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SJSU President Jon Whitmore signed the university’s fi rst inappropriate sexu-al behavior policy into action on April 12.

“We operate under the general notion that fairness and equity is part of the hall-mark of this university,” Whitmore said. “And sexual harassment or sexual mis-conduct is a form of aggression, threat or violence that we have never tolerated, we just may not have had a policy.”

It was almost a two-year process from when it was discovered that SJSU did not have a policy addressing inappropri-ate sexual behavior, said Staci Gunner, the student conduct and civility coordi-nator at the offi ce of student conduct and ethical development.

Gunner and a team of faculty, staff and students assembled the policy based on the campus policies of other CSUs, Gunner said.

“There’s nothing new that is man-dated in this policy that wasn’t already mandated on campus,” said Stacy Glei-xner, associate professor of chemical and material engineering. “We were already held by the CSU executive order and by federal and state laws.”

Gleixner, the engineering representa-tive to the Academic Senate and chair of the instruction and student affairs com-mittee, said the act of making a policy like this makes a point and said SJSU

encourages students to grow and learn in all aspects.

Wiggsy Sivertsen, a professor in coun-seling services, said the policy addresses the issues of inappropriate sexual behav-ior specifi cally dealing with students.

The issues include date rape, sexual assault and inappropriate touching, Si-vertsen said.

“I’m in support of having this im-plemented at our school,” said Adessa Kiryakos, a junior behavioral science major. “It’s important to know that our school stands behind its students.”

Prior to this policy, the people who assembled the SJSU student conduct code included inappropriate sexual be-havior in the same context as "conduct that threatens the health or safety of any person," according to the student con-duct code.

Gunner said there is a difference be-tween throwing someone into a desk and rape.

“I don’t believe that these can be shared,” Gunner said. “And if someone’s going to perpetrate to that level, we need to name it here.”

Gunner said it is named in the crimi-nal and civil system, and SJSU needs to name it as well.

Sivertsen said the policy is important because SJSU is diverse culturally, eth-nically and socioeconomically.

Andrew MartinezStaff Writer

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Kolodziejak elected as A.S. president

SJSU President Jon Whitmore an-nounced in a news conference Thurs-day that SJSU will be laying off 76 employees for the 2010-11 fiscal year because of the budget crisis.

"As I've been saying since my be-ginning speech in the fall to everyone, be-fore the year is up, we would have to have layoffs," Whitmore said.

He said the reason for layoffs is the uni-versity's budget has to be smaller start-ing with the next fis-cal year, which begins July 1.

"A notification went out today, 76 employees — 76 important people in our institution — that, come the end of June, their job will be absorbed into the budget cuts and will no longer exist," Whitmore said. "It's a sad day, a step back day, but it's absolutely necessary for the budget to be balanced for the next fis-

cal year, which will have less money in it."

In addition to the 76 layoffs, he said the university will not be replacing positions left vacant when employees have either left their jobs or retired.

"We've had retirements and other people leave, and not fulfill all of those jobs," he said. "Some we had to, but we

saved a lot of money and that makes the layoffs a much small-er number."

Whitmore said the furloughs saved the university $18 mil-lion for the 2009-2010 year, but the university must have that $18 million per-manently out of the budget by July 1.

He said furloughs will not be implemented next year.

"We saved that $18 million by every faculty and staff member essentially taking a 10 percent cut in their salary, so we didn't have to pay that 10 per-cent and that added up to $18 million,"

Melissa SabileStaff Writer

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The 2010-11 Associated Students executive branch will consist of Presi-dent Tomasz Kolodziejak, Vice Presi-dent Jessica Dunham and Controller Ramon Vizcarra, according to the of-fi cial A.S. Elections results.

In the presidential run, Kolodzie-jak received 655 votes, Paul Yula received 556 votes and Domingo Castellanos received 528 votes, ac-cording to the offi cial Associated Stu-

dents Elections Results.“I am absolutely thrilled and very

happy (with the results),” Kolodzie-jak said. “And I wanted to thank my opponents Domingo Castellanos and Paul Yula. It was my pleasure to be able to compete with them.”

Kolodziejak said he can’t wait for the transition to begin and that he’s excited to start working next semes-ter.

“I will try to keep all the promises and will represent all the students at San Jose State,” Kolodziejak said.

SJSU President Jon Whitmore said he had not met Kolodziejak yet, but that he is having his administra-tive associate try to set up a meeting.

“I usually meet the outgoing and ingoing at the same time and begin the process of getting to know them,” he said. “And sometimes that takes a while because everybody is so busy.”

Whitmore said he looks forward to meeting Kolodziejak.

“I know they had elections, and I

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Some we had to, but we saved a lot of money and that makes the layoff s a much smaller number.”Jon Whitmore

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Karaoke ice cream truck serves up tunes

with treats

An ice cream truck that doubles as a karaoke station has been traveling around downtown San Jose serving ice cream and getting people to sing their favorite songs, said the truck's owner.

Treatbot was created in 2010 by Ryan Sebastian and his wife Christine, Sebastian said.

