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LOVERNE, WEST NFL BOUND JETS AND GIANTS SELECT SPARTAN PLAYERS SEE PAGE 4 Volume 112, No. 51 April 19, 1999 SPART DAILY One Washington Square [email protected] Monday San Jose, CA 95192-0149 Serving San Jose State University Since 1934 Housing study seeks answers for student concerns By Cindy Arora State University students want. Biddison Hier Limited is a Gail Biddison, another princi- "The Silicon Valley has the options for housing at SJSU. State-Writer According to Tom Hier, princi- management consultant group for pal, said in those two days, they highest cost of living, and I think "The study is for getting a pro- pal for Biddison Hier Limited, higher education. It was hired by have talked to more then 100 stu- the issue here is trying to find out fessional to come in and tell you Run-down housing facilities focus groups are essential in find- university housing to find a future dents and will eventually create a the right mix of housing," what the best options are for and an increase in student popu- ing a solution for housing prob- course of action for SJSU resi- broader survey for all students, Biddison said. housing in the future," Barnes lation are two reasons university lems at SJSU. dence halls. The group was on even those who are not on-campus According to Rai-mon Barnes, said housing hired outside manage- 'The students are the end use campus April 14 and 15. They residents. director of communication for the Sweta Kothari, a Hoover Hall ment consultant firm, Biddison of the action. Their input is need- were asking questions about hous- Biddison said the primary Associated Students, university resident was at one of the focus Hier Limited, to research what ed to point us in the end direc- ing to current residents, future issue for San Jose was affordable housing requested a proposal for groups Wednesday and spoke type of student housing San Jose tion," Hier said . residents and SJSU students. for housing. a study that would look at the See Housing, page ,3 City Year `Hollow'ed ground The lends 'Great helping hand One' By Cindy Arora Gone StaffWriter The Stanford marching band NEW YORK (AP) There concluded its final note for City were four laps around the rink, Year's spring camp by bolting tears and a simple wave and away from a group of 6 to 10-year- then he was gone. olds. Wayne Gretzky ended his Josh Stemmile, saxophone NHL career on Sunday to rousing player for the marching band, cheers and endless chants from said he was surprised when the an overflow crowd at Madison group of kids ran after the band. Square Garden. He said it added to the excite- Smiling through his tears, the ment and fun of playing for chil- greatest player ever made it easy dren. for everyone to say goodtiye "I really love playing for kids," skating around the arena slowly Stemmile said. enough for plenty of souvenir The Stanford marching band photos to be taken. was playing for the City Year's Better still, he touched young- spring camps, which are held sters' hands every time he noticed I annually for low-income children them extended from the crowd. to attend. The final day of the He even played to the adoring week-long "Journey Though Oz" fans, donning a blue Yankees hat, day camps concluded with a car- then a red Rangers beret. nival, "Emerald Forest." Gretzky skated one lap around Located in downtown San Jose the rink with teammates in tow, City Year is a national non then came an encore, as a Ione profit youth service that prides spotlight followed him around the itself on lending a hand to those ice and Carly Simon's "Nobody in the community who need a lit- Does It Better" blared through- tle extra help. out. According t,o Chris Johnson, a Perhaps the most excruciating three-year veteran for City Year, moment for him came as he the idea behind City Year is to fought the tears, occasionally bring together volunteers from 17 looking down at the ice, while to 24 years old, and take them posing for one last photo with into communities to work in teammates, who all wore No. 99 neighborhood organizations. caps. According to Johnson, City "I'm devastated I will no longer Year is a private-public partner- be a hockey player," Gretzky said. ship, supported by the "I will miss every part of the Americorps National Service game, because I loved every part Network, corporations, founda- of the game. tions and individuals. Some of "But I've made the right deci- City Year's sponsors in San Jose sion." include Adobe Systems Inc., Cisco Gretzky ended his career with Systems, San Jose Mercury News an assist, setting