Spartan Daily, October 30, 2003

JONES PRIMUS COMIC IIGERALDLessons from the field Guitarist Lazy Lalonde is miriv nER ,0 carry over to life glad to DINIFNTIAN .0 SPORTS 5 OPINION 2 SERVING SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1934 sill SPART N DAILY VOLUME 12 1, NUMBER 44 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2003 VVVVW THESPARTANDAILY COM Representation on presidential committee questioned approaLlies its final stages, some cunt with other lommunity members, said process. appointed recently and not one Asian- trustees committee is composed of Members, candidates munity members, faculty and students the selection process was not inclusive "You cannot tell me that more peo- American president in the whole sys- representatives of the faculty, staff, have recently opposed the lack of and open. ple of color cannot hold that position tem." students and alumni, as well as a not reflective diversity and student representation in "This position (for the president) is (of the president)," Diaz said. "If you Under the CSU Board of Trustees' member of the campus advisory the selection committee. very important for San Jose, its busi- don't do proper outreach, you won't presidential selection policy, the chair board, all of whom are selected by the of Bay Area On a campus where Asian - ness and community leaders," said have them on the pool of candidates." of the board establishes a five-person campus. This would also include a vice American students constitute almost Diaz, who represents the 23rd Diaz said he saw lack of diversity not trustees' committee, one of whom is president or academic dean from the 40 percent of the By Falguni Bhuta population, con- Assembly District. "The process just on the SJSU selection committee designated as committee chair by the campus, and a president of another cerned citizens have expressed dismay should be set up so that community but also on other CSU campuses. board chair, according to the CSU. CSU campus, both selected by the Daily Projects Editor that the selection committee does not leaders could be more involved." "Look at the lack of diversity on the Board policy, which was adopted in chancellor. hold enough Asian-American voices. The California State University, 23 CSU campus presidents only 1997, requires the chair to appoint an Trustee Bill Hauck, the committee As the process to select the new San Assemblyman Manny Diaz, D-San Diaz said, had not reached out to three of them are women," Diaz said. advisory group to the trustees' com- Dr- Jose State University president Jose, who is raising this issue along community members in the selection "There are a few more Hispanics mittee.The advisory committee to the See SEARCH, page 8 ior the the Meteorologists weather classes Double majors vel By Alexandra Proca Daily Staff Writer the not for everyone mr Anybody who thinks weather forecasting is trifling should iii By Michael Lerma empli s ci that ow are very ,ottimit take a look at the meteorology department curricula ted, that you can handle complex extensive math, physics and chemistry classes are just the Daily Staff Writer projects," Harris said. "The way I see prerequisites for getting into the real stuff. it, any extra feather you can add to Boundary layer, global warming, air pollution and ther- On a typical Thursday, San Jose your cap is always a benefit." modynamics, to name a few, are what follows. State University student Fena Huang Some students see the extra work as Eugene Cordero, a professor in the meteorology gets up at 9 a.m, only to get back a turnoff. Kashina Warren, an admin- department, said meteorology uses mathematics, com- home around 2 or 3 in the morning. istration of justice major, said she had it puters, physics and chemistry. He said students have to Her personal and professional goals considered taking on two majors in ;nil take four classes in calculus, three in physics, two in com- include her double major in psycholo- the past but is now not likely to do it. se's puters and one in chemistry before taking meteorology gy and behavioral science. "I wanted to have another degree to off classes. "The reason for the two majors is fall back on in case I was unable to get "Meteorology is for somebody who likes hard science. It's because I am very curious intellectual- a job after graduation with my initial 13 a great way to use science," Corder said. "Above all, mete- ly," Huang said. "Even though I was degree," Warren said. the orology is understanding the atmosphere." not required to take a business or She said she did not want two Ryan Knapp, a senior meteorology major, said he decided magazine writing class, I still took the degrees, because the extra work would ht to study meteorology after career tests he took in high courses anyway. be a distraction. on school indicated he was good in physics. Personal interest has led Huang to "Having administration of justice as ide "You really have to love weather. ... But if zou don't like take a piano class this semester as a major is interesting, and it makes me red math and physics, meteorology is not for you, Knapp said. well. She said she was considering want to focus as much attention as I ; to Knapp, who is currently working as a weather observer at adding music as a minor. can on it alone," Warren said. et- the flight tower at Mineta San Jose International Airport, For a career, she sees herself going Harris said at times, there is a lot of said he is considering working for the National Weather into writing. extra work involved with having two mit Service after graduation. "I want to learn to express my ideas majors. ree Knapp said if he ended up working for the weather serv- better and that is why I am consider- "Double majors must take the core ice ice, he would rather move to the Midwest. ing either adding English as a third curriculum in the second major," ;on "The weather here is kind of monotonous. ... I might major or getting a master's degree Harris said. "Someone in the comput- last move to the Midwest because they have a more extreme after I graduate. er science department may have a are weather there," Knapp said. Margaret Wilkes, a career consult- much harder time fulfilling the Richard Davis, a junior meteorology major, said he found ant at the Career Center, said that an requirements for political science the program challenging. additional bachelor's degree can make since the core courses do not overlap "Its not a walk in the park," Davis said. a iob candidate stand out. in both disciplines." Davis said he is studying meteorology because he wants to It adds to the mix and makes the This has been the case with Huang, know more about severe storms. He said his dream is to candidate look more well-rounded," who said her classes for her two major become a tornado chaser. Wilkes said. requirements often overlap. "I have Davis said storm chasers follow the most severe phenom- Wilkes was careful, however, not to been taking classes in psychology, rif ena, observe the dynamics and come up with specific overstate the benefits of having two anthropology and sociology to satisft, details. majors. She said she could not point requirements for both degrees, she Aaron Pickering, a senior meteorology major, said forecast to any research that concludes having said. meteorologists need to know the geography and the topog- two majors is a definite advantage. "Unfortunately, music does not have raphy of the place they are predicting for in order to be most One employer in particular noted an overlap," Huang said while laugh- accurate. that the benefit was conditional. ing. "If you don't know the geography of the area, you can't Drina Collins, principal consultant When Warren learned that the accurately predict," Pickering said. and director of public affairs for chance of one major requirement Pickering is now interning for the weather program at Assemblyman Manny Diaz, said that overlapping another was greater than NBC 11 in San Jose. He works with the person some pro- Photos by Janean Brongersma / Daily Staff the San Jose office is made up of seven she realized she changed her opinion employees of which at least two are fessors in the meteorology department said might be their Above: about double majoring. most famous graduate John Farley. Sin/ alumni. "Ill found that I was seriously inter- Farley, who has a master's degree in meteorology from Rebecca Collins said that having two degrees ested in two disciplines that had a lot SJSU, is NBC 11's chief meteorologist. Torres and on a resume makes the candidate stick of overlap, then I would be more like- Michael Voss, a consultant in the meteorology department Richard Davis, out a little but that it was not the only ly to consider adding that as a major," who teaches forecasting, said Farley is rare among broadcast both junior attribute that is looked at. Warren said. "We think that a college degree is meteorologists because he has a master's degree. meteorology Some advisers, students and "He has technicality," Voss said. desirable but we need people who are employers pointed to various benefits Farley said in a phone interview he considers himself "a majors, look able to work well with others since of having two majors. Harris said it meteorologist who happens to be in broadcast television at the view San Jose is so diverse," Collins said. "If goes back to the traditions of Greek rather than a broadcast person who happens to do weather." from the roof the candidate comes in for an inter- society.

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