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"Born Under A Bad Sign" debates public military Catfish Hunter remembered after falling to school as the last resort for delinquent children Lou Gehrig's disease Page 2 Page 5 SPARTAN DAIL SDAILYOjnic.sjsu.edu Friday I 1::, S Serving San Jose State University Since 193-I Sep/ember /0. Thunder, lightning rock San Jose Storm gives light show of the decade
By Franklin Leiva Daily senior staff writer
Michelle de la Cruz, a San Jose State University sophomore, thought last night's storm sig- naled the end of the world. "Since it was Sept. 9, 1999 (9/9/99),! got scared about all the talk of the end of the world," de la Cruz said. "Since it came out of nowhere I thought that was the beginning of the end of the world, but maybe it was just a coinci- dence." It wasn't quite the end of the world, but the unexpected storm stunned Bay Area residents, including a lot of SJSU students. Mike Voss, a SJSU instructor of meteorology, said a unique weather phenomenon occurred simply because weather systems in the Bay Area connected in the right place at the right time. "The weak upper-level system off the coast helped to draw up tropical moisture from Hurricane Greg," Voss said. "This helped to destabilize the atmosphere that Produced the storm." The unlikely event produced one of the few major thunder- storms in the Bay Area in over 20 years, Voss said. Some SJSU students were caught off guard by the unusual weather pattern. Lan Nguyen, a SJSU business major, was caught out in the rain and lightning on campus. "I was waiting for my husband, Chad Pihter Spartan Daily out in the open, to pick me up from school about 9 p.m. last Lightning strikes Wednesday night over Capitol Expressway in South San Jose. The Jose in 20 years according to Mike Voss, a San Jose State University instructor of mete- night," Nguyen said. "I was very lightning was the result of Hurricane Greg. This was the worst lightning storm in San orology. frightened and surprised about the whole thing." Junior Marco Antonio Diaz of the thunder and they were ask- Not everyone was scared of the "It was great," Noda said. "I causes more deaths than any indoors during a thunderstorm.If said he was studying at the ing me if we should all go home," storm, though. just sat outside to admire the other weather phenomenon. people are outside, they should library with his friends when the Diaz said. "The scariest thing of Child development major light show." "Over 100 people get killed by avoid standing near tall objects storm hit. all was that it was summer, and Susan Noda said she actually Although it's not a cause of lightning every year," Voss said. such as trees and telephone poles "My friends were really scared this is not supposed to happen." enjoyed the whole thing. concern, Voss said that lighting Voss said it's safest to be that could ignite charges.
Electric premiere Brittle for Dreamcast bones
By Lance Analla Sega expects a record 300,000 Daily staff writer pre-orders, shattering the previ- get aid ous record of 100,000 set by the Electricity and excitement Sony Play Station in 1995,Walker By Liz Cloutman were literally in the air said. The company also antici- Daily staff wrner, Wednesday night on Stevens pates the biggest 24-hour sales Creek Boulevard. Hundreds of period in the history of the enter- May Wang, an assistant people braved the thunder and tainment industry, topping out professor of nutrition and lightning to wait in line outside of between $60 and $80 million. food science at San Jose Software Etc. to purchase the new It is set to surpass the old State University, was Sega Dreamcast system. record set by "Star Wars: The awarded a $120,000 grant Andrew Pasquinelli, a kinesiol- Phantom Menace," which earned from the Osteoporosis ogy major at San Jose State $28 million in one day. Business Coalition to study University who was taking a Sarah Schweppe, an English bone health in young Asian break while his friends held his major at SJSU who was keeping a women and Latinas. place in line, was surprised to see friend company in line to pur- "We're very proud that that so many people showed up. chase the Dreamcast, also made a Dr. Wang received the "There's a lot of people here. comparison between Star Wars grant," said Lucy McProud, It's not what I expected," he said. and the system. chair of the nutrition and Jen Walker, a executive for "This is wild. It's like the line food science department. Access public relations for Sega, for the premiere of Star Wars," "She is involving our stu- said the company planned to Schweppe said. dents in the project so it's launch the Dreamcast at two Verne Troyer, who played Mini also very good for us. We (lens Fuentes / Spartan