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McClatchy Tribune

SACRAMENTO – The leaders of two of California’s three college systems on Monday urged passage of Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to ex- tend taxes, saying they’re needed to avoid even more devastating im- pacts than they already envision from $1.4 billion in higher education Photo: Vernon McKnight / Spartan Daily cuts Brown is proposing. James McKay invites students who pass his table for the Disabled Students Association to stop and talk Before a hearing at the Capitol, California State University Chan- about his club on Monday. cellor Charles Reed said Brown told him and University of California President Mark Yudof that “if this doesn’t pass, we’ll come back and cut more.” Ambition drives student “So, sure, we need to support an increase in revenue,” Reed said. “You have to pay for what you get. Everybody wants more and more government but they don’t want to pay for it. But they have to pay for it.” in the face of disability Yudof said that “intellectually, it makes a great deal of sense” and that he’s “sympathetic” to it. But he needs to see the particulars of a ballot measure that has yet to be worked out among legislators who changing repertoire of motor and phonic tics that are considering Brown’s budget. Matthew Gerring typically begin in childhood and exhibit a fl uctuat- It would be “tragic” if a tax extension does not get on the ballot, Staff Writer ing course. said Jack Scott, the chancellor for California Community Colleges. “People look at me and I get mixed and confused “For us to take another James McKay has a passion for sticking up for stares on campus,” McKay said. “People don’t know $400 million in cuts would other people, a passion so strong that it used to get and I say ‘Hey, I have Tourettes, it’s OK.’” devastate community colleg- Students him in trouble. McKay said he wants to help disabled students es,” Scott said. “It would mean “It was an issue,” said McKay’s brother Robert. navigate the challenges of an already diffi cult college more and more Californians “It’s grade school, kids get picked on a lot. Even if education compounded by dealing with a disability. are denied higher education.” express he wasn’t good friends with these kids, he would “They have to do academia, they have to achieve Legislators are considering sit there and jump in. He got knocked around a bit everything a normal student has to achieve, but on a budget that includes $12.5 when he was a kid.” top of having a disability,” he said. billion in cuts – including $500 dismay at McKay said he still likes to stick up for his fellow Oliver Deeley, treasurer of the Disabled Students million each from the UC and students, but in a different way. Association, said he signed up for the position at the CSU systems and $400 mil- He was a senator and vice president in student Disability Resource Center orientation at the begin- lion from community colleges possible cuts government at West Valley College, and he’s starting ning of this semester after he heard McKay give a – and $12 billion in revenues. a club called the Disabled Students Association. speech about the new club. Brown needs a two-thirds vote “I really want to help disabled students any way I “I thought he was almost like a professional be- from both legislative houses to can, and I want to advocate for them and represent cause he knew what to say. He knew how to ap- put the revenues up to a vote. Staff Report them,” he said. “I want disabled students to feel proud proach the audience,” Deeley said. “He was on the He has said the cuts would of themselves for what they achieve, and know that ball.” double if Republicans block if they need help it’s there.” The club has had one offi cial meeting, where about an extension of taxes on pur- The CSU system will reduce McKay said he also has a disability: Tourette’s Syn- three other students came, but Deeley said he’s con- chases, autos and income from enrollment to its 23 colleges next drome. fi dent that McKay can grow and improve the club. making it to the ballot. fall, Chancellor Charles Reed “I hit myself on campus and I make noises that I “I’m pretty confi dent in his abilities,” Deeley said. Reed and Yudof both said Monday night. can’t help,” he said. “He has blown me away. His skills exceeded anything pledged to avoid tuition in- Reed’s announcement came According to a paper published in 1993 in the Ar- creases for students this year, after a joint appearance in Sac- chives of Psychiatric Nursing, Tourette’s Syndrome but said all bets are off if the ramento in which UC President is a neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by a see STUDENT page 2 tax extension fails. Mark Yudof and Reed said that “I’m not planning on push- neither intended to raise student ing that button again,” said Yu- fees at their institutions in the dof, referring to 40 percent fee face of severe budget cuts. WORLD NEWS hikes UC have imposed over Both decisions were reactions the past two years. “It just has to cope with the California state too much impact on students budget defi cit, according to an Pledge for reform in Egypt met with distrust despite the substantial amount article from McClatchy Tribune of student aid available.” Information Services. Kim Murphy Suleiman to clamp down on cor- Opposition leader Ayman Nour, Reed said he doesn’t intend Stephanie Martin, a senior Jeffrey Fleishman ruption, widen press freedoms, lift who was jailed for four years after to raise tuition beyond last business marketing major, said emergency law when conditions running against Mubarak for presi- November’s 10 percent hike she thinks the cuts to enrollment McClatchy Tribune warrant and form a committee to dent in 2005, said the government is – “except if in June the rev- aren’t fair for students. amend the constitution. deceiving Egyptians. enue enhancements fail and “They already said that they CAIRO — Hopes for a road map Leaders of the Muslim Brother- He said government offi cials’ the whole bottom falls out of would have open enrollment and on how to bring political reform hood opposition group announced talks were an attempt to placate everything, we’ll have to come now they are going back on their to Egypt faded Monday, with anti- they will not continue any dialogue demonstrators without inviting sig- back and reset that.” word,” she said. government activists casting doubt unless the demands lodged by Tah- nifi cant members of the opposition, The governing boards at Geng Li, a senior animation/ on the legitimacy of talks and thou- rir Square protesters for an end to including Nobel Peace laureate Mo- UC and CSU have imposed illustration major, said it will sands of protesters entering their Egypt’s repressive regime are met. hammed Elbaradei, or taking genu- double-digit increases in stu- become more and more diffi cult third week as a noisy occupation “We support the demands of the ine steps at constitutional reform or dent fees in each of the last for students to graduate from force in the heart of the nation’s people. At the top of these demands removing Mubarak from power. two years. At UC, the com- college. capital. is the stepping down of President The Muslim Brotherhood was bined effect has been to raise “A cut in enrollment means Many activists showed little Mubarak ... before the end of this not allowed to enter the talks until undergraduate fees for in- people will graduate later and confi dence the government would week, not September,” said Issam its leaders agreed the group would state students from $6,202 in be introduced to the work force follow through with a pledge an- al-Aryan, a member of the brother- not run in the presidential elections, the 2008-09 academic year to nounced by Vice President Omar hood’s executive bureau. he said. $10,092 this fall. see CUTS page 2

