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ele WEDNESDAY ee. 7 '11 OPPOSING VIEWS - PAGE 2 411 SPORTS - PAGE 4 Sunny Medical insurance coverage Wide receiver Rashied Davis High: 93 of contraceptives is debated ploys his hand wisely Low: 63 partari aily SERVING SAN JOSF: STATE UNIVERSITY1 SINCE 1934 Volume 115, No. 14 www.spartandaily.org September 20, 2000 'Maverick' Campbell visits SJSU By Kellie Chittenden Campbell is an abortion rights cynical about." advocate and supports stricter Campbell expressed his own DAILY SI AFF WRITER gun control legislation while cynicism of California's drug poli- Fifteen minutes before U.S. Republicans traditionally oppose cy in which individuals caught Senate candidate Tom Campbell abortion and favor more lenient with possession of an illegal drug spoke in front of about 100 stu- gun control laws. face possible incarceration. dents in a U.S. history and gov- Democrat Dick Lane, a profes- In an interview Sunday, class at San Jose State sor in the social science depart- Campbell said, "If your only irmentiiversity, Jennifer Olszewski ment at SJSU, crossed party lines crime is being addicted, you .aid she would most likely vote and announced his endorsement should get rehab instead of for him. of Campbell before the speech. prison." "He'll probably have my vote Lane ran against Campbell in Campbell's policy on drug because I don't want to go the '96 and '98 Congressional Dis- dealers is far less tolerant. research it," Olszewski said. trict elections. He advocates the death penal- As Olszewski, a freshman majoring in math, began taking notes during Campbell's speech she turned and whispered, "Is he "I got to know Tom Campbell in Republican or Democrat?" The answer to that question 1996 and '98, and I saw a man of might get Olszewski a passing intelligence and integrity" grade on a quiz, but it won't give her any idea of where Campbell stands on the issues. - Dick Lane, social science professor Campbell is running as a Republican, but his views on some issues are more liberal than "Democrats voting for a ty for drug peddlers who sell ille- his Democratic opponent, Dianne Republican. Is that something?" gal substances to children under Feinstein. Lane said. "He beat me, and I the age of12. Campbell, the underdog of this support him. And why? Because I "If the person is selling, it's a race, trails Feinstein by 17 points got to know Tom Campbell in different story entirely," Camp- according to a poll of likely voters 1996 and '98, and I saw a man of bell said in the interview. "I want released Monday by the Public intelligence and integrity." to be real clear about that Policy Institute of California. Campbell began his 20-minute because selling is awful. You just, ,,basttan Widmann Daily Staff Campbell has been called a speech by saying that he doesn't you kill somebody by selling." "maverick" Republican candidate blame the generation of young Campbell's rehabilitation pro- Dick Lane introduces Tom Campbell during a Democrat, ran against Campbell in the 1996 because he has crossed the Grand voters who are politically cynical. posal would also extend to POLS 0I5A. U.S. Government and History, and 1998 Congressional District Race and lost Old Party lines on a number of "I think they're pretty much addicts who seek out help for issues including abortion and calling it right," Campbell said. Tuesday in Dudley Moorhead Hall. Campbell is both times. Before introducing Campbell. Lane gun control. "There's a Int in the system to be see CAMPBELL. Page 6 a Republican campaigning for U.S. Senate. I ane. announced his endorsement of Campbell. PREACHING TO A TOUGH CROWD Onlookers skeptical t" \ 4SNkIll" " of traveling 'teacher' 46. A A-1, . , By Beau Dowling s )e). DAII SI Al I R sk% AA. %, The man who was preaching by the water is 3 fountain Tuesday in front of the Event Center 0 would prefer to remain anonymous. 4;..00"C'e .3f00 * zAt, #,0:7. The University Police Department, however, 07 if knows him as Mark Trout. Trout has been known to preach to students at San Jose State University who are willing to lis- ten. When asked what his name was, Trout remained silent. "I don't like the media," Trout said. "They print the things that aren't important and don't print the things that are. I am a teacher. If you follow my teachings, you will go to heaven. If not, you will go to hell." Some students disagreed with Trout and his religious beliefs. "He calls himself a teacher," self-proclaimed Christian believer Rance Bobo said. "But in a math class, if you ask a teacher a question, they show the answer in the book. This guy not only won't answer your question, but he also won't show you where