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Thursday September 24, 2009 Serving San José State University since 1934 Volume 133, Issue 14 [SPORTS] [OPINION] [A & E] SJSU women’s soccer San Jose moves closer San Jose Bike Party is a team wins another late one to banning plastic bags cross cultural event Page 4 Page 7 Page 3 Group uses furlough day to protest cuts Students for Quality Education lead demonstration around a nearly empty campus By Suzanne Yada forcing campus to shut down. Staff Writer “I would have had four classes today if it weren’t for the fur- houting protesters gripped lough,” said Mitchell Colbert, a Spicket signs that read “Edu- senior political science major who cation is not a perk for the rich,” spoke at the rally. “Where’s the funding?” and Colbert said he is preparing to “Higher education is a public in- study abroad in Germany, but the terest.” furloughs have delayed progress in Classes may have been canceled his German language course. Tuesday, but up to 300 students “How can we, as Americans, and faculty showed up to school be taken seriously when we go to anyway to protest the reason be- other countries if we won’t actu- hind those cancellations, said ally educate our own populace?” representatives of the on-campus Colbert said. “It’s outrageous.” group Students for Quality Edu- California lawmakers slashed cation. the CSU budget by $584 million, Th e group organized the and SJSU is facing a $42 million “WTF? Rally” against the Califor- shortfall, said President Jon Whit- nia State University budget cuts on more during an Aug. 20 news SJSU’s fi rst campus-wide furlough conference with student media. day, said Andrae Macapinlac, vice Students for Quality Educa- president of Students for Quality tion held a similar protest against Education. the budget cuts Sept. 9, but the According to the organization’s turnout was around 65. fl yer, the letters WTF could be Macapinlac said the numbers used for many phrases related to were much bigger for this march, the budget cuts such as “Where’s because the organization had more the funding?” and “Why the fur- time to make calls, alert the media lough?” and recruit volunteers to spread Furlough days mean that most the word. [ Michelle Gachet / Spartan Daily ] SJSU employees are required to take certain days off without pay, See MARCH, Page 2 Students listen to the representatives of Students for Quality Education in front of Tower Hall on Tuesday. The days of metal keys are numbered University workshop details plan on some SJSU campus buildings for surviving an active shooter attack By Ryan Fernandez By My Nguyen Staff Writer Staff Writer “It’s an interesting topic, and it’s a scary thought, so it’s good to be prepared if something o increase campus security, Earthquakes … duck under happens.” Tthe Boccardo Business Cen- a table, check. Ashley Perelra ter and 27 other buildings on Fires … retreat to predeter- Sophomore, Biology campus are having their exterior mined location, check. doors refi tted with an automated Hailing bullets … ? Ashley Pereira said she attended An active shooter can strike electronic access system. Ten students and faculty the presentation because she anywhere, Lott said. Instead of using metal keys to members attended an active wanted to know what to do if An active shooter tends to lock and unlock doors, David Bu- shooter presentation in Clark a violent intruder targeted cam- target places with a large poten- chmann, lead locksmith for facili- Hall on Wednesday. pus. tial body count because he or ties development and operations, ALICE, which stands for “It’s an interesting topic, and she wants to take as many lives said the system will rely on elec- Alert, Lockdown, Inform, it’s a scary thought, so it’s good as he or she can, he said. tronic card keys to allow registered Counter and Evacuate, is a pro- to be prepared if something Students should be alert of users access to buildings outside of gram designed to educate stu- happens,” she said. their surroundings, Lott said. normal operating hours and dur- dents, faculty and staff on what Undeclared freshman Joce- Take a look around class- ing weekends. an active shooter is and what lyn Varela said she attended the rooms and the campus to plan “It’ll be more safe to be on they can do if ever in a situa- presentation because the topic exit routes, he said. Spartan Daily campus at night, that way, people [ Graphic by Mauricio Garcia / ] tion with one, said Kenneth of campus shooting is interest- Lott said to report any weird Some of the buildings that are having their exterior who aren’t students can’t come in.” Lott, a university police offi cer ing and important. or suspicious activities on cam- doors reﬁ tted