MOVIE REVIEW ons Suds From My Soapbox be Gender equity in A esi- sports has yet iity to be achieved MIGHTY in , SJSU softball the WIND (hedutedfir May 6 flICW e a OPINION 2 A&E 5 ma- r- VOLUME 120, NUMBER 51 SERVING SAN JOSE SlATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1934 aid. r'och re on SPARTAN DAILY WWW.THESPARTANDAILY.COM THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2003 ing an tars een ras. hite Tips for staying fit to By Annelinda Aguayo her Daily Staff Writer ra- ad- The "Health Information his Extravaganza" was the only place for students to get free massages, health on advice and give blood. The Student Health Center and the Like Peer Health Education program eo- teamed up on Wednesday to help edu- bus cate San Jose State University stu- cr. dents on particular health issues. It's "The purpose of the event was to educate people about a variety of health issues, said Leslie Calhoun, a junior majoring in biology. Calhoun and Kiran lur, a junior majoring in molecular biology, headed the event. The main level of the Student Union was lined with tables tackling differ- ent health issues. Photos By Vick, Thompson Dady Staff his Dr. Steven Kim was at the "Ask your ABOVE: Donors waited in line as freshman administration of justice ent Doc" table to provide students with major Nick Fraracci donated blood Wednesday afternoon in the information about the Student Health Student Union. hat Center. He was also there to answer I it questions students had concerning LEFT: Phlebotomist Marylyn Papilla from the American Red Cross used health. iodine to prepare Walker Kellogg, a senior mechanical engineering bly The Student Health Center handed major to give blood on Wednesday. s out cold care packages to students. from the different foods, such as may- regarding the center. ard The packages contained samples of red onnaise and fast food hamburgers. She said there are a lot of students Robitussin-DM, Advil and a brochure Only a few steps away, the Physical who do not know the center exists, ing educating students on the difference his Therapy table was trying to persuade and she wanted to promote awareness. between a cold and the flu. students to pay them a visit. Counseling Services was right next vas "We see hundreds of students from Rachel Vimont of the Student door, letting students know they have November to March for.., upper res- Health Center said that physical ther- a place to turn to when they need help mri piratory illnesses," Kim said. "This wo apy deals with injuries, as well as mus- with educational counseling. year we've gone into April." cle and skeletal disorders. "Students can red Students seeking advice on nutrition speak to counselors as "We have a team approach that deals there," said Kim Nguyen, a senior went to the next table. with the student, the aides and the majoring in accounting and a red Susan Sherer, a member of SJSU's repre- ee physicians," Vimont said. "We can sentative for Counseling Services. Nutrition Education Action Team, help with anything from a sprained "The counselors will help as was at the Health Fair to provide stu- them with dents with advice on healthy eating ankle to muscle tension headaches." their problems." habits. Isaac Leong, a senior majoring in Nguyen said there are 12 counselors kinesiology, is a physical therapy aide and that services are free to students. Students were also able to have their at the Student Health Center and was Students can drop in or make an id body composition measured such helping at the table. He said that the appointment to see as as hydration and the levels of fat and someone. v- center sees10 to 12 students a day. -15t few feet away, the "Dr. Love" table lean mass on the body fat spec- Cliff Boey, also a senior majoring in was raising awareness about sexually trophotometer. kinesiology, was demonstrating The transmitted diseases because April is To measure a person's body compo- Fitter, a piece of multiuse fitness STD Awareness Month. sition, Sherer would put the machine's equipment. Laurice Gonzales, a senior majoring infrared beam to the inner bicep. The He demonstrated some abdominal in behavioral science, was playing "Dr. beam would then take the measure- strengthening exercises and balancing Love" and offering students peer ments. exercises. advising. Students could also find different The Women's Resource Center was Gonzales informed students about informational brochures and pam- around the way, providing SJSU stu- different STDs and answered any phlets containing information on dents with information about the questions they had for her. She also nutrition and exercise. services the center provides. provided students with information Sherer also showed students just Erika Jackson, a senior majoring in about the Gender and Sexual Health how bad some