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Protesters hold a rally outside of San Jose City Hall to dispute a controversal matter on Wednesday afternoon. Photo by Jack Barnwell / Spartan Daily

A chanting crowd of 70 gathered outside San Jose City Hall Wednes-day in protest of the ongoing issue of sovereignty over East China Sea islands.

“We discovered that in 1958 the North Vietnam Prime Minister Pham-Van-Dong signed a lett er rec-ognizing Chinese occupation in the East Sea which is nonsense,” said protestor Tam Nguyen. “Th at island belonged to South Vietnam. It was a secret deal and now it is revealed,” he said.

Th e demonstrators, located at Santa Clara Street, between Fourth and Fift h streets, stood curbside with South Vietnam and American fl ags, large banners in Vietnamese, infor-mational fl iers and signs that read “democracy for Vietnam.”

Truong Vu, member of the Viet-namese Community of Northern California and coordinator of the pro-tests, spoke to the crowd through a megaphone connected to large speak-ers facing the street.

“We want to join the Vietnam-ese community of the world to con-demn the Vietnamese government because they are giving away Parcel Islands and surrounding borderlands to China,” Vu said.

He said protestors are also here to warn everyone of the grow-ing problem that is China and gain support in boycott ing Chinese imports.

Most of China’s products do not meet basic standards for manufac-tured goods and oft en have been found toxic or deadly, Vu said.

In its race to produce materials fast and cheap, China has disregarded rules and regulations at the expense of peoples’ lives, Vu said.

Vu lead the protest with synchro-nized chants and songs for several minutes before greeting rally partici-pants.

“We came out to protest the same day this document was signed,” said protestor Huang Long. “We have been out here maybe an hour but in the morning we went to San Francisco.”

People have gathered from many Bay Area cities in support such as Stockton, San Francisco, Oakland and Hayward, Vu said.

Students have complained about the taste of the drinking water on campus in diff erent ways and how it should be improved in the near fu-ture.

“I used to be really grossed out by the water until my friend told me that is was just air bubbles, so I fi lled up my bott le of water, shook it really hard and the water suddenly became clear,” said Hillary Bradfi eld, senior animation illustration major.

Th ere is scientifi c explanation to why the water is white in certain ar-eas on campus.

“Th e reason the water has white residue is because of the hardness of the water, and hardness is miner-als in water,” said Chandra Gowda, environment health and safety ana-lyst at SJSU Facilities Development and Operations department. “Th e air bubbles in the water from the drink-ing fountain is due to the pressure distributed when the water is being pumped out from the well.”

Gowda said that just because the water is white it doesn’t mean that it’s bad for your health.

“Th e water suds you see in the drinking fountain is calcium and magnesium which isn’t harmful to-wards your body, but essential for your health,” said Gowda.

Th ough, according to cleanair-purewater.com, many health practi-tioners and other professionals will

Aft er two sexual assaults in less than a week, University Police De-partment offi cers stressed that student vigilance is critical in preventing fur-ther att acks.

Th e fi rst att ack occurred at around 10 a.m on Sept. 5, when a female stu-dent was allegedly lured into an al-ley behind the Engineering building where she was assaulted by a black man in his 30’s or 40’s.

Th e student managed to escape without injury and reported the al-leged att ack to campus police, who are now pursuing an investigation.

“We have made some good prog-ress in that investigation, and are fol-lowing some very strong leads,” said Sgt. Manuel Aguayo of the University Police, who expressed confi dence that the case would be resolved soon.

Th e second att ack occurred at around 2 a.m. on Sunday near Campus Village, where a pair of young women reported being approached and as-saulted by a Hispanic man in his 30’s.

Th is case falls under the jurisdiction of the San Jose Police Department, who are conducting their own investigation.

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by Christina MolinaStaff Writer

Rally attendees at City Hallseek boycott of imported Chinese products

by Aliza SaeedStaff Writer

Strange taste, bubblesfound in water due to calcium, magnesium

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Personal experiences with drinking and drivingOpinion p. 6

Water Hardness

Caused by naturally-occurring chemical compounds of compounds of calcium and magne-sium, water hardness is a measurement directly referring to the concentration of Calicum Carbonate — CaCO3 — in an area’s water. San Jose’s water hardness varies as low as 31 mg/L for imported surface water to 372 mg/L for groundwater.

Source: USGS.gov website article on water alkalinity,San Jose Water websiteCompiled by Leo PostovoitImage by Nick Rivelli

Soft: 0 - 60 mg/LModerately hard: 61 - 120 mg/LHard: 121 - 180 mg/LVery Hard: 121 - 180 mg/L

Chuck Clifford stands outside his shop, Bicycle Express, on Monday afternoon. Clifford owns one of two popular bicycle shops in downtown

San Jose. Bicycle Express and the other shop, iMiNUSD, mostly target a student audience.Photo by Jasper Rubenstein / Spartan Daily

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Spartan Daily Thursday, September 15, 20112 NEWS

About 26 years ago, the Cliff ord family started a shop for those “stop-and-go” cus-tomers called Bicycle Express, which is now owned by their son, Chuck Cliff ord. Located at 131 E. William Street near San Jose State, a plain white sign protruding from the wall comes into view displaying “BICYCLE EXPRESS” in green lett ers.

Cliff ord had the opportuni-ty to change the shop’s name, but he stayed with Bicycle Ex-press. “My parents chose that name, so we kept it,” explains Cliff ord. And yes, it juxtaposes with the shop’s message — fast and convenient service.

Upon walking inside, it exudes the atmosphere of a garage — gritt y, accommodat-ing and like visiting a long-time friend’s home, albeit a bit small. Th eir bikes are con-tained within the left side of the shop, while the other mer-chandise is grouped on the other side of the shop, next to the register. Th e repair area is held within an open area be-hind the counter, and greets you when entering.

Bicycle Express caters to whoever walks through the door, with customers ranging from students to families who live in the area.

Most of their business hap-pens during the weekend, spe-cifi cally Saturday. “People are off of work then,” said Cliff ord.

According to Cliff ord, the most popular bikes right now are single-speed and moun-tain bikes, with prices going from $294 and up, and used bikes priced from $75 to $100.

“We also sell a lot of locks and lights, helmets… rear racks, tubes and tires,” said Cliff ord. “Kick stands are the least popular now because rid-ers probably end up leaning their bikes on something.” In terms of price, for instance, a helmet can go for $25.

Cliff ord describes that labor services, doesn’t matt er what kind, have a fl at rate of $5, ex-cluding the price of parts. So, let’s say, if someone wanted to replace a fl at tire, the tube would go for an extra $4.

Mechanic Jose Navarro says that service repairs are common, such as tire changes. “Once in awhile we get a few sales,” he said.

Navarro adds that over-hauls are the least sought-af-ter service, considering it in-volves stripping the bike down to its basic frame in order to clean the bearings and cables, and make them look as new as possible. Th e bikes are com-pletely dissembled in detail then reassembled aft er thor-ough cleaning and inspection of all components.

