SPORTS OPINIONImus’ fi ring begs new ONLINEExclusively online: Students Defense stars in questions, page 2 march in name of Katrina victims spring game, page 4 Volume 128, Issue 41 Serving San Jose State University Since 1934 Monday, April 16, 2007 SPARTANSan Jose State University 150th Anniversary D AILY www.thespartandaily.com Memorial week begins with Holocaust day JOSH WEAVER It is a week that serves as a memorial thing to commemorate the Holocaust be- Maltiel said the award provided the op- ing tonight with a showing of “Shindler’s for the lives lost during the Holocaust, but cause it is a very defi ning moment for the portunity to produce an extensive program List” in the Royce Hall lounge at 6 p.m. STAFF WRITER is also a week dedicated to exploring the Jewish people,” Hillel Executive Director above and beyond the Holocaust Remem- Tomorrow through Thursday from word genocide, what it means and why it Sue Maltiel said. brance Day memorial. 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., luncheons will The Holocaust claimed the lives of an es- still exists in the world. A memorial is set up along Paseo de Ce- “We saw that we could do something be held in The University Room of the timated 5.1 million to 6 million Jews, tearing The week’s events are organized by Hillel sar Chavez across from the Event Center that was much broader and really talks Student Union, which will include panel apart families and devastating a culture. of Silicon Valley — which helps support Jew- and is open today from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. about genocide,” Maltiel said. “What leads discussions that will explore three topics Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day, ish campus life at SJSU — MOSAIC Cross This year Hillel received the Jewish Fam- to a genocide and what one person can do that emphasize “acknowledgement, un- or Yom Hashoah, and it marks the begin- Cultural Center, SJSU faculty, staff and stu- ily and Children’s Services Zisovich Award to make a difference.” derstanding and prevention.” ning of Genocide Holocaust Week at San dents and other community volunteers. for Holocaust Education, which is funded Events this year include movie screen- Jose State University. “Every year on campus we do some- by an anonymous Holocaust survivor. ings and pizza in the residence halls start- see DAY, page 5 Disability Nobel winner center hosts speaks to students workshops Discussed economic leaders KYLE HANSEN world to his media center. He said that when he was in college he had a stereo Fair held series of STAFF WRITER system that was one piece, all in one box. Then, as technology changed interactive events A large crowd of students packed and he got more equipment, the sys- the Engineering building audito- tem got bigger and bigger. ADAM BROWNE rium last Thursday for a speech by Recently, he had a professional Nobel Memorial Prize winner My- come make him a new entertainment SENIOR STAFF WRITER ron Scholes. system, and he ended up with every- Scholes received the 1997 Sverig- thing in one box again, but this time At the San Jose State University Student Union on Thurs- es Riksbank Prize in Economic Sci- it was one customized box exactly day, the Disability Resource Center hosted a series of workshops ences in Memory of Alfred Nobel how he wanted it. called “A Retrospective on Disability.” At one of the events, stu- and came to San Jose State Univer- “Finance is always the media cen- dents could fi nd out what it was like to have a learning disability. sity to discuss the roles of leaders in ter,” Scholes said. “That’s what it is The Interactive Disability Awareness Simulations work- today’s speculative economic world. — it is the box that defragments and shop had stations where students could experience what The lecture was part of the on- comes apart and into pieces because learning disabilities are like to better understand them. going Silicon Valley Leaders Sym- it’s not effi cient to have the box. … “The purpose of the workshop is to give people a greater posium sponsored by the College of So it’s destruction, reconstruction, awareness and understanding about disabilities in a hands-on Engineering. destruction, reconstruction. interactive way.” said Shauna Moriarty, retention coordinator “He was very knowledgeable,” “Now we are seeing all these at the Disabled Resource Center. said Andrew Horton, a senior ma- pieces — like all the derivatives and joring in economics. “A lot of that all the components that you had for see FAIR, page 3 stuff was defi nitely over my head. It your stereo system — and you’re was geared at a more professional starting to see people put it back audience than an SJSU one.” Scholes compared the fi nance