"We wanted something that reflects Silicon Valley," Sebastian said. "We were try-ing to think of something that was related to high tech and something about the future. So the idea of Treatbot is like an ice cream truck from the future."

Sebastian said Treatbot is in no way related to the ka-raoke ice cream truck created in 2006 by the SJSU school of art design CADRE Labora-tory for new media in affili-ation with Nancy Nowacek, Katie Salen and Marina Zurkow.

Sebastian said he was aware of the karaoke icecream truck from SJSU, although it did not play into his decision when creating Treatbot.

"I did know about it at the time," he said. "I guess the concept is kind of interest-ing, the karaoke ice cream truck doesn't really exist out-side these two different proj-ects, but we want ours to be a real food establishment."

Some students on campus have mixed reviews of an ice cream truck that doubles as a karaoke station.

"I don't think a karaoke-ice cream truck sounds like a good idea," said Brigitte Deleon, a junior computer engineering major. "There is no point for it. It is either go-ing to have nobody there or a bunch of stupid people all there."

Deleon said if she saw Treatbot around town she would not be interested to check it out.

"I like ice cream and I like karaoke, but the idea of them together, maybe not," Deleon

said.Others said it sounded like

an interesting idea."If I saw it I would join

and get some ice cream and maybe sing," said Sunny Nguyen, a junior interior de-sign major. "It is both enter-tainment and something fun to eat."

Sebastian said he works a normal nine-to-five job as an urban planner, but he wanted to start a small business to earn extra money.

He said he was a disc jock-ey for 10 years and wanted to create a project that involved music, and his wife always wanted to open a restaurant.

Sebastian said he and his wife combined their ideas and felt that the ice cream truck would be the best way to accomplish that goal.

"You can imagine open-ing a yogurt shop cost three-quarters of a million dollars," he said. "That's a lot of start-up costs. Doing something like this is significantly less expensive."

He said he wanted Treat-bot to be something that would have people interact-ing, eating good ice cream and enjoying music.

Anthony Cauilan, a senior animation and illustration major, said selling ice cream and having karaoke is an in-teresting concept.

"It sounds cool and I like the idea of watching people sing karaoke," he said.

Caulian said the fact that Treatbot sells special home-made ice cream is not a big deal for him.

"Personally, I don't care about the ice cream," Caulian said. "I like the regular stuff better."

Sebastian said the Treat-bot was a major investment but now the investment is paying off.

Sebastian said the Treat-bot tries to serve the best ice cream and cookies that he can find in the area.

"Our ice cream is made for us in Santa Cruz by a family using the highest quality in-gredients," Sebastian said. "It is basically the most ex-pensive ice cream we could find."

Sebastian said better qual-ity ice cream draws more cus-tomers and is effective in get-ting people engaged.

"Once they taste the ice cream, they find it is really good, and they end up stick-ing around and watching people sing,'' he said.

Matthew SantollaStaff Writer

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We were trying to think of something that was related to high tech and something about the future. So the idea of Treatbot is like an ice cream truck from the future.

Ryan SebastianTreatbot creator

Forensic artist sketches professor with students

SJPD artist impresses students with drawing

Gil Zamora, a San Jose Po-lice Department forensic artist, shared his expertise and expe-rience as both a detective and artist to three justice studies or-ganizations Thursday in the Stu-dent Union.

Twenty members were in at-tendance from the law enforce-ment fraternity Chi Pi Sigma, the criminal justice honor society of Alpha Phi Sigma and the justice studies department Forensic Sci-ence Student Group, all of which work to invite justice studies professionals to speak at SJSU.

“We asked Offi cer Zamora to come out and speak to give an-other dimension to our varied justice studies lectures,” said Krystal Petty, a senior forensic biology major and member of Chi Pi Sigma. “Zamora and our past speakers can help us make informed decisions in our future careers.”

The forensic artist“Forensic artists offer sup-

port to the investigative bureau, but they can offer graphic de-sign support for the entire de-

partment,” Zamora said. “Their training in art and skills as a creative person offers an assort-ment of opportunities and limit-less possibilities to create a pro-fessional organization.”

Zamora said forensic artists must possess two other skills outside of being an excellent art-ist.

“You need to be a person with a lot of empathy and mindful of the emotional state of the wit-ness or victim,” Zamora said. “You also need to be a skilled interviewer to obtain the infor-mation necessary to create a sketch.”

Zamora said his offi ce at SJPD has particular amenities to set both the witness/victim and the artist up for success — a warm and unique ambience, plants and paintings, soft and comfortable seating and New Age music.

“My offi ce is a creative ha-ven at the police headquarters,” Zamora said. “But since I only meet with witnesses/victims of felony crimes like rape, robbery and murder, it can be emotional, exhausting and drains the room from all positive feelings.”

The methodology in action

Zamora demonstrated his process in producing a compos-ite image by selecting a volunteer to act as a victim or witness of a crime.

Elesia Small, a junior forensic biology and justice studies ma-jor, sat facing Zamora with her eyes closed as she described the facial features of a male fi gure she knew.