Apparently, through fur-ther knowledge, there is in-

deed a partnership between Bicycle Express and San Jose State’s A.S. Cliff ord confi rmed this, saying that they give free tune-ups and wheel trim-mings, among other related services, to the A.S two to three times a year. Th e part-nership has lasted for about three to four years already. (ask why there’s a partner-ship?)

Another service they of-fer is bicycle rentals. “People come in with their lock and helmet, wanting to rent for the day,” said Cliff ord. “It can even go up to a month.”

Further, the online shop is still under construction. So far, only a couple of items are available for purchase. Cliff ord clarifi es, “My daughter runs the website, but she has her hands full with another job, so she’ll eventually get it up and running.” He claims they’ve considered a separate host for their online store, but again, they’re understaff ed and could use the additional help.

One new development about the store is its collabo-ration with an organization, buying the bicycles then sell-ing the parts. But they don’t make any profi t from it. (Clar-ify this in the morning.)

Bicycle shops aren’t just known for their services and equipment, but also for host-ing bike rides. Bicycle Express is no exception, as they’ve managed to host a few.

“We’ve sponsored a couple mountain biking rides so far. It’s something we’re still look-ing into the future,” said Clif-ford.

Cliff ord has been riding since he was about 10-years-old. He was into mountain biking the fi rst few years. He says it’s an extension of his parents having the shop. Th ey stuck with it, and that’s all he wanted to do.

Similarly, Navarro and the shop’s other mechanic and sales representative, Erik Ol-sen, started biking when they were kids.

“I did BMX bicycling recre-ationally,” said Navarro. He’s been working with Bicycle Ex-press for a couple years now and has enjoyed every minute of it.

Olsen, on the other hand, describes a slightly diff erent, possibly silly reasoning.

“I’ve never owned a car, so I’ve been biking ever since,” he said. Olsen’s been working there for about three years, maybe four. “My grandma told me, ‘Don’t work, just do stuff you enjoy.’”

Th eir passion for biking is certainly blatant.

Bicycle Express moved to its current location in 1984, and then when his father passed away in ’88, he took the reigns.

Cliff ord said, “It’s all I’ve ever done. I’ve never done anything else but bicycles.”

iMiNUSD bicycle boutique celebrated their two-year anni-versary this past weekend.

“We just want people to ride bikes,” said shop manager Jeff Pepito.

SJSU undeclared freshman Emerson Lara said he has always been into bikes but has never been able to get one of his own.

“I like the colors and that I can customize my own bike,” Lara said as he visited the shop for the fi rst time.

Co-owner Mark Cosio said he was interested in owning a bike shop aft er founding San Jose Fixed Gear, or S.J. Fixed, a forum for local bike riders to connect and organize bike rides.

“I was always business mind-ed,” Cosio said.

He said he founded the forum in 2005 while he was att ending SJSU as a marketing major, then acquired the shop through a friend aft er he graduated in 2009.

“I started with $5,000,” said Cosio. “Now we’re a million dol-lar company.”

Shop manager Reggie Ball-esteros said while they cater to all bicycles, they specialize in single-speed fi xed-gear bicycles.

According to the Fixed Gear Bikes website, a online forum for fi xed-gear bicycle enthusiasts, the diff erence between fi xed-gear bicycles and other road bi-cycles is that fi xed-gear bicycles do not have a free wheel and prevents the rider from coasting.

Th e website also states be-cause your legs are directly con-nected to the wheel, you can stop by backpedaling without the ne-cessity of brakes.

However, Ballesteros said the belief that all fi xed-gear bicycles have no brakes is a misconcep-tion.

“As a shop, we’re required by state law to put brakes on our bikes,” Ballesteros said. “It’s up to people if they want to take them off .”

Pepito said their shop sells factory-made and custom-built bicycles and the price of one bike can range from $195 to $8,000.

Ballesteros said the shop also off ers bike accessories such as chains, locks, helmets, tires and saddles, as well as T-shirts and back packs. He also said their shop can make repairs to all bi-cycle types, not just fi xed-gear bicycles and the turnaround for a job usually doesn’t take more than one or two days, but if for whatever reason they are not able to fi x a problem, they will recommend a nearby shop that can help them.

Cosio said that while the shop currently does not rent out bicy-cles, he plans to open that option for customers within six month but isn’t sure about pricing yet.

Pepito says they promote the shop mainly through local events and word of mouth.

“We support many local bike groups and do as many local events as possible,” Pepito said.

Cosio said he has been around bicycles his whole life.

“I learned when I was fi ve,” Cosio said. “My whole family is into mountain biking and road cycling. Naturally I’ve always been on a bike.”

Competitive bike rider and shop mechanic Bill Tran said he was originally a skateboarder but turned to bike riding aft er he got into a skateboarding accident when he was 19 years old.

“It’s just diff erent,” said Tran. “It’s organic and fun. It’s a good way to de-stress.”

Tran said that soon aft er he started competing in bicycle track racing.

He said he started working at the shop almost six months ago and that it’s been fun.

“It helps when you’re into something and you have a job that supports that hobby,” Tran said.

Co-owner Annamarie Cabar-loc said times were hard when she and Cosio opened the shop two years ago.

“We were here 13 hours a day,” Cabarloc said. “Just me and Mark trying to start up the com-pany.”

She said within six to nine months she noticed business pick up very fast.

“It was overwhelming,” Cabarloc said.

She att ributes the shop’s suc-cess to Cosio’s “marketing ge-nius.”

“We wouldn’t be where the shop is at now without it,” Cabar-loc said.

Cabarloc said the shop now employs eight staff members and all of them are friends who’ve met through S.J. Fixed.

When asked about how they came up with the name iMi-NUSD, Cabarloc said it came from an inside joke that only a few people know and would rather not talk about.

“We’re prett y close-knit,” Cabarloc said.

A patron installs new handlebars on his bike outside of Bicycle Express with the tools available on free loan to all customers. Photo by Jasper Rubenstein / Spartan Daily

Chuck Clifford chats with a customer while truing a bicycle wheel on Monday afternoon in downtown’s Bicycle Express bike shop. Photo by Jasper Rubenstein / Spartan Daily

iMiNUSD is one of the few local vendors for high-end bicycle makers Fuji and Cinelli. Photo by Jasper Rubenstein / Spartan Daily

Shop manager Jeff Pepito assembles a new bicycle on Tuesday afternoon at the iMiNUSD bicycle shop on the Paseo de San Antonio.Photo by Jasper Rubenstein / Spartan Daily

by Anggelica ValeraStaff Writer

Convenience, speed characterize ‘gritty’ Bicyycle Express store

byy Nick CelarioStaff Writer

IMiNUSD provides customs lovers with singgle speed deligghts

Competing bike shops serve different needs for students

UC budget proposal may double tuition

University of California stu-dents could face annual tuition increases of 8 percent to 16 per-cent over the next four years, possibly bringing the fee as high as $22,068 for the 2015-16 school year, according to a long-term budget plan the university un-veiled Wednesday.

