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By D.S. Perez The boundaries of the minioffice ironic gift of the Prison Industry building which will be torn the grounds where the Wahlquist ironic," she said. down to make room for the new buildings stand. Originally, Wahlquist employ- writer are marked by padded walls, Authority, the maker of the all Daily senior staff solid enough to block sound and the furnishings. The cubicle is a Joint Library with the city of According to Norma Lorigo, ees were hesitant if not hos- Cecilia Hoang's cubicle on the soft enough to lay your head on. demonstration model of what San Jose to an interim office director of procurement services, tile to the move into the third floor of Wahlquist Central The standout thing inside this will be a typical employee's being constructed on the first it was a strange twist of fate in garage. The workers questioned is a $2,920 sight to behold. workstation is a small circular workstation in the 10th Street floor of the 10th Street garage. that the sticker was put on the whether the new environment The speckled purple, gray and sticker hanging near the garage offices. The Joint Library will be the furniture by the Prison Industry would be safe from toxic fumes, blue motif is 64-square-feet of entrance of the cubicle. A blazing The sticker may be the senti- new library serving both San Authority, who had no knowl- earthquake damage or crime. cabinets and shelves covered red circle with a line through it ment going around the move of Jose State University and the edge of the situation. See Wahlquist, page 7 with family photos and papers. and the word "Whining" an employees from the Wahlquist city's public. It will be built on "Their attempt at humor. Very Night watch Protesters rally against police brutality By Clarissa Aljentera "I don't trust anybody," Amaya said. see me Daily staff writer "She isn't there for me, she won't graduate from high school in about a Amaya peered out onto King year. won't see me get married and won't yretteRoad and clutched a sign in memo- see her H-year-old son grow up." y of her mother who was shot by Amaya's uncle Lonny was also among police a year ago. the supporters Tuesday night. The a 15-year-old was in her mother Family members had gathered at Chila's house when the 35-year-old was Chile's house to help her in her time of gunned down by Union City Police, said crisis, Lonny said. She stepped to the Amaya, who was one of 50 demonstrators front door of her house with two steak who came out to the Mexican Heritage knives in her hands and officers ordered Plaza to rally support to stop police bru- family members to the back of the house. tality along with supporters for Mumia As Chile turned around the cops shot Abu-Jamal. her five times, Lonny said. The rally and march were held in con- "She never made threats to the family junction with El Dia de Los Muertos, the members at all," said Lonny who was Day of the Dead, an ancient Spanish tra- also clutching a sign memorializing his dition to honor friends and family who sister. "It was very traumatizing." have passed away. See Protest, page 7
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Above, Gary Wood, a leader of the Citizen Tribunal, waits to walk down to the Mexican Heritage Plaza in front of Tropicana, a grocery store at Story and King, Tuesday night. The Citizen Tribunal is a watchdog group created to moni- tor police brutality. Wood was one of the many who helped organize the march to bring attention to what he sees as a growing number of police shootings and brutality cases committed by the San Jose Police.
Left, Joshua Lipkowitz imitates a San Jose chief of police at the Dia de Los Muertos Procession and Vigil in Memory of Lives Lost to the Killings by the Police, down King Road. Tuesday. In the middle of the vigil, the victims' families simu- lated an arrest on Lipkowitz to make him pay for the deaths of their loved ones.
