Advocates Welcome Clinton at Moffett

Advocates Welcome Clinton at Moffett

SPORTS NEWS Spartan football team bounces back from Third Street Festival raises awareness, Oregon loss to defeat New Mexico, 37-20 Monday funds for California Historic Landmark SPARTANSee page 5 DAILY See page 6 September 28, 1998 Volume 111, No. 20 Serving San Jose State University Since 1934 Advocates welcome Clinton at Moffett By Margaret Bethel "It's time to move on to the Senior Staff Writer main issues of this nation and move past the crisis," he said. President Bill Clinton land- Brown passed a letter to ed at Moffett Federal Airfield Clinton, titled "An Appeal For with about 600 supporters Healing," a pastoral letter to waiting to greet him. the nation. The turnout was so far "(The letter) is in support of beyond expectations, according civility, sense and a responsible to the Secret Service, that more response to the crisis," Brown than half were still in line to said. K.Ithi La -flute/ Spartan D.nly get in when Clinton arrived. Ward, a San Jose State dinner fund-raiser at the Tech University alumna, also met A large crowd greets President Clinton upon arrival at Moffett Democratic National Committee The president came to San sold for $25,000 a couple. Clinton on his arrival. Federal Airfield on Friday afternoon. Clinton later attended a Museum of Innovation in San Jose. Tickets Jose Friday to speak at a Democratic National "I just told him that we sup- Committee fund-raiser held at ported him and that we believe the new Tech Museum of things will work out," she said. Innovation in downtown San The president remained at Protesters Jose. Moffett Field for about a half- The committee asked invited hour greeting the crowd before guests, primarily Silicon Valley he left for the Fairmont Hotel. executives, to contribute Mellora Wales, a San Jose outnumber State University music major, $25,000 per couple. expected to raise $600,0067 went to the airfield with Among the 12 people solicit- friends to see Clinton arrive. supporters ed to welcome Clinton as he She said she is such a big exited Air Force One were five Clinton supporter that when he members of the clergy who, shook her hand she was downtown according to organizers at the speechless. landing, asked to be there. "It's just another person, but By Margaret Bethel They included the Rev. Amos yet, this person is the presi- Senior Staff Writer Brown, San Francisco city dent," she said. supervisor, the Rev. Roland Wales said she supports The crowd of supporters cheering Gordon, clergymen Norman Clinton's politics and she's dis- President Bill Clinton when he arrived at Pinkard and Calvin Jones and appointed that the Starr report Moffett Federal Airfield could have made clergywoman Amelia Ashley is so distracting. him forget about the Lewinsky scandal, but Ward. "It's sad," she said. "People there were more than a thousand protestei s Brown called Special are overlooking all the good in Cesar Chavez park waiting to serve as a Prosecutor Ken Starr's investi- things he does." reminder. gation an excessive partisan Twelve-year-old Justin Reed Holding signs such as "Clinton is the anti- ott I vehiter, 'Special to the. Spartan Ruh- game about power that is dam- got to shake hands with Christ" and "impeach the perve," protesters aging the country, and he said Clinton, his second time meet- outnumbered and out-shouted Clinton's sup- Protesters in Cesar Chavez Park explode into a frenzy as President Clinton's motorcade that he wanted to show his sup- ing the president. porters. arrives downtown for the opening of the Tech Museum. Clinton's trip to the Bay Area was port for the president in spite of "It was pretty neat," he said. See Protesters, page 8 focused on raising money for local Democratic candidates. the report. Mix Master Mike's Rain doesn't dampen spirits at BrewHaHa `Surprize Packidge' By Lisa Marie F. Arellario Weinhold said. "The crowd Chihuahua. However, con- Staft Writer was good even in the rain. trary to what the audience They stayed cool on top of had expected, Alazraqui used delivers experience Rain didn't stop people their heads." very little of the Taco Bell act. from laughing and drinking Monica Lewinsky jokes Instead, he too used Monica to RTVF students beer during this weekend's dominated the comedians' jokes in his act. BrewHaHa festival. acts during the festival. Jokes "You just have to take ByJohn Meyer Despite the showers and ranged from the famous cigar advantage of it while it's hot," Assistant Entertainment Editor the occasional downpour, hun- to Lewinsky's notorious Alazraqui said. dreds of people came to San stained blue dress. However, Alazraqui did Pedro Square in downtown