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t Twitter: @spartandaily INSIDE F facebook.com/spartandaily P. 3 Sports: Spartan cross country falter at See exclusive online content meet in Standford and multimedia at spartandaily.com P. 5 A&E: Staff writer Devon Thames says Joeseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis shine in Weather: Clear their film “Looper” SPARTAN DAILY H: 93 Serving San José State University Music in Cannery Park dedicates P. 7 Opinion: New ‘Wes Side Stories’ says since 1934 day to urban San Jose culture L: 59 Volume 139 / Issue 18 A&E, p.8 Hollywood could do a better job with the Monday, October 1, 2012 superhero movie genre Printed on recycled paper EDUCATION SJSU WINS 12-0 College Day helps Spartans kick Navy in shutout inspire local youth By Kimberley Diaz @SD_KDiaz Elementary, middle and high school students from Santa Clara county came to SJSU last Thursday morning to attend College Day be- tween Clark Hall and Tower Hall. College Day, led by the San Jose Unified School District and the First-Generation College Attain- ment Coalition, is an effort to inspire students and encourage them to go to college and succeed in life, accord- ing to the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. First-Generation College Attain- ment Coalition, co-led by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, is an orga- nization whose mission is to help sev- eral students become the first in their families to go to college , according to the Applied Materials website. Last year was the first College Day in San Jose and it has now be- come a county-wide effort. College Day chair Kim Guptill said that schools are participating in College Day by playing college fight songs and decorating corners of the classroom with T-shirts of colleges Spartan place kicker Austin Lopez boots a fieldgoal in SJSU’s game against Navy Saturday. Lopez tied a school record by knocking in four field goals, that teachers attended. including a career long 43-yarder in the fourth quarter of the game. Photo courtesy of Spartan Athletics “This is so the kids can every day be reminded that college is not just SEE SPORTS ON PAGE 3 a possibility. It’s going to be a reality for them,” Guptill said. BIOLOGY The participating students were from various grade levels from Low- ell Elementary, College Connection Ecology graduate student presents new shark data Academy and Overfelt High School. Robert Escarcega, a fifth-grade By Jacque Orvis large teeth. teacher at Lowell Elementary, said @SD_jorvis Clerkin said he gathered 381 he was excited to take his students to SJSU graduate student Paul specimens from 2,400 sharks India their very first field trip. Clerkin presented new information caught in the nets, collecting data Escarcega believes that learning about his recent shark discoveries on the diet, deformations and re- about college should start at a very at Moss Landing Marine Laborato- production of each find. young age. ries last week. He added he found new infor- “My mother did that for me Clerkin and his adviser, David mation about parasites that at- when I was very young,” Escarcega Ebert, said while the total of poten- tach to a specific species of lantern said. “Just being exposed to college tial new species could exceed eight, shark. campuses live shows kids that it is at least six now appear to be new “They only infected certain Indian Ocean accessible and for them at this age, shark species. schools,” he said. “They apparently Madagascar going to school right down the street “Some of those ghost sharks also chemically sterilize the host in the shadow of the university, it’s are dead-on new,” Ebert said, add- shark.” going to give them better under- ing that at least two of the smaller According to Ebert, tissue sam- standing of what exactly university catsharks and two lantern sharks ples from the specimens will reveal is and that it’s there for them.” are recognized as previously un- more information about the sharks. N The event was hosted by Dami- known sharks. He said the analysis should be an Trujillo, an SJSU alumnus and a Ebert is the program manager complete in the next few months. ● NBC Bay Area news reporter. After a for the Pacific Shark Research Cen- Clerkin said he sent the shark welcome speech from President ter at Moss Landing Marine Labo- specimens to the California Acad- Location of Shark discoveries Mohammad Qayoumi, several peo- ratories, the marine science gradu- emy of Sciences, the Smithsonian by Moss Landing student ple involved with the city of San Jose, ate program for multiple CSUs and the American Museum of Nat- the Santa Clara school district and including SJSU. ural History after taking detailed SJSU