Volleyball: CD Review: LACAYO MUNDO: Travels to take on Green Day still rockin' My nomination WolfPack and Bulldogs 10 years later for SJSUpresident Page 6 Page 3 Page 2 SERVING SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1934 SPARTAN DAILY k'II \ .(.( )'\ VOLUME 123, NUMBER 22 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2004 Lecture SPLISH, SPLASH Sex crimes outlines common at if1 1 iI I. 'd , i Castro's VI I, ' I il' r . - 1'114'i , I IQ' f r universities , 11" ' Cuba .#A. Five rapes reported to By Emmanuel Lopez Darly Stall campus police in 2003-04 For those who say Cuba has sut - feted onder Fidel Castro's rule, they fi- were charged with a crime, and all By Anna Molin of nal!, !, ,- Odd hard data to back them continued to attend SJSU. ti Daily Staff Writer Nniega said. lid faults' came in to "There was nothing we could do re. I ,te tiled "Socialist Cuba: One in four college women expe- within the constraints of the law." he I ' I toaster'" ..ii Tuesday in rience a completed or attempted rape said. Dr Martin Luther before they graduate, according to Noriega said campus police collab- K .1 leading researchers and victim surveys orate with the Young Women's Chris- I ' in the fluid examining college students' unwanted tian Association Rape Crisis Center, I .e. ture Series sexual encounters. which is a 24-hour advocacy organiza- department at Out of those women, nearly 115 tion available to victims of sexual as- I percent knew the perpetrator, but sault, to provide an advocate for a vic- JettI,-. - .,.:, an assistant c. less than 5 percent reported the sexu- tim of a reported rape. Ii' I' I, diarge ..1 al assault to law enforcement officials. The same advocate typically stays ii , " he lectures are Those statistics seem, by all accounts. with the victim throughout the en- applicable to San Jose State Univer- tire ordeal. Nonega 1,11t1 In addition, itt Itin,4 sity as well. campus police arrange tor the victim .Vt. bring .., , inide lectures in Sgt. Robert Noriega said the Uni- to receive counseling through the stu- order to inttodo. e students to intel- versity Police Department received dent counseling services on campus. le. mall% stimulating material," Hum- two reported rapes last semester, in Noriega said. mel said addition to three reported incidents R. 41.11t0 yak., AII eCi /Mann, last fall, all of which were acquain- The legal processing professor at SIsU, spoke about how tance rapes. of rape cases the g. wet Tinier IT Fidel Castro "That by no means is an exact or has taken., flourishing Cuban eco-no finite number of how many sexual as- Ann Lucas. an assistant professor my. and has sunkrti it. saults happened. because a lot of times of justice studies, said the annual vic- "Pe..ple litre the pre, . niceived they are not reported to us," Noriega tim surveys. in whi.h a sample of the myth that Cuba Was a bac kward Third said. population responds to screen ques- Vorld cc, in' (;...tizalez said. The five sexual assault CAWS report- tions that aim to uncover whether a The opp,,ite is true. ( Ionlaler said. ed to campus police an the 2003-04 respondent has experienced an act of referring to data that had Cllba As one academic year involved female victims sexual victimization, show significant- of the top five powers an and male perpetrators. Nine of the in- ly higher incidents of rape than the of- Latin Ameris dividuals involved were students at ficial crime statistics, which are calcu- SJSU. Noriega said. Dirougls lilt the le. ture, ,....zalez lated based on reported crinie showrd diatts and graphs of his te- The one exception. which occurred "It means A lot of people aren't re- ve.11,Ii. Whit II shoWed e01,1i4,1111C last semester. involved a female Stan- porting (rape), and one reason is be- ph Kith lion in Cuba has dropped off ford student who reported being raped cause mans people feel IHOW am I go while other areas have improved. by an SJSIJ student. Noriega said. mg to move it,'" LUCAS said. one Installee, ;r0f17.11e2 said that Three of the rapes occurred at the She said the legal processing of Man% Cilharis Who have college de- Spartan Village. a student housing rape cases largely depends on whether gree. , afford to complex located next to Spartan Sta- there is enough evidence to prosecute make .t decent liv- loll.. Weeks Daily Stilt ing and most torn to job, in the tour- dium on South Campus. and, later on, vi convince a jury. 5th i ilidlistr% earn Motley. Eddie Ramirez from Helix Electric Inc. cleans the walkway in front of Spartan Complex with water from In addition, one rape took place At A "In a large number ot sexual