foods could be by anthropology and behavioral science, showing them lab tubes filled with fat answered questions from students See HEALTH, page 7 Provost awards given International students learn new rules for excellence in learning By Falguni Bhuta last one until Fall 2003. under the recently formed Student and services, this Internet-based system Daily Staff Writer "SJSU has 1,400 international stu- Exchange and Visitor Information allows schools and the Bureau of dents, and many of them don't know System. Immigration and Customs n, By Norikazu Ambo were also announced As recipients of certificates. With changes taking place in F-1 visa about the new regulations," Gecenok In last week's workshop, Gecenok Enforcement, a part of the former Daily Staff Writer One of the five awards, the regulations, the international programs said. "I encourage them to attend our exhorted students to log into the inter- Immigration and Naturalization re "Community Partner Award," was and services at San Jose State University last workshop for the semester some- national programs and services Web site Services, to exchange data on the visa A group of more than 60 San Jose accepted by Jim Somers, a volunteer held two workshops to update foreign time in the first week of May" and feed in their updated personal infor- status of international students. State University students, faculty manager at Sacred Heart students about the revised rules. Gecenok said he was still not sure mation into the online SEVIS form. "The INS is now replaced by three dif- members and off-campus community Community Center in San Jose. One workshop took place last month, about the date and time of the workshop He added that any student who is in ferent bureaus under the Department of partners hugged and praised one Somers said he appreciates any kind the second last week and a third one is but asked students to look out for it. He violation of status regulations should Homeland Security, one of which is the another for their effort and commit- of recognition the agency can slated for the first week of May, said said all international students were sent first consult an international student Bureau of Immigration and Customs ment to their distinctive community acquire. Louis Gecenok international student postcards and letters informing them of adviser before entering the information Enforcement," Gecenok said. "The new service Wednesday at the Provost s adviser at international programs and past workshops. on the Web site. "Receiving such an award is mean- See ROLES, page 7 Awards for Excellence in Service ingful," Somers said, "especially being services. The May workshop will be the The news regulations took effect Jan. 1 According to intemanonal program, Learning. awarded as a volunteer, It's like icing During the ceremony, which was on the cake." held in the Umunhum room in the Sacred Heart supplies food and Student Union, five different awards clothes to low-income clients and Psychology students reveal research were presented to persons and organ- currently is a host to about 40 SJSU izations that have excelled in com- By Kristina Mendoza Bryan NkClatn, one ot t,nwitis part munity service. service-learning students per semes- /)ai/y Ste' Writer ners and also a graduate student in psy- PICK OUT THE Various "honorable" individuals See AWARDS, page 7 chology, explained his perception ot On Wednesday San Jose State their research. OFFENDER(S)? University held the first hall- of a two- "It's really important to me that we 'IP day event called the Spartan build a tool to help resolve these Sitlia- Psychological Association Research tions nonviolently, he said. CONFLICT IN IRAQ Conference. Julie Botts, who will be enrolling as a The 46th annual event was held from psychology student in SJSU's graduate 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. in room 189 of the program an the fall, said she conducted Engineering building. research to see if there was a difference U.S. troops raid home The auditorium had a huge overhead between SUVs tailgating and normal projector, which was used to showcase can tailgating. numerous presentations by psycho! "We're looking at the difference in students and their research every following times to see if SUVs follow of Saddam's 'Dr. Germ' minutes throughout the day. more aggressively versus non-SUVs," she said. covered a recently abandoned terrorist Robert Pellegrini, professor and chair Associated Press of the psychology department at SJSU, Her conclusion was that everyone training camp. said the event was an opportunity for tailgates at about the same rate. The top commander of U.S. forces in Army forces exchanged fire with a undergraduate and graduate psychology Pellegrini said he would be hosting Iraq briefed President Bush on the war small number of die-hard