UC leaders said the proposal was intended only as a guideline but that it would help students, parents and faculty to plan more realistically.

Th is summer, the state budget

crisis resulted in deeper-than-ex-pected cuts to UC and a second tuition increase just weeks be-fore the school year began.

“We need stability. We need sustainability.

We need to be able to honor our commitments to our stu-dents, our employees and cer-tainly our faculty,” UC President Mark G. Yudof told the univer-sity’s regents, who were meeting in San Francisco.

Th e regents are expected to discuss the proposal Th ursday but will not vote on it until No-vember at the earliest.

Even if it is endorsed, the

board still will decide each year whether to raise tuition for the next year’s students.

UC will receive about $2.37 billion in state funding this year, $650 million less than last year.

If that does not increase to help off set rising costs for pen-sions, health care, energy and salaries, 16 percent annual tu-ition hikes are likely, the plan says.

If state funds rise 8 percent annually, tuition increases will be capped at 8 percent, rising over four years to $16,596, not including campus fees or room and board, the proposal projects.

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Communications major Kyle Schatzel (right) and photography major Lara Agulian (center) receive their equipment for the Campus MovieFest on Wednesday afternoon. Photo by Dorian Silva / Spartan Daily

SJSU students are given access tomovie-making equipment to develop five-minute films for Oct. 11 festival

Kaustubh Phadnis (left), a software engineer graduate student, finishes signing papers to get his Campus MovieFest equipment on Wednesday afternoon. Photo by Dorian Silva / Spartan Daily

Students lined up yesterday for an opportunity to make short fi lms using free high-tech equipment pro-vided by the Campus MovieFest.

“I think this is a great opportu-nity to showcase the talent on this campus,” said Andy Tran, sophomore health science major. “It’s prett y cool, and I’m excited to use this free stuff for a week.”

Tran was one of many students in att endance to sign up for the contest that has been held at SJSU for six years, according to promotions man-ager Logan Williams.

“Th is is my fi rst year promoting the festival here at San Jose State,” Williams said. “It’s always a delight-ful experience here on the West Coast and we’re really excited to see what kind of fi lms comes out of the talent here.”

Several students shared their plans for their projects.

“I defi nitely want a bike chase scene in my movie,” senior psychol-ogy major McTate Stroman II said. “I don’t know how I’ll mesh this with spoken word though, because that’s my kind of thing.”

Stroman wanted to enter the con-

test last year, but he didn’t have the opportunity because of a confl ict with a class.

“I’m excited about the opportu-nity now that I can take part in it,” Stroman said. “Now that I don’t have class, I can put forth some of the ideas that I’ve had for quite a while.”

Another student said she has her fi lm completely planned out and shared a litt le about her fi lm’s main character.

“I want to make a suspenseful movie about a happy-go-lucky mor-tician,” freshman biology major Kim Alefman said. “She loves helping people so much that she even likes helping people aft er their death, thus the mortician.”

While Alefman has a lot of plans for her fi lm, she said she has no expe-rience using the equipment.

“I don’t know a thing about Final Cut Pro or any of that stuff ,” Alefman said. “It’s going to be quite a jour-ney. If anything, I’ll just be running around campus fi lming stuff .”

Like previous Campus MovieF-ests, students who entered the con-test are required to fi lm a fi ve-minute movie within seven days. To further assist students, both a camera and Apple MacBook with video produc-tion soft ware are provided to the stu-dents at no charge.

“Th is is some prett y high-quality stuff they lent us,” freshman pre-nursing major Byron Ng said. “Being a lover of photography, I know the value of this equipment.”

Th e campus’ Campus MovieFest fi nale when the top 16 fi lms will be shown is Oct. 11.

“Prizes will be awarded for best picture, best drama and best comedy voted on by students, faculty and staff in the SJSU community,” Wil-liams said.

According to the SJSU Offi ce of Public Aff airs, SJSU student fi lms have a history of winning top honors in the fest’s competitions.

“I just found out about this yester-day,” said Kevin Kilpatrick, a senior industrial design major. “We have a week, but I’m sure everybody here will put out some good stuff .”

SJSU fi lms that have received awards include the 2006 Bay Area Grand Finale Winner, “Chicken Strip Jeff .”

“Love Struck,” fi lmed in 2007, was a Bay Area Grand Finale Winner for best comedy, and “Bobby’s House”

was a 2008 National Grand Finale Winner for best comedy.

According to the Campus MovieF-est website, the festival is now the world’s largest fi lm and music festi-val and is the only event of its kind to provide MacBooks, Panasonic HD camcorders and training for free to students worldwide.

Students at participating schools have a week to complete their movies, with each school hosting red carpet fi nales to showcase its top movies.

Th e winners will move on to compete against hundreds of other students’ movies at the Campus MovieFest in Hollywood.

Author displays artistic work of picture books at King Library

An artistic blend of color and black and white pictures have been decorating the second fl oor of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library gallery exhibit this month.

Author and illustrator Belle Yang is showcas-ing her collection of picture books to the San Jose community until Sept. 29.

“Th ere is no month that passes faster than when you have an exhibit on display,” Yang said.

Th e focus of the exhibit refl ects Yang’s fi rst book as a graphic novelist called Forget Sorrow: An Ancestral Tale.

She worked with W.W. Norton publishing company, who initially suggested Yang do a graphic novel.

“All together it took 14 years for the book to come out,” Yang said.

Th e book is based on her grandfather’s life and is a vindication against time, war and forget-ting, according to the exhibit.

“Our exhibits are done by the artists,” said Candice McGee, the King Library exhibits coor-dinator. “Th ey come in, they install it and take it down.”

Th e exhibit consists of two white wall mod-ules with framed pages from Yang’s book.

Between the two modules are plexiglass stands showcasing two hard copies of Forget Sorrow: An Ancestral Tale and copies of her other popular picture books such as Always Come To Me, published in 2007, and Baba: A Return To China Upon My Father’s Shoulders, published in 1994.

“I think it is very strong-willed of Belle Yang for putt ing out her story for others to relate to,” senior kinesiology major Jessica Yusico, senior kinesiology said.

Th e story is printed in black and white and hand-drawn by Yang in a comic book format.

“I don’t read comic books, but if this was in front of me I would,” Yusico said.

In addition to featuring Forget Sorrow: An Ancestral Tale, Yang’s Always Come Home To Me is displayed along the walls of the exhibit.

Always Come Home To Me was the winner of the Cala Best Children’s Book award in 2008.

Yang got in touch with the city of San Jose about doing a lecture and bringing in her col-

lection to display on the second fl oor of King Library, according to McGee.

“I really like the drawings,” said Haylai Mo-hammadi, fourth year nursing major. “Th ey are very artistic, even though there is no color I think that is what is most appealing about it.”

Yang spoke to 20 att endees Tuesday evening at the Forget Sorrow: An Ancestral Tale recep-tion held for the author on the second fl oor of King Library in lecture room 257.

