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By Mauricio Garcia for H1N1 vaccines Production Editor By Jennifer Hadley vaccine through their health When shadows are longest and Staff Writer care providers. auburn leaves fl icker like bats “While 600 doses is a lot he Student Health Center of vaccine for (the) Student across the edges of sight, pump- Tstill does not know when Health Center to administer, kins will be lit by fl ame to or how many of the 600 doses it is clearly not nearly enough guide the lost and ward of H1N1 vaccine it requested for the 30,000 plus enrolled from the state will be delivered students,” Elrod said. “SJSU the unwanted. Uniden- to campus, an SJSU spokes- students and their families are tifi able shadows will woman said. encouraged to pay attention to Consequently, the health the notices from their health slink along the paths of center cannot yet make ap- care and/or community pro- SJSU students as they pointments for students seek- viders regarding availability of make their masquer- ing the vaccination, said Pat H1N1 vaccinations.” Lopes Harris, director of me- Colin Blower, a sophomore ading ways down- dia relations at SJSU. double major in computer sci- town and to various “We don’t want to make ap- ence and math, said he won’t pointments until we have it,” get the H1N1 vaccine, but en- festivities. Candy Harris said. “If we start mak- courages other peers on cam- skulls will grin with ing appointments, then we pus to do so, if they feel they empty eyes upon the might have to change them need it. all if the immunization arrives “I don’t plan on getting altars of those who late, and it’s already much later it, because I had the fl u only still remember the than anyone expected.” twice in my life, and I’ve never It is possible the health cen- had the fl u shot,” he said. truth of this twilight ter will receive as little as 15 Harris said that when the time belonging to the percent of the vaccine request- health center receives the dead. ed or only 15 percent initially, H1N1 vaccinations, some will Harris said. be set aside for at-risk students, Roger Elrod, director of the health center employees, and See FEATURES, Page 3 Student Health Center, said then some will be distributed students shouldn’t wait for the through appointments and [ Joe Proudman / Spartan Daily ] vaccine to be available on cam- pus if they have access to the See H1N1, Page 2 Sign up for bursar’s eRefunds to save time and money

By Ryan Fernandez “I would rather see our students have $20 for Staff Writer a pizza than lose it to a paper check that could also be lost in the mail, causing further delays tudents lose money every time the Bursar’s with the stop payment process,” she said. SOffi ce has to write a check and mail it, said a Anderson said that having students switch to Bursar’s Offi ce offi cial. using “eRefunds” would also save the university “If we have to type up a check, we have to thousands of dollars in paper, postage and hu- charge a $20 refund processing fee,” Bursar Mar- man resource time. lene Anderson said. She also said students can enroll in the “eRe- Anderson said she is encouraging students to funds” program for free, and do not have to re- sign up for the bursar’s “eRe- enroll each semester. funds” program to ensure they “The bottom line is that Anderson said the univer- receive all of their money. students benefit from this. sity couldn’t process refunds [ Jill Abell / Spartan Daily ] She said the program would That $20 can add up and as frequently as before because allow refunds, including fi nan- help a lot of students.” of budget cuts in the accounts Sheldon Borenstein, an animation and illustration lecturer, answers questions before cial aid awards, to be deposited - Jiale Qin payable department, which beginning his Figure Drawing class lecture. directly into a designated bank Junior Financing major processes checks. account. She said “eRefunds” cost the Animation and illustration lecturer

According to the bursar’s Offi ce Web site, stu- university nothing, “so we share that benefi t with takes pay cut to teach SJSU students dents who sign up to receive “eRefunds” will save the students.” the $20 fee and receive their money within three Anderson said that while the university may By Jill Abell San Jose is the best. At the other ture Animation, DreamWorks Ani- days. eventually mandate “eRefunds” for all students, Staff Writer schools I was given the opportunity mation, Electronic Arts, and Curi- Anderson said that if a student registers for she would encourage students on fi nancial aid to to run the whole department, and ous Pictures. a class with a $50 course fee and later drops the sign up as soon as possible so they can receive heldon Borenstein fl ies from Los here I was given the opportunity to Borenstein said he took a class, the student would only receive a refund their money more quickly and securely. SAngeles to SJSU every Friday to be the spoke in the wheel. I wanted $150,000 pay cut to teach at SJSU. check of $30. “You’ll get your money a full week before the bring his energy, intellect and pas- to be the spoke because San Jose’s “I had my limo rides and people Most students are not aware that the Bursar’s paper checks even go out,” she said. sion to students in the animation (SJSU) animation and illustration asking for my autograph, and all Offi ce retains $20, Anderson said. Junior fi nance major Yacanex Posadas said he and illustration program, said John department is the best.” that kind of stuff and I was like, ‘All “Th e bottom line is that students benefi t from liked how quickly students could receive their Loomis, director of the school of art According to the Shrunken right,’” he said. “To have an oppor- this,” junior fi nance major Jiale Qin said. “Th at refunds. and design. Head Man Web site, recent gradu- tunity to pay back at such a young $20 can add up and help a lot of students.” “When you’re on fi nancial aid, you have to “Th ere was a fi ght for me be- ates of the animation and illustra- age — I’d be a fool not to take that. Anderson said about 11,800 students have wait for checks to come and you have to hurry to tween three schools — San Jose and tion program have been hired by It never would have happened with- signed up for “eRefunds” since the program deposit them,” he said. two other schools down south,” said Walt Disney Feature Animation, out Alice Carter.” started in Fall 2007, and there are 7,267 students Borenstein, an animation and illus- Pixar Animation Studios, Industrial currently using “eRefunds.” See BURSAR, Page 2 tration lecturer. “I wanted this one, Light and Magic, Warner Bros. Fea- See BORENSTEIN, Page 2

