-SAN JOSE STATE talleirSOFTBAIJ. NOTEBOOK Out of the Shell OPPOSING VIEWS A chilling time of PARTANS HIT SEASON HI Does San Jose State igis, twice to University oftPe Pt . .ac University spend its rram bravery and brutality ,;,,/4.,i4 leader,.. Rairbpw in ancestors' lives 6.1:0r’ money efficiently? dents was worry for OPINION 3 OPINION 2 Joaquin VOLUME 120, NUMBER 56 SERVING SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1934 because I safety," probably y leave." nis Alaba, rhomore, to home involved Feel like I get it," SPARTAN DAILY AR' S, my WWW.THESPARTANDAILY.COM int to get WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2003 fficials are disease, informed Mayor situation Blowing in the wind ly Abroad U. "We're Health supports the CDC itact with both uni- hybrid cars By Daniel Hartman Daily Staff Writer With all the construction for downtown parking garages with additional spaces one may start to wonder just what's being built. Two years ago in a city building plan, Mayor Ron Gonzales had pro- PAO posed the idea of using electric cars, hence the need for more parking. Gonzales, in a press release, said the proposition was a victory for drivers in all. The key enticements for con- sumers in switching to clean-air vehicles, Gonzales said, include reducing air contaminants and boosting auto sales. He also said providing free parking for drivers of hybrid cars will attract people to downtown businesses. Next Tuesday, the San Jose City Council is scheduled to vote on a regulation that would expand the number of municipal off-street parking spaces. Rod Diridon, director for the Ink Mineta Transportation Institute, and a professor in the College of Business at San Jose State University, said under the proposed measure metered parking would be free for drivers of hybrid or electric vehicles until the limit on the park- ing space expired, provided a desig- nated sticker is shown in the win- 4 dow of the vehicle. The Minera Transportation Institute was partially founded and is supported by the College of Business at San Jose State University Diridon said the sticker is small and useful to the information being processed by parking attendants because it specifies the vehicle is a clean-air model. Groundskeeper Godofredo Sabando cleaned up leaves in front of Spartan Complex Tuesday morning. See CARS, page 4 Chicano commencement Designer explains benefits of feng shui By Huong C. Pham Feng shui, cpronotowed lung- Raised Catholic, she said she recalled design Is based on common sense by to honor Latino graduates 1),0, staff Writer shway), means wind and water, and is her college years as questioning the asking why someone would put a chair the ancient Chinese art of placement Christian faith and came to a realiza- or, any object in a place that could By Veronica Mendoza then Chicanos did not have much Fewer than a dozen students gath- that involves the arrangement of tion that she is the master of her own obstruct a path to the door. Writer access to higher education. ered in a small, theater-like room in objects within a space to achieve har- fate. There are two approaches to feng Daily Staff "Most Chicanos usually went to the Art building Tuesday to attend a monious energy flow, Tomasi-Dubois Feng shui is not a religion; rather it is shui, Tomasi-Dubois said. work after high school," Reyes said. feng shui lecture titled "Practical Feng- said. a discipline that is practiced to ensure "There is the eastern use, which Jose Juan Urquizo is a first-genera- "It was almost a celebration because Shui Removing the Mystery." The "It's not magic," she said. "Just good health, wealth and power, incorporates the calendar and the tion college student who will become it was a lot to overcome." speaker was Mary J. Tomasi-Dubois, a because you hang a crystal doesn't according to the American Feng Shui direction the home is facing, such as a part of a 33-year tradition on May Espinosa said the organization has professional interior designer who spe- mean it's going to change anything." Institute. north, south, east and west," she said. 25 by participating in Chicano been raising money for this year's cializes in efficient use of space. She said she saw the practice of feng However, Tomasi-Dubois has found She said she practices the western Commencement at the Santa Clara commencement in a variety of ways She has been practicing interior shui as reminding herself of her intent the discipline useful for her interior approach to feng shui, which uses a Convention Center. and the budget the committee mem- design for 13 years and is a certified to change her life, which is one of the design profession and said it is also map called