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TECH SPORTS Halo franchise ʻReachesʼ Sharks look to the future, glorious end learn from the past SEE PAGE 3 SEE PAGE 6 INSIDE Serving San José State University since 1934 NEWS Tuesday, September 21, 2010 spartandaily.com Volume 135, Issue 12 • Presentation off ers memorization tips 2 TECH Upcoming • “Halo: Reach” delivers on San Jose ranked all fronts 3 event to urge A&E • Electrofunk duo Chromeo goes ‘Business No. 1 mid-sized students Casual’ 4 OPINION to get out • How about we ease up on Brett college town Favre 5 the vote • We’ve been playing the bad guys for years ALEX SPICER now 5 ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO • Time to overhaul out-of- Staff Writer date “Don’t ask, don’t tell” Since 1992, Rock the Vote has registered mil- policy 5 lions of America’s youth to vote in elections and SPORTS get involved in politics, according to the organi- zation’s website. • Sharks gear up for training 6 “Rock the Vote is a national organization that camp aims to motivate young people to vote,” said Kevin Starks, the A.S. director of external aff airs. “It accomplishes its goals by engaging students CLIFFORD GRODIN CLIFFORD ONLINE through entertainment, particularly music.” BLOG From 6-9 p.m. on Oct. 7 at the Associated Students lawn, Starks said Rock the Vote will be • Read the Spartan Daily coming to SJSU in an event featuring performing blog for tips for staying artist and former SJSU student Bobby Brackins, healthy on campus spartandaily.com known for his radio hit “143.” Starks said SJSU’s goal is to register 3,100 stu- | SPARTAN DAILY | SPARTAN dents by Oct. 18, which is the deadline to register SOCIAL to vote in the upcoming Nov. 2 general election. MEDIA “Our goal is to show legislators that we are a Become a fan powerful voting bloc of over 430,000 students on Facebook and that if they do not invest in the California facebook.com/ higher-education system, we will fi nd someone spartandaily who will,” he said. FollowF our Riley Knight, a senior political science major tweetsttw on Criteria for the study included the number of arts and leisure establishments, accessibility and member of the Lobby Corps of A.S., said TwitterT to alternate transportation methods and the quality of the academic environment. Rock the Vote’s primary goal is to educate young @spartandaily@ people on the importance of voting. Th e Lobby Corps is a committ ee that lobbies American Institute for Economic Research and plans political events and advises the A.S. Board of Directors concerning the impact of OUTSIDE releases study detailing best cities for school pending legislation in the state Legislature and the U.S. Congress relative to SJSU, the A.S. web- JEN NOWELL gett ing recognized,” said Brandie Jimenez said she came to SJSU site stated. Staff Writer Locke, a senior business and ac- for its close proximity to Silicon “Lobby Corps is all about gett ing SJSU stu- counting major. “But my one Valley and the job opportunities dents involved in the political process and ad- San Jose has won the coveted concern is will it make more that will be available for her once vocating on their behalf,” Knight said. “It is im- spot among all mid-size metros people come to an already over- she graduates. portant for students and everyone alike to take in the United States as the No. crowded school?” “I like the campus because it is an active role in their civic life because the issues 1 college town, according to the She said overall it is great — more open and welcoming,” she aff ect them.” American Institute for Economic SJSU is a good school and it said. High: 71° Madison Jones, a Lobby Corps member and Research’s list. should be noticed for that. political science major, said students can get in- Low: 54° “It’s good that the school is Junior business major Teresa See COLLEGE Page 2 volved by att ending the event and registering to vote. Jones said once students become aware of the issues and take a stand, they can make a change Workshop highlights job-search strategies by infl uencing their peers, talking to community KELSEY HILARIO leaders and members, or by voting. Staff Writer Evans said the Internet brand for yourself on websites that is going on in the industry, “Awareness is such an important part of this should be used as a tool to learn such as Facebook and LinkedIn, then you can be considered a re- process, so it’s important for students to under- It can be a dog-eat-dog world Evans said. source,” he said. stand the issues that their community, as well when it comes to job hunting. According to an HRMarket- Evans’ list of the most im- as