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:MIMI 1014 NO: Si THURSDAY AP 997 SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT Softball team prepares Traditional Chinese, Indian for two-state road trip music adapted to jazz Page 6 Page 5 Jose State University Since 1934 SkitTAN DAILY at Daughters flight work bolsters Precision self-esteem By Catherine Spencer girls need and deserve a day that Spartan Daily Staff Writer deals specifically with the unique issues they face," said Gingi Pica, a Adolescence can be a difficult Ms. Foundation spokeswoman. period for young women. Studies "Bringing girls to work helps them conducted by Harvard University to stay healthy, confident and and the American Association of resilient." University Women In support of reveal that during Take Our adolescence girls Daughters To tend to judge them- "Bringing girls Work Day, San selves based on their to work helps Jose State physical appearance University is and whether they them to stay encouraging receive less atten- employees and tion than boys in healthy, their children to school. confident and participate in this To bolster girls' event. University self-esteem during resilient." officials suggest this critical time, that children the Ms. Foundation should be between For Women has Gingi Pica, the ages of 9 and designated April 24 15 years old and as "Take Our Ms. Foundation spokeswoman be accompanied Daughters To by an adult men- Work Day." This tor at all times. day, which falls on "This program the fourth Thursday every April, gives children a better idea of what was created to recognize the their mom or dad does at work all strengths and talents of young day," said Steve Bartz, interim women and expose girls to the director of human resources. "It is exciting career options numerous, a very educational experience " open to them. "The Ms. Foundation believes See Daughters, page 8 Precision flight team pilot Sean Hogan, left, and safety pilot Cade Boeger bank left to align the Alums discuss SJSU's *flight team to single engine Cessna 172 with the New Jerusalem airport near Tracy. The team was coming in for a "missed approach" landing. Some events that the team will perform in the national flight compe- police careers battle country's best tition will include "power-on" and "power-off landings," a message drop and simulated flying. pre-flight was thorough. Sean Hogan, the SJSU Former students explain rigors, Precision Flight Team's safety officer, walked around the white and orange plane whistling and ducking benefits of law enforcement work underneath the long wings. Nearby, Cade Borger, a flight team member, took cloth in hand in a once-over cleaning By Terri K. Milner levity and insights as to how SJS1) and Hogan verified the fuel content in little shotglass-like Spartan Daily Staff Writer influenced his choice of careers. containers. "Nobody I've ever known The fistir-passenger Cessna 172 sat in the hangar man- Brian Head used to have hair thought I would be an officer," past his shoulders and wear aging to look small. Head said. "I came into the sociol- "It's a little bit more special than other ( essnas," Birkenstocks. ogy department here six years ago 150." Now he has a crew cut and flogan said. "It has 180 horse power rather than from a small town and it opened It's a plane llogan is used to flying, as the team regular- wears a badge. my eyes and Jose, but [lead graduated ly rents it from the Reid Ii illview Airport in San changed my life. If national com- from San Jose State he will be without it later this month at the "I came into it wasn't for this petition in Battlecreek, Mich. University with department. I'd a bachelor's "I don't have time to get it out there," I logan said. both the sociology still be that idiot I and master's degree "It'll be tricky because we won't find a 180 horse power used to be." cars, each one in sociology and is department plane in Michigan so it'll be different. Like The panel of handles differently." now a Mountain speakers was made Police here ... from Nationals, taking place "ruesday through May 4, will View up of four SJSU flight pit SJSU's long-standing, but little-known precision Officer. a small town graduates, all of such Head exempli- team against some of the best teams in the country, whom utilize their Force Academy. fied the mission of it opened as Purdue University and the Air and sociology degrees. Academy...," Boeger said, laughing. the criminology "The Air Force my eyes and Mt Soak Oh, "We're competing against them and my tax dollars pay for seminar that took who graduated place yesterday in their training." changed my from SJSU with A by earning second Moorhead Ihe team won its national berth Dudley bachelor's degree Regionals Borger him Hall: "To provide