FIFA ZACK JONES Experience the Freshman fi ve-tool World Cup player SEE PAGE 3 SEE PAGE 6 Serving San José State University since 1934 Tuesday, May 11, 2010 www.news.sjsu.edu Volumel 134, Issue 51 Intel Science and Engineering Fair kicks off Salman Haqqi & robotics. Marlon Maloney According to Intel Corp., Staff Writers the fi nalists were picked from 539 affi liated fairs from Students from schools in around the world. more than 50 different coun- Samir Devalaraja, a fi nal- tries came to SJSU for the 61st ist from Maryland, said his Intel International Science research focused on combat- and Engineering Fair, accord- ing obesity and diabetes at the ing to Intel Corp. molecular level, calling it the The week-long fair, ad- epidemic of this generation. ministered by the Society for “I showed that this mole- Science and the Public, will cule, SMAD3, which previous- be held from ly is known to May 9 to May play potent 15. Th ey are our roles in nu- Accord- merous can- ing to Intel“ future scientists cers, also pro- Corp., 1,611 tects against high school and engineers ... obesity and students diabetes,” he Faye Briggs SJSU’s Formula Hybrid car competes at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The SJSU team placed second in their from all over ” said. Intel architecture and division and 12th overall. COURTESY OF FORMULA-HYBRID@SJSU the globe will Barbara group director demonstrate Carman, a cutting-edge program technology and research, vy- manager for science competi- ing for more than $4 million tions at Intel, said she was in- SJSU hybrid club places second in prize money. volved in organizing the event The fair was opened by In- and said it was a great oppor- tel President and CEO Paul tunity for the students to meet Otellini at a ceremony held new people and share ideas. Donovan Farnham competing schools to design, fabricate and marketability of the car are judged, and dy- Monday in the SJSU Event “These kids have been Staff Writer race an open-cockpit race car, similar in namic events, which include acceleration, Center. working on their science re- design to cars used in Formula One racing, autocross and endurance competitions. The ceremony included search, sometimes, for many A group of engineering students according to the society’s website. Gabe Crisologo, a junior mechanical en- musical performances and years,” Carman said. “Some built and raced an electric race car SJSU’s car came in second in its divi- gineering major and one of the drivers for interactive discussions with of these kids will meet people against cars from a total of 30 schools sion and 12th overall, said Joshua Hogan, the team, said being able to compete with the fi nalists, whose research that they’ll have as life-long at the New Hampshire Motor Speed- a junior mechanical engineering major other schools was a big accomplishment projects included fi elds span- friends or maybe they’ll end way over the weekend, according and team manager. for the program. ning earthquake detection, al- up doing research with them to the Formula Hybrid website. According to the Formula Hybrid rules, “We’ve been working on this project for ternative energy sources, cli- The competition is hosted by the Soci- teams are judged in static events, which mate change, health care and See SCIENCE, Page 2 ety of Automotive Engineers and requires include the overall design of the car and See RACE CAR, Page 2 the San Jose Police Depart- we’ve needed to have a mobile ment, the sheriff’s department command center out where UPD van mobilizes and the county fi re dispatch if we are at, instead of having we ever need to contact them the dispatcher so far away.” he through a channel.” said. There is also a special scan- The vehicle doesn’t operate communications ner in the vehicle, which Lee in the fi eld on a daily basis and said allows radio dispatchers is used primarily during emer- Justin Albert have a group of offi cers operat- to tap into the frequencies of gency situations or scheduled Staff Writer ing in one area,” said Warren other agencies. gatherings, Lee said. Lee, who has worked with UPD “If we ever have to partici- “We only deploy it when The large van parked out- since 1990. pate in some mutual aid with there’s an incident that re- side of the University Police Lee said the van’s primary another agency and we don’t quires it,” he said. “We either Department serves an integral equipment consists of several have their frequency, I can set it up for an