The interview process began with descriptions of race, age and body build, and moved to more specifi c information, in-cluding face shape, hair, ears, nose, chin, cheeks, neck and up-per clothing.

“I save the eyes for last be-cause that’s what people remem-ber and connect with most,” Zamora said.

After 20 minutes, Zamora showed Small the sketch, and asked her, “Does this remind you of him?”

Small, who described her jus-tice studies Professor Richard Perry, said Zamora’s sketch was accurate and many individuals in attendance agreed the sketch was a close likeness.

“When I saw the sketch, it was better than I thought it would be,” Small said. “I didn’t think I was giving Zamora enough infor-mation to go off of.”

Petty said Zamora had the ability to take a description and make the characteristics come to life in the form of a sketch.

“Gil is incredible,” said Ken Merrihew, alumni adviser of Chi Pi Sigma and retired Secret Ser-vice agent. “He is specialized in forensic art but shares general interviewing techniques that are crucial to any offi cer or anybody working in the probation depart-ment.”

Forensic art and crimeZamora said he is never con-

cerned with drawing an exact likeness because it’s not possible.

“What I’m looking for is that my sketch leads to (investiga-tive) leads which leads to the apprehension of the suspect,” Zamora said.

Jake Humbert, a senior ra-dio, television and fi lm major, attended the demonstration and said he met with Zamora last October after he was robbed, as-saulted and held at gunpoint by three men.

“I was tired of talking about what had happened,” Humbert said. “But Zamora made me feel at ease and his sketch looked just like the main guy who had at-tacked me. It made me feel like I was going to gain due justice and resolution.”

Although Zamora said he uses Adobe Photoshop for image editing at least once a week, he has not been impressed enough with software programs to give up his pencil and drawing pad.

“Many of these programs of-fer limited manipulation of the features and do nothing to elimi-nate the suggestibility of the in-terview process,” Zamora said. “The witness or victim’s memory is so fragile and can be skewed when recalling events — a fi xed catalogue of hundreds of fea-tures to fi nd one that they saw is destined for disaster.”

Hannah KeirnsStaff Writer

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Even with cultural dif-ferences, the policy seeks to defi ne one set of rules for all SJSU students, she said.

“It’s up to us to try to help these kids play together in a respectful way,” Sivertsen said.

Sivertsen said she gave a workshop to a group of men where they spoke candidly about what is appropriate and inappropriate sexual be-havior.

One man asked if it was OK to be inappropriate in Mexico, she said.

“In reality, a lot of guys think they can play, but they don’t understand that it ceases to be play when the women is not capable of making a decision,” Si-vertsen said. “And that al-ways worries me.”

Now that there is a policy, Sivertsen said university of-fi cials can make a campaign to educate students on how to stay safe.

“The goal is to imple-ment this policy,” Gunner said. “We have, in case of fi re or earthquake, stickers on the back of every resident hall door. I want there to be stickers or posters up about this issue too.”

Gunner said that regard-less of gender, she does not want SJSU students to be accused of inappropriate sexual behavior.

“To me, one reported is too many,” Gunner said. “I want this to end.”

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CAMPUSIMAGE

Juan Torres (not wearing hat) and Osvaldo Lopez (wearing hat) steam-wash the statue of Tommie Smith (top) and John Carlos on the lawn east of Mor-ris Dailey Auditorium on the SJSU campus in San Jose on Thursday, April 15, 2010. The statue commemorates the 1968 Olympic awards ceremony in which Smith and Carlos raised their fi sts in a salute of black power. Torres and Lopez work for Flagship Building Maintenance Company of San Jose. PHOTO BY KIM KOMENICH/SPECIAL TO THE SPARTAN DAILY

About 60 students marched into a packed Engineering Room 189 for the 56th annual Phi Kappa Phi honor society initiation cer-emony Thursday afternoon.

The honor society recognize Superior scholarship across disci-plines, said chapter President Gus Lease.

Only seniors in the top 10 per-cent of their class and juniors in the top fi ve percent of their class may be eligible to join Phi Kappa Phi, Lease said.

“Your service can be to the academy or to the community,” said Pamela Stacks, associate vice president for the offi ce of graduate studies and research. “Our hope is that you will choose both.”

SJSU was 40 years old when Phi Kappa Phi was founded in 1897, Stacks said.

Keysha Doutherd, a senior art design major, said she looks forward to the opportunities for networking and scholarships that being a member brings.

“It has a good reputation,” she said.

Senior Spanish major Kellie Egan said she thinks the scholar-ship opportunities are great.

“It looks great on a resume,” she said.

Stacks was the keynote speaker of the ceremony and said the stu-dents are on the verge of many creative opportunities.

“I bet at each point along the 150-year period of Phi Kappa Phi, people could talk about the bridge from the past to the future,” she said. “But I have a feeling that it’s a more meaningful situation today than perhaps it was in the past."

Phi Kappa Phi means "let the love of learning rule humanity" in Greek, she said.

