SPARTAN DAILY TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2006 — VOLUME 127, ISSUE 03 — THESPARTANDAILY.COM SERVING SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1934 Legislators consider Prosecutor should build Ramsey Looking for some minimum- wage increase, page 3 case before arrest, page 2 fun? page 4 Student dies in car Four players accident ejected after over break Sociology major hoped soccer brawl to become re ghter SJSU loses 3-2 on penalty kick in overtime By Julia Cooper Daily Staff Writer By Heather Driscoll “Gavin (Wenyon) had a nice San Jose State University junior Daily Staff Writer throw-in, and Hiroki (Akiyama) Alexander Valencia died Aug. 22 e San Jose State University worked hard,” Morrison said of his from injuries received in a car ac- men’s soccer team was shut down, goal. “I was just in the right place at cident, according to Jose Escobar, 3-2, in an intense overtime battle the right time. I just picked up the chapter president of Nu Alpha against Cal State Fullerton on Sun- scraps. It was all Hiroki.” Kappa fraternity. day at Spartan Stadium, where a When the game reached the “I feel like our chapter, and Nu total of six individuals were ejected second half, there were two lengthy Alpha Kappa as a whole, has lost and one player was sent to the hos- delays. Titan forward Eugene one of its best members ever,” Es- pital. Brooks was injured a er a head-on cobar said. “We su er his loss ev- e rst regular-season game collision with another player near ery morning.” for both teams ended a er a pen- mid eld. Brooks was carried o the Valencia, 22, was heading home alty shot was made by Titan mid- eld by the San Jose Fire Depart- from Reno late at night Aug. 12 elder Michael Farfan. ment approximately 20 minutes with his sister and a friend when an e Spartans led the game 1-0 later and taken to Regional Medi- allegedly drunk 51-year-old male during the rst half a er defender Ja- cal Center of San Jose, where he driving a Dodge Ram in the wrong GAVIN MCCHESNEY / DAILY SENIOR STAFF cob Morrison scored his rst goal of was later released with a mild con- lane of a two-lane highway collided Cal State Fullerton freshman Oscar Monjaras strikes San Jose State University junior Ben Hofstetter in the back the season o a rebound attempt as- with Valencia’s vehicle. of the head, leading to a confrontation between the teams that resulted in four red cards. sisted by teammate Hiroki Akiyama. see SOCCER, page 2 Valencia, who was asleep in the back seat and not wearing a seat belt, received major head trauma and was own by helicopter to UC Davis Medical Center. He was tak- Campus expects a projected record-high jump in student enrollment en o life support last Tuesday. Valencia’s sister and a friend re- been the main contributing factors seats in classes and parking have Rose said SJSU’s outreach ef- ceived nonfatal injuries and have Final tally to come after Sept. 20 census date to the rising number of students at been di cult. forts have been greatly enhanced been released from the hospital. By Tyanne Roberts tor of visitor relations and admis- SJSU, according to Jackson. “Duncan Hall seems more with the Campus Visit program, e other driver sustained minor Daily Staff Writer sions counseling. With the growing number of crowded, and some of the Biology in which new students and pro- injuries and was arrested. e driv- San Jose State University will e number of enrolled student new students attending SJSU, re- classes seemed to be packed with spective students have the chance er has posted bail, Escobar said. be owing with more students this in Fall 2005 was 29,044. turning students have noticed students. I didn’t know you could to take a campus tour, at its highest Valencia, known as “Alex” to fall in comparison with last year. “If we stay on projections, we an increase in population on the t that many students in a class- participation level ever, as well as friends, was a sociology major and With enrollment still ongoing, the should be between 29,500 and campus. room,” Rivera said. with having more participation by an aspiring re ghter who recently amount of students attending SJSU 30,000,” said Marshall Rose, asso- “I’ve noticed an increase in Rose thinks that the growing colleges and departments in open registered for the re academy. e is at 26,416 as of Aug. 21. ciate vice president of enrollment parking lot tra c since last semes- number of students is a positive houses and admitted-student re- San Jose native, born Feb. 21, 1984, “Students are constantly