INSIDE: SPECIAL SECTION STILL STANDING TALL: 40 YEARS LATER SpartantheSpartanDaily.com Daily Volume 131, Issue 24 Serving San Jose State University Since 1934 13MONDAYOCTOBER MORE THAN 200 MOURN LOSS 2008 SPORTS PAGE 4 Spartan football routs Utah State 30-7 on Saturday OPINION ONLINE Dan Garcia, a communications major and external vice president of Pi Kappa Alpha, holds a candle during a vigil MIKE ANDERSON / Spartan Daily for his twin brother Matt at the Pi Kappa Alpha house last Thursday. ALLIE FIGURES “Even without the name, without had a respect for the organization.” bors from fraternity Delta Upsilon, the Staff Writer the lett ers, Matt was still a Pike,” he said. Immediately aft er hearing of Gar- Pi Kappa Alpha parking lot was fi lled A sea of candles fi lled the Pi Kap- At the vigil, members of Pi Kappa cia’s death, Perry said he began plan- with chairs, although not enough for pa Alpha house parking lot Th ursday Alpha presented the Garcia family ning the vigil. the number of people att ending. evening during the candlelight vigil with an offi cial badge and certifi cate “I never thought I would have to be Candles were handed out by for Matt Garcia, who died last Sunday. to induct Garcia into the fraternity a part of something like this,” he said. members of the fraternity and were Although more than 200 students, posthumously. Th e members of the fraternity lit from the single fl ame the Gar- friends, family and faculty were in at- Perry, a senior justice studies major, have been wearing black ribbons cia family lit on stage. Within min- tendance, silence overcame the crowd said an induction under special circum- around their pledge pins to show re- utes, every face in the audience was Scary stories at the reason for the gathering. stances is a fairly easy process consisting spect for Garcia. illuminated by soft candlelight. Garcia was not a part of the fraterni- of a two-thirds vote from the chapter, “Matt had a sense of pride for the Dustin Brunzlick, the president of ty, but lived in the house with his iden- paperwork submitt ed to the Interfrater- traditions and rituals of our organiza- the fraternity, gave sincere thanks to all behind some tical twin brother, Dan Garcia, who is nity Council and a small fee. tion,” Perry said, “and just wanted to for the support in organizing the event. a member, said Kyle Perry, the internal “I had no doubt his vote would pass show him that same respect.” random phrases vice president of Pi Kappa Alpha. 100 percent,” Perry said, “because he With the collaboration of neigh- VIGILpage3 STUDENT Video projects honored at MovieFest Fire-breathing pixies star PAGE 8 CULTURE ALLIE FIGURES comedy, best drama and audience Staff Writer choice by a panel of judges. Th e judg- Th e red carpet was rolled out on ing guidelines instructed judges, a at Homecoming ppep rally Friday for the Campus MovieFest Fi- group of SJSU staff and students, to nale in Morris Dailey Auditorium. review each fi lm’s on content, techni- Th e event began at 8 p.m. to a cal excellence and overall quality. packed auditorium adorned with vel- Campus MovieFest was spon- vet ropes, paparazzi and golden stat- sored by the SJSU Alumni Associa- ues resembling those at the Oscars. tion, Apple and AT&T. Campus MovieFest is an annual Th is year, 128 teams entered from event that provides teams of students SJSU, the largest number of entries in with free Apple technology to pro- the history of Campus MovieFest. duce a fi ve-minute short fi lm in one From these teams, only 16 films week. Campus MovieFest was start- were shown at the finale. The films ed in 2001 by an Apple representa- shown were not announced before- tive who wanted to put technology in hand and were not shown in any PB&J: the hands of students. particular order, leaving the film- According to its Web site, Cam- makers and the audience in con- pus MovieFest is the world’s largest stant anticipation. College style student fi lm festival. “Twins McCallister,” was origi- Prizes of cash grants, Apple lap- nally a dark comedy about a pair of es- tops and iPods will be awarded for the fi lms deemed best picture, best MOVIEpage3 The Fire Pixies, a fi re dance troop, performs DEREK SIJDER / Spartan Daily fi re techniques near the 10-foot bonfi re at the Fire on the Fountain. Exhibit celebrates SJ’s track history KAAJAL MORAR Th e event opened with two Staff Writer dance groups from the Pride of the SELMA SKOKIC According to the exhibit’s Web Fire-breathing, the announcement Pacifi c Islands