Stacks said there are some fundamental changes in how peo-ple build communities and how knowledge is shared, such as with the advent of Wikipedia and Sec-ond Life.

Second Life is a 3-D virtual world where users can social-

ize, connect and create using free voice and text chat, according to the Second Life website.

She said the development of

these communities foreshadows endless opportunities for stu-

dents to translate their traditional knowledge into new venues and communities.

Isabelle Daluz, a junior health science major, was awarded the Chapter Scholarship Award of $2,000, Lease said.

He said Daluz emigrated to the U.S. in 2001 from the Philippines and witnessed her parents’ hard-ships.

Daluz said she wanted to thank SJSU faculty and students for their continuous support through-out her undergraduate studies.

“I’d also like to thank my par-ents,” she said. “They have been my inspiration.”

Students who participated in the ceremony signed the chapter roll and presented themselves to the audience.

Kristin Nelson, a senior sociol-ogy major, was awarded posthu-mously.

Rod Diridon Sr. was sched-uled to receive the Distinguished Alumni Award but was unable to attend because of pneumonia, Lease said.

Honor society recognizes SJSU scholarsAndrew MartinezStaff Writer

European airlines test skies, press to end banAMSTERDAM (AP) —

Major airlines that sent test flights into European air-space found no damage Sun-day from the volcanic ash that has paralyzed aviation over the continent, raising pres-sure on governments to ease restrictions that have thrown global travel and commerce into chaos.

Is it safe to fly yet? Airline officials and some pilots say the passengerless test flights show that it is. Meteorolo-gists warn that the skies over Europe remain unstable from an Icelandic volcano that con-tinues to spew ash capable of knocking out jet engines.

European Union officials said air traffic could return to half its normal level on Mon-day if the dense cloud begins to dissipate. Germany allowed some flights to resume.

Eighty percent of Europe-an airspace remained closed for a devastating fourth day

on Sunday, with only 4,000 of the normal 20,000-flight schedule in the air, said Brian Flynn, deputy head of opera-tions for Eurocontrol, which supports the air traffic control network across the European Union's 27 states.

"Today it has been, I would say, the worst situation so far," Flynn said.

The test flights highlighted a lack of consensus on when to reopen the skies. The mi-croscopic but potentially menacing volcanic grit began closing airports from Ireland to Bulgaria on Thursday, stranding countless passen-gers and leaving cargo rotting in warehouses.

"It is clear that this is not sustainable. We cannot just wait until this ash cloud dis-sipates," EU Transport Com-missioner Siim Kallas told reporters at the European Union capital in Brussels.

KLM Royal Dutch airlines,

the national German carrier Lufthansa, Air France and several regional airlines sent up test flights, probing alti-tudes where the cloud of ash has wafted over Europe since the volcano turned active on Wednesday. British Airways planned an evening flight over the Atlantic from Heathrow, one of Europe's busiest hubs.

None of the pilots reported problems, and the aircraft un-derwent detailed inspections for damage to the engines and frame.

"Not the slightest scratch was found" on any of the 10 empty long-haul planes Lufthansa flew Saturday to Frankfurt from Munich, spokesman Wolfgang Weber said. The planes flew at low altitude, between 3,000 and 8,000 meters (9,800 and 26,000 feet), under so-called visual flight rules, in which pi-lots don't have to rely on their instruments.

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I bet at each point along the 150-year period of Phi Kappa Phi, people could talk about the bridge from the past to the future.

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Whitmore said. "Now, we have to have a permanent solution to that issue, because fur-loughs were negotiated by the union for one year only."

Senior anthropology major Joseph Moreno said he doesn't agree with the cutbacks and thinks the layoffs will make things more difficult for stu-

dents."Students are already get-

ting the runaround when they are trying to get things done," he said. "It just makes it hard-er for us."

Ricky Crisostomo, a senior digital media arts major, said he doesn't think the layoffs will directly affect him.

"I come from a small major where we only have three teachers," Crisostomo said. "It sucks for everyone else, though. I think it will af-fect a lot of my friends in dif-

ferent departments. 76 is a lot of staff to let go."

Olatokunbo Aiyegbusi, a senior industrial engineering major, said the layoffs are go-ing to be rough on everyone at the university.

"My major is small, so it's easier to get classes," Aiyeg-busi said. "But I have a friend who needed a full load and could only get nine units be-cause classes were too full. When there's not enough staff, people start graduating later, and it's just a mess."

LAYOFFSFrom Page 1

think we’ve been very fortunate to have two good presidents during the two years I’m here and I would anticipate the next one will be good as well.”

Domingo Castellanos, who ran for A.S. president, said he wanted more people to vote in the election.

“One of my key points that I wanted to change was student involvement,” Castellanos said. “I wanted more people to vote, and seeing only 6 percent is one of the things I wanted to change, so hopefully we see a better re-sult in future elections.”

About 1,777 students voted in the A.S. Elections, out of 27,556 eligible voters, which amounts to 6.4 percent, according to the offi cial 2010 Associated Stu-dents Elections Results.

Kunal Singh, a masters stu-dent in electrical engineering, said he did not vote because of a hectic schedule.

