Focus SpoRTs Happy Softball loses St. Patrick's to UNLV; prepares Day! for NISI' See related story... See page 6... Volume 101, Number :16 PARTANPublished for San Jose State t I tiiIi'r %I,. ii i 7, i99.1 niversit since 1931 DAILY SJSU student arrested on drug charges By Cristal Guderjahn with possession of a controlled Brown said Thursday. "The signed by a judge who has rea- Lt. Lowe would riot release out in the hallway It was like a Spartan Daily Staff writer substance. Giver was booked police think (Giver) is some son to believe that the informa- details of the arrest or identify movie." A 19-year-old San Jose State into the Santa Clara County Jail kind of big-time drug dealer. tion in the warrant is valid and the controlled substance Giver The arrest was the result of a University student was arrested in San Jose. They came in and busted up our trustworthy," Lowe said. "A sim- allegedly had in his possession. San Jose Police Department on drug charges Tuesday morn- Giver's roommate, SJSU fresh- room, but there is not one bit of ple phone call is not going to be Brown said the police found two investigation, Lowe said. The ing in Joe West Hall on Ninth man Jake Brown, 18, said police coke in this dorm." sufficient in and of itself to lead doses, called "hits," of LSD in University Police, which assist- Street, said Lt. Bruce Lowe of officers broke down his door Police had a search warrant to the issuance of a search war- the room, but no cocaine. ed the San Jose department University Police. with a battering ram and ran when they entered the room, Lt. rant." "They ripped open the futon with the arrest and search, is Edward Giver, who lives on into the room shouting repeat- Lowe said. It was unlikely that Noise from the arrest woke and pulled out all the cotton now helping the city police with the third floor of the Residence edly, "Where's the coke?" one anonymous tip would call several other students on the stuffing," Brown said. "They the investigation, Lowe said. Hall, was arrested at approxi- "Someone told the police we for a search warrant, Lowe said. floor, said a woman resident took all our clothes out of the mately 7 a.m. and later charged had a kilo of coke in our room," "A search warrant has to be who requested anonymity. drawers and threw the mattress See Student arrest page 8 Blacks Let there be light A.S. awards change grants to 3 groups Earth Day, Cinco de Mayo, parties Chicano graduation to benefit By Otto Waldorf of the Earth Day Planning ANALYSIS Spartan Daily Staff Writer Committee, said the 25th San Jose State University's anniversary of the Earth Day Nora Profit Ross Earth Day Planning Committee, celebration will take place April Spartan Daily Staff Writer Chicano Commencement and 19 and 20. Plans include an When the November 1994 Gamma Zeta Alpha all received alternative vehicle display, con- elections were over and the financial boosts from the certs in the Student Union smoke began to clear, no one 31 Associated Students Board of Amphitheater, an all-organic disputed the fact that the white Directors this week. farmer's market, and a Kid's Day American agenda had changed. .40;1130 At a special meeting held celebration. Ninety students Little notice was being taken of Monday, the directors voted from local elementary schools the thunderstorm brewing unanimously to allocate The wilt oarticipate among black voters. Earth Day Planning Committee "Last year (the children) With the election of J. C. $8,000. The money will be used made collages out of recycled Watts (R-Okla.) to Congress and to help cover expenses for material," George said. "And the ascension of black spokes- SJSU's Earth Day events. they loved it " men like Armstrong Williams, Shannon George, coordinator See A.S. grants page 8 the nightly talk show host of "The Right Side," the term "black Republican" is no longer an oxymoron. In 1994, six Republicans each Women in science received at least 13 percent of the black vote in successful gubernatorial campaigns, with benefit from concert Gov. George Voinovich receiv- ing 40 percent in Ohio. In Pele Juju will perform Sunday California, Pete Wilson received 21 percent of the black vote. By Michelle Alaimo physics professor and WISE fac- In Colorado, black Repub- Spartan [laity Stall Writ, ulty adviser. lican Vikki Buckley was elected The all-female band, Pele WISE was formed in 1988 by secretary of state. In Ohio, J. Juju, is bringing its explosive Boekema and a female physics Kenneth Blackwell, also a black rhythm to the Sin Jose Civic student who wanted to bring Republican, was