SERVING SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1934 SPA TAN DAILY WWW.THESPARTANDAII,Y.COM VOLUME 122, NUMBER 61 WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 2004 Beloved alum UPD investigates hazing hospitalized By Tony Burchyns and brawl that resulted in the death of one 33 cm. on April 21, when University legs, and was eventually treated at by student, the Pi Alpha Phi fraternity Police officers responded to Royce Hall Valley Medical Center, the document Maria Villalobos or what's left of it is once again on "medical aid to assist a resident states. Daily Managing Editor and under the gun. This time, the issue is who "was apparently intoxicated and The press release goes on to state, Daily Staff Writer hazing, and according to some wit- unconscious, according to a recent 'Other witnesses at the scene said it drunk driver nesses, members of the now-unofficial UPD press release. was rumored that (the student) was More than a year after its indefinite fraternity were involved. The student had abrasions and suspension for its part in an off-campus The investigation started at 12: swelling on his torso, face, arms and SJSU graduate in serious condition see HAZING, page 4 after being knocked off her bike swim team, the Mountain View flea market By Daniel DeBolt Array of goods found at local Daily Stall Writer Masters. They were visiting Liu's Mother in Santa Rosa at the time A trust fund has been set up of the accident. for Jill Mason, a San Jose State "I saw her in January, and she was talking about how she was fir liganiE1111111111111111E. University graduate, who was seri- tr4 ously injured in a tragic accident on excited that she met this guy that Easter morning three weeks ago. she had similar interests with," On April 11, Mason and her Biswas said. boyfriend Alan Liu were riding A Web site has been made for their bikes on Highway 12 in Santa Mason where her condition is Rosa. They were hit from behind regularly updated by family and by a drunk driver, killing Liu and friends. They describe her re- causing severe injuries to Mason's sponding voluntarily to her family spine and head. and doctors, moving her fingers, an Mason, 26, has been in the arm and making facial expressions, Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital including smiling. since the accident and her condi- Even though they seem pleased tion has improved from critical to with her incremental recovery, serious, a hospital spokesperson a lot is left unsaid or is not yet said Tuesday. understood. In December, Mason received Mason's brother, Daniel, said her master's degree in mass com- in a post on April 25 that "the munications from SJSU. neurosurgeon was in today to Faculty and students in the stress once again that in most department have been crushed by cases the recovery process for this the tragedy. type of head injury is extremely "She put her heart and soul into long and uncertain and that everything she did," said Diana it is impossible to look at small Stover, professor of journalism and individual factors in a patient with mass communications. head trauma and determine their Sandeep Biswas, a graduate probable outcome." student in mass communications, Mahvish Ban, a mass com- said he was so shocked that it took munications graduate student, him a day to recover enough to be said in an e-mail that she was able to talk to others about her. extremely sad and shocked by the Richard Craig, assistant profes- accident. She described Mason sor of joumalism and mass com- as kind, generous, helpful and "A of energy, munications, was one of Mason's spontaneous combustion An employee at a clothing shop at the Berryessa Flea Market arranges a and strength." thesis advisers. She was also an creativity, into the shop. The flea market is open "I have faith that it will be her display of pants to lure customers assistant for one of his classes. Wednesday to Sunday from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. "I would find myself bragging strength which will nurture her to my family and other faculty back to health with flying colors," about what a great godsend she she said. "My prayers are with Jill Thousands flock to weekly Berryessa bazaar was," Craig said. and her family." she has been teach- Right before the accident, Craig Stover said a huge variety of collectibles since 1975 and would By Maria Villalobos has said he was talking to another ing at SJSU including children's toys, hats, tools, put Mason in the top three percent Daily Staff Writer professor about Mason. blankets, luggage, clothes, shoes, "She is what you want your of graduate students she has ever George Bumb regularly saw household items, beauty products, daughter to