“I got some e-mails from the election department, but I didn’t get any time to look into those things because I had a number of assignments, midterms, proj-ects and all and work too,” Singh said.

John Wolf, a sophomore mechanical engineering major, said he voted because he want-ed to vote out everybody who is currently serving in A.S., but said he did not know any of the candidates besides their biogra-phies.

Castellanos said it’s hard for students to vote when they don’t know the candidates, and with more student involvement, he thinks students would care about the elections more.

“I wanted to run in the elec-tion because I felt that I was very qualifi ed and I wanted to bring change to the university,” Cas-tellanos said. “I think Tomasz

is an excellent candidate and I think he will do an amazing job.”

According to the offi cial As-sociated Students Elections Re-sults, most of the positions were uncontested, and only the posi-tions for A.S. president, director of community and environmen-tal affairs and director of stu-dent resource affairs had more than one candidate running.

“The A.S. elections are a little bit silly,” Wolf said. “Because most positions only have one person to elect, but I understand if people don’t want to get in-volved.”

The race for director of com-munity and environmental af-fairs was close. Kevin Trieu beat Cathy Bui, 807 to 776, according to the offi cial Associated Stu-dents Elections Results.

The race for director of stu-dent resource affairs was not as close. Eric Armendariz beat John Johnson, 955 to 589, ac-cording to the offi cial Associated Students Elections Results.

“You pay $73.50 per semester to A.S. to provide programs and services to the student body, and to represent your interests with the university,” according to an e-mail from the election board to students. “The A.S. budget is roughly $7,000,000 for the upcoming year, and is made up of fees paid by students and in-come from Association business services.”

Associated Students repre-sents the student body as its governing council, according to the SJSU website.

The SJSU government is di-vided into two branches, execu-tive and legislative, according to the SJSU website. The executive branch consists of the president, vice president, and controller, while the legislative branch con-sists of 13 directors.

Two positions, director of faculty affairs and director of in-ternal affairs, were not fi lled due to lack of candidates, according to the SJSU website.

RESULTSFrom Page 1

POSITIONSExecutive Branch:

* President:Tomasz Kolodziejak * Vice President: Jessica Dunham * Controller: Ramon Vizcarra

Legislative Branch:

* Director of Business Affairs: Cesar Delgadillo * Director of Communications: Jamie McDade * Director of Community and Environmental Affairs:Kevin Trieu * Director of External Affairs: Kevin Starks * Director of Extracurricular Affairs: Lakendra Hardwick * Director of Intercultural Affairs: Courtney Byrd * Director of Programming Affairs: Brittany Erickson * Director of Student Fee Affairs:Calvin Worsnup * Director of Student Resource Affairs: Eric Armendariz * Director of Student Rights and Responsibilities:Christina Solorzano * Director of University Advising Affairs: Lori Salazar * Director of Faculty Affairs: vacant position * Director of Internal Affairs: vacant position

*Source: Associated Students Elections Results

Veril Phillips, vice president of student affairs, is retiring sometime in the near future, and a search com-mittee for a replacement that includes two students has been formed, accord-ing to SJSU President Jon Whitmore.

Phillips was unable to comment on the exact date of his retirement.

“He’s scheduled to retire this sum-mer, based on partly the hiring of someone to follow after him and when that person can come,” Whitmore said.

An ideal date would be July 1, Whitmore said.

"July 1 is the date when this fiscal year ends, but often people are will-ing to stay on a couple more weeks or another month if the new person can’t arrive till then,” he said.

Jose Lopez, a freshman aviation major, said he did not know who the vice president of student affairs is, did not know he is retiring and said people might not know who Phillips is because he's not important enough or they just don't care.

Jordan Anderson, a freshman me-chanical engineering student, said he also had no idea who the vice presi-dent of student affairs is and did not know what the vice president of stu-dent affairs does.

The vice president of student af-fairs works toward creating and coor-dinating activities beyond academics that impact student learning, such as enrollment management, student par-ticipation and the delivery of student services, according to the executive search profile produced by R.H. Perry and Associates.

Fred Najjar, the vice president for university advancement, said he is chair of the search committee in charge of finding possible replace-ments for the retiring vice president of student affairs.

Najjar said this was a national search and that the deadline for appli-cations was April 2. He said the com-mittee must now review all applica-tions recieved, narrow down the list of recommendations for candidates and present those selections to Whitmore.

"The president makes the appoint-ment," Najjar said. "We're a recom-mending body for him."

The president will be given a report containing input from each commit-tee member about the selected candi-dates, he said.

After the list of applicants is re-duced to a select group of candidates, Najjar said, The list will be available online.

The committee has a website locat-ed on the SJSU office of the president page, he said.

Once the list of candidates is post-ed, open forums and questions from students will be allowed, Najjar said.

“They plan to try to bring people in before everyone gets away this spring,” Whitmore said. “It will be pushing it to get people here, but they plan to do that and the committee is actively working and should be able to do that.”

Whitmore said he thinks it is ap-propriate that the search committee include two students.

