TUESDAY LIFESTYLES - PAGE 4 OPINION - PAGE 2 SPORTS - PAGE 5 Animation festival: 'Confessing' that signs Spartans end season with sick and twisted are all around us disappointing loss to Bulldogs A.A1 partan aily SI RVINC SAN JOSE STAI F UNIVFRSITY SINCE 1934 Volume 115, No. 59 V% N1 Lspartanditily.org November 28, 2000 Gore not ready to concede to Bush - Ily kellie Uhittenden accepted new vote totals from 16 counties certification. How many recounts did they have? It's and rejected Palm 1)\in si,)i \kiwis Beach County's partial Matt Gamez, a senior majoring in elec- ridiculous. It's a waste of time and cr-rictivr results. Bush leads Gore by 537 votes in trical engineering, said that even though resources." In a televised address Monday night. the totals Harris certified. he'd like to see Gore as president, he hoped In his speech, Gore addressed the criti- Vice President Al Gore announced he "This is America," Gore said. "When the vice president would give up his plight cism he has received for by saying what is would contest the election results that 0000 votes are cast we count them. We don't for further recounts. he is seeking is, "not recount after recount, were certified Sunday by Florida Secretary arbitrarily cast them aside because it's too "I think he should just accept the fact as some have charged, but a single full and te Katherine Harris. difficult to count them." that he didn't win," Gamez said. "There's a accurate count." vote is not just a piece of paper," Gore At San Jose State University, students point where you should just save face and Rodney Phoreman, a senior majoring in said in MUSt not let those voices be silenced." his speech. "A vote is a human certification declared Bush the were conflicted about what action would accept the fact that you're not going to be voice, a statement of human principle, and Harris' be appropriate winner of the state's 25 electoral votes. She for Gore following Florida's president. I mean stop crying about it. %ee PRESIDENT. Page 6 Senate Parry captain for a day debates issues By Erik Anderson I) %II 1. SI NUM SI %II WRI II It Antagonism was thick as the Academic Senate took action on number of proposals Monday. A discussion on year-round operations a certainty looming just over the horizon brought a moment of cooperation, neverthe- less. 'What should be put in place?" asked Annette Nellen, one of the co-sponsors of the resolution A.S. 1128. "Should I new ' students be admitted any semester?" the accounting and finance professor had asked a week earlier. "Do students want to take classes in the summer?" The California Legislature has mandated that all California State University campuses begin offering a full schedule of classes year-round by the year 2002. One plan fin. the San Jose State University campus would call for three semesters fall. spring and summer with the fee schedule being the same for each, Nellen said. "The Academic Senate strong- ly urges the I university ' Plan- ning Council to create a vision of what an effective YRO i year- round operation' program would look like. she said. reading from a draft of the resolution. The resolution further called for the council to obtain input from "the broadest range of cam- pus constituents." Some members balked at the suggestion. 'Why do we need this particu- lar committee (the council '?" asked Peter Buzanski, a protes- Joel litrner Daily Siaff sot , Titus of history. hen referred to the 14 spe- ( o-captains Neil and his brother Josh Parry shook hands with prosthetic leg and wore a jersey with the No. 25 in honor of University of ci ommittees that had been players from Fresno State during the coin toss Saturday at Spartan Stadi- Washington safety Curtis Williams. who suffered a spinal cord injury in a assigned by university President Robert Caret to study the problem um. Neil Parry vkalked onto the field for the first time since receiving a game against Stanford. see GAME COVERAGE. Pap5 see SENATE. Page8 Sing-Along captures spirit of season Suitcase drive aims Kim Sugi a ma and By Erika Coron to help foster children Charles Ancheta. DAILY SENIOR SlAtE WRIlIR By Minal Gandhi case, v, be picked music majors at San With instruments strategically placed and eyes up from the Wellness Center and trained toward the music director, the orchestra began Iwo' Si or Wslits Jose State liniversity. donated to the Foster Care pro- to play Sunday night at the fourth annual Messiah In an effort to help local foster gram for the Santa Clara County play the Clarinet during Sing-Along at the Church ofJesus Christ of Latter-day children, who often move in and Social Services agency. the tburth annual "Mes- Saints in Sunnyvale. out of shelters, Anderson said most of the bags '1'hey asked me if I could put together an orchestra the Black Masque Honor Soci- will be given to the county's Inde- siah: A Sing-Along Per- for the Messiah, and I did," said Eberhard Wailblinger, ety started a chapter of the inter- pendent Living program. fomtance- hosted by orchestra director and San Jose State University stu- national "Suitcases for Kids" pro- The program shelters children, dent. of Jesus gram at San Jose State Universi- ages 16 to 18, who currently The Church "Everybody volunteers, there is not a single person ty on Monday. attend school, and focuses on Christ of Latter-day paid," he said of the 35-member orchestra, of whom "Our organization wanted to do preparing them for college and about 15 were not members of the church. Saints in Sunnyvale. this for the kids because when the workforce. According to the program, the first performance of they have to leave foster centers, Some suitcases will also be The concert featured a Handel's Messiah started as a charity concert that took they often have to pack their given to the Foster Care program, 35-piece orchestra and place in Ireland in 1752 and has continued as a tradi- belongings in trash bags," said which houses individuals from tion around Christmas and Easter. The sing-along Megan Anderson, the publicity infancy to 18 years of age. professional soloists reached a climax with "Hallelujah," when musicians, chairwoman for Black Masque. Kim Lim Pham, an SJSU alum- performing music com- singers and novices all joined in. "That could make them feel like na who works for the Santa Clara Sophomore Kim Sugiyama, a music performance in their worth is equal to that of a County Social Services Agency, posed by 6.1'. liandel. clarinet major at SJSU, said this was her first year per- trash bag." said there are currently 367 fami- a German Baroque- forming at the sing-along. Students wishing to donate lies in the county who are willing "I couldn't picture my life doing anything else," she suitcases can bring them to the to adopt children. She said, how- period composer. said about music. "I have parents who support me, and Wellness Center, located on the ever, there are more kids than that helps out a lot." third floor of the Student Union there are homes. Charles Ancheta, a junior in music performance and Sebastian 11.1dMatIll behind the Multicultural Center, According to Stacie Haro, Black clarinet major at SJSU, agreed. He said he was intro- also known as MOSAIC, between Masques president, the group Daily Staff duced to music by his sister when he was 12 years old 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday anticipates to collect at least 200 through Friday. See MESSIAH, Page 6 Throughout the drive, the suit- See SUITCASES, Page 6 2 TE1 SDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2000 pinion SPARTAN Y sAN .1()SE STATE UNIVERSITY - Letters Signs not to be taken too seriously or ignored Afriend of mine, Greg, met zt would like Maria to call him if she Against her better judgement, she Column shed girl at a bar last weekend. was able to end things with her ex. waited for the lack of respect in their Instead of telling him her This nightmare of a date could relationship to become unbearable, name, she told him to guess. have been taken as a sign of many at which point they finally broke up. light on society's He guessed her name, Lisa, cor- things. And it was. Admittedly, I'm guilty of commit- rectly, and now he thinks they are Maria decided not to see her ex ting this kind of oversight as well. destined to be married and have any longer, not to see her blind date I once dated a guy who told me he dirty little secret babies. again and not to go on blind dates never wanted to have children. I Greg believes that his guessing anymore. should have taken this as a sign that Iwas sitting down last Friday, Nov. 17, getting ready to write an angry and sarcastic letter to Lisa's name is a sign. Another friend of mine believes our relationship was doomed. the editor in response to one of the most igno- It probably is a sign. that every time she sees a butterfly, Instead, I decided to disregard rant, unreasonable and sexist pro-abortion letters I It could be a sign that he and Lisa it's a sign. A sign of what? A good the gnawing feeling in my gut that have ever read. are meant for each other. Or, per- day, I guess, like finding a penny something was terribly wrong.