the concrete below. flight of the device. tile launcher that sent a wooden student could be expelled from According to Stoller, each stu- appearance Student Robert Schuler rocket-like container into the air. the university. dent in his class was to design a one of the highest grades He said his project was not a 'The university is required by device that would prevent an egg received device, a wooden triangle success because he did not have law to enforce all parking regu- from breaking after a fall. for his small red parachutes. enough time to prepare it. lations," UPD Lt. Bruce Lowe The devices were tested by with three an industrial design "I guess I learned that you said. "And this semester, the dropping them individually, along Schuler, he plans on designing always need more time," Swensson UPD will be very vigilant about with the egg, from the second level major, said of the Student Union to the bottom high tech products such as said. "You start with one idea and enforcing them." make revisions things change," UPD, most of the amphitheater. microwaves. According to the also received he said. people selling stolen permits are The students were to use only Matthew Lafferty not students, but people from Phoung Le, a sophomore In the industrial design neighborhoods surrounding program, readies his "egg" craft for flight. Photos by Ryan Olein/ Spartan Daily See Permits, page 4
Donations of $12.5 million allow renovation New V.P. oversees undergraduate curriculum By Hugo Rivera own building I should have "It seems like just because Staff Wnter given that money to scholar- they have money, they get pres- By Glassy White university will be undertaking ly in a well balanced curricu- ships for people who need it." tige and glorification," Mencher Staff Writer the assessment in cooperation lum." The 25-year-old Business Burak said the state cannot said. "It reinforces that certain with the accreditation agency Dorosz said his new appoint- Classrooms Building is set for a pay for the entire project occupations are more important Lee Dorosz has always had a which certifies that SJSU ment keeps him busy oversee- face lift thanks to $12.5 million because the state's General just because they have more vision of how education and meets current accepted educa- ing undergraduate curriculum donated in cash, checks and Fund money cannot be used for money to donate." student learning should work. tional standards next year. and the success of students. equipment by nearly 40 differ- construction. In order to encour- The renovation project, "We want to learn what our "He's inciteful," said Sally Dorosz must also be a part ent donors. age donations, parts of the build- according to Burak, will include students are accomplishing in Veregge, chair of biological sci- of implementing Executive Dean of Business Marshall ing will be renamed after donors open-access computer labs, class other than grades," said ences. "He believes very strong- Burak said the state will give according to the amount they meeting rooms and a state-of- Dorosz, the new acting associ- See Dorosz, page 7 the remaining $5.5 million of the give for the project. the-art electronic network sys- ate vice president for curricu- more than $18 million needed A 30-seat classroom will be tem which is essential for pro- lum and assessment at San for the renovation project. named after a $40,000 donor, viding distance learning. Jose State University. Jim Boccardo, San Jose State and the courtyard garden will be Burak said that the renovat- "(Dorosz) is very interested Leader University alumnus from the named after a $500,000 donor. ed building will be the first one in students and likes to have class of 1931 and founder of The dean said donors have not on campus to have Internet con- discussions," said Howard Boccardo Law Firms, made the yet decided what parts of build- nections in every classroom. He Shellhammer, zoology profes- The fifth single largest donation, which ings they want named after said that "each room will have a Lee sor. He said Dorosz isn't the Dorost Burak said made the renovation them. complete, sound system." "classic" lecturer. of an eight- project possible. When the renovation project He also said that the entire "He teaches the course so part series "They needed $2 million, and is completed, the Business university would benefit from they are engaged and can profiling new I gave them $2 million," Classrooms Building will be the project because the "class- respond." of Boccardo said of his donation to renamed the Boccardo Building. rooms are used by most colleges Dorosz said he wants to leaders of the the project. The money was SJSU graduate student in the university." know what students can do San Jose Bonnie Mencher said she did The renovation project, which 11, ilia given in three payments. with what they have learned State "I made that donation over 2 not approve of renaming the will start in December, will not once they leave the classroom. Lee Dorosz years ago," Boccardo said. "The building after the main donor permit classes to be held in the According to Dorosz, the University Day state should have money for its for the project. See Renovation, page 8 Courtroom TV good Educating women entertainment, could curbs population be source of revenue REALITY growth and poverty CHECK® the latest report by good reason, Inthe U.S. Census With all but two Bureau, nearly 5.4 states in the uatifornia iesidents are nation allow television living below the poverty cameras in the court- level a good indicator room. that change is needed. For some odd reason If California's popula- Mississippi and North tion of almost 32 million Dakota prohibit the all- continues to grow at its watching eye from current rate of almost 2 observing the judicial percent a year, more fami- process at work. lies will find themselves The other 48 states living in poverty and rely- allow television cameras ing on state welfare aid. in courts with the judge's The issue of population discretion. control is complicated and Most states also have regulations regarding there is no simple way to stop rapid growth. The cases that involve juveniles or sexual offenders. most popular and controversial solution is to It is for the good of the people to have the limit immigration to California, but educating keen eyes of television cameras focusing on tri- women is really the key to curbing population als. That hasty judge would think twice about growth. making any decision knowing that the people The Cairo Conference on population in 1994
