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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 document Pi Alpha Phi fraternity Police officers responded to Royce Hall Valley Medical Center, the 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 Thousandsflock 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? "Free" is the magic word for most people, and when there is a choice Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes music store has successfully infiltrated between paying and getting something for free, most will choose the latter. online music culture. Even though iTunes sold 70 million songs in the last No matter how wrong it is, lawsuits are not going to stop people from year, critics of legal music stores are still complaining. getting music for free even if it is now offered legally on the Web. It's not as if they don't have valid reasons. The actual artists only receive A Web site known as Napster started the downloading trend a few years about a dime from every 99 cent song sold. Vanilla Ice has to patiently wait ago. for 200 people to download "Ice Ice Baby" just to make a lousy $20. It seemed as though Napster would crumble to pieces after it was sued by For those who don't care about artists' money woes, there are still a bunch the recording industry, but instead it is now one of the various Web sites that of peer-to-peer applications that have the same songs offered at no cost. offers legal music downloads for a tidy fee. Of course, people will continue to use free peer-to-peer networks. It's Like Napster, most of these Web sites that have sprung up in the online hard to compete with "free." music world now sell their tracks for as little as 99 cents per song and entire However, that's not the point. albums for as little as $9.99. Last week, Apple Computer celebrated the one-year anniversary of Although these sites are becoming popular among music fans and they its iTunes music store. Steve Jobs, the company's CEO, said in a press are much cheaper than buying retail, when the opportunity is there, people conference that the iTunes store has more than 700,000 songs available for will find ways to get it for free. download and a 70 percent market share of 15% of OOPS._l_DID_IT_AGAIN.MP3 File sharing is one of those ways, and sites legal downloading music stores. such as ICaZaA, Morpheus and Peoplesound One could reasonably think with that still have users sharing music files and paying kind of domination, Apple would be raking nothing for them. in all those 99 cent downloads into huge The Recording Industry Association of profits. Uh, not really. America is now after people who file share and Where Apple deviates from the compe- get their music for free, suing them left and tition is it doesn't strictly rely on revenue right, but that won't eliminate piracy on the from downloads to fuel the company. Internet. CNET Networks Inc., an online global It may deter some who are wary of being technology media company, reported last caught and facing the giants of the recording 12 sec industry in court, but others just don't see it COLIN KUTCH month that Apple has only made a small Estimated time left 3 min CLAUDIA PLASCENCIA profit with iTunes, but made a $46 million 99.5 KB of 5 53 MB downloaded) as a valid threat. selling its other products, such as 800,000 It just seems hard to imagine that out of the hundreds of thousands of profit in the last three months fransfer rate 29 9 KB/Sec iPods and nearly 750,000 desktop and laptop computers. people who use these sites to download music the recording industry will This is Apple's key to success and the reason it will continue to be a major track down even one-fourth of them. player in the legal online music market. Cancel The legal downloading sites also have their downsides, with some of Legal music downloading will not die just because free file sharing is them having limited selection and unknown artists. more popular. If there is money to be made, there is a company that will Other legal sites like Pressplay, Rhapsody and MusicNet, which is only swoop in. for AOL subscribers, make you pay a monthly subscription fee for their Rest assured, there's plenty of money to be made all it takes is some services. creative marketing. This may not be worth it for some people because not everyone down- Apple profits from using iTunes as an advertisement for its other loads music often. products. Some people may just download music once in a while, and paying a First, download a song for a buck using iTunes, saving the file on $1,799 monthly subscription would be too costly. PowerMac with a $699 monitor. Then, take the song on the road with a Some sites limit the number of songs you can download and those that $299 iPod. offer packages are also limiting users. After a couple million downloads and a couple million iPod sales and If you want to buy one more song than what the package allows, you a couple million Macintosh computers sold ka-ching. It's surprising Jobs would need to buy a