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Courtney Granner, professor of Borenstein said he owns Shel- “He has given me an education By Husain Sumra has also used Twitter to post Georgie said he hopes pro- animation and illustration, said he don’s Art Academy in Los Angeles. on what it is like in the industry, Staff Writer updates about the H1N1 vi- fessors don’t rely on Twitter to and fellow professor Alice Carter per- “I never went to college, and I’m and I feel prepared to go out and rus. communicate, but rather use suaded him to come teach at SJSU. teaching at two universities,” he said. start working,” sophomore Kristy Pat Lopes Harris, director Senior business major Nima all means of communication “We (Granner and Carter) Borenstein said in addition to Kay said. “He has introduced me of media relations at SJSU, Naserkhaki said he uses Twit- to talk to students. brought him to campus for a pre- teaching animation at SJSU, he to many powerful people at such said the university uses Twitter ter, but the service can be Harris said professors using sentation and to meet our incredible used to work two 40-hour jobs, full- a young age, so I can start making to try to help students. abused by certain users. Twitter could enhance classes. students, plus witness fi rsthand how time animation and full-time sales. connections early.” “We put out information “Anybody can come on and “It would further their cur- the program works from the inside Borenstein said his expertise was Shrunken Head Man that may be of interest to a say whatever they want,” he ricula,” she said. out,” Granner said. as a cleanup artist in the animation Borenstein said another part general audience,” Harris said. said. According to the Univer- Carter said students fl ock to industry, which means he did the fi - of his job is to oversee Shrunken According to SJSU’s Twitter Deian Georgie, a junior sities and Colleges Web site, Borenstein’s class, because he off ers nal drawing that audience members Head Man, a club for animation page, the university has 469 computer engineering major, Harvard (4,493) and Stanford worldclass education at an aff ord- see on the screen. and illustration students. “followers,” or people who are said a lot of the updates on (6,566) are some of the col- able price. Th e industry moved toward the “A student sat on a stool with subscribed to the university’s Twitter are a waste of time. leges with the most followers. According to the Internet Movie computer area or 3-D computer some ink on it, the ink looked updates. “I consider it spamming,” George Washington Uni- Database Web site, Borenstein has graphics, but now Disney is bring- like a shrunken head — hence the Harris said the university he said. versity (57.7), UCLA (44.3) played key roles in “Quest for Cam- ing back hand-drawn, studio art, name of the club,” Carter said. has diff erent platforms to reach Naserkhaki said the things and University of Southern elot,” “Space Jam,” “Th e Swan Prin- he said. “Shrunken Head Man is really diff erent people, including the some people use Twitter for California (44.1) are some cess,” “Bebe’s Kids,” “FernGully: “A lot of schools are not teaching a live force in our department,” university’s Web site, Facebook aren’t useful. of the colleges with the most Th e Last Rainforest,” “Rover Dan- that (studio art),” he said. “Th ey’re Borenstein said. “For instance, and Twitter. “I don’t fi nd it appealing to Tweets per day, according to gerfi eld,” “BraveStarr: Th e Legend,” not teaching that skill set. Th is class, when a student gets hired we She said too many diff erent follow celebrities,” he said. Universities and Colleges Web and “Pinocchio and the Emperor of 112B, is 100 percent that skill set, so don’t say a ‘San Jose student got platforms may confuse people. He said Twitter could be site. the Night.” kids are actually going to rip it up.” hired,’ we say ‘Another Shrunken “You actually want to mini- useful in the right circum- According to TweetStats, a “My favorite animation I ever Martinez said Borenstein is like Head Man got hired.’” mize the number of outlets you stances. Web site that compiles statis- worked on was ‘Rover Dangerfi eld,’ a drill sergeant of animation and il- He said since Shrunken Head post information,” she said. Naserkhaki said he uses tics of Twitter users, SJSU has because I was right under the direc- lustration. Man is such a powerful group, it Junior nursing major Karen Twitter to get updates on 2.2 Tweets per day. tor, and I was working on his ani- “He breaks you down and builds was one of the motivating forces Orozco said she doesn’t use certain events such as during The majority of SJSU’s mation, so that was fun,” Bornstein you back up,” he said. “He gets rid that made him want to teach at Twitter. the protest in Iran after the Tweets came in the first three said. of weakness, bad habits of drawing, SJSU, and he is involved with “I kind of think it’s point- presidential elections this past months of use in February, He said he has also been a part and builds you up to traditional keeping the club going. less,” she said. summer. March and April, according to of television animation such as “He- draftsmen. Everybody that takes the “We are extremely fortunate to According to the SJSU Twit- “I can get information out the TweetStats Web site. Man and the Masters of the Uni- class the fi rst time has bad habits. have Sheldon on our animation ter page, SJSU posts updates of Iran after the media couldn’t The Event Center also has verse,” “Th e Legend of Tarzan,” “Fat He helps you break out of those bad and illustration team,” Granner on events such as campuswide be there,” he said. a separate Twitter account that Albert and the Comedy Kids” and habits. He has to break you before he said. “Programs all over Los An- furlough days, Homecoming Karen Orozco said she’d use posts pictures of events held at “Tom and Jerry.” molds you into the perfect soldier.” geles beg him to join them, but Week and Legacy Week. Twitter if professors used it to the Event Center as well as an- Borenstein has historically cho- Personal Experience his Shrunken Head Man family Th e updates also include update students about their nouncements. sen to teach large classes since he “One of the things that I think blood runs thick, and he remains news releases on things such as classes, such as if their classes SJSU’s Twitter account, @ started teaching at SJSU in 1997, is a teacher’s job is to bring their dedicated to SJSU fi rst and fore- accomplishments by SJSU stu- are cancelled. SJSU, made its first Tweet on said John Loomis, director of the personal career into the class,” Bo- most. dents and departments. “Th at would help,” she Feb. 11 and has had 201 up- school of art and design. renstein said. “Sometimes I’ll be “Th ere is a reason why every- Harris said the university said. dates. “His classes have always been criticized on that, but I just think it’s one in the industry knows him, brimming with enthusiastic stu- really important that the students and he brings that to our stu- dents, who benefi t greatly from his understand how to close their deal, dents.” expert instruction,” Loomis said. how to close a sale, how to get the Dedication to SJSU and Family CampusImages “Few teachers have the capacity for word out, how to bid, how to col- “I look at San Jose as my tem- this that he has.” lect and how to get past the recep- ple,” said Borenstein, who identi- Mike Martinez, an animation tionist in the studio.” fi es as Jewish. “I went to temple and illustration major, said Boren- At the beginning of Borenstein’s when my girls were growing up, stein is inspirational. class on Oct. 16th, he shared a pre- but I never donated time, I never “Th e way he taught got me in- sentation with his class that he gave donated money, everything went terested in drawing again,” Martinez to several retired benefactors. to San Jose. So it’s not really a job, said. “I haven’t drawn in a couple “Th ey wanted me to teach them this is what I’ve dedicated my life years. He made me feel good about to draw,” he said. “So, we had two to. So it’s not a thing I’ll ever get drawing again.” live (nude) models and a bunch of tired with.” Borenstein’s teaching assistant people who are not artists, and I He said that despite the numer- Kristy Kay said Borenstein does ev- taught them how to draw.” ous hours he dedicates to his stu- erything he can to ensure the success Borenstein said he shut off the dents, he never sacrifi ces his family. of his students. lights, explained that the benefac- “I’m always about my kids, I “Sheldon is a goofball, but he tors were going to draw the human always put my family fi rst,” he sure is a great teacher,” said Kay, an form and when he turned the lights said. “So I guess the greatest ad- animation and illustration major. on, there were two live, nude mod- venture (of my life) was raising “He really cares about his students. els posed in front of approximately my children.”

She said the remaining vac- ed quite enough to be released in H1N1 cinations will be distributed public, and I’m afraid of shots,” From Page 1 through appointments and one he said “Th e last time I took the or more publicized shot clinics. fl u vaccination I felt sick for a clinics. Elrod said a clinic would be a few days after, so it wasn’t worth At-risk people include preg- set time where the vaccinations it.” nant women, people with chron- would be distributed to large Elrod said unless students ic medical conditions, people groups of students at a time for have philosophical or health with neuromuscular disease, and no charge. concerns about getting the vac- people less than 19 years old on Junior biology major Scott cine, they should consider it long-term aspirin treatment, ac- Siegel said he won’t be getting because it would help the com- cording to the SJSU Student the vaccine. munity. Health Center Web site. “I don’t plan on getting it be- “What they’re doing is cre- “Th e Student Health Center cause to me it’s not that big of a ating immunity for themselves, serves students when it comes deal,” he said. “It’s just another so their body doesn’t get worn to H1N1 and fl u, so faculty and regular virus, and I try not to down by a potential fl u,” Elrod staff are asked as always to seek hang around sick people.” said. “Th ey are helping to slow assistance from their health care Jasman Randhawa, a com- the advance of the virus through providers,” Harris said. puter engineering major, said he our community, because they It’s important for health cen- has concerns about the vaccine. become one less person through ter employees to be vaccinated, “I feel like it hasn’t been test- whom the virus can advance.” she said. [ Chad Ziemendorf / Spartan Daily ] “We want to prevent them from passing the fl u onto those A woman pauses for a cigarette break outside Tower Hall on Wednesday after- that they are serving, and then noon. rest we hope to distribute,” Har- ris said. Thursday, October 29, 2009 Spartan Daily []FEATURES 3 celebrating the dead