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Young soldiers of misfortune Sweating it out Robert Garner Student group rallies against Spartan apparel By Erika Coron and they comply. speaks out against The fliers, put out by Daily staff writer Students Against child conscription Cheaper is not necessarily Sweatshops, call for student better, at least that's what action against using the one organization believes. SJSU symbol on apparel they By Liz Cloutman made in sweatshops. Daily staff writer Students Against claim is Sweatshops, a fiedgling orga- "How can you prove that nization at San Jose State they're not (made in sweat- Over 300,000 of the world's shops)," said Dale Weaver, children under the age the age of University, has been distrib- uting fliers to stir student's who organized Students 18 some as young as 7 have Against Sweatshops. He said been conscripted as soldiers, interest and awareness about an alleged connection the companies that work with Robert Garner, a volunteer for the sweatshops are difficult to Speakers Bureau of UNICEF, told between sweatshops and the clothing bearing the Spartan track down because they do members of the International not disclose their actual work Relations Club Tuesday after- logo. Small, bright yellow cards, sites. noon. "These activist organiza- The problem is particularly with black bold print saying "Spartan Pride, or Sweatshop tions are raising the aura of ser"re on the continent of Africa the possibility that university where some nations such as product?" somehow found their way into Spartan merchandise may be made in Angola. Somalia and Rwanda countries that may allow sub- have experienced years of inter- Bookstore garments last week, said Bookstore standard working conditions, nal civil conflict. Garner said. i.e., child labor," Warren said. The club met in the Costanoan Director Court Warren said. "Our staff on the floor "We are all sensitive to the Room of the Student Union at San issue." Jose State University to hear found them," Warren said. "They (Students Against Diane Medina, a senior Garner describe the plight of child majoring in English said she soldiers in Africa. Sweatshops) walked the sales floor and put them on the would not buy garments at Garner has a masters degree in the Spartan Bookstore if she international relations from the Chad Paster /Spartan Daily merchandise that was on the sales floor." knew they' were made in London School of Economics with Robert Garner (left), a United Nations International Childrens Education Foundation volunteer speaker, sweatshops. a concentration in African devel- This type of conduct, talks with Karim Kahwaji, president of the San Jose State University International Relations Association, Warren said, is considered a "I wasn't aware of the cir- opment. cumstances until now," "I invited Mr. Garner to raise before his speech on "Civil Conflicts in Africa and the Soldier Children," Tuesday in the Student Union. misdemeanor according to SJSU regulations. He said it Medina said. "I think people awareness about the suffering of need to put the word out, children in Africa," said Karim separated from their families, and many children have been dis- girls are often raped and forced to usually doesn't come to prose- to meet become officers' wives or involun- cution because university because I wasn't informed Kahwaji, president of the club and those who are poor or are from placed and are unable most of us aren't until some- an SJSU senior majoring in inter- marginal ethnic groups are the their most basic needs. tary laborers. administrators usually advise national relations. "You rarely most likely to be conscripted, Factions in conflicted nations "Civil conflict makes children people about those actions See sweatshop, page 6 hear about Africa in the news." Garner said. In Angola, there is a typically go after boys, ages 13 to Children who are orphaned or high rate of volunteers because 18, but also conscript girls. The See Garner, page 6 2' ALIMILIMITMOINIIMPRIMAP FORUM San Jose State University Millions of Internet users, including children, have access to all kinds of sites. Should explicit Web sites be regulated, and by whom?
Regulating Web sites Restrictions needed restricts freedom of to protect kids from access to information sexually explicit sites
_Loon Stull
Last November, a federal easy access to any sexu- judge ruled that a public Theally explicit Web site on library in Loudoun County, the Internet may soon be VII. could not institute an effort coming to an end, as a judge will to filter sexually explicit Web be ruling on whether the federal sites. government can begin enforcing The library's decision to the Child Online Protection Act screen Internet sites that were in the near future. deemed "harmful" to minors vio- The bill is an attempt to lates free speech rights. keep Internet pornography away In December, ano her federal judge ruled that a from the United States' estimated 16 million users Marble Hill, Mo. high school student could not be pun- under age 17, according to USA Today. ished for criticizing his school and officials on his own With that many young people connected to the Web site. Internet, some kind of law is needed to restrict which America Online has instituted a policy of removing, sites children have access to. from any areas of its service, Web pages devoted to mak- Countless laws have been drafted in the houses of ing bombs. Congress, but the Child Online Protection Act is the It is clearly evident the Internet is the latest battle- by the federal ground most successful attempt government to where free speech