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VOLUME 119,NUMBER 45 SERVING SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1934 SPA TAN DAILY WWW.THESPARTANDAILY.COM THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2002 SJSU moms seek changes UPD radar picking up on false theft reports thefts, and they are taken seriously, he Higher demand leading said. to increase in reports "The students can expect some sort of sanction from the university via the ofpermit theft Office of Student Judicial Affairs," he said. If the criminal justice system does By Therese Bratberg not get involved, Lowe said the conse- Daily Staff Writer quences can be suspension, expulsion or community service through judicial When it comes to missing permits, affairs. theft is not the only parking problem "It can talce a number of different the University Police Department has ang,les," he said. to deal with. Anna Palileo, a freshman majoring UPD suspects some students have in nursing, said she thinlcs more per- falsely reported their permits stolen or mits are getting stolen because of lost in order to give them to a friend, increased prices. and then buying a replacement permit "We pay $115, and we're not even for only S10. guaranteed a spot," she said. Last weelc, seven parlcing permits Parking problems have been getting were reported lost or stolen, and five worse with more cars and perrrut reports were taken for people in pos- prices suddenly increasing from S81 session of a permit reported lost or to S115 without notice, some students stolen, according to UPD. said. Seven of last week's incidents "I come from work at 5:30 p.m., and occurred in the 10th Street garage, but I have to drive around for 15 minutes some were also just to find a reported from parking space or the Fourth and just to wait for Seventh Street "Permits ha- ve someone," garages. Pahleo said. 4. Capt. Bruce always been a hot "They shotdd Lowe said the lower the rite." PHOTOS BY RYAN BALBUENA DAILY STAFF police are not item. But this year, As of Friday Karen Unthank, a senior majoring in child development, plays with 11 -month-old Jaelle Fan before the start of the study break meeting always able to Oct. 25, 24 per- Wednesday with Mothers On a Mission and President Robert Caret. detect whether because it is more mits have been someone's permit reported "There are times when we hive to park on one stolen, WU actually stolen Parental organization of the top floors of the Seventh or Fourth Street expensive, it is a according to or if the permit UPD. garages, and as you lcnow there are no elevators or was falsely report- took case to Caret ramps," Jackson said. "Well, hotter item." Whether per- not only do we have ed stolen to give to get ourselves down the stairs, but we are carry- mits are stolen By Anne Ward ing our babies, a stroller, a diaper bag and a back- to someone else. Capt. Bruce Lowe, by forcible Dally Staff Writer pack." Lowe said the entries of cars or M.O.M. came prepared with suggestions to number of stolen UPD people forget to Mothers on a Mission met with President alleviate their obstacles. parking permits lock their vehi- Robert Caret Wednesday in a "Study Break" to "We realize you can't just throw up an elevator," has increased cles, students discuss their concems as parents. They addressed Jackson said. "But if we could have designated park- because they are in demand now more have reasons to be concerned about issues specific to SJSU mothers and fathers and ing spots on lower floors, it would be a huge help." than before. thefts of parlcing permits. looked to Caret for help. Attending the meeting to address the parking "Permits have always been a hot Lowe said the best advice UPD has The study brealc meeting was coordinated through issue was Ftic Abeyta, chief of police for item," he said. "But this year, because to the community is for everyone to student interns working in Caret's office, designed to University Police. Abeyta said he sympathized it is more expensive, it is a hotter lock their vehicles, and if someone get organizations such as M.O.M. in touch with the with the group and said he understands the issue item." talces a permit, report it to the police. President's office so their issues can be heard. is a major one for students with children. Matching up nvo permits being He said an arrest was made in Joe "We like these to be informal discussions," "We try to be receptive to needs. That's why we used simultaneously under the same West Caret said. Hall of someone who had stolen created the special parlcing for the day care cen- name is a way to identify the crime, he nearly 17 permits out of unloclutd cats M.O.M. was organized by sophomore Jasmon ter," Abeyta said. "This one has never come up. I said. Jacicson, a business marketing major, and junior in the parking garages and made prof- don't lounv if we can create special parlcing for "We can sometimes obtain it in the it off of them. Courniey Stansberry, a sociology major, in Spring this, but we will take a look at it." 2001. Jacicson said she came up with the idea process of investigation," he said. "We Miriam Thompson, a freshman M.O.M. is being mentored by Women's Chamber put it on a hot list and go looking for an organization made up of parents that would of Commerce, a local women's group which attend- biology major, said that although she work to try to make life easier on SJSU in her the permit." always locks her car, she takes