elected state Auditorium Sunday evening to inure females into the science treasurer. There are now 10 help foster the interest of sci- and engineering field. black Republican state legisla- ence and math in young women. Approximately 20 percent of tors scattered across eight San Jose State University's SJSU physics students are states. Women in Science and women, Boekema said There were similar results Engineering (WISE) is sponsor- Young women are typically In the Senate races. Twenty- ing the concert to raise money steered away from technically seven black candidates ran for its outreach programs at skilled jobs that use math and for Congress as Republicans junior high and high schools "to science skills, said Leisa last year, nearly doubling the encourage more young women Fearing, coordinator for the PH, 1,, RN MI, HAU ANI,k1- rf‘E.t A ,’,14!", DAIL.1 number from 1992. Russ Olsen, an electrician from the mainte- deliers in Morris Dailey Auditorium Monday. to get into science and engi- WiSE benefit concert. nance department, replaces lights in the chan- neering," said Caret Boekema, See Concert page 8 See Conservatism page 4 What a ztlaiq my Focus jOhn Hawk. a tacrrlities devel- opment and operati,,ns 6t. Patrick's Day not just for the Irish plumber. puts on his rubber By Linda Taaffe bration in San Francisco. Ireland came to San Jose last week to cel- suit during a hazardous Spartan Daily Stall Writer This festive holiday was once celebrat- ebrate Irish Week and lead weeklong fes- ...isle opera- Around the time of California's gold ed only by a small group of Catholics in tivities. 'is training rush, a group of San Franciscans Ireland. Over the years, the holiday has Irish dignitaries like coming to America ass outside reserved an entire hotel for a memorable become more popular in the United to celebrate because they are well Industrial celebration. As the evening sky darkened, States than its homeland. received here, Walsh said. Studies build- ing Thursday hundreds of city residents gathered at "St. Patrick's Day isn't celebrated in St. Patrick's Day may be gaining popu- afternoon Ten the hotel. Some toasted to friends and Ireland as it is here," said James P. Walsh, larity in the United States because of a SJSU erloloy- good health in the "official drinking academic vice president at San Jose State strange phenomenon the number of room," while others guzzled whiskey and University and author of "The Irish in Irish descendants In America Is increas- t beer in the "unofficial drinking room." The American West." ing, Walsh said. He said either more Irish .c riaZardOUS waste first Ireland, St. Patrick's Day is a work- are coming to America or more people The drinking, singing and dancing last- "In responder ed well into the morning. By the time the ing day, not a holiday. Actually, the day's are claiming Irish ancestry. clean-up team police arrived, such a huge crowd had festivities have been imported there from The 1990 U.S. census reports more crammed Into the hotel that the wooden America," Walsh said. than 42 million people living in the floor collapsed into the basement. Even the Lord Mayor, John Gormely, United States are of Irish descent. That's PHI iii HY So began the first St. Patrick's Day cele and city council members from Dublin, See St. Patrick's Day page 8 ItANFTTE L. HANNA - - SPARTAN DAR Y -1 2 Friday, March 17, 1995 OPINION San Jose State University SPARTAN DAILY Column Compromise to watch March Madness March Madness is filially here, times has your girlfriend forced and not a minute too soon, either. you to watch a cat show on televi- This is a time of the year when sion? I'll be glued to the idiot box with Or, guilted you into seeing my bracket sheet taped to my "Beaches" instead of "Terminator chest, shouting out my best Dick 2" with a sweet, innocent, down- Vitale impression BABEEEEEE! right pathetic look on her face? I'll be watching every game, Or, the classic, forced you to from the top-ranked UCLA-Florida shop with her at the mall, drag- International game, right down to ging you from store to store for the national championship game three and a half hours or until you on April 3 in Seattle, Wash. drop dead, which ever comes Unfortunately, watching all 63 games does first'? have its disadvantages. The point I'm trying to make is that this is First of all, I don't have cable television, but your time. Don't let her make you feel guilty. my girl friend does. Just thinking about it gives Turn the tables on her and make her feel guilty me chills. I can hear all the complaints and nag- for once.