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CAMPUS IMAGE Getting festive on Fat Tuesday Professor evaluations to go green

by Julie Myhre Staff Writer

Members of the Instruction and Student Aff airs Committ ee (ISA) are working to convert Student Opinion of Teaching Eff ectiveness (SOTE) evaluations from paper to online evaluations. “Th is is something that has been vaguely talked about for 10 years now,” said Katrina Swanson, Associ- ated Students director of student re- sources and ISA member. “We really want to at least put the hammer down on this because it is something that at least the members of instruction and student aff airs committ ee believe it’s about time to be done.” Swanson said online SOTEs are a common trend among other Califor- nia state universities. Junior fi lm major AC Sico said he is content with the current format of the SOTEs. “I think that more people wouldn’t Chelsea Broderick, a chemistry major at SJSU and bartender at San Jose Bar on Fat Tuesday. San Jose police officers were on hand outside the bar in do it,” he said about the potential of a and Grill, located on 2nd Street in downtown San Jose, pours a drink for patrons preparation for lively customers. Photo by Jasper Rubenstein / Spartan Daily online process. Tanmay Sharma, A.S. Director of external aff airs and ISA member said the main reason to consider the Some incoming students to begin classes in summer change is to save the school’s money. “Right now it costs SJSU almost by Rebecca Duran Reisz, project coordinator for Early Start and Early to work on, according to the Early Start website. $55,000 every year, annually,” Sharma Staff Writer Assessment Program coordinator. Th e planning group for the program includes, said. “Once we go to online SOTEs, “Th ere has been a long term of wanting to im- but is not limited to, the testing offi ce, the math and it is supposed to be something under Freshmen entering the California State Univer- prove student performance from the Chancellor’s English departments, Undergraduate Studies, the $5,000. It’s a huge change economi- sity system who do not show college-level profi - offi ce toward creating a successful student body,” Early Assessment Program, Developmental Stud- cally.” ciency in math and English will be required to en- Reisz said. ies, the Institutional Research group and admis- Sharma said he thinks the change roll in the Early Start Program, according to a press More than 60 percent of fi rst-time freshmen en- sions and fi nancial aid, Reisz said. would be a good step because the release on the CSU website. rolling in the CSU system each year do not show Th e chancellor’s offi ce accepted the plans from money saved will be helpful in this Students who score less than 50 on the Entry entry-level profi ciency in math and English assess- diff erent campuses to see what similarities there economic state. Level Math exam and less than 138 on the English ments, according to the Cal State website. were and to give feedback, according to Reisz. Swanson said another benefi t of Profi ciency Test will be required to take the neces- California juniors can use the Early Assessment Every campus has its own version, and there has online SOTEs is it would save time at sary remedial classes during the summer, according Program test to see if they are ready for college-level to be ways of enrolling students across systems and the end of the semester. to the Early Start website. math and English, according to the Early Start website. tracking completion, Reisz said. “Especially towards the end of the Th e program comes from Executive Order 1048, Results are available at the beginning of stu- mandated by the board of Trustees, said Tom dents’ senior year, lett ing them see what they need SEE EARLY START PAGE 3 SEE SOTES PAGE 2

Spirit will hold an all-day prayer ser- were created out of the dust from the Ashes to be vice at the Spartan Memorial. earth. “If you come to Mass, you’ll Wharton referred to the book of be able to get ashes,” said Susie Genesis, the fi rst book of the Bible Redmond, president of the New- that tells the story of how God creat- distributed man Center. She said people of ed the world and how God blew the all faiths are welcomed to the Mass. breath of life in people from dust. Cathy Bui, president of SJ Spirit, “Th e ashes come from the palm on campus said people of all faiths are also wel- branches from last year’s Palm Sun- comed to Spartan Memorial to pray day,” Redmond said. “Palm Sunday by Samantha Clark and receive ashes. (commemorates) Jesus’ procession Staff Writer According to Roger Wharton, into Jerusalem and is celebrated the chaplain for SJ Spirit, the group is Sunday before Easter.” Th e Newman Center and SJ Spirit likely the oldest religious organiza- According to Nicole Bundy, a will both celebrate Ash Wednesday, tion on campus, and the group can freshman humanities major, Ash the start of the Christian Lenten sea- trace its history back 120 years. Wednesday marks the beginning of son, with a distribution of ashes. “It started as an Episcopal group, the 40-day Lenten season, which is Th e Newman Center will celebrate but 12 years ago, (the center) 46 days before Easter (Sundays are mass at the Newman Center, and SJ switched (its) mission to be open, excluded). affi rming and progressive Chris- On Ash Wednesday, Christians Spartan Daily tians (who) welcome and explore all receive an “Imposition of Ashes” — Serving San José State University since 1934 religions and spiritual traditions,” the putt ing of the ashes on the fore- Volume 138 / Issue 14 he said. head in the sign of a cross, according According to Wharton, SJ Spirit to Wharton. has off ered an Ash Wednesday ser- Redman said Lent is a Christian vice for 10 years. season of observance and refl ection Luis Sandoval, Nicole Bundy and Susie Redman sing in the Newman Catholic “Th e students, staff and faculty that culminates to the death and res- Club’s choir during the group’s Sunday mass at the Newman Center on 10th and San Carlos streets. Photo by Samantha Clark / Spartan Daily will come to the chapel,” he said. urrection of Jesus Christ. “We have several clergy people there She added that during Lent, many from diff erent denominations. Th ey people fast and give up something Amy Hutt linger, a fi fth year kine- “It might make me a bett er per- come up to the (clergy people), enter to mirror Christ’s sacrifi ce as he siology major, also said she wants to son,” he said. t Twitter: @spartandaily 73˚ a brief conversation, prayer requests walked alone in the desert and fasted challenge herself and plans to give Th e Newman Center will be hold- f facebook.com/spartandaily 48˚ are asked for and the administer will for 40 days. up Facebook. ing mass at 12:30 at the Newman pray with the person individually “For Lent, I plan on giving up Ben Luis Sandoval, a senior foren- Catholic Center on the corner of View exclusive stories and multimedia at and distribute the ashes.” and Jerry’s ice cream because I want sics major, is the secretary of the 10th and San Carlos streets. Susie Redman, president of the to challenge myself to be healthier,” Newman Center and said he plans SJ Spirit will be holding an all- spartandaily.com Newman Center, said the ashes rep- said Michael Panelli, a junior justice on giving up sugary cereal as a day prayer service from 9:30 a.m. to resent that people are all mortal and studies major. “Let’s see if I can do it.” sacrifice. 