with an electronic access system are said Mayra Garcia, a sophomore marked by a key. Map courtesy of the SJSU Web site. and project coordinator. “I thought it was very infor- pus, because the UPD cannot occupational therapy major. An active shooter is some- mative,” she said. “I got a lot of be everywhere. Buchmann said the card keys may be in October or November. p.m., Monday through Friday, one, or a number of individu- details I wouldn’t have thought Students can anonymously were “smart cards” that use radio “We still working the bugs according to the e-mail, but the als, who have entered an envi- on my own. Th e presentation report to the UPD or to the My frequency identifi cation tags to out,” he said. “And we’re waiting system will make sure those build- ronment with the intention to was not very long, and you get Safe Campus Web site, he said. broadcast information to a receiv- for people to come pick up their ings are secured at all other times. kill people, Lott said. good information within the If an active shooter is on er near the door. badges.” Kashiri’s e-mail also stated that “ALICE training is to give time amount.” campus and students face a Freshman nursing major Jo- According to an e-mail by An- the system will allow the Univer- students, faculty and staff , who Th e reasons behind attacks lockdown, they should fi nd a seph Almazan said he thinks it’s ton Kashiri, associate vice presi- sity Police Department to keep will be the ones involved in an vary from situation to situa- hidden location and barricade good that SJSU is using electron- dent of facilities development track of who enters the buildings active shooter situation, tips to tion, Lott said. themselves in the room, Lott ic locks. and operations, the automated using a card key. survive the situation,” he said. An active shooter can be said. “I don’t see a downside to it,” system will allow the doors of the UPD Sgt. Michael Santos said Th e program started more someone with sociological is- Students should fi nd protec- he said. retrofi tted buildings to be locked the department will attempt to than a year ago, Lott said. Nine sues and are off his or her medi- tion and stay quiet, he said. Th e refi ts began earlier this from a single location in case of contact anyone who is discovered University Police Department cation, depressed because of a Th ey should not group to- spring, said locksmith Richard an emergency. or reported to be in a building Offi cers are trained to be AL- loss or have been bullied and gether, but spread themselves Best, but no offi cial date has been All 28 buildings will remain ICE instructors, he said. are at the end of his or her rope, set for the changeover. He said it unlocked from 6:30 a.m. to 10 See CARD KEY, Page 2 Sophomore biology major he said. See ALICE, Page 2 theSpartanDaily.com Video 59˚ • Hundreds of students protest budget cuts during Tues- day’s furlough day Audio Slideshow 86 • San Jose Bike Party cross-dresses its way to Mountain View Audio Slideshow • Women’s soccer defeats Notre Dame de Namur 1-0 Spartan Daily Blogs spartandailynews.wordpress.com Libra • The ‘New Moon’ can’t come soon enough [ Michelle Gachet / Spartan Daily ] FSASUM • Homeland security alerts us of terrorists once again BREAKFAST SWIM: Samuel Sowko, a sophomore me- spartandailyphoto.com chanical engineering major (front), junior business ma- 88 90 87 79 • Slideshow: students swim for pancakes at the Aquatic jor Julie Wyan, and Anna Town, a junior athletic training Center major, at the “Swim for Pancakes” contest at the Aquatic Center on Friday. 2[]NEWS Spartan Daily Thursday, September 24, 2009 Jose or lives on campus should the message out. MARCH be out here, and obviously not “State legislators may well be Ticktock, climate clock From Page 1 that many people are out here,” aware of discontent or unhap- said Lauren Dubay, a junior in- piness with decisions they’ve could be a San Jose landmark Teachers also played a big dustrial design major, referring made,” he said. “But I don’t role, Macapinlac said, by telling to the lack of people on campus know it would change their By My Nguyen fessor of digital media art, said the ulty and artists. classes about the rally and at- because of the furloughs. “But mind to hear simple discontent. Staff Writer clock will measure climate change, “A primary feature of the initia- tending the march themselves. if we did it on a school day, Something else has to change.” and the data will be used to infl u- tive is to enable a sustainable proj- Political science lecturer Sa- that would defeat the purpose Toepfer said he wasn’t sure SJSU is carrying out its com- ence individual behavior.

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