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STUDENT cause I was able to,” he said. politics and intends to join “A lot of other disabled the SJSU student govern- From Page 1 students like myself don’t ment once his new club have the time or aren’t in can run itself, but said he I would have ever imag- the condition to represent doesn’t want to pursue pol- ined.” or do student government.” itics later in life. McKay doesn’t talk Hugh Leonard, West “I only do politics be- about his disability in terms Valley College Inter Club cause that’s something of how different it makes Council president, said that’s necessary in this him from other students, McKay was very effec- world,” he said. “There are but in terms of his duty tive during the time they more politics in special to help other disabled stu- worked together in student education than in regular dents because of what he is government. classes.” still capable of in spite of it. “He was able to pass a However, McKay has an He said this is why he lot of good positive legisla- energy and enthusiasm for decided to join student tion,” Leonard said. “In fact politics that goes beyond government at West Valley he helped with the raising acquiring skills for some- College. of a $1 million bond for our thing else. “I used to feel that I new campus center.” “I’m not the kind of needed to get involved be- McKay said he enjoys person that’s going to sit by and let someone else decide my fate and the fate of others without my say,” he said. “So that’s ba- sically why I took the bull CAMPUS VOICES By: Alex Wara by the horns and decided to ride it.” Photo: Vernon McKnight / Spartan Daily McKay’s colleagues James McKay (right) tells Jennifer Lowery (left), a health science junior, about the agree. Disabled Students Association on Monday. “James is very much a What do you like to take charge kind of guy,” you fi nish it,” he said. Aside from being active always doing something, he Leonard said. “He was al- “You go and make sure in student life and main- was always around, he was do when the weather ways talking to students, your word is kept no mat- taining a 3.1 GPA, McKay always engaged with many is warm? trying to gauge how they ter what. It’s good to see said he has a part-time job events and activities on felt and what they were him acting on that now. at Rite Aid where he has campus.” feeling towards their How well those lessons we been working for three While McKay sees hav- Sophia classes, towards their dai- learned when were younger years and recently earned ing a disability as a serious Zohdi ly life, toward many as- are setting in.” his fi rst belt in Shotokan challenge for college stu- pects of being a student.” John said his son’s deci- karate. dents, he said he sees ben- McKay said he wants sion to get involved in ad- “Surprisingly, he’s got- efi ts as well. to be a special education vocacy and student govern- ten through very well with “I fi nd having Tourette’s teacher and plans on get- ment was his son’s alone. all the stuff he’s piled on to gives me an interesting in- ting his teaching creden- “We never expected him his plate,” Robert said. “The sight into the academic tial from SJSU. to get interested in student kid’s a rock star. The only world to see people and McKay’s father, John, government,” he said. “That thing he doesn’t do is go to why they do what they do,” said that this too is in- was a total surprise to me frat parties. If he just did McKay said. I like to go to spired by McKay’s sense and my wife. He wasn’t in that one little thing, he’d He said the challenges Junior Santa Cruz. of responsibility to the it in high school. That was a be the most popular guy on he faces are made easier by English & world. pleasant surprise to us.” campus.” the people around him. German Literature “He admired special Robert said he sees a Leonard said “everyone” “People are very accept- Alex education teachers, and bright future for his broth- knew McKay on campus at ing,” he said. “With ex- Yip he wants to pay back soci- er. West Valley College. traordinary circumstances, ety for all the help special “I wouldn’t be surprised “James was a popular you can do extraordinary education teachers have if he bought out Donald student,” he said. things, and you can fi nd ex- given him over the years,” Trump in ten years,” Robert “Everyone knew James ceptional people wherever John said. said. “He wants to be per- on campus because he was you go.” Robert said McKay’s fect at everything. He will drive and ambition comes be perfect at everything. I like to get a from their parents. God help us all if he ever nice burrito from “They gave my brother really gets his act together, Senior Super Taqueria. this sense of honor — you ‘cause he’ll be running the Animation commit to something, show.” Illustration Suki Shen CUTS From Page 1

