LAW AND JUDO CYNICALLY OPTIMISTIC Mike Barnes is a UPD officer by day, but after his Funeral celebrates life, shift ends he dons a judo gi and becomes the No. 1 brings transitory concerns Mier in his class in the United States into perspective SPORTS 4 OPINION 2 VOLUME 119, NUMBER 61 SERVING SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1934 SPARTAN AILY WWW.THESPARTANDAILY.COM FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2002 LEFT: The contestants Panelists had to finish all the ice BRAIN cream in the bucket and on the table. Five cam- it pus organizations, Pride of the Pacific Islands, discuss AIDS the women's rugby team, Kappa Sigma fra- ternity, Jewish Student Union, and Phi Gamma epidemic Delta service fraternity le BENEFIT participated in the ice Some spoke of certain ethnic groups cream-eating contest. being unaware of the virus' hazards Jewish Student Union organized By Sylvia Lim the ice Datly Staff Wrtter cream eating contest Four panelists, representing four different communi- ties of society, presented some sobering HIV/AIDS By Lea Blevins facts and statistics about the Human Immunodeficiency Daily Staff Writer Virus (HIV), or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) epidemic to commemorate this year's With ice cream dripping down World AIDS Day. their hands, faces and hair, mem- Ruth Wilson, one of the panelists and tut assistant pro- bers from five campus organiza- fessor of the San Jose State University African American tions ate their fastest at Ben 8c Studies department, said the Centers for Disease Jerry's on San Carlos Street to Control and Prevention reported 774,467 AIDS cases in raise money for charity the United States in December 2000, and African Wednesday evening. Americans made up almost 38 percent of that figure. The ice cream-eating contest She added that poverty and unemployment play major fund-raiser was organized t) roles in the infection rate of HIV/AIDS in this particu- Aaron Rubin, a Jewish campus lar community. service corps fellow, with San "There are lots of problems, but not enough resources Jose State University's Jewish poised to help (solve) them," she said. Student Union. Wilson also said that almost one fourth of HIV/AIDS "I think everyone had a blast," cases in the African American community are contract- Rubin said. "It was very exciting ed through intravenous drug use. for me." "'The safe use of drugs are not being spread effectively Before the contest began, in the African-American community," she said. Rubin thanked the students for Yolanda Engiles, a panelist from the Community participating because they did Homeless Alliance Ministry' organization, agreed with not know what charity the Wilson that poverty and drugs are prevalent issues when money would go to. it comes to H1V/AIDS in the homeless population. "Giving blindly is the greatest "(The homeless) don't lcnow how to get out of their gift you can possibly give, Rubin 4situations,' she said. "They are a hard population to said. reach and to educate." About 40 students from the She added that some people younger than 25, escape Jewish Student Union, Kappa their homes thinking the streets might be better. Sigma Fraternity, Pride of the Instead, these kids may put themselves into situations Pacific Islands, Phi Gamma that would increase their risks of contracting AIDS. Delta Fraternity and the "(These kids) have no access to money, so they may women's rugby team crammed take up offers from strangers," she said. into Ben 8c Jerry's to see who This may be one of the ways, she said, that lcids could be could eat the "Vermonster" the STANLEY KAO DAILY STAFF forced into prostitution selling their bodies for meals, fastest. Graduate student Erik Mortensen looked up while eating spoonfuls of ice cream during an ice cream-eating contest at Ben and pLices to stay and 2 couple of dollars for a cup of coffee. The Vermonster, which was lerry's scoop shop on East San Carlos Street Wednesday night. Mortensen is part of the club "Pride of the Pacific Islands," "When you are hiding under the bridge from the served to students in buckets, which was participating in the contest for charity. police, HIV is the last thing on your mind, she added. had 20 scoops of ice cream, four Selena Corral, a panelist from the Health Connections bananas, four ladles of hot to he donated to the charity thy biggest guys probably could have didn't mind that his organization Morales, who plans to attend agency, said it was reported that 6,000 people have tested fudge, three chocolate chip winning group chose. eaten it hy themselves without only had five members when SJSU next semester as