A & E BASEBALL ʻ90s grunge band inspires Giants need to improve nostalgia in comeback tour offense to move past Phillies SEE PAGE 3 SEE PAGE 6 INSIDE Serving San José State University since 1934 NEWS Wednesday, October 13, 2010 spartandaily.com Volume 135, Issue 24 • Guild creates festive ornaments, money raised will aid the arts 2 • CAMPUS VOICES: How has the weather change Monks create sacred art aff ected you? 4 A&E • Film festival gives moviegoers a look at for message of world peace Jewish culture 6 • Alice in Chains show a nostalgic trip back KENNY MARTIN in time 6 Staff Writer OPINION In conjunction with the • Savoring simplicity in Dalai Lama’s visit to SJSU to- times of chaos 5 day, Tibetan monks have em- • Facebook’s power is only 5 barked on a tour of the west growing coast of the U.S., to spread • Harry Potter to be continued? 5 their message of universal peace, according to the trans- SPORTS lator for the monks. Th e monks, who are in the • Spartans battle warriors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Li- to tie 6 brary, across from On Fourth • Giants advance towards 6 Cafe, have been involved in Series the creation of a mandala, a piece of sacred art made from ONLINE sand. “It’s traditional artwork, so AUDIO basically we create a mandala for the universal compassion SLIDESHOW to give a message for people to • Tibetan monks create a be more compassionate,” said sand mandala of universal translator Tenzin Shereb. compassion at SJSU Th e monks have been working since Oct. 9, accord- VIDEO ing to the library’s website. PHOTO: “A lot of it is impermanence • SJSU gospel choir makes because they create this man- melody with soul dala for 5 days and aft er ev- • CAMPUS VOICES: How erything is done, they do the LUONG BILLY has the weather change aff ected you? dissolution,” Shereb said. “Just to give a message to people that whatever you see is not for long-lasting time. It’s like OUTSIDE life is impermanent — it’s not forever.” | CONTRIBUTOR Undeclared junior Alejan- dro Barragan said he didn’t know it was there and the only reason he knew about it was because he saw all the people gathered outside while he was inside On Fourth Cafe. High: 94° “I would have never ex- A monk uses a funnel to create a Mandala, a sacred design made entirely from sand. Mandalas typically take Low: 62° fi ve days to complete. See MONKS Page 2 Bowling event helps fund Students learn breast cancer research their strengths ALEXANDRA United States this year, according to the website. in workshop RUIZ-HUIDOBRO Staff Witer According to the Young Surviv- al Coalition website, breast cancer JORDAN LIFFENGREN worksheets with questions Almost 40,000 women in the is the leading cause of death in Staff Writer that asked students ques- PHOTO: United States are expected to die young women between the ages of tions such as when they felt this year because of breast cancer, 15-54 and young women’s cancers Eager and motivated stu- they were at their best, what according to breastcancer.org are generally more aggressive and dents fi lled every available they enjoy doing most and Th e Student Union Bowling result in lower survival rates. seat in a room in Clark Hall their most fulfi lling experi- DONOVAN FARNHAM DONOVAN Center at SJSU is doing its part JoAnna Gordon, a senior busi- on Tuesday to fi nd their per- ence. to participate in October’s Breast ness management major said she sonal strengths. She then asked them to Cancer Awareness month by do- has been working for the center Th e workshop was taught share their answers with nating half of its proceeds to the since her freshman year. in CH118 by Deanna Peck, other students they did not Susan G. Komen Foundation Gordon said it has taken a litt le SJSU coordinator for edu- know. Th e foundation is a nonprofi t while to spread the word of the do- cational programs, who had “Th e questions were organization that donates all funds nation but she said she sees enthu- to turn away many students prett y deep and it forced to fi nding a cure to breast cancer. siasm in students coming into the who wanted to att end be- me to be very personal with | SPARTAN DAILY | SPARTAN Manager Sharon Deaver of the center. cause they were not signed someone I don’t know,” Da- Student Union Bowling Center “I feel like students think this up for the class in advance. vid said. said she has been with SJSU for 30 is easy,” Gordon said. “Th ey’re “I