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liseeemonsmensmomegoggeognmegomgmlllenilinnilliMMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINIIIIIIIIIIIIIII11116111111111111111111111.111111111111111111111111111111111.11111111111111111111111111111111111111111 SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT Clash leave Fusion Carlos Santana and John Lee feeling cold 4:6 Hooker play the blues in SF Page 6 Page 4 - SPARTAN DAIL SDAILYCitjmc.sjsu.edu Tuesday Volume 11:..Vo.Ii Serring San Jose State Unirersity Since 1934 .ScpIciii1)1'1. 21. 1.999 1 J - a . 4 uggli ng classes - Professor helps keep 'unofficial' club alive By Christina Lucarotti rings, clubs and balls in the air Daily miff writer with members of the unofficial "We used to juggling club. Jackson got only one "We used to be an official club, Bradpie thrown in his face. be an official but we stopped filling out the When he taught at the club, but we paperwork," said Brad Jackson of University of California, Santa the math and computer science Cruz, he would challenge his stu- stopped fill- department. "We just like to jug- dents to bring in unusual objects gle outside, basically. We adver- for him to juggle. ing out the tise in our classes and several If Jackson could throw the other faculty members come out items 10 times, the audience was paperwork." on occasion." required to give him a standing Jackson is the president and ovation. If Jackson failed to com- Brad Jackson founder of this unofficial club. plete 10 throws, the audience San Jose State University "We like to do passing back was allowed to throw a pie in his and forth," Jackson said. "I guess face. math and computer we kind of specialize in that in The day his class brought in a science department this club." skateboard, a knife and a water A professor at Pennsylvania balloon, he made eight throws San Jose State University, thinks State University taught Jackson before the knife got too close to of juggling as a tool for learning how to juggle about 20 years ago. the audience. and spends one afternoon a week Jackson, who now teaches at practicing the art of keeping See Juggling, page 3 YIN& , ,4.. t ,4. t .14, or lip 4 '411bil J Olt JO" Photos by Chad Paster / Spartan Daily Above, Brad Jackson (right) and Richard Pfiefer, professors of math and computer science, juggle clubs on the Tower Lawn Monday. Jackson is the faculty supervisor of the unofficial juggling club. Left (from left to right) Chris Tsuji, a guest instructor from Santa Teresa High School, Pfiefer and Rayme Wells, a child development major, practice juggling. The club meets from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Mondays at the lawn near Spartan Memorial. Program helps cover smog check costs Si dubbed By Liz Cloutman may be able to help if you quali- Affairs, said the program will report from a licensed smog Daily staff writer fy. pay as much as $450 for the nec- check station, stating his or her The program, which is admin- essary repairs. The car's owner car failed the initial smog check. You've just paid for fall istered through the Bureau of must make a $75 co-payment. The vehicle's owner must 'most livable' "The Repair Assistance then take the vehicle inspection tuition and textbooks when you Automotive Repair in the "I feel like I'm welcome, like I find out your car has not passed California Department of Program will pay only for the report to an authorized Gold By Erika Coron repairs needed to pass the smog Shield station, where the car will Daily staff writer belong here," she said. its biennial smog check, You Consumer Affairs, provides An ideal city is one that offers can't register it with the state, financial aid to low-income car check," Canevari said. be repaired. Gold Shield stations There are several steps neces- are listed on the Repair A number of students respond- an onvironment that welcomes and you're too broke to pay for owners for making emissions- diversity, according to the maga- the necessary repairs. related repairs to their vehicles. sary to qualify for the program. Assistance Program Web site at ed favorably to a recent article owner must have a www.smogcheck.ca.gov. that named San Jose the most liv- zine. The Repair Assistance Kim Canevari, spokeswoman The vehicle Ruben Flores, a freshman at Program, funded by the state for the Department of Consumer copy of a vehicle inspection able place for Hispanics in the See Automobile. page 3 United States. Hispanic Magazine SJSU who recently moved to San named the top 10 cities and rated Jose from Salinas, spoke enthusi- San Jose as the No.1 city in its astically of his new home. July/August issue, based in part "There are a lot of cultures