be," Craig recalled had. plants, many furniture showcases and "She turned her interest in wonderful things being thrown away, saying, the idea of the Los several other items. "Other students tended to sports into a study (thesis) of media and incorporated Angeles swap meet into what is now The Berryessa Flea Market, gravitate toward her," he said. "She and women in sports," Stover said. Berryessa Rd., professor one the largest flea markets in the located at 1590 was a very generous spirit." William Tillinghast, its 44th anniversary this communi- Wright / Daily Staff country, said John DeTar director of celebrates Mason and Liu were training of journalism and mass Photos by Nicholas R. year and is a perfect place to browse when they were cations, said Mason's thesis focused the San Jose Berryessa Flea Market. for a triathlon From underwear to kitchen knives, from jalepeno peppers to pinatas, then get around and listen to Mariachis or an engineer for on magazines' portrayal of women Patrons pay $5 to park, struck. Liu was the Berryessa Flea Market in San Jose is loaded with potential birth- the eight in Sunnyvale, free admission to enjoy Applied Materials day gifts or ingredients for dinner. miles of open-air flea marker. which see MARKET, page 5 and was head coach of Mason', see MASON, page 4 Nobel Prize winner shares wisdom Lecturer discusses her newly By Tony Burchyns smile. released Chicana muralist book Daily Managing Editor It was his work in applying "mass spectrom- etry" to the identification members, students and discussion on her book. Ochoa educated In 2002, an American Faculty students and faculty on the history of Chicano big news when of large biological molecules scientist got finding ways to weigh art. the phone rang at 5 am. attend book signing "My book is a series of oral histories from it," difficult items such as "My wife answered proteins that won him two groups of Chicana artists," Ochoa said. 87-year-old seminal chemist "It's also an art history said, a share of the prize. Koichi By Maria Villalobos John Fenn said. "She Tanaka of Japan and Kurt book that contains so- 'It's Stockholm.'" Daily Staff Writer cial analysis of the on Wuethrich of Switzerland Fenn, who mingled were also honored with 2002 collections and how campus Tuesday and gave a Maria Ochoa, a lecturer of the social the artist developed he took Nobel Prizes for their work guest lecture, said in the same field. science department, said she was always individually." the phone call and was interested in art and when she was younger voice" After guiding a 50-person As a graduate informed by "a nice audience of San Jost State she noticed the lack of Latin artists. This and student at UC Santa he had been named a Nobel University students and the activism of her parents fueled a fire within Cruz, Ochoa said her Prize winner in chemistry. her to write 'Creative Collections: Chicana science instructors through dissertation-turned- "The man said, 'Your an hour-long talk on, among Painters Working in Community." p. phone will start ringing in book took her eight other things, the marvels of "As an undergraduate I was interested in years to complete. 15 minutes.'" mural art," Ochoa said. "I then began my re- Shih Fa Kao/Daily Staff prize "electrospray ionization," Ochoa said her OCHOA The Swedish Fenn spent time afterward search on my own and did a social analysis of committee had just issued a book is an artistic Professor John B. Fenn, one of the 2002 Nobel Laureates in Chemistry, chatting with people about the art and the collections. I was interested in narrative that first focuses on Mujeres Mu- electrospray wings for molecular el- news release. SJSU's unassuming learning the vision and the way which art is created." gets up to give his lecture on "The next call I got was ralistas, a path-breaking San Francisco group ephants in the Science building Tuesday afternoon. Fenn was invited to Tuesday, at the Dr. Martin Luther King from a small newspaper in Library, Ochoa had a book signing speak at San lose State University under the H. Murray Clark Memorial Brazil," Fenn said with a see NOBEL, page 4 Jr. Joint see BOOK, prwe 4 Chair Lectureship. SPORTS I pug,. OPINION I page .1 Cinco No. 1 Stanford JANIGRASS Tribute paid to De Mayo defeats SJSU band Thish' proudly 7-2 celebrated PAGE 2 THE SPARTAN DAILY WEDNESDAY MAY 5, 2004 Opposing Views: Will legal download music services continue to be successful? Y E S Companies like Apple have been able to NO The music indushy will not be able to utilize services to promote other products sue enough to stop illegal downloads Will legal downloading music companies have a prosperous future? 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