By Mauricio Garcia Production Editor

Halloween Americans have lost any con- As dusk approaches on the nection to harvest festivals, and, night of Oct. 31, the eyes of with the exception of El Dia jack-o’-lanterns will blink awake de los Muertos, there are few as children disguised as ghouls connections to the origins of and witches and Hannah Mon- Halloween. tana race up the drive chanting, “One of the things America “Trick-or-treat, trick-or-treat, does best is take culture and turn give me something good to eat.” it into big business, and we’ve “For most contemporary defi nitely done that with Hal- Americans, Halloween is just loween,” she said. fun,” said Patricia Evridge Hill, Momo Cha, a senior graphic chair of the history department design major, walked into her at SJSU. Intro to Graphic Design class to Hill said prior to its com- stares, laughs and the delight of Samhain Day of the Dead mercialization, Halloween might her classmates. As winter approached, the an- Strewn with yellow and have originated as an autumn “My fi rst reaction was startled cient Celts of Ireland would hold red fl owers, bowls of fruit and harvest festival. and slightly scared,” said Melissa a grand feast consisting of the water, candles, colorful paper People would have observed Siu, a senior graphic design ma- perishable foods they would be patterns, and breads shaped to that the crops they raised were jor. “Afterwards I thought it was unable to preserve for the winter, form skulls, an altar will become coming into maturity, and then really cool and wondered who said Jennifer Rycenga, professor home to the spirit it was created dying as winter came, paralleling was inside of that costume.” of humanities at SJSU. for on El Dia de los Muertos, the human life cycle, she said. Cha was dressed in a home- “Even though the exact date according to journalist and pho- Humanities Professor Jennifer made Burger King costume. has changed, there is evidence that tographer Mary Andrade. Rycenga said that it came to the “It (took) like maybe 25 in ancient Celtic cultures there was El Dia de los Muertos takes Americas largely through Anglo- hours total,” she said. “I’d hate to a celebration that occurred around place on two days, Nov. 1 American and Irish-American admit it, but it cost like $110.” this time,” Rycenga said. and Nov. 2, according to the immigrants. Everything but the mask, She said the winter half of the Catholic holidays of All Saints’ She said people from all dif- which she purchased from eBay, year began on Samhain — the Day and All Souls’ Day. Before ferent class levels immigrated, was made from scratch, she said. end of the grazing season. It was the colonization of Mexico the including farmers who still Siu said she was planning on a time of tribe gathering for cel- celebrations took place in July followed some pre-Christian dressing as a pirate and going to ebrations of death and renewal. and August, she said. traditions and celebrations. Pirates of Emerson in Fremont “Pre-Christian Europeans On Nov. 1, the bells of Big businesses, such as greet- with her friends — also dressed knew when the days became churches in Mexico ring to alert ing card companies and toy man- to a pirate theme. equal, the sun was losing the war the residents that the spirits of ufacturers, adopted the holiday, Th e event has six diff erent maz- between the light and the dark,” deceased children are coming to infl uencing the development of es, with costumed people jumping said Lucia Farnham-Hudson, a visit their families and the altars the American Halloween, becom- out to scare visitors, she said. children’s librarian at Dr. Martin that have been prepared in their ing a national phenomenon by Senior art major Caitlyn All- Luther King Jr. Library. “Th ey honor. the 1940s, Hill said. men said she expects to pay $30 believed the spirits were closest On Nov. 2, the bells ring “It’s a process that starts in to $40 on Halloween expenses, to this world, and they would do once more to notify the child the late 19th century with com- including her “Alice in Wonder- things to help ward the spirits.” spirits that it is time for them to mercialization of the holiday, land” costume. In contrast, contemporary leave, because the spirits of the initially in towns and cities,” “My favorite part is getting neo-pagans use Samhain as a adults are approaching, she said. “Th e whole concept of to adopt another personality,” celebration to remember their she said. trick-or-treating in one’s neigh- she said. lost loved ones, said Leigh Ann “Day of the Dead is a pre- borhood doesn’t work if one lives Siu said she does cosplay, so Hildebrand, a junior religious Hispanic tradition that blended in rural America. she can appreciate eff ort put into studies major and volunteer for with the Catholic religion dur- “So many cultures, including making a Halloween costume. the Spiral Dance. ing the colonial times to create [ Photos by Chad Ziemendorf / Spartan Daily ] the cultures of western and cen- “It’s an excuse to have a Th e Spiral Dance, which a beautiful celebration that Staff members of the College of Social Sciences went tral Europe, that initially settled party and wear costumes,” Hill takes place Oct. 31 in San Fran- honors the legacy and the life of all out this Halloween, turning their Washington Square in what becomes the United said. “We can fi nd evidence of cisco, is an event where people a person, not only to his family, Hall 103 offi ces and conference room into a dungeon- States, have holidays through- masquerade balls and parties in commemorate the recently de- but to his community,” themed frightfest. out the fall where the timing ancient societies. ceased by dancing and chanting Andrade said. coincides with harvest festivals — “So there’s always been some- in a guided trance for hundreds In small towns in Mexico, off erings are done very similar Catholic traditions in altars, where they commemorate thing captivating about masking of people, she said. the whole community partici- to the origins before the Spanish Andrade said. Some discrepan- the dead.” your real identity and taking on “Samhain is a pagan holiday pates in the celebration, placing arrivals,” she said. cies, however, do exist. Hill said contemporary the identity of a character.” where the dead become close to off erings of fruit, vegetables and Items on the altar include “On the Catholic altars you us, and we refl ect on the cycle of candles in honor of the soul, old clothing belonging to the don’t see people placing the life and death — the death part she said. soul. Sugar skulls and skeletons, products of earth on the altars of the cycle,” she said. She said the family of the called calacas, made of clay or except the fl owers,” Andrade Th e line between life and house is also prepared with paper mache are also present, said. “Also, in many places, death is one of the mysteries of off erings like tamales, posole she said. people create beautiful arches existence, she said. Th ere is a lot and atole for those that bring “Everything else that you see that have a symbolism as markers of potential energy in that twi- off erings. (on the altar) is there because for the place through which the light line, and neo-pagans want “It is like a solidarity,” she that person owned it, that per- soul comes to his altar.” to give attention to that. said. “‘You support me, I sup- son liked it, that person enjoyed She said it is tradition in “At this time, the dead are closer port you,’ but in a beautiful it during life,” Andrade said. many places for elders to sit in to us — this plane, this world — way, not because of an obliga- In places where El Dia de the room out of respect for the than at any other,” she said. tion. Because it comes out from los Muertos is celebrated, both soul, asking it to act as mediator Rycenga said to appreciate yourself, from centuries of the altars and tombstones are deco- between the human world and birth and creativity often associ- people supporting each other.” rated with fl owers, foods and the celestial entities or God and ated with the coming spring, Jonathan Martinez, a senior belongings, she said. conversing about the family and neo-pagans feel they must also justice studies major, said every “Back where my family is community. acknowledge decay and the end of year he and his family have a from, Nicaragua, my relatives “Th e altar is a way of express- life — this time is Samhain, what dinner to commemorate and will go to the cemeteries and ing your own desires, your own Americans know as Halloween. honor his deceased relatives. spend the entire day telling culture, your own experiences Jack-o’-lanterns may be in- Senior geography major stories about loved ones,“ said here in the States,” Andrade tended to ward away unwanted Sabrina Duenas said she created Vielka Quintanilla, a senior said. “But the feelings, the pur- spirits, but the jack-o’-lanterns an altar last year for El Dia de international business major. pose is still the same … themselves may have originated los Muertos. Andrade said each level of an “Mexico is giving to the on the battlefi elds of Celtic “I like what it represents,” altar, depending on the various world a diff erent way of ap- Europe. she said. “You kind of com- regions, represents a diff erent proaching the feelings of loss. Warriors often took the heads memorate your loved ones.” aspect of existence. Th is celebration is a wonderful of fallen foes to claim the power Th e altars are central to the “Th e Zapoteca ancestors way of dealing with pain when of that warrior, which protected celebration of El Dia de los believed life was sustained by your family dies.” him from vengeful or malignant Muertos, which people origi- death, described in the fi ve lev- spirits, she said. nally placed on the fl oor with els of the altar,” Andrade said. For more about Rycenga said witches, as off erings of maize, squashes and Th e fi rst level represents Mary Andrade and her El frightening, malicious old other harvested foods during birth and the second life, the Dia de los Muertos exhibit women riding about on brooms harvest time for the visiting third represents death, the see Page 4 in the darkest hours of Hallow- souls,Andrade said. fourth a period of transition and een night, are remnants of the She said some altars are dec- purifi cation and the fi fth the witch crazes. orated with statues and portraits return to new life, she said. To look your ghastly best “I think that masks and scar- of saints, which are a part of the “Specifi cally, they believed this Halloween, check out ing are remnants (of Samhain) Catholic religion. Th ere is also that after the seventh year the in Halloween,” Hildebrand said. often a photograph or image of soul returns to life as one of the an Online Video “Th e scary aspect, a liminal time the person or people to whom most beautiful expressions of when people need to be afraid. the altar is dedicated. nature, like birds or fl owers,” theSpartanDaily.com I think that feeling of dread, “Th at is the way it has she said. unique to the holiday, is a very evolved, but still you can see in Th ere is no clear distinc- old thing.” several places in Mexico how the tion between indigenous and 4[]NEWS Spartan Daily Thursday, October 29, 2009 Journalist’s lens documents Day of the Dead