are watching. CD 1998 UFS, Inc. vd14A1Kod0 8-11 brought together 180 countries from around the In order tin- us to benefit from having televi- world to discuss ways in which to stabilize the sion cameras in the courtroom, everyone should population. A 20-year action plan, outlining watch televised trials. Hang them first, ask stupid questions later strategies for slowing population growth, was The judicial system not only serves and pro- created as a result of that conference. as top priorities in tects us, it entertains the hell out of us. Stupidity struck again the other day. but that was stupid. We hanged him, too The two strategies listed The bloodier the crime being tried, the higher This time at work. However, that wasn't as stupid as the the action plan are to educate women and to the chance of someone bursting into tears or of driver I encountered the other day at the triple funding for family planning. seeing graphic pictures of victims of murder and "God, I just want to hang all the stupid airport. A study done by the Population Institute com- ' other violent crimes. people," a friend of mine screamed while Anyone who's ever tried to drive to paring European countries that subsidize educa- America loves that stuff grief and blood. throwing a stack of papers in the air in San Jose International Airport in the late tion to developing countries that don't concluded That is the main reason why we watch profes- frustration. afternoon can tell you the place is an that women who are educated have fewer chil- sional wrestling and stock car racing. Being pretty sure he wasn't talking absolute zoo. Trying to turn left into the dren. By the way, if stock cars make money with about me, I sympathized. airport off the Guadalupe Parkway takes According to Werner Fornos, president of the advertising, why shouldn't America's court- I sympathize because I understand. about 20 minutes. A line of cars stretches Population Institute, women who are knowl- rooms? Stupidity is on the rise. for about 100 yards back from the turn. edgeable about contraception and have access to After all, Judge Ito plugged his IBM laptop This really became apparent later on at One amazingly stupid driver decided family planning methods opt for smaller fami- computer by facing its inverted label to the tele- work. It was so apparent, that we decided he would just drive up the front of the lies. In addition, women who become educated, vision camera. Imagine all the money that to start hanging the stupid people. line and attempt to cut Whamond in. Instead of cut- and get jobs outside the home marry later and courtroom advertising would make for the local, My friend and I work at a place not so ting in and saving himself the 20 minute have fewer children, reducing population state and federal governments. affectionately known by its employees as wait, he faced the most amazing wall of growth. The revenues that could be created from dis- "McCopies." While there, I wear a shirt solidarity among drivers ever seen. Decreasing the number of families living trict attorneys wearing Versace suits with the embroidered with the word "McCopies" and wear a However, the driver couldn't seem to figure out why, below the poverty level will undoubtedly occur labels showing would pay for the entire trial and "McCopies" name tag. Over that, I wear a smock and even got angry because, no one would let him in. when one or both parents become educated and then some. Add to that public defenders wearing with "McCopies" written in big letters across the Stupid, stupid, stupid. fewer children are born. It is logical to conclude Prada shoes and judges using Mont Blanc pens middle. The only thing missing is a neon sign that We hanged him. that smaller families are easier to support finan- and we have enough money to pay fin. the O.J. flashes "McCopies employee." Even more stupidity can be found at the mall. cially. trial millions of times over again. However, this didn't stop a well-dressed, middle The temperature outside the mall the day I went The 1996 U.S. Census Bureau reported the Although the idea of courtroom advertising aged man from walking up to me and asking, "Do shopping was well in the nineties. Inside the store annual poverty level for a family of four is may seem extreme, it makes perfect sense you work here?" they were trying to sell their new fall and winter $16,036. At $5.75 per hour, a single mother because money is always the bottom line. We hanged him from the "McCopies" sign outside. line of clothes. People coming into the store looking would make $11,040 a year, assuming she When judges decide not to have television Then there was the customer who walked up to for shorts and T-shirts instead were met with sales- worked 40 hours a week. Obviously the poverty cameras, they may have good reasons fin- mak- me and started to complain about the computers. people selling wool sweaters and flannel shirts. level is not a good indicator of the amount of ing thaCitlePtitinj,j , work," he, yelled,,"'rluire something When asked, the salesperson said they usually income need6d to provide the basics necessities They might be thikiksiugo.as ilud4 ’ "r42111004,Silern." started tbeir new seasonal lines about this time of of life food, shelter and clothing. Hastings did in the Polly Maas case, that they I talked to him for a couple of minutes to try to the year, despite the heat. Governor Pete Wilson popularized the issue of do not want a public spectacle made of their find out what was wrong. When he finally calmed We hanged that person with some woolen long controlling immigration during his campaign, taiurt and the trial. down enough to talk, he said something about the johns. four years ago. His tactic of playing on the voters The bottom line is that if people want to computer not being able to find the password. Now, these people really aren't stupid. They suf- emotions won him the election. exploit trials, they will do so whether the trial There wasn't anything wrong with computer. He fer from a mounting problem that can be seen in According to the latest study by the itself is televised or not. just hadn't bothered to ask anyone for the password. every aspect of life. It affects everyone, from the Immigration and Naturalization Service, more Television cameras should be in the court- He then demanded to know "why the hell we had president of the United States to the average Joe. than 200,000 people were legally admitted into room because a little loss of privacy on behalf of passwords on our computers. They have brains. They just refuse to use them. California in 1996. the accused and the relatives of victims is noth- "To keep stupid people like you off our computers" Instead, most people decided to get through life However, immigration is not the problem, or ing compared to what we can gain in fairness, was what I was going to tell him. as best they can without a thought passing between the solution to preventing population from out- entertainment and perhaps some revenue. Instead, we hanged him with the mouse cord. their ears. Instead of reading a book, they watch TV. stripping the world's ability to sustain life. Stupidity doesn't just belong in the workplace Instead of doing something constructive, they play Immigration doesn't stop a population from either. with their Sega Saturn. growing, it just shifts the population from one You can also find it on the freeway, en masse. Stupidity is something they don't have to live area of the world to another. That means "in a group." (That's for a writer you with. Do yourself a favor. Use your brain. There is no easy way to help decrease the recently told me, the day after he used en masse in Until then, we're keeping the rope handy. number of families that live Hugo Rivera is a Spartan Ihnly staff writer. below the poverty a story, that he didn't know what it meant Sorry, level, but the best place to start is with educa- Scott Shirey is the Spartan Daily executive editor tion. His column appears every Thursdat. Julia B. Wright is a Spartan Daily staff writer
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