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CAMPUS PROFILE an independent to shoot a Cyrus Kar, a San Jose State University alumnus and filmmaker who went to Iraq documentary on the Persian king Cyrus the Great, hired a taxi after a long, searing day. The next thing he knew he was arrested by U.S. troops and held in detention camps Interim for more than a month before being cleared of any wrongdoing. This is part two of three of his story. dean to Interrogation and incarceration Arrested SJSU alumnus spent 53 days in solitary confinement at Camp Cropper in Iraq resume 'AFT and then took our pictures." Kar -The ring leader said. 'We ii ss'st to stack you guys down in old post 1)y. ratnids, hut now we are not allowed to do so And everyone BY FARIDEH DADA laughed.- ))), ( rivF The San Jose 4101. State University interim Library IRAQ dean. Jo Bell Whitlatch, will From their lirst camp. Kar get her former and his cameraman Faraji were position as the tied and blindfolded, and taken associate dean in separate Humvecs to another Of SJSU side of location. Kar said. window s :lie the Dr. Martin "The rolled up: the soldiers were otilside chaffing Luther King Jr. WHITLATCH cooking inside Joint Library the course; we are And uncon once the newly se lecto.1 dean. Faraji was almost to heat exhaustion." Ruth Kiler takes ilk' 1/0,111011 oil st. ions due #4/ K said. 01 October I. narrating the events \lav IS. Since Whitlatch plans to retire 1 atm Rio is etc taken to Abu next year. she refrained from up ilmith itt .1 shopper arOUnd lit plying for the dean position het ui IS self. Ni I in, rein non I cattle Whitlatt h chaired the search -I had \s hell ti \\ I is as at Abu Ghraih." committee tor a new dean. K.I1 said "Whulatch has a lot of energy 'Vie health the MPs (Military and is committed to developing use I Ian. and beat irig and providing Ilk ii semis, into a 'Non that meet the needs it this' mist Menisci\ es tient . f community." Christine Holmes. Isis, you here to kill special proiects specialist, wrote Americans''' - Nat said. in an e-mail. They is et e taken to a lobby to Whitlatch has been with SJSU be piticessed where people "kept yelling at us" and there was "lot Library.. a "fairly shabby saint PHOTO COURTESY OF CYRUS KAR :ind pull- plot" at the beginning before the of intentional pushing and gratuitous new building w as built.she de Cyrus Kar, left, goes over the script to his documentary about Cyi us the Great before shooting in Khojand, Tajikistan, in 2004. ing. humiliation scribed, since 197 ;. eante 100Se in the In 1971. it n. as Milne(' ('St San "My Skill BY VAISHALI KIRPEKAR of water next to him, he said the timers." Nat said. hand." Kar said. Jose. Since 1974. it has been called interrogator's "I got a tap on the shoulder and Nut said he told hint he knew It didn't happen. were lined up facing the San Jose Slate link etsity library. They nearly jumped out of my skin. A nothing about the timers U.S. "At 10. the May IN morning hands hound behind their "Dr. Whitlatch was instrumen wall, Allel 51.1,40), at 11.S. personnel was pulling me tound in the trunk of his sun is as beaming down at us." and ordered to put their tal in creating the groundbreaking hacks it camp in I rus Kar, a San by my skin,- Kar said. "A U.S. two .\lier questioning the taxi Kar said. "It was over 100 de- against the wall. Kar said. merged library.- Rebecca Feind. heads Jose State Cm el sity alumnus Army official interrogated me for tinier. his interrogators told Kar gree, and it was horrific." head was kw inches reference librarian and outreach "My and Los Angeles -based indepen- the lirst time. that the taxi driver had admitted In the afteriuxin, they were away front the wall. and the of- coordinator said. dent lihninakei detained in Iraq "They took my blindfold off that the timers belonged to him. taken back to the same interro- ficer grabbed it and slammed it to "She is a tremendous resour.I. on May 17. ii is intenogated at and took my pictures w ith 'I thought, 'Great. That will he gation room where microphone the cinderblock." Kar said. to the campus and community... I a.m. May IS. digital camera. They cut my Ilexi the end of the problem. They