whole other package of songs. doesn't wear more "bling-bling," or whatever shiny jewelry is called these There is also the threat of rising costs as with anything we pay for. days. Those sites have to pay to be able to sell those songs online, and who is A single 99 cent song is only one component of a multi-thousand dolls, IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII to say that it won't become more expensive for them to obtain the rights to investment. sell the songs? Pepsi used iTunes to sell soda. Last week Pepsi finished its iTunes If costs go up, they need to raise prices so they can continue to make promotion where buying a bottle of Pepsi led to a one-in-three chance to profits. win a free music download. Millions of bottles were sold. , The threat of being sued by the recording industry just isn't enough to Debate all you want, Pepsi is virtually the same flavor as Coke. However. deter people from getting their music online for free. with a free music download, Pepsi tastes better. Music lovers will continue to find their way to the land of the free music The future of legal music downloads will benefit companies that find and the legal sites will not survive. ways to turn inexpensive songs into exponential growth. Claudia Plascencia is a Spartan Daily staff writer. Colin Kutch is a Spartan Daily staff writer. ILLUSTRATION BY KONSTANTIN ABADJIEV
campusvoices COMPILED BY DIEGO ABELOOS; PHOTOS BY DANIEL MIRANDA
"Yes. If the music is "No. The community of "Yes. The Internet is "No. As long as there are "Yes. I think the price "No. You can always find good, I don't see why people on the Internet rising and I think CD's five ones, the ones you isn't very high andfor it on somebody's directory. not, why wouldn't you who want to share music are going the way of have to pay for won't people who want just to They'll always pay for it?" will always find a way records." last." have, like one song, that's circumvent it." to share music." just $1 each. Amy Valdez Kent Brewster Nathaniel Guevara Hanna Hanania Christine Tsai Ryan Phillips freshman, junior, sophomore, junior, freshman, junior, undeclared psychology radio, television and film industrial engineering music child development
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JANINE STANHOPE Online Editor San Jose State University, One Washington Square, San Jose, CA Editorials are written by and are the consensus of the VICTORIA MONROE Advertising Director Spartan Daily editors, not the THE SPARTAN DAILY I ONE WASHINGTON SQVARE I SAN JOSE, CA 95192 95192-0149 staff. RICARIX) FL ORES Art Director Published opinions and advertisements do not necessarily (408) 924-3281 I [email protected], SPARTANDAILYADSPCASA.SJSDEDU reflect the views of the Spartan Daily, the School of Journalism and Mass Communications or SJSU. WEDNESDAY MAY 5, 2004 .4OPINIQ THE SPARTAN DAILY PAGE 3 OUT OF THE SHELL Turning into your mom is not always a bad thing One Christmas Eve, my mom and stepdad invited Santa she knows. But whatever she did, it made us eager to do well in school than mother and daughter. Claus over to say hello to my sister and I. The summer I turned 6, she and my stepdad decided the and every aspect of our lives. While I always insist my trips home are to help her out, Their intentions were good, but I was just a little too old four of us would move from the Bay Area to the small town My first job, in junior high, was helping out at my mom's I still take my laundry with me and she washes it for me, she for things like that and more embarrassed than excited. of Quincy, Calif. office stuffing envelopes, running the postage machine, cooks me special meals and basically waits on me hand-and- My mom might have thought she lost her little girl that They were actively involved in local politics. They never answering phones. foot while I snuggle up on the couch watching Nick at Nite. day and there were many others like it. had a television in their bedroom and neither For me, it was as much about getting to During spring break, my sister and I were in Southern In that stage of life from our tweens until we leave our did my sister or I. We did a lot of reading. spend time with her as it was earning some California and, as we were driving one day, I said something parents house we tend to think we know it all: our parents I've given my stepdad a lot of credit for extra money. to her which signaled a response of, "OK Mom!" are too protective and we are ready to take on the world. going back to school in his 60s and getting an Though my mom always worked, she did With those two little words, I was silenced. Why is it that But often, as an adult, I am reminded that the little girl my associate's degree, but my mom deserves some arts and crafts with us on winter weekends, women are so afraid of becoming their mothers? mom was looking for that Christmas Eve is still inside me. of that credit, too. taught us how to bake and took extra time off "You know, yesterday you called me 'mom,' and I didn't When I have a bad day or get some good news, my mom She worked really hard to support all of work in the summer to take us swimming. say anything because I think I really am turning into her," I is still the first person I call. us on her own during the two years he was in It is my mom who taught me to love old said to my sister the next day. When I get hurt, physically or emotionally, my mom is school and never complained. movies, taught me to appreciate old music and "The thing is, you are," was the reply. still the one I look to for advice. My mom gave my sister and me daily taught me that it's not only OK to cry, but also I relayed this conversation to my cousin recently and she When I can't get a stain out of my new white T-shirt or I chores, which taught us responsibility. sometimes a necessity. told me, "Your mom is an amazing woman. There are a lot spill candle wax on the carpet, she always has the solution. She talked about everything with us In the two years since my stepdad passed worse things you could be." Though she sometimes doesn't like to be on the away, it's sometimes felt as though I were the She was right. phone, openly and honestly, be it marriage, divorce, TAMMY K RIKORIAN all she has to hear is that one word, "Mommy ," to know sex or drugs no topic was taboo. mom and she were the daughter. Happy Mother's Day, Mom! she needs to pick up. Moms just have an instinctual way of She rewarded us for good work, like For months I'd call her every day, just to knowing when they re really needed. sometimes taking us showing if we got a good report card, make sure she was OK, and visit every chance I got. Tammy Krikorian is the Spartan Daily executive editor. My mom was more of a role model to me than I think and punished us for bad, like not letting me go to a concert. Since then, we've evolved to become more like best friends "Out of the Shell" appears every Wednesday. SERVE ONE UP WITH A LIME Letter "Quest," a poem by Caleiph K. Brewer Dear editor, fronted with beasts' confusion and Seasons change until the ending. horror. I've been shivering since the Finding inspiration in My name is Caleiph Brewer. I'm Bombarded with shackles on my beginning! a student at SJSU studying criminal mind, I find myself trapped in a The way of honor is what I desire. sociology. I have held positions in terrible bind. I'll keep faith until the final hour. student organizations (such as the My visions vanished making me I hear a voice. It whispers softly: Karate Club and Sigma Nu). I am blind. I yearn for escape into the What you seek you'll find in thee. currently in the Army serving light. So here I stand forever knowing Mexican army's victory overseas in Iraq. I just want to see what is right. the quest I seek starts with me. Today is unlike any other day, today is May 5 el Cinco the culture has become commercialized. I wrote this poem while serving And So I Seek. And So I Seek leading up to today, there have been ads here in Habbaniya, Iraq. As I passionately search for de Mayo. In the weeks As a member of the Spartan Daily, I feel a responsibility on television for chips, salsa and of all things beer to affection; I'm stormed by fear; deceit Cinco de Mayo. "Quest" and rejection. to share a part of my culture and enlighten those who may not celebrate understand the significance of this day to Mexican history. Now, while I enjoy chips, salsa and some ice cold Coronas, By Caleiph K. Brewer Leaving me a heart consumed Tecates or Modelos as much as the next guy, it's sad to see the with neglection. I am by no means a spokesman, or the official voice. I am only a man in a position to represent his people. My original marketing gimmicks. Life is a Journey. It is the spirit of hope that soothes Grocery stores with predominantly non-Mexican shoppers There are many paths, only one my unrest. Like a dove; only love. Caleiph K Brewer plan was to write this in Spanish, but this way the reach of my words might be greater. I leave the task of display Mexican flags and sombreros next to bags door. And So I seek. Sophomore of chips that are two for $4. Twelve-packs of beer As I search for truth, I'm con- Life is unpredictable. Criminal Sociology publishing an article in Spanish in the Spartan Daily to my successors. are stacked in the form of an Aztec pyramid. Here comes the history lesson. Cardboard displays for tequila resemble Mexican According to Mexican history, on this day haciendas. in 1862, the Mexican army, under the direc- I don't see anything wrong with partaking in tion of General Ignacio Zaragoza, with the celebration or wanting to experience the culture. SPARTA GUIDE assistance of Brigade General Porfirio Diaz, What I do see is the need to celebrate while not resisted occupation by France. The Mexican corrupting the culture or its people. army would defeat the French in the Battle of This should hold true for Mexicans and Puebla - La Batalla de Puebla. Mexican-Americans who celebrate Cinco de Sparta Guide is provided free of charge to students, faculty and staff members. The deadline