later as well,” he said. I like to go The California Legislative Analyst’s Ofﬁ ce has pro- Senior shopping. Graphic Design jected that the deﬁ cit for the 2011-12 California state budget will be $19 billion. Howard No immediate details were available for the cuts to Lee the individual universities, according to McClatchy Tribune. The CSU system’s cuts will come from reducing 10,000 students from enrolling, or about 2 percent of the CSU system’s total enrollment, according to Mc- Clatchy Tribune. Pat Lopes Harris, director of media relations for SJSU, said, “We’ll really know by March what the deci- sion will be. There may also be a special election to vote I like to chill on what we’re going to do about this situation.” Senior outside. Graphic Design

Gerard Alex Wara, Donovan Farnham and Ron Gleason contributed Oliverio to this story.

I like to ride my bike, go running — any outdoor Senior activity. Justice Studies

Susan Huynh

I like to eat lunch outside, read a book and do Senior homework. Nutrition Tuesday, February 8, 2011 sPARTANDailY SPORTS 3

GYMNASTICS Spartans fall on beam, lose to No. 2 Stanford

Melissa Sabile problem that we need to work Sports Editor “Beam has on,” Wright said. “We didn’t hit it like we know we can, so always been a we need to go back into the gym and regroup. When we The SJSU women’s gym- problem that we do hit beam, we’ll be a totally nastics team scored its second different team in terms of the best team total of the sea- need to work on. score and what we’re capable son of 193.825, but it wasn’t of doing.” enough to beat the No. 2 We didn’t hit it Valleau said despite the falls ranked Stanford Cardinal. on balance beam, the team im- “When you’re competing like we know we proved from last week. against the No. 2 team in the “We started off really country, obviously it’s going can, so we need to strong,” Merritt said. “We to be a tough meet, but we were on a roll to get a really held our own,” said head coach go back into the high score. We had a couple Wayne Wright. “We started of falls on beam and it hurt off doing well. We did well gym and regroup.” us. It really was that make-it- on vault, bars and fl oor, got or-break-it between that 194 to beam where we had a little that we needed and the 193 rough spot, but overall I’m Wayne Wright that we got.” Head Coach pretty happy with the score.” Wright said Merritt per- The Spartans started out formed well for her team and on bars, where they scored Lee said she is confi dent was happy about her scores. their second-highest team and enjoys performing on “Katie Jo had a good meet score for the event this season fl oor. today,” he said. “She’s consis- with a 48.70. Senior Shanice “I love doing my routine tent. She did a good job in Howard started off the event, because it’s fun and upbeat,” keeping her composure and earning a 9.675. Senior Lily she said. “I try to get the doing what we needed her to Swann followed, scoring a crowd involved.” do.” 9.725 for the Spartans. The Spartans’ fi nal rota- Merritt said the key to her Freshman Cassandra Har- tion was on balance beam, consistency is her level of rison was next on bars, but where the team experienced confi dence. fell on her release move and some diffi culties staying on. “In my head I know I can was only able to score an Wallace competed fi rst and do it,” she said. “I have that 8.800. Sophomore Alyssa fell, earning only a 9.125 for confi dence. I have a different Telles-Nolan picked the team the team. Lee competed next, kind of confi dence in every back up by earning a 9.700 scoring a 9.600, followed by event that I do.” and senior Katie Jo Merritt Greer who posted a 9.575. The Spartans will face Boi- posted a 9.750. Junior Thom- Swann went next and received se State and Seattle Pacifi c asina Wallace scored a 9.850, a 9.500. Merritt’s routine was University on Friday at 7 p.m. tying for third place. solid and earned her a 9.675. at the Spartan Gym in Yoshi- The team then rotated to Sophomore Holly Partridge hiro Uchida Hall. vault, where it, once again, also fell off the beam and was “Boise is, I think, our big- recorded its second-highest only able to score an 8.800. gest rival,” Merritt said. “They Photo: Donovan Farnham / Spartan Daily team score of 48.650. Wal- The team’s fi nal beam score went 196 last week. It’s our Sophomore Holly Partridge fl ips over the balance beam during the Spartans’ meet against lace and Swann both scored was 47.475. house and we don’t want Stanford University on Saturday. a 9.775 on their vaults. Har- “Beam has always been a them to win in our house. " rison came close with a 9.750 and Merritt earned a 9.725. Juniors Aubrey Lee and Katie Valleau both scored a 9.625 for the Spartans. “I think we all realized we had a great opportunity here,” Lee said. “We had a lot of great things happen, despite the bob- bles. But we still did good.” After vault was the fl oor exercise, where the Spartans had yet another second highest team score of 49.000. Lee started out on fl oor followed by junior Casey McCord, both girls earning a 9.725. Freshman Julia Greer competed next, earning a 9.700 for the Spartans. Swann scored a 9.800. Wallace and Valleau each received a 9.875, tying for third place. “Floor was really good today,” Valleau said. “We stepped it up. Aubrey went fi rst and we went up from there. I felt like I had a really good routine and my score refl ected that.” Wright said he was happy with Lee’s performance on fl oor exercise. “She did well on fl oor to- Photo: Donovan Farnham / Spartan Daily day, which was her highest Senior Shanice Howard jumps to catch the high bar at the start of her routine. Howard event score,” he said. “Her scored a 9.675 for the Spartans during the meet against No. 2 Stanford. form was great and each week she continues to get better and better.” SEASON LEADERS

Thomasina Wallace 9.900 Vault

Katie Jo Merritt 9.800 Bars

Shanice Howard 9.750 Beam

Thomasina Wallace 9.925 Floor 4 TECH sPARTANDailY Tuesday, February 8, 2011 COMMENTARY Social media: The public face of political dissent

Donovan Farnham Senior Staff Writer

The folliwing is a part of Daily 2.0, a Spar- tan Daily tech column.