5 p.m. at the Spartan Memorial. 2 NEWS SpartanDaily.com Wednesday, February 22, 2012 US officials sorry for Quran burning NASA’s Webb telescope project under fire for escalating costs McClatchy Tribune along with an austere budget ufacturing almost every as- Wire Service outlook for NASA, is deplet- pect of the telescope, and it ing the agency’s pipeline of big was forced to stretch out the science missions. A much-dis- schedule, said Richard How- LOS ANGELES — In deep, cussed mission to return sam- ard, NASA’s head of the Webb cold space, nearly a million ples of Martian soil to Earth, program and the agency’s miles from Earth, a giant tele- for example, may be unaff ord- deputy chief technologist. Th e scope later this decade will able, according to the House agency kept investing in the scan for the fi rst light to streak Science Committ ee staff . most diffi cult technologies for across the universe more than Th e Webb telescope was the Webb, leaving other parts 13 billion years ago. conceived by the astronomy of the project out of sync. As a Th e 7-ton spacecraft , one of community in the late 1990s as result, some components will the most ambitious and costly a more modest project with a be boxed up and stored for science projects in U.S. his- smaller mirror for about $500 years while other pieces are tory, is under construction for million. Th en-NASA chief completed. NASA at Northrop Grumman Daniel Goldin challenged the Th e delays boosted the Corp.’s space park complex in science community in a major cost even more. By last year, Redondo Beach, Calif. speech to double the capabil- the cost estimate to build the Th e aim is to capture the old- ity of the telescope for the telescope hit $8 billion, not in- est light, taking cosmologists same price. cluding about $940 million in to the time aft er the big bang Dressler, who was in the contributions by international when matt er had cooled just audience when Goldin gave partners and about $800 mil- enough to start forming the fi rst the speech, recalled: “It aston- lion NASA will spend for fi ve blazing stars in what had been ished everybody. It made no years of operation. Th e launch Afghans throw stones at U.S. troops at the gate of Bagram air base Tuesday. Hundreds of Afghans empty darkness. Astronomers sense that you could build a date slipped from 2014 to 2018, gathered outside the base to protest the alleged burning of the Quran by U.S. troops. The U.S. have long dreamed about peer- telescope six times larger than meaning an army of experts commander of Nato troops in Afghanistan has apologized over reports that troops had ‘improperly disposed’ of copies of the Quran. Photo courtesy of Ahmad Massoud / MCT ing into that provenance. Hubble … and have it come in will have to keep working “It is the actual formation cheaper. We were so stunned, years more on the project. In by McClatchy Tribune were shown in a video urinating on corpses, of the universe,” said Alan we didn’t know what to do.” the past, NASA could tap re- Wire Service which also prompted swift apologies from Ameri- Dressler, the astronomer at Th e early lowball cost fi g- serves in its larger budget to can offi cials in Afghanistan and Washington. Carnegie Institution for Science ures had no offi cial standing, get through technical prob- KABUL, Afghanistan — Th e commander of Pentagon offi cials said that despite being at war in Pasadena who chaired a com- but they shaped political ex- lems, but those funding pools U.S.-led international forces in Afghanistan for more than a decade, the U.S. military had no mitt ee that proposed the tele- pectations many years later. have dried up, Howard said. apologized Tuesday aft er reports that Ameri- regulations that specifi cally concerned the disposal scope more than a decade ago. Not surprisingly, the price Th e skyrocketing cost in- can troops at Bagram air base had accidentally of religious materials. Existing military orders de- If the James Webb Space began to rise, fi rst to $1 bil- furiated many in Congress. burned hundreds of copies of the Qu ran, spark- mand, however, that troops respect the religious Telescope works as planned, lion and then to more than Last year, Wolf led an eff ort by ing outrage among Afghans. institutions and customs of their host nations. it will be vastly more capable $2 billion when the aerospace House Republicans to elimi- “I off er my sincere apologies for any off ense Th e White House and the Pentagon also ex- than any of the dozen current- industry began submitt ing nate all of the Webb’s fund- this may have caused, to the president of Afghani- pressed regret at the incident, with Defense Secre- ly deployed U.S. space tele- estimates. By 2008, when the ing, though it was ultimately stan, the government … of Afghanistan, and most tary Leon Panett a calling it “deeply unfortunate.” scopes and will be a dramatic program was well underway, restored by a conference com- importantly, to the noble people of Afghanistan,” Th e U.N. special representative in Afghani- symbol of U.S. technological the cost hit $5 billion. mitt ee. But to those working Marine Gen. John R. Allen said in a statement. stan, Jan Kubis, met Tuesday aft ernoon with might. But for all its sophisti- NASA was running into on the program, the message Th e burning of the Qu ran and other Islamic Afghanistan’s top Islamic scholar and said he’d cation, the project also reveals technical diffi culties in man- was sent. religious materials sparked tense scenes at Ba- stressed the U.N.’s deep respect for the Islamic a deeply ingrained dysfunc- “It didn’t feel good,” said Scott gram Air Base, a major coalition facility about 40 faith and the tradition and cultures of Afghans. tion in the agency’s business “It made no sense Willoughby, Northrop’s general miles north of Kabul. He described the incident as a “sad mistake that practices, critics say. Th e manager for the project. “It is Ahmad Zaki Zahid, the head of the Parwan hurts the religious feelings of the people.” Webb’s cost has soared to $8.8 that you could costing more than it should. But provincial council, said that around 1,200 Af- Th e speedy response of the U.S.