She spoke of her life, her experiences and her inspiration for the book which was her grand-father.

Katie Louey, senior sociology and Chinese language double major, said she heard about the reception from a friend.

“It’s interesting because I am a Chinese immigrant,” Louey said. “I want to know about her experience because I can relate to it.”

Th e book Forget Sorrow: An Ancestral Tale depicted her father’s life.

Yang said she is now working on a book that portrays her mother’s life.

“It’s really cool that she did this book,” said Louey. “I, too aspire to be something great.”

by Christina MolinaStaff Writer

by Danreb VictorioStaff Writer

Aspiring filmmakers gear up for annual Campus MovieFest

Forget Sorrow: An Ancestral Tale is an exhibit by Taiwanese immigrant and artist Belle Yang, which chronicles her father’s life in Communist China and during World War II. The exhibit is on display on King Library’s second floor gallery. Photo by Nick Rivelli / Spartan Daily

Spartan Daily Thursday, September 15, 20114 NEWS

Offi cer Jose Garcia of the SJPD said some details of the case from Sunday are being withheld to protect the identity of the victim, while others are being withheld to protect the ongoing investigation, adding that further information would be made available as the case evolves

“I think it’s unfortunate that this situation happened,” said Ben Smith, a senior behavioral science and sociology double major. “I think students need to be more (aware) of their sur-roundings.”

Aguayo agreed with the sentiment, noting that good situational awareness is the best defense against sexual predators.

Aguayo also recommended some basic defensive strate-gies, such as avoiding walking alone at night, keeping to well lit area and always viewing strangers with healthy degree of wariness.

Aguayo also stressed the critical importance of students calling in reports of crimes and suspicious activities directly to the University Police.

“Let us know,” he said. “We can’t provide (eff ective) police response unless you tell us.”

A large proportion of the UPD’s operations are the re-

sult of student reports, Aguayo said.

“We rely heavily on our campus population,” he said.

Aguayo said that while watching over a population of 20,000 students presents the UPD with the challenges of po-licing a small city, he thinks the large student population also provides the advantage of more than 20,000 eyes and ears.

“We do respond to tips,” said Aguayo, referring to the UPD’s recently implemented anony-mous tip system.

Aguayo said he thinks the system has been largely suc-cessful, but that many crimes may still be going unreported.

“A lot of people feel embar-rassed to call the police,” said Aguayo, adding that many stu-dents are afraid of making mis-taken reports.

Hospitality management se-nior Lisa Santos said she heard of an earlier att ack in the same area as the att ack on Sunday, though she didn’t think that that att ack had been reported

Most students interviewed were aware of the UPD’s call-in number and anonymous tip line, but weren’t entirely satis-fi ed with the Bluelight emer-gency call butt ons – the blue posts scatt ered around campus from which students can call in campus police at the touch of a butt on.

Lisa Santos felt there weren’t enough posts within easy access in many areas of campus.

Standing outside the Just Below Café, she looked around,

trying to get line of sight on one of the blue posts.

Velasquez, a senior comput-er engineering major, said his fi rst response to a suspicious situation would be to call the UPD. However Ben Smith felt that either a call-in or running to the nearest Bluelight station would cost precious seconds in an emergency situation.

Smith said that his fi rst re-action would be to quickly in-tervene in the situation, and then call the UPD.

Aguayo said that while it was important not to “judge a book by its cover” when deciding whether to report someone as a potential sexual predator, an embarrassing misunderstanding would be preferable to a potential sexual assault.

Aguayo advised students to be on the lookout for people who were obviously not stu-dents or faculty wandering about in places they shouldn’t be, systematically trying locked doors and att empting to access secure areas, or following stu-dents for long periods despite multiple direction changes.

Despite recent events, Aguayo said he was confi dent in the university and its stu-dents’ ability to handle these kinds of crimes, but cautioned against developing an atmo-sphere of fear.

“We don’t want paranoia on campus, we don’t want people to be afraid to come to school,” he said. “What I’m hoping for, and what I am confi dent in, is a heightened awareness.”

suggest that we do not obtain any minerals from water and that our bodies are designed to derive minerals from food.

Th ey then go on to endorse reverse osmosis or distilled water as ‘pure’ or close to pure and recommend drinking wa-ter produced by one of those treatments.

Gowda said the water gets disinfected automatically when 12.5 percent sodium hypochlo-rite gets injected into the well in order to get rid of any bacteria in the water.

Aside from regular cam-pus water sanitation, the SJSU safety and healthy department also sends monthly water monitoring reports to the Cali-fornia Department of Public Health.

“I send the California De-partment of Public Health monthly summary of distribu-tion system for coliform moni-toring,” Gowda said.

Weekly samples are taken throughout the campus to comply with the drinking reg-ulations, he said.

Th e SJSU water reports from last month showed the bacteria content ‘absent’ from the wa-ter samples.

“Th e moment a sample comes out positive, we have to re-sample and samples nor-mally come out positive either because of a mistake made by the sampler, chlorine residuals

are too low or if the campus is out on break,” Gowda said.

Th e CDPH mandates the drinking water regulations by gett ing their waters tested in labs on a regular basis.

“I contract with a lab called Monterey Bay Analytical Ser-vices who come out and collect the samples, analyze the sam-ples and then send the reports to the client (SJSU) and the reg-ulatory agency, Department of Public Health,” Gowda said.

Th e well where all the cam-pus water comes from is locat-ed on campus, according to the SJSU website.

Also, a back-up connection pipes is contracted through San Jose Water Company in case the well is on standby for repairs or if we are having con-struction in that area.

“We have three connections through the San Jose Water Company but our main source is through the well,” Gowda said.

A lot of students on campus have mixed feelings about the taste and condition of the wa-ter.

“I wish the water was colder and also it has a funny taste which I don’t like so I usually just buy water bott les,” said Shante Lowe, a junior civil en-gineering major.

Some students would rather just drink the fountain water instead of spending money on a bott led water.

“I’m not very picky, it tastes just fi ne to me as long as it’s cold, I’m satisfi ed,” said James Auble, a senior political science major.

Nasser Mansour, Deputy Director of the Environmen-tal Services department of the City of San Jose said that the water in wells is pumped from the ground and usually natu-rally purifi ed.

He said that it is OK for wa-ter to have minerals as long as it is free from contaminants and bacteria.

“If there are deposits in the water, it sometimes has to do with plumbing, pressure or mineral build up over the use of several years,” Mansour said. “Th e white deposit is calcium which is a naturally occurring chemical in the water, usually in the well area and the pipes.”

San Jose Water Company has to follow the same regula-tions as SJSU.

“We test for bacteria in our water on a daily basis and on a quarterly basis we check for organic compounds and any-thing detected in the water but SJSU is responsible to regulate for their health and safety,” said Pam Wessling, Water Qu ality Supervisor at SJWC.

As long as the water quality meets the state regulations and health regulations, the facility is generally doing their job in providing clean and safe water, she said.