Daily other locations in the United Me in the comedy hit "Austin look forward to reading the Ten-year-old Joshua Uribe plays a video game on the Sega Dreamcast Wednesday night at Software States Minneapolis and Powers: The Spy Who Shagged results (of the study) in a professional publication." Etc. on Stevens Creek Boulevard for the premiere of game console Atlanta. the the video See Sega, page 4 The Osteoporosis Business Coalition grants $500,000 annually to fund community education and Renovations eliminate 600 parking spots scientific research on osteo- porosis in minority women. It was founded by the By Christina Lucaroni State University. spaces, said Sgt. John Laws, The first floor of the 10th When the construction there is National Osteoporosis Daily staff writer It would take him 45 minutes supervisor of Traffic and Parking Street garage has been closed and complete, the modules will remain Foundation and Federal to drive. Operations for the University will be converted into offices for as offices for those displaced by National Mortgage Frankie Lopez is frustrated "I don't think it's fair that even Police Department. departments currently housed in the closure of Wahlquist until con- Association, known as very frustrated. if you buy a parking permit, Thirty thousand students, Wahlquist. struction of the new library is fin- Fannie Mae, and has 15 In fact, Lopez, a sophomore you're not guaranteed a parking staff, faculty and visitors are on Parking, located next to the ished, Laws said. corporations as members. spot every majoring in history, is so frustrat- day," Lopez said. campus every week. corporation yard on the east side Lot 20, on Eighth Street The grant is being used If it ed he's willing to ride the bus for seems like there are fewer Parking spaces only number of campus, currently serves as between William and San for the Latina and Asian parking an hour and a half to get to school spaces this semester, it's 6,200. home to modules while construc- Salvador streets, has been perma- Bone Health Study, a col- from Morgan Hill in order to avoid because there are. Construction is the current tion continues on the Business nently closed for the building of a dealing with parking at San Jose SJSU has 600 fewer parking reason for parking shortages. Tower. See Parking, page 4 See Bone, page 4 FORUM San .1tc State
Sponsorship by IF THE FRESIDMAL Paranoia about ELECTIN VARE 4E1D Pepsi Cola a bad 'MEW, Youb ktiTE Y2K a waste of 1161 GUY ?... move for schools 4-* time and energy officials are a step closer to obtaining pepsi people are nothing short of paranoid when it brand recognition with school children in comes to the Y2K bug. "Survivalists" are the San Jose Unified School District. stocking up on food, water and even build- In an agreement with San Jose Unified, Pepsi ing underground shelters for what some experts Cola could pay San Jose Unified up to $995,000 call the "disaster of the millennium." over the next 10 years for exclusive rights to sell "Y2K" or "year 2000" is a bug in computers that its product at district schools. still use a two-digit year system. On Jan. 1, 2000, Aside from making thousands of dollars from a computers will recognize "00" not as the year soda pop company, the schools are literally selling 2000, but as the year 1900. This could cause them
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to either shut down or themselves out for easy generate incorrect data. money. Millions of files, such as Back in the 1980s birth records, credit infor- when I was attending ele- mation and Social mentary school, we had Security numbers could fund-raising events such Litkovi iruffr be lost forever. as bake sales, festivals And you know what and fashion shows. Fm going to do to prepare for it? Absolutely noth- How about schools making projects to sell or ing. having parents sign up for volunteer hours to Public military school teaches life skills People, especially students, depend on comput- rebuild parts of the school or help in some other ers to run their everyday lives. From reading e- administrative aspect? month, the Chicago tary camp. mail, working and typing that special term paper, Perhaps if parents spent more time with their LastMilitary Academy opened BORN Sounds grueling, but if it computers represent an indispensable aid to the local schools, the school district wouldn't need up as the first public works as it's billed, handling a everyday student. outside sources such as Pepsi Cola for revenue. job, taking college courses and Could it hurt parents school in the United States run UNDER A I personally think that's fine. Computers are to spend even a few by the Army's Junior Reserve struggling to meet all the bills helpful. Heck, I use one