The biggest possible understatement right now is that the situation in Egypt is going to change, and quickly. The Egyptian protests and ongoing un- rest have raised questions about what democracy really means in the Middle East and what the region’s future is going to be. But the secondary point of the Egyptian revolution is how access to the Internet has already changed and will continue to change the way public dissent is expressed and whether Internet access and the ability to use it as a voice is a correct political dis- cussion. If you haven’t been following the con- stant updates from news organizations, posts to social networking sites were the main source of reporting for the area until Western journalists were able to fly into the region. Then, what was thought to be near-impossible and unthinkable happened: The In- ternet was shut off. The Internet being turned off doesn’t seem like much on paper, but when you Photo: McClatchy Tribune look at how the Internet facilitated the Recent protests in Egypt have been empowered largely by the instanteous communication offered by the Internet. public dissent of Egypt’s 30-year “president,” Hosni Mubarak, his government was crop up like they did in Iran in 2009 and classes of citizenship in a democracy where drunken roommate is smarter than George able to stop mass dissent in the country on now in Egypt. everyone is supposed to be equal. W. Bush? a whim. The bigger issue for the United States There’s the issue of whether having the These are all questions about the Inter- A few days later the government report- is that the federal government has debated ability to stay connected to the Internet net that have been brought to the forefront edly hacked phone services to send out mass whether to give the president the option could become an issue of infringing on because of what’s happening in Egypt and it pro-Mubarak text messages to the rioting to kill the Internet at the flick of a switch, someone’s right to information, and issues seems fitting that these changes to our 2.0 Egyptian population and defend his govern- much like what happened in Egypt. such as being able to access the Internet by world would start in the place that is one of ment’s reputation. This raises the question of what Presi- an iPhone on AT&T’s network comes into the cradles of civilization. At first glance, making a link between the dent Obama implied about the Internet in question. Internet, social networks and mass political the State of the Union and has been debated If the federal government upheaval may seem to be overstating the about in the blogosphere. were to pass the kill-switch case, but there are photos of protestors that It is a question of whether having access bill, then what would keep go as far to hold signs to thank Facebook for to the Internet is now a right. them from trying to stamp being a place to voice their dissent. If it is a right then that will turn the out rabble-rousers such as Egypt is another example of the way political aspect of the Internet on its head those in Egypt? social networks have changed the way the much like the Internet did for so many oth- What would be the line world communicates. er fields of study. to have the government stop Now, instead of news being relegated If Internet access is a right, the argu- the tea party from speaking to known media outlets, we now have the ments regarding Internet neutrality would out against a democratic ma- citizens talking directly to the masses where become exponentially more complicated be- jority, or college students’ these headless leviathans of revolt can cause it would turn into an argument about comments about how their CLASSIFIEDS CLASSIFIED WANTED AD RATE INFORMATION

