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Tuesday December 8, 2009 Serving San José State University since 1934 Volume 133, Issue 49 SPORTS]]]OPINION A&E Student gears up for Don’t take Zodiac signs Souls of Mischief racing career too seriously CD review Page 10 Page 11 Page 9 Joe West fi res Living through tragedy remain unsolved By Jon Xavier one’s going to come forward,” Senior Staff Writer said Samuel Wilborn, a junior African American studies ma- oe West Hall has been hit by jor. “You know, there’s that Jmultiple fi res this semester, whole ‘don’t snitch,’ kind of including several that did not thing. But I think it’s a good appear to be accidental, said a thing. Th ese people deserve to university spokesperson. get caught and they should be Now the University Police punished.” Department has opened an in- Th e two fi res under inves- vestigation on two of the fi res, tigation occurred on Nov. 12 and SJSU is off ering a $1000 and Nov. 26 in Joe West Hall, reward for information leading said Sgt. Michael Santos of to the arrest of those respon- UPD, who is heading the in- sible, said Pat Lopes Harris, vestigation in cooperation with director of media relations for arson detectives from the Cali- SJSU. fornia Department of Forestry “I don’t know how of- and Fire Protection. ten we off er rewards,” Harris Unlike most alarms the de- said, “but the reward, and the partment gets, these two fi res amount — which is no small were clearly deliberate, Santos amount, I mean, it’s almost said. half of (a student’s) fees for one “Usually, when there’s a fi re term — that is indicative of in the dorms, it’s usually in a how concerned we are.” “Yeah, I don’t know if any- See FIRE, Page 5 Alumna lives to tell tale about accident By Samantha Rivera Easter Sunday because that’s Staff Writer what people told me. I couldn’t remember,” Mason said. ill Mason, an SJSU alumna, Mason and Liu were train- Jis someone who prided her- ing for Wildfl ower, an impor- self on having an active life- tant triathlon in California style. She said she was a triath- held at Lake San Antonio, as lon athlete who would swim they biked at about 30 miles about four times a week, bike per hour in the bike lane of ride four times a week and run Highway 12 in Santa Rosa, she fi ve times a week. said. [ Dave Cabebe / Spartan Daily ] She said she was an aver- “I don’t remember being Diana Marks, who suffers from bipolar disorder, has experienced many tragedies in her life. Despite all that age 20 year old who enjoyed hit,” Mason said. “I know has happened, she holds her head up high, living her life day by day. See photo story on Page 6. parties and hanging out with that the only reason the driv- friends. er stopped was because he On Easter Sunday, April couldn’t see out of his wind- 11, 2004, Mason’s life was shield since we had shattered it changed forever as she and her with our bodies.” Furloughs to continue next semester boyfriend, Alan Liu, were hit Liu died at the scene, she by a drunk driver at around said. By Samantha Rivera guess they’re (furlough days) ing the spring semester while Bradley said. “It’s stressful on 11:26 a.m., she said. Staff Writer OK,” said freshman nursing ma- school is in session. both the faculty and students “I only know that it was See SURVIVOR, Page 3 jor Kelsey Ramirez. “I’m not af- Among those 11 furlough and you pay more for less when hose who have come to love fected by them.” days are two campus-wide fur- that money could’ve gone to rent Tor loathe furlough days will In a presentation preceding a lough days and one furlough day or something.” need to endure them for one town hall meeting on Sept. 17, that is only for faculty. Bradley said if furlough days more semester. President Jon Whitmore let ev- Whitmore said any move- are extended for another se- Furlough days are days in eryone know about the future of ment toward the possibility of mester or a second year, it will which SJSU employees are re- furlough days for SJSU, Harris having furlough days after next cause students to be in school quired to take off without pay, said. semester would have to begin longer. according to SJSU’s Web site. Whitmore said there are no with discussions at the CSU “Th ey want to try to get us “Th e furlough was set up to plans within the California State level with the individual unions. out of here, but that will just span fi scal year 2009-10,” said University system or SJSU to ex- “In other words, the unions make us take