Celebrating the Nation's Future by Remembering Its Past
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View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by SJSU ScholarWorks WHAT IS URINETOWN? P.7 SHARKS: BEST OF THE WEST? P.6 SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE P.8 theSpartanDaily.com THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2009 Volume 132, Issue 1 THUFRI SAT SUN MON Spartan Daily 58 59 59 57 57 51 46 46 42 46 Serving San Jose State University Since 1934 THE WIRE INAUGURATION LOCAL Celebrating the nation’s future POLICE BELIEVE DEATH OF CAL POLY STUDENT WAS HAZING RELATED SAN LUIS OBISPO — San Luis by remembering its past Obispo police say an 18-year-old student’s death at California Students follow the footsteps Polytechnic State University is being investigated as a hazing of the Civil Rights movement crime. en route to inauguration Police said Wednesday in a statement that Carson Starkey died Dec. 2 while being initiated For 10 days, a group of SJSU students into the Sigma Alpha Epsilon relived the Civil Rights movement and fraternity. Autopsy results showed the events that shaped the nation’s histo- Starkey’s blood-alcohol levels ry en route to the inauguration of Barack reached at least 0.39 percent. Obama, the nation’s fi rst African-American Sigma Alpha Epsilon was president. Th e following are excerpts from suspended after the party that the blog used to chronicle the students’ Starkey attended the night before trip through parts of the deep South. To his death. view the full blog, including more images from the trip, visit sjsuinauguration.word- NATIONAL press.com. DAY ONE FOR OBAMA 1/10/09 – Memphis, Tennessee WASHINGTON — In a fi rst-day whirlwind, President Barack Our fi rst interview of the journey Obama showcased efforts to signifi ed how important and immense revive the economy, summoned the opportunities we have at hand actu- top military offi cials to chart a ally are. Reverend Samuel “Billy” Kyles, new course in Iraq and eased into the last living man who was on the bal- the daunting thicket of Middle cony of the Lorraine Motel where Dr. East diplomacy. King was shot, became my fi rst challenge of the trip. GEITHNER APOLOGIZES I began to fl uster as I was called into the room, where the bright spotlight shone WASHINGTON — Treasury and Rev. Kyles awaited in one chair while Secretary-designate Timothy the other was empty for me. I walked to- Geithner apologized for not paying ward the room and quickly diverted to a $34,000 in taxes as he seeks to San Jose State University students interview Kathleen Bunton in the 16th Street Baptist DEREK SIJDER / Spartan Daily win support in the Senate for his Church in Birmingham, Ala. Bunton lived in Birmingham when the infamous 1963 bombing nomination. Senators grumble See INAUGURATION, page 4 of the church took the lives of four innocent girls. but appear ready to give their approval. CAMPUS EMERGENCY FACULTY KENNEDY ENDS SENATE BID Previously at ALBANY, N.Y. — Published Following fi re, Student Union fl oods reports say Caroline Kennedy Nevada, new will withdraw from her effort to Alarm triggered early Police Department that there Union, said Terry Gregory, the “Water started pooling in the join the U.S. Senate in the seat was a fi re and the sprinkler sys- building’s manager. food court and down the stairs dean takes once held by her uncle, slain Sen. morning of New Year’s, tem was going off . Pat Lopes Harris, director of into the bowling alley and the Robert Kennedy. Th e sprinkler system and media relations for SJSU, said a mezzanine level of the Student damaging fi rst fl oor alarm were not turned off until refrigerator unit inside the food Union.” over CASA FDA RECALL EXPANDED 9:40 a.m., when the San Jose court that held bott led drinks Th ere was no damage to the KELLY ENOS Fire Department arrived at the malfunctioned and caused a fi re. bookstore and all of the text- KELLY ENOS The FDA has expanded its peanut Staff Writer Student Union to turn off the Th e machine started to smoke, books on the lower level were Staff Writer butter recall list to include dog alarm and water, allowing a causing the sprinklers above the there and waiting for pick up, biscuits, granola bars, and ice At 4:28 a.m. on Jan. 1, an fi ve-hour gap of time in which machine to trigger. Charles Bullock has been cream. The list is expected to alarm went off in the Student 15,000 gallons of water fl ooded “It then continued to douse named the new dean of the Col- grow. Union notifying the University the fi rst fl oor of the Student the area,” Lopes