By Ben Cadena 1 and Nov. 2. Deceased children & Ryan Fernandez and infants are remembered on Staff Writers Nov. 1, while Nov. 2 is set aside for adults. A San Jose photojournalist “November 2: the Day of the who has studied the Latin Ameri- Dead” states that the spirits of can tradition of celebrating an- the dead are believed to visit their cestors, is exhibiting “Days of the families and friends during this Dead, a Passion for Life” in King time and must be provided with Library. food and entertainment during Mary Andrade, co-publisher their stay. of La Oferta, a local bilingual Palfrey’s article also states that community newspaper, along families clean and decorate their with her husband Frank Andrade, loved ones’ graves with fl owers said she has been to Michoacan, and paper streamers, and con- Oaxaca, Puebla, Mexico and San struct altars in their homes to Luis Potosi to photograph these honor the deceased. Th ese altars festivals and celebrations since may be adorned with fl owers, 1987. candles, photographs, and deco- She said her collection will be rative paper cutouts called “pa- on display on the second fl oor of pel picado.” the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Th e Houston Institute for Library until Nov 27. Culture Web site states that these Regina Acosta, a visitor to altars are called “ofrendas.” the exhibit, said she didn’t know Palfrey’s article states that about this exhibit before seeing families may hire a mariachi it, but it was nice to come across. band to play music and would “I seek out this sort of thing, put out off erings of food such as because I don’t see it very often,” sugar skulls and sweet rolls called she said. “pan de muertos,” while also hav- Andrade’s photographs are or- ing bottles of tequila on hand to ganized into four series portray- drink and toast the dead. Other ing diff erent aspects of El Dia de foods and drinks that may also los Muertos — “Preparations,” be off ered include dishes of rice, [ Michelle Gachet / Spartan Daily ] “Parade and the Vigil of the Little beans, meat, sweet potatoes, cof- Photojournalist Mary J. Andrade stands in front of her exhibit, “Days of the Dead, a Passion for Life,” on the sec- Angels,” “Vigil at the Cemetery” fee, fresh water and beer. ond fl oor of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library on Tuesday. and “Altars of Life.” A ceramic doll and fi gurine Th e exhibited photographs collection created by Carlos included one of eight women Villez was also on exhibition. Dia de los Muertos: the construction of an altar preparing tamales in Oaxaca, a Brian Block, a master’s grad- girl looking at a display of sug- uate student from Santa Clara Mary J. Andrade, a journalist and photographer, said every altar has representations of the ar skulls in the Mexican state University, said, “Th is is a mys- four Western elements of nature — fire, earth, water and wind. of Michoacan and a pyramid- tery for me, in San Jose — it’s shaped altar with nine steps, marvelous and makes the idea of Lit candles represent the element of fi re, but in Andrade said water must always be present in a covered with a blue cloth, also in death less scary.” Oaxaca. Block said that when he was many cases each candle represents a soul. glass or a cup. She said all four elements — in Vienna, Austria last Hallow- “If a family is remembering nine persons, so there “The soul supposedly comes a long way from the earth, air, fi re and water — are een, children did not trick-or- are nine candles, plus one that they usually place there place of rest to the altar, and they may be thirsty,” she present at the off erings. treat. in honor of the lonely soul, which is that soul that said. “Traditionally, people would “Th ey go to the graveyards doesn’t have anyone in town to honor her,” Andrade Wind is represented by the “papel picado,” which is make altars in their homes or on and also honor their ancestors the graves, with a glass of water with fl owers,” he said. said. “There is this kind of solidarity that they shared the vibrant tissue paper cut up into patterns of various for the spirit’s thirst, since it had In Andrade’s book, “Th e Vig- in life.” intricacies, she said. come from Mictlan, the mythi- il of the Little Angels,” she shows Earth is represented by products that grow out of “Generally there are two kinds of fl owers on the cal place of the dead,” Andrade photos of a parade in Tzinzun- the Earth such as fruits, breads shaped like animals altar — the cempasuchitl, the yellow one, which is the said. tan in Michoacán where little and people, fl owers, and most important, dishes that fl ower of the dead, and a velvety, red fl ower that is According to an article by girls wearing satin blouses and Dale Palfrey published on the colorful skirts light candles and the soul used to enjoy in life, she said. called fl or de terciopelo,” Andrade said. Mexconnect Web site, El Dia de arrange off erings before praying los Muertos spans two days, Nov. for three hours. Sidebar by Mauricio Garcia Setting fi res and smashing pumpkins are traditions on ‘Mischief Night’ By Jill Abell school. tice studies major, said she knew the cording to the Journal of American a marketing major at Salve Regina Uni- Staff Writer “I TP’d a car on the night before meaning of “Mischief Night.” Medical Association. versity. Halloween in the hills of Hayward,” he “Th is mischief can range from harm- “In 1985, a record of 810 fi res was “In my senior year of high school As the sun sets on the night before said. “It was tradition — I didn’t know less to extreme,” Morillo said. “Of reported, which began a citywide in- I helped smash pumpkins,” she said. Halloween, some SJSU students may take it had a name. We didn’t even wear course there are going to be parties. tervention campaign against vandalism “Everyone wore masks so that people part in a tradition of mischief that has masks, we just went out into the night, Mischief pretty much explains it all.” and arson during the three-day period wouldn’t know who was doing it. I wore been around in the U.S. since the ’80s. and did it.” According to the Net Glimse Web before Halloween,” states the Journal of a George Bush mask.” Oct. 30th is known in some parts of University Police Department Sgt. site, “Mischief Night” is often attributed American Medical Association. Daniels said in East Hartford, Conn. the country as “Devil’s Night,” “Mis- John Laws said he also has never heard to Irish and Scottish immigrants who Amanda Jordan said in New Jersey it teenagers used to attack cars with shav- chief Night,” “Goosey Night” or “Cab- of “Mischief Night” or “Devil’s Night.” immigrated to the U.S. during and after is called “Cabbage Night” or “Goosey ing cream, smash pumpkins, and basi- bage Night,” said Amanda Jordan, a “Usually Halloween has come in dur- the Irish Potato Famine of 1845. Night,” and in the 1990s, vandalism cally destroy Halloween decorations on mathematics major at Hamilton Col- ing weeknights, so it hasn’t been much “Th ey popularized the folklore that on that night escalated to the point of “Devil’s Night.” lege in Clinton, N.Y. of a concern,” he said. “Being that it’s the night’s pranks and ‘tricks’ were the widespread arson. “I TP’d some houses in high school Some SJSU students said they did on a weekend, there’s the possibility of work of fairies, goblins and other mys- In 1990, Arson accounted for nearly on the night of Halloween but not now,” not know this tradition had a name. more parties in the downtown area, not tical creatures that came out of hiding half (46.3 percent) of all fi re-related SJSU pre-nursing major Kayson Arel- Freshman accounting major Mat- just in the clubs, but also fraternities around the time of Halloween each year,” deaths since 1984 in Detroit, Mich., lano said. “Th at was high school stuff , I thew Manalo said he has never heard and sororities.” states the Net Glimse Web site. according to the Journal of American don’t do that anymore. I’m working this of “Mischief Night” or “Devil’s Night,” He said UPD will prepare with in- By 1984, Oct. 30th became known Medical Association. Halloween.” even though he said he participated creased patrol coverage this weekend. as “Devil’s Night” and has evolved to In East Hartford, Conn. they call it in some pranks on Oct. 30th in high Nicole Morillo, an SJSU senior jus- three consecutive nights of arson, ac- “Devil’s Night,” said Brittany Daniels, Thursday, October 29, 2009 Spartan Daily []NEWS 5 Society hopes to grow Central Shops helps students build BURSAR entrepreneurial spirit From Page 1