didn’t know you had to Peck then asked the stu- years and this is the fi rst time the enjoying themselves and having sign up to get into the work- dents to name their weak- bowling center has participated in fun and yet they are supporting a shop,” said freshman Eng- nesses, which everyone Bowling for Boobs. cause.” lish major Phillip David. agreed was much easier to “Th is year we’re doing it as part Deaver said students can come Peck said he would be identify. of a national campaign through into the center and donate at any the last student allowed in “It’s ingrained in many Chris Davis, a graduate student in the Bowling Proprietors Associa- time — it is not limited to just the classroom that was not of us to look at our weak- material engineering, hurls a tion of America,” Deaver said. Tuesdays and Th ursdays. signed up already. nesses before our strengths, bowling ball down the lanes at the Over 200,000 new cases of in- “We opened it up because a lot Th e workshop began SJSU’s Student Union Bowling Center. vasive breast cancer are expected when Peck handed out See TALENT Page 2 to be diagnosed in women in the See BOWL Page 2 2 NEWS Wednesday, October 13, 2010 comes naturally and is re- TALENT curring — a thought or be- havior that is easy, she said. From Page 1 “Th ink of a talent you have as a diamond in the because that’s how we’re rough,” Peck said. “It may brought up,” she said. “We not look like anything at tell ourselves if we work on fi rst, but aft er you’ve cut our weaknesses, we can get and shined it, it becomes a bett er.” jewel.” As an example, she said, She said that’s what stu- if you were to break your dents want to do, take the dominant hand and try for raw material they have and PHOTO: weeks to improve the writ- multiply it by their knowl- ing in your non-dominant edge and skills because that hand, it would still never be will result in their strengths. as good as your dominant Edwin Ho, a freshman VERNON MCKNIGHT VERNON hand. occupational therapy major, Her point was that if you said he thought the energy practice the things you do and passion behind what well in, you can be great at Peck was saying was inspir- them, whereas working on ing. your weaknesses will only “Th e workshop was very make you good at them. positive and I love how it “Th at’s what we’re here emphasized strengths as | SPARTAN DAILY | SPARTAN for — to work with your opposed to weaknesses,” he strengths and learn how to said. use them,” Peck said. Junior hospitality major She said that Gallup Inc., Roderick Batt iste said that an international research he learned he was good at organization, started study- many diff erent things that ing the best of the best em- he hadn’t considered before. ployees in every fi eld from “I realized I’m good at be- Lauren O’Conner-Korb, a senior spatial arts major, wraps up a glass pumpkin during the glass artist guild fair. CEOs to janitors and would ing an activator, disciplined, ask them what they thought communicating, and also makes them succeed 30-40 woo, which means I can eas- years ago. ily talk to strangers and love Th ey came up with 460 meeting new people,” he Guild creates festive ornaments, diff erent talents you need said. to be good at, she said, but Peck said that for further condensed the list to 34 sig- insight into fi nding their nature themes. strengths, students can pick money raised will aid the arts Th e themes included up the books “Strengths adaptability, consistency, Finder 2.0,” “How Full is REBECCA HENDERSON Th e small pumpkins are and it is one of the oldest pro- biochemistry major Shelsy empathy, focus, respon- Your Bucket?” or “Strengths Staff Writer being sold for $20 and the big grams on the West Coast. Bass. sibility and intellection, Quest.” pumpkins are going for $40. “I like the shape, a lot of Jessica Luc, a sophomore and Peck asked students She said she’s also avail- Colorful glass pumpkins Lauren O’Conner-Korb, a people look at the color fi rst, theater arts major, said she was to choose fi ve that they able to meet with students made by SJSU students sit out- senior spatial arts major, said but I think the real architec- surprised the pumpkins were thought applied to them. by appointment as well. side the Art building ready to making the pumpkins is a col- ture behind the pumpkin is the student made. “Based upon those “Come in and talk to me be sold just in time for the Hal- laborative eff ort.