for entries is noon One hundred forty-two years later, the Mayo. Some Mexicans use the day as an excuse three working days before the desired publication date. Entry forms are available in the Spartan Daily office in battle is etched in the hearts of some Mexicans to flaunt their heritage. I don't believe people Dwight Bentel Hall, room 209. Entries can also be e-mailed to [email protected] titled "Sparta Guide." and Mexican-Americans as a historic event, DANIEL LOPEZ should drape the Mexican flag across the hood of Space restrictions may require editing of submissions. Entries are printed in the order in which they are received. marking the defeat of a greater force by one their cars and keep it in place with scotch tape as that was considered weaker. I saw on Sunday in downtown San Jose. Flying TODAY and Industrial Studies buildings. The accomplishment of the Mexican army is one I take the flag high and proud is one thing, using it to show off as you For more information, call the School of Art and Design pride in and use as inspiration. cruise down Santa Clara Street is another. Student Health Center gallery office at 924-4330. Art exhibitions featuring student Today, the air seems fresher. I hold my head just a bit Sunday, as I drove down Santa Clara Street I heard a phrase An American Red Cross blood galleries will be on display from higher and there is a swagger in my step. that I think is one to live by, "No te aguites." Translated to and bone marrow drive will take Black Student Union 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Art and The flag that hangs 365 days a year on my living room wall English it basically means, don't trip or don't worry. place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in An end of the year barbeque fea- Industrial Studies buildings. For depicts an eagle perched on a cactus, devouring a serpent on a A guy who drove down the street said it to another on the Loma Prieta Ballroom of the turing music and spoken word more information, call the gallery white background. The colors green and red on either side of the sidewalk as a police officer escorted him to the back of a Student Union. For more infor- will take place from 11 a.m. to office at 924-4330. it seem brighter. It is the Mexican flag. police car. An open 18 pack of Tecates went into the mink of mation, call Cynthia at 510-744- 1 p.m at the barbeque pits in It also seems that today is a day to listen to traditional a police car. 3865. front of the Event Center. For SJSU Catholic Campus Ministry Mexican music such as mariachi and corridos. The shots of So I'll do as that guy said and I'll say the same, no re more information, call 924- Mass will take place at tequila seem a bit stronger, but the wedges of lime are just a aguites. 7930. 12:10 p.m. at the SJSU Catholic bit sourer too. The traditional foods of Mexico are a bit tastier Cinco de Mayo is a day to rejoice and celebrate Mexican School of Art and Design Campus Ministry chapel. For Mexican culture. featuring student on Cinco de Mayo. pride and Art galleries Campus Ministry moreinformation, call Sister just a bit prouder than At times, however, some people, including myself, forget be on display SJSU Catholic As a Mexican-American today, I am exhibitions will Mass will take place at Marcia Krause at 938-1610. usual. what it truly means to be Mexican or Mexican-American. from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Art 12:10 p.m. at the SJSU Catholic Proud to be a descendent of the land of the OLmecs, the To some people, it is only a bubble that they fill in on a and Industrial Studies buildings. Campus Ministry chapel. For SJSU Catholic Campus Ministry Toltecs and the Aztecs. questionnaire. To others, it is food and drink, and to some, it For more information, call the more information, call Sister The first Friday Eucharistic Proud to find my roots in both the culture of indigenous is a struggle. gallery office at 924-4330. Marcia Krause at 938-1610. Adoration will take place from people and in that of the conquistadors. On this day, Cinco de Mayo, 142 years after the Battle A 12:45 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Proud of the bronze color of my skin. of Puebla and every day. I'm proud. I am proud to say I am SJSU Catholic Campus Ministry School of Music SJSU Catholic Campus Ministry Proud to speak Spanish. Mexican-American. It is pride I feel when I see the Mexican Mass will take place at "The Listening Hour" concert chapel. For more information, Proud of my traditions. flag in my living room, pride that I feel when I hear a corrido 12:10 p.m. at the SJSU Catholic series will take place from 12:30 call Sister Marcia Krause at 938- Proud of the struggles my people have faced. and pride I feel sharing my thoughts today el Cinco de Campus Ministry chapel. For p.m. to 1:15 p.m. in the Music 1610. Proud of every drop of blood and sweat that has been shed Mayo. more information, call Sister building Concert Hall. The by my people on the earth. Maria Krause at 