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Phillips said Thursday’s The university is prepar- drill will primarily be a test ing to shake, rattle and roll — of campus communications or at least test its emergency in the event of an emergen- communications in the event cy, although instructors and of an earthquake. administrative departments The Great California are encouraged to partici- Shake Out is a statewide pate in a physical drill. earthquake drill that will “We don’t do the drill in take place precisely at 10:17 the classrooms so as not to Jenny Bennett | Spartan Daily a.m. on Thursday, accord- disrupt,” she said. “We can Peter Im (right), an undeclared sophomore, directs Thao Vy Nguyen (left), a junior health science major, to hug ing to Yvette Phillips, SJSU have people stop, drop, cover a tree near Spartan Complex on Tuesday. Nguyen is blindfolded as part of an activity for a human lifespan class emergency preparedness co- and hold, but the messaging which simulates what it is like to lose the sense of sight. ordinator. is very important.” “We have a lot of students She said “all aspects of the who are not from California university” are working to- ENVIRONMENT and the campaign is to help gether to ensure that earth- understand what to do,” quake instructions will be Phillips said. “We want to sent out simultaneously at Rodents raise campus health concerns stop, drop, hold on and enjoy 10:17 a.m. the ride, basically.” The message, “In the By Tiffany Gerami invited such an influential guest and Hantavirus and Leptospirosis that can She said that in many event of an earthquake, @TiffanyGerami then there was a rat on stage. Now news cause kidney damage within humans, cases, people’s first response DROP! COVER! HOLD ON!” reports are reporting the rat rather and in more serious cases, tetanus in- in an earthquake is to flee will be displayed on message SJSU has become home to many than how great Walker’s speech was.” fections and rat-bite fever. buildings if they are inside boards at the library, park- squirrels and other rodents alike. Not She said that during the speech the Rodents also tend to be rapid or to run, and that’s not safe. ing services and housing, only do they walk among students, but audience only seemed to focus on the breeders, and in some cases, breed “After things start shak- as well as through the Alert these furry creatures are showing their rodent rather than the speech itself. year-round. They are known to in- ing, stay inside,” she said. “If SJSU system, according to faces in unexpected places all through- vade warm buildings seeking either you don’t check your sur- Phillips. out campus. San Jose State lives in food or shelter, especially during the roundings, there could be Jessica De Lellis, a fresh- An uninvited guest scurried across harmony with nature, fall and winter seasons, according to more dangers outside.” man computer science ma- the stage in the Morris Dailey Audi- and with a large green Orkin. According to Phillips, jor, said she had experienced torium during retired federal Judge campus, many living Pat Lopes Harris, SJSU media rela- each building on campus has a “small” earthquake in mid- Vaughn Walker’s speech regarding his creatures of all kinds. tions director, said SJSU tries to main- a designated faculty leader dle school but doesn’t think ruling on Proposition 8 on Oct. 3. tain a safe campus for students and who would go outside and as- she would know what to do A rustling swept across the audi- Pat Lopes Harris take action with pests of any kind. sess hazards such as downed if one hit while she was at ence as students realized a live rodent “San Jose State lives in harmony SJSU media relations director power lines before emergency school. was sitting at Walker’s feet. with nature, and with a large green evacuations would take place. “We should have a work- “This is an addition to the program Along with this incident, there have campus, many living creatures of all Campus housing also has shop,” she said. “It doesn’t that I did not anticipate,” Walker said. been other reports on campus concern- kinds,” Harris said. lead staff members who are take too long to get under a “I hope you are taking notes.” ing rodents. SJSU campus is located in She said SJSU does not want to trained in the event of an desk.” Although the audience was able to the center of the city, where there is cause any unnecessary harm to any earthquake too, according to De Lellis added that stu- laugh off the incident, it was still a hu- known to be a large rodent problem, creatures, but will take action when it Phillips. dents who aren’t California miliating moment for some. “I felt ex- according to Orkin Pest Control. comes to students’ safety on campus. “We have enough re- tremely embarrassed,” said Lida Azim, Orkin Pest Control said rodents Tiffany Gerami is a Spartan Daily sources for students in hous- SEE EARTHQUAKE ON PAGE 2 a junior political science major. “We can carry hazardous diseases such as staff writer. COMMUNITY Student group plans memorial for Japanese Internment history at SJSU By Jenny Bennett memorial on campus to com- reported to receive an iden- @JennyDaily memorate San Jose State’s tification card and number role during the Japanese prior to being shipped to an Jimi Yamaichi, director internment, according to internment camp, Yamaichi and curator of the Japanese- Megan Watson, a graduate said. American Museum of San student in applied anthropol- The group began meeting Jose, was born and raised in ogy. in early September and has San Jose and was 19 years “We were kind of shocked nine members, Watson said. old when he got a notice to that nobody knew this,” Wat- She said members of the report for processing at San son said. “Luckily we had group have been inspired by Jose State University for the contacts with the Japanese- the Tommie Smith and John Japanese internment camps American Museum, so we Carlos statue and the Cesar during World War II. were able to contact Jimi, and Chavez memorial. He said he and his fam- he’s been helping us to kind “Those were sanctioned ily had to report to the men’s of think about ways to plan by students,” she said. gymnasium to be processed a memorial — some sort of “They’re only there because before being transported to recognition on campus that students took an active inter- an internment camp. would recognize these events est and said that it was some- He has now teamed up and inform students — be- thing important to them ... Jenny Bennett | Spartan Daily with Students for Public Arts cause I think people need to we felt that if they can do it, Students walk past the Japanese Internment Memorial outside the Robert F. Peckham as Social Justice, a student know about this.” so can we.” Federal Building on South Second Street on Tuesday. Students for public art as Social group on campus, which is The processing center is Justice are seeking to put a memorial on the San Jose State University campus. seeking support to build a where Japanese-Americans SEE UCHIDA HALL ON PAGE 2 2 | Spartan Daily NEWS Wednesday, October 16, 2013 to kill anybody, but it’s the non- and knows about earthquake safe- structural hazards that are a con- ty, it is good to practice. Earthquake: University set to cern.” “You don’t expect it and you She said that light fixtures or don’t know what to do, so you pan- books in the library are the things ic,” Medina said. that people often don’t think about Leeta-Rose Ballester is a Spartan coordinate campuswide drill and should be cautious of in the Daily staff writer. event of an earthquake. FROM PAGE 1 “We could have an earthquake any- lowing the 1989 Loma Prieta earth- Phillips said students should natives may not know what to do time on the Hayward (fault line).” quake. prepare for an earthquake by hav- during an earthquake because they She said the last earthquake on “Buildings like Duncan Hall ing supplies on hand at home and didn’t grow up having drills. the Hayward fault line was in 1868 were retrofitted after ’89 but with in their car, but to think beyond Nancy Shostak, a lecturer for and measured about 6.8 magnitude. rebar, which was the standard just water and non-perishable the geology department, said that “Hayward officially ends at then,” she said. “Today we would food. along the center of San Jose there Alum Rock Park,” Shostak said. “It be required to have so much more “When you do safety kits, one is a ridge of rock that creates some sheds into lots of smaller faults, rebar.” thing that is very important to stability, but the outlaying areas of but is connected to Calaveras fault.