PROFILE A & E Oliver attempts to lead Spartans ʻThe Next Three Daysʼ leaves to post season audience on seatʼs edge SEE PAGE 5 SEE PAGE 7 INSIDE Serving San José State University since 1934 NEWS Thursday, December 2, 2010 spartandaily.com Volume 135, Issue 49 • Lecturer urges water reuse for conservation in San Jose 2 • CAMPUS VOICES: What can SJSU do to be less Walls of a commuter school? 3 SPORTS constrict • Grigsby looks to the future beyond the gridiron 4 • Family support fuels Oliver’s stardom 5 campus TECH • Online bullying raises student walkways concerns 6 JORDAN LIFFENGREN Construction on the new Staff Writer Student Union — which A&E is costing an estimated $64 • New sports bar brings Walkways near the Stu- million — is the reason for modern taste to down- dent Union, Spartan Com- these wood walls, according town San Jose 7 plex, Engineering and Music to SJSU’s planning, design PHOTO: • ‘The Next Three buildings have been cozier and construction website. Days’ captivates than usual over the past cou- Th e website stated that the 7 audiences ple of weeks, with endless construction, which started BARNWELL JACK walls of wood making pas- in September of this year, is sageways smaller and short- to be fi nished by Spring 2013. OPINION cuts inaccessible. Th at means there is at least • To the youngest, don’t go “It would be ideal to know a two-and-a-half-year wait the spoils 8 what they’re doing and how before the walls can fi nally • Deaths in Yosemite long it’s lasting,” said Rory come down, said Chief of 8 Cohen, a graduate student Staff William Nance. DAILY | SPARTAN • Obama’s pay freeze not in education counseling. “I “Th ere are walls on the enough 9 hope they hold up their end front and back sides of the • Let the people decide of the bargain and get what- Student Union,” he said. “Th e what constitutes family ever it is they’re doing fi n- one at the end of the Spartan 9 friendly ished in a short amount of Complex is for construction • NO MORE F’S: time.” management.” Approving social promotion 9 He said he hoped it Nance, who is also the wouldn’t take too long and chief information offi cer and more importantly, wouldn’t Construction workers put up wooden walls near the Student Union on Nov. 16. cost too much. See WALLS Page 3 Religious speakers Salzburg group share diverse views fosters student ONLINE LEONARD LAI times a day.” anity, said he thought the leaders abroad Senior Staff Writer Th e panelists went in discussions went well and order of when their reli- the turnout was good. SOCIAL A multifaith panel dis- gion was historically estab- “We structured it to KELSEY HILARIO is more focused on prepar- cussion about prayer and lished: Hinduism, Sikhism, keep it as uncomplicated Staff Writer ing people to be global citi- MEDIA meditation was held at 5:30 Zen Buddhism, Judaism as possible so we organized zens,” Reckmeyer said. “You p.m. Wednesday in the Al- and Christianity. Two peo- these groups and had all the Th is past November SJSU need to learn how to live and Become a fan maden Room of the Stu- ple representing Islam speakers on a conference participated in the fi rst U.S. work in the global intercon- on Facebook facebook.com/ dent Union. closed the discussion and call so they would all be on Summit & Initiative for nected world, whether you spartandaily Th irty people gathered the panel led a question the same level,” he said. “It Global Citizen Diplomacy are working in Silicon Valley, to watch seven representa- and answer session. was great to see the enthu- held in Washington, D.C. some place else in California, Follow our tives from six diff erent reli- Psychology graduate siasm on students’ faces for SJSU owes much of its the United States or abroad.” tweets on gions take turns explaining Chris Gonzales said that a multifaith event and their newly gained recognition Initially the seminar in- Twitter how their religion’s meth- the group came about or- desire toward a peaceful to its long-term partnership cluded mainly Americans @spartandaily ods of prayer and medita- ganically. understanding of diff erent with the Salzburg Global and Europeans, but since tion worked. “We never really gave religions.” Seminar, a program that is Reckmeyer joined he said he Justice studies senior thought into interfaith but Gurbaksh Sohal, a junior helping evolve SJSU stu- has helped to include Africa, Danny Yu said the discus- it just happened that way criminal justice major, said dents into global citizens, Latin America, the Middle OUTSIDE sion was enlightening. when we found out what he thought the panel was said anthropology professor East, the Far East and every “I thought it was inter- we had in common was that great. William Reckmeyer. continent