TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2002 WWW.THESPAR1 NDA I IN.CONI TURF' WARS Rugby clubs, intrumerial leagues are displaced by new turf laid down at South Campus Sports, 3 TAN AUNRAVEI. ACITIZIti COPE S DEB1.11 Minal Gandhi advises Self-titled album features blues, ladies to keep their VoL. 118 hip-hop, jazz and urban beats. 70' clothes on and their A & E, 7 n.t..4 dignity intact No. 18 t, i Opinion, 2 V 1180 IN TODAY S ISSUE Opinion 2 Sports 3 Classified... 7 AIL Sparta Guide 2 Crossword 7 A & E 8 Si It% I N(p S Vs' jOSE STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1934 Choraliers take flight in concert Tickets By Michelle Giluso anger DAILY STAEF WRITER A scream echoed throughout the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church on Sunday evening in students Saratoga. Two loud bangs soon fol- lowed. By Lori Hanley These weren't the sounds of DAILY STAFF WRITER a crime being committed. They were the sounds of the A San Jose State University San Jose State University student said he is furious after Choraliers performing receiving a $31 parking citation one of for parking their most unusual and enter- illegally in the 10th taining songs of their "Aloha Street garage. "I'm outraged. Nobody can find parking without circling for an hour. So you are late for REVIEW classes (and) miss quizzes," said Concert" program, senior Mohammad Shobeiri. "Pamugun." Shobeiri said he arrived on In Tagalog, a Filipino dialect, the SJSU Choraliers impres- campus at 8 a.m. on Feb. 12 and sively sang composer circled the sixth floor of the 10th Francisco Street garage looking for a park- Feliciano's song, which tells the tale of a ing place for about an hour sparrow's desperate before parking illegally in a cor- attempts to escape from danger. "Pamugun" ner spot of the garage. was only one of "I was hoping I wouldn't get a the many impressive songs per- formed ticket because I have a parking by the Choraliers. permit," Shobeiri said. The SJSU Choraliers were He said he has been forced to sleekly dressed in formal black- park illegally before but never and-white attire with the men received a parking citation. dressed in tuxedos and black, Sergeant Jim Renelle said he patent leather shoes, and the is amazed by the placea where women wore black dresses and people park. pearl-tiered drop earrings. "There would be complete They were the perfect pic- chaos if people parked wherever ture of professionalism and they wanted," Renelle said. their performance proved their There are two full-time park- capacity to make beautiful and ing enforcement officers on cam- harmonious music. Ikihiro Fittaiviira Dailv Staff pus, Renelle said. Two wonderfully performed From left to right, San Jose State University Choraliers Jennifer Butler, Loralie Zapata and Andrew Chung performed songs on They make sure parking 4 Renaissance madrigals were garage entrances are open, selected to begin the program. Sunday evening from their "Aloha Concert" program at the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Saratoga in preparation for their upcom- direct traffic, answer questions, English composer John Dow- ing concert in Hawaii. offer courteous services and reg- land's song "Fine Knacks for ulate parking, he said. Ladies," about love lost, and evening's diverse program. neth Thomas and bass Jason uplifting song. about the "Loving Mother of SJSU parking permits cost French composer Claudin de Ron Staheli's "The Promised Harvey, as the rest of the Nonveigan composer Edvard God," was angelic and heartfelt. $82 per semester, and parking Sermisy's romantic "Tant que Land," featured riveting solos Choraliers triumphantly joined Grieg's spiritual "Ave Maris citations range from $31 for gen- vivray," of true love, were by tenors Josh Palkki and Ken- the soloists to conclude the Stella" (Hail Star of the Ocean), delightful starters for the see CONCERT. Page 8 See PARKING. Page 8 Chicano poet laments Provost to host KSJS talk show By Rima Shah lege students through the NIUSE pro- lul and a %ill be. People don't hear gram. what we're doing, and when people DAV( STAEF ARID Ft Piper Hollenbeck, a molecular biolo- don't hear what we're doing, they think America's machinery KSJS, the San Jose State University gy senior. said the show was a good idea we don't stand out." radio station, may have a new star in if it could get students to listen. Apart from letting the community It% \like Corpos tion system, corporate America and U.S. Provost Marshall Goodman, who will "It might be helpful for (students) to know what the university is doing, the DAII1 SI WRIII R foreign policy. be hitting the airwaves with his own know about