paramilitary students to showcase their research Wednesday's opening ceremonies and from inside one of Saddam Hussein's fighters north of Baghdad, then took achievements in virtually every area of that Eric W. Hickey, a professor of ornate palaces on Wednesday, under- out two surface-to-air missile systems criminal psychology at Fresno State Saon Yoneda Daily Staff and three anti-aircraft guns left over the field. scoring the death of the old regime. At "The students have all conducted University, would be giving a speech Erick W. Hickey, a speaker at the Spartan Psychological Association home, the administration reduced the from Saddam's military. titled "The Utility of Profiling in Research Conference, talked about Criminal Profiling in the Iraqis in Mosul said three people research under supervision of fiaculty terrorist threat a notch, from orange to members," Pellegrini said, Violent Serial Crime." Engineering Building on Wednesday. yellow. were killed and at least 11 wounded Georgie I lnwin, a graduate student in At about 3 p.m., Ronald Rogers, fac- Bush urged the United Nations to when shooting erupted for the second ulty adviser for the conference, intro- I le is also a consultant tor many law - Hickey also discussed his love and straight day. Iraqis blamed the psychology, said her group and she con- lift economic sanctions against Iraq, ducted research in communication pat- duced Hickey and gave an introductory enforcement agencies 'and has pub- passion for his job and mentioned he saying the country had been liberated Americans, but the circumstances terns in hostage situations by studying speech about Hickey's occupation and lished reports on victim-offender rela- had worked on the Cary Stayner and by U.S.-led forces. "Terrorists and were cloudy. the behaviors between the hostage life. tionships, serial crime, personality char- Laci Peterson cases. tyrants have now been put on notice," Gen. Tommy Franks, in command of Hickey's credits include conducting acteristics of criminals and the etiology I lickey also used the overhead projec- more than 200,000 troops in the war negotiator and the hostage taker. he added. "VVe are trying to find out if there I numerous research studies about the of violence. tor to show pictures of people and asked Four weeks after the war began. zone, lit up a cigar as he toured the criminally insane, psychopaths, sex In 2002, Hickey published the third the audience to pick out who they palace just outside Baghdad that had any relevance in these behaviors," American troops in Baghdad raided Unwin said. "For example, if one behav- offenders, stalkers and other habitual edition of his book, "Serial Murderers the the home of mastermind of Iraq's ior causes another." criminals. and Their Victims." See CONFERENCE, biological weapons laboratory and dis- See RAM, page 8 page 3
-cm..., a PAGE 2 OPINION THE SPARTAN DAILY APRIL 17, 2003 21ST CENTURY DIGITAL BOY Worries of war fade when watching America's game After the deluge of war coverage and headline news from The same feeling was reflected in the faces of the handful of Even then it's more than that. This rivalry extends beyond 1980s when my dad took us to our first baseball game at the Iraq over the last four weeks, even this news junkie had to sit players who were around last year to expenence the heart- the 40 or so years that either team has been on the West Oakland Coliseum. back and take a break break of Game 6. They had steeled their resolve in the off sea- Coast. That day, Mark McG wire hit one of his 583 career home It's amazing how in the middle of a major military upheaval, son, and one could see in their faces they had one mission in It goes all the way back to New York, when the Giants runs. like the one in Iraq, we can lose sight of the smaller things, the 2003 - the first World Series championship since moving to played at the Polo Grounds in Manhattan and the Dodgers at As it became evident the Giants would win, the crowd got things that remind us that life goes on. San Francisco. Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. louder and louder. For me, one of those things is baseball. The new players, many of them looking for It goes back as far as 1889, when the Giants There's nothing in the world like 42,000 people standing on Last week, I had the chance to enjoy the beginning of base- their first championship season, seemed to beat the Brooklyn Superbas (the team that their feet chanting, "Beat I..A., beat L.A." ball season like I never had before. know this was something special. would become the Dodgers) in the World I looked around, and it occurred to me that we were all there Some weeks ago, one of my professors, a fellow baseball As if the day couldn't have gotten any bet- Series. with a common purpose. addict, approached me with a pair of