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In addition, readers should carefully investigate all firms offering Valentine’s Day Shout-Outs 408.924.3270 employment listings or coupons for discount vacations is February 10th! or merchandise. 5 Tuesday, February 8, 2011 sPARTANDailY OPINION Prison creates more murderers New health care Fyodor Dostoevsky once He was scheduled to be Souza is trying to avoid said, “The degree of civili- in prison for 70 years for the death penalty by chal- plan can’t come zation in a society can be killing a homeless man in lenging that he was “ly- judged by entering its pris- San Jose. ing in wait” before killing ons.” A witness reported after Schaefer with a seven-inch soon enough Edward Schaefer, a 44- the incident he was shaking shard of metal on the prison year old man who was in and almost smirking, “like yard. prison for hitting a little he had done a good deed.” His legal representatives higher quality and lower girl while drunk on his mo- I have never met Souza are claiming that over the Rod Schenker costs will result? torcycle, was stabbed to personally, but it seems as last 30 years the law has be- Contributer I’m with Jefferson – and death on July 26, 2010, in though there were certain come vague and convoluted history – on this one. San Quentin. issues that were not re- and are hoping to rule it un- President Obama’s con- If you disagree, please Upon finding this out, I solved. constitutional. troversial health care law contact me to place your was largely apathetic. Francisco Rendon This is a signal that our I cannot blame him, as was ruled unconstitutional bet. “I guess that’s why he’s in Staff Writer justice system is failing to prison life may be some- on Monday, in whole, by Modern medicine prison,” I figured and went rehabilitate, and some indi- thing he has become famil- a federal district judge in evolved in a market where about my business. officers who fear assault if viduals are becoming more iar with over time, and he Florida. medical researchers, device However, the U.S. prison they report the incidents. dangerous as time passes. may well want to hang onto Judge Roger Vinson makers, and drug compa- system remains so far out of More than two-thirds of A study from the Bureau it. found with the plaintiffs nies stood a good chance of sight and out of mind in my inmates who leave the pe- of Justice Statistics indi- It is a shame though that – including 26 state attor- being repaid for their risky normal day-to-day life. This nal system are reincarcer- cates five percent of prison- Edward Schaefer had to lose ney generals – that requir- investments in innovation. seemed a prime opportunity ated within three years of ers reported sexual victim- his life, while serving the ing individuals to purchase Yes, the profit motive to investigate how common their release, according to a ization. punishment a jury of his health insurance went was important, but not as violence occurs within the 15-state study by the Bureau Considering that 12 per- peers prescribed to him. beyond Congress’ power important as the loss mo- U.S. prison system. of Justice Statistics. cent of prisoners at the It is a shame that Frank to regulate activity under tive. A 2006 study by the Com- So it shouldn’t be surpris- federal and state level are Souza never got the help he the interstate commerce What do I mean? Some mission on Safety and Abuse ing that my initial reaction incarcerated for sexual needed, and spent his whole clause. people argue that it’s waste- in America’s Prisons report- was to not care what hap- crimes, this means that ei- life in and out of the prison The conventional wis- ful to allow corporate prof- ed that violence still poses a pens to Frank Souza, who ther half of U.S. inmates system. dom is that Congress can its in medical insurance, for large problem for inmates. took Schaefer’s life. convicted of sexual crimes It is a shame that these regulate activity, but not instance, because a govern- The study showed that Souza had finished three continue to perpetuate men and 1,613,740 like them inactivity. ment agency could do the gang violence, rape and of- prison terms prior to the their offense in prison, or live in a world totally dis- I think “regulating inac- same work without taking ficer brutality crimes of- murder conviction, which our system is encouraging connected from mine. tivity” is an oxymoron. The profits out of the system, ten go unreported by both he was serving when he more individuals to commit And their world is get- question is whether Con- thus lowering costs. prisoners and corrections killed Schaefer. more kinds of crimes. ting worse. gress can compel individu- So why has this never, als into a commercial trans- ever worked in practice? action. The Supreme Court Because bureaucracies have is likely to make the final no loss motive. A fi re fueled by our money tree call later this year – mean- It’s that simple. Their while the administration funding is secured by poli- has stated confidently that tics and brute force, not by Apathy and disillusionment are two In this was also fer- ferent iterations over implementation of the law earning the transactions of common feelings toward violence in mented in the minds of the next 300 years in will proceed as planned. free and consenting adults. the Middle East by Americans, though