By Dominique Dumadaug regularly holds interactive work- President Jon Whitmore, Staff Writer shops and conducts a series called in an Oct. 20 press confer- the “Eminent Speaker Series” where ence with student media, said If the Entrepreneurial Society business professionals talk to stu- the Bursar’s Offi ce should try was to put an ad out for member- dents about diff erent scenarios a to communicate with people ship, it would read “Wanted: out-of person may face. as clearly as possible, making the-box thinkers who are ambitious Titles of some of the topics in sure people understand when and self-motivated.” the “Eminent Speaker Series” this fi nancial issues are due, and Michael Walters, a senior entre- semester are, “IP Challenges: Pro- with what methods they can preneurship major, said he believes tecting Your Idea,” which happened be addressed. there is a misconception about the Monday and “Selling Your Idea in “I think communication is Entrepreneurial Society. a Global World,” which will take probably the most important “You don’t have to want to start place on Nov. 16., according to the thing,” he said. your own business to join our orga- Entrepreneurial Society Web site. Anderson said she agreed nization and get a lot out of it,” said “As experience is the greatest with the president’s com- [ Chad Ziemendorf / Spartan Daily ] Walters, president of the group. teacher, our goal is to off er members ments, and said the Bursar’s Craig Stauffer, coordinating director at Central Shops, holds up an apparatus he Kevin Yasaitis, a senior double the opportunity to gain knowledge Offi ce was working to en- designed to test the strength of wire. major in fi nance and economics, said through experience,” said Ryan Guer- courage more students to he believes everyone can learn from rettaz, a senior fi nance major and chief sign up for the “eRefunds” By Husain Sumra Martin said a lot of the depart- at three in the morning.” joining the Entrepreneurial Society. operations offi cer of the society. program. Staff Writer ments in the College of Engineer- Stauff er said Central Shops “Th ose who may not have a Th e organization also holds a “Part of the Bursar’s Of- ing have had their technicians leave save students money. grand idea of their own, but have the competition called the Business fi ce’s marketing approach is Th e cement canoes and rock- because of retirement, and they’ve He said the aerospace engineer- drive and desire to work hard to earn Plan Competition, which is open to to make ‘eRefunds’ visible ets that sometimes line the halls of had to take on the workload. ing club needed something done the knowledge and expertise that will students, faculty, alumni and staff , and expose their benefi ts,” the Engineering building get their “We’ve taken on the load of for a rocket, and Central Shops got help them down the road in business according to the group’s Web site. she said. starts in the Central Shops. four or fi ve people’s jobs here,” it aff ordably done for them. and life,” said Yasaitis, vice presi- Every spring, competitors are Anderson said a message Th e Central Shops is a place Stauff er said. “We’re just ham- “Th ey had a quote from an dent of marketing. “E.S. members given the opportunity to explain about “eRefunds” was posted where engineering students can mering through all of it.” outside machine shop for one are people who strive to make their and market their ideas to industry on the Bursar’s Offi ce’s Face- get help on their projects, said Stauff er said he and Martin piece for $4,100, and we made it own success and avoid the rat race of professionals, according to the En- book page, and information Craig Stauff er, a senior technician make all the parts themselves, and for about 60 bucks here,” he said. working up the corporate ladder.” trepreneurial Society Web site. on how to sign up for the at Central Shops. that one of the challenges of Cen- Kopriva said Stauff er helps According to the Entrepreneur- Eighteen thousand dollars is program is available on the “We help them with their tral Shops is budget constraints. students with design problems ial Society Web site students from awarded each year and the win- Bursar’s Offi ce Web site. designs,” he said. “We facilitate He said it allows him and Mar- they have. all majors are accepted. ner of the competition is awarded When advance registration making parts for them.” tin to get creative with designs. “He’ll fi nd a way to make it “We value a cross-disciplinary $10,000 to start up the business, for the Spring 2010 semester Bryan Federico, a senior me- Mandeep Singh, a graduate work,” he said. need for any major, any personal- said Nasim Ghanadan, a junior eco- begins on Nov. 9, Anderson chanical engineering major, said student in electrical engineering, Central Shops is free to stu- ity, any background, any interest nomics major. said students will fi nd a posi- the two technicians at Central said a lot of students visit Central dents, but students must fi ll out — diverse individuals and skill sets “Our mission is to inspire in- tive service indicator in the Shops have helped him with his Shops. work request forms before the are indispensable to innovation,” novation, utilize sustainable re- form of a red star near the top projects. “We have every facility,” he technicians can start work on according to the Entrepreneurial sources, and empower the future of their account page. “It makes doing student proj- said. their projects, Stauff er said. Society Web site. business leaders of the world,” said She said when students ects so much easier,” he said. Th omas Kopriva, a graduate He said that students may Th e Entrepreneurial Society was Ghanadan, chief fi nancial offi cer click on the star, they will be Stauff er said the technicians student in computer engineering, need to pay under certain circum- founded in 2001 by a group of stu- of the Entrepreneurial Society. directed to the “eRefunds” at Central Shops help with proj- said getting help at Central Shops stances. dents seeking a creative outlet for Ghanadan said some of the so- page of the Bursar’s Offi ce ects for most of the colleges in can be troublesome during certain “If we don’t have the materials their ideas, said Stephen Guerguy, a ciety’s former members have gone Web site. the school of engineering such as times of the year. here and (the price is) over $100, junior fi nance major and chief mar- to diff erent areas of employment. “Th e message will remain mechanical, computer, electrical “Towards the end of the se- then the students are responsible,” keting offi cer of the organization. “Students from the organization from Nov. 9 to Feb. 12,” An- and aviation. mester it gets busy,” he said. he said. “Th e student organization fl our- have gone on to start their own com- derson said. “It will be an in- “We have a whole lot of hats to Stauff er said an aerospace en- He said a cement canoe was ished with workshops and network- panies, including surfi ng schools, formational message, with no wear,” said Alan Martin, a techni- gineering club needed some parts one of Central Shops’ fi rst big ing events hosted by seasoned indus- publishing companies, special event negative impact on student cian at Central Shops. delivered during a morning, so he projects and use of Central Shops try professionals, and continues that coordinating, graphic design, and accounts.” Stauff er said only he and Mar- stayed longer than usual. has grown from word of mouth. success today,” he said. “It has been ticket distribution,” she said. “Many She said the message will tin work at Central Shops helping “I stayed here the whole night,” “Most of the students come to twice voted the most professional or- have also taken the corporate route be removed automatically students. he said. “We had a barbecue going us from their advisers,” he said. ganization on campus at SJSU.” at places like Target, Cisco, Price Wa- at the end of the late add Th e Entrepreneurial Society terhouse and Sun Microsystems.” period. Salzburg Scholars use time in Austria to work toward a globalized campus

[ Michelle Gachet / Spartan Daily ] Mark McKenna, associate director of global studies, answers questions from students about the Salzburg Scholars Program in Clark Hall on Wednesday.