tickets to opening day at ter, the Giants hit five home runs on their Then there was the 1951 National League To watch our team win. Pacific Bell Park, the beginning of the Giants' home stand for way to their seventh straight win to start the playoff wherein Giants' outfielder Bobby After all that our country has been through in the last few the 2003 season. season. Thomson hit "The Shot heard 'Round the years with the nose-diving economy, 9/11 and the current war It was awesome. After opening day, I didn't think baseball World" off of the Dodgers' Ralph Branca. in Iraq, we have come to depend on certain things to keep our The National Anthem always brings tears to my eyes. could be any more fun. Then as the teams moved west the old ani- minds on what we still have. Immediately afterward, there was a flyover of four F/A-18 I was wrong. mosity between the New York fans and the The two baseball games I went to last week helped put "Hornets." That Friday night we went back, this time Brooklyn fans was ignited between San things back into p ...spei.tive for me. It became evident to me, I got to see the National League Pennant raised above the accompanied by my brothers, my dad and a Francisco and Los Angeles. perhaps for the first time, why so many people consider base- center field bleachers as the team celebrated the 2002 season, friend. MIKE ORPOS At last Friday's game, we sat in the upper ball the national pastime. It has the power to make you forget its best in 13 years. After years of being met with "sold out" deck, two sections away from about 50 rowdy, what is going on in the rest of the world, even if for just a lit- I felt the adrenaline rush 25 the scoreboard flashed the best signs, I was finally able to land tickets for one of the most loud-mouthed Dodger fans. tle while. moments of last year, from Barry Bonds' 600th home run, sought-after baseball matchups: the Giants versus the We exchanged taunts with them over the course of the My brother's friend Mike, who had never been to a Giants which I was fortunate enough to witness, right up to the Dodgers. game, and as the Giants pulled ahead, we began telling them game, said it best: "This is all-American right here." heartbreaking Game 6 of the World Series. There is quite possibly no greater rivalry in all of sport than to "go back to Brooklyn." In the crowd there was a feeling among the fans of, "This is that which exists between the Giants and the Dodgers. The feeling I got was one of exhilaration and giddiness as Mike Corpos is the OUT year." It's the classic NorCal versus SoCal, "We're better than the game got underway. Spartan Daily Executive Editor. After last year it had better be. you. I was taken back to a hot Saturday afternoon in the mid- 'Digital Boy' appears Thursdays. Viewpoint I SUDS FROM MY SOAPBOX Committee addresses parking issues Gender barriers in sports It was great to read in the April 15 Spartan Daily about these meetings which are held at noon on the 3rd Monday the SJSU Parking, Traffic and Transit Advisory of the month at the UPD building in the Seventh Street Committee (PTTAC). Last semester I fulfilled my intern- garage. Their non meeting is Monday, April 21. Contact need to be broken down ship requirement by working as the clerk for Captain Marianne Alvarez at 924-6551, or PTTAC. While it was a wonderful experience, my main [email protected], to let her know you'll be attending. Sometimes to find the middle you have to know the hype can't be all bad. regret was that upon leaving, I had no replacement, there- If you are a faculty, staff, or union member interested in extremes. the first woman to earn a spot an the Greater by leaving a huge workload upon the chair. these issues, please consider applying your skills and Suzy Whaley, Last weekend at the Masters Tournament, Martha PGA tournament, qualified from I strongly encourage President Caret to assign a perma- knowledge by applying for membership on the committee Burk Hartford Open, another was reaching for an extreme in her protest PGA Connecticut Sectional in nent intern to this invaluable committee. Parking is viewed as vacancies exist for these three groups. demonstration the women's tees at the and insistence that Augusta National admit women as mem- decide to play in July's as one of the most important problems affecting our cam- You can also read on the web about the foundation of the September. It took her six months to bers. pus and our neighbors. PTTAC is the one place where all committee. The Academic Senate was integral to the for- tournament where she'll be required to play from the men's Burk may not have been successful, but stakeholders, as the article indicated, can discuss these mation of PTTAC. Their resolution can be found at she isn't a woman tees. alone in stretching important issues. I also encourage