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ECONOMICS By Jacque Orvis stations sell regular unleaded gas for $4.39 to $4.49 years, changing little about their routines regardless @jacqueorvis per gallon in San Jose, Morgan Hill and Campbell, to of the extra costs. name a few. “I didn’t think about it much,” said graduate stu- Gas prices SJSU commuters and local residents are upset but Gasbuddy.com is a user-based gas price report that dent Ryan Carothers, adding that he only drives out apathetic about the $0.45-spike in gas prices last week. updates local prices based on what consumers see at of necessity to school and work. According to AAA’s online daily fuel gauge re- the pumps. Graduate student Brian Hurst said he won’t go up as port, Monday’s average price for regular unleaded Mid-grade fuel is currently around $4.77 per gal- change his commute to school and work from Sunny- was $4.67 per gallon in San Jose — last week it was lon, and premium is $4.87, according to AAA’s online vale. $4.20. daily fuel gauge report. He said he is used to the “ups and downs” of gas students Last October it was $3.79 per gallon. Former SJSU student Marilyn Rosa said she won’t prices. “It’s horrible,” business management senior change her driving habits because the high cost of gas “I’m pretty cautious already,” liberal studies major Francisco Marquez said about the hike in prices. “I affords the high convenience of having a car. Laura Black said after a sarcastic “yipee” at the pump. try to need to ask for a raise at work just to pay for gas.” “It’s one of those inevitable fluctuations,” she said. “I’m suckin’ it up,” Pizza My Heart employee Dan Marquez drives a lot and said he prefers his car “I just have to adjust to it.” Hoppner said with a chuckle. over public transit because it’s more reliable. Some SJSU students and San Jose residents seem Jacque Orvis is a Spartan Daily staff writer. Follow handle cost According to Gasbuddy.com, drivers report that desensitized by the fluctuation of prices over the her on Twitter @jacqueorvis.

HEALTH CROSS ENROLLMENT Students go to lengths for timely graduation

By Stephanie Barraza and were approved for cross en- @SBarazza rollment for each semester.” Cindy Kato, director of Aca- Wasting time is the last thing demic Advising & Retention Kanha Phan and Kenny Ngo want Services, said that it’s not very of- to do while trying to get into the ten to see these instances happen nursing program. So they turned among students she sees, but it to cross enrollment. still happens regardless. “People want to graduate as “I know there’s a large per- soon as possible, they don’t want centage (of students) that go part- to be stuck here just because they time,” Kato said. couldn’t get their classes,” Ngo, a “How many of those are cross- junior prenursing student, said. enrolled, I don’t know exactly. I “They don’t want to want to throw think there are a lot of people who away $3000 because they couldn’t are going to school at two places, get their classes, which is the un- without necessarily filing a cross- fortunate part.” enrollment application, in most Cross enrollment at SJSU has cases, I don’t think the students been on the rise among students, actually filed the form.” and has been a solution for Phan With only 60 seats available and Ngo this semester in order to per semester in the SJSU nurs- fulfill their prerequisites for the ing program, nursing professor nursing program. Kathy Abriam- Yago said that this “Since physiology is only given creates more competition for stu- in the spring at SJSU and I didn’t dents to get in the program. Senior nursing major Lauren Ishii (left) practices taking the pulse of fellow nursing major Alice Shen at the Health building. Photo by Celeste Lodge / Spartan Daily want to wait until springtime to “It’s not unusual for us to find take that class, I registered at (Ev- students who are enrolled here ergreen Valley College) instead, at SJSU and then go to a commu- because it’s offered in the fall se- nity college to get their sciences or SJSU diversity provides ideal mester,” Phan said, a junior pre- other required courses,” Abriam- nursing major. Yago said. “It’s a challenge.” Phan was on the waitlist for Esther Kiang, a senior nursing physiology at EVC, and was lucky student, said she is fully aware of bone marrow donor candidates enough to enroll after one person the challenges for pre-nursing By Celeste Lodge African-American patients find “It is impossible to express the dropped. students who avoid wasting time @celestelodge an unrelated donor 25 percent of the amount of gratitude I feel for this According to the Office of the in finishing their pre-requisites. time, Asian patients find a donor woman, as I literally owe her my life,” Registrar, there are a total of 35 Kiang used to take classes at The Asian American Donor about 40 percent of the time, Hispanic Ishii said. students who are formally recog- Foothill and De Anza colleges in Program (AADP) comes to San Jose patients find a donor about 45 percent Ishii said she wants to go into pedi- nized to be cross enrolled at SJSU the same semester, she said bal- State to recruit minorities to regis- of the time, and Caucasian patients atric Oncology and make a difference through an application process. ancing her schedule proved to be ter for the National Bone Marrow find a donor about 75 percent of the in patients’ lives that are similar to her. The application process sees that challenging. Registry. time, according to the Institute for “Many people are too scared to be- students who are unable to meet “The time I needed to spend The AADP, a branch of the Be The Justice. come donors because they believe it is the full time requirement will get commuting to different schools Match program, wants to raise aware- “For patients like Jeremy and Kyle, a painful procedure,” Ishii said. “There the maximum financial aid by meant that I didn’t have time to ness in communities for the need of it’s like winning the lottery for them have been many improvements in fulfilling classes at nearby com- work if I wanted to maintain the minority donors, according to Nitu to be able to find a match,” Binnarh recent years and most donation pro- munity colleges, while simultane- minimum GPA required to apply Binnarh, the Asian American Donor said. “There is only a 30 percent of a cesses now are done similarly to that ously going to SJSU. for the nursing program,” Kiang Program outreach coordinator and chance you’ll find your match within of donating blood.” Phan was not aware about the said. SJSU alumna. your own family, and the rest is up to According to Binnarh, doctors use application until the day of the But for Ngo, going part time Binnarh said minorities have less the registry.” the Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Dona- deadline. at a community college saved him of a chance of finding a match com- According to Be The Match Regis- tion (PBSC) the majority of the time. “(Cross enrollment) has been money in the long run. pared to a Caucasians. try and the National Marrow Donor During Peripheral Blood Stem much more frequent this year “I don’t know why you would The percentage of donors that are Program (NMPD), about 70 percent of Cell donation, blood is drawn from than in past years,” said Andrei want to come here