his answer is in the Bible." When asked of his opinion of Trout, Lt. Bruce Lowe of the campus police said it's a free speech Thalami I. Ow !Wily Stuff and First Amendment issue. "Unless there is a complaint that he is bother- Mark Trout, a niember of Family Radio in Oakland. debates religious while holding a Bible in his hand. Frout was making a speech about Christian- ing students, disrupting classrooms, disturbing his point of view. the peace or inciting assaults, Trout has the right thoughts with San Jose State University students in front of the Event Center ity. but some students felt offended and complained about to be on the public campus," Lowe said. Mother Nature, energy Show is sculpture of a career By Kate Kositch School of Art and Design. ----- - The collection, which was conservation heat up campus WRIII R DAILY STAFF presented by professor Tony THE LAST By Beau Dowling People are urged not to make unnecessary trips Paintings and sculptures by May along with Matt and Jamie PICTURE SHOW in their automobiles, Johnson said. DAILY STAFF WRITER former faculty member Willis Nelson at the opening of the SJSU has its own electrical sub-station, which W. Nelson are being exhibited showcase on Sept. 12 is titled WHAl: Paintings and sculptures The sweltering 98 degree heat has caused San generates cooled water to run through the school as until Oct. 6 at the Natalie and "The Last Picture Show" and by former faculty member Willis Jose State University's Facilities Development and part of the air-conditioned system, Johnson said. James Thompson Art Gallery in includes pieces from through- W. Nelson. Operations to adjust the temperature control of the Normally, the temperature of the water is set at the Art building. out his career. campus. 44 degrees, which causes the air to circulate Nelson died in 1999 from Nelson used mediums such Winn: Now until Oct. 6 "Today was a Spare the Air day," said Dan John- through the school at about 68 degrees. complications during gall blad- as pastels, charcoal and soil. WHERE: Natalie and James son, vice president for administration. "I rode the On hotter days, when more energy is used, the der surgery at the age of 69. His His three-dimensional pic- Thompson Art Gallery in the An train here from home, and it was very crowded." temperature is raised to 51 degrees, which in turn work has been nationally exhib- tures are of mixed media and Regional authorities issue Spare the Air alerts in raises the circulated air to about 72 degrees. ited and widely respected by building an effort to get the public to conserve energy, John- San Jose State University's See SHOW, Page 6 son said. See HEAT, Page 6 41i 2 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER Opinion . SP/WAN DAILY 20, 2000 SAN JOSE STAT E UNIVE RS IT Y PPOSING VIEWS Viagra vs. birth control? Sloitnoo .av sigosiV aN. Like Viagra, contraceptives should be Medical insurance should not pay for covered by insurance. Equality of the contraceptives. Unlike impotence, sexes should be the goal. pregnancy is not a disorder. centuries women's rights and privilege, consider their sex lives to be private Ferhave been disregarded and debated. Most people Issues such as voting, unfair wages and something the government should not legislate or pro-choice stances on abortion and birth con- control. trol have each created a stir of controversy. Pro-choice advocates, for example, believe the govern- Legislators passed a bill almost immediate- ment has no right to decide what a woman should do with ly in 1998 for insurance companies to cover her body. Viagra, a pill to help male impotence and sexu- Ironically, some of the same people now claim that the al dysfunction. government should step in and legislate bedroom affairs, Birth control pills for forcing health insurance companies to pay for contracep- women were intro- tives. duced in the 1960s and have never been cov- it should be a woman's right to ered by insurance plans. Most advocates state that That is why it is have contraceptives paid for by her health insurance company no surprise that a half- because it is cheaper than abortions or raising a child. dozen state legislatures around the country, is that if Viagra is covered, and men's have been bombarded Another argument in recent years with sex lives are enhanced, women should have the right to Emily B. Zurich bills to force state insurance companies to enhance their sex lives as well. DAILY SIAN- WILITEll cover birth control pills for women. Women already: sustain the A July lawsuit, Erickson v. Bartell Drug Company, responsibility of having to decide among 10 forms of companies to pay for contraceptives. contraception.