SPARTAN DAILY SPARTANDAILY.COM Volume 141 | Issue 27 Serving San José State University since 1934 Wednesday, October 30, 2013 DISPLACEMENT Islamic. Based on his religion, Oth- man said he and his colleagues who utilize the prayer space have to pray Student Involvement provides prayer five times a day. “Out of the five prayers, everyone at the praying space does how(ever) many as they can depending on their space to displaced MOSAIC Center academic schedule,” Othman said. “Usually, I pray three times during By Nirmal Patel Center, next to the A.S Print Shop “I’ve noticed that not as many expressed that they miss being in the the time I’m at SJSU.” @NirmalPatelSJSU near Hoover Hall in June. students use our space as before,” center. Othman said when MOSAIC was “Well, since the beginning of the Salamanca said. “I’ve found that I “Because the prayer space is in in the Student Union, it used to be the With construction continuing expansion project of the Student need to be very active in publicizing Clark Hall, most of the MOSAIC stu- “kick it spot.” on the Student Union, Student In- Union, we’ve known that we were go- the center and what we do, since very dents never come by the MOSAIC According to Othman, many volvement has stepped in to help ing to have to move out temporarily,” few students find their way here by center because it is too far apart,” he members of the Muslim Student As- the MOSAIC Cross Cultural Cen- Salamanca said. happenstance.” said. sociation would occasionally be in the ter, which relocated to several parts Salamanca said the biggest con- According to Salamanca, the cen- Moath Othman, a junior mate- MOSAIC center. of campus, by offering its space to cern was that Modular A was not big ter has less physical space to work rial engineering major said that he is Othman said when Muslim Stu- them. enough to provide a prayer space for with, so they have had to move some thankful that Student Involvement dent Association students gathered Caz Salamanca, assistant director MOSAIC students. of their resources to other parts of gave them the space to pray. in the MOSAIC center in the Student of the center, said MOSAIC moved Salamanca said it’s a different ex- campus. According to Othman, most of Union, they would chat with one an- from the Student Union to Modular perience for the center to be closer to Salamanca said students who the MOSAIC students come from a A, adjacent to the Women’s Resource the edge of campus. frequently use the prayer space have Middle Eastern background and are SEE RELIGION ON PAGE 6 SPORTS CAMPUS David passes, never Fales SJSU delivers options for parental leave By Leeta-Rose Ballester @leetarose Prior to the birth of her first child, Julie Inouye Wong wasn’t fa- miliar with parental leave policies at SJSU, but since her second child was born 10 months ago, she has become a veteran. Staff and faculty are offered a 30- day paid leave, as well as the option to take 12 weeks unpaid through the Family Medical Leave Act, said Elna Green, associate vice president of faculty affairs. Wong, training and communi- cations coordinator for human re- sources, said she took about three and half months off after each of her two children were born. “I think (30 days) is a fair amount legally,” Wong said. “It’s really never going to feel like enough time with your baby though.” Green said parental leave is open for mothers and fathers of newly born, adopted or fostered children and the policies are collectively bar- gained for the entire 23-campus CSU system. She said there is a system in place to protect the tenure clock of faculty, which is six years of dem- onstrating special skills in their particular study to be considered for Jason Reed | Special to the Spartan Daily promotion. Senior quarterback David Fales took charge in the second half of Saturday night’s game against Wyoming. Fales finished with 482 pass- “You build up a body of work dur- ing yards, 5 passing touchdowns and a game-winning one-yard touchdown run with eight seconds left. Fales was awarded the Mountain ing that time,” Green said. “But if West Conference Offensive Player of the Week for the second time in the last three weeks according to SJSU Athletics. you’re taking care of an infant you SEE FOOTBALL ON PAGE 2 SEE PARENTS ON PAGE 6 TRANSPORTATION Without federal aid, Amtrak could leave rural areas behind By Curtis Tate creation of Amtrak by Congress in the fewest passengers and lose the McClatchy Tribune 1970. most money — money that could Passenger trains have been stop- be spent elsewhere, such as Am- WASHINGTON — They’re among ping in Hutchinson, Kan., since the trak’s heavily