emergency or role during both emergency radios that allow dispatchers program (the scanner) to hear prepare it ahead of time for a situations and local events to communicate with different what the other agencies are do- scheduled event.” that require mobile communi- user groups. ing,” he said. Although SJSU is a relative- cations, said a UPD radio dis- “We have several radios, Sgt. John Laws of UPD said ly small campus, Lee said it is patcher. including a UHF and a VHF the vehicle is important for still important for UPD to have “The van is used primar- which operate on different maintaining constant commu- a mobile communication base. Dancers perform at the opening ceremony of the Intel ily for when we need to move bands of frequencies,” he said. nication during off-campus op- “We have to have the International Science and Engineering Fair. communications operations “This allows us to talk not only erations. HUSAIN SUMRA / SPARTAN DAILY closer to a location where we among our own units, but also “We’ve had events where See COMMAND, Page 6 Weather NEWS.SJSU.EDU Online: RESTAURANT REVIEW TWITTER HANNAH KEIRNS Visit the Spartan Daily’s new website Follow us at @spartandaily for online content at news.sjsu.edu for headlines Hi: 68° straight to your phone. 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Staff Writer is made up of 55 members A Chicano is an activist, all of whom are seniors, said Californian and passionate in- This year marks the 40th Parragil. dividual who thirsts for knowl- anniversary of SJSU’s Chicano Ramos said students elect edge said, Gina Marie Padilla commencement, said Nalleli themselves to be part of the Muriera,a creative arts major Parragil, a programming chair- event, but must commit to log- and general commencement woman of the commencement. ging 45 hours of volunteer time member. Chicano Commencement and contribute fi nancially to- Frank Hernandez, a busi- was established in 1970 at ward the commencement plan- ness major and general com- SJSU as an alternative gradu- ning. mencement member said Chi- ation option for Chicano Stu- Omo Gonzales, history ma- cano is simply a label. dents, said Parragil. jor and general member of the Ramos said by taking part The commencement cer- commencement said being Chi- in the Chicano Commencement emony will be held from 2:30 cano is a form of cultural iden- Ceremony it demonstrates p.m. to 1. a.m. on May 30, in tifi cation and said he feels it’s something important. the SJSU Event Center and is important to retain his family’s “Ensuring that other Chica- an all-day event. culture. no students in our community This year’s keynote speaker Gonzales said he is a fi rst- take notice that higher educa- will be Dolores Huerta, said generation Mexican-American tion is achievable,” she said. Warren Lee is a radio dispatcher who has been working with UPD for 20 years and Angel Perez, a publicity and re- and said he feels he doesn’t fi t Mildred Salazar, a business has operated the mobile command post on numerous occasions. cruitment co-chairman of Chi- in as a Mexican or an Ameri- major and an event planner for JUSTIN ALBERT / SPARTAN DAILY cano Commencement. can. the commencement said part Huerta was a key fi gure dur- “Being part of Chicano Com- of why she decided to take part ing the Chicano movement in mencement offers me an op- in this commencement because mobile communications. tration of police offi cers.” the 1960s and is still active in portunity to identify with a the graduation is bilingual. COMMAND “Simply having the vehicle Lee said the vehicle is effec- the Latino community today, group of people that have gone “My relatives will be able to shows us that UPD is capable tive at performing its designat- Perez said. through the troubles I have,” understand and connect with From Page 1 of handling situations that ed duties. Additionally, Parragil said the ceremony,” Salazar said. aren’t necessarily on campus,” “It does its job,” he said. “It’s Huerta worked alongside Cesar As part of the commence- ability to move to the incident he said. a place where I can sit down Chavez as vice president of the Th e SJSU ment tradition, graduates and site, especially if we are work- Since the beginning of the and write my notes, and it has United Farm Workers. their families will participate in ing alongside other agencies,” school year, Lee said the vehi- my radio and it has a telephone, The origins of Chicano com- “community should a formal dinner, Parragil said.