campus members to www.sjsu.edu/senate/ss-s99-2.hen. out her neck over the chopping block of In a St. Petersburg Times story, Whaley said: "I finally consider attending a meeting if they are at all interested in status quo. decided that by playing I could show my two daughters Women such as Annika Sorenstam, Suzy Whaley and access to, and mobility within and around, the campus. Irvin Dawid (Jennifer, 8, and Kelly, 5) that anything is possible. I thought Haley Wickenheiser are elasticizing the borders of women's Whether it is auto parking, transit service, or cycling and graduate student I might be able to inspire a lot of people." pedestrian safety that concerns you, consider attending urban and regional planning professional sports. And inspire she did. Next month, Sorenstam, the world's No. Sorenstam has said she decided to go after 1 women's golfer will be the only woman a spot in a men's tournament after learning SPARTA GUIDE to play in the Colonial National, a PGA about Whaley's decision. tour event. She will play from the women's Far from the soft blades of grass on the golf
Sparta Guide is provided free of charge to students, faculty and staff members. The deadline for tees, which shorten the course by 10 per- course, another female athlete, Haley entries is noon three working days before the desired publication date. Entry forms are available in cent of what the men will play. Wickenheiser sports a blade of another sort the Spartan Daibr office in Dwight Bentel Hall, room 209. Space restrictions may require editing She didn't qualify for the tournament - - the kind you find on an ice skate. of submissions. Entries are printed in the order in which they are received. she was granted an exemption and an invi- Wickenheiser is considered one of the tation to play was extended to her. greatest players in women's ice hockey. She TODAY p.m. in the Music building Career Center and Center for This has some PGA members upset. played on Canada's gold medal team in the Concert Hall. Student highlights: Service-Learning and Catholic Nick Price, Colonial's 2002 champion, 2002 Winter Olympics. SJSU Catholic Campus Ministry bels, vibraphone, xylophone, Campus Ministries was quoted saying Sorenstam shouldn't be Feeling as Sorenstam does, that she needed Daily Mass will be field at the marimba, timpani and more. For "Get Experience Week," show- allowed to play in the tournament without ANNE WARD to be challenged in her own game, SJSU CCM Chapel located at more information contact Joan casing various non profit organi- qualifying and "it's just a huge promotional Wickenheiser left the-National Women's 10th and San Carlos streets next to Stubbe at 924-4631. zations and their unique opportu- media hype." Hockey League to seek out a role in the men's European Robert's Bookstore. Mass times are nities such as internships, service- Men aren't allowed to compete in LPGA events, but it's hockey league ultimately earning a spot on a second division 12:10 p.m. Monday-Friday and at Department of Nutrition and learning, and full- or part-time unlikely any of the pros would be interested. The money just Finnish tcam - Kirkkonummen Salamat - owned in part 11 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Sunday. For Food Science positions, will take place from isn't there, nor is the prestige. by San Jose Sharks forward Teemu Selanne. more information contact Sister Body fat testing is back a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Ninth Street Men and women's sports are simply on unequal grounds Though Wickenheiser and Sorenstam assert personal Bioelectric Impedance from 8 Plaza. For more information con- Marcia at 938-1610. for moneymaking and media coverage. goals as their incentive, each is reaching beyond boundaries a.m. to 10 a.m. every Thursday or tact Dan Larmour at 924-6963 or Sorenstam is the LPGA's leader on the money list. So far by appointment in Central the Career Resource Center at potentially broadening the extent of opportunities for future Associated Students Campus in 2003, she has earned 1423,552. Standing alone, that generations. Recreation Classroom building, Room 221. 