will wires. cameras and timers were she said. Until then, he was in a cage, ly- cuffs, the narrow bands on the let us go probably at dawn rather placed incriminatingly. Kar said. Whitlatch sets ed in the cat:, see KAR, page 10 ing in a fetal position with a bottle wrist. and kept asking me about than in the middle of the night,'" "They told me to kneel down logue maintenance posit ton tin two year. before becoming the ON( INF PART THRI head of irculation and picked tip AVAII ABI F ON1 INF - - PART ONE TODAY IN PRINT --- PART TWO FRIDAY interlibrary loan and responsibiht\ for periodicals in 1975. she said "The Arrest" "The Ordeal" "The Release" Whitlatch was an interim actim, dean for a while. 'Dien she applied fiir the top job mimis,. essfullyits decided to retreat mitt the librars las ulty ranks and became lust it'. and AIDS awareness group plans events political ...Acme liaison. she said. Students compute BY THERESA ALSTER 311 is diagnoses Moe been rare I Ile p1-01/1 /I IWO (II >ailing peo- "I had, ei the \cals, been ple is tilt a diagnosis of AIDS in- active in Calitorma Faculty \A,, m thi 11calth center. Students with creased. In 1999, 3.9 percent of all Association and in early 19805, A.S. computer center open to Illn malty seek care elsewhere. all persons is ith diagnosis of AIDS I was one of the four to live key I he IIIV and AIDS Aw she said a Itir were aged 13 to 24. In 2003, 4.7 people \s hit fought hard to get li- BY PRISCILLA WOO classes, and some need to check 'imunittee met Wednesday to plan According to the ('enters y brary liaison get. \Oat tiles call. D)i)ly wpit,, their lantasy football." tts inv olvement in World AIDS Disease (*tumid, iiting people ate iii in Dec. the at an increased t isk for HIV ink, full faculty status tor librarians, Maziar Moezzi. operations I. People from see COMMITTEE, page 6 which means sabbaticals and equal Any day of the week, stu- coordinator for associated stu- Clinic San Jose State Universit hon. pay.- Whit lak It said. dents have the option to ac- dents computer services center, minima!, are invited to tiittt the Whitlatch Ss as quite an atm% ist cess the Intentet, rent laptops said all students are welcome. committee, said Sharon Wilk'',. as in CFA and she was president of and get tech support when they "This is basically a one-stop sistalit 5 lie president tor student the CFA chapter on campus be- isit the Associated Students shop for any need a student at lairs and committee cii s ham tween 1988 and 1989. Computer Services Center lo- would have." Moezzi said. "We "Our primary Mission is to "Jo Bell sets extremely high stan- cated in the upper level of the are a full functional copying, educate the campus community dards for herself," Luann Budd. the Student Union. printing, faxing and scanning regarding HIV and AIDS and also library administrative officer wrote Open every day of the week, service center which also in- ilt's situp administrative procedures. in an e-mail. "I have found her to be with new service hours on cludes our laptop rental pro- as needed. if any concerns should a leader who makes decisions based Sunday, the services center is a gram." arise.- said Willey. "Also, they on input from all the relevant inftir- place that is geared toward stu- The laptop rental program need to be aware of the impact of 'nation, and in difficult negotiations dents needs. The center is open is available for students for a 111V needs globally. - she is able to lind the win s in so- Monday through Thursday discounted rate, Moe/Li said. Dr. Cecilia Menai , interim lution which is so imptMant in our from 8 a.m. to II p.m., Friday The price ranges from $15 to medical chief of staff of the SJSU joint library." and Saturday from 8 a.m. to $30 a week to rent a laptop. health center, said that AIDS Whitlatch got her bachelor's 5 p.m. and Sunday from 5 to They have Macs. PC' and 1.inux continues to spread because of degree in history in 1964 from 11 p.m. systems as well. Students can unprotected sex with multiple University of Minnesota. She then "les a student lab. And it's choose whether they want to partners. got her master's degree in library about students' needs,- said use