Spartan Daily (September 12, 2012)

Opinion, p. 5 t Twitter: @spartandaily F facebook.com/spartandaily INSIDE See exclusive online content P. 2 Fencing: SJSU alumnus and olympic and multimedia at fencer passes on his love for the sport spartandaily.com P. 5 Opinion: Chris Marian places student Weather: Partly cloudy discontent where it really belongs SPARTAN DAILY H: 81 P. 6 Middle East: An anti-Muslim movie Serving San José L: 57 incites violence on U.S. embassies in Libya State University since 1934 and Cairo. Volume 139 / Issue 8 Wednesday, September 12, 2012 Printed on recycled paper CRIME DOWNTOWN CULTURE Two In downtown, it’s hip to be a square female students assaulted By Sage Curtis @sagedanielle Two female students were assaulted Tuesday morning by a man appear- ing to be homeless, according to witness accounts. The man, Ronald Kimball, 31, at- tacked two women in separate incidents at around 10:53 a.m. near Mac- Quarrie Hall and the Seventh Street garage, according to Sgt. John Laws of UPD. The suspect was identified and apprehended on the scene by officers, according to Laws. “(The suspect) was very likely homeless and very likely mentally ill,” Laws said. “We are processing him and investigating.” Neither victim was seriously in- jured in the attack, according to Laws. Student eyewitnesses described Bartender Craig Johnson pours a batch of Stoplights at Firehouse No. 1 on Friday, Sept. 7. Photo by Melanie Martinez / Spartan Daily the attacks as both “unprovoked” and “unexpected.” A&E ON PAGE 3 “He just walked up and starting yelling at her,” said a student witness of one of the attacks that wanted only to be identified as Celeste. “She looked INFORMATION LEAK shocked and then he hit her.” Another student witness, who described the second attack as being “in Accidental email stirs up privacy questions her direct view” said that she saw the man approach the woman and begin By Devon Thames “Just disbelief,” said the anony- the campus information security the release of such sensitive infor- to yell at her. @dtspartan mous student who was one of the team, who handles these types of mation, she said. “She was walking behind him and victims of the emails, regarding situations.” Though some students aren’t then he suddenly turned around and On Tuesday, Sept. 4, an email student reactions. “There’s also Harris said that in her seven taking the breach lightly, others started yelling, “You stole my money,” containing the confidential infor- been some sarcastic jokes amongst years with the university, she has feel less aggressive toward the in- and we weren’t sure if he was talking mation of students in the computer us like ‘Hey, I know where you seen such incidents rarely occur in cident. Calvin Worsnup, senior to her or just sort of yelling,” she said. science department was acciden- live’ and stuff. But it’s mostly just the past. computer science major, under- “He said it again and then he kicked tally released. shock.” In cases such as this, school of- stands the blunder, but feels more her backpack. She dropped her back- The email, sent by department The email leaves an aftertaste ficials have already begun SJSU’s care should be taken with sensi- pack and he started hitting her.” chair Jon Pearce, contained infor- of uncertainty as some wonder standard protocol, which involves tive material down the road. According to the witness, the mation including students’ GPA, what hands this information could notification to the dean of the de- “I was surprised, but I under- woman started to hit back in defense home addresses, and student iden- land in, the student said. partment, an issued apology and stand that this mistake could and the man ran away, followed by tification numbers. “The biggest thing beyond the a plan to work with the California be made,” he said. “Jon has sent two male students, and the victim Pearce then sent a preceding release of personal information State University board to handle emails in the past to the wrong called 911. email to students with an apology, is that a lot of students were dis- the breach, according to Harris. people but not with personal “She didn’t react to him at first, but calling the mass email “an accident.” traught that their GPA was includ- Despite the allegations of the information. I just hope there he kept following her,” said Celeste. Pearce’s incident is causing ed,” he said. breach being an invasion of pri- will be more protocols or pass- “We weren’t sure what to do, but when many computer science students to Understandably, students are vacy, Harris insists the incident is word-secured ways to send this he hit her and ran off, people called the view the release of confidential in- up in arms about the