THURSDA1, JANUAR1' 31, 2002 WW.THESPAR I k D kll MI SUPER BOWL BOUND SJSU alumnus James Hodgins is playing in his second Super Bowl in three years Sports, 5 Oz-mosis SPARTAN What do fraternities, prisons and computer labs have in VoL. 118 common? Find out. is Opinion, 2 ASHANNON MCNALLV No. 5 'Jukebox Sparrows' better is V ALS() IN TODAY S ISSUE r- left in the elevator. Opinion 2 SpartaGude 2 Crossword 5 A & E, 6 y- AILY1934 Letters 2 Sports 4,5 A & E 6 SERVING SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE Editorial 2 Classified... 5 y- s- ie Delayed parking permits confuse drivers ig By Anna Bakalis the floors that are normally with free parking " lem," Anderson said. nd. Quang Nguyen, a returning assigned for students," said Mar- Because of the confusion about Although the DAILY STAI I \A kiii permits were "We did it for convenience to student studying mechanical Le lene Anderson, Bursar, who asked the signs in front of garages and ready to pick up on Jan. 16 and the students," said Lolita Ann engineering, goes to class one .h Students without permits who UPD to issue a two-week grace in front of the Bursar's office, the permits that were supposed to Powell, the parking coordinator night a week. He read the sign at think they can park anywhere in period because of delay in the many students think they can be mailed were sent out Jan. 18, for UPD. the tenth street garage twice, and a garage are getting a big surprise arrival of permits. park in any space in any garage, parlcing permits arrived a few Although the free two weeks of ran back into the garage. from the University Police The grace period ends Feb. 4. Anderson said. days later than they usually do. parking can be seen as a plus for "I just parked in a 30-minute ig Department: a parking citation on "The last week has not been a "We asked traffic and parking Instead of issuing a temporary students, misunderstanding the space," said Nguyen. their windshield. loss in the area of ticket writing," if they would do a no-cite for the permit to students who hadn't signs outside of the garages bas Parking officials want to "I want them to understand Powell said. "Due to the delay, first two weelcs just because we received their permit, they decid- caused confusion, according to n, that they can't park anywhere but we've accommodated students knew for a fact there was a prob- ed to instead instate a grace peri- Powell. See PERMITS, Page 3 ie ig TAKING TO THE SKIES Debate to tackle Left, the San Jose State University pollution Flight Club hauls a biplane down San By Dray Miller Fernando Street late DAILY STAFF WRITER Tuesday night. Four people vying for the assembly spot in District 22 are slated to meet tonight in Sunny- vale for a debate focusing strictly Bottom, San Jose on environmental issues, accord- State University ing to Terry Trumbull, lecturer of student Erik Hult- environmental studies at San Jose State University. gren peered into the Among the issues to be dis- engine compartment cussed are proposed cuts in bud- of SJSU Flight Club get by Gov. Gray Davis that will Advisor Brian Sours affect air quality, Trumbull says. biplane. The Flight He noted that the state is short on its overall budget by $10 aub used the plane to million, and one of the many cuts promote awareness of that are expected within the Cal- the club on campus ifornia state system involves the on Wednesday. State Agency Air Resources Board, which regulates air pollu- tion. Incumbent Elaine Alquist plans to vacate the assembly spot when her six-year limit runs out, Photos by Krysti La Tour District 22 covers the entire area of Mountain View, Cuperti- Daily Staff no, and Sunnyvale, as well as 70 percent of Santa Clara and a span of San Jose that stretches from the west side to Berryessa. New club puts students in cockpit The district represents 425,000 residents, and all are By Mike Corpos biplane out to grab people's attention. encouraged to attend. "We flew the plane into Reid-Hillview (Airport) The mainly Democratic list of D ILY STAFF WRITER and towed it through the city onto campus with a candidates features Mayor Sally The Flying Twenty flight club was out in force police escort: said club vice president of opera- Lieber and councilwoman Rose- on Wednesday; recruiting new members and get- tions Patrik Rosenast. mary Stasek, both of Mountain ting the word out about the aviation program at The plane is owned by Brian Stout of the SJSU View, and Santa Clara city coun- San Jose State University aviation department and was loaned to the Flying cilman Rod Diridon. Rounding "We've handed out about 20 brochures to peo- Twenty for