a hospi- for HIV, but have not retumed for their test results. cookies, one "fudgy" brownie, Kappa Sigma, who won thc getting sick." others had up to eight. tality and business management "Seventy-seven thousand Latinos died of HIV-related 10 scoops of chopped walnuts, contest by finishing their ice The inembers of Kappa Sigma "It was fair because they were major, said he is used to watch- illnesses at the end of 2000," she said. two scoops of four toppings and cream in three minutes and 39 finished the ice cream for the able to find enough people to ing people get messy where he She added that the most common misconception whipped cream. seconds, decided to donate to the Jewish Student Union because participate," said Baslcin, an eco- works. regarding HIV/AIDS in the Latino community would Rubin said the Kolker Hemophiliac Society because they only had five members in nomics junior. "It W2S quite a site," Morales be that it is a "gay man's disease." Haltsman Saxon Grant, which one of their fraternity brothers the contest. The students said they had fim said. "It's dessert. You've got to "(The community) is dealing with a lot of denial," she came from a group of families, died from hemophilia about 20 "We've got a bunch of fat guys while also doing something good have some fun with it." said. paid for the ice cream, which Ben years ago. that like to eat ice cream," Storey for charity. Rubin said donating to charity Another panelist, Redford Aquino who volunteers at & Jerry's sold with a 10 percent Nathan Storey, an undeclared said. At one point during the con- is part of the Jewish tradition the AIDS Resources, Information and Services center of discount. junior from Kappa Sigma, said Rubin is part of Hillel, which is test, Josephine Yatco, member called "Tzedakah," which comes Santa Clara County, said the Asian community's mis- "It's really cool how people finishing the ice cream was no involved with the Jewish Student of Pride of the Pacific Islands, from the root word "tzedak" conception about this disease is that HIV/AIDS is cur- came together like that," said problem for him and his seven Union, but said he refrained from yelled out, "Brain freeze!" meaning "justice." able. Albert Morales, general manager other fraternity brothers. participating because he organ- "I think it was worth it," said "I wanted to organize a big "A lot of problems that (my organization) faces is the of Ben & Jerry's. "I wish I had gotten more ice ized the event. Yatco, an occupational therapy event (so) that the entire cam- complacency that AIDS doesn't happen to Asian Pacific Each group donated $50 to cream," Storey said. "We had Aaron Baskin, president of the junior. "Too many calories, pus community could come enter the contest, totaling $250 ,iiiene heavy hitter, The two Snident Union, cant he though." together." See A I DS, page 3 Escaping the daily Life as a refugee told by Iraqi-born Jew and her family attended Muslim schools. San Francisco attorney When her family moved to Israel in 1951, grind by j uggling Alwaya said Iraqi-Jews had their bank stresses using compassion accounts frozen and properties were taken "We used to stand in line to play away. Some say the activity racquetball and needed a way to pass to negotiate in Middle East "We were virtually sent out with the clothes the time," he said. By Saadia Malik on our back," she gild. is a synonym for why peo- Alwaya said that prior to the Arab conquest There 2re many reasons Daily Staff If', Ito ple take up juggling, he said, includ- of land in the Middle East, JCWS had been meditation, relaxation ing the joy of learning something occupying the territory for 2,500 years. Iraqi-born Jew Semha Alwaya spoke to a driving Jews out of By Bryn Graziano new and AS a way to escape the daily When the Arabs began small crowd of students about being barred the territory, almost 900,000 Jews were dis- Daily Staff Writer grind. Jews from Iraq and seek- "It's like any form of exercise, it with 125,000 other placed from their land, she said. ing asylum in Israel on Thursday in the Iraq, she said, Juggling is an activity that offers takes you away from the real world," Today 38 Jews remain in Jackson said. Student lInion. and "one little old Jewish lady lives in the different things to different peo- "I was invited to tell the story of the Jewish a mathe- Club members work together to city of Baghdad." ple, said Richard Ptiefer, refugees because it's not a story you normal- was the result of many matics professor and member of strengthen their skills, relax and "This expulsion ly hear about," said Alwava, an attorney from of anti-Semitism," Alwaya said.