longer,” she said. Pat Lopes Harris, director of tend furloughs for a second year, would have to vote for and ap- Freshman nursing major media relations for SJSU. “So she said. prove a second year of furloughs Lhienett Dizon said she does not yes, there will be furlough days “Th e furloughs were estab- before any furlough extension like furlough days. in spring 2010.” lished for a one year time frame could take place,” Whitmore She said she thinks furlough Th e furlough program has only, and are planned to end on said. days result in paying more for been in eff ect since July 1, 2009, June 30, 2010,” Whitmore said. Sophomore sociology major less education and doubts that according to SJSU’s Web site. According to the SJSU Mas- Natasha Bradley said she thinks furlough days will not be ex- Harris said the furlough pro- ter Furlough Calendar for the furlough days made the classes tended. [ Courtesy of the Jill Mason Web site ] gram is expected to save SJSU 2009-10 year, there are a total of more diffi cult. “I think they’ll (furlough Jill Mason was paralyzed in 2004 in an accident around $18 million. 26 furlough days for the whole “You had to jam pack, and days) still be around,” Dizon involving a drunk driver and now travels the “If it saves money, then I year, and 11 of them occur dur- it’s 10 percent less of class time,” said. country advocating against drunk driving. 33˚ Air Force ROTC AFROTC Online 50 Take an interactive tour of the Air Force l ROTC Program Sagittarius AFROTC Feature Read the complete T W THH F feature online at theSpartanDaily.com 50 52 51 57 [ Dave Cabebe / Spartan Daily ] View the complete photo story by Dave Cabebe online at Spartandailyphoto.com. 2[]NEWS Spartan Daily Tuesday, December 8, 2009 Students fi nd ways to relax before fi nals Alumni give back By Regina Aquino ning ahead helps him prepare Staff Writer and ease the stress of fi nals. to where they started “What I do is I calculate Before students are allowed the grades that I can possibly By Samantha Rivera His donation also allowed to enjoy the holidays, they get from the classes fi rst so I Staff Writer SJSU to rename the College of have to endure the mental don’t have to worry about it too Engineering after him, accord- and physical strain of fi nals, much,” he said. “You also got to SJSU alumni fi nd satisfac- ing to the Web site. which are usually cumulative make sure of what time your fi - tion in giving back to the cam- Bay Area philanthropist Con- or comprehensive exams that nal starts, you want to check the pus that provided them with an nie Lurie donated $10 million to mark the end of a semester or traffi c and you want to make education. SJSU’s College of Education, quarter. sure you get here early, because Most give through fi nancial according to SJSU’s Web site. For students at Chapman that’s just going to stress you means, but some win the univer- It is the largest individual gift University in Los Angeles, Ca- out even more.” sity money. ever given to a College of Educa- lif., a company called Puppies & Nguyen said he is too busy Th at’s what Glen Wyatt and tion in the history of the Cali- Reptiles for Parties has stationed to make it to the gym around Eric Andersen, members of the fornia State University system, Malteses, Pugs and Yorkies out- fi nals week. SJSU student fi shing club, did according to SJSU’s Web site. side the university library so “Sometimes it seems like fi - when they won the National Lurie’s donation will create students can play with them to nals take up my exercise time, Guard FLW College Fishing new programs for student and ease their stress, according to an so I don’t get to exercise that Western Division Regional, a faculty development, launching article in a December issue of much,” he said. “I just try to re- three-day event that ended Sept. the university’s fi rst-ever inde- USA Today. lax when I can. Studying takes a 21, on the California Delta, pendent doctoral program in SJSU does not off er the same lot out of you.” [ Briana Calderon / Spartan Daily ] according to SJSU’s Web site. educational leadership for K-12 activity, but students are fi nding Junior sociology major Manu Guriqbal Randhawa, a senior corporate fi nance major, Wyatt and Anderson caught administrators, according to various ways to relax mentally Ngatikaura said eating is a large takes a brief nap between studying sessions for his 17 bass, weighing nearly 38 SJSU’s Web site.

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