myself at work. I'd be a hours at school being a part of their children's college students face won't be lives? Officer Training Corps. BAD SIGN hypocrite if I told you computers aren't helpful. What makes this special is a big deal for these kids. But when computers start to rule people's lives It seems more and more schools are relying on the 150 youths in this inner-city As criticized as the military companies or retail establishments to save them and dictate their behavior, that's where I draw the Chicago school a mix of high D. S. Perez is, it does have a good reputa- line. from any unforeseen expenses, when funds from school kids including troubled tion for instilling a degree of the city or state don't come through. There are tons of things you can do without a youth, average boys and girls self-discipline and procedural computer. How about going on a bike ride? For example, when I attended Ohlone College, and a few gifted and talented efficiency in work. Looking at it was in the process of switching all soda prod- Playing sports? Going out on a date? Reading a subjects are attending what used to be only avail- my dirty room and glancing at the hamburger that book? If you are doing some or all of these things ucts to Pepsi Cola, in exchange for some extra rev- able to the wealthy or for kids who were major McDonald's screwed up again, we could use a little enue and the company's name on the scoreboard. brats on a computer, you may have a problem. or both. more of that. When the "apocalyptic" day comes, I plan to The money earned from Pepsi Cola will be used And the aim of this Also, it's something I kind of envy. I went to a for technology and to pay for athletic field main- school isn't to send students have some fun with people who are scared about to be tomorrow's officers in the military, but to send public high school where a continuous string of 'D's the whole Y2K deal. I'll do cool stuff like shopping tenance, said Bill Erlendson, an administrator for them to college by use of military guaranteed graduation. I had enough pride not to the San Jose Unified School District. The idea was methods and edu- at supermarkets to watch nervous clerks try to cational practices. take that route, but I'll admit that I often ditched remember their multiplication tables. I'll go tease originally his. The feeling in my According to Erlendson, the district has decid- throat: It's about time, but too school for a friend's house, a horse race or pool hall the drive-through window workers at a bunch of bad we let the system fall apart to the point of bring- quite often. That led to me taking four years of com- fast food restaurants just to see how long it will ed to accept the proposal, and now they need to ing in the ass-kickers. munity college and come up with a contract to which school officials ending up here. take them to get my order right. I'll point and could adhere. It's like civil unrest. When there's grumbling in a I figure if! had that kind of regimen drilled into laugh at my friend Ken, who will be unable to see society, talking- between the sides, compromising me in high school, Ed be just coming out of the Nayal his favorite "cam-girl" undress on live-streaming The school district's revenue from the and basic police forces should suffice. Academy at Annapolis, Md., or Michigan State machines will consist of 50 percent of soda sales But when that video, Sorry fellas, a lot of you are just going to grumbling turns into a full scale riot or war a sign University right about now, which is where I wanted have to click on your own joysticks for a while. and 55 percent of the water sales going back to that everything has collapsed you bring in the to go anyway. the district. I know this is a serious problem. So why am I military. Having a military atmosphere will show what making fun of it? I do it because it's not as bad as Currently there are 125 machines in the dis- It pretty much tells me the public educational kids can do when they're motivated to the extreme trict that will be replaced with Pepsi machines as you think. Humanity has survived two world system, that about 100 years of tax dollars has fund- or show how lost they are. wars, horrible natural disasters, segregation, soon as a contract can be reached. ed, failed. Yeah, Chicago is a bit far away from here. It's half In addition to the Pepsi machines in each hunger and more horrible things than being But that's the only negative I can find right now a country away and a hell of a lot different than the unable to turn on your computer and listen to the school, the company logo will appear on each about this situation. California scene and atmosphere. The school system school's scoreboard. No additional machines