a "bagua." "It's like everybody's accomplish- bers are trying to meet is about interior arranger and feng shui practi- points she clearly emphasized practical. ments, especially when you're the $25,000. tioner. throughout her lecture. She gave an example of how room See LECTURE, page 5 first one, and everybody kind of sup- To have enough money to plan ported you to go to college," Urquizo Chicano Commencement, the grad- said. "It's almost like, you're not fin- uates have been raising funds by put- 1 ishing yourself, everybody is finish- ting together barbecues, a comedy ing together." show and a club party. Blood Drive draws more than 50 students Adrian Espinosa, a senior majoring The next big event they will host is in biology, is a co-chair for the group "Fiesta Estilo Chicano By Janine Stanhope yourself before you are allowed to give University Commencement," which will take of 102 - San Jose State Daily Staff Writer blood," Nguyen said. "It is mostly a graduates who will be participating place this Thursday at Club Miami health survey." in Chicano Commencement. in San Jose. Martinez waited to meet with Natalia Galvan, a senior majoring The show is from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tiffany Martinez, a freshman biolo- Chevillon who was handing out the in psychology and administration of and will feature comedian Manny gy major, gave blood Tuesday along survey. justice, is the other co-chair for the Maldonado and singers, Angelina, with about 55 other students for the "We have them complete the survey organization. Sharyn Maceren and Christina American Red Cross Blood Drive and then they go to have their blood The nonprofit group is run by 15 Marie. held in the Loma Prieta room at the tested by one of the technicians," committee members, who began "We hope for more money to come Student Union. Chevillon said. "They also have a test planning for the commencement in in," Espinosa said. "What you raise Martinez sat first in line holding the for HIV and Hepatitis C." August, Espinosa said. is what you get." instructional sheet titled "What You Kyla Sado, a junior biology major He said that the tradition of the The money that is raised goes to Must Know Before Giving Blood." and a member of Alpha Phi Omega, commencement began in the late pay for the entertainment for the "It says you need to be tested for said once the student donors com- '60s when some Chicano students commencement and the cost to rent Hepatitis C Virus and HIV before plete the tests, student volunteers felt their needs were not being met out the Santa Clara Convention giving blood," Martinez said. "The hand them cookies, raisins and by then SJSU president, Robert Center, Espinosa said. sheet also describes what you will be punch. Clark. The commencement will provide doing." "I make sure that they are hydrated "Eventually what they did was, dinner for all the graduates and their Estelle Chevillon, the Red Cross and have food before the students they picketed one of the graduations guests. nurse and team supervisor, said they give blood," Bado said. "After we sign that SJSU had (in 1968) and passed After dinner the students are called each give about a pint of blood, and it them in, I circulate around the room." out leaflets and pamphlets stating up to receive a plaque and to say a goes to Oakland and then to Nguyen said she is not able to give that they thought there should be few words, Espinosa said. Portland, Ore. blood because she is underweight. more Chicano studies and other "Every year it's always a graduation "First, the blood goes to our center "I only weigh 105 pounds and I'm 4 classes," Espinosa said. I look forward to," Espinosa said. "It in Oakland where the red blood cells feet 10 inches," Nguyen said. "You Gabriel Reyes, assistant to the has a personal touch to it." are separated from the plasma," have to weigh at least 110 pounds to president for campus climate, partic- Amy Ruiz, a senior majoring in Chevillon said. "The blood is then give blood no matter how tall you The mascot of the blood drive, a huge blood -drop, walked up behind she is and ipated in the very first Chicano business administration, said tested in Portland for HIV are. and frightened Ameneh Mirzaei, a fourth year biology student, while at SJSU in 1971 participating in this commencement Hepatitis C and checked for blood Judith Osbual, a junior occupational Commencement she was eating lunch outside the Student Union Tuesday The blood - not part of the walkout dur- because it is more personal and that type." therapist, said she was not able to give but was drop walked around campus startling and hugging students and ing the SJSU graduation in 1968.