Two separate groups, So-cialist Organizer and Party for Socialism and Liberation, held discussions on campus Tues-day on a wide range of social issues ranging from the merits of capitalism, racism in the U.S. and whether a revolution is possible.

Th ree speakers from Party for Socialism and Liberation led a forum in the Student Union at 7 p.m. which touched on legislation that specifi -cally targeted immigrants and Islamophobia here in the U.S. and had an att endance of a litt le less than 30.

According to Sarah Ismail, a member of PSL for roughly seven months, Islamophobia is hatred or fear of Muslims.

“Racism and Islamophobia are not natural,” Ismail said.

According to Ismail, Islamo-phobia is used to justify racist actions taken here in the U.S. as well as overseas.

“Immigrants come to the U.S. for an economic dream that is not real,” said Frank Lara, a member of PSL and as well as speaker Tuesday.

Lara said laws such as SB 1017, Arizona’s controversial anti-illegal immigration mea-sure, take away people’s basic rights.

“In order for the struggle to continue we need to unite un-der one banner, Socialism,” said

Omar Ali, a senior history ma-jor at SFSU.

Ali, has been involved with PSL for the past four years and helped organize the forum Tuesday evening.

“Today went prett y well,” said Ali. “Th e turnout was good.”

Socialist Organizer’s event, “Is a Revolution Possible?” drew a crowd of 14 in study room 224 in the Dr. Martin Lu-ther King Jr. Library at 4 p.m.

Th e Socialist Organizer chapter at SJSU has been active for about a year. Last March they partnered with Mov-imiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán to organize a sit-in and march to protest budget cuts.

Club leader Francisco Ruiz, who said he does not use his real name because of his immi-gration status, led a discussion on the feasibility of a revolu-tion in the U.S., the capitalistic system and racism.

“Here in the U.S. this is a very special country,” he said. “We live in the capital of capi-talism, that’s why revolution here is so hard, we’re a culture of individualism.”

Students led a small, but lively discussion on multiple topics.

“I’m here because I’ve stud-ied the eff ects of capitalism and it’s killing the planet and sub-jugates the vast, vast majority of human beings who live in misery and poverty, “ said Kiyo Ouchida, a De Anza College agricultural and environmental

science major.Mario Cortez said he saw

the fl iers around campus and that drew him to the PSL dis-cussion.

“(I) started seeing that at SJSU people are trying to make change and fi ght for justice,” said Cortez, a junior child de-velopment major.

Cortez said that he was hap-py to see diff erent cultures talk-ing about diff erent issues and would att end similar discus-sions again if he could make it.

Sandra Huerta, a senior so-ciology major, said she got in-volved in Socialist Organizer

because of the immigrants rights movement.

She specifi ed that Socialist Organizer works with other movements, organizations and coalitions to hold events.

Th is was the group’s fi rst educational meeting of the se-mester and Huerta said they hope to hold additional ses-sions on immigrants’ rights and the women’s liberation movement.

Despite the cramped quar-ters, Huerta said the turnout was “good.”

Socialist Organizer also dis-cussed the teachings of Karl

Marx and his philosophy of the fi ght between the bourgeoisie and proletariat.

“Th e revolution we want to bring is led by the working class,” Ruiz said.

Senior economics major Alex Edwards said he thought the event was a litt le bit unor-ganized and it was hard to get answers to some questions.

“Th ey brought up a lot of good points as far as oppres-sion, things like racism, prob-lems with the system, the gov-ernment, but what I felt what they were really lacking was well thought out solutions to

the problems,” he said.PSL speaker Ismail said

that there was a problem with the “capitalist class” having so much control over the minor-ity.

“As long as the capitalist class has power racism will continue,” Ismail said.

Lara said that they would like to hold something similar to Tuesday night’s forum every month.

“(I) want action to happen in San Jose,” said Lara.

According to Ismail the power of many can overcome the few of those in power.

by Brittany Patterson and Jeremyy Infusino

Staff Writer

An audience listens to a presenation hosted by the organization Party for Socialism and Liberation regarding Islamaphobia in the Student Union on Tuesday night. PSL was the second Socialist organization holding an event Tuesday. Photo by Jasper Rubenstein / Spartan Daily

Socialist organizations discuss poverty, racism on campus

ASSAULTS: Students react to violent attacks

WATER: Mineral deposits within liquid

Increasing poverty, umemployment rate hits young people hard in Bay Area

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Joblessness pushed an-other 2.6 million people into poverty last year as 15.1 per-cent of Americans and 16.3 percent of Californians were living under the poverty line – the highest rate since 1993, according to 2010 U.S. census statistics released Tuesday.

"I never thought it was go-ing to be this bad," said Ce-lina Lopez, a single mother

of two young children who has moved in with her grand-mother in El Sobrante. "My situation is prett y scary, in terms of housing, kids and be-ing able to provide for them. I didn't think it would be this hard to fi nd a job."

Th e national poverty rate rose from 14.3 percent in 2009, and it increased most dramatically for children and the youngest working-age adults, those between 18 and 24.

Th e number of people

who did not work at all last year was "the single most important factor" causing the poverty spike, said Trudi Renwick, chief of the Census Bureau's poverty statistics branch.

"It's just a wretched time to be starting out in your career," said Kristen Lewis, co-direc-tor of the nonprofi t American Human Development Project. "Unfortunately, it's been tre-mendously diffi cult for people trying to get their fi rst job."

About 46.2 million people

were in poverty in 2010, the highest number since the government began tracking poverty in 1959. For a fam-ily of four with two children, poverty means making less than $22,113 a year.

Th e U.S. poverty thresh-old is $11,344 for a single adult younger than 65, and advocates have long point-ed out that an income at that level amounts to even less for residents of the Bay Area, with its high cost of living.

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Thursday, September 15, 2011 Spartan Daily SPORTS 5

Spartan blue and gold will be seen blanketed over Spartan Sta-dium for the fi rst time this foot-ball season on Saturday as SJSU will take on the 2010 Western Athletic Conference co-champion Nevada Wolfpack.

SJSU is coming off a game at the Rose Bowl where the Spar-tans had an opportunity in the fourth quarter to take the lead from the UCLA Bruins.

Head coach Mike MacIntyre characterized last week’s 27-17 loss to UCLA as a “Should have, could have” moment for the team and said the team is determined to rid its mouth of the bitt er taste of a loss.

“Th e kids felt like they have improved,” he said. “Th ey are very disappointed they lost, so that lin-gering loss still sticks with us in our guts and should motivate us to play bett er this Saturday.”

Senior Matt Faulkner, who missed last week’s contest with concussion-like symptoms, and sophomore Dasmen Stewart each took reps with the fi rst-team of-fense at practice.

MacIntyre said they have been splitt ing the reps 50-50 and said there will not be a decision on who will start under center Satur-day until Faulkner takes his fi nal concussion tests implemented by the NCAA on Th ursday.

“Both quarterbacks are feeling prett y good and playing well,” he said. “Matt looked alright today. We will go through fi lm today and see how they are doing.”