assault Ioli/alr/ also explained how U.S. a nearby fire hydrant Tuesday afternoon. fraternity. house, and the other, which cases, It is his words against hers," Lu- trarel Tenn, ti on, to Cuba have hurt ins-. used the Stanford student, hap- cas said. "So if there is evidence on the the .otintiv 's tourism industry. pened at a Campbell residence. victim, like bruising, bleeding or bro- f ti01,,wed fjotizalez also attributed Cuba's None of the SI'S( victims ken bones, that ,:an help." esotioniii w' es to the government's SJSU water quality unclear through with the rape charges. Norie- However. the majority of complet- ga said. Inability to coordinate production and ed or attempted rape victims do not ...lid a sophomore majoring in so- Roble, interned fin the San Jose the gover lllll ent's steadfast retinal to "The victims decided that they sustain ins visible injuries. according cial work. %Vatet C.,nipany nvo sunimers ago. or .. be if s orrnate capitalist principles into By Kevin Yuen weren't going to continue to A joint 2(X)1 study. by. the U.S. De- "les really dirty." said another "It". Clean to the level of public cooperative," he said, adding that the its economy Daily Stall Writer partment of Justice National Insti- student. health standards," he said. "but it Stanford student's reisnt WAS turned Cuba draws A lot Of Its economic tute of Justice and the Bureau of Jus- "les not (clean)." said junior Neil you have seen where it comes norm strength from tourism, as well AS re. The cleanliness of water on CAM - over to the Campbell Police Depart- tice Statistics. Robles. I would not recommend (drink- Inittall es from Cuban exiles living pus has more people talking than ment because the assault took place Only one in five sexual assault in- "It is absolutely safe to drink." ing) it." a brad,o ( said. the latest Spartan fisnball debacle. under its jurisdiction. cidents resulted in physical damage, said Chandra ( ;ow.1.1, the canusis's `Die water supplied on campus. Noriega said he believes the Camp- iii the 19641,, there Was A IIUSh to- it tastes like saliva," one senior such as bruising, swelling and cuts, the hazardous materials spe. i.ilnt 'Its h..WeVer. .1, es not softie from the Ward industrialization and es "florin. television, radio, film and theatre bell police dismissed the alSe for lack study reported. major said. not bottled water, hut that watres of evidence. "I braid it Will C.111.41 t Ant CC from a totally different source." ,ee WATER. page None of the other perpetrators iee RAPE. page 4 .iee LECTURE. page 5 Alumni return to recruit Assembly hopeful Coto accounting students speaks on campus tance of alumni connections to stu- World in,) Vet the 111Vestnient that By Ruth C. Wamityu dents, said Margaret Wilkes, a job By Sara Spivey we make iii public kinder- Daily Staff Writer fair coordinator with the SJSU Ca- 1)arli. Slat/ II'? lie, garten through four sears ot .,illegel, reer Center. puts us at atiIllnd 4stth in the nation. Rachel Harrington went for "Today I want to meet the iirms, Joe Coto, California State Asseni - Coto said. an internship one summer at one interview and hopetiilly get A job," lily candidate tor District 21 in the Coto said he is supportive .0 Cali- of the biggest certified public ac- said Ivy Nguyen. a graduate ac- Nov. 2 election, met with 20 tacultv finnia State t!tuversits students, and is counting firms in the country, counting major. and It) student, in .rties.laa t., ctik against raising tees landed A job there and Wilkes said most of the 19 firms Akita the future of education in Cali -We cant .ontinue to nibble returned Tuesday to help recruit present at the fair had long-teini around the edges .0 the CSI.! bud- more students from San Jose State relationships with SJSU, but there Coto spoke about his candiclacY. get," he said. "We need to be A little University. were some new ones. his plans for the Assembly and the bit bolder." "I got an internship with Price "Most of the new firms hire one importance of edit, anon an CAltimnia. He proposes to look for ways the Waterhouse Coopers in the sum- of our graduates, get inipressed and hi lie said is the Inalll teas he is state can cut back or excess spend R. ilunt Sparling / Daily Staff mer between my junior and senior conic here to recruit." she said. running for the state Assemblv. ing and generate new revenue sources State Assembly candidate Joe Coto speaks with students and faculty year at SJSU," she said. She also said most of the alum- "It just doesn't seem to make a to pin int., education, such AS raising The certified public accounting whole lot of sense to me.