“The finalists will be invited to campus,” Whitmore said. "And stu-dents and other groups will have an opportunity to meet the candidates, provide feedback to the search com-mittee and it’s all moving forward at a rapid pace.”

The committee includes two repre-sentative from Associated Students, the School of Social Work, the depart-ment of psychology, Student Union Inc., the Student Health Center, com-puter engineering, enrollment servic-es, the department of kinesiology, the MOSAIC Cross Cultural Center and students, according to the office of the president’s website.

Search for replacement student aff airs VP to begin this summerAmber SimonsStaff Writer

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Local college bands battle for musical supremacy

BATTLE OF THE BANDS\

When: April 30, 7 p.m.

Where: SJSU Event Center

How much: $10

More: Ticketmaster.com

(Above) Ten Days New rocks out on stage during the Battle of the Bands event Thursday night. (Right) Bassist Patrick Brewner sings back-up vocals for Ten Days New. KEVIN HUME / SPARTAN DAILY

In my mind, the concept of a battle of the bands conjures up images of a gladiatorial brawl with musicians hacking away at each other with their instruments in a fight to the death.

Fortunately, or unfortunately to some, this wasn’t the case at the first annual Battle of The Bands held by the Bay Area College Activities Network on Thursday.

Schools participating in the Bay Area Col-lege Activities Network include SJSU, CSU East Bay, San Francisco State University, San-ta Clara University, Stanford University, UC Berkeley and the University of San Francisco.

Up for grabs was a spot to represent SJSU in the final being held on April 30 at SJSU’s Event Center.

The winning band of the final will have a chance to perform at Shoreline Amphitheatre this summer as an opener for either the Vans Warped Tour, the Mayhem Festival or Dave Matthews Band.

The winner will also get its song played on the radio on Channel 92.3, while the first run-ner-up will perform as a part of the Left Coast Live music festival in June 2010.

About 200 people packed into Morris Dailey Auditorium, which was transformed from its usual uber-academic atmosphere to a moshing and head-banging haven.

The show opened with Tha Fiends’ mix of rock and hip hop, which sounded like a wa-tered-down version of the early 2000s nu-metal fad made famous by bands such as Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park.

The song writing left a lot to be desired, as the female vocals did not contrast well with the rap.

In addition, the sound was further mired by its keyboards being too loud, while the guitars were hardly noticeable.

Punk rock outfit Ten Days New followed with a frenetic performance of its brand of Blink-182-inspired pop punk.

Bassist Patrick Brewner seemed to channel his inner Energizer Bunny, jumping around the stage as he played.

It was an entertaining performance, but the generic songwriting lacked the originality that I usually look for in new bands.

JD Romance was, in all respects, the high-light of the evening.

From the get-go, the band looked and sounded like a well-oiled machine.

The band’s alternative sound consisted of clean, catchy hooks and well-structured compositions that reflected the time put into them.

April Chase followed with a seasoned per-formance of its brand of introspective and melodic emo, a la Paramore.

A cohesive unit, April Chase played like a band that has done its fair share of live per-formances as vocalist Carina Valdes kept the audience engaged throughout the perfor-mance.

With a boisterous fan following, April Chase had audience members out of their seats, singing along to the music.

The final performance of the night had punk rock act, The Gryme, dishing out its in-your-face punk rock, which consisted of very little in the way of a melody, and had the dis-tortion turned up to 15.

The band was unlucky in suffering a few technical glitches, but with a large contingent of equally loud and faithful fans, the band rolled with the punches, finishing the set as fans rocked along with them.

Where the band suffered most was from a complete lack of melodic variety.

The 15-minute set seemed like a single two-chord song played straight throughout the set.

The eventual winner, April Chase, narrowly squeaked out by a single point over second-place winner JD Romance.

The event was well-organized and every-thing seemed to work seamlessly, starting right on time and ending ahead of schedule.

Even though musically, my impression of the bands was lukewarm at best. It’s unfair to go in with too many expectations.

It’s easy to be an armchair critic, but in the end you have to give credit to newcomers who are at least trying.

Salman HaqqiStaff Writer

April Chase wins fi nal spot in Battle of the Bands

A & E6 Monday, April 19, 2010

Eric Van SusterenStaff Writer

RESTAURANT OF THE WEEK

Morocco’s fi lls bellies, empties wallets

Dogshadow Productions pushes limits of fi lmMatt SantollaStaff Writer

With no experience in fi lmmaking, senior business major David Sprinkle and some friends decided to participate in a fi lm festival in 2006.

Their decision paid off because Sprinkle said he and his friends won second place, a trip to Hollywood and a camera.

"We never made a fi lm before," Sprinkle said. "We had two weeks to make the fi lm and it was fi ve minutes long.

We won the fi rst round and were sent to Hol-lywood. We went from never making a movie to winning prizes at a fi lm festival."