-led coalition billion, more than four times we didn’t make any bad choices. ghans gathered outside the base Tuesday morn- and the U.N. underscored concern here that the its original estimate, which Th e money was well-spent. We ing to protest. A provincial delegation met with incident could escalate into nationwide protests. nearly led Congress to kill the build a telescope are building the telescope we U.S. offi cials at the base to discuss the incident. In 2005, a Newsweek report that U.S. guards at program last year. originally conceived.” “We retrieved more than 80 half-burned the Guantanamo Bay military prison had des- Th e agency has repeatedly six times larger Indeed, an independent Qu rans,” Zahid said. ecrated the Qu ran — in part by tearing pages and proposed such technologically review panel commended the It wasn’t immediately clear why U.S. person- throwing them into the toilet — prompted days diffi cult projects at bargain- than Hubble ... telescope team last year for its nel had burned copies of the Qu ran. Allen said of protests in which at least 17 Afghans died. Th e basement prices, a practice technical merit. Th e machine the religious materials “were inadvertently taken Pentagon said it had conducted an investigation blamed either on errors in its and have it come has required a whole list of to an incineration facility at Bagram airfi eld.” but couldn’t confi rm the Newsweek account. culture or a political strategy. revolutionary developments. “When we learned of these actions, we im- Th e Taliban condemned the latest incident, and Rep. Frank R. Wolf, a Virginia Th e 21-foot-diameter mir- mediately intervened and stopped them,” Allen called on human rights organizations to “prevent Republican and chairman of in cheaper. We ror will be six times larger in said. “Th e materials recovered will be properly such barbaric actions by the Americans.” the House appropriations sub- area than Hubble, focused by handled by appropriate religious authorities.” Zahid warned that violent demonstrations were committ ee that controls NA- were so stunned, more than 100 motors on its Allen said he’d ordered an investigation, and likely if the Afghan government and U.S. com- SA’s budget, said a combina- back. Made up of 18 hexago- had directed all coalition forces in Afghanistan to manders didn’t resolve the matt er satisfactorily. tion of both problems aff ected we didn’t know nal segments covered in a thin complete training in the proper handling of reli- “We are trying to solve the issue in a peace- the Webb. layer of gold, it is so big that it gious materials no later than March 3. It was the ful way,” Zahid said. “If those who committ ed “Th ere was not adequate what to do. ” must be folded up for launch latest embarrassing incident involving U.S. troops the acts are not arrested, we should expect more oversight,” Wolf said. “And — another innovation. in Afghanistan, coming weeks aft er four Marines violent demonstrations throughout the country.” there were reports that the To withstand the brutal cost estimates were being --Alan Dressler, temperature shift s in space cooked a litt le bit, some by the astronomer at Carnegie and to save weight, the mir- SOTES: Online evaluations company, some by NASA.” ror is made of a rare element It could spell a new era for Institution of Science called beryllium. the space agency, in which it to reduce faculty work load will have money for just one fl agship science mission per FROM PAGE 1 “Based on the pilot pro- s decade rather than one every gram that we did, obviously, few years as it has in the past. year, a lot of professors really the response rate by students Th e Webb’s cost growth, need that 15 to 20 minutes to was a bit lower than the paper d go over review stuff , so that SOTEs, which was expected time taken out of class is re- in any sort of online program !PPLY.OW ally valuable time,” she said. once you move to online,” he 3PRING4ERM “It’s not like the beginning of said. “We see that as to be a "EGINNING the semester when you’re just gradual curve. It would take !PRILTH kind of doing intro.” some time before the students Th at isn’t the worry of se- are more comfortable and will- nior kinesiology major Aman- ing to give their responses on- da Schetz, who said she thinks line.” students won’t take the time Swanson said ISA is con- to go online during fi nals. templating incentives to en- "ACHELOROF3CIENCE0ROGRAM “It might be easier to do on- courage students to fi ll out the 0SYCHOLOGY line, but I don’t think it would SOTEs online, which could in- be a good idea,” she said. “To clude access to grades earlier AND3OCIAL!CTION me it doesn’t seem like it takes or raffl e with prizes. too much (class) time.” Another benefi t of online !SKFORATRANSFERPACKETORATRANSCRIPTREVIEWTODAY Sharma said he feels the on- SOTEs would be the fl exibility 3CHEDULEAPERSONALIZEDSESSIONTOLEARNABOUT line SOTEs would reduce the faculty and staff would gain, s4WO YEAR FAST TRACKTOGRADUATION work load for university staff . Sharma said. s'UARANTEEDCOURSEREGISTRATION “Right now they have to “If certain departments or s MONTHPROFESSIONALINTERNSHIPBUILTINTOCURRICULUM make photocopies of all those certain faculty wants to in- s/UTSTANDINGPROFESSORSWHOARERECOGNIZED SOTEs because they have to clude some more questions or PROFESSIONALSINTHEIRlELDS give it to the department as modify questions in a diff erent s#AREERANDGRADUATESCHOOLOPPORTUNITIES well as the faculty,” he said. way or pose in diff erent ways s0ROGRAMBASEDAT$E!NZA#OLLEGE #UPERTINO #! “So it’s a lot of paper usage that is something that can- s$AYANDEVENINGONLINESCHEDULES and it’s a lot of manual work not be done with the template load on part of the staff that that we already have of paper 0ALO!LTO5NIVERSITYISADIVERSE DYNAMIC GLOBALCOMMUNITYDEDICATEDTO has to deal with it. Th ere is too SOTEs,” he said. “It’s just those SCHOLARSHIP LEADERSHIP RESEARCH ANDSERVICEINTHEBEHAVIORALANDSOCIAL SCIENCES%STABLISHEDIN 0!5HASLONGBEENALEADERINGRADUATE LEVEL much going on that has to be sort of questions all the time. PSYCHOLOGYEDUCATIONANDTODAYSERVESTHEUNIQUENEEDSOFTRANSERSTUDENTS done manually, which can all Th is can be customized to bet- THROUGHINNOVATIVEBACHELOR COMPLETIONPROGRAMS0!5ISAPRIVATE NON be saved if we move to the on- ter understand student needs.” PROlT 7!3# ACCREDITEDUNIVERSITY BASEDIN0ALO!LTO #ALIFORNIA line SOTEs.” Sharma said the next step Sharma said SJSU tested the to transfer SOTEs online is PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY online SOTEs a couple years to get approval from the Aca- Call direct: s#ALLTOLLFREE ago in a pilot program. demic Senate. %MAILUNDERGRAD 0ALO!LTO5EDUs6ISIT0ALO!LTO5EDU Wednesday, February 22, 2012 SpartanDaily.com NEWS 3 SpartaGuide Today Ash Wednesday Presented by SJSPIRIT and Open Table Chapel will be open for prayer, blessing & imposition by ashes 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Spartan Memorial chapel

