SPARTAN DAILY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2006 — VOLUME 127, ISSUE 23 — THESPARTANDAILY.COM SERVING SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1934 Opposing Views: Is the method Exclusively online Friday: Hockey club team readies to of lethal injection cruel?, page 2 A&E a review of ‘The Departed’ play USC Trojans, page 4 MORE PHOTOS ON PAGE 8 Open University Rocking Shoreline is an alternative to enrollment HANNA THRASHER/ SPECIAL TO THE DAILY Courses count toward future degree A bouquet of flowers rests by the plaque honor- ing athlete Peter Norman on the John Carlos- Tommie Smith statue near Dwight Bentel Hall. By Stefanie Chase people are just (taking Open Uni- Norman passed away Tuesday at age 64. Daily Staff Writer versity courses) for personal en- San Jose State University offers a richment,” Liu said. program to potential students who Current SJSU students or stu- want to switch careers, give college dents who have been recently ac- a second chance or expand their cepted to SJSU may not qualify, ac- SJSU mourns knowledge base just for education’s cording to the SJSU Web site. sake. “This past summer, I decided Peter Norman Students can enroll through to come back to school,” said Mi- Daily Staff Report Open University program, which is chelle Martinez, a junior majoring Flowers were placed on the statue next part of International and Extended in English. to Dwight Bentel Hall in the spot symbol- Studies. Martinez said she is enrolled in izing where Peter Norman, who died Tues- “I had seen some notices around Open University courses this se- day at the age of 64, stood with Tommie campus about Open University,” mester in order to earn credit be- Smith and John Carlos on the Olympic po- said Sharon Genelza, a senior ma- fore she gets accepted for readmis- dium in 1968 after he won the silver medal joring in liberal studies. sion in spring. in the 200-yard dash. While on the medal According to the SJSU Web Liu said 24 units of undergradu- stand, Smith and Carlos stood shoeless, site, “Former SJSU students, SJSU ate courses can be used toward a each raising a gloved fist to bring attention alumni, members of the general degree through Open University, to the civil rights movement going on in community and disqualified stu- and according to the SJSU Web the United States. dents from SJSU or elsewhere may site, six units can be used toward Although Norman did not have a flashy take Open University courses.” graduate credit. display like Smith and Carlos, he wore a Open University classes cost Liu added that students can take human rights badge symbolizing his unity $210 per unit, said Michael Liu, as many Open University courses with the two runners from San Jose State student assistant for international as they want even, if the maximum College, the former name of San Jose State extended studies. University. “There’s a lot of times where see OPEN, page 6 Norman attended the statue unveiling ceremony in October 2005. Even though his likeness was not included, he said he was happy to just be a part of history. “I stepped in to lend my support,” Nor- man said before the unveiling. “As I am Center boasts 24 told, anyone can stand in and get a picture taken and be a part of the event. ... I am honored to be commemorated in part of the celebration.” years of SJSU service CHARGES FILED IN Women’s Resource Center first of its kind in CSU By Tyanne Roberts opened within the California State Daily Staff Writer University system, according to in- HP SPYING SCANDAL Hidden away in a corner office formation provided by the Wom- By Jordan Robertson in the Administration building, is en’s Center. Associated Press a center that some students might “We are a student-run organi- Prosecutors filed criminal charges not know about: the Women’s Re- zation and are all volunteers,” Pe- Wednesday against Hewlett-Packard’s for- source Center. drizco said. mer chairwoman and four others involved “I did not know there was a According to information pro- in the corporate spying scandal that has Woman’s Center on campus,” said vided by the center, it offer a wide shaken the Silicon Valley tech giant long Allison Ackard, a sophomore ma- variety of services, such as a lend- revered for its ethics and professionalism. joring in nursing. ing library that focuses on gender California Attorney General Bill According to Teresa Pedrizco, a issues, referrals to off- and on-cam- Lockyer accused two ousted HP insiders student who volunteers at the cen- pus resources and even safe sex — chairwoman Patricia Dunn and chief ter, said that the center has been at products. ethics officer Kevin Hunsaker — and three San Jose State University for more “The purpose behind the center outside investigators — Ronald DeLia, than 20 years. is to make people aware of women’s Matthew DePante of Melbourne, Fla. and FELIX LING/ DAILY SENIOR STAFF The Women’s Resource Center issues,” Pedrizco said. Matthew Bellamy, the lead singer of Muse, rocked the Shoreline Amphitheatre on Saturday as part of was founded in 1972 at San Jose One of the things that the cen- see HP, page 9 the Download Festival. State University and was one of the first centers of its kind to be see WOMEN, page 6 “Corkscrew Slough” by Linda Gass will be one of the quilts up San Jose museum showcases textiles for auction By Julia Cooper the bottom of the heap in terms of new materials. tutes art due to gender stereotypes. Sunday at the Daily Staff Writer its value and the attention it gets, Przybysz said many contempo- “I think it has something to do San Jose Muse- Quilts may keep your feet warm especially critical attention,” Przy- rary artists, such as Alyce Santoro, with the fact that it continues to be um of Quilts and on an icy winter’s night, but op- bysz said. are emerging and breaking the ste- associated with women’s work and Textiles’ benefit erators of one local museum want The museum, founded in 1977 reotype of textile art as a tradition sort of hobbyist women’s work,” gala. Gass’ work to show that what some consider by the Santa Clara Valley Quilt As- of the past. Przybysz said. is part of a series blankets also to be art. sociation, is a storehouse for tex- According to Przybysz, Santoro She said it’s hard for many to get reflecting the The San Jose Museum of Quilts tiles that, like other artworks, tell uses atypical materials, such as re- past a quilt’s reputation as a tradi- environmental and Textiles showcases a permanent stories, show cultural values and cycled audio tape, to create textiles tional bed cover crafted by a wom- destruction and collection and rotating exhibitions serve as canvases for artists to ex- she calls “sonic fabric,” which can an. Art quilts are specifically made restoration of the of art quilts and textiles, works that press themselves. produce sounds in addition to pro- for display on the wall, not on the San Francisco often have been neglected, accord- Although the museum houses viding aesthetic appeal. bed, Przybysz said. Bay Area ing Jane Przybysz, executive direc- historical quilts, many created Przybysz, who has worked for Therese May, a quilt artist for wetlands. tor of the museum. between 1880 and 1920, it also the museum since 1998, said tex- 41 years, said she initially began “Even within a pecking order displays contemporary works by tiles are often excluded from peo- see QUILTS, page 6 LINDA GASS/ of craft media, fiber tends to be at younger artists experimenting with ple’s interpretation of what consti- COURTESY OF SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF QUILTS AND TEXTILES SPARTAN DAILY QUOTE OF THE DAY: 2 Other people may be there to help us, teach us, guide us along our path. THURSDAY But the lesson to be learned is always ours. OCTOBER 5, 2006 OPINION — Melody Beattie OPPOSING VIEWS Is the method of lethal injection unconstitutionally cruel? Inmates are not completely unconscious The victims deserve more justice than the when receiving lethal injection. inmates with the hot meal and jail cell. YESDeath is something that everyone has to face at some point or NOTo inject or not to inject? another. Death by lethal injection is something that is not an option to This has been the reigning question for the past week as U.S. District most people, and it shouldn’t be. Judge Jeremy Fogel decides whether the process of lethal injection is According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabili- unconstitutionally cruel.Michael Morales, a condemned death row inmate tation, the state’s lethal injection is the process where three drugs — 5 at San Quentin State Prison, was scheduled to be executed by the State of grams of thiopental sodium, which is a powerful sedative that renders California on Feb. 21 for the 1981 rape and murder of Terri Winchell. people unconscious and supposedly insensible to But in a turn of events, the execution was suspended just two hours before its scheduled time because the pain, 50cc of pancuronium bromide that paralyzes the State of California could not conform with a lower fed- muscles and 50cc of potassium chloride that causes eral judge’s ruling that the execution must be carried cardiac arrest — are injected into prisoners at their out by a medical professional who could administer the designated times of death. chemical used in the execution, according to www.law. All of these are lethal on their own in the given the fordham.edu.