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Louis the XIV Football: Band brings the rock Stanford dominates to San Francisco Spartans in season opener Page 7 Page 9 are, 1**41101.111111.1.0 1111111111Wg' We hat CELEBRATING 7o 1 LARS 1934-2004 ut he tin, go hat hey ray, SPARTAN DAILY ney Up WWW.THESPARTANDAILY.COM ed VOLUME 123, NUMBER 7 WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 8. 2004 cli Ito* ey Earthquakes lie Upgrades id - ley 1. search for ell overtake he to new home campus ars By Amaya Wiegert Dadv Shift If 'rt/ea- lay, Rumors have been spreading that San Jose's soccer team, Construction disrupts mayy, I I ik the Earthquakes, be packing their bags and heading elsewhere. Ehere has been buzz that the team's leaving has in to dii with Spartan Sin p. and the Spartan Stadium. Iii "les not necessarily finding," said Seth Burton, media some students' routines id relation. coordinator lot the Earthquakes, when asked why the Earthquakes !night be relocating. By Amaya Wiegert "There are a number of reasons. One is A stadium issue. Daily Shfif 'Fliev want t./ tind a new place Di play," Burton said. "Some po.ple in the AE( ; iAnschutz Entertainment Group the Orange plastic fences. Big bulldozers shoveling huge team's ..wnersi teel this Area isn't great area DK this Soccer team. Attendanse hasn't been necessarily the best." lumps of dirt from the ground. Walkways blocked with yellow .Anne Palmer, general manager i it Spartan Stadium, tape. These are just some of the signs around agreed that the Earthquakes leaving had to do with the , ampus pointing to another semester full of construction at San Jose State I stadium_ whnh was built in 1911. lniversity. One can't help wonder what it is all ke,..w they wsnild rather have a new stadium. I for. think the Kw "urea has A strong soccer although Briget Block, a senior majoring in public relations, said market she is frustrated with the anemia!, e ..t Earthquake games hasn't been stellar," lack of knowledge about the Paltrier said. construction Kiting arinald canupus "I UV, nit Idea Why they're Palinet aid that spaitan Shops worked with Anschutz digging into that grass," Block said, referring t.. A bulldozer outside 'it the Boccardo Entertainment Groiip on .oming up with a renovation Business Complex. "It would he nice ni know exactly what plan and did quite a hut of w. irk in calculating the potential they're ,i,.ing." desigi.s and well as the revenue stteams. Bloc k has , lass lip.? Aht "We did discuss with them about a year Ago, but ale of the ,,,nstruction areas, it didn't And sAltl that the constant noise work out tot either party," Palmer Mi. iiittIde her classroom only fuel. her .11f1.,1V l T. What the work is t..r it was not an attractive solutio either of us," Palmer said. "There's quite A few things that have been going on," said Burton noted that Anschur .ntertainment Group, Can.! Beebe, facilities planner for planning, design and -teel(si the lease with Spartan Sh.ips) is not contusive to construction At SiSir , the ream making inoney lie referred to the Earthquakes' As-cording Di Beebe, nor all of the onstruction sites are related. allatli ill as ditkrent t6 in, the San Francisco Giants, who own their "We're in a lease agreement with "The ..lie causing the !Misr dIsrlptIon IS the telecom- munications !Miasmic nue upgrade, said Beebe, project spoil tan shops," Bum au said. "We don't necessarily get all the revenue manage, tor the upgrade. "That's A project funded by the Mversity -The AE( j, %ch. ..perates the Earthquakes, is looking systexii to bring us all up to A level campuses." at a partner with is they can build A new StAdllitIl AS A ! service on our I I :..,,,iiiinunications Infrastructure Improvement nes,' home tot the Earthquakes," Palmer said. "They have in is for-m.41v known, is a Calitlonia State hi sen tiI...k tot a partner in a new facility rather than I , sten os renovating ',rattan Stacluilli error, to bring all campuses up to 1,., se : I A' I intrastructure, Burton ommented on how Spartan Stadium is more 1.11lie, ti E 1. ihtles DeVeli Tamil! and Operations than 70 years ,.1,1 and is in need ot renovation. Wr-i site. "There is Always room hn improvements in An aging -It is upgrad.....: ..ur network services tnr the campus," fa, 'lac," Palmer ...rid. Beebe said. Palmer said the stadium issue has til di, with the fact thus iii,, 1),111% `,1.01 Elie limiest consist of MI I phases, the first being that major league soccer is now in