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lieves spirit has improved since and I like it here, the people Janikke Klem is the direc- Student Union Ballroom Qayoumi’s ‘Spartans her freshman year, but still are friendly, and it’s very di- tor of alumni engagement at Supporting Spartans’ feels there is only a moderate verse,” Towata said. SJSU, which works to keep in amount of spirit on campus. Trevor Kastrup, an assis- contact with alumni and bring Movie: “Yossi & Jagger” campaign aimed “I wear all San Jose State tant event coordinator at SJSU, them into the alumni associa- Presented by Spartans For Israel clothes, usually,” Schatz said. believes spirit on campus is tion as members as well as to toward faculty “I support the athletic teams relatively high. raise funds. 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. (and) I like to go to the func- “I talk to a lot of veterans “I was a student here back by Greg Nelson Free admission tions that San Jose State holds.” of San Jose State and they re- in the ’90s and I actually think Staff Writer Schatz suggested making ally appreciate their time here (spirit) now is bett er than it Student Union — Almaden room Kim Nguyen, a sophomore more events during school and I know, for me, that’s re- was then,” Klem said. graphic design major, said she hours, since SJSU is a com- ally what I try to do,” Kastrup Klem said she sees a lot hasn’t been to many school muter campus. said. “My job’s all about mak- of students around campus Family Night for First Generation College Students events, but she believes there is a She also suggested the uni- ing sure other people’s time wearing SJSU shirts and SJSU Presented by Counseling Services fair amount of spirit on campus. versity might consider trying here is really enjoyed, not colors. “I don’t go to any games or to connect the north campus, only academically but also “I think that people are 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. anything, but I do take pride in which is mostly the class- spirit-wise.” more proud to be San Jose Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library, room 225 being here,” she said. “Maybe rooms, with the south campus, “I think (spirit) really State students, there’s a lot encourage (students) to go to which hosts most of the uni- boosts a sense of community more involvement on cam- events, then maybe I’d go too.” versity’s athletic facilities. here as its a prett y big com- pus,” she said. “So the idea SJSU’s Spartan Squad, a She said she feels like this muter school, so some people of school spirit has changed SpartaGuide is provided to students, staff and faculty, free of charge. Th e deadline to submit is at noon, three working days prior to desired publication date. Entry student-sport booster pro- would help get more students aren’t as linked in as they from what we traditionally forms are available in Spartan Daily, DBH 209. Send emails to spartandailyedito- gram that supports SJSU’s to take pride in their school. could be,” Kastrup said in re- think of it as, people going to [email protected] titled “SpartaGuide.” Space restrictions may require editing sports teams and promotes Anna Towata, a junior so- sponse to why spirit is impor- football games, to there being or exclusion of submissions. Entry is not guaranteed. Entries are printed in order school spirit on campus, is ciology-criminology major, tant on campus. a greater involvement in the of which they are received. one organization targeting believes that spirit on campus President Qayoumi’s new university.” students like Nguyen. is low due to people being campaign “Spartans Support- Chanell Schamber is an as- busy with work and studies. ing Spartans” plans to target sistant event program coordi- “I grew up in the Bay Area faculty and staff members nator for SJSU as well as being to “highlight what makes us in charge of the university’s “Showing proud to be Spartans and pro- Spartan Squad. vide an easy way for faculty “Showing school spirit is school spirit and staff to give to what in- something that makes your spires you,” according to an college career even bet- email sent by the Offi ce of the ter,” Schamber said. “Th ere’s is something President. always something going Academic Senate Chair Beth on around campus; either that makes Von Till and Director of Finan- through associated students cial Aid Coleett a McElroy are or campus life or whatever. your college scheduled to host two rallies, Th ere’s always something go- the launch events for the new ing on, so if a student wants career even campaign on March 8 and 9. something to do then they Th e March 8 rally is sched- defi nitely have that option.” uled to take place in the Despite not everyone going better.” Duncan Hall Breezeway and to campus events, Schamber the March 9 rally is scheduled said, in general, spirit seems -Chanell Schamber, to take place in the Engineering high. building rooms 285 and 287, ac- Senior kinesiology major assistant event cording to an email sent from Amanda Schatz said she be- program coordinator the Offi ce of the President. EARLY START: Mandated by CSU order FROM PAGE 1 low on the English placement “Most likely, they will be “We ran a pilot program test have to take, according to placing into the same classes last summer,” Reisz said. the SJSU website. during the regular fall semes- Th is summer will be the “Students that test low ter that they would have any- offi cial start of the program, will have to arrive on campus way,” Frazier stated. Reisz said. earlier, and pay extra for Writing experts and admin- Some CSU campuses have the program,” stated Stefan istrators are against the Early course listings on the Early Frazier, coordinator of the Start Program, Frazier stated. Start website, however, SJSU’s Academic English program “Th e order came from the schedule will be fi nalized and (LLD 1-2). chancellor’s offi ce and the posted by March, said Eliza- Frazier said he believes CSU Board of Trustees, who beth Chapin, public aff airs starting classes earlier will appear alone in believing that assistant. not be benefi cial compared to the program will do any good Th ere is debate on