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Wednesday, September 9, 2009 Serving San José State University since 1934 Volume 133, Issue 7 [[A & E]][OPINION] NEWS Kyle Szymanski ponders SJSU language program earns John Legend concert review the meaning of war new accreditation Page 5 Page 7 Page 4 Resident, guest registration meant to increase housing security Trojans crush Spartans By Kyle Szymanski Stefan Indaco, a freshman com- Staff Writer puter engineering major, said he has experienced the changes and that A new program implemented they are not an inconvenience. at SJSU restricts access to certain “I think it is a good thing for areas and requires dorm residents safety, so you don’t have random and guests to check in between 10 people coming in,” Indaco said. p.m. and 3 a.m. with the hall desk, Th e implemented program, said a housing coordinator. which ran as a pilot program from “Sometimes in the night, it is a February to the end of last semester little more lively than in the day,” at the Campus Village Suites, in- said Kevina Brown, community creased safety and security and was relations coordinator. “We tried to expanded to all fi rst-year buildings target those areas that had the most this semester, Brown said. activity and kind of isolate those University Police Department times.” Sgt. Michael Santos said the new All residents living in Campus policy will increase safety in the Village Building C, Hoover Hall, dorms. Royce Hall, Washburn Hall and “Th e program ensures that Joe West Hall are now required to only residents and their guests gain verify residency and register their entry into the building,” Santos guests with picture identifi cation said. “One of the biggest problems between the hours of 10 p.m. and about security in housing is when 3 a.m, Brown said. nonresidents, who often have no Students without a valid identi- business in the dorms, gain access fi cation will not be allowed to en- by tailgating behind residents.” ter, she said. Th e housing safety program was Freshman kinesiology major expanded to include access changes Koji Jagust, said he doesn’t like the to certain areas of the halls, Brown new program, because checking in said. creates long lines. Some of the changes for Joe “It’s time consuming to have West Hall include denying resi- [ Chad Ziemendorf / Spartan Daily ] to check in,” Jagust said. “I mean, dents access to Joe West Hall or the SJSU cornerback Chris Hill is pushed to the ground while attempting to tackle USC tailback Allen Bradford dur- we live here. We should be able to ing SJSU’s 53-6 loss to the USC Trojans on Saturday afternoon at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. SJSU allowed walk in and out.” See SAFETY, Page 2 342 yards rushing with 6 of the 8 Trojan touchdowns coming on the ground. [ See story page 6 ] UPD urges students to sign up for Alert-SJSU Disabled student services face in light of to Skyline College shooting decline in support services By Suzanne Yada going to be very eff ective,” San- By Kyle Szymanski Staff Writer tos said. Staff Writer Fall ‘09 semester Police would respond diff er- budget crisis Th e SJSU University Police ently depending on the known Th e $141,000 budget reduction Department is taking precau- details at the time, Santos said, made to the Disability Resource Schulter said. tions in response to a shooting but standard protocols include Center this school year will have “I think this is a time for all last week at a community col- securing the scene fi rst, call- painful eff ects on the estimated the faculty, staff and administra- lege just 45 miles north of San ing for backup if needed from 13,000 disabled students who at- tors to work together the best they Jose, Sgt. Michael Santos said. other public safety agencies, and tend SJSU, its director said. can,” Schulter said. “Th e students An 18-year-old man was shot evacuating students from the “It’s going to have a huge ef- are why we are here, and they are Sept. 2 at Skyline College’s park- classroom — typically with their fect on students with disabilities, hurting.” ing lot in San Bruno, according hands in the air. because our numbers have been All Disability Resource Center to an article by the Associated “We need to know you’re not growing over the last fi ve years,” student services are now closed be- Press. a threat,” Santos said, “you’re not said Martin Schulter, director of tween noon and 1 p.m daily and He was treated in a hospital the one going around shooting the Disability Resource Center. twice a month on furlough days. and released, the article stated. people.” Th e center reduced the weekly Th e Disability Resource Cen- Th ree men were arrested in Page 16 of the UPD’s Annual operating hours