Europeans that those several waves of alli- A few days before this Thus bureaucrats don’t we spend billions attempting to keep who were not Chris- ances and empires. ruling, Obama stated just get paid to be efficient. nations at bay. tians, the infidels, were The Arab land called as confidently in his State Their jobs are unaffected The United States’ aid of $3 billion outsiders who should Palestine came into tar- of the Union address that by failed policies. annually to ally with Israel proves our be shamed upon. get by a Zionist move- America’s future depends They have nothing to wholehearted alliance with the coun- Regardless of this ment, made up of most- on innovation and compet- discipline their organiza- try. hate, they traded with ly Eastern European itiveness. tional behavior or culture Our role as a western country in the the Middle Easterners radical Jews. I agree. to the needs of those they Middle East is intervening, as the west for what was called Far West and Middle So legal issues aside, I am serve. They have no rea- has done for hundreds of years, and East goods, such as In- East tensions persisted, left wondering, what does sons to embrace innovation this causes problems. dian spices and Chinese and at the same time the president’s health care or competition. The No. 2 recipient at $2 billion, textiles. Leo Postovoit Palestine saw immigra- legislation do for innova- So Obama’s health care Egypt, is in political crisis, partly be- Several hundred Multimedia Editor tion by Zionists. tion and competitiveness? law is at odds with his call cause of the fact that western coun- years later, the Euro- It slowly shifted into Thomas Jefferson wrote for renewing America by tries prefer to keep prolonging the peans continued this a Jewish homeland and “Were we directed from those means. generally timid and relatively peaceful destructive pathway of competitive in 1948, it became solidified when the Washington when to sow, In a world struggling state of things and the people upset at gaining. United Nations set the Plan for Pales- and when to reap, we for freedom, his solution what they see as corruption. They cut out the middle man and tine and partitioned the land into two should soon want bread.” for health care has more in Other recipients of U.S. aid are dot- traded with the Far East themselves, states. The Affordable Health- common with the kind of ted throughout the Middle East. trying to get the most of their efforts. The alliance by European nations care Act is more than 2,000 dictatorial, cronyistic, bu- It’s the birthplace of the three Abra- By the 16th century major Spanish, and the United States occurred for sev- pages of directions from reaucratic regimes whose hamic religions. Portuguese, French, Dutch and English eral reasons. Washington. stagnation is suffocating It’s the site called the Holy Land. settlements appeared in lands all over Perhaps the greatest is oppositional It dictates in fine de- people in places like Egypt It’s the land of two people, both mired Africa and Asia, often to the locals’ an- defiance, that “the enemy of my enemy tail the terms of medical and Tunisia. in tension. ger. is my friend.” finance and delivery to in- So what gives? My best Why is the region called both Israel Some of these settlements’ conflicts The tension will never break until surers, providers, individu- guess gives me no comfort: and Palestine so tense? were dotted through Arab countries, we stop playing cop and stop giving als and state Medicaid pro- I think you can only pick It might be wise to take a look at the and the locals experienced many hor- reasons for the Middle East to be mad grams while bringing them and choose where innova- region’s history for context. rible events. at the West. under closer management tion and competition are Conflicts throughout Africa and the From slavery to forced resource ex- The desire for peace might be shared by the federal bureaucra- virtues if you’re agnostic Middle East military and trade settle- traction to simple cultural conflicts, by both Palestine and Israel but this cies it expands for that pur- about their cause. ments date back first to the Crusades the West and Middle East were at will require the removal of a conflict pose. It’s freedom that spurs in 1095, where Europeans romanti- odds. mentality and the adoption of shared It was passed with the people to innovate and cized the seizure of the birthplace of The main idea of settlement through- governance. help and endorsement of compete, and freedom that Jesus Christ, who was born a Jew. out was to establish more beneficial Until the leadership stops thinking the biggest insurance com- rewards them for doing so. The Crusades evolved from war in trade routes for Europeans, cutting about taking for themselves and their panies who have little com- Foreign policy is not the the name in religion to conflict on be- out the Middle East as a middleman. nations and trying to give to all of the petition and prefer to keep only place America would half of taking the wealth of the invad- This, rightly so, made the Middle people in the region, peace will never it that way. benefit from a more prin- ed in seven progressions. East upset. Conflicts occurred in dif- be possible. Does anyone really think cipled commitment to it. comment online about any of our articles at: SPARTANDAILY.COM