and censorship advocates are control which Web sites people can access. duking it out over what can be viewed by whom. This law will not resolve the concerns of every par- Advocates for censoring or tagging Web sites fbr dubi- ous content, ent who doesn't want their kids looking at porn sites, such as pornographic sites or pages devoted but it will make sexually explicit areas of the World to bomb-making, have their hearts in the right place. explore. Children need and deserve protection from such influ- Wide Web more difficult for children to ences. Unfortunately, the library is not the place to insti- The Child Online Protection Act only covers Web tute these restrictions. sites, and does not address the concern of potentially pornographic messages sent by e-mail or posts to chat There are a plethora of computer programs and even step for parents is online services, such as evesta.com, a company that rooms or discussion areas. The first offers advice and software to consumers and businesses, controlling where their children go online. that filter out Web sites with pornographic or violent Take an interest in the Web pages they are down- loading. Find out what they are looking at, and discuss themes. under- Restricting access to pornographic Web sites on a the contents with them to find out if they even stand the sexual imagery they are being bombarded library computer restricts the flow of information to peo- their ple who are of age to view and rationally, objectively with. Parents should not expect a law to solve digest such information. problem of limiting children's access to sexually explic- Sorry. Mom, but I have the right to look at XXX sites, it Internet sites. People seem to be waiting for the government to and that access should not be denied to me. People have the right, but the discretion to view the information is up pass a perfect law that will address all their concerns to the user. about where their children go on the Internet. Rather Media Metrix, a company that measures World Wide than taking the time to see for themselves what their Web traffic, said that 32.:3 percent of the 56.8 million kids are looking at, and being responsible parents, they people who logged on to the Web viewed adult-themed want the government to make value decisions for them. sites. They need to take charge of their families and Censorship advocates cannot legislate the morality of become actively involved in what their children are the citizens of this country. Information is there for us to looking at on the Internet. Parents have many look at and make a valid decision on our own as to resources available to them that can assist in restrict- whether or not we agree, like or are disgusted with what- ing what sites their children have access to. It's simple ever it is we see. AOL's decision to remove bomb-making to take advantage of the programs and technologies pages and chat groups from its service is its own busi- already available. ness. AOL owns the hardware and the network. Many Internet Service Providers, such as America However, it seems users can no longer make decisions Online, Pacific Bell Internet Services and Compuserve, on their own to view them or not. Subscribers to already have built-in mechanisms that ask users if they AOL can still dial up to the service and activate another are over 18 to visit explicit sites. In addition, computer Web browser to look at such pages, hut the fact that AOL software programs such as Net Nanny are available to users' has made the decision fir them seems a bit like Big screen the words in Internet addresses and block Brother. access to sites with sexually-connotative words in them. It sounds as if AOL got caught up in the post- Public libraries that offer free Internet access to Columbine whirlwind and decided prematurely that it patrons have filters restricting the Web sites minors can had the responsibility to filter infiirmation, forgetting visit. Parents and the government need to follow in that kids who view pages on the Web have parents who these footsteps and protect children from unnecessary are. capable of restricting their access to "bad" Milo-mo- exposure to vulgar and explicit content on the Internet. tion. Rather than sitting back and complaining about The Internet is a great resource for all who want to the images children are downloading off the Internet, shop, be entertained, or who need to get information. parents should take charge and work with the govern- It would be. sad if it turned into a feeble, hollow shell ment to control their offspring's access. of a once-fabulous wealth of knowledge. The law will mean nothing if parents sit back and wait for the government to control the actions of their children. Jason Stall is a Spartan Daily staff writer Illustration by Cindy Wong Daniel Severin is a Spartan Daily staff writer Talking Heads Should sexually explicit Web sites be regulated?
"To a certain point it should "I don't think they should be "I think they should be regu- "I think they should be regu- "My answer is 'no.' In a free "I think explicit Web sites be controlled. The parents regulated because! think it's a lated to a certain extent. A lot lated obviously for children, country, everyone has the right should be regulated. Due to should probably control it matter of freedom of speech. of people under age 18 might but I don't think they should be to access the information." the technology now, it is easy their responsibility with their People should regulate them- not be mature enough to look regulated for adults." for minors to go to the sites." kids." selves." through that stuff"