whether starting in the fall. whatsoever,” Frazier stated. the plan will help in the end. “Th is will disadvantage It sounds like a good idea, them in relation to other stu- said Anthony Sewell, a sopho- dents,” Frazier stated. “Since more computer science major. students in that lower cat- d Sewell believes if you come egory are disproportionately to a CSU, then you should lower-income, the program is be prepared before starting discriminatory.” freshman year. Th e price for the classes will Sophomore animation ma- be $182 per unit, Chapin said. jor Angela Ong said she has People who apply for a fee friends who didn’t pass their waiver through FAFSA will LLD classes, and then had a get one if their estimated con- s really hard time gett ing into tribution is less than $5,000, upper division classes because Chapin said. they hadn’t taken English 1A. Students will probably d Linguistics and language give up income they would development includes aca- have gott en from the summer demic English I and II, the work they were supposed do, classes students who score Frazier stated. sd 4 A&E SpartanDaily.com Wednesday, February 22, 2012 ■COMMENTARY Bay Area’s new Seoul food

by Samantha Clark Calif. celebrates her culinary called a dolsot, which means Staff Writer talents by cooking Korean “stone pot.” dishes beyond the traditional. Used for centuries in Korea, “I don’t cook what I don’t dolsots stay hot for a long time Not lost among the count- like,” Escobar said. “Many of and can undergo temperatures less Chinese restaurants and my dishes are of my own cre- up to 615 degrees Fahrenheit. sushi bars, Korean food is up- ation.” Th e stone absorbs oils, im- and-coming in the Bay Area. Her banchan, always-pres- parting extra fl avors to the Food bad boy Anthony ent side dishes, include Kore- food. Bourdain said, on an episode an-inspired potato and maca- Dolsots are traditionally of “No Reservations” featur- roni salads, her take on the used for piping hot dolsot ing South Korea, that it was traditional American barbecue bibimbap, meaning “mixed strange Korean food is not side dish. meal” — a classic dish of more popular because the She serves them alongside steamed rice, colorful juli- sweet and spicy fl avors of the kimchee, Korea’s iconic spicy enned vegetables, a fried egg cuisine are not all that unfa- fermented cabbage, and jap- and meat. miliar to the American palate. chae, a glass noodle vegetable At Bowl’d, a restaurant Korean food is beginning to stir fry. in Albany, Calif., which cel- make its mark by broadening Escobar tweaks dishes for ebrated its fi rst anniversary its audience. the non-Korean without los- last week, customers can Restaurants across the Bay ing out on integrity. choose the build-your-own, Area are making Korean cui- Th e cold soba noodle dishes customized dolsot bibimbap sine more accessible and less and hot ramen bowls occupy a rice bowl Th e Sizzling Rock or intimidating through the in- huge portion of the Big Grill Th e Works by choosing their novative fusing of the familiar menu, providing a platform choice of rice and meat. with traditional Korean ele- for Escobar to combine her Th e rainbow-hued raw veg- ments. creativity and culinary heri- etables cook sizzling against Chef Dennis Lee’s new res- tage. the hot dolsot — quick cooking taurant, Namu Gaji, is sched- Cool and refreshing, ensures high nutritional value uled to open early March in slurping soba feels melodic retention. San Francisco’s Mission Dis- — whether it be traditional Th e dish embodies a broil- Bowl’d restaurant serves up its banchan in the traditional shared style to encourage intimacy, and the trict, and a few months ago, naengmyeon, a cold soup, or like toasty texture, and the sweet Glazed Potatoes are Oh’s take on Korean-inspired french fries. Banchan is the table setup in Photo by Samantha Clark / Spartan Daily his restaurant Namu closed in her original Summer Noodle rice turns golden and crunchy. Korean culture where small food dishes are served with rice. the Inner Richmond. with Tofu, an invigorating dish “Th e restaurant name Namu was a trailblazing featuring the high in protein Bowl’d is a play on words,” co- at me when I ate rice with traditional octopus dishes, proachable menu. restaurant, reinventing mod- and nutritionally dense soba owner Jessica Oh said. It refers chopsticks because, in Korea, bibimbap and Escobar’s spicy- KoJa Kitchen’s, a Korean- ern Asian cuisine. buckwheat noodles served on to the rice bowls and reiterates you use a spoon to eat rice,” sweet pork bulgogi. Japanese truck, signature Chef Dennis Lee, who crunchy romaine lett uce, juli- Oh’s philosophy, “Be bold. Try Oh said. “I tell customers to go “I wanted to do a Kore- sandwich is toasted rice cake learned to cook from his enned cabbage, cucumber and Korean food.” for it.” an sauce,” Ciscle said. “My buns with a Korean BBQ fi ll- mother, will serve Korean- apple in a sesame oil and soy Oh described Bowl’d as Another way to dip your partner’s (Lisa Shin) parents ing. California cuisine in an sauce broth and plated in an “training wheels,” meant to ex- toe into Korean fl avors is to thought it was weird using go- Korean BBQ beef, kimchee, izakaya-style. Izakaya is like artful minimalist fashion. pose customers to traditional try the spicy and subtly sweet chujang for fried chicken.” green onions and Japanese Japanese tapas — small, shared Korean ramen noodles are Korean food in a welcoming, wing sauce fl avor Angry Ko- Ultimately, the sauce’s rec- sweet mayo top their crisscut appetizer plates. not the same as the Styrofoam- comfortable environment. rean at Wing Wing’s in San ipe was partly adapted from Kamikaze fries. A few of the menu’s dish- trapped thirty-cent instant Th e English menu is de- Francisco. Shin’s family recipes, a mix MoGo uses handed down es have been released: potato noodles — they are stronger scriptive, and Korean names “Th e base of its sauce is the of Ciscle’s innovation and a family-recipes in hip food croquett es with Korean chili and thicker. are listed in parentheses, so Korean condiment gochujang,” tried-and-true Korean base. truck fashion and off ers gal- aioli and kimchee, fried Brus- Escobar’s Seafood Ramen customers can take their new chef-owner Christian Ciscle You can’t talk Korean food bi (smoky smelling short ribs) sels sprouts in brown butt er is a menagerie of mussels, Korean gastro-vocab to other said. without talking Korean barbe- sliders, tacos and burritos with ponzu sauce and bonito shrimp, octopus and calamari Korean restaurants. Th e savory and intense cue. fi lled with kimchee fried rice. fl akes and pickled and grilled swimming in a deep and fl a- Th ere’s good news for the staple Korean condiment is a Th e Bay Area’s insanely One MoGo cashier called it beef tongue. vorful daily-made broth. chopstick-impaired: Spoon us- fermented paste that consists popular mobile gourmets KoJa “still Korean and satisfying for Hye Escobar of Big Grill Th e ramen arrives bubbling age is encouraged. of red chili, soybeans, rice and Kitchen and MoGo BBQ use everyone.” Korean-Mex? Yes Teriyaki BBQ in Morgan Hill, in a traditional granite bowl “My father used to get mad sugar or honey and spices up fun fusion to create an ap- please! Megadeth and Motörhead to shred axes on campus Thursday