recruiting day. out the field is forrner Sunnyvale ple who have shown interest," said club member The Flying Twenty is headed by club president councilman Stan Kawzynski. and senior aviation major, Allen Astwood. and senior aviation major Mike Myers. He's been Scheduled to moderate the Club members and officers were distributing with the dub for over five years, and has been debate is Lynne Trulio, chair of fliers and club newsletters to students and president for one year. the environmental studies passers-by on Seventh Street in front of the Cen- "We are trying to heighten awareness and department at SJSU. tral Classroom Building. increase our membership. We're also trying to "One question will be 'How do "We've been out here all day and some of us make some of the negative press surrounding avi- we protect the environment with even spent the night out here with the plane,"Ast- ation into something positive: Myers said. recent budget cuts?' " Trumball wood said. said. The club had an Acroduster Experimental see PLANE. Page 3 see DEBATE. Page 3 Four SJSU professors Artists vie for gallery space on campus nominated for award By Moses Peraza Zimmerman said there was sev- eral ways of doing this. One was to DAILY STAFF WRITER Ily iiiber Sheldon reward outstanding persons. write an early proposal one month There are four broad cate- A handful of art students were before the end of the semester. DAILY STAFF WRITER gories. Shaw represents visual sitting on the floor and in chairs in He said that if students did this Three San Jose State Univer- and performing arts. Silber rep- the art building on Wednesday. they would be able to get a gallery sity professors and one dean resents natural sciences, mathe- They were lined in the hallway in in the first few weeks of the follow- have been nominated for the matical, computer sciences and front of the gallery office room ing semester. Wang Family Excellence Award, engineering. Jordan represents 129A for a chance to reserve one of Zimmerman said that the pro- which recognizes the achieve- social, behavioral sciences and the eight galleries to exhibit their posal was one page, which includ- ments and contributions of Cali- public service. Castro represents works of art. ed the student's name, phone num- fornia State University faculty education, professional and Sculptor Jason Rogowski, who ber and a description of what the and administrators. applied sciences. is pursuing a master of fine arts work they intended to show. Professors William Shaw of The winners will each be degree, is known as Chainsaw by He said students would be able philosophy, Herbert Silber of awarded 820,000. his friends, because one of the tools to do this sometime in April. chemistry, Kevin Jordan of psy- Castro said the competition is he uses to create his sculptures is Another way is to wait for the chology and George Castro, asso- different every year. a chainsaw. gallery sign up day, which is on the ciate dean for science outreach "I was nominated last year He said that waiting in line gets second Thursday of every semester will be competing with nominees and I didn't win," Castro said. crazier and crazier every year. from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. from the 23 CSU campuses. Jordan said Robert Pellegrini, "Around 9 p.m. people start to The students can also get a bed down," Rogoski said. "It's like a gallery if they sign up to be put on Shaw said that he was very chair of psychology, nominated , saatsura Oath' Stall pleased to have been nominated. him. big slumber party." a waiting list and someone else "Although I knew my name "That nomination was then Rogowski said that he had been cancels. Then, whoever's name is Sculptor Sean Fassbinder stays overnight before gallery sign- had been put forward, I had no forwarded to a selection commit- waiting in line since 11:30 a.m. so next on the wait list could get a up day. The second Thursday of every semester, from 7:30 a.m. to when way of knowing whether I stood a tee as specified by the SJSU Aca- he could reserve a gallery gallery. 9:30 a.m., students can sign up for a gallery. chance of being selected," Shaw demic Senate," Jordan said. the office open up at 7:30 a.m. He said that masters of fine graduat- said. Shaw said a committee of pro- Thursday. arts students who were these students are required to pass prngram, and venfy the date and The award was first estab- fessors chooses the SJSU nomi- John Zimmerman, a graduate ing could sign up for a gallery one before sign- gallery with the office by the sec- graduation the pre-thesis review lished in the fall of 1998 when nees.