a basic laptop or a more During sexual intercourse, the DANIEL SATO / DAILY STAFF science in 1966 from the saute uni- Jason Stu% at I information high-powered multimedia lap- vaginal, anal or oral recipient is the From left, Martha O'Connell, co-chair of the HIV and AIDS versity. technologies manager for as- top. Moezzi said. partner at greater risk of contract- sociated students computer "It gives the students more ing the disease, Menibo said. Awareness Committee, Mttlinda Chu-Yang, Peer Health Education Whitlatch started her first pro- Whilley, co- services center. "Some students flexibility in matching their "Last year, two students were Coordinator for Student Health Services, and Sharon fessional job in 1965 in a small Montalvo room need it to do papers, some need found to be asymptomatic HIV chair of the HIV Awareness Committee, meet in the Unien on Wednesday to discuss upcoming HIV/AIDS see DEAN, page 6 it to chat and unwind between see CENTER, page 6 positive." Menibo said, in the Student Awareness events. PAGE 2 SPARTAN DAILY OPINION THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 22, 2005 Opposing Is the United States safer since the Views: beginning of the War on Terrorism?
There have been no attacks on the U.S. The War on Terrorism is thinly veiled YES since the War on Terrorism teas started. attempt to assert U.S. dominance.
Yes. the War on Terrorism has made our country safer. Since Sept. Numbers speak for themselves. 11, terrorists have not launched a single attack on U.S. soil. Obviously. By looking at the following unofficial statistics released by the the Bush Administration has been doing its job in keeping us safe. Department of State and the National Counterterrorism ('enter. one can Americans are more ay.:Ile of the potential dangers they face front hardly say that the U.S. is safer since the beginning of the so-called War those hostile um aid the Mted States than they %%ere before Sept. II. on Terrorism. Al-Qaida. the international terrorist organization responsible for the The numbers of significant international terrorism attacks involv- 200 I attacks, has been largely incapacitated over the last four years. ing a U.S. citizen and/or U.S. facility were 64 in 2004, 45 in 2003 and Saddam Hussein is no longer a threat. These are the factors that has e 43 in 2002. while the numbers before the start of the so-called War on contributed to the safety of the United States. Clearly, they are the di- Terrorism were 19 in 2001. nine in 2000 and 12 in 1999. rect result of the War On Terrorism. The U.S. administration's failure is also clear from the weak anti-ter- True, surveys indicate that more than half of Americans feels less rorism coalition of U.S. allies. Nicaragua. Spain. Dominican Republic. safe since Sept. II. hut that feeling of insecurity simply shows that We Honduras, Philippines, Thailand, New Zealand, Tonga, Hungary. are more aware of our need to defend ourselves. We were attacked in Portugal and Moldova who had supported war in !rag as a part of the War 2001 largely because wc ere not aware of our vulnerability. on 'terrorism pulled their troops out of Iraq. Norway will soon pull out its Now that we have seen the amount of harm that can he potentially troops and Italy is also reducing its military presence in Iraq. inflicted on us, the government has heightened security measures to Furthermore. opinion polls show that support for U.S. has dropped in a great evtent The U.S. Department of Homeland Security was cre- the world. In the Muslim world the nation's image is worse than ever he ated. along with a color-coded terrorism alert fore. The t 'toted States' popularity in Egypt, system. Airports are as meticulous as ever in the second largest recipient of C.S. aid, in screening passengers and employees. Jordan. the fourth largest recipient of U.S. !vily point is, if you're alert, you're not an assistance. in Pakistan. which has close rela- easy target. You're less likely to he robbed in tions with the United States, and in Turkey, a the middle of the night if you're standing in NATO ally. has dramatically decreased. the living room ss I Ii a loaded shotgun than if Other polls show a drop in the popularity you were sound .isleep it your bed. of the United States in major European coun- Immediate retribution for the Sept. II at- tries. Solid majorities in France and Germany tacks was absolutely necessary in order to are skeptical of the United States' intakes in CHRISTINA YOUNG keep others from attacking. Going after al - its so-called War on Terrorism belles ing that FARIDEH DADA Oujda .ind successfully weakening its struc- the war on terrorism is being conducted to ture sent out a message to enemies of the United States: "Don't mess control Mid-East oil and dominate the world. with us.