things that are going on show will also focus on student prob- Navarro told the audience much about talk show called "University Round- with the campus," Hollenbeck said. "It lems and what the university is doing Joe Navarro, a Chicano poet and San himself in his presentation. He was table," said Nick Martinez, the station's will help, probably, build community on about them, Goodman said. Jose State University graduate student, expelled from high school and completed general manager. campus, have students know what is Giving the freshman seminars as an read his poetry and presented slides and his GED when he was 30. He began col- The show, which is scheduled to air going on and have them be more example, Goodman said that getting photographs of his trips to Mexico to 22 lege in his mid-30s and became a teacher from 5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. every Tuesday, involved in the campus and what the information out to students, faculty students and faculty members in the at age 40, he said. will focus on academic topics and will administration has planned for it." members and alumni will help increase SJSU Multicultural Center on Monday. Currently, Navarro is a first-grade publicize student issues, faculty, Besides students. Goodman said a enmllment numbers in those programs. One of the organizers of the event, Jeff teacher at Sunnyslope Elementary authors and research connected to San lot of community members are interest- Future shows will also include indi- Paul of the Multicultural Library was School in Hollister. Jose State University, Goodman said. ed in what the university is doing, and viduals from enmllment services who happy to see people show up. He has been writing poetry for 20 "We don't always have an opportuni- this is a good way to reach out to them. will talk about admissions, advising, "We're absolutely pleased with the years, and he was first published in 1987. ty to talk about them," Goodman said." "There is not enough communication registration and financial aid, Good- turnout, the last time we had Joe here "I've been mostly independently pub- It's a good way of getting the word out. about the direction the university is man said was in 1989," Paul said. lished. My poetry is very Chicano-orient- SJSU is changing, and we are in a peri- taking and why the university is going Jonathan Hwang, a graphic design Navarro, a San Francisco native, has ed, and it has a critical perspective of od of transformation and change." down a particular path and the pres- freshman, said the talk show was good lived in Oakland, Denver and, most racism among other issues. Lots of pub- Goodman said the changes being sure it faces." Goodman said. "I think if it brought about some changes. recently, Hollister. lishers don't like that," Navarro said. made around campus include the fresh- once people at least understand what "If it doesn't bring any change about During the reading, Navarro took The presentation included selections men seminars, workshops and semi- the university is doing and why it is i tt t ilrliversity, then these discus- shots at a number of socio-political See NAVARRO, Page nars designed to assist first-year col- doing this, I think it is going to be help- machine.: including the American educa- see KSJS, Pap 8 Pause for reflection . Student Union shaking alarms some 11% Ali tart' -roll with the flow of what's g.r.g on lanes. around." However. Kubo said the tiles at DAILY STAFF WRI1114 He said the only reported floor dam- Jamba Juice were replaced, and since Students who. eat at the Student age occurred at a concert in the Student then. the bowling center has not had a Union food court may have noticed the Union ballroom in the late '70s when too pmblem with anything related to the ground shaking beneath them at vari- many students were bouncing to the food court. US times of the day. "pogo" style of dancing popularized by "Students can feel totally safe," Gre- The tremors, which can feel like the new wave. gory said. weak earthquakes, have frightened stu- "Engineers came in and tested it; the According to Gregory, structural dents who haven't forgotten that Cali- floor could not withstand that type of engineers came in and looked at the fornia is known for its moving plates, movement," Gregorv said. building in 1995 and determined that some said. As a result, he said the ceiling area there was no problem with its founda- According to Terry Gregory, manager above the food court was re-clone and tion. of the Student Union, there isn't much heavy girders were installed to support Although the engineers secured the to fear as far as the building's safety the ballroom floor.