938-1610. performance will feature choral School of Dance These are the reasons why I am proud to say ... masterpieces from the madrigal Aportfolio concert featuring Viva Mexico! Daniel Lopez is a Spartan Daily senior staff writer. Cultural Heritage Center to 20th century. For more infor- original dance works created It is unfortunate though that the pride, the traditptn and This is a special edition of 'Serve One Up With a Lime.' honoring emeritus by graduating senior students A reception mation, call Joan Stubbe at 924- DIMENTIAN PAUL DYBDAHL professor Bob Freimark and a 4649. will take place at 7 p.m. at the ANOTHER showing of "Royal Chicano Air Spartan Complex, room 219. Force" from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Hip-Hop Congress Tickets are $6 for students and in the Dr. Martin Luther King A meeting will take place at 4 seniors, $10 for the general pub- Jr. Joint Library, room 525. p.m. in the Pacheco room of the lic. For more information, call For more information, call the Student Union. For more infor- 924-5041 Cultural Heritage Center at 808- mation, call Wes Kuruhara at 2645. 476-6397. SATURDAY Italian American Student Beta Theta Pi School of Dance "Showstoppers," a multicultural A portfolio concert featuring POR.,NOCTRAPHY Organization INDUSTRY A meeting will take place from dance showcase and dance corn- original dance works created 11 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the petetion will take place at 6:45 by graduating senior students Almaden room of the Student p.m. in the Barrett Ballroom of will take place at 7 p.m. at the Union. For more information, the Student Union. Presold tick- Spartan Complex, room 219. call Matthew Olivieri at 568- ets are $5, and $8 at the door. For Tickets are $6 for students and 6529. more information, call 298-2382. seniors and $10 for the general public. For more information, Chinese Campus Fellowship SJSU Catholic Campus Ministry call 924-5041. A night of Chinese gospel and A scripture reflection titled "The skits from Hong Kong artists will Bible and You" will take place (4,v) take place from 7:30 p.m. to from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the 10 p.m. in Morris Dailey SJSU Catholic Campus Ministry Auditorium. For more informa- chapel. For more information, Ilmmilailmmisaillm."1.111 0102 at (415)812- call 938-1610. MISSICONT ALE tion, call Jeff Liu 9571. HOUSE Where else can you have a good FRIDAY 32 Beers On Tap THURSDAY time with hula girls & a Spartan? KSJS 90.5 FM NEN'ER A COVER of Art and Design A Fountain Blues preview broad- School featuring Fido De La featuring student cast show 01 itemDAY.;LAD2 NIGHT Art galleries take Ith exhibitions will be on display Parts and Otis Taylor will wells id place from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. For from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Art azar Select Beers and Shots more information, call Ramon . vit toria's Secret tuft Prises Johnson at 275-6524 2 For 1 THURSDAY II, I ),, sort( thinks & Seers 'Akita! 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BOOK I continuedfrom page 1 "It was interesting to see people behind the murals," said Ben Es- of female mural painters organized in trada, a senior majoring in sociology. the early 1970s at the height of the "There's always assumptions that Chicana and Chicano Movement. men do these, so it was good to sec "People would see them on the how the women incorporated the sidewalk and thought they were social work with their art and how guys," Ochoa said. "They weren't they stayed away from traditional interested in taking the role of a art." feminist they just thought they Emmanuel Yera, a senior major- were working artists." ing in computer science, said his The story then focuses on the Mexican-American studies professor Co-lqadres Artistas, a group of recommended he attend the event. artists from the Sacramento Valley "I thought it was interesting how who came together in the 1990s the pieces of history are always miss- after spending decades tending their ing and men are always portrayed families, Ochoa said. doing murals," Yera said. "And this "As a group of women, they filled the holes and pointed out wanted to go in a different direction," women in history. It was important Ochoa said. "Their (art) focused on to fill in the gaps." families and workers." Shrestha, a special educa- Ochoa presented a slide Terina show and Arizona, said she exhibited the many murals that were tion teacher from painted in San Francisco, which were met Ochoa last year. done by the artists from her book. "She's wonderful I'm so happy Ochoa said one of the challenges for her," Shrestha said. "I missed her she faced writing the book was mak- party last year and I wasn't going to ing sure she was accurate in telling miss this. Today I learned a lot and it the story. was very interesting, so I bought my "It was scary," Ochoa said. in a own book" way you want to honor the work but Ochoa said she was the creator of at the same time I had a responsibil- the book but the women consider it ity to be accurate historically with to be their book. their work and the analysis." "I tell the story of the individual Some students who attended the members of these collectives to show book signing said the presentation how they combined art and activ- was educational. ism," Ochoa said.