By Samantha Rivera summers shared their knowledge cally think and refl ect on these Staff Writer with the students. various global issues, he said. Chosen students will be given An important aspect of the One week spent at a historic lectures by several fellows, faculty program is having the scholars re- palace in Salzburg, Austria is part and staff from around the world turn and commit themselves for of an SJSU program where stu- about issues aff ecting the globe a year to take part in at least one dents participate in a seminar on such as human traffi cking and project to help globalize the SJSU global citizenship. the world’s views on America, campus. Approximately eight to 15 said Tara Martinez, a business Salzburg Scholar Sheeba Sara- SJSU students, known as Salz- management major and Salzburg vanan, a senior business fi nance burg Scholars, are exclusively Scholar. major, said the projects can range picked to travel to this palace and Students listen to about one from helping out in your own de- participate in the Salzburg Glob- to two lecturers a day, and then partment to doing something to al Seminar, said Carol Reade, as- get put into small groups with globalize the whole campus. sistant professor of international other scholars from around the For example, one scholar business management and chair country, Martinez said. nursing student chose to focus of the SJSU Salzburg Scholars “You’re in a group with some- her project on fi nding remedies Program. one from Texas, Louisiana and from around the world, Saravan- “Th e main goal is to give stu- Southern California, and you can an said. dents some exposure to global is- dissect what you hear and form “I think it’s important as a sues and to have them promote questions to ask the lecturer,” human being to do what you can change on campus to globalize Martinez said. “Th ey don’t im- and help improve current condi- and internationalize the campus,” pose their views. Th ey challenge tions,” said Jovil Clemente, a cre- Reade said. you to challenge the status quo.” ative arts major. Interested students attended McKenna said the questions Laura Th omas, a junior cre- informational meetings Tuesday asked by the lecturers are not ative writing major, said, “I’m and Wednesday in Clark Hall to meant to have a right answer but interested in learning other peo- fi nd out how to become a Salz- rather to have the scholar criti- ple’s perspectives on global issues, burg Scholar for the 2010-11 cally think about how they would meeting other students from academic year, and what the pro- personally respond to the global around the country and bringing gram entailed. issues, and to refl ect on their own back what I learn to SJSU.” Reade, along with Mark McK- values. Students receive three units enna, associate director of the It is a unique educational ex- from an independent study global studies department, and perience, and it is one where more course during Spring 2011 while Salzburg Scholars from previous students are engaged, can criti- they work on their projects. 6[]SPORTS Spartan Daily Thursday, October 29, 2009 Life-changing experience molds Rhodes into leader

By Jennifer Hadley grandmother’s death he matured team with 21 points, said he feels L.A. and start up a career. What Staff Writer even more. his leadership has improved the I would like to do is act, screen “I was a punk,” Rhodes said. most this year. write or direct.” Mickey Rhodes, a winger for “I would talk back to veterans and “My leadership ability is the Hockey teammate Jeff rey Kun- the SJSU hockey club, said he do my own thing.” strongest it’s ever been,” he said. caitis said he spends a lot of time doubted his ability to play in a Coach Ron Glasow said Rho- “It’s not just ‘ra-ra’ leadership. It’s with Rhodes and sometimes even game against Oregon last Novem- des has grown as a player through- leading by example on the ice.” acts in his fi lms. ber, after learning his grandmother out the past four years. Rhodes has played hockey “I feel like we’re a married cou- had cancer. “A few years ago he would since he was 7 years old and is now ple,” Kuncaitis said. “He’s pretty “When I was a kid, probably drop the gloves and take a pen- playing in his fourth year with the much my best friend — you can before preschool all the way to alty,” Glasow said. “He’s tougher, SJSU hockey club. get sick of you’re best friend some- fi fth grade, she was the person because guys who try to bait him He said his father has always times.” who pretty much raised me,” he into the penalty realize he’s not go- been a source of inspiration and SJSU hockey club President said. “My parents were always ing to retaliate right then, but he’s support. Andy Dickerson said Rhodes is a working. She was the rock of the going to come back and get them “He’s the only person that I leader on and off the ice. family.” later in the game when they least will listen to if I had a bad game “Mickey’s a goofball,” Dick- Rhodes said he had a powerful expect it.” or not,” Rhodes said. “He’s the erson said. “He is very likeable. moment during last year’s game In 2007-08, Rhodes accumu- person I look at in the stands for a He likes to have a good time, but against Oregon. lated 155 penalty minutes, but in thumbs up or a thumbs down.” knows when it’s time to be seri- “I scored a big goal in the sec- 2008-09 he cut his penalty min- Besides his passion for hockey, ous.” ond period, and after the game, I utes in half to 74. Rhodes said he is a fi lm major, and Rhodes said even though he got the puck, and I brought it to “Last year I stepped up as al- right now he is excited to fi nish a can’t wait to get into his fi lm ca- her,” he said. ternate captain, and that was my vampire fi lm this week and hopes reer more, hockey is his life right His grandmother passed away fi rst year wearing a letter,” he his fi lm makes the Cinequest Film now. in April. said. “And I feel that, that was my Festival. “Just being there for the other Rhodes said he has matured fi rst progress as a leader for the “After State’s over, I don’t re- guy wearing your same jersey, [ Ryan Buchan / Spartan Daily ] since his fi rst and second year on team.” ally plan on playing hockey at all,” there’s something special about SJSU winger Mickey Rhodes (left) and teammate Sam the hockey team, and after his Rhodes, who is second on the he said. “I just want to move to that to me,” he said. Cimino celebrate after a goal during Monday’s practice.

Sports Commentary: San Jose fi ghter Velasquez ready for title shot

By Joe Proudman For three rounds it looked like was ready for a title shot, the im- better wrestling skills, and his title shot against Randy Couture Th e fi ght looks to be rescheduled Photo Editor ground-and-pound, but with not pression going into the fi ght was heavy hands feel like getting hit when he was 2-1. for UFC 108 on Jan. 2, according much pound, though he got the whoever won would be fi rst in in the face with a keg of Coors Velasquez is getting better to Tweets from Carwin. If you’re an Ultimate Fight- win in a convincing fashion. line for a title shot. Light because he doesn’t drink with each fi ght, and I believe he Th at leaves the Nov. 21 fi ght ing Championship fan, then I’m In the end, no one expected After watching Velasquez’s Bud Light because Bud Light will raise his game considerably card with Forrest Griffi n and Tito fairly sure you spent Saturday him to have that kind of perfor- performance against Rothwell, I won’t pay him. against Lesnar when he faces him Ortiz headlining, though another evening watching UFC 104. mance against Kongo, who some am in the party that feels he will But every time Velasquez for the title, like he deserves. Tweeting fi ghter Josh Koscheck Unlike the fi ght cards coming regard as one of the best upcom- be able to stand toe-to-toe with fi ghts, he surprises the crap out of To be honest, I fully believe said he is now co-headlining the up, UFC 104 had a strong set ing heavyweights. champion Brock Lesnar, though everyone. that Velasquez is a title contend- event with a fi ghter who hasn’t of matches, which included San Fighting out of San Jose’s I can’t go as far to say that he People thought he was just go- er, but a champion? been named yet. Jose resident Cain Velasquez in a American Kickboxing Academy, would win. ing to beat Rothwell, but no one Th at’ll have to be settled in the Like I said earlier, the fi ghts heavyweight match against UFC which is home to several strong Now, if you’re thinking that expected him to just come out octagon when Velasquez will face coming up aren’t going to be that fi rst-timer Ben Rothwell, and Ly- UFC fi ghters, Velasquez was the Shane Carwin is going to defeat and own him. the best heavyweight UFC has exciting. oto Machida defending his light- favorite against Rothwell, even Lesnar when they eventually Yeah, the fi ght might have seen in a long time in Lesnar. UFC 105 in England is free heavyweight title against Pride though Rothwell is much bigger fi ght, since their match for mid- been called a little early, but he I’m not a complete loon. I on the Spike channel and even Fighting Championship veteran at 6 feet 4 inches and weighing November was postponed be- was going to keep punching him know that Velasquez’s chance of with the addition of Koscheck, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. in at 265 pounds, compared to cause of Lesnar’s illness, then you in the face and taking him down a win over the champion is small, Griffi n and Ortiz, it is not going Velasquez came into the fi ght Velasquez at 6 feet 1 inches and should be punched in the face by with ease. but he would defi nitely put up a to be enough for me to spend my after dominating Cheick Kongo 240 pounds. Lesnar. Plain and simple, Velasquez fi ght against Lesnar. Saturday evening watching UFC in UFC 99, when he showed his Rothwell was also much more So what makes Velasquez a has met every challenge and his But who knows when that will 106. ability to control the fi ght with experienced, with 30 wins in contender? 7-0 record proves it. happen? But when Velasquez and Les- his wrestling, but didn’t seem nearly 40 fi ghts. He obviously has strong wres- If you think he doesn’t have Lesnar recently backed out of nar step into the octagon down to have the power to end the Th ough it was still unclear tling skills and a tough chin. enough experience, remember his UFC 106 fi ght against Carwin the road, it’ll be a fi ght worth fi ght. whether Velasquez or Rothwell You can argue that Lesnar has that Lesnar is 4-1, and he had a on Monday because of illness. watching. CLASSIFIEDS