the works of finding Kara Krale, a senior human performance major, throws a water polo ball around with a friend at the San !i,ti.m and the semi mu being equipment roll -out. !DAD it -league -sinter pe. iti. stAdIUMS. Jose State University Aquatic Center Krale lb u esilltrintellt I, An upgrade iii bring us all up to A leVel "The III. isle1 ti it Mari in league soccer is new soccer- uses the pool regularly to escape the midday heat, which reached 95 degrees on Tuesday. filAyllig field all the WAS across the CSt 1," Beebe said, adding spec if. stadiums." Palmer md. "They A have built few and that the university's computing and telecommunications Are in the pro, esi of building A few n !Mire. That is where the handling that side ot the pnlect. t unite .if 1114.4 league sun :et is." Beebe said stage one began at the beginning of the Palmer added that she didn't know whs. the Earth- summer in the hope that with quakes. they ...till get through the who have been playing at Spartan Stadium since IllArtiraV it the trenching the in, epti, in of Escaping while the students were mit here. maim league were the soccer in IY9n, leaving heat "W't knew it would be running A little into the tall se- beyond the fast that they,.. were seeking A new mIscer-specific mester." Beebe said." The s1111111et Is lust never long enough stadium model. By Yasuyo Nagata Several people enjoyed WIlti ...in lung the ball to do all the messy thiligs we'd like to do." "The Agreement is one the owners would like to see //m/y Stql It rater ming there "rtleSdAy Aiterllii,in as "It s trans hot ii. hi, temperatures reached the mid- 90., P -ian said She said they were lung everything would pretty improved." Boma, said. 0, Kara krale tIllICh lie di inc In ii 'ben. As tin- when the Earthquakes might be relocating. Hot days returned to the BM' And TAITIAI In,. ale and Petiosian said the% When Asked specifically what the constructi.in around Burton was able to give Area during the weekend, but one high sCIllon !Milan inertial, Ian. e IT .te,11.1ellt the Aquatic some insight. "There's A chance in places like Dun. All Hall. the Event Center And the Career about out tot of the best places to CnOl irfI At San majors. were throwing and at, lung 'el days we'll find sure," Burton said. Center were fin, Beebe said it had to do with digging .1.10 really ILIUM Whii they'll he Selling (the team) Jose State University is the Aquatic A water polo ball. 'Mtn here in the morning." to," Button said. "Thev Are liking tin maybe sell it to a Center. located south of the Event "I don't know why other people Center. Are not here: Krale said, while P1)01.., pig,- 4 ii',. CONSTRUCTION. page .1 IARTIIIQUAKES. page .1 A.S. hopes to improve Quick vehicles on campus pose potential hazards Some uncomlortable Nharin,, student voter turnout By Kevin Yuen t Ile serVI.1, ' ’s Deed to complete iraill star/ tmc cl sir, 1)epartment SilialSitted . Mase every three Molin "It is important to have students By Anna years and obtain a spr. al Ii. ense, rides get registered so they Every day, .in VellnICS 1Naily Staff IVriter can go out and his mini mar tin difterent protect sites vote and have their opinions count," irt- all shapes and sizes /omit along, zipping from site to site, pert.roning across animis all dm. long. people represent the least- she said. Young various tasks And alines. "I We can travel) the general camnu group to turn out to vote in the The A.S. Legislative Affairs likely Sinne vehicles, munch the service nits area." I lam said 'A%'e c an usually election, provided Committee, which is in charge of 2004 presidential golf-cart -looking buggies. i ALuse drive where we want, but we try to trend of the SJSU student voter registration, the youth voter turnout problems for some students. said Erin avoid the Student I Itwin Area And past two decades remains unchanged, wants to register a minimum of Scullion, a senior teleVl rlAi e, Wall lint it trAtViC according to California Public Inter- 1,000 new student voters for 2004, tan. film and theatre nt. WIND e carts roam est Research Group, a nonpartisan compared to the nationwide goal drice .1 little the campus, with the newer model student-directed program aimed at of the New Voter Project to register "I think they :mild safer," seer, students sporting a speed ter. said I lam. A registering and mobilizing young new voters before Scullion s'aiil."I'Ve Almost get hit. %Vine Are then there for varlet% 'it other vehicles aum lie Setif As voters.