other than Antarc- esting how Muslims prayed we all wanted to fi ght the in- “I thought it was really Reckmeyer is the chair of tica. and meditated fi ve times a justice of poverty,” he said. interesting,” Sohal said. “It a program in Salzburg, Aus- Within the fi rst fi ve years day,” Yu said. “Regardless “We wanted to show that was really refreshing to see tria with the Salzburg Global of the program, Reckmeyer what happens good or bad, there was collaboration to so many cultures and reli- Seminar — with his help and said 65 fellows — which they always take the time back each other up, and af- gions here to speak about the help of his colleagues, he include faculty members, to refl ect upon it that many ter a month of planning this what their prayers were and said the partnership with staff and administrators times. meeting came about.” hear about their diff erent SJSU was forged in 2006. — and 59 students — High: 63° “I felt I could take Rev. Roger Wharton, variations of meditations. “What we are trying to who are also called schol- from this and have myself chaplain to SJSpirit and do is transform the univer- Low: 49° fi nd the time to pray fi ve representative for Christi- See PRAYER Page 2 sity so that the university See ABROAD Page 3 2 NEWS Thursday, December 2, 2010 CAMPUS IMAGE Lecturer urges water reuse for conservation in San Jose AMBER SIMONS Copy Editor GUIDELINES FOR USING GREYWATER According to an SJSU en- · Do not store greywater ing between the greywater vironmental studies lecturer, for longer than 24 hours. system and the sewer or students don’t have to wait to · Minimize contact septic system. have grey hair to get involved with greywater. It could be · Match production of potentially dangerous if greywater with the de- in saving the planet — they ingested, so it should not be mands of the landscape. can start today by reducing exposed where children or · Do not use water that water consumption. animals could drink it. contains diaper water, Patrick Ferraro gave a Pow- · Infi ltrate greywater into hazardous chemicals or erPoint presentation on water the ground. water from the kitchen sink conservation to about 40 stu- Simple systems last which may contain fats, oils, dents on Wednesday in the longer, require less mainte- grease and food particles. Student Union’s Costanoan nance, consume little or no And do not use water if Room. energy and cost less than someone in the household Th e water supply for San pumps and fi lters. is sick. Jose and Silicon Valley is di- · Install a three-way * Information from the valve to allow for switch- Greywater Action Organization. minishing as the population is steadily increasing, Ferraro said. HARVESTING ROOFTOP RUNOFF He gave two examples of ways students can minimize their water footprint on the planet — greywater reuse and the collection of rooft op rain- water runoff . PHOTO: Greywater is water from sinks, showers and washing machines and excludes kitch- en sink water, toilet water and CARMONIQUE THOMAS CARMONIQUE any water that has come into contact with feces, according to the Greywater Action Or- ganization. Liz Robertson, a senior in on to landscap- environmental studies, said educate inter- ing and gardens, she came to support SJSU ested students, faculty and whereas greywater is not campus garden collective staff on residential greywater for use on gardens with things Growing Roots of Wellness, reuse and rainwater harvest- people can consume because one of the presentation’s spon- ing, said Kushing. it is not potable, according to | CONTRIBUTOR sors, and that she enjoyed the Greywater can be reused the slideshow. presentation which included for direct landscape watering, Monica Benavides, a YouTube clips alongside the drip irrigation systems and graduate student in educa- PowerPoint slides. toilet fl ushing, according to tion, said she thought the “I’m also excited into look- the organization. event went well and said she ing at gett ing greywater sys- According to the Grey- was excited about all of the tems installed in my home,” water Action Organization, resources Ferraro gave to the Robertson said. washing machines are typi- audience. Th e event was also hosted cally the easiest source for “A lot of my questions were Dance instructor Gary Masters executes a ballet move during a ballet class by the SJSU Sustainability greywater, and showers can answered,” she said. Monday morning. Initiative. produce large quantities of Huynh said she doesn’t According to the Greywa- greywater containing few sol- know if she will take advan- ter Action Organization, re- ids and dilute soaps. tage of the two water conser- using greywater in your yard Ferraro said not to use wa- vation eff orts.