see NOBEL, page 3 PHOTOS BY JAKE HUMBERT/ SPECIAL TO THE DAILY Interactive lecture looks ABOVE: Sandra Ammons, an associate professor at Ohlone College in Fremont, asks the audience about American deaf culture during the Deaf Culture 101 workshop. RIGHT: Ammons signs to the audience during the workshop in the Ohlone room of the Student Union on Thursday. at global warming KIMBERLY LIEN April 11 about global warming. Most in attendance were meteo- San Jose native tells Study abroad students to STAFF WRITER rology students — they were offered extra credit for their attendance Eugene C. Cordero, a professor at — and most were concerned about San Jose State University’s Depart- give information at fair global warming. story of volunteer ment of Meteorology, gave a lecture The lecture was interactive. Each in front of a packed audience in Boc- MARK POWELL in Bath, England in 2005 as an SJSU cardo Business Center room four on see CLIMATE, page 5 study abroad program participant. work in Liberia STAFF WRITER “I feel very fortunate,” Laws said. If Paseo de Cesar Chavez on the “Studying abroad is also something SAMIE HARTLEY San Jose State University campus seems good that students can put on a resume. After all, this is a global society.” STAFF WRITER foreign to some students this afternoon, few should be concerned — there’s a The date for the study abroad fair was originally set for Wednesday, April As slides of malnourished children fl ashed on study abroad fair taking place. 18, but was moved to today because of a screen behind him, San Jose native Dr. Andrew From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today, rep- a potential confl ict with an Earth Day Schechtman told the story of his experiences in Af- resentatives from SJSU’s study abroad event, Baum said. rica as a volunteer for Doctors Without Borders, a hu- program will line seventh street plaza to “We didn’t want to compete with manitarian organization that sends doctors around the talk with students about opportunities anyone,” Baum said. world to provide emergency care and aid. to take classes in one of 40 different na- Despite the event’s change of date, Schechtman’s discussion held on Wednesday in tions, study abroad advisor Lisa Baum Baum said most of the fair’s features Duncan Hall, focused on the year he spent in Libe- said. will be “walk-by anyways,” and that stu- ria, a country that he said only had a few dozen doc- “Studying abroad is an affordable, dents will see the fair as they are passing tors to support the population of nearly three million valuable investment,” said Jade Laws, by. Baum said that there will be signs people. a student assistant for the study abroad around campus showing students where “I came back from Liberia feeling like it was the program. “For me, it was life-changing.” PHOTO BY STEPHANIA BEDNAR/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Laws, who is seeking a master’s de- to fi nd the fair. Mike Voss, a lecturer in meteorology, introduces Eugene Cordero, a professor of meteo- gree in counseling education, studied see ABROAD, page 3 see DOCTOR, page 6 rology, before his talk on global warming Wednesday in the Bocardo Business Center. SPARTAN DAILY QUOTE OF THE DAY: 2 Mistakes are the portals of discovery. MONDAY — James Joyce APRIL 16, 2007 OPINION EDITORIAL: Imus’ fi ring is a lighting rod for the double standard in censorship For those needing a branch to grab hold of in the But the shock jock clearly crossed a line with his ger simulcast Imus’ show. In 2004, the Oprah Winfrey and guest Michelle middle of the Don Imus-incurred fl ash fl ood of big- comments. He singled out an innocent party that will The next day, CBS fi red him and cancelled the Burford graphically discussed sexual activities among otry and corporate downsizing, a chronological review forever be associated with the incident. show “Imus in the Morning.” teenagers. of the past week is in order. The Rutgers women’s basketball team won’t be Whether Imus’ fi ring was a direct result of roaring The terms Winfrey and Burford used, “tossed sal- On April 4, Imus, on his nationally syndicated ra- known for making it to the national championship hatred; or, as published in some reports, a direct result ad” as a phrase to describe a type of oral sex, incurred dio show, referred to the Rutgers University women’s game, they will be known as the target group of un- of major business puling ads; or, employees expressing massive fi nes. basketball team as “nappy-headed hos.” concern over having to work with Imus in the future; Except the FCC didn’t fi ne Oprah, they fi ned shock Amidst the media fi restorm in the two days follow- or all the above; the fact that Imus can no longer make jock Howard Stern.