Spartans Run 2 miles; sputter in Las Vegas Win $100 Rebels win 30-15 Alumni's 'Fun Run For Grants' PAGE 6 PAGE 5 JD Ti Volume 83, No 8 Serving the San Jose State University Corn MUllity Since 1934 Tuesday, September 11. 1984 SJSU student to compete in Miss America By Mary Green Since gaining the title of Miss Maine, credit for my talent segment," Johnson said. of effervescence," she said. Daily staff writer Johnson has been putting together a ward- She will be playing electric jazz violin. "Williams had to step down for the sake Saturday night Miss America will be robe. Directly after the contest she was sent Johnson recently purchased a plexiglass vio- of the pageant," she said. "It was such a crowned on national television and the win- to New York City and Boston to compile a va- lin in Vermont. She said this is the only one to shame." ner could be SJSU student and Miss Maine riety of outfits. "I felt like a child in a candy be sold in the United States. But Johnson thought the pageant com- 1984 winner Lisa Johnson. store. But after a while it gets boring," she Johnson said the interview portion of the mittee handled the incident efficiently. Johnson, 22, is a senior business major said. "I have been able to put together an ex- pageant will be the most difficult. She said "Within 72 hours the problem was taken care and was the SJSU 1983 Homecoming Queen. quisite wardrobe, one I never imagined 1 she plans to speak her mind and hopes the of." she said. This week she is preparing for the Miss would ever have," she added. judges like it. The majority of her prepara- Contestants in the Miss America Contest America Beauty Pageant in Atlantic City, The beauty pageant will be divided into tion has been reading various newspapers. arrive one week early for rehersals. "We re- N.J. four segments of competition. Swim suit, tal- Many articles and photographs of Miss hearse everyday from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m," The pageant will air on NBC at 10 p.m. ent and evening gown are the three on-cam- Maine have been printed since her June vic- Johnson said. Most of the rehearsing is to Johnson, who has dreamed of winning the era segments with the personal interview tory. Two of the photos picture Johnson with practice the different production numbers all title of Miss Maine since she was five years with judges off-camera. The talent competi- former Miss America Vanessa Williams. 51 of the contestants perform in. Each state is old, was crowned June 30 in her home state. tion, which is 50 percent of the total competi- Initial response to the news that Williams represented in the competition and this year, She has said her statement, "I am not a tion, could be one of Johnson's big wins, she posed for nude photoghraphs was one of for the first time, Washington D.C. will be feminist and not angry," helped her win the said. shock for Johnson. "I couldn't believe it until represented. contest. She supports equal rights but prefers Her talent segment has been composed I read it in the newspaper," she said. Once her term as Miss Maine. and possi- to avoid the label of feminist. "I believe entirely by SJSU Associate Prof. Dan Wyman Johnson said she shared a room with Wil- bly Miss America, ends Johnson said she will women can quietly achieve their goals," she and graduate student Jess Reyes, both from liams prior to one of her engagements and return to SJSU to work on her business de- Lisa Johnson said. the Music Department. "1 give them full that she has a great personality. "She is full gree BASS ticket outlet Getting the point