precau- ed the meeting in support of their goals. When the police find the reported sleep one night. The WCC chaplain, the Rev. Aurea Luis Cames, tions. "I had a dream," Jackson said. "I know it sounds also offered a suggestion for M.O.M.'s parking stolen permit on another car, they cite "I stick (the permit) on the window lilce Martin Luther King Jr., but really, I did have woes. the vehicle and look for the person instead of the display thing because it a dream about it." "We understand that parking is expensive here, and who owns it, Lowe said. takes more time to peel it off the win-. The organization has 32 members, including maybe solution to that would be to offer M.O.M. They boot the vehicle, which means dow," she said. "People want to be five fathers. discounts at the various garages," Carnes said. San Jose State University President Robert they mobilize it by locicing a tire with quick about it." "We're open to everyone," Jackson said. "We're Abeyta said that was not an option at this point. Caret talks to Mothers On a Mission about an immobilization device so the driv- Lowe said the police are usually here to support parents, and we mainly want to "If vve started giving discounts for one groue, possible solutions to problems that student er cannot drive or move the vehicle, busy dealing with more serious deal with issues on campus." there would be no end to it," Abeyta said. "Wed mothers face on campus. Parking, student he said. issues than stolen parking permits, Parking is an issue some students would say have to give discounts to every group." housing and diaper-changing stations were Lowe said this procedure is followed but if UPD js notified of a stolen applies to all of them, but M.O.M. described a some of the topics that were discussed at by a report. permit, one of the parking officers situation unique to them. See M.O.M., page 6 There are penalties that sustain the will respond and follow up on it. . the meeting. Weaving through creativity Lesson in have used materials like plastic bags to Varin, who made a piece with random Textile class create woven art pieces. swirls of loose threads, said she liked the Bioterrorism "People always relate weaving, to a craft, historical aspect of the medium. enthralls students and in some ways it is a craft, Guerrero "Not only is there creative freedom, said. "But it's really a beautiful art." there's a renaissance feeling to going back By Sylvia Lim By Melinda Latham Guerrero said that it doesn't take long to fiber and sewing," she said. It's refin- Daily Staff- Writer Daily Ste- Writer to learn how to weave with the loom. ing your roots, going back to something Students also learn how to use dyes, cre- that probably wasn't cool." The biological sciences department organized a Looms and thread seem a remnant of the ate threads and weave the thread in Cool or not, Varin said she made this seminar at the auditorium on bioterrorism featuring pre-industrial past, but students in small, handmade tapestry looms, which course a priority. Stephen Morse, a San Jose State University alumnus Professor Consuelo Undenvood's textile resemble a wooden frame with nails "I knew I wasn't going to leave this who is now the associate director for science of the courses are thriving in a return to tradition. holding stretched thread across the school without taking this class," she said. bioterrorism preparedness and response program at Classes that combine woven structure frame. Holly Connor, a senior art major, said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. and fiber concepts give students like Suzi Weaving and fabric work stretches back she enjoys the class enough to stay late. Morse, who graduated from SJSU with a microbi. Varin, a senior photography major, a in time and keeps people in touch with "It's one of the only classes I want to stxv ology degree in 1964, spoke on the topic of bioter- chance to work with the raw materials. their roots, Underwood said. at after it ends," she said. rorism in the United States. "les nice to rediscover thread and fab- "It's ancient knowledge," she said. "It More than 80 people attended the lecture about ric," Varin said. goes b*k at least IC43,000 years. It keeps biological weapons Wednesday afternoon behind Creations range from traditional tapes- us human." Sally Barger, a graduate student Morris Dailey Auditorium's closed doors. Susan Napper, 2 try pieces to more abstract art involving senior majoring in stu- majoring in art education, prepares The speech was about an hour long, and Morse, fabric, fiber and yarn. dio art, said the classes spur creativity. to thread some string for her woven who time he "She's teaching us to think outside of said it was the first has been back at Some students find ways to incorporate art project in a Woven Structure SJSU since he graduated, addressed various aspects nontraditional materials with traditional the box," Napper said of Underwood. As some snidents worked at the looms, class. Students are free to use any of bioterrorism. methods. Pam Guerrero, a senior in spa- He defined biological warfare and terrorism, how a tial art, made a rug with strips of old drawing them back and forth with rhyth- type of material to COnstruct their clothing woven together with thread in a mic efficiency to create rugs or woven art, projects. floor loom. She said that other students other students created freeform fabric rut. RYAN BALBUENA DAILY STAFF See BIOTERRORISM, page 6