will computer-generated voice say, "you've got mail." According to an executive within Chicago's public might be different too. There is no replacement for human intelli- be added to the supply the schools already have. school system, students who participate But think about the impact on the nation's school Erlendson said for administrative purposes, in Junior gence. The human race is as resourceful as can be. Reserve Officer Training Corps programs increase system if this works out and kids start improving. Christopher Columbus did not have a global posi- dealing with one company will be easier than their grades by our with the 15 drink manufacturers they have now a half to a full grade. Our generation won't have to save up to send tioning system but he still stumbled upon According to school policy, discipline is expected kids to some private school where we believe they America. such as Coca-Cola or 7Up. and tardiness is not are getting a better quality education. Regardless of the lack of funds each school tolerated. The commandant of Michaelangelo did not have a graphics design receives from the school tri bit more respectful of a title than prin- Besides, with today's brats running around, not program, but he still painted the interior of the the budget each July, they must not cipal) said one late student was recorded for the first giving a damn about school and pointing to their rely on selling themselves out for extra funding. Sistine Chapel. day and the girl who was tardy was "getting ... crotches and exclaiming "Suck it!", I wouldn't mind Thousands of important files could be lost. This teaches children that when in doubt, chewed out." a return to "Yes, sir!" trade a little school space in for some soda money. Millions of dollars could go down the drain. But is Military chew-outs are a hell of a lot different the world going to end? Hell, no. Life will go on. Instead of Pepsi pouring its cash into tradi- than visiting the principal's office. tional forms of advertising in magazines or on The new millennium will start and things will go television it has opted The aim of the school is to teach general subjects, back to normal in no time. to turn to local schools. such as English, math, science and other college And instead of children earning money for I for one would not complain if my grade point prep courses, as well as instill self-confidence, self- D.S. Perez is a Spartan Daily senior staff writer average suddenly disappeared from the school's sports or other activities, they too have learned esteem and "Born Under A Bad Sign" will appear Fridays. money isn't found on trees but in comradeship. admissions and records mainframe. Would you? soda machines. There's also military history, physical education, mandatory summer courses and two weeks of mili- Franklin Leiva is a Spartan Daily Clarissa Aljentera is a Spartan Daily staff writer. I senior staff writer. Past drug use by politicians not a matter of national security or concern LOS ANGELES -- It's a tug-of-war. ing the burden required for the infringe- one drugs are illegal. To engage in ille- essentially morality-free until a politician Should a presidential candidate's life his- ment of such a fundamental principle of gal activity is immoral, Therefore, anyone goes gunning for another politician. tory, such as Texas Gov. George W. Bush's freedom. who uses drugs is immoral. Point two Second, consider that nearly everyone rumored drug experimentation, be a mat- Therefore, we must turn to a more GUEST EDITORIAL drugs cause harm to brain cells. Harmed has their own individualized ideas of ter of public scrutiny?! fear for our coun- practical application of the knowledge we brain cells cause brain functions to be morality. One man's virtue is another try if we answer yes. might glean from invading a candidate's negatively affected. So, people with nega- man's sacrilege. By claiming that a candi- Because privacy is the natural state of private life. "Safety" is the most obvious turkey by those who would protect us tively affected brain functions are not fit date once held disregard for the laws of a candidate before seeking office, the bur- excuse that comes to mind. It is safety from drug traffickers. From canine cops to be president. Perhaps the strongest the same nation he now intends to lead, den of proof is clearly placed upon the that has been at the root of the vast bulk to body-cavity searches, the law offers case to be made is al the concept of moral- one almost has the makings of a solid shoulders of those who would seek to of the statutory law that fills volume carte blanche to the men in blue who pro- ity being embodied by strict adherence to case. Almost. Let's be honest, though. alter the