talked to the students about Clerkin is studying shark ecol- measurements for future publica- their college experiences. ogy at Moss Landing Marine Labo- tions. Hannah Gagni, a senior at Over- ratories. Around 100 guests attended the felt High School, is hoping to attend The new ghost sharks — or chi- presentation, which is part of Moss UCLA for pre-medical studies. maeras — are between one and Landing’s Community Science Lec- Gagni doesn’t know what to ex- three-feet long with whitish bodies ture Series. pect from attending college and and bulbous, glass-like eyes, accord- SJSU vertebrae ecology graduate Infographic by Jeff Cianci hoped the presentation would help. ing to Clerkin. student Angela Szesciorka said she “We’re going to college next year,” “One may have been an albino learned a lot from the presentation. do more to protect the sharks now mercial fisher’s net from deep-sea Gagni said. “I need those experiences which is very rare, “ he said, describ- “I didn’t realize how much work that they know about them. trawling around seamounts. to help me get through college.” ing one semi-translucent ghost went into it — how in-depth the “Here we have species ... that In addition to data collection Students from Overfelt High shark he found. data collection was,” she said. may be impacted, but no one and analysis, Clerkin said he will School and first-generation SJSU stu- He said the lantern sharks are CSUMB ichthyology graduate knows anything about them,” he publish at least two peer-reviewed dents also shared their experiences about one-foot long, black and student Ryan Fields said the new said. “Without (the fishermen) papers on the collected data this to the younger students, speaking slender with large spines, and some data will be helpful for getting pro- none of this would have been winter. on their troubles and how they over- have dark markings or lines all over tection for the species. possible.” “I feel like I’m going to be busy came adversity and succeeded in their their bodies. “There’s so much that’s undis- Clerkin collected the specimens for the rest of my life,” he said. goals. “The upper jaw looks like a bed covered,” he said. “It’s important to south of the island of Mauritus east Jacque Orvis is a Spartan Daily Nancy Desiree Victor, a sociol- of nails,” he said. Additionally, learn more about the ocean — for of Madagascar. staff writer. Follow her on Twitter most of the new catsharks have long conservation sampling.” The sharks were bycatch — or @SD_jorvis SEE COLLEGE ON PAGE 4 noses and flat shovel-like heads and Ebert said they will be able to unintentional catch — in the com- Grow your own way © 2012 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Find out how you can grow your own way at www.pwc.com/campus All rights reserved. Page 2 | Spartan Daily NEWS Monday, October 1, 2012 SJSU SpartaGuide Forensics team shows off Schubert: The “Trout” Piano Quintet skills at its first tournament The Listening Hour Concert Series Tuesday, Oct. 2 By Celeste Lodge people, oral interpretation “It is a pretty tough event @Celestelodge is a dramatic act of a piece of so were really proud of them,” 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. literature, and the after din- Swanson said. Music building Concert Hall The SJSU Forensics Team ner speech is a speech with hu- Jaq ues, a senior RTF ma- showed off its skills and had mor, according to Swanson. jor, has been on the team since Free admission, doors open at 12:15 p.m. two beginning competitors The novice debate team last semester and this was his make it to a final event round progressed to the semi-finals first tournament. at the First Tournament of the out of about 30 teams. “This is all q uite a shock Salzburg informational session year this weekend at San Fran- “One thing we’re really cel- that I’m doing this well, and Salzburg cisco State University. ebrating is the semi-finalist I owe it all to my fabulous Two of its teams advanced award that our brand new coaches and fabulous team,” Tuesday, Oct. 2 to q uarter finals, one team debaters got,” Swanson said. Jaq ues said. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. advanced to the semi-finals, “We’re really proud because Matt Z weier, a fifth year another team advanced to they were one debate away communications studies ma- Clark Hall room 412 the finals, and many of the from winning it.” jor, has been on the team for Wednesday, Oct. 3 team members placed in their Matt Z upko, a second year three years and placed third events. aerospace engineering major, for overall speaker out of 7 0 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Katrina Swanson, a senior competed in the novice debate open level debaters.