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Valen- rock opera, The Hazards Of Love ern orchestra instrumenta- cia,” we never discover what — a complex, fl owery tragedy tion and elaborate tales. Jenny leads these characters to their that polarized fans — pushed Conlee’s accordion, while still ominous fates, giving the frontman Colin Meloy’s ver- present, is turned down in album a sense of rustic bose storytelling to its peak. melancholy. It caused many to hail it as “Don’t Carry It All” is a a conceptual masterpiece and righteous folk jam and “Ca- others to disown it as bloated lamity Song” along with tripe. Despite the differing “Rise To Me” pit ’90s opinions, everyone wondered alternative against coun- where Portland’s antiquated “The album try dripping with more Bob yarn-spinners would go next. Dylan than George Strait. Getting more grandiose strangles indie The album, though, is by would be impossible and no means a weeper. Because returning to a lighter album with 12-string of the lack of literal details, of whimsically twisted tales the songs don’t have the heart- would be backpedaling. guitars, vocal har- wrenching dramatic weight Change seemed to be the of The Hazards Of Love, which most logical option, and monies and an for me bordered on fantasy while 2011’s The King Is Dead, melodrama. The King Is Dead a stripped-down, country- abundance of toe- has sunny spots speckled tinged meditation on loss and throughout. “June Hymn” nature, isn’t exactly a reinven- tapping harmonica chronicles the changing of tion, it’s more streamlined seasons with some of Meloy’s than any of the band’s previ- bits.” most gorgeously vivid imagery ous releases. to date. The album strangles indie Lucid phrases such as “A with 12-string guitars, vocal barany of ivy in the trees, ex- harmonies and an abundance panding out its empire by of toe-tapping harmonica bits. favor of Chris Funk’s slinky degrees/And all the branches The Decemberists themselves slide guitar, and Meloy’s once burst a’ bloom into bloom/ claimed their primary infl u- vulturous narratives are Heaven sent this cardinal, ence was R.E.M., and while turned inward for lyrically maroon to decorate our living R.E.M.’s guitarist Peter Buck vague, but effective self-exam- room” mark his maturity as a takes credit for three tracks, inations. wordsmith, using lush visuals the record more or less mourns Confessions such as “Ca- instead of his usual narra- folk rock. lamity Song,” “Rox In The Box” tive crutch to evoke a mood They represent the kind of and “Down By The Water” rather than a linear storyline. charm and emotion embedded feature unnamed narra- At its heart, The King Is in works associated more to tors dealing with guilty Dead is a middle-of-the-road the likes of Neil Young consciences amid tumultuous record, a pleasant, intro- Photo: Jesse Jones / Spartan Daily and Bruce Springsteen. country environments. “The spective stroll through the Bijan Bakery & Cafe’s “affogato” is a delightful mixture of From the opening harmon- season rubs me wrong/The cottonwoods whose creaky ica bluster of “Don’t Carry summer swells anon/so knock comfort gets The December- gelato and espresso, topped with a swirl of whipped cream. It All” to the record’s pastoral me down, tear me up/but I ists out of their comfort zone recording location to the would bear it all just to fi ll my but you into yours.