enroll- and academic services. ter and I have started riding my impact for SJSU. ceptions. joined Nu Alpha Kappa, a primar- ing up until the census date, so Organized recruitment e orts motorcycle to avoid the parking “ e best seller is word of e nal numbers for enroll- ily Latino fraternity, about two we will not know the actual num- with the community, increased re- lots,” said Sam Rivera, a student mouth; we’re going to continue to ment for Fall 2006 will not be ber of enrolled students until the cruitment from Southern Califor- majoring in marine biology. grow, and that is a positive thing,” known until the Sept. 20 census see VALENCIA, page 5 time,” said Fatima Jackson, direc- nia and working with alumni have Students also said that nding said Rose date. Series of events planned Group protests marijuana arrest in front of police By Mary Beth Hislop for Welcome Week 2006 Daily Staff Writer By Teresa Hou of Welcome Week is tailored to- Although the scheduled demonstration by Daily Staff Writer ward rst-year students and new the Silicon Valley Cannabis Patients Union An ice cream social, an in- students who just transferred, sparked the limited interest of just a hand- ternational mocktail party and a but there also are functions that ful of onlookers, this did not prevent union community service project are all returning students can attend as President Jim Lohse from igniting a pipe full events that will be taking place this well. of marijuana outside of the San Jose State week to kick o the start of school “ ere are events that are University Police Department at 4:20 p.m. on at San Jose State University. geared toward speci c students,” Friday. Welcome Week 2006, accord- Kelley said, “but events such as Lohse said the 4:20 start time for the demon- ing to the SJSU Student Involve- the Associated Students and stu- stration was a direct reference to SB420, which ment Web site, began last Tues- dent organization events are for outlines provisions for distributing medical day, opening with a welcome everyone. is week is for all stu- marijuana. address by SJSU President Don dents.” “It’s actually legal for me to stand here and Kassing. Events such as the A.S. Moon- smoke,” Lohse, 32, said. Events that were held last light Movie Night showing “ e e protest was organized by Lohse’s union week included a Welcome Week Benchwarmers” will be held at in response to the arrest of Christine Flora, a Job Fair on ursday and an All- 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, and the homeless woman, who was arrested on cam- Greek Pool Party that happened “Bears that Care” Service Project pus by UPD on July 26 on suspicion of possess- on Friday. is open to all students. ing nearly one-half ounce of marijuana, even “Welcome Week is a whole According to the Welcome though she had a medical marijuana identi - series of programs,” said Richard Week guide, “Bears that Care” is cation card. DANIEL SATO / DAILY ONLINE EDITOR Kelley, director of student in- a project in which students can However, campus police Sgt. John Laws said Jim Lohse, 38, lights a pipe outside the San Jose State University Police Department during a dem- volvement. “It’s about welcoming make felt teddy bears to be dis- it is o en di cult to determine the legitimacy onstration Friday in favor of medicinal marijuana. Lohse is the president of the Silicon Valley Patients new students to SJSU.” tributed to children in local shel- of the identi cation cards. Union, also known as Area 420. Events for new students in- ters. “I can tell you the ones I’ve seen in the past clude Welcome Week discussion On Monday a ernoon, there … they’re not very o cial looking,” Laws said. said both of them do. would kill me.” groups, which are being held to- was an open house hosted by the Lohse and fellow union member Chuck B., Chuck said the police con scated his mari- Lohse said he is frustrated by law enforce- day and Wednesday starting at Student Health Center and the 52, who asked that his last name be withheld, juana, took away his heart medication and le ment agencies that do not honor California law 11:30 a.m. at Tower Lawn, and school of nursing, where students were arrested and cited by campus police on him handcu ed in a holding cell for at least 45 SB420, which prevents arrests of quali ed indi- a Student Success Faire, which could receive free water bottles by Aug. 4 when they smoked marijuana outside minutes. viduals for possession of a speci c amount of starts today at 10 a.m. along Pas- lling out a short survey.