MacIntyre added that there were no setbacks to Faulkner’s potential return.

“He’s doing everything at practice, he’s running and throw-ing well,” he said. “We will make a decision aft er tomorrow’s prac-tice.”

Faulkner was unavailable for comment, but Stewart said that he will be 100 percent ready for Nevada if his name is called to lead the Spartan off ense.

“Our game plan is looking good,” Stewart said. “I’ve seen a lot of fi lm on them and we think we can some good things against them.”

Stewart was unable to play for several plays in the second half of the UCLA game due to body cramping and said he has been working hard this week to accli-mate his body to game-day con-dition.

“I’m trying but I still need to rest my body,” he said. “Th ere has been no cramping this week, I’ve just been a litt le tight. I need to let my body recover before this weekend.”

Other than his conditioning, Stewart said he has been working hard this week to ameliorate his passing game aft er a 15-of-31 per-formance against UCLA.

“I’ve been working on look-ing off defense this week, not just going straight to fi rst progression right away,” he said. “Nevada’s defense likes to run downhill — we think we can get over the top of them.”

Nevada is coming off a 69-20 defeat to then-No.13 Oregon, but was still able to accumulate 516 total yards in the game.

MacIntyre said stopping their off ense is one of his main priori-ties heading into the weekend, and highlighted the play of the Wolfpack’s pass-catch batt ery in senior wide receiver Rishard Mat-thews and senior quarterback Ty-ler Lantrip.

“(Lantrip) understands their off ense and does a great job read-ing everything and checking out everything that they do,” Ma-cIntyre said.

Th e coach added that the mainstay of the off ense’s success comes from its off ensive line, call-ing it “big and strong,” and said he has been “impressed” with its play.

Spartan senior cornerback Peyton Th ompson said the team’s defensive game is the same this week as it always is: being physical and fi nishing tackles.

Th ompson said missed tack-les in last week’s game hurt the team’s chances because the de-fense was failing to turn the ball over to the off ense, minimizing scoring opportunities.

“We feel like we held every-thing against UCLA until the end of third and fourth quarter,” he said. “We missed tackles and gave up leverage on routes. We have been working on thudding

up and making sure everybody wraps up and everybody gets to the ball and gang tackles.”

Despite the success Nevada’s off ense showed against Oregon, Th ompson said he remains cer-tain he and his defensive com-rades can halt a rolling Wolfpack off ense.

“Th ey run prett y much the same off ense as UCLA,” he said. “We’re working on correcting mistakes knowing they are going to try and exploit things we did mess up. We just got to make sure we’re right when those things come back around this week.”

SJSU is 8-2 in its last 10 home-openers, as both it and Nevada open their WAC play with kick off set for 1:00 p.m. at Spartan Stadium.

SJSU football team looks to tame Wolfpack in home openerby Ron Gleeson

Sports Editor

Sophomore Dasmen Stewart rolling to the right side during the Spartans’ 27-17 loss last weekend. Stewart is slotted to make his second career start Saturday against Nevada if senior Matt Faulkner does not pass his final concussion test following today’s practice. Stewart completed 15 of 31 passes against UCLA but missed some time due to body cramps. Photo by Vernon McKnight / Spartan Daily

Head coach Mike MacIntyre showing frustration at the end of the first half against UCLA. Photo by Vernon McKnight / Spartan Daily

by Danreb VictorioStaff Writer

Tailgating: Students assess pros and cons of pre-game celebration

With the Spartan football team’s home opener just a couple days away, students are already buzzing and gett ing ready to tailgate before SJSU and Nevada hit the fi eld.

“I’m really excited to expe-rience my fi rst tailgate,” fresh-man pre-nursing major Jeniro-se Santos said. “Th e one I had in high school wasn’t all it was cracked up to be.”

Santos is one of many stu-dents who will be going to their fi rst tailgate not knowing what to expect.

“I always imagined it like a giant barbecue,” sophomore bi-ology major Sandy Huynh said.

Tailgates have been going on at SJSU for a long time, and it’s an activity that one campus offi cial said he suggested that students take part in.

“I would recommend that you walk thru the tailgate lot this Saturday during our fi rst home football game weekend,” said John Poch, SJSU’s deputy director of athletics. “As you enter the lot, you’ll see reserved spaces for the Spartan Founda-tion. Th ese are your most hard-core Spartan fans, with many of them tailgating in the space for the last 30 years.”

One Spartan fan had a lot to say about the gameday atmo-sphere.

“It’s an amazing feeling at the stands,” said Patrick Ala, a senior biology major and self-

proclaimed football fan. “It’s really easy to get pumped for the game when you’re at the tailgate.”

Some tailgate goers have their own methods of gett ing pumped up outside of the alco-hol-riddled environment.

“Th ere are all sorts of drunk people,” senior hospitality ma-jor Ferdinand Luis said. “Don’t get me wrong. I love football and I love partying, but it gets embarrassing.”

With the recent beatings that happened at Candlestick

Park during this year’s “Batt le of the Bay” between the San Francisco 49ers and the Oak-land Raiders, according to the 49ers’ website, there is a rising concern regarding fan safety.

“I don’t think it will aff ect SJSU because there are few op-posing fans att ending our home games,” undeclared sophomore Michelle Li said. “So there isn’t a risk of fans on either side to cause a commotion.”

When asked about safety at tailgates, Li said the rough housing was minimal.

“Th e worst thing I’ve seen was empty water bott les be-ing thrown at opposing fans,” Li said.

According to the 49ers’ website, the concern at Can-dlestick was so great that team and stadium management de-cided to ban tailgating during and aft er the games.

“As long as security does their job, I don’t foresee it be-ing a problem,” Luis said.

While concern has risen regarding safety at tailgates, a lot of tailgate regulars such as

sophomore pre-nursing major Kent Bravo, expect to have a lot of fun.

“I’ve been to three tail-gates now,” Bravo said. “I didn’t know what to expect with my first one. There were crazy people yelling, girls dancing, and it just looked like a lot of fun. I had a great time, and I think it’s a great way to relax with friends on a Saturday.”

Bravo said he’s only seen one thing that he considered strange.

“I saw some guy get ar-rested for peeing in public,” Bravo said.

Th e Spartans are com-ing off two straight losses at Stanford and UCLA, and some students think that the home-fi eld advantage will provide a spark.

“I think playing at home definitely gives us a better chance at winning,” senior kinesiology major Bernie Ra-mos said.

Ramos also noted the diffi-culty of winning but went on to say that being at the game is an enjoyable experience.

“I’m not saying that our tailgating will end in a defi-nite victory for our team be-cause wins are hard to come by these days,” Ramos said. “Tailgating with the other people you’re with, support-ing the Spartans, just en-hances the gameday experi-ence. It doesn’t matter if we win or lose. It’s about enjoy-ing the time.”