frequently evolving. favorite “Th e Four Horsemen” “Th e System has Failed.” Arguably there are more and the heavy hitt er “Jump in It was diff erent than the than 45 distinct genres of metal, the Fire.” metal he had played before, and, including fringe hybrids with Mustaine, though, had a though not all the original fans punk and hardcore. problem with drugs and al- were happy with its more tech- Samm Dunn, a metal music cohol and went his own way. nical sound, it solidifi ed this new star and anthropologist, co- Fired from Metallica, Mustaine Megadeth as a part of the major directed a fi lm in 2005 entitled went on to start another pivotal American metal landscape. “Metal: a Headbanger’s Journey.” thrash metal band, Megadeth. Th at same year, Mustaine set Dunn describes metal as a And like Metallica, Mustaine off the inaugural Gigantour, fea- culturally specifi c and frequent- led his band by rocking the boat. turing thrash metal co-founders ly evolving genre. And though epic solos and Anthrax as well as mathcore’s From Iran’s deathcore stacking arpeggios are found best and scariest, Dillinger Es- band, Death Fuse, to the Nin- on tracks like 1992’s rock out, cape Plan, progressive metal tendocore group, Horse the “Symphony of Destruction,” or godfathers Dream Th eater, and Band, to Japan’s Mono, an the beautifully composed “Han- a slue of equally fantastic metal instrumental post-metal band. gar 18” released in 1990, Mega- bands. Th ere is a huge global appeal to deth had been driven by its con- Mustaine has since become metal. fl icts. a quasi-political and cultural And though you may haven’t Th e distinctive speed thrash fi gure, announcing that, as a heard the shrills from the guitar metal that evolved out of the part of his alcoholics anony- of an axe man from Norway, more than 20 band members mous process, he is now a born- there is a great chance that peo- that join and leave Megadeth again Christian, that he thinks ple all across the globe are death over its fi rst 20 years is driven President Obama is a divisive metal devotees who will travel by cocaine, heroin and alcohol, politician, and that Rick Santo- hundreds of miles for the oppor- as well as the anger that these rum would make a great new tunity to see their next favorite cause. president. band. It produced a distinct, volatile I’m not sure why it seems so Driven by a dark sound sound fueled by substance abuse many metal bands, especially themed by macabre lyrics, reli- and clash. the most macabre, end up be- gious symbols, dysfunctional re- Th e most famous beef involv- coming extremely religious and lationships and holistic apathy, ing Mustaine is his anger toward conservative. founded in hits such as Iron But- his former Metallica bandmates. Th e annual global tour has terfl y’s 1968 release, “In-A-Gad- One of his points: Metallica featured many sold-out dates da-Da-Vida,” and 1970’s Black has won the Grammy Award and produced several CD’s and Sabbath records “Black Sabbath” for Best Metal Performance six DVD’s of Gigantour live perfor- and “Paranoid.” times since the award was intro- mances. While hair bands began to duced 22 years ago. wI argue each year’s iteration boom in the early ‘80s, the earli- Megadeth, despite being since has not had as potent of a est of the thrash bands begin to nominated nine times, has not lineup, but this is the closest it’s British heavy metal band Motörhead, which originally formed in 1975, will be a part of the coalesce. won. gott en. Gigantour lineup at the SJSU Event Center on Feb. 23. Photo Courtesy by imotorhead.com Th e underground scene is It can be argued quite eff ec- Motörhead will provide a where Dave Mustaine and Me- tively that Mustaine didn’t play colorful gritt y set as co-headlin- by Leo Postovoit mation of metal and heavy rock along 2012’s North American tallica founders James Hetfi eld anywhere near his potential un- er, and Danish rock band Vol- Staff Writer bands old and new. tour. and Lars Ulrich would meet. til he stopped playing. beat and nu-metal group Lacuna Th is also marks the fi rst ap- And yes, by this point, you’re Mustaine was Metallica’s origi- In 2002, he triggered radial Coil will provide support as pearance of Giagantour ever in wondering why you should care nal lead guitarist, bringing along neuropathy, a form of cellular opening acts. Th is Th ursday, two of the San Jose, and Megadeth’s second — metal, to you, is fl at and one- several songs, and arguably a death, in his arm when having a If you fi nd yourself in need most popular popular metal — they visited the Event Center dimensional. certain joie de vivre from his kidney stone removed. of a headbanging moment or bands will thrash the eardrums in 1995. You see yourself at this week’s previous bands. Aft er a four-month recovery, desire to thrash around in a met- of eager fans at the Event Th is time around, Megadeth earlier “Big Time Rush” boy band Before Metallica recorded its he relearned how to play the al pit, tickets are still available Center. has recruited Motörhead, with quasi-opera. pivotal album “Kill ‘Em All” in guitar, arguably bett er. for $39.50. Megadeth is on its seventh leg its always-candid singer-song- Well, you’re wrong — 1983, Mustaine co-wrote several Th ree years later, he, with It will be loud, and you will of Gigantour, their giant amalga- writer-bassist Lemmy, to shred metal is a complex beast and Metallica songs, including fan new band members, released go deaf. Rock on. Wednesday, February 22, 2012 SpartanDaily.com A&E 5 Partygoers enjoy the food and festivities during New Orleans-style restaurant the Mardi Gras celebration at the Poor House Bistro on Tuesday night. welcomes Mardi Gras festivities The restaurant is located near the HP Pavilion by Angelisa Ross and San Jose Staff Writer Diridon Station on Autumn street. Photo by Th e seductive mixture of a Raphael Kluzniok zesty aroma and the undeniable / Spartan Daily melody of a base guitar calls customers from blocks away. Poor House Bistro knows how to celebrate Mardi Gras right with good old-fashioned fi nger licking New