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MASON ABOVE: John Hostettler, professor of chemistry, laughs when Nobel prize-winning chemist John Fenn tells a joke during a guest lecture on Tuesday in the Science building. wonderful person," she said. "She is continuedfrom page 1 just spectacular. There aren't enough nice things anyone can say about as athletes throughout the twentieth LEFT: Fenn, who earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from Yale University in 1940, told the story of century. Cecilia Baldwin, mass her." Craig said that even though how he became interested in chemistry after having a good freshman chemistry teacher communications graduate program at Berea College. Fenn, 87, won the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 2002. coordinator, said it was one of the Mason was busy training for better theses she had seen. triathlons and working full time, she Mason worked full-time at would always ask him, as his teaching Lowney Associates, an engineering assistant, "Is there anything else I can UNIVERSITY SUMMEROFOREGON2004SESSION firm in Mountain View, as a public do for you?" relations representative while prac- "And all of that is why this is ticing for triathlons and pursuing her so hard to take," Craig said. "This NOBEL I 'He's keenly interested in meeting with the students' master's degree. terrific kid with this zest for life and "She always had a lot of sunbums generosity of spirit gets cut down like continuedfrom page 1 they contributed two hours of campus building. scientific fields, notably the biomedical because she was always this outdoors that it just kills you." community service every day. After the lecture concluded with field. athlete," Stover said. Golareh Safarian graduated with environment. One SJSU student who helped a clip from Disney's "Dumbo" to Some of Fenn's work has led to Mason from the mass communica- "The people who are here want to organize the lecture said Fenn sensed illustrate a point about making large new pharmaceuticals, according to a "She would always dress so learn," Fenn said. He said he doesn't formally," Biswas said. "She would tions graduate program in December that spirit of campus involvement at molecules "fly" Stone said it was program from the lecture. 2003. always get that feeling when he visits SJSU. "really great" to have someone of "He created a tool that could be be here so universities. "He typifies the mentality and Fenn's stature and character visit his naturally and "Not a day applied for different purposes," Stone goes by without Chemistry Professor Emeritus personality that SJSU has," said senior department. was so sophis- who said SJSU has said. thinking about John Neptune Thomas Blomquist, president of the "He's keenly interested in meeting Fenn received his Ph.D. in chemis- ticated." changed quite a bit since he arrived in Student Affiliates of the American with the students," Stone said. Fenn Biswas said her. She defi- unpreten- try from Yale University in 1940. "Not a day goes by nitely has what it 1955 described Fenn as Chemistry Society. spent part of the day eating lunch with it was fascinat- tious and "very down to Earth." Blomquist, a biology major, and students, Stone said. In 1959, he was named director of ing to him that without thinking takes to make it Fenn received his undergraduate SJSU chemistry chair Bradley Stone While Fenn's methods aren't in Project SQUID, a U.S. Navy program she was an through this." degree in chemistry from Berea College gave separate introductions for Fenn at themselves part of the science cur- at Princeton University. athlete. about her. Safari= said in 1937. Fenn said Berea students don't the afternoon lecture, which was held riculum at SJSU, Stone said Fenn laid Fenn joined the Yale faculty in 1967 Craig said that Mason's pay tuition. Instead, when he was there, in a theater-styled room in the Science groundwork for innovation in different and was named emeritus in 1987. that a lot of old classmates students are have lunches driven and - Go/arch Safarian, once in a while focused, but former graduate student to catch up with Despite conflicting stories, UPD is investigating their personal- each other. She HAZING I ity suffers. said she hoped Mason would be "That continuedfrom page 1 face down at the top of carpeted stairs Angela Harper, hazing is still a crime Harper said as a courtesy she was wasn't Jill," he able to make it and is ridden down the stairs by other even if those who commit the act are not going to contact the national advisers said. "With Jill to one soon. pledging the Pi Alpha Phi fraternity, group members was the cause of the members in an official campus group. of