their university, will have to face,” she said. Approximately 50 people er.com poll 93 percent of em- portant things to do when using “Th eir vote counts, and it’s the only way to make fi lled the Career Center on ployers use LinkedIn. While 70 the Internet also includes sign- a change.” Monday aft ernoon to get a leg percent use Facebook. ing up for SJSU’s SpartaJOBS, Th e Lobby Corps will be doing voter registra- up on the competition. I got my Aft er att ending the work- which he said will save time and tion, voter information and outreach for local Th e workshop aimed to fi rst job shop, junior kinesiology major send regular e-mails about jobs and statewide candidates, Starks said. educate students on becom- “ Joshua Dona said marketing that fi t certain search criteria. “Our event is the capstone to a statewide voter ing more appealing to potential through himself successfully to employ- When embarking on a non- registration drive that aims at registering 30,000 employers, including those that my sister. ers has become easier. Internet job search, Evans said students,” he said. will be at the Fall ‘10 Job and In- “I now know the importance the No. 1 thing a person can do Starks said California State University San ternship Fair on Sept. 29 in the It wasn’t of Facebook and LinkedIn and for themselves is networking. Bernardino and Cal State Chico will also be host- Event Center. posted diff erent web profi les I can use Although he is new to the ing Rock the Vote events. Doug Evans, an employment to appeal to diff erent employers game, freshman kinesiology “Other schools are planning similar events by specialist for the Career Center, online, I just through the Internet,” he major Greg Huey said he com- using San Jose State’s Rock the Vote as a model,” presented the dos and don’ts on got it said. “I didn’t really know that pletely agrees with the impor- Jones said. how to land the perfect job or through before, it has opened my eyes to tance of an offl ine job search. According to the organization’s website, internship. the aspect of job searching.” “I got my fi rst job through my Rock the Vote has consistently raised young “ Although many people send networking.“ Blogging and Tweeting can sister,” he said. “It wasn’t posted voter turnout since its creation in 1992, which resumes through the Internet, also be a great way to represent online, I got it through network- saw immediate impact on its fi rst election he said only 20 percent of em- GREG HUEY yourself, Evans said, as well as ing.” day with a 20 percent increase in young voter ployers post available jobs on- Freshman kinesiology an appropriate addition to a re- Th e job fair on Sept. 29 is an turnout following a 20-year cycle of declining line. sume if done correctly. opportunity for students to put participation. Evans said, 80 percent of jobs “Th e main way that it con- their networking skills to use According to the website, there was a 103 per- are not listed, making the In- tributes is to help establish your and build relationships with cent increase in voters between the ages of 18-29 ternet an important but passive reputation as a force in your in- employers that may lead to an years old in the 2008 primary elections compared means of job hunting. dustry, someone who is knowl- internship or job opportunity. to the previous set of primaries. He went over several ways to about a specifi c company you edgeable, stable and if you are In addition to networking, For more information about Rock the Vote improve a search both on and are interested in working for. regularly updating a blog and or to register yourself to vote, the organization’s offl ine. It is also useful for creating a keeping current on everything See JOB Page 2 website is htt p://www.rockthevote.com. 2 NEWS Tuesday, September 21, 2010 PHOTO: Presentation offers memorization tips TYLER DO JENNA BARJAN JENNA a preview of the next chapter, she said. what not to do in class. Staff Writer “You must connect new informa- It was helpful to her because, she tion with preexisting information,” said, she will be able to apply it when A Monday presentation in the Winnard said. doing her homework, future assign- Learning Assistance Resource Cen- Active learning involves practicing ments and writing a thesis someday. ter introduced students to some and using strategies such as chunking “Don’t rely on your professors to strategies that, when used properly, | CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER | CONTRIBUTING information and being able to system- give you everything you need, that can maximize their study time and atically categorize new data, she said.