SJSU’s mascot Sammy Spartan patrolling the sidelines at the Rose Bowl during last weekend’s contest against UCLA. Sammy will be present at Saturday’s tailgate. Photo by Vernon McKnight / Spartan Daily

Spartan Daily Thursday, September 15, 20116 OPINION

I never thought I’d actu-ally hear the words, “Th is is our litt le secret.”

My father said them to me when I was 14.

On our way to a local bookstore, on a road he had

driven innumerable times, my dad kept his car’s ped-al to the metal despite our proximity to the left -hand turn we were about to make.

His car skipped over the curb and onto the island be-tween sides of the road, and slammed right into the “No U-Turns” sign.

Smoke rising from the hood and a line of confused drivers behind us, he turned and conveyed that cliched phrase — and I didn’t say a

word to anyone about it.Until two years later, when

it was fi nally revealed that he was an alcoholic who drank a full bott le of sherry in his closet each weekend night. Soon aft er, I told my mom about the incident.

Litt le did I know, the secret between us was more than merely the destruction of the sign.

Th e secret was also that he had been driving drunk.

Th ere is no reprieve for that action. Anyone who will take the lives of com-plete strangers on the road — let alone their children, their wives or husbands and their friends — negates their own decency to other human beings.

Now, I refuse to drive or ride in a car driven by someone who could po-tentially be intoxicated. On several occasions it has caused me trouble with friends.

A few years back, I met up with a group of friends at Flames downtown. Aft er a few drinks, we decided to head to Japantown and visit our favorite karaoke lounge. As we left , one friend off ered me a ride. I had seen her sip at least two diff erently colored drinks, and thus denied her off er for a ride.

Th is friend got very up-set — as some people tend to do when they get intoxi-cated.

I would have rather walked the mile or so to Ja-

pantown than put my life in the hands of alcohol.

Sometimes, people don’t have this choice. My heart goes out to those who have been forced to deal with the reality of drunk drivers.

My senior year of high school, such a tragedy struck my hometown.

A dad and mom came to their son’s Litt le League baseball game. Once the game was over, the father surprised the son with two bikes he had stashed in the back of their van.

Th e boy would get to ride with his dad up the town’s famous Th under Hill, a de-cently sized incline located immediately next to the high school— whose mascot was the Th under.

Th e mom drove home with the boys’s litt le broth-er, made sandwiches and prepared to congratulate her elder son on his accomplish-ment.

Halfway up that hill, in the middle of the day, father and son were hit on their bikes by a drunk driver.

Th at kid never made it up Th under Hill.

Th at woman and brother wouldn’t see their husband, father, son, brother again.

Within a year the mother began speaking at schools in the area, purveying the risks of gett ing behind the wheel while under the infl uence.

Th is is one example of a mother against drunk driv-ing.

Th ere are many of stories like this — more evocative than my dad’s litt le secret, even more horrifying than the father and son — each with the clear truth that driving while intoxicated is equivalent to grabbing an Uzi and splatt ering it at ran-dom into the air. Who knows who you’ll hit.

Letters to the Editor

Every fall, there are some things that never change: syl-labi, fi nding housing, buying textbooks and staring in shock at your textbook bill.

Each new semester brings its changes. For me, the biggest change was moving from being a student to being on student government.

Associated Students does all it can to brace board mem-bers for the position, like read-ing over legal-sounding docu-ments and explaining how meetings work, but when it comes to it the pressure is only on you.

I spent careful thought ar-ranging my offi ce hours to fi t around classes and meetings, brainstorming idealist plans to change SJSU as we know it.

Aft er spending a week sit-ting in the A.S. House sending emails, I found one major por-tion of my job was missing.

No students were approach-ing the offi ce or even submit-ting opinions.

I sat in meetings won-dering if students liked mandatory housing for fresh-men or if 100W was really that

diffi cult to get into.Th e more issues are brought

up, the more time I need to spend researching what stu-dents think.

Th e university is made up of so many diff erent departments which board members must meet with.

Why is it easier for a board member to communicate with staff than the students?

Th e catalyst for change on this campus is the Academic Senate, which only has a hand-ful of students sit on.

Ever think of a great idea to fi x bike traffi c on campus or need a bett er place to put up your cool fl iers?

Th ese great ideas usually die out when brainstormers don’t know what to do next.

Th ese Academic Senate meetings are open to the pub-lic.

Email a board member and let us know what the struggles of a political science, business, art or English student are.

Katrina SwansonEnglish major

By DanielHerberholz

A certain television com-mercial comes to mind.

Red Stripe beer had a TV spot years ago which high-lighted safe drinking.

In the advertisement, a spokesperson for the beer asked an obviously drunk guy for his keys to prevent him from driving.

When the intoxicated man refused, the spokesperson re-quested his pants — which he

gladly handed over.Th us, the keys left the pos-

session of the drunk guy and landed in the grips of what is sometimes known as a “sober Sally.”

Th e next time you or your friends want to get into a ve-hicle aft er sipping on some drank, use this trick.

No length is too far to go to prevent driving under the infl uence. Even public nudity.

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Construction inconvenient

If you are casually taking a stroll and encounter a bulldoz-er, a hastily moving construc-tion worker or an extended barrier blocking your path, chances are you have been walking through SJSU.

In the summer of 2010, the San Jose community saw the start of a still-enduring proj-ect to renovate some of the old structures on campus.

Th e most noticeable and biggest nuisance to the major-ity of students goes to the con-struction site near the Student Union.

In case it wasn’t already dif-fi cult to get around this cen-tralized location, we now face massive construction zones at every corner.

Tight hallways create over-crowding on both entryways to the Student Union, which also creates diffi culty to get into other buildings and class-rooms.

Let’s take a moment of si-lence for the engineering and art buildings that are forced to call hard hats and heavy ma-chinery their neighbors.

Beyond the inconvenience of butt ing shoulders with strangers on a daily basis, an aroma of dirt and oil fi ll the air from the ATM machines to Clark Hall.

However, the most bother-some of all this construction on campus is that it now ex-ceeds just one location.

Th e most inconvenient site for me personally is construc-tion on the Seventh Street plaza.

Aft er three years of using my same route to Dwight Ben-tal Hall, I am forced to choose between a narrow back way near the Spartan Complex or the dirt paths by the barbecue pits. Not ideal for someone who coincidentally runs late almost every day.

It seems nearly impossible to walk from one class to an-other without the burden of being rerouted.

I can’t make a phone call or hold a conversation in almost two-thirds of the entire cam-pus because my voice is over-run by cranes.

If you happen to be brows-ing through campus, you can catch construction in full force near Duncan Hall, the Aquat-ic Center where Building BB used to stand and the parking lot by the ATM machines.

Surely the argument can be made that the re-construction

being done is benefi ting the school, and I am not opposed to that.

Campus community is per-fectly aware of the fact that the Student Union was going to be rebuilt until 2013.

However I can’t seem to wrap my head around the other sites that are undergo-ing mysterious activity no one seems to know about.

When I looked online, I couldn’t fi nd any project plans or revealing dates — just a stor-age lot for big cranes, shovels and other construction sup-plies.