Pi Alpha Phi to alert them about the you talk to her for two minutes and "Let her know that we are all also known as the 'Pineapples.'" injuries. "They should be investigating," SJSU investigation. she was your friend." thinking about her and wish her the Officers who talked to witnesses In an interview at Valley Medical Harper said Tuesday. "Even though Depending on what the UPD reports Craig said he looked forward to best," she said. were told the unconscious student was Center, the student who had been they are not operating officially, they (Pi when it concludes its investigation, Chief seeing Mason every week. Before they were hit, Liu and brought to SJSU in a white vehicle and unconscious said he received his injuries Alpha Phi) may still be operating as a Judicial Affairs Officer Debra Griffith "We would get together and just Mason were training for a triathlon carried to his room by several unidenti- while riding his bicycle with others at fraternity." said she would be the one to determine sit here laughing," he said. called Wildflower 1/2-lionman that fied males who then ran out of the build- an unknown location, according to the Noriega said the UPD has a duty to punishment after holding hearings. Biswas also pointed out her was held at Lake San Antonio last ing, according to the UPD statement. UPD statement. find out what happened. For the time being, she said possible Sunday. On Mason's Web site, her Other individuals on the scene who Pi Alpha Phi and Lambda Phi "We had a student who showed up punishments could not be determined. humorous side. were "reported to be Asian American interest on campus intoxicated, so she told were brother Daniel wrote that many had similar injuries Epsilon two we're trying to "It's really hard to say unless I'm "Most of the stories members of Pi Alpha Phi," according to fraternities said to have been rivals figure out what did happen and where it looking at the evidence in front of very simple and she would wait for participants wore ribbons in memory me," of Liu and in support of Mason's the news release. were suspended in January 2003 after happened," he said. Griffith said on Tuesday. your reaction with her eyes wide The press release also states others many of their members met to battle open and it would make you laugh. recovery. of injuring "who were involved" denied being part at Flickinger Park in north San Jose. You would say,'That's it the story's The person accused student Liu is Maritime of the fraternity and attributed their One San Jose State University over?' That's what was so enchanting Mason and killing injuries to a bicycle accident. died after receiving a stab wound to the about her." injury lawyer Harvey Hereford, 69, Some students on the scene led offi- heart. The murder has gone unsolved. &Poteyour curhfraer iiiOre9t" Craig said that when he had of Santa Rosa. Police alleged that he cers to believe an initiation ritual known According to UPD Sgt. Robert Mason come to his classes to talk was drunk. as the "Superman" where a pledge lies Noriega and Greek Life Adviser about doing public relations for Bicyclists from Santa Rosa ChNcIT Our WebsIts! Lowney Associates, the students showed up at Hereford's arraign- http://uosummacuoragon.edu loved it, asking questions, and asking ment in mass wearing helmets and 0 if she would be back. cycle gear to protest Mason and Liu's Hot Nights. Cool Trips. "She took something that would accident and a similar accident that have been as boring as toast and happened April 19. Advisors with Piercings. made it interesting," Craig said. More information can be p. am a 11141.1101 ena rd. Lowney Associates receptionist found on Jill Mason's Web site, Why Grandpa doesn't book his Summer Trip MOM and senior SJSU business major www.jillmason.com. /IV Gaghan Hamer said Mason was an Donations to Mason's trust fund I oridon $450 integral part of the company its should be sent to Bank of the West $475 "heart and soul." c/o Laura Gish, 2801 Fourth St., Dublin $559 95405. "I can tell you that Jill is the most Santa Rosa, CA Air 8, hostels LA/ VEGA/ 4 nights at USA Hostel Vegas From MSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY June 21-Aogusf 13, 2004 MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS rig,91 $176 Honoww 4 nights at Waikiki Beachside From coms,...S gr-kotc4eAtty FREE SEASON TICKETS a ;maws Sa14,11,, 11 1111 , I 11 I 1 1 I -1 1 , . 1 , . a moat