Orleans cuisine, a family atmosphere and live music. Jay Meduri, owner and SJSU alum said, “Th is is a family event. I wanted to bring New Orleans to San Jose.” taurant based on his past travels the venue, Mercury News voted Mardi Gras is French for Fat to the state as a musician. Poor House Bistro the best live Tuesday, a holiday that is cel- Th e musicians featured Tues- music in the Silicon Valley in ebrated the Tuesday before Ash day night were Th e Montegos, 2006. Wednesday. which includes artists Bob Th e bistro also received 12 Th is Tuesday, the Poor House Welsh and Steve Willis from Bay awards from Metro, according Bistro was blasting music and Area bands. to the Bistro’s website. advertising $2.50 Jell-O shots His biggest goal once the Two year server Maria Gar- for their adult customers excited restaurant was opened was to cia said, “When I fi rst started about Mardi Gras. keep the integrity and ambiance working here, Jay told us we Th e purple, green and gold- of New Orleans, which some were a family and that’s what it colored decorations were draped would say he did. feels like.” over parts of the sitt ing area and LueShell and McKenzie Regular customers as well all over the bar area and stage. Mortensen said, “We came as fi rst time visitors are greeted As the evening went on, the to get a Po’ Boy, it’s always with a warm welcome. line to place an order swung busy and the music is always “Th e people that come here around the sitt ing area and fun.” are really nice and fun. Some- Bob Welsh and sprinkled across the front steps McKenzie brought her moth- times Jay will get on stage and Hans Bosse of of the entrance. er LueShell to the bistro to en- play with the musicians,” Garcia “The Montegos” All of the friendly servers joy the New Orleans cuisine in said. perform during wore an abundance of Mardi honor of Mardi Gras. Th e restaurant has been ac- the Mardi Gras Gras beads around their necks Th e actual bistro is a house tive and running for six success- celebration at the as they took orders behind the made into a restaurant. ful years. Poor House Bistro in Downtown San counter. Some time in the 1940s, According to Meduri, in May Jose on Tuesday People pf diff erent ages sat Meduri’s grandfather purchased 2005 the restaurant opened for night. Photo by at tables surrounding the line the house from an unknown business. Raphael Kluzniok of hungry guests and patiently SJSU sorority. Aft er Hurricane Katrina hit / Spartan Daily waited for their orders to be pre- Th e house was then moved in August of 2005 Meduri lost a pared. from 11th street to 91 S. Autumn lot of suppliers. Although the bistro rarely St. where it now sits for all of Although the residents of has issues with guests, there is a San Jose to enjoy. New Orleans lost a lot more friendly reminder over the fi re- “What we try to do here is business connections, Meduri place as people walk in “Be nice keep it family oriented,” Meduri continues to keep his busi- or leave.” said. ness booming with live bands, Meduri was inspired to open According the numerous great food and memorable a New Orleans infl uenced res- awards hanging on display in service. 6 SPORTS SpartanDaily.com Wednesday, February 22, 2012 Lights out: Darkness suspends baseball game at Blethen Field by Rebecca Duran Staff Writer

Tuesday’s baseball game between the Spartans and UC Da- vis fi nished tied at 3-3 aft er poor lighting forced the game to be suspended aft er 11 innings. UC Davis is currently 3-1, while SJSU is 1-2. SJSU scored two runs in the fi rst inning aft er a sacrifi ce bunt from designated hitt er junior Caleb Natov, allowing freshman center fi elder Andre Mercurio and junior left fi elder Michael Gerlach to reach home. Th e team almost scored again in the fourth inning, with the bases loaded. Junior right fi elder Nick Schulz was walked to fi rst base, and a sacrifi ce bunt by junior catcher Kyle Gallegos advanced him to second. A walk from Mercurio then Gerlach loaded the bases before an att empted sacrifi ce bunt from Natov ended the inning. UC Davis scored three runs in the sixth inning with freshman Brett Fuller as pitcher. UC Davis short stop, sophomore Adam Young, was walked before senior center fi elder Brett Morgan laid down a bunt to get to fi rst, advancing Young to second. A base hit by senior second SJSU second baseman Jacob Valdez stares down the UC Davis pitcher during the sponsible for three of the Spartans’ eight hits. The game will resume when UC Davis baseman Ryan Allgrove scored Spartans’ tie game with the Aggies. Valdez went three for five with an RBI and was re- returns to San Jose in March. Photo by Derik Irvin / Spartan Daily Young, with senior fi rst baseman David Popkins hitt ing All- Nick Schulz brought Bona Schulz was walked and ad- Walks were an important as- Bono agreed. Piraro said they had a cou- grove in for a run right aft er. home when he hit the ball out vanced to second from a hit pect during the game, with the “Th e walks helped us out,” ple of chances to score and end Popkins would also be driv- into right fi eld. by Gallegos before two outs by Spartans drawing eight walks Bona said. “We had our oppor- the game. en in, giving UC Davis a 3-2 Th e Spartans almost ended junior right handed pitcher/ within the fi rst six innings. tunities.” “You just hope a couple lead. the game during the ninth in- infi elder Zack Jones and Mer- “We focus more on quality While it was frustrating guys get hot,” he said. SJSU tied the game during ning when sophomore infi eld- curio ended the inning. of bats and the results,” Schulz that the team didn’t get the Bono also said they had the seventh inning, starting er/outfi elder Matt Lopez got a Th e 11th inning ended the said about the walks. win, head coach Sam Pira- their opportunities to score with a base hit by senior fi rst base hit and was advanced to game with no scores from ei- Aft er the second extra inning, ro felt it was a well-played during extra innings. baseman Anthony Bona. second by Valdez. ther team, with the umpire Schulz was not discouraged by game. Th e Spartans will resume Jacob Valdez hit a ground- Junior third baseman Tyler calling off the game because of leaving without the win. “We just had that one the game with UC Davis on er toward fi rst, gett ing to the Christian then hit a pop-up approaching darkness and the “We’re going to have tight breakdown for one inning,” he March 17 in San Jose, which plate and advancing Bona to that ended the inning. fact that there are no lights at games all this year,” Schulz said. “Th ey put in some prett y will be a part of a three-game second. During the 10th inning, Blethen fi eld. said. good pitches.” series March 16-18.