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others, therefore we have to take In the interview, the toddler ... babies who are breast-fed have fewer all scenarios into account. goes on to explain which breast illnesses and are better nourished than Alicia Johnson I do plan to have children in has the most milk. those who are fed other drinks and the future, and although I un- Pointing to his chest to dem- foods. Staff Writer derstand that I could not possi- onstrate, Tiernan said, “Th is side bly be able to forecast how I will has a lot more milk, and this side If all babies were fed only breastmilk for respond when the issue arises, I doesn’t.” the first six months of life, the lives of an can’t understand why a mother He says he’s going to stop estimated 1.5 million infants would be A recent poll taken on Face- ward moment when a mom sits would want everybody to see when he’s 9-years-old, because saved every year. book by one of my friends has next to you, and proceeds to something so sacred and so in- “it is the best time.” raised the controversial question breast-feed. timate. Th is doesn’t sound like a state- factsforlifeglobal.org of whether it is appropriate for My neck stiff ened, and I al- I just don’t think random ment from a child who calls his women to nurse children while most felt perverted when my people deserve it. mother’s breasts “nummies.” uncovered in public. eyes wandered in the wrong di- Another controversial issue Sounds to me like his weirdo Th e question asked, “Do you rection. that has arisen about breast- mother brainwashed him. Trading places: think women should be forced While that moment was feeding includes nursing beyond Th e mother compares the to cover up when breast-feeding made less awkward, I have never infancy. comforting to that of a pacifi er in public?” personally experienced an un- On Jan. 2 an ABC News ar- or thumb, and says she would Who’s the better kid? Th e poll taker’s answer op- covered mother nursing, but the ticle featured a mother of three prefer that her son come to her tions were “yes”, “no” and “who survey made me question “What who still nurses her 5-year-old for comfort. cares.” if I had?” son. Sorry, Mom, but your child Based on the comments left People sometimes are con- According to the article, shouldn’t be sucking on a thumb, Scott Reyburn by some of my friends who have fused by my arguments, because Robyn Paul said she refuses to be pacifi er or your breast. already experienced mother- I always try to view things from a “closet nurser,” and uses nurs- Matter of fact, he’s too old for Grinds My Gears hood, they stand fi rm by their both sides. ing as way to comfort her kin- a sippy cup. decision to whip out the boobs So I have to make it clear — I dergartner, Tiernan. Th e mother said she and and nurse without covering. think breast-feeding is the most Tiernan, who usually breast- Tiernan have had conversations Th ere’s a snake in my boots. gling, not for the lack of trying. While I do not agree that a natural, beautiful thing a woman feeds at home, said when he about the taste of breast milk, Scratch that, there’s a star in She was just still searching to woman should be “forced” to can do. needs comforting he tells his and said he thinks “It’s very my gears. fi nd out who she is and what ma- cover up while nursing in pub- But according to this argu- mother, “I want nummies.” sweet and taste like vanilla ice Do you remember in el- jor fi tted her interests like a glass lic, I don’t understand why one ment, so is walking outside na- Sorry, but this is some crazy cream.” ementary school when the most slipper. would want to expose herself ked, or farting loudly. shit to me. Bet you’ll think twice about achieved student of a particular When I put on my big boy and her child. Th ough neither is compara- Why is a 5-year-old child us- your next trip to the ice cream day or month received a gold star pants and went to college, I fi gu- I’ve experienced that awk- ble, we are forced to coexist with ing ridiculous baby words? shop. sticker next to his or her name on ratively hatched out a cocoon and a condescending chart of all the blossomed into a butterfl y. students in the class? I took all of my work seriously, Sin City whiplash: The aftermath of Vegas exposure Well, that wasn’t me receiving and it has been paying off . gold stars — ever. I’ve gotten good grades and marked bins, but in Vegas, I ing him on. Succeeding in anything is not practical experience in my major. didn’t think twice about litter- Everything I learned from easy for me. ing. my youth about being a lady, I wasn’t gifted with a Stephanie Vallejo At the bars and casinos having respect for myself God-given talent in any- women dressed in clothes I’ve and other women was nearly thing. Bird’s The Word only seen girls in San Jose wear thrown out the window. Let me rephrase that. on Halloween — three-inch Nearly. I possess a God-given heels, tight booty shorts and I figured if these women talent to not being gifted in “No thank you, I don’t want in your hands before you have brassieres one size too small. wanted to show off their toned anything. your hooker cards.” time to briskly walk away. Everywhere I turned, I saw bodies for cash, go for it. I’ve had to scratch and This is a sentence I never Needless to say there were things that would be otherwise The “If you got it, flaunt claw my way through hard thought I would need to say. hundreds, maybe even thou- illegal at home. it” rule was everywhere, and it work to just become aver- But in Las Vegas, anything sands of these “Girls straight People smoked wherever didn’t seem wrong to me. age. goes. to you!” cards littering the they wanted, and I was witness It’s as if Las Vegas had a sin- On the other hand, Last weekend, I spent a few strip. to a number of men leering at ful force field around it allow- my older sister is naturally illustration by Evan Suarez waking days in the city of lost The hotel shuttle driver women who weren’t even get- ing people to be bad and not smart, artistic and gifted in a wages and experienced hordes said there is an $800 fine for ting paid to be leered. feel guilty. variety of other things. On the other hand, my sister of men and women slapping littering. But after just a few hours in Now that I’m back home, I According to Norwegian re- has underwhelmed in college, but cards at me. So how can these people town, I had already been de- feel kind of guilty. searcher Petter Kristensen and she is still trying to fi nd out what The cards were adorned stand around all day with sensitized to all of the sensual- Just because I was on vaca- his colleagues, the diff erence in clicks for her, just as journalism with pictures of half-naked these cards laying at their feet ity displays and the suggestive tion doesn’t mean I should for- IQ between the oldest child and has clicked for me. women appropriately censor- and not get a ticket? advertisements for cabarets. get about my morals and do as younger siblings is 2.3 points. Not only have I surpassed her ing their bare breasts with Well, it’s not them who de- I didn’t care that girls my age the Romans do. It may seem like a small gap in units in far less time, but I’ll stars on their nipples. liberately litter. It’s tourists, hovered over men their dad’s If I was a parent — or if I in IQ, but it equates to the older graduate before her too. How classy. such as myself, who throw age to serve them drinks. was with my parents in Vegas sibling having a 13 percent better My parents, of course, are The method of handing out them on the ground in dis- I didn’t blink twice when a — I wouldn’t giggle at the nu- chance of getting into a top col- proud of my accomplishments pornography playing cards was gust. card dealer’s butt was grabbed dity. lege, albeit in a scenario where the and are now using the younger to smack them against their I’m usually a person who by a drunk man with his I wouldn’t want my kids to choice is only amid two colleges sibling, me, to set an example for wrists and quickly place them throws my trash in the clearly equally drunk friends cheer- look at the vulgar displays of in the world. the older sibling, my sister — an human beings. Now I feel really dumb. ironic fl ip-fl op. I wouldn’t write it off like My sister was in the “Gifted Now I feel this self-pressure it’s an everyday thing. and Talented Education Program” that is not even really coming People drank in public, bill- during elementary school and in from my parents. boards urged you to splurge on honor roll classes in junior high I feel as though the pressure a good time with willing girls, school and high school. of the world, my parent’s world, and the lights and sounds of When I was 12 years old in is squashing down on my shoul- the casino masked its reverse junior high school, I cared more ders. ATM effect. about skateboarding after school at I also come from an Italian Now that I’m in San Jose my local elementary school’s park- family where none of my grand- mode, I don’t have distract- ing lot and then going home and parents went to college and the ing lights blinking around me playing “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater” only husband and wife in my fi rst or butt cleavage walking past on PlayStation and busting out a family that both have four-year me. 360 Benihana through the glass in degrees are my parents. I have school, and I have the “Warehouse” level. In my parent’s eyes my sister work. Obviously, we had diff erent slacking off in college is disap- And although life at home priorities back then. pointing. can grow into a boring rou- Sure, she had other hobbies I’m not motivated by any tine, I’m glad to have a com- and activities on the same level as monetary factors to prove to my munity that won’t distract the mine. parents or my sister that I’ll be- most important aspect in life But she was just naturally come successful. — respect. smarter than me. Or at least it I’m just driven. seemed like that to me. Stephanie Vallejo is the Scott Reyburn is the Spartan Spartan Daily opinion editor. But then she started college. Daily online editor. “Grinds “Bird’s The Word” appears She started off fi ne, but semes- My Gears” appears every illustration by Evan Suarez every Thursday. ter after semester she began strug- other Thursday.