On one occasion through my mean- after tasting it, I can defi nitely tell you dering in downtown San Jose, I paused that it really does drown you in pleasure my journey when I happened upon a with its rich and sweet taste. place with which I wasn’t so familiar. Imagine the drink to be like a root Resting between First and Market beer fl oat, but with espresso, and hope- streets near The Fairmont was the little fully you’ll get a better idea of what it shop Bijan Bakery & Cafe. looks like. Upon entering, I was impressed with My drink had vanilla bean gelato, but all the items that were on display such Bijan can substitute it with any one of as princess cake, chiffon cake and an as- its other fl avors. sortment of other attractive and well- I recommend mixing the drink before decorated pastries. you consume it, blending it into a thick, The thing that caught my eye, though, creamy state with the hot espresso mix- was a sign resting on top of the store’s ing with the cold gelato. counter advertising for something The sweet fl avor of the vanilla, con- called “affogato,” priced at $5.50. trasted with the bitterness of the espres- Maybe it was because its shape looked so, is pure heaven. like a sundae or because affogato is re- My friend had treated me to the ally fun to say, but I knew I needed to drink and afterward for the rest of the get this drink. day, the espresso had us both wired and The drink is made up of a scoop of ice fully functioning as we completed our cream or gelato with a shot of espres- day with an energetic smile. so dumped over it, topped off with a Bijan is a bog, one that I will happily whipped cream swirl. drown myself in anytime I wish for an Affogato is Italian for “drowned” and affogato.

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