status quo. What justification upon volume of our legal code. Safety is tect us from the vile drug peddler. So, if legality. In other words, the first syllo- Doing drugs in college or during the '60s can we offer as a defense for the violation the war cry of those who slimmed the Bill we apply the powerful rhetoric of the gism I offered. Still, this argument only is not necessarily a declaration of trea- of one of America's most sacred rights? of Rights to an anemic skeletal image of "safety first" crowd, we could formulate carries weight with those who place son. It is, rather, a celebration of youth. Certainly, knowledge itself is of little its former self. an argument to justify the disturbance of weight in morality. I can't fault those who It's just a part of growing up in America. practical import. Knowledge for the sake The Fourth Amendment, for starters, our candidate's private life. Allow me to don't. 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Theatre Arts department Truths about Woodstock Examine book options "Crimes of the Heart" at 7 p.m. in the Hal Todd studio th Hugh Gillis Hall. For more information, call Betsy Meyerson at 924-4556. Woodstock summer of young lady found the particular the Spartan tax is not the issue. The issue is Iwas reading over The1969 was the summer natural implement in her compa- Daily Thursday, Sept. 2, and price. Students want the cheapest Mu Alpha Gamma 1 between my freshman and ny not to be to her liking, she the top headline was about book and they do not care where Magazine journalism club organizational meeting at 1:30 p.m. in sophomore years at San Jose could (and would) move on to online textbooks. Although it they get it. Dwight Bentel Hall, room 213. For more information, call Harvey State University. Ms. Griser's another before morning. She was serves as a very informative arti- From my personal test during Gotliffe at 924-3246. comments ("Repeat After Me," driven, she was ruthless, she was cle, the facts remain unclear this semester I have found that if Aug. 27) were quite insightful. a heat-seeking missile, knocking about which is the better altema- you need a brand new book, order Chinese Campus Fellowship However, I must point out one his- flat one target after another in her tive. it online. Do not let shipping costs Movie day, 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Almaden room, Student torical inaccuracy. While she was search for a "soul mate." Should students check their hold you back because many sites Union. For more information, call Amy at 298-4693. absolutely correct when she said As Ms. Griser said in her open- bags inside the tent, then wait in offer free shipping and no tax. there were no Game Boys then, ing line, some things can never be a never ending line? Or should However, if there are used Muslim Student Association she was absolutely incorrect when repeated, and I think that goes for they sit at home and surf on the books available then use Roberts Friday prayer from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the Constanoan room, Student she said that we had no battery- some times as well. Those were Web hoping their books would and the Spartan Bookstore as Union. For more information, call Emal Numan at 971-8347. operated dildos. very good times, and I miss them arrive soon because they really your resource. Online sites do not These stand-ins had been a lot. need them right away, being that offer a good resource in purchas- Hong Kong Student Association around for years, but were simply class has already begun. ing used textbooks because they Welcome party please join us for free food and games from 3:30 not as necessary for the ladies of Basically, I have personally lack inventory. So good luck to p.m. to 5 p.m. in council chambers, Student Union. For more informa- that era as they are for the unfor- David Wilson been testing this online textbook everyone shopping for books. We tion, call Vida Tsui at 997-9198. tunates of today. Business Accounting, 1972 phenomenon. The Roberts and all have our own ways and opin- If on any given evening then, a Spartan bookstores of the world ions on this issue. Jewish Student Union Hillel do not really need to worry about Rosh Hashana services for the Jewish New Year at 8 p.m. at the the online textbook sites. Jewish Community Center, 14855 Oka Rd., Los Gatos. For more informa- However, they do need to realize Sherman Hu tion, call Lindsay Greensweig at 358-3033 ext. 60. Racist hiring policies that these sites are their competi- Marketing tors, and paying for shipping or Panhellenic Sororities rapid hiring of a replace- has this new coach Barnes ever STREET SANFERNANDO Formal rush through Tuesday. For more information, call 924-5950. Thement