TUESDAY, MAR( 5, 2002 WWW.THESPARTANDAIL1.( ()M CRUNCH 'FIND Spartan guard Brandon Hawkins leads SJSU basketball into WAC tournament. Sports, 7-8 a, a,. 1 UNRAVEL SPARTAN Time to face the facts and sort out of the information VoL. 118 it's election time Opinion, 2 tt A POPE LICK No. 28 First SJSU play of the V ALSO IN TODAY S ISSUE semester depicts life Opinion 2 A & E 6 Classified 7 during the Depression. Sparta Guide 2 Crossword 7 Sports ... 7-8 SERVING SAN 10SE STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1934 A & E, 6 Agreement with faculty, no strike By All Fard both groups ratify the contract in tions in the agreement, and most Health coverage will also be by the CFA. means you get an increase of 2.65 mid-March. DAIL Y STAFF WRIn R likely they will approve it," Potes- provided for lecturers. "I'm voting to ratify. I think it's percent (annually): he said. "I'm at Clara Potes-Fellow, a spokes- Fellow said. According to the CSU public a great victory for the union," he the top. The next step for me is A tentative contract agreement woman for CSU, said she believes Some of the benefits in the affairs department, the 2 percent said. retirement but that's a minority was reached between the Califor- there is a great chance that the three-year contract agreement annual salary increase is the same Christensen said the agreement of faeulty. Most faculty are working nia State University system and contract will be approved because include a 2 percent faculty salary percentage the administrators of is a victory, particularly for faculty up the steps." the California Faculty Association the university system's board of increase, contracts for lecturers the university system receive. who are working their way up, to Jim Smith, communications Saturday after a year of bargain- trustees was informed of every who have taught for six years and Terry Christensen, chair of the receive service salary increases as director for the CFA, said the ing and protests. step in the discussions. more "family-friendly" options political science department at full-time professors. chance for the contract to be rati- The agreement will temporarily "At this point (the board of related to leave-of-absence for San Jose State University, said the "It's significant for senior facul- quell fears of a faculty strike until trustees) understands the negotia- pregnancy or adoption of a child. agreement is likely to be ratified ty. The service-step increase see STRIKE, Page 3 Center to A handful of Islamic culture Fair uses food and tradition host week to educate students about for women Muslim culture By Paul Mercado tural events the association is Di fillet holding this semester. D II \ STAFF WWI I R "On DAIL`, SIAFF WM I I IL Tuesday, we will be Islam Awareness Week sharing our history, concepts In recognition of women's history month, the Resource kicked off with an Islamic Cul- and beliefs, with 'Intro to Islam' Center at San Jose State University will be hosting tural Faire, which was held at at 1:30 p.m. in the Pacifica "Women's Week" from March 18 to March 22. the barbeque area in front of room of the Student Union," During the week, selected topics involving women's the Event Center on Monday. Naaman said. issues will be addressed, including women's history, The Muslim Student Associ- "This will be a one-hour social issues and the celebration of women and their con- ation at San Jose State Univer- crash course into the Islamic tributions throughout history. sity presented the event. culture," Naaman said. "We will The Resource Center will also be holding "Take Back The fair was held to intro- be having a speaker discussing the Night" on an undetermined night in April. duce the university's communi- the prophets, the Koran and Wiggsy Sivertsen, director of counseling at SJSU, said ty to Islam and the Muslim cul- our belief in God." the events are another informative way of exposing stu- ture. Farah IChan, a senior major- dents to groups of people on campus that they might not Several members of the ing in advertising and political know a lot about. association were on hand to science, said some of the food at "I'm a great supporter of the various cultural events greet visitors and to provide the fair was Indian, hummus, on campus," Sivertsen said. "I think it's a great way to insight into their culture. eggplant and a lentil dip that is introduce students to groups of people they are not There was a table filled with eaten with pita bread. familiar with." literature and free food from "We also have more flat Sivertsen said she feels that for the most part, women various Muslim regions of the bread, and the pastries are on campus are treated equal to men but added that there world. Middle Eastern," Khan said. are still areas where improvement needs to be made. Sandy Schaad, a junior "There is Rooh Afza, which is "It sort of depends on where you are on campus. There majoring in dance, said her a rose-water drink made from isn't so much of a differentiation (between men and father was a professor and had roses, and they call it the sum- women)," she said. "It's individual to individual or graduate students from all over mer drink." department to department." the world working on their doc- Khan said the reason they Sivertsen focused on economic equality in society as a torate degrees under him. call it the summer drink is whole as an area where strides still need to be made. "As a child growing up, I was because Rooh means soul, and "Women are still making less money, dollar for dollar, trying different foods, meeting Afza means to cool. and it's actually going down again," she said. people from different countries, "If you drink it in the warm According to the National Organization of Women, like Morocco and Bulgaria." regions it will keep you cool in women were the majority of employees in industries hit Schaad said. "With all that is the summer," Khan said. hardest by the economic downturn that resulted from going on, I saw that this Islam- Jaime Margason, a senior the Sept. 11 attacks. ic group was out here. I thought majoring in Spanish, said she Freshman Katheline Tosadio said she feels that I would check it out. The food attended the fair and was women on campus are generally equal to men but point- looked really good and tasted interested. ed out a few differences. great, and I got a recipe of the "I was interested because I "It seems like guys are bit more aggressive, like in the lentil dish." don't know much about the way they walk," she said. "There are more guy groups Schaad also said she was Islam religion," Margason said. than girls. Girls are probably a bit more intimidated." interested in supporting and "I really applaud the Muslim Senior Lizeth Jimenez said she feels students on cam- showing them she understands Student Association for making pus are treated fair as far as gender is concerned, but how they feel. an effort to be inclusive and to there is a gender gap within the. administrative areas on Mohammad Naaman, vice share their culture, religion Amid Ritton Dailv campus. president of the Muslim Stu- and knowledge with other stu- "As far as higher positions, I think they are made dent Association, said the fair dents. Especially with what has Juwayriyah Hussain, left, applies a temporary henna tatto0 to more for men than women," she said. "As for students, I'd is supposed to present to the been happening in the world Molgan Mohammad during an Islamic Cultural Faire that kicked off say it's pretty much equal." campus community the Islamic lately." culture, its traditions, its foods Islam Awareness Week. Islamic activities will run even/ day ending and to publicize the other cul- see ISLAM. Page 3 March 12. See MARCH. Page 3 Career expo reduced to one day Wax on, wax o By Anna Bakalis "We're very pleased with the companies ton of jobs right now, but networking is an that will be present," Lim said. important part of the event." DAII 1 STAFF WRITI R This year, the Career Center has Companies such as Hewlett-Packard, The economy has changed since last recruited more than 160 companies with Sun Microsystems and Apple Computer year, and so has the San Jose State Uni- representatives available to talk about will have their own booth at the fair, as will versity career and internship fair. their businesses and to go over resumes Pacific Gas & Electric and 7-Eleven. "A lot of major players are not present," from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Event "There is a different climate right now said June Lim, the associate director of the Center Wednesday. for jobs: said Lim. "The individual who can Career Center, who adds there will be some "Many of these companies have seen job cope with change and make adjustments high-tech companies, but more non-profits markets like the one we're in now," Lim and market themselves are the ones that and service companies like retail and sales said will be -aleees.:(1,1^ will be more visible than in previous years. not be offering a "Although they might see CAREER. Pagel SJSU student wins national award 11 ( "I think it's great for San Jose State to judges and the client.