traveled Northeast the last holdovers from the golden early 1870s. But the agricultural Corridor. age of American train travel, but the center of 42,000 is in danger of los- In a May hearing, Rep. Jeff Den- changing relationship between the ing the one that still stops there every ham, a California Republican and federal government and the states day. chairman of the railroads subcom- could mean the end of the line for “The bottom line is when you mittee in the House of Representa- some of Amtrak’s long-distance have something, and you’ve had it tives, noted that Amtrak’s long-dis- routes. for so long and it’s served so many tance routes lost a combined $600 States have shown they’re willing people, you hate to lose it,” said million in 2012. to pay for popular Amtrak corridors Hutchinson City Manager John “We simply cannot afford to con- within their borders, but it’s less Deardoff. tinue these levels of subsidized losses than certain that they could assume To critics, Amtrak’s long-dis- year after year,” Denham said. Fred Blocher | MCT responsibility for more than a dozen tance trains don’t reflect the way Amtrak’s Southwest Chief, seen here pulling into Kansas City’s Union cross-country trains that date to the Americans travel today. They carry SEE TRAINS ON PAGE 6 Station Friday morning. INSIDE FORECAST Mostly Sunny P. 2 Sports: Score more player cards 66°F P. 3 A&E: Actor may be perfect match for movie role 48°F P. 4 News: Kids reading at a younger age P. 5 Opinion: Who wrote your favorite song? Printed on recycled paper 2 | Spartan Daily SPORTS Wednesday, October 30, 2013 Player Cards FOOTBALL Freshman Forward 6’0”, 168 lbs Season Stats London, England 11 points Jason Reed | Special to Spartan Daily David Fales (10) escapes from the defensive rush and throws a touchdown pass to take the lead in the third quarter of Saturday night’s Homecoming game against Wyoming. Fales rakes in awards following career-night against Wyoming Jimmy Durkin mance Awards (CFPA), an or- top quarterback. That annual already set a conference re- McClatchey Tribune ganization that uses a statis- award is partially based on cord by throwing for 300-plus Freshman Defender tical formula to hand out its fan voting, and he’s currently yards in five straight games. A David Fales’ career night in awards. The CFPA also named 22nd in the voting. pair of Brigham Young quar- 6’0”, 175 lbs Season Stats San Jose State’s 51-44 win over Fales the National Quarter- Finally, Fales is in the run- terbacks -- John Beck (2006) Hednesford, England 8 shots Wyoming was recognized on back Performer of the week. ning for the Capital One Cup and Max Hall (2008-09) -- Monday with several awards. For the second time in Impact Performance of the held the previous record of Fales was named the Na- as many outings, Fales was Week, with voting for that four straight. Photo Illustration by Carolyn Seng | Spartan Daily tional Performer of the Week named the Mountain West award ongoing on ESPN.com. Fales now has 6,618 career Photography by Basil Sar | Spartan Daily by College Football Perfor- Conference’s Offensive Play- Fales threw for a career- passing yards and 50 touch- er of the Week. He remains high 482 yards and five downs. He’s 930 yards away the only Spartan to earn such touchdowns. It was his 1-yard from Adam Tafralis’ career honors from the conference. quarterback sneak for a score passing yards record of 7,548 Fales was selected as one -- the first rushing touchdown and nine touchdowns from of eight Manning Award of his career -- that was the Steve Clarkson’s mark of 59. Stars of the Week for the difference with eight seconds Three of Fales’ passing tar- second straight game. Vot- left in the Spartans’ comeback gets were also honored by CFPA. 4 ing throughout the week will win over Wyoming. Chandler Jones (four catches, Winter determine which of the eight It was Fales’ second straight 129 yards, three touchdowns) 1 quarterbacks wins the award. 400-yard passing game and and Tyler Winston (nine catch- The product of Palma third of the season. Over his es, 171 yards, touchdown) were High-Salinas also earned hon- past two games, Fales has com- named honorable mention Session orable mention Quarterback pleted 55 of 72 passes (76.4 per- Wide Receiver Performers of 20 of the Week honors from the cent) for 913 yards, eight touch- the Week and Billy Freeman Davey O’Brien Award, which downs and one interception. (six catches, 119 yards) was an hands out an award at the end In SJSU’s first season in honorable mention Tight End Lighten Your Spring of the season for the nation’s the Mountain West, Fales has Performer of the Week.