place against four other teams at life." in May 1996, has self picking up an overall 'Fop Pilot runner-up award -- information to only been in the graduates with a March 22 through 24 in Livermore. United States for "Nationals is a whole different ballgame, but we have a sociology degree - Brian Head, five -and -a -hall in lot of energy and enthusiasm," I log-an said. "I have A lot of criminology, Mountain View years and could of - about confidence that we're going to do well and impress a lot particular not speak English checks the fuel sump of the clubs rented Cessna available jobs and police officer people." Sean Hogan of the SJSU precision flight team when she began in water in the fuel mixture as part of the pre-flight pro- ways of going 172 airplane. Hogan is looking for signs of the department. See Flight, page 8 cedure which the team practices in preparation for national competitions in Battlecreek Michigan. about obtaining them," Scott "I recorded the classes and then Palasek, sociology club president, would review them at home two said. or three times because I didn't Story By Terri K. Milner Photos By Max Becherer Speaking to the crowd of about speak the language well and I also 45 students, Head provided both Spartan Daily See Law, page 8 SJSU Greeks Debbie Reynolds Mumnist says Tomorrow hazing is alive and Spartan football women well in Greek system team wraps up empowers Page 2 spring practice By Catherine Spencer Conference. Spartan Daily Staff Wnter Keynote spur 61 I )ebbie Suede shoes Reynolds, star of "Singing in the Dancers combine Breaking out and making it in Rain" and the new Albert Brooks, classical ballet and the fast-paced, ever-changing world film "Mother," motivated the audi- of the Silicon Valley can be tough. ence by sharing how she was able to rock 'n' roll It can be even harrier when you are rebound from contract disputes in Page 5 a woman. the movie industry, bankruptcy Recognizing the neuh of this and broken marriages. growing segment of the workforce, "Nothing is impossible if you Spartan golf local corporations delis cred a day work like a dog," Reynolds said. Women '.5 train for women to discover vast array 41-qP"' "The key is to he happy, never give wins the WA(' of valuable tools for successful rela- have faith that you can up and championship tionships and careers at San Jose's make it happen." PHOTO BY CHARLES SLAY Sp/Wan Oally first Bay Area Women's page 3 Page 6 Debbie Reynolds speaks at the firsi Bay Area Woman's conference See Reynolds, _a_ larirmiallistmilmenisewieweeemenemmespennewwwmue----- Thursday, April 24, 1997 2 OPINION San Jose State University SPARTAN DAILY Social Security Numbers rule students' lives Texas A&M, student ID numbers intended for use as a universal identifier. Another possible area for abuse is credit the use of the mother's maiden name as a A,show up on everything from regis- The potential for misuse of a student's SSN Guest editorial cards. Every student has seen applications password, is only useful in protecting access tration forms to the display screens is enormous. Information Technology for Visa, American Express and Discover to an established account. Because of these seen when entering the Rec Center. Digest reported that with an SSN and "a cards posted across the campus. They ask for concerns, other major universities, have dose of computer knowledge or a modicum ulc. While this can be irritating, it is usually your SSN, according to one company, so stopped using the SSN as an identifier, opt- There are countless computer files and dealt with quickly and severely. paper with of effort, one can discover a person's grades, The main they can check your credit rating, which is ing to use a random number. ID numbers printed on them. way to combat it is to not share ID numbers This compromises students security as citi- health status, credit record ... " linked to you by your SSN. It is the compa- Each time a SSN is written or used, it According to the Registrar's Office, the with anyone. But there are other problems ny's responsibility to cross-check the names becomes more likely it can be stolen and zens because their ID numbers are also the which cannot be prevented or solved easily. Social Security numbers. SSN is used as an identifier because credit and numbers to make sure they match. fraudulently used. The University should hours and financial aid information need to The first of these concerns employment. A problem can arise if someone gets your stop jeopardizing students' privacy and secu- Social Security numbers came into being The Immigration Reform Law requires with the Social Security Act 01 1935 and be reported to the state and federal govern- name and SSN off a document, such as a fee rity for the sake of their convenience.