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By Suzanne Yada it’s the motivation and the wom- that she’s crazy,” Vado said. “But I Staff Writer an behind it.” don’t think she was crazy. I think Th ough there’s no set release she was just a lonely old woman Hauntings are a familiar tale date yet, Vado said he is aiming with a lot of money.” for SLG Publishing. for the comic to hit the stands in Rausch said he wanted his Th e independent comic book early winter. artwork to be unsett ling, but not publisher in downtown San Jose Vado said he wrote the full outright gory. has been producing alternative script about a year ago and sent “I didn’t want it to feel ma- and experimental comics for it to illustrator Drew Rausch to ture, but I didn’t want it to be more than 24 years, said Dan create the artwork. dumbed down, and Dan provid- Vado, founder and owner of Rausch said he enjoys work- ed the perfect vehicle to sell that SLG, formerly named Slave La- ing on spookier themes and is kind of story,” he said. bor Graphics. heavily infl uenced by artists such Dustin Vado, a junior phys- Many of the titles produced as Tim Burton, Edward Gorey ics major at SJSU and Dan’s son, have had darker themes, such as and Charles Addams. said many people don’t under- “Johnny the Homicidal Maniac,” “I like stuff that has a lot of stand the broad range of comic “Lenore” and “Emo Boy,” which atmosphere to it, and horror books existing. have earned national followings. is something that oozes atmo- “A lot of times, people think, Vado, a San Jose native and sphere,” he said. ‘Comic books? Oh, that’s Su- former SJSU student, said he Vado said the idea for the perman,’” he said. “As soon as wanted to bring it back home, comic began while he and people open themselves up to and tackled a local story, “Secrets Rausch worked on another the world, they’ll see there’s a of Sarah Winchester.” comic book series “Haunted lot there. Some people might say “I’ve always been fond of Mansion,” based on the Disney- ‘Music? Oh, that’s Lil’ Wayne.’ haunted houses and ghost sto- land ride. But that’s just the tip of the ice- ries,” he said. “I thought that a Vado said that in his research, berg.” story about her, combined with [ Michelle Gachet / Spartan Daily ] he found the particular quirks SLG employee Dustin Vado some of the crazier stuff that goes of her house could be explained said people will come to comics on in my head, would be kind Dan Vado, owner of SLG Publishing, displays artwork for “Secrets of Sarah Winchester.” by Winchester’s arthritis and the when they’re ready to experi- of interesting.” fact that the top three fl oors had ence them. In 1884, rifl e heiress Sarah 280, according to the Winchester become a tourist att raction, ac- chester’s story than the man- to be torn down aft er the 1906 “I think people interpret art Winchester began building a Mystery House Web site. cording to the Winchester Mys- sion. earthquake. in many forms, whether it be massive Victorian mansion that Th e 160-room house contains tery House Web site. “Th e house in and of itself “I felt that she had been given music or drawing or painting,” now sits on Winchester Boule- many oddities, such as stairs But Vado said the comic is really was of no interest to me,” the short shift by history just be- he said. “Comics is just one of vard in San Jose, off Highway that lead to nowhere, and it has more focused on Sarah Win- Vado said. “But it’s the why, and cause it’s convenient to believe those forms.”

Restaurant of the Week: Chinese food P.F. Chang’s treats dinner for two with tantilizing tastes

By Jhenene Louis Staff Writer

Despite the slow service and lack of wait staff , P.F. Chang’s China Bistro has a delicious, [ Photos by Angela Marino / Spartan Daily ] inexpensive meal that will have your taste buds tingling from The interior of restaurant P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, located on 98 S. Second St. in San Jose. start to fi nish. “Chang’s for two” is P.F. Chang’s full four-course dinner, and serves two people for $39.95 — a great fi nd when you’re want- ing more for your buck. P.F. Chang’s China Bistro offers a combination special featur- Th e meal includes two soups, ing two soups, two entrees and two desserts. one starter, two entrees, and two desserts. overall good experience. fi rst dates or gett ing together Th e full course meal starts off Our waitress Jennifer was very with some old friends. with your choice of egg drop or animated and was able to answer If you’re looking for a restau- hot and sour soup. Th e hot and any question we had about every rant to compare this to, I’d say sour soup had a pleasantly sweet choice on the menu. my old favorite, Th e Cheesecake and subtle tang. Th e overall display of dishes Factory, was on top of my list for Th e egg drop soup consisted did not disappoint. It was as if the best restaurants and food in of one fried egg and a yellow, syr- the food was a piece of art . the Silicon Valley area, but now I upy broth. Th ough the egg drop Th e candlelight added to the have a new number one choice. soup was small in size, its thick, atmosphere and ambiance of the I would choose P.F Chang’s rich texture left me satisfi ed until restaurant, providing a relaxing over Th e Cheesecake Factory the main entrees arrived. area which would be great for any day. For the “Chang’s for two,” you have the decision to select one starter, but the most appealing Top 10 was “Chang’s Chicken Lett uce Wraps,” consisting of sweet-sea- Alternativo En Espanol ksjs.org soned sautéed chicken and sliced Artist lett uce. Song Th e chicken was a perfect 1. Alejandra Guzmanmanan Mirala, Miralo blend of fl avors that ranged from sweet to salty, with fried noodles 2. Pilar Diaz Ilegal En Estyle that were equally enticing. One of the two entree choic- Electro es was the almond and cashew chicken, which had a lot of Artist Song fl avor. KaKarmageddon It had a bit of a sharp taste, 1. Let’s GoG To War and I recommend it for anyone 2. Wallpaperpaperpap Doodoo Face who is not afraid of sweetness and tang in his or her food. A second entree that does not Jazz involve a lot of preparation is the Artist Song Cantonese shrimp. It’s a light dish that was not soaked in oil 1. Keith Oxman Doing All Right and other fats. Its fresh shrimp, speckled with green bean leaves 2. Mike DiRubbo Repercussion is great for a light lunch or a mid- day snack. Subversive Rock For dessert, there was a choice Artist SongS of two desserts out of the six dif- ferent desserts they have. 1. Evergreen Terrace Almost Home Th e red velvet was the best, hands down. Th e cake was moist 2. Mission of Burma 1,2,3, Partyarty and soft , served in a cup, layered with sweet, white frosting and Urban cream cheese. Th is dessert is def- initely for sugar lovers only and Artist SongSoo will have you savoring every bite Give It To Ya (feat.eateat. Shark 1. Matty Slims while begging for seconds. Styliens)y ens) Th ough it took 20 minutes to get seated on a Tuesday evening, 2. Superstar Quamallah Do Win-Dis it did not take away from the