embarrass- not as serious as it could have been, information in the future.” police.” formation as a potential invitation ing mistake, but Pat Lopes Harris, citing that social security numbers No announcement has been Police responded to calls immedi- for identity theft, an anonymous director of media relations and and passwords were not included made as of yet regarding any for- ately and were able to catch the sus- source affiliated with the depart- public affairs for SJSU, said this is in the emails. mal plan to bring on a lawsuit. pect before he left campus, according ment stated. being taken as seriously as possible. Harris said that the misdirected Pearce, who has been chair of to Laws. According to one student affili- Harris described the breach as a email was not intentional and no the department since 2010, de- “One of our cadets happen to be ated with the department, there is “simple misdirected email.” disciplinary action would be called clined to comment on the inci- close by and witnesses were able to flag enough information in the email “The school does take these for. dent. him down,” Laws said. “They pointed for someone to hack into a student’s incidents very seriously,” Harris With the irreversible email now Devon Thames is a Spartan Dai- out the suspect to the cadet. The wit- MySJSU account, if they were deter- said. “Once we were contacted by in the past, some may ask what ly staff writer. Follow her on Twitter nesses stayed with the cadet until offi- mined enough. Professor Pearce, we contacted could possibly be done to rectify at @dtspartan. cers were able to stop Mr. Kimball and he was arrested for assault.” STUDIES ABROAD “We received about six calls from witnesses and probably several more that we weren’t able to respond to,” Global Studies Center finds grants for university projects Laws said. “We have a lot of eye witnesses to the attack. It’s quite hearten- By Jacque Orvis cializes in globalization education three-year contract with the local “It’s an international arena, and ing to see people get involved and help @SD_jorvis projects such as bringing Pakistani Balkh University to expand its dis- we’re right up there,” Young said. out their fellow students and campus professors to San Jose for teaching tant learning program. In addition to his grant-propos- community members because we The Silicon Valley Center for seminars, according to Young. “San Jose State administration al writing, Young said he integrates can’t do it alone.” Global Studies was awarded a $1.1 The center also hosts interna- has been a very good example of ef- his new media curriculum into the The swift response was what million U.S. State Department tional grant-writing workshops fective management in grant pro- center’s operation to get more pub- helped the police apprehend the sus- grant by the U.S. Embassy in Islam- and has a blog with links to inter- posals,” Young said. licity, aiming for a “new era of ap- pect quickly, according to Laws. abad, Pakistan, to enhance the dis- nationally-focused Requests for He said he revisited the award proach for globalization.” “Its scary to see something like tant learning program at Pakistan’s Proposals, a type of casting-call for pitches that he wrote for two of For example, the center has an this happen on campus,” said Celeste. Allama Iqbal Open University last organizations to apply for available SJSU’s million-dollar grants to pre- active online presence with 100 “(The victim) doesn’t seem hurt, but week. grants, according to Young. pare for the one for the center. US Embassy followers on Twitter, she looked scared and confused.” “We’re bringing the world to “San Jose State has a long history “(The U.S. State Department) which averages to around 50 views Students did not receive alerts San Jose,” said Peter Young, direc- of being a very diverse university has lots of money,” Young said, lat- per day on its blog, according to about the assault because the suspect tor for the center. that’s able to successfully integrate er pointing out the different grant Young. was immediately apprehended and in Paul Law, the center’s social a whole bunch of cultures,” Young opportunities listed on the center’s “It’s the way I can communicate custody, according to Laws. media coordinator, calls the latest said. “It’s the go-to university for website. with different people with essen- “We send out alerts if there is grant “an international mission international engagements.” “A lot of what goes into a suc- tially the same message going out,” an immediate danger to campus se- in distant education” and said the According to Young, SJSU’s cessful grant is a gut feeling of what he said.

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