Harris said. See FLOOD, page 2 lege of Applied Sciences and Arts at SJSU. He was previously WORLD dean of the College of Health and Human Services at Univer- COUNTING GAZA’S DEAD sity of Nevada, Reno. He replaces Barbara Conry, KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — who served as dean of the Col- Sitting on rubble, briefcase lege of Applied Sciences and by his side, human rights Arts since the spring of 2007 on researcher Yasser Abdel Ghafar an interim basis. is interviewing residents and Bullock said his experience compiling a list of those killed was based on years of working during Israel’s offensive. His group in the university system. has determined 1,284 died and “I have worked for many years 4,336 were wounded in 23 days in universities and understand of war, the vast majority civilians. the system well,” he said. “Being Israel says it has the names of about 500 dead Hamas fi ghters. Large tubes dry the Student Union. JOHN HORNBERG / Spartan DailyClosure due to fl ood. ANDREW VILLA / Spartan Daily See DEAN, page 2 ONLINE NEWS: ON THE ROAD THE SJSU CELEBRATES MARTIN LUTHER KING’S BEHIND-THE-SCENES FOOTAGE: BIRTHDAY IN LIGHT OF THE INAUGURATION. SJSU JOURNALISM STUDENTS WENT ON A TRIP TO THE SOUTH TO EXPAND THEIR SPARTAN MEN’S BASKETBALL WILL BATTLE FIRST AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PLACE TEAM UTAH STATE TOMORROW AT BARACK OBAMA’S VICTORY IN THE ELEC- 7 IN THE EVENT CENTER. TION. THEY WROTE STORIES AND TOOK DAILY. PHOTOS OF A NUMBER OF LANDMARKS IN THE LEGENDARY GLOBETROTTERS SOARED THE SOUTH AS THEY RODE IN A TOUR BUS, TO AN EASY VICTORY WITH “CURLY” NEAL WHICH ENDED UP IN WASHINGTON, D.C. COM AS AN HONORARY GUEST IN SAN JOSE. AT THE SITE OF OBAMA’S INAUGURATION. 2PAGE NEWS THURSDAY,,, JANUARY 22, 2009 DEAN Charles Bullock: ‘I want to FLOOD Student Union expected to make CASA the best college on campus be completely open by early February; and in the community’ some students unaware of incident “His previous experience as advertised. Th en there are paper Lopes Harris said. marketing major, said she had no dean of University of Nevada, screening, phone or airport in- Continued from page 1 “UPD is aware of the situ- clue the Student Union fl ooded Continued from page 1 Reno provides him with essen- terviews, reference checks, cam- ation and of who responded during the break. She said she tial managerial skills and wis- pus visits and names presented and are sitt ing down with the was just glad the bookstore was a department chair and dean at dom for leading a large college,” to the provost,” he said. Lopes Harris said. personnel who were on duty to unaff ected so she could get her the University of Nevada, Reno, she said. Bullock was also chair of the Gregory said he told the fi re fi nd out what happened,” Harris textbooks on time. really helped me prepare to be She also referenced “his department of recreation and marshal that day that he was 100 said. Jordan Fondren, a junior the- the dean of SJSU.” understanding of the interdis- leisure studies at the Univer- percent sure the alarm panels “Th is is not a UPD issue,” atre arts major, said he was also Bullock said his goals include ciplinary nature of CASA and sity of North Carolina at Chapel were working, and sent a signal said UPD Chief Andre Barnes. unaware of the accident increasing a sense of cohesion in the importance of collaboration Hill, where he earned his bach- to the University Police Depart- Lopes Harris said she was “I was just so excited for the the college and increasing the among diverse academic units, elor’s degree in religion. He has ment when the fi re started. not sure whether or not there break that I didn’t give campus visibility of it among the inner and he also has an ability to sup- a master’s degree in recreation “Th e university police do would be repercussions for the a second thought until I knew I and outer community. He also port and enhance our partner- administration and a doctor- have access to the building, even employees involved. had to come back,” she said. said he wants to highlight the ships with both local and global ate in leisure studies from the when no one is working inside Lopes Harris added that over Everything inside the Stu- strong programs and maintain communities.” University of Illinois at Urbana- of the Student Union,” he said. a period of time the fi re marshal dent Union is up and running and create more creative pro- Bill Briggs, the director of Champaign. Because of the holidays, was willing to come back and except the bowling alley lanes. grams within the college.