I spent a few minutes look-ing inside the fenced lot where building BB used to stand and all I saw was a small bulldozer moving a dirt clod.

It was a bizarre and seem-ingly pointless action for what I am sure is costing the school plenty.

I am sure our school really needs modifi cation.

But I think the convenience of the student body should be taken into consideration when construction is spreading through campus like wildfi re.

Although the restoration of the school’s historic build-ings is of high importance, one cannot forget the thousands of people who occupy the cam-pus on a daily basis. We’re just not that easy to miss.

By ChristinaMolina

The Sharks are the best

Don’t take music away from the children

With the San Francisco Gi-ants’ hopes of repeating as World Series champions all but gone, many in the Bay Area wonder where to turn their sports att en-tion now.

For us in San Jose, it is a no-brainer. Th e end of the Giants’ season means the start of the San Jose Sharks’ season.

However for those outside the South Bay, the question may be whether to root for the San Fran-cisco 49ers or Golden State War-riors.

Allow me to introduce those people to the best professional sports team in the Bay Area, whether they choose to accept it or not.

Th e sport of hockey has not been fully accepted into the sporting world. For most people, sports centers around football, baseball and basketball, in that order.

Personally, I did not take hockey seriously until I moved to San Jose in 2008.

I quickly found out that the Sharks were not only a competi-tive hockey team in the National Hockey League, but consistently one of the best.

Th ey then proceeded to be upset by the eighth-seeded Ana-heim Ducks in the playoff s that year, then swept by the Chicago Blackhawks in 2010 and out-played by the Vancouver Ca-nucks this past season.

However, those meltdowns are for a whole diff erent column.

In the Bay Area, we are blessed to have six professional sports teams rich in history.

Th e Giants, 49ers, Raiders, Warriors, Athletics and Sharks have all had their moment in the sun throughout the years, but it is the Sharks who have lasted the longest and still continue strong to this day.

It is for that reason that the Sharks are the best professional sports team in the Bay Area.

A great sports franchise is broken up into three major cat-egories: venue, front offi ce and players.

Right off the bat, we can elimi-nate three Bay Area teams.

Th e best places to see a sport-ing event in the Bay Area are the Giants’ AT&T Park, the Sharks’ HP Pavilion or the Warriors’ Or-acle Arena.

Th is aspect of a franchise can also eliminate the Warriors, who have made it to the playoff s once in the last handful of years, most-ly because of their lousy manage-ment.

Although their new owner-ship has made signifi cant chang-

es as of late, it is too early to be calling the Warriors’ front offi ce — or the president, owner and general manager — one that can make a diff erence.

Th e deciding factor comes from what team has the bett er players.

With the Giants just coming off a World Series victory in 2010, most would say that they have the best group of players.

However, the Sharks’ roster can be best described as the New York Yankees of the NHL. Th ey have that much talent.

Th ere are so many good play-ers on the Sharks year in and year out that they have no choice but to be at the top of the NHL every season.

San Jose has been among the elite in hockey for close to the past decade now.

Which other team can say that?

Th e Sharks have a terrifi c are-na that boasts some of the loud-est fans in sports.

Th ey also have an excellent front offi ce, led by general man-ager Doug Wilson, who continu-ally supplies this franchise with talented players every single year.

If you are not familiar with the Sharks, you should get to know them. Th ey are the best sports franchise in the Bay Area and consistently among the best in sports.

By ScottSemmler

Have you ever tried watch-ing a horror movie on mute? It’s a peculiar experience.

The images still move, the plot cantering away towards certain bloody climax, but the meaning — the meaning be-hind the images changes.

The gut-wrenching feeling of wariness and fear that you inevitably have for the beau-tiful, albeit senseless young women who always seems to go down into the basement when the power is out, on that dark and stormy night when a serial killer is loose, well that feeling just doesn’t pack the same punch.

I’m notorious for being among the world’s biggest wimps — in fact I have to be physically dragged to a hor-ror or suspense thriller and be restrained.

I will then spend the ma-jority of the movie rigid and nervous, my fingers jammed into my ears to block out the sound.

I learned at the young age of 13, when I spent the better

part of “What Lies Beneath” cowering in terror under the chair in the theater, that it’s the music used in movies that give them their emotion.

It’s music that drives the tears, laughter, and horror that are part of what makes movies so emotionally pow-erful.

Monday night I played my flute for the first time in a year and half. It surprised me how easy the notes and

breathing came back. Maybe it shouldn’t have.

I have been playing since the fourth grade. When I moved to San Jose last Au-gust, I put my musical hobby on hold.

I knew with my full sched-ule of both work and school, being a part of the SJSU marching band was out of the question, but when some-one mentioned a community band, a place for musicians of all skills levels, I knew I owed it to myself, and the hundreds of hours I have played over the years, to check it out.

I’m most certainly not a great flute player. Nine years of practice and I’m well aware that I will never be a profes-sional musician, and to my credit I never aspired to be.

Music for me is about be-ing a small part of something bigger.

Playing music gives you the opportunity to become something bigger, to join with an ensemble and create a sound that is truly greater

than anything you could cre-ate on your own.

The community is great and don’t get me wrong, I loved spending every Fri-day night of my high school career at a football or bas-ketball game in my woolen, unflattering band uniform, but there are those moments, when you play, where you stop and listen and realize there are some things that are bigger than you will ever be.

Sound that lifts you up and literally fills you. Sound that evokes such strong memories they can bring you to tears.

It’s mesmerizing to listen to a world-class group, like the San Francisco Sympho-ny, bring a piece of music to life, so much so, that when the last note has been played you could literally hear a pin drop.

Every soul in that concert hall is holding their breath.

For that reason, I am truly worried about the future of music. Music and arts are the first programs to be cut in

public schools and they’re al-most never re-instated.

Legis lators argue that our most pressing

issue is to make sure our stu-dents can read and do basic math.

While I cannot disagree that the fundamentals must come first, I strongly believe music should be counted among the pillars of society.

A study released by the Na-tional Association for Music Education found that schools that have music programs have significantly higher graduation rates than those without music programs, 90.2 percent compared to 72.9 per-cent.

That doesn’t begin to ad-

dress the social benefits — band kids may be weird, but we love each other like fam-ily.

But even more so, when you play music, you are do-ing something no one can take away from you.

I could have my flute sto-len, my music burned, but no one can ever strip away the feelings that I have had from both being a part of and lis-tening to music.

I worry that in 20 years when the generation who grew up without music in its schools enters the work force, there will be no professional musicians to play scores for movies.

There will be no one to make the soundtracks of our lives.

Even if you played the trumpet or saxophone for all of two weeks back in fourth grade, and then decided that band wasn’t for you, I urge you to take it upon yourself to see the societal problem we will inherit if music disap-pears from our culture.

If anything, do it so that our kids will have the same opportunities to cower in ter-ror when they watch their versions of “Psycho” and “Halloween.”

By BrittanyPatterson

There will be no one to make the soundtracks of our lives.“ ”

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