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continuedfrom page 1 9 this morning, and we're not done shopping. I'm thinking of getting a shop. massage. "On a good weekend, we see Romero said she especially likes between 50,000 to 80,000 (people)," the Produce Alley and waits until DeTar said. if the weather is nice, they're on their way out to purchase more people come out." produce. DeTar said his late father-in-law, Meanwhile, Haws said, "Both my Bumb, established the flea market sons got pictures with the pony and I in 1960. He said the Berryessa Flea bought games for our Play Station." Market was the first to use the title Haws and Romero's next stop was "flea market." taking the kids to the arcade to play DeTar said when the flea market video games. first started operating, the market The flea market also has a salon vendors were usually people who with haircuts for $8, a dentist and a cleaned out their attics and garages, chiropractor willing to give free exams but now the vendors sell what the and massages. majority of the population is buying. "The merchandise mix is a "We don't force the vendors to reflection of what the population is sell certain things," DeTar said. "It's buying," DeTar said. "The backbone a place where people come and buy a of our attendance comes from the mix of merchandise." neighborhood. The flea market is a DeTar said Bumb once owned his melting pot." own landfill, which was across from DeTar said Latinos are prominent, the city's landfill. Remnants can be with a high mix of Filipinos, Viet- seen south of the 280 highway and namese and Pacific Islanders. McLaughlin Avenue. DeTar said "People who enjoy the outdoor Bumb also owned a landfill in Camp- market," DeTar said. "You see a lot of bell, which is now the Pruneyard families with children getting pushed shopping mall. around in strollers." The Berryessa Flea Market runs DeTar said the demographics of Wednesdays through Sundays from 7 the flea market are a reflection of the a.m. to 5:30 p.m. San Jose Unified School District. Tammie James traveled four hours Ricci Kuong, an electrical from Redding to visit her family in engineering student at San Jose San Francisco and said the last time State University, said he was helping she came to the flea market was 25 out his friend who is a vendor at the years ago. Berryessa Flea Market selling fiber- "It's changed it's bigger," James made patio furniture. said Saturday. "I wanted to come here, Kuong said that his friend Eddie so we came all the way from San Li, however, went to sell at the De Francisco, and my sister came from Anza Flea Market, which is only on San Leandro to visit." the first Saturday of every month. Nicholas R. Wright Daily Staff James said she bought dresses for "De Anza does better than this A father and young girl wander through the rows of shops at the Berryessa Flea Market in San lose The flea market hosts 50,000 to 80,000 her girls, a "Finding Nemo" outfit for location," Kuong said. "And Sunday "good" weekend, according to John DeTar, director of the flea market. another baby and a Raiders jersey for is a better day here than Saturday, but people on a her son. today is ok I sold five sets." Fahrenheit. De Tar, the Director of the helps attract vendors who might vendor employees that work on the The flea market has 25 restaurants, Damn Michaels said this was his 300 degrees Berryessa Flea Market, said anyone otherwise go to the De Anza flea weekend. a dozen snack shack carts, outdoor third day at the flea market selling "It's a little slow, but we can't in reserving a spot can call market, which is held on the same DeTar said they pay the San Jose barbecues, fish markets and a "Pro- hot, roasted peanuts for $1 a bag. complain," Michaels said. "Sunday is interested A Saturday spot is dates. He said the special also brings Police Department to help direct duce Alley," which is a quarter-mile He said he got the idea from a TV the best day of the week." for reservations. square and a corner is $60. in people who have cleaned out their traffic. long and includes several wholesale show. Cindy and Augie Acuna from $30 per is $35 per square and garages and want to sell. "They have a visual presence," dealers from the San Francisco "Some guy from New York Carmel Valley came to San Jose on A Sunday spot party and $75 for a corner. The flea market has its own main- DeTar said. "We believe we're the produce market, DeTar said. became a multimillionaire selling Friday night for a birthday morning to DeTar said there are first-Sat- tenance and repairs, construction, safest in all shopping places in the Julia Romero and her cousin peanuts in the financial district," decided to stay until the urday-of-the-month specials for Si metal shop, wood shop, mechanics valley." Angela Haws, both from Oakland, try "He has 200 carts and visit the flea market. Michaels said. to buy two per square, and they can squeeze and its own fire truck and employs DeTar said he is confident that to make it out to the Berryessa Flea $1 a bag." "We're going sells the peanuts for "They have in any interested vendors at the last 150 flail-time employees. the Berryessa Flea Market is one Market a couple times a month. his cousin built a suitcases," Cindy said. Michaels said not like Carmel," minute. The flea market also has 400 of the largest flea markets tu the "I enjoy coming here as often as I portable oven for him, and it takes good prices said. DeTar said the Saturday special Aramatic International food country. can," Romero said. "We were here at 45 minutes to roast the peanuts at Augie
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