The sudden plunge into fi lmmaking inspired Sprinkle and his friends to create Dogshadow Pro-ductions, a company that creates fi lms tackling con-

troversial topics such as religion and race relations."Dogshadow is a way for people to say what

they want to say in the media of fi lm without hav-ing to worry necessarily of being censored by oth-ers," said Andrew Haws, a co-founding member who helps produce Dogshadow movies. "We ex-plore stories others may not deem as comfortable and comedy bits to kind of express ourselves."

Mallory Viera, a junior women's studies major, said she thinks movies should not be censored at all.

"You need to be careful who your audience is," she said. "Kids should not be allowed to see what-ever they want, but I don't think adults should be restricted at all."

If a movie topic engages people about a dif-fi cult or taboo subject, Viera said it should not be censored.

Haws said Dogshadow employees and asso-ciates are encouraged to make their particular voices heard.

"That was the design of Dogshadow," he said. "There is not one voice of Dogshadow. There are several different voices with our company."

Haws said Dogshadow is currently working on a webshow called "Faithless," which tackles the concept of religion.

Aaron Brown, a sophomore creative writing major, said freedom of speech in this coun-try should allow people to make movies about whatever they want.

"It is really up to the people whether a movie succeeds or fails," Brown said. "People should not have their movies rejected before they are even made."

Sprinkle said Dogshadow Productions is looking for people who are passionate about filmmaking and welcomes students with an interest in making movies.

"We are looking for other people to come in with their own ideas and do their own mov-ies," he said. "We are also looking for people to contribute on projects we are working on."

Haws said Dogshadow's films are mainly distributed over the Internet, but hard copies of the company's products are available.

He also said all of Dogshadow Productions' operations are self-financed.

"I think what Dogshadow is doing is a revo-lutionary thing they are doing," Viera said. "It is important for filmmakers to realize their dreams. I think it is great that they are allow-ing their voices to be heard."

The chicken kebab with Himalayan basmati rice and grilled vegetables from Morocco’s. KIRSTEN AGUILAR / SPARTAN DAILY

Dining at Morocco's Res-taurant, located at Market and St. John streets, is an over-whelming experience in nearly every way.

The exotic food boasts a complex mix of spices and fla-vors, which are delicious but at times just a bit too powerful.

The atmosphere, from the gaudy music to the col-orful decoration, constantly pulls one's attention in every direction.

Finally, after the delicious and attractive spectacle of a dinner is concluded, whoever is paying the check can count on being dumbfounded by the exorbitant prices.

Before my friends and

I walked in, we could hear moody Middle Eastern melo-dies floating over the thud of a driving techno beat emanat-ing from the open door of the restaurant.

I was warmly greeted by enthusiastic, clean-cut staff. They were uniformly dressed in black silk shirts, white ties and white aprons.

Each server was polite and friendly and very atten-tive to the needs of his or her customers.

My water was never empty for longer than a minute and our food arrived within 10 minutes of ordering.

The bright orange walls were adorned with ornately patterned drapes, brilliantly colored paintings and flashy embossed metal pictures.

Brown and green swaths of cloth hung in billows from the ceiling, giving me the feeling that I was dining inside a tent.

The elaborate decorations were toned down by the shad-owy lighting, provided by can-dles lining the walls and two stained-glass lighting fixtures on both sides of the room.

Given the cost of the entrees, which ranged from $13 to $17, we opted to split two entrees and sample a lentil salad. The hefty portions and richness of the food made this more than enough for the three of us.

The lentil salad, which con-sisted of nothing more than lentils and sauce, was simple but delicious.

Tossed with a judicious amount of vinegar and oil, the salad was crisp and fresh.

The salad's only fault was that a liberal application of cumin made it a tad too spicy.

Next, we moved to the

chicken kebabs. The chunks of

perfectly cooked, tender chicken came with creamy, yet firm, potatoes.

Slightly bland rice and juicy grilled zucchini accompanied the main dish.

The hearty kebabs seemed somewhat bland compared to the tangy lentil salad, but they were rich and delicious.

We were already becom-ing full as we began spooning the second entree, beef and vegetable couscous, onto our plates.

Couscous, which the menu dubbed "Moroccan pasta," is made of granules of semolina wheat and was similar to rice in taste and texture.

The couscous was topped with chickpeas, grilled zuc-chini, carrots and a mass of shredded beef.

Savory grilled onions mixed well with the beef, which was similar in texture to a well-cooked pot roast.

This dish was fairly straight-forward but strongly seasoned and very tasty.

Unfortunately, our visit wasn't cheap. The two entrees came out to almost $30.

Morocco's is probably a bit too expensive for the average college student.

It makes a perfect destina-tion, however, for those who want to show off their world-ly tastes and deep pockets to their dates.

Today is Holocaust Re-membrance Day.

The holiday Yom Hashoah calls for a candle to be lit at sundown the previous night. The candle is meant to last the entire day until sunset the fol-lowing night.

The idea behind the day and the candle is for Israelis and Jews around the world to “never forget” the terrible happenings of the Holocaust.

Six million Jews and two million non-Jews died in “the Shoah,” as it is called in He-brew.