Among the most anticipat- incorporate his Taco Bell on the set, please," yelled "Quiet San Jose to enjoy food, beer, ed comedy performance was Chihuahua act into his director Babak Sarrafan through his music and stand-up comedy. Carlos Alazraqui's. Alazraqui Clinton jokes. bullhorn. According to Anoelle Knell is the voice behind Dinky, Taco The 40 extras on stage immediate- of the San Jose Downtown increasingly popular and became serious. Bell's See BrewHaHa, page 6 ly stiffened up Association, this is the first their dream of being Any second, time the BrewHaHa festival of a music video caught on the film has been rained on. would become reality during the San 5/11.1 bli 10 - Is01, the "We usually get theater arts about Jose State University 15,000 people shoot for Mix Make-up artist Pamela Lindsay gets David Gonzalez, a photography with the two department's video days combined. Packidge." student at San Jose State University, ready for a rave scene in the music Turnout is a Master Mike's "Surprize little less than started pumping video "Surpnze Packidge." Lindsay has been doing makeup design for expected this The song's music year, but that's University Theatre's understand- through the three years and is getting her master's degree in theater arts at SJSU. able because of the weather," speakers. Knell said. instructed the eclectic extras and the production crew. "And action," Sarrafan Some stand-up East Indian and ballet dancers. Short phrases with a sudden impact Sarrafan is comedians group of belly, break, said they expected the yet they couldn't do their making bold statements as the helm of SJSU's first worst The bodies began to move, from the audience because of specialized dances because the stage was packed so major, MTV-aimed music video shoot, which started Friday. the weather. tightly. "We just had space) was reserved for Mix The project is Sarrafan's idea of instructing a class a really bad The attention (and combination to Francisco DJ and newest to produce a music video. Sarrafan wanted to share deal with Master Mike. The San today," comedian returned home to the Bay Area his music video production experience with the stu- Matt Beastie Boys member Weinhold said. "You've got after enjoying huge national dents. The SJSU instructor has worked (in everything for SJSU's video shoot people who are popular rap group's "Hello Nasty" frora Michael Jackson and Henry Rollins videos to wet and success with the uncomfortable and they're album and tour. The DJ took center stage behind his local underground rap and electronic music videos. the beat of the music, scratch- His Radio, Television and Film 185 class began drunk. It's just not a good mix table. He shook to combination." and moving his lightning- planning the video last semester. The idea was to 13, inn Prince/ Spartan Daily ing at the two turntables However, Weinhold the panel of knobs and dials. offer a musical artist a free-of-charge video. said quick fingers around things didn't turn out as bad Tina Donnelley, Mark Pinchbauck and Dave Maes sample later, Sarrafan shouted, "And cut." "Who doesn't want a free video?" said Sharon A few seconds as he had expected. each others' beer at the BrewHaHa at San Pedro Square in on stage was dead; the camera was off. Jennings, the video's associate producer. Jennings The action "It was the opposite of what downtown San Jose. The festival featured 21 breweries, music "Very good," Sarrafan told Mix Master Mike, the See Mix Master, page 4 I thought it would be," and stand-up comedians. hunts just plain nuts economic Sometimes it doesn't Asian pay to get up in the Thecrisis has shown morning. A leisurely that racism is not Sunday browse through just a problem in America. the newspaper with a 'The Jews robbed the good cup of coffee and a Palestinians of every- couple of slices of peanut thing," said Dr. Mahathir butter toast at elbow's Mohamad, the prime min- reach can suddenly ister of Malaysia, "but in take all the fun out of a Malaysia they could not girl's day. do so, hence they do this Peanut butter, that depress the ringgit I 401,..11111.111, noble staple of millions of (Malaysia's currency)." American kids since for- Dr. Mahathir, who was supporters 11 /ill /I I II. ever, is under vicious speaking to his attack in public schools in last year in Malaysia, was a witch hunt that promis- referring to George Soros, es all the hysteria of its Salem cousin. a currency speculator who is Jewish. Currency Peanut butter, the bastion of cheap nutrition speculators use billions of dollars to bet on the and the subject of many a how-to-make-a-p&b- fundamental value of a country's currency.

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