___S::__ ...-111 c WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2002 WWW.THESPARTANDAIMCOM 40PPOSING VIEWS Should the legal smoking age in California be raised to 21? SPARTAN Opinion, 2 VoL. 118 AiCI HOMECOMING Spartan netminder Eric Lahrs No. 24 leads the SJSU hockey club at V ALSO IN TopAv S ISSUE the national tournament in his Opinion 2-3 Sparta Guide 3 Classified .. 5 native New York. MIN Sports 4-5 Crossword 5 Sports, 4 SERVING SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1934 Professor falls ill playing tennis, dies at 55 on life 1 By Dray Miller support through Sunday "He was a kind and gentle man dents. and a mentor to me," he said. National Laboratory, but Nah plan- night and that there DAII1 W1211112 was concern who dearly loved his students "He was very generous in his Stone said Lakkaraju had high ning to return to teaching. about how long and his profession," Gruber said. support for students," he said. expectations for his colleagues as He had recently developed an Students and faculty are he would remain "All of us, students, faculty and Chemistry Professor Brad well as his students, and that he experimental capability in the mourning the sudden death of there. friends alike, will miss him." Stone said he was familiar with put a lot of time into the physics form of laser tweezers with one of physics Professor Monday Physics Professor Carel Boeke- Lakkaraju both on and off campus. department at SJSU. his graduate .c Harinarayana students, and took Laklcaraju, who died Monday after morning, just ma said he saw Lakkaraju at a din- "He was one of my best friends, One of the programs Lakkara- the hiatus from t,eaching to fur- suffering a brain hemorrhage. before he was to ner last Thursday night, and that not just at the university, but oth- ju was responsible for was the ther develop the capability at the He was 55. instruct class, he showed no signs of ill health. erwise," Stone said. "He was one development of a concentration in lab, Gruber said. Lakkaraju, whose of my dearest specialty was laser optics, was play- Gruber learned "He was fine. I was very sur- friends." lasers and optics under the A memorial service for LakIcara- prised when I (learned of his Stone said he did collaborate physics major, Stone said. ju is schedhled to be held at 3 p.m. ing tennis Saturday when he fell of Laldcaruju's death) Monday morning," he said. research with ill, said John death, which Lakkaraju during Lakkaram had been on a sab- today at the Saratoga/Cupertino Gruber, chair of the he Boekema described Lakkaraju his first five years on campus, batical from SJSU during fall 2001 physics department at San Jose said caught the Funeral Home, located at 12341 S. Lakkaraju as a dedicated instructor, who, and together they team-taught and spring 2002, during which Saratoga/Sunnyvale Road. State University entire depart- despite being known as a tough courses in physics. time he was undergoing biological The physics department will Gruber said Lakkaraju had been ment by surprise. grader, was well liked by his stu- "He was an excellent teacher, studies at Lawrence Livermore be closed today. Screening disorders By Paul Mercado the university is doing this," Craig said. "There are a lot of DAIll Vt11211112 students out there with eating Counseling services and the disorders." Student Health Center are Counselors are slated to be addressing a health issue for available for those who have some young women and men questions regarding eating dis- obsessed with their appearance, orders or other health concerns. weight and eating disorders in Thursday's event, "Surviving response to the stresses and an Eating Disorder: Finding Me" pressures of life. is scheduled to be presented by For the first time, these two an eating disorder survivor at campus services joined together noon in the Constanoan room in to address the growing eating the Student Union. disorder problem affecting some "It is important for parents to young people, said Jen Stlyes, a convey to their children a value registered dietitian. of self acceptance and that life is Anna Fimbres-Windley, a balance," Firmbres-Windley licensed clinical social worker said. "This is a collaboration with counseling services, invited between counseling services and everyone to get the facts about Student Health Services eating disorders. because this is an issue that Because of the array of caus- needs to be addressed." es, eating disorders often go Karina Sanchez, a junior undetected and can create a majoring in business, said the cycle of emotional and physical screening is a good way to get destruction effecting not only students to realize what an eat- the individual, but the many ing disorder is and what help is people who surround that per- out there. son, Fimbres-Windley said. "I think that it is a good thing Eating attitudes screenings that the university is actually are scheduled to be held through doing something like this," fmm 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday Sanchez said. "A big part of the in the Student Union lobby. university is education. but Chroil umiaT Daily Staff Kathy Craig, a graduate stu- another part is also educating dent in occupational therapy, students about other things." Pedestrians pass a body image poster outside the Student Union. Student Health Services was promoting Eating Disorder Awareness said she has to deal with people Fimbres-Windley said the Week on Tuesday by handing out educational materials, responding to questions, and offering screening sessions. They are scheduled to who have eating disorders. continue their awareness efforts today and tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. " I think that it is great that sr/. DISORDERS. Page 6 By Andrew Bollinger University's project manager. things weigh 3,000 pounds a ping in ... in the next few Computer Science senior During the past four weeks, piece or more. It takes a little weeks. It will look more like a Alan DAI1N S1A21 VY'1211112 King said, "It's a unique Library's the skin of the building has bit of movement to get it exact- building." he said. design. It's one-of-a-kind. It Those who have looked at been going through campus and ly where you want it. You've got Right now the building is seems like it's taking years he construction of the Dr. Mar- past Tower Hall to get to the to be as close as you can before still getting to the point where though." tin Luther King Jr., Joint library site, Heinrich said. But you release it from that crane, it looks like a building and not So far any potential prob- skin almost Library recently may have that will stop in the next day or that way you're not trying to something different. lems the rain could have caused noticed something the so, he said. push and pull 3,000 pounds or "It looks kind of holey," said were avoided, Heinrich said. library has a different look to it. "It's a long and tedious so. It's a lot of work." Veronica Rodriguez, a senior "We had pretty much fin- "The skin of the building has process," said construction Heinrich said the library is anthropology major. "Not in the ished in the bottom excavation been going on quite well," said worker David Castillo. "Once almost ready for the next step. spiritual sense there are a complete Art Heinrich, San Jose State !,,.1 nrr tlt:it crane those "(mill start to see glass Tot of holt where." see LIBRARY, Page 6 Cat nap . Clark to allow covered drinks liy Anna Bakalis voting of a new policy would take more made thy 1111111' I I think time, she said. they'll honor that." DARN S12,1-1. "I'm glad the senate got this going Full implementation of the new pol- The Academic Senate has given so soon. We figured we could go back icy will take effect later this month Clark Library a refreshing amend- later with a more liberal proposal," when new signs are posted, but no ment to its "no food no drink" policy. Breivik said. harm will come to those who want to As long as it has a lid, soda. juice Although the no food rule still bring in covered drinks now. and even triple lattes with cinnamon stands, the library will gauge the Library officials said that students will be allowed, said Patricia Breivik, response to the new drinking policy often bring in food and drink on the dean of the university library. among students. The new library, slat- sly. "Many of us in the library feel that ed to open in the summer of 2003, will "We're open weekends and nights, the old policy was not realistic," have a cafe and an area where stu- when other places are closed." said Breivik said. "I personally have a prob- dents can eat and study. Judy Reynolds, a full-time librarian. lem with policies you can't really Engineering senior Arturo Litvan who adds it is hard for students to enforce." said he studies in the Clark 1.ibrary for ignore hunger. "We don't want people The Academic Senate voted Monday an average of 20 hours a week and to faint. It would be nice to have a des- to implement a nine-month pilot pm- thinks of it as his second home. ignated area for students to eat in." gram to allow covered drinks in the "I bring in snacks that 1 have to Reynolds said she has witnessed library.