Studying the Sea Life
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1111111, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2002 WWW.TH ESPARTANDA I LY.COM CREATIVE CAI II %RsIs Amy Forsyth uses introspection to inspire her artistic manifestations A & E, 3 4NO SHAME No sleep, two term papers SPARTA and caffeinated drinks make for an interesting VoL. 118 finals week DAILy Opinion, 2 AS1 NI.ORD SIUNNER No. 68 V ALSO IN TODAY'S ISSUE Freshman Brianne Ferguson pitches SJSU to 1-0 softball Opinion 2 Focus 4 Classified .. 5 victory over the Cardinal Sparta Guide 2 Crossword 5 Sports 5 Sports, 5 SERVING SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1934 A & E 3 Non-resident fee increase Studying the sea life proposed By David Royal DAII "I I R By Rima Shah Halfway between Santa Cruz and Monterey, nestled amongst aging DARN' STAN- WRIT I antique shops and a crew of rugged fish- The California State University system ermen is a little piece of San Jose State has proposed a 15 percent fee increase for University. non-resident students throughout the CSU Unknown to most Spartans, the Moss system starting this fall, according to Richard Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML) West, executive vice chancellor and chief is a cutting-edge marine research facili- financial officer of the CSU system. ty with an international reputation for West said the increase in the non-resident excellence and strong ties to SJSU. fees was because of a $50 million to $ 60 mil- Founded in 1966 in a 100-year-old lion short in revenue within the CSU system, fisb cannery, the laboratories moved to increased student enrollment and increase in its current site after the 1989 Loma Pri- the cost of education. eta earthquake rendered the old lab Non-resident students do not pay taxes, unusable. About an hour south of SJSU West said. Resident tuition is subsidized with on the Monterey Bay, the laboratories state taxes and West said he believes the sit on the edge of the deep Monterey "benefit of the taxes should go to those who submarine canyon providing students pay taxes." and scientists with the opportunity to Non-resident students include interna- study a diverse array of coastal and cif tional students and California non-residents. marine environments. tb At San Jose State University's Interna- "Monterey Bay has the closest deep tional House, a group of international stu- sea environment off of the contiguous dents, which had gathered around the dining United States," said Tonatiuh Trejo, a former undergraduate at SJSU, who is ft, room for dinner, reacted to the news with 7 shock. currently pursuing a masters in marine n, Silvio Brugada, a student from Paraguay, biology through California State Uni- said that international students already have versity, Monterey Bay. a hard time paying fees and it will be even "The canyon reaches depths of up to harder for them after the fee increase. 4,000 meters, and drops off even further "Especially for people from third world to deeper regions," said Steven Hallam, tel. conversion is totally postdoctoral fellow at Monterey Bay countries, the currency Aquarium Research Institute. i n different," Brugada said. "It is a disadvantage The Monterey canyon buts up for us, especially for buying dollars. Buying against the marshes of Elkhorn Slough dollars is very, very expensive." Natural Estuarine Habitat, inter-tidal Both graduate and undergraduate non- coastal environments, and dune habi- Europe." resident students already pay more than tats all of which provide special areas Many of the 100 graduate students three times the fees resident students pay at for study. that work at the laboratories conduct SJSU. Operated by a cooperative of seven their thesis research internationally in Undergraduate non-resident students had California State University campuses locations such as Antarctica, Australia to pay $246 per unit more than the $956 in central and northern California, and the Galapagos Islands. mandatory fees for the spring semester, while SJSU serves as the head administrative Josh Adams, who researches the graduate non-resident students had to pay body for the laboratories, yet few stu- cassin's auklet, a seabird which breeds $246 per unit more than the $995 mandatory dents here on campus know about the and nests on the Channel Islands in fees for the spring semester, according to program, according to Trejo. Southern California, also spends part of SJSITs International Programs and Services. "People at any of the other schools his time helping with projects close to 5 John Bradbury, associate director of the don't realize there is a marine science home. Adams helps his wife Hanna financial aid and scholarship office, said non- program ifffiliated with them," Trejo said. Nevins. also a Masters student in Id resident students will have to come up with "They don't even know that we exist. The