of its testing facil- ter’s Adaptive Technology Center, connection to the shooting, but Safety Report and Crime Statis- ity by 37 hours and its academic which is outfi tted with specially police said the motives were un- tics pamphlet contains a list of lab by 41 hours despite serving the designed computer hardware and clear and that it was an isolated tips for students and faculty to same number of students, Schulter software for disabled students on incident, according to the ar- know should there be an emer- said. the second fl oor of Dr. Martin Lu- Spartan Daily Archives ticle. gency, Santos said. [ Joe Proudman / ] Soledad Rosas, a sophomore ther King Library, now closes at “I don’t know what hap- Santos said UPD has emer- University Police offi cers enter MacQuarrie Hall dur- journalism major and president of 4:45 p.m. and is no longer open pened, if the shooting was gang- gency response training pro- ing an active shooter simulation in April 2008. the SJSU chapter of the Disabled on weekends. related,” said Roshan Kika, a grams in place and that the de- Students Association, said the cuts Senior English major Eleanor junior mechanical engineering partment has already led 25 to Alert systems place called Alert-SJSU, but only are going to be especially diffi cult Lovinfosse said the equipment major at SJSU. “But hopefully 40 sessions throughout the past Another part of UPD proto- 17,000 students have signed up on those with disabilities. the Adaptive Technology Center on this campus the police would year. col in an emergency is to issue for it, about half of the student “I am frustrated that they have provides is essential to student suc- know what to do in that situa- Santos said those training an alert to students and faculty, population, Santos said. to cut down the services, because cess. tion.” programs are available to any Santos said. To sign up, students can log people with disabilities are people “Th e Disability Resource Cen- Santos said that campus po- group on campus. Skyline used a school-wide into MySJSU and click on the with greater needs,” Rosas said. ter is really important,” Lovinfosse lice review protocols any time UPD is also planning a joint alert system after the shooting Alert-SJSU link in the left col- During peak testing periods, said. “Th e budget cuts are espe- there is a school shooting. exercise with the San Jose Police that notifi ed students via e-mail umn, according to SJSU’s Web such as the week of fi nals, faculty cially diffi cult for students who use “If you don’t review scenarios Department, though no date and text about the school shoot- site. members may be asked to accom- the speaking computer programs.” in your head, and you just try to has been set, Santos said. ing, Santos said. modate disabled students in their wing it most of the time, it’s not SJSU has a similar program in See SHOOTING, Page 3 offi ces or change the dates of tests, See BUDGET, Page 2 Visit us @ theSpartanDaily.com 62 Video USC Trojans crush Spartans 56-3. “For a while it looked like we could compete, but obviously that was an illusion.” said head coach Dick 84 Tomey. News Blog Does Barack Obama want to brainwash stu- dents? Virgo spartandailynews.wordpress.com THH F SATAT SUN Photo Blog [ Dave Cabebe / Spartan Daily ] 89 88 82 78 Audio Slideshow: Mosaic Cross Cultural Center POETRY SERIES: Musician Jonah Johnson performs during Word! Poetry Series debut. the Mosaic Cross Cultural Center Word! Poetry Series on spartandailyphoto.wordpress.com Thursday at the Market Cafe. See an audio slideshow of the event at spartandailyphoto.wordpress.com. 2[]NEWS Spartan Daily Wednesday, September 9, 2009 Whitmore challenges SJSU to lighten its environmental footprint Ecological Footprint Challenge – Themes for each month By My Nguyen university will ask students, staff and staff winners will be an- news release, the initiative can Staff Writer and faculty to take an online nounced, Cushing said. save the school money if it is October – Theme: Energy & Transportation ecological footprint quiz, Cush- “Th e criteria for selection successful. The Ecological Footprint Challenge will start in A new initiative has been ing said. will be having the small ecologi- “Studies have shown that the October. All students, faculty and staff will be implemented that could po- Th e quiz will ask questions cal footprint or having reduced biggest resource used on most invited to enter into a competition to learn how tentially make SJSU one of the regarding the size of your home, your footprint by the greatest campuses is paper,” Cushing much productive land is required to support their greenest and most sustainability energy sources used in your percentage over the year,” Cush- said.