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I used to drag my feet to Th ere’s actually a big move- Lady Gaga and Santana. saying “Straight as a pretzel” people in such great shape by classes and hoedowns, but I ment towards modernization. We also add fl air — or pinned onto rainbow suspend- — everyone seem a decade Samantha changed my mind aft er talking Baby boomers do make up the “style” — to the traditional ers are not a rarity. younger. Clark to the older dancers. base, so there’s a need to get dance moves. At El Camino Reelers, the Th e bott om line is that if Th ey taught me that square youth involved. Instead of the no-touching crowd is a litt le younger (say, you don’t exercise your body Staff Writer dancing promotes good health. Lots of callers, such as do-si-do, you wrap your right mid-to-late 50s), and the fast and brain, they’ll likely wither Th e overwhelming majority my father, integrate hip-hop arm around someone else’s momentum we build is so to mush. Square dancing has a stig- of dancers are old folks, and a beats and pop songs to make midsection — so you’re hip to smooth and so exciting, it feels Dancing, of course, is a ma for being lame, but as a few reasons why they dance square dancing more main- hip — and raise and curl your like a sport. great form of exercise. Maybe 20-year-old square dancer, I are because of the social en- stream. left arm in the air like a balle- I’m always astonished it’s not for our age group now, see it diff erently. vironment and physical and At El Camino Reelers rina and quickly spin together when my dad tells me the ages but curb your stereotypes be- I realize square dancing mental exercise. in Mountain View, a LBGT in a short circle. of some of the dancers. It’s a cause hopefully, we will grow lacks the sex appeal of hip-hop Many dancers dance any- square dance club, we dance to Also, you will see butt ons litt le surprising to see so many old. or salsa. where from two to four nights I initially became involved a week, gett ing them out on to be a good daughter because the fl oor doing light aerobic my father is a budding caller — exercise for a few hours, but the person dictating or singing the most benefi cial aspect of the calls. square dancing has to be what it does for the mind. It’s not uncommon to “Square dancing hear elderly people comment on their forgetfulness, but square dancing keeps the mind is a giant eight- sharp. Square dancing is a giant eight-person puzzle that person puzzle requires you to be ready to respond to hundreds of calls at that requires the tip of the caller’s tongue. You have to learn, remem- ber, hear and execute the calls, you to be ready all of which are no easy feat. A usual dance partner of mine is Tillie, a 92-year-old to respond to man who has been dancing since 1947. Tillie dances three nights hundreds of calls a week, still drives and keeps busy by tending to his orchard. His mind is still sharp, and at the tip of the he’s fast. But square dancing isn’t just for a bunch of senior caller’s tongue.” citizens.

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by McClatchy Tribune Yemen faces in the coming U.S. where he underwent treat- Wire Service months. Government control ment for wounds he suff ered in SANAA, Yemen — For much in much of the country has ef- a bombing last year, will con- of the past year, Yemen’s capital fectively vanished — al-Qaida- tinue to cast a long shadow. has felt like a city on the verge linked militants have seized Saleh’s family remains in of exploding: dueling Friday control of swaths of territory in control of much of the military, protests between supporters the southern Abyan province and many fear that the batt les and opponents of President Ali — while the already-impov- between the military and the Abdullah Saleh, defections by erished nation’s economy re- regime’s armed foes could military units and then pitched mains on the brink of collapse. break out again and hamper batt les last year between loy- Hadi’s tasks during his two the nation’s transition. alists and those defectors that years in offi ce — the next presi- “A successful transition will swept across this ancient city. dential elections are set for 2014 require all of Yemen’s key play- But Tuesday, as Yemenis — are daunting. He must resolve ers, who’ve spent much of the fl ocked to the polls for the nation’s lingering factional confl icts, re- last year fi ghting each other, fi rst vote since the anti-Saleh pro- form the nation’s constitution to work together,” said Gregory tests broke out a year ago, those and restructure the military. Johnsen, a Princeton-based Ye- Yemeni voters show their printed fingers at a polling station in Sanaa, capital of Yemen, Tuesday. More tensions seemed to fade, replaced Despite the offi cial transfer men expect. “Whether they’ll be than 10 million eligible voters are expected to cast their ballots at about 29,000 polling station, with at least for a day by an infectious of power, Saleh, who’s expected able to move on remains a key over 100,000 soldiers guarding the process. However, a string of attacks on election committees flared optimism and a seeming determi- to return in a few days from the part of the equation in Yemen.” up in the country’s restive southern regions. Photo courtesy of Mohammed Mohammed / Zuma Press nation to move past the uncer- tainty of the past year. Many acknowledged that the voting was inherently un- democratic: Only one person was on the ballot to replace Saleh, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, Saleh’s vice president for the past two decades, who’ll serve at the head of a unity government for two years. Th e misgivings about the process, however, did litt le to dampen enthusiasm for the event. Across Sanaa, polling places were busy for much of the day, and the political divisions seemed to have disappeared. Die- hard supporters of the outgoing president cast ballots at voting centers supervised by opposition activists, coming together to par- ticipate in a fl awed election that many Yemenis see as a necessary step to prevent the nation from slipping into civil war. In the capital’s Hasaba district, voters cast ballots in the Ministry of Industry and Trade, a government building that armed supporters of Sheikh Sadiq al Ahmar, arguably Yemen’s most power- ful tribal leader, temporarily seized during fi erce fi ghting last spring with government forces. Within earshot of the sheikh’s heavily fortifi ed, par- tially bombed-out compound, voters emphasized their hopes that the election would signify a new start. “We consider these elections a way of breaking with the past,” said Khaled Saleh al Basha, whose businesses in the district were heavily damaged in the past year’s clashes. “God willing, Hadi will rule by bringing us together, instead of using the divisive methods of the previous regime.” Outside the capital, many Yemenis echoed the sense of optimism. Election offi cials described higher-than-expected turnout in much of the country, saying that so many voters came out in some rural areas offi cials had to scramble to de- liver ballots. “People are voting and the area is peaceful,” said Sheikh Abdullah al Jumaili, a tribal leader in the impoverished — and oft en fractious — rural district of al Jawf. “Today marks the dawning of the new Yemen.” Not everyone celebrated, of course. In Change Square, the sprawling anti-government en- campment in central Sanaa that’s been the heart of anti-Saleh sen- timent, most bore black thumbs, showing they’d voted. But some activists protested the vote by dying their thumbs red, a gesture to the hundreds who died in brutal government crackdowns on the protests. While much of the nation remained calm, a string of violent incidents in the formerly independent south clouded upbeat prognostica- tions for Yemen’s future. Gunmen allegedly linked to the Southern Movement, a loose, offi cially nonviolent group of secessionists that had called for a boycott of the election, clashed with the security forces that protected polling places in the southern cities of Aden and Mukalla, leaving at least fi ve dead. Th e clashes in the south underscore the diffi cult road