- And so far, they has en't It is not only terrorism that is a threat -- the feeling of insecurity is a We demonstrated our strength and power as a nation by assailing bigger threat. The fear of terrorist attacks has crept into the Americans those 0 ho threatened our liberty and democracy. We did this when we esery dos, hies. joined the Allies in World War II alter the attack on Pearl Harbor. As a lilt iecent blackout in Los Angeles on Sept. 12 that made the city util- nation. %ye toe a reputation to uphold. We have to get everyone else ity official announce publicly that the outage had involved no terrorism to belie% e that we're the biggest, toughest kid in the schoolyard. highlights this fear. this is also known as -bullying.- which is seen as boorish and juvenile Another evomple is the tragedy that happened on a bridge over the by some. but it keeps terrorists away nonetheless. And besides. they hit Tigris Riser in Baghdad in Aug. 31. Because of the panic created by us first. rumors ot suicide bombers among the crowd of pilgrims. people cross- Yes. yes. I know. I know! Saddam', supposed weapons Of MaSS de- ing the bridge crushed each other trying to escape and plunged into the struction were never found by Bush's !rag Survey Group. hut the fact muddy riser resulting in about 101)0 of them losing their lives. is, he still posed as a major threat to the S. First of all, lie had had 'Hie number ol terrorists - being imaginary or real characters Is In- WMIN hefine. hag implemented chic it IL :II % j11.11e during the Iran-Iraq creasing. is bile no serious attempt has been taken to catch Bin Laden, the war. As a matter of fact, the former dictator used chemical weapons on main terrorist target. his own people. Saddam ran nuclear weapons programs while he was The main reason Bush attacked Afghanistan wits to arrest Bin Laden. in pom.er. The Bush administration lOund illegal plans tor "Weapons Not only has Bin Laden not been aught. but Mullah ()mar and Zaryim of Mass Demi-wool-related programs" during their search of Iraq. have a.I so 1v ecome to-nor -4 tarveic Hussein i% as klear thic.it to our safety and to the world's. And he Moieoiei after the start oi the War on Terrorism, not only has the was ellet tmsely eliminated as a result of the War on Terror. U.S. government not as i.ided innocent civilian casualties ill the Middle With national assaicile s. a weakened al-Qaida. and a captured East, but also added to the number of fatalities of the U.S. soldiers. Saddam. the United Stales is safer than before the attacks of Sept. II. In short, no major s ictory can be observed in the so-called War on Terrorism. while provoking hatred among many potential tmorists that has made the United States less safe than before Sept. II. 21511.
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"Yes. I believe it is because "Yes. Because when I'll "No. I don't think so "Ni,. I don't think so "No. The U.S. is not safer. "No. Because our I frel we know exactly travel a lot and I feel because I think it's because I tknrt think All war does is create foreign policy is now what we're looking ..or." safer when they check made more people tve're sate from our own mare hate." not as strong because my luggage. - angry and made us governMent.- other countries look look more aggressive. - down upon us." J.R. Acacio Ashley Short Julien Shields Rachael Jacob Ryan Buchan Michael Searles junior, senior, junior, Junior, freshman, graduate student, finance nursing illustration art journalism criminal justice
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