on the city's diversity. around here, and people make "San Jose is a very nice area to you feel comfortable, too $54,000 raise your kids," said Rosa Valdez, they're real friendly here," Flores a senior at San Jose State said. University, who has made San The cultural environment of raised by Jose her home. "I also see it as a San Jose was actually a bonus for good opportunity for the Hispanic Flores, who wanted to find a place Aquathon people we can grow in our edu- not too far from home. cation." The main reason he moved to By Erika Valdez said he has friends from San Jose was because of his Coron major, computer engineering, and Daily staff writer different backgrounds and feels comfortable at SJSU, where she also because of Silicon Valley, he The inner tube duck sat at one has seen a lot of diversity. She said. end of the pool as Jacqueline said she has never felt people dis- "I do think this is a place where Bart, the youngest participant in criminated against her. See Magazine, page 3 Saturday's Corporate Challenge Aquathon, waited for the event to begin. "She's going to to be doing it Rodgers returns to SJSU with her rubber ducky, and I'll be the high-tech industry as a mer- pulling her so she could partici- By Donna Carmichael itocracy. pate," said Kathryn McKellar, Daily senior staff writer A meritocracy is defined as a Jaqueline's mother. system where the talented get The aquathon raised $54,000 T.J. Rodgers, founder and ahead as a result of their through pledges and sponsors for CEO of Silicon Valley's Cypress achievements. the Community Association for Semiconductor, will talk to stu- Rodgers made waves in Rehabilitation. dents tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. in March when he squared off with Silicon Valley corporations the Engineering building audi- the Rev. Jesse Jackson in a heat- sponsored employees to swim to torium, room 189. ed debate on affirmative action. raise money for the association. The title of Rodgers' speech is Rodgers is against it. Corporations which a $12 regis- Chad Paster /Spartan Daily "How To Become A Millionaire." The last half hour of the talk tration fee for each swimmer to Pablo Morales (right), a five-time Olympic medalist and coach of the women's swim team at San Jose Rodgers is expected to will be open to audience ques- participate and also raised State University, talks to Leslie Wang (middle) and Jenna Vasquez (left) two girls he coached during address issues related to making tions. money from pledges made by school. All were a pail of the Corporate Challenge Aquathon Saturday at the SJSU Aquatics Center, money, including democracy, cap- The event is free of charge high italism and the freedom to run and open to the public. See Aquathon, page 6 which benefited the Community Association for Rehabilitation. FORUM San Jose State University Pet owners need Fasting cleanses to 'fix' their pets soul for another for health reasons year of sinning Charmain Smith Prvhccies STAFF WAITIII Istuustut stun, good today. Feel Let's face it, men, your male dog does real good today, or at not prance around Feelleast I planned on impressed with the fact feeling good today. that he has a set of balls. Anyway, back on planet Nor does he glamorize Earth. I feel good today that his balls are bigger because I just ate. In than another dog's. observance of the Jewish And for the women out there who feel spaying a holiday Yom Kippur, I fasted from sundown female cat is "taking away her right to choose," Sunday to sundown Monday. please! If you've ever seen two cats going at it, The theory is, this cleanses my soul. you'd agree it's more like rape than consensual Once upon a time, someone had the bright idea sex, and who would want to have five to seven of fasting to kick off the new year. The Jewish new "kids" under those circumstances? year was celebrated last Friday at sundown (in What am I talking about? I'm talking about the case you're interested it's now the year 5760). necessity of spaying or neutering your beloved pet. This way, we get to start off the new year all After eight years of experience as a veterinarian nice and fresh. So we cleanse our body of all our technician, I've heard every excuse in the book sins at the beginning of the year and start all over about why pet owners don't want to do the deed. again. Quite frankly, I'm sick of it. While I'll be the first to admit that I'm not the Fido and Fluffy are not human beings, yet own- Caret's dreams of Stanford presidency most hard-core of Jews I've actually been called ers feel they take on human characteristics a 'closet-Jew" I do make a point of fasting for shrieks of jubilation thumbing his nose at the Yom Kippur every year.