organization per- Staff Writer site, it includes historic photographs, of the Homecoming Court and live forming traditional dances from the Speed City, usually associated multimedia presentations and three- music kept students and alumni glued Polynesian islands. with John Carlos and Tommie Smith, dimensional objects relating to the to Tower Lawn last Th ursday night for Then, the fire-dancing group has had impact on an entire era, and SJSU track teams of years passed. the Fire on the Fountain event. Fire Pixie spun around the fountain not just the two sprinters. Hill, the curator of the Speed City Th e event is the offi cial Homecom- on Tower Lawn. The dancers drew As an eff ort to commemorate exhibit, said she wants students to ing pep rally, said Clift on Gold, the gasps and applause from the crowd the track athletes of the 1960’sand know that there were athletes who marketing and events coordinator for through coordinated dance routines 1970’s, an exhibit about the Speed were involved in the struggle decades Associated Students. and fire-blowing. City era is currently on display at before Smith and Carlos. Gold said the purpose of this event Th ey also interacted with the crowd San Jose City Hall. “In 1996, John Carlos traveled was to increase school pride and cel- by holding fi re with their bare hands Th e exhibit was started by former with me, along with three other for- ebrate Homecoming. and allowing students to do so as well. SJSU student Urla Hill. mer athletes — Ray Norton, Bob “We had more people out there Th e show ended with the lighting of It has been at City Hall since Poynter and Ben Tucker — to an As- than last year,” Gold said. “The cool the propane bonfi re, which was larger June 16 and will be displayed until thing was that everybody stayed un- March 27, 2009. EXHIBITpage2 til the end.” FIREpage6 theSpartanDaily.com MONDAYOCTOBER 2 News 13 2008 Speaker: There’s always a problem to solve EXHIBIT San Jose requested exhibit appear CORINNE SPECKERT and most benefi cial out of all of ence were what he took away identifying signifi cant unmet Staff Writer them. I think this one would be from the presentation. clinical needs; talking to clini- Th e ever-growing fi eld of bio- the most contributive toward ad- “His experience in the bio- cians and observing cases; keep- medical engineering is what Fra- vancements in technology com- medical fi eld and the things you ing up with new technology; because of Olympians zier Healthcare Ventures partner pared to other ones,” said Nick have to take into account in or- staying fl exible; and recognizing Julian Nikolchev spoke about Johnson, a freshman civil engi- der to bring a product from con- your strengths. sociation of African-American country in the 1960’s and San Th ursday as part of the Silicon neering major. cept to existence is what I liked “To be successful in the fi eld, Museums’ conference in Bir- Jose was no exception. Valley Leaders Symposium in Nikolchev discussed some because that’s the fi eld I’m trying you have to go and observe and mingham, Ala.,” Hill said. Hill said she hopes that the Charles W. Davidson College other projects such as his inven- to get into,” he said. just learn as much as possible “Although Carlos said he had when people see the exhibit, of Engineering. tion of a glove-like device for hu- Kudo Sdsian, a freshman about the medical component heard of Norton and Poynter, they will understand that rac- “Biomedical engineering is mans, which looks at how people electrical engineering major, and the medicine, and being able he didn’t realize the struggles ism was also here in San Jose. always going to be a big fi eld. It’s extract heat in att empts to con- said he enjoyed Nikolchev’s in- to go and see cases and see pro- undertaken by the pair while “People don’t tend to think exciting because there’s always trol the overheating of athletes. put on medical developments cedures. Th ose things are very they were on campus compet- of California as a state that a problem to solve and it’s very “I like to have several balls in and how to get new technolo- important and are the best ways ing as the No.1 and 2 ranked needed a Civil Rights Move- fast growing,” he said. “Th ere’s al- the air, and I actually fi nd that for gies out to the public. to succeed in this fi eld,” he said. sprinters, respectively, in the ment,” said Hill, who gradu- ways interesting problems, so it’s me that works a lot to identify “I think what you can take Although Johnson said he world,” she added.