for the men's basket- done except be well connected? ball coach and the secrecy For Carr to be bypassed again Absolute couch-dwellers Korean Students Association of that process demonstrates how while Chuck Bell openly admits General meeting at 3 p.m. in the Constanoan room, Student Union. far this institution's athletic that he turned to his "coaching For more information, call Sonya Park at 888-5790. Whereas Ms. Griser's relations are unavoidable, though department remains from being family" is both an insult to the attempts to address and still consensual this being an "equal opportunity employer." black and university communi- Sigma Theta Psi Multicultural Sorority solve the ubiquitous sub- legal. Rush event: Movie night informational meeting for interested individ- As for the Spartan Daily's ties, as well as probably being ject of "couch-dwellers" ("Repeat Perhaps it is this sort of non- assertion that the "search" avoid- against all the equal opportunity uals, 7 p.m. at Sigma Theta Psi, 164 S. 10th St. For more information, After Me," Sept. 1,1 are admonish- sensical paradigm which is call Cecilia at 924-8347 or Veronica at 280-7705. ed any controversy, not true! Not laws in the books. For this style of able, one can easily become dis- indicative of the poor excuses per- true! The shabby treatment of racism to resurface on the very turbed by the duality presented in petrated by this duality, allowing Saturday local coaching legends, San Jose campus that was the focal point of her "Couch-Dweller Etiquette." both the renter and couch-dweller City College's Percy Carr and the national struggle for the dig- The concern is this: necessity, to become owners of yet another Theatre Arts department West Valley's Bob Burton remain nified treatment of black athletes She states that if it is "absolutely ruined relationship. an item of heated discussion and coaches in the late 1960s is "Crimes of the Heart" at 7 p.m. in the Hal Todd studio theatre, Hugh unavoidable that is, having sex Instead of making excuses for Gillis Hall. For more information, call Betsy Meyerson at 924-4555. throughout the local basketball shameful. with the person the renter is see- inconsiderate and inappropriate scene. The failure to hire Percy Did Tommie Smith, Lee Evans ing be as considerate as possi- behavior, a couch-dweller might Carr is especially distasteful and John Carlos demonstrate and Jewish Student Union Hillel ble..." Again, you address unavoid- find taking a cold shower a more Rosh Hashana services for the Jewish New Year at 10 a.m. at the since it demonstrates that black suffer for nothing? As a member ability in the third section of your prudent decision or even more male coaches are still held to a of the black faculty and staff's Jewish Community Center, 14855 Oka Rd., Los Gatos. For more informa- proposed etiquette. so, taking that saved time and tion, call Lindsay Greensweig at 358-3033 ext. 60. different and unfair standard. committee on fair treatment of It is this same loose use of the unexpended energy to find a job Percy Carr has taken his City blacks in sports, our organization word "unavoidable" which one or another place to live. Sunday College teams to the California wishes to publically express our observes as the basis of pleas for State basketball finals six times, profound displeasure with this mercy as a professor hands out Nathaniel B. Stoddard India Student Association has a winning percentage of bet- sham process. tests. One can become indefinite- Computer science ter than .750, has sent several Picnic with games and prizes from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Seventh ly lost in thought trying to deter- Street barbecue pit. For more information, call Andy Atta at 787-7010. players over the last 25 years to Steven Millner mine the extent at which sexual the NBA, Arizona University, Professor African-American Indiana University, and dozens studies of other Division I schools. What When to use the asterisk spartan Daily I read the Aug. 27 els. I've seen a porno flick. When"Repeat After Me," I was But to see this word in the FOURTH STREET stunned to see the newspaper to refer to being proverbial "f" word in type in a stoned, blasted, messed up or newspaper. wasted, and only a few lines later You may call me prude, old- see the "t" word for breasts, hoot- fashioned (I am a 35-year-old ers, knockers or boobs get the freshman after all) or out of it, but asterisk seems a bit bass-ack- you would be wrong. wards to me. A, Dash to Class I have, on a number of appro- priate occasions coined that spe- Valerie Gordon cific vernacular myself. I occa- Magazine journalism sionally read trashy summer nov-
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