924-6031. For more information contact amount sounds pretty good for chasing a little white ball In 1973, Bobby Riggs challenged Billie Jean King to a ten- ASCR is offering fitness classes around a green carpet. at the Event Center. Classes run- Sherry at 206-7599 or sherrbut- Career Center nis match. Riggs proudly flaunted his chauvinism and taunt- ning tody: Body Sculpting, [email protected]. Satellite outreach from 11 a.m. Compare it with the PGA's 2003 money list and you'll find ed King with jibes that women are weaker than men. Weight Training, Yoga, Aerobics, to 2 p.m. For more information Tiger Woods at the top earning close to $3 million - more King won, but was allowed to use the doubles lines on the Advanced Step, Butts & Guts, School of Art and Design contact the Career Resource than seven times Sorenstam's total. court, while Riggs was not. Body Sculpting, Beginning Step. Student galleries art exhibitions Center at 924-6031. Flip through the channels on television some weekend and As Sorenstam will tee up at the forward markers, while the For more information and class from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Art count the number of women's sporting events and compare men will drive from the back, it's hard to argue against the times, contact Matt McNamara at and Industrial Studies buildings. SJSU Catholic Campus Ministry it to the number of men's events being televised. fact that the physical strength of most men prevails over that 924-6217. For more information contact Bill Holy Thursday: Passover meal Browse the pages of a major newspaper's sports section and of women. or Nicole at 924-4330. and mass of the Lord's Supper add up the inches devoted to men's versus women's events. Yet it's not really the test of power or agility, it's really a SJSU Catholic Campus Minna,' will be held at 5 p.m. in the The contrast is about as "on par" as the earnings between matter of pushing limitations. Join the Alpha Omega group for Movimiento Estudiantil de Omega lounge of the Catholic Sorenstam and Woods. food and fun from 8:30 p.m. to 10 Aztlan M.E.Ch.A Campus Ministry Center. For Sorenstam has said she wants to play in the men's tourna- p.m. every Thursday in the Omega Weekly meeting today at 6 p.m. more information contact Sister ment to challenge herself. Anne Ward is the Lounge at the CCM. For more in Mosaic Student Union. For Marcia at 938-1610. However you slice it, Sorenstam is drawing attention to Spartan Daily Projects Editor information contact Orshi Fejer at more information contact Adriana women in the game of golf so whatever her motivation, the 'Suds From My Soapbox* appears Thursdays. 938-1610. Cabrera-Garcia at 250-9245 or Department of Psychology [email protected]. Dr. Faye J. Crosby from SJSU Catholic Campus Ministry University of California-Santa ANOTHER Scripture reflection every National Association of Working Cruz will speak on "Affirmative DIMENTIAN I JONAH PTAK Thursday from 7 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. Women, 9 to 5 Action: Staying cool with a hot in the CCM Chapel. For more The National Association of topic" at 3 p.m. in the I CAr.L T u APRASILL information contact Sister Marcia Working Women is inviting all Engineering building, room 189. IN1S SAMICN CLAs4 TLAAIPOUSH V ANEN:’ . qa.at./ saltl.ms at 938-1610. college working women to dial For more information call 924- orra Nst.. the 9 to 5 job survival hotline at 1 5600. (800) 522-0925 for help with Nurses Christian Fellowship )1 Community building at 2:30 workplace problems. Department of Psychology p.m. in the Pacheco Room of the The Spartan psychological Student Union. For more informa- Students for Justice research association conference 11 tion contact Diane Stegmeir at Weekly meeting from 3 p.m. to (SPARC), with student research 1-7 248-2997. 4 p.m. in the Multicultural presentations and poster sessions, Library (modular building A). For will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 4*-4 14K.1 I .1) Akbayan Pilipino American more information contact p.m. in the Engineering building, Christine Madore at (650) 533- room 189. For more information (A. Organization Tv% JserAnnsi-r-c, General meeting - embrace in 1735 or 971-1070. call 924-5600. friendship! Learn more about the PLICASE. 64AR 1.4 PlWst.111AT SJSU Student Health Center College of Engineering RAG- .4 - Pilipino culture and the people IAPSPS Pa"41 4. vw..t rer, Fir4fl1q.4 1,Gc AMY "(Ay iht.ISrl who live it. Meeting takes place at The SJSU Student Health Symposium on leading tech- avorA-rol.4 Vellv-Tte4G, Ie..) USit.4(e? Pacifica room of Center is offering the second nologies: Dr. Mohamed Fayad, \*It'llEP.,1114rT (.40.4 'NAPA NS 4:15 p.m. in the L.A,5 the Student Union. For more annual Chad Okamoto scholar- professor of computer engineer- '5., 4 c_...iSts_.-vv ot information call 924-7455. ship. The $500 scholarship appli- ing at SJSU, will speak on cations are due April 21. "Accomplishing Software The Listening Hour Concert Application forms are available in Stability" from noon to 1 p.m. in Series the lobby of the health building the Engineering Auditorium The SJSU percussion emsemble, or at www.sjsu.edu/depts/student- (ENG 189). For more informa- Cass Isacx". will health/index.html. E-mail at rvi- tion contact Professor Hambaba *5, TN 54 with director Galen Lemmon, s4A4.. 51 91:46,j perform from 12:30 p.m. to 1:15 [email protected] for more at 924-3959. SPC-5, information.
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