up a second- and Compaq Computers. (Top) Gregoire Berquin, a French period goal as his New York Rangers lost to Pittsburgh 2-1 in "The point is to be mentors and exchange student, and Brian Alvara, an role models to young kids. We overtime. have many different projects, but aviation major, spin Joe West Hall resident On the final shift of his 21-year we primarily work with kids," adviser Miguel Ulloa at Happy Hollow Park pro career, with all the fans on Johnson said. and Zoo Sunday. their feet cheering as if a Stanley According to Johnson, City (Lett) Joe West Hall resident adviser Iris Cup title was imminent, Gretzky did nothing special. That was Year is a non-profit youth organi- Sen and Gregoire Berquin try to get the address rare, particularly on this day zation that tries to attention unmet community needs, break of a Dwarf Zebu. when he set up a dozen good scor- down barriers of class and race Photos i)%. Saran Orr/Spartan Daily (Above) One of the Vietnamese pot-bel- ing chances and for his unpar- lied pigs shows off its tongue. alleled career. See City Year, page 3 During a Rangers timeout See Gretzky. page 6 Magazine Day offers chance to mingle with professionals Multitude of genres represented in annual print conference National Geographic's Poole talks about future of journalism By Ryan McCrossin Student Union. and word.; work together to tell a By Heidi Marie Ortniann appearance at the 13th annual speak and he will also present a "I'm always looking to meet Poole will also discuss the StaffWriter story. StittrW'ritee Magazine Day, hosted by SJSU's video on how National Geographic with the next generation of jour- future of print journalism, said School of Journalism and Mass magazine is produced. The 13th annual Magazine nalists, and talk with them about Harvey Gotliffe, magazine jour- The. associate editor of Communications, from 9 a.m. to 2 "Perhaps both our biggest Day will give students an oppor- their careers," said Holly Hayes, nalism professor. National Geographic magazine p.m. in the Student Union. curse and our greatest strength is tunity to hear the wisdom of 23 features editor for the San Jose The event was organized by will be at San Jose State "I'm very much looking forward our six-month lead time," said professional journalists. Mercury News. Gotliffe and Mu Alpha Gamma, a University Tuesday, ready and to visiting San Jose State," Poole Poole. 'That doesn't give us the Journalists from publications Robert Poole, associate editor club for magazine journalism stu- willing to talk to anyone interest- said. "They have an excellent ability to cover breaking stories, such as BAM (Bay Area Music), at National Geographic, is sched- dents and photographers. ed in the magazine industry. school of journalism, and I'm but on the other hand we have Sierra Magazine, National uled to be Magazine Day's fea- Four panel discussions com- Robert Poole, who has been the excited about talking to students time to delve into an issue or on- Geographic and the San Jose tured speaker. His presentation, prised of professional editors, associate editor of National and instructors about the indus- going story and lend it some con- Mercury News will participate in "Pictures and Words in the Digital Geographic magazine for more try." text." Magazine Day Tuesday in the Age," will focus on luny pictures See Magazine, pagia6 than 10 years, will make an At 1 p.m., Poole is scheduled to See Poole. page 6 INSIDE THE DAILY ... --4..; - SPORTS .. FORUM INSIDE THE DAILY AM./ S.J. Giants burn the . 'The Last Call' x,,\1,/. .''' "" - . Blaze with a ninth inning - , weighs in on issue - comeback win Page 4 , ., N of abortion Page 2 OW& .*1 Page 2 FORUM Monday, Arm 19, 1999 The hardest choice women have to make phone rang at midnight, startling me out of are now 30-year-old single mothers, because the Thesleep Saturday. Whenever the phone rings THE guys they date don't want to be fathers or don't want after midnight it always signifies bad news. to father someone else's child. Earthquake exercise So, I quickly got out of bed, ran down the hall and Besides having to decide about having an abor- picked up the receiver just before the message LAST tion, my friend has to decide if she should inform the machine turned on, "Hello?" I said wearily. guy responsible for the pregnancy. should be more often I could barely make sense of the female voice on CALL To her, telling him is a no win situation. the other end of the line through all of the hysterical "If I don't tell him, I will always feel remorse Let's face it, we live in a state where an earth- crying "It's me.