Marine Science, with her research on the money and some of them might be forced Moss Landing Marine Lab is just as the common mur, a seabird native to to take a smaller number of units. respected as the University of California the eastern Pacific Ocean from Big Sur Le. Undergraduate international students, in the marine science community." to Alaska. to however, have to be registered for 12 units, The program draws students from "We've been working together in the st and graduate international students have to around the world. Daniele Ardizzone field for a long time," Adams said, who ty be registered for nine units to maintain their came to the United States from Italy met his wife while studying at the Uni- legal status in the country, according to Inter- with the specific goal of studying sharks versity of California at Santa Cruz. national Programs and Services. Cailliet. Small class After getting their bachelors of science with Professor Greg h/ Rueben Reitor, a television, radio, film the- size and individual attention were degrees, the two worked in research Dal Daily Staff ater major from Venezuela, joined his friends among the factors that attracted Ardiz- together in Hawaii, Alaska and Antarc- Top, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories masters students for dinner at the International House. zone to the laboratories. tica. They saw the potential of the pro- Tonatiuh Trejo, left, and Jeff Reinhardt, underwater, gather fish in not looking up for me next "Things are "The University of Rome is crowded," gram at the laboratories. a tide pool at Garapata Beach in Big Sur. After collecting the fish they will semester at all," Reitor said. "I will have to Ardizzone said, who studied birds in "We applied to it specifically because work hard the whole summer, instead of tak- Rome as an undergraduate. "There is of the area and the active research com- measure and record the species they found. ing it easy, to save money for next semester." space for 16,000 students, yet we have munity," Nevins said. "The strength of Above, Moss Landing Marine Laboratory student Hannah Nevins hit He said although he needed to save money 160,000. It's the most crowded school in the state system is their teaching." uses a spotting scope to count nesting muirs along the roclw Big Sur and he couldn't already afford the things that Coast. 2,000 to 2,500 of the species nest along this stretch between SEE MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 4 Carmel and Cambria. g- See INCREASE, Page 6 in Hidden zoo provides education War stories retold By Ali Fard lege of Science's Animal Care species that are threatened or of ter understanding of their anato- Relatives of Soviet survivors Facility, which oversees any ani- concern for their survival. my are not held at the facility, but DARN SIAN. WRIT! R mal-related operation on the cam- "Our biggest responsibility is to they are taken from creeks near Victory Day 1945 Jeremiah has been crawling on pus and provides the use of ani- respect our animals," Young said. Sacramento where they are abun- remember four legs for most of his life in the mals for educational instruction. 'They're really well cared for." dant, he said. By Moses Peraza about 5-feet 7-inches tall and basement of Duncan Hall. Larry Young, the operation Besides tortoises like Jeremiah, The Animal Care Facility is weighed 100 pounds nearly, was The 60-year-old California manager of the facility, said some the facility houses mostly cold- part of the Science Education STAFF WRITER so malnourished that she could desert tortoise is part of the Col- of the animals they maintain are blooded creatures native to Cali- Resource Center, which gives sci- Fifty-seven years ago today, the not feed her own child. fornia. ence professors the resource mate- Nazis surrendered to the Soviet "She would chew the bread: Amphibians and reptiles, rials needed to enrich their stu- forces, ending a three-year. eleven- Velyutina recalled her grand- including various snakes, turtles dents' learning experience, accord- month battle where 28 million set- mother saying. "And then put it in and newts, are neighbors with ing to Wynn Joe, director of the diers and civilians died. a mesh cloth to feed the baby." hissing cockroaches and tarantu- resource center. Today, three San Jose State Despite her grandmother's best las. The facility provides audio, University students, who had rel- efforts, Velyutina said, her 6- Some of the snakes the facility visual and media equipment for atives who were effected by the month-old baby caught pneumo- maintains include a worm-like educational use and is not open to war, remember their family mem- nia and died. rubber boa that feeds on baby the public or students interested bers and friends. "Shortly after that, she got a mice, and a corn snake with a in looking at the animals unless Svetlana Velyutiiia.