I was taught at a young age that remembering was of utmost importance because if the world forgets about the atrocities of the Holocaust, there is a greater chance its mistakes will be repeated.

I have family who died in the Holocaust.

My father’s cousin, Eli, was the only survivor of his fam-ily.

Eli was living in the north-ern Greek city of Thessaloniki when the Nazis began their horrific work. Eli and his fam-ily decided it was best to go into hiding, taking refuge in the basement of a non-Jewish countryman.

One afternoon, Eli got in a fight with his brother. In an effort to cool down, Eli left the hiding place to pace the streets of Thessaloniki. Upon return-ing to his family’s refuge, he saw Nazis. The men were pull-ing his family out of hiding, one by one. The brother with whom Eli had fought appeared from the refuge, restrained by Nazis, and took notice of Eli.

“RUN, ELI, RUN!” his brother screamed.

Eli, who later in life found himself the owner of a candy store in Oakland, California, never saw his family again.

Hearing these stories is what keeps the memory of the Holocaust alive, which is the purpose of Yom Hashoah.

Year after year at Hebrew school, a survivor would visit

our classes to tell us about his or her experience. I have heard perhaps half a dozen survivors speak in my life. Each time, I am reminded of the importance of hearing their first-hand experiences — especially when there are fewer survivors around with each year that goes by.

I have also met a survivor on a personal basis. In high school, I spent a few months working at a home for the el-derly near my house. I bussed tables, I served wine and bread before dinner and I cleaned up after the residents finished eating.

There was one woman who made this boring work worth it to me.

Edith was a quirky Jewish lady who always made jokes. We became fast friends, and I soon learned Edith was a sur-vivor.

When Yom Hashoah came around that year, I approached Edith. I told her I had heard of a regional service in remem-brance of the day and won-dered if she would like to join me in attending.

Without hesitation, she accepted. On the night of the service, I picked Edith up from her apartment at the re-tirement home. We spent the car ride talking about the im-portance of enjoying life, of laughing.

I asked Edith if she would share with me her history. She told me about how, soon after the Holocaust began, she and her husband escaped

their homeland of Germany to travel across the world to the United States. She told me that while she was able to dodge the death camps and all the horrors associated with them, she could still attest to the effects of the Holocaust. The Europe she saw, she said, was not right.

This experience really hit me hard, realizing that I was speaking with someone who could authenticate the actions I read about in textbooks.

Last summer, I went to Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Re-membrance Museum in Jeru-salem.

This place was haunting. The many rooms of the mu-seum illuminated every detail of how the Holocaust came to be, what happened during and what lead to its end.

The most memorable room was one with the names of ev-ery known person who died in the Holocaust. Yad Vashem was collecting these names, collecting them for the re-cords to show all the individu-als whose lives were ended by the singular monstrosity that was Adolf Hitler.

As I walked the halls of the museum, I thought about Eli and Edith. They were just two survivors, the two whom hap-pened to appear in my life. However, they are the faces of the Holocaust in my mind.

The museum’s website tells the importance of having a face to the atrocities.

“The voice of the survivors is the link that binds the pain-ful and tormented history of the Jewish people during the Holocaust to the future, to hope and to rebirth,” the web-site states on a page dedicated to Yom Hashoah.

These voices to the past may not be around for much longer, but Holocaust Re-membrance Day will hold their place, telling the world about one of history’s greatest crimes and one of its greatest mistakes.

As a priority, allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the mil-itary is the last thing we need to worry about. The greater inequity perpetuating the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy is the low intellectual-ism that pervades the soldiers.

Three weeks ago, a video was released showing an American helicopter killing a Reuters news photographer and his driver in Baghdad. The soldiers had mis-taken the photo equipment for weaponry.

Reuters made a statement that was respectful and somber but prosaic in its explanation that the deaths were not things that could have been pre-vented — that they were accidents, end of story.

Aside from the assassinations and the loss of each victim’s life that will continue to wreak havoc on their respective families, I fi nd the audio on the videotape the most troubling. The soldiers were

heard laughing during the tar-geting and execution of these victims.

I do not know the back-grounds of those soldiers who killed the photographer and driver, but the chuckling and delight heard on the video was reminiscent of young patrons at a carnival or state fair, shooting ducks off a ledge or hay bale for prizes.

There may be several reasons why we recruit soldiers as young

as 18. One obvious reason might be the physical agility that younger people have, but with today’s technology, I don’t know how solid that idea is.

Another reason, which I shudder to think might be true, is that these younger persons don’t have as much invested in life, and therefore their deaths can be negotiated, like the Reuters journal-ists’ deaths.

Perhaps the key to recruiting young soldiers is that they are drawn from the most impression-able population. They follow orders.

They wouldn’t question authority the way a 45-year-old person would, who knows a bit more about life.

Maybe the photographer and driver would have lived if they weren’t part of some target practice game that 45-year-olds probably would not have been playing.

What is most problematic are the demograph-ics of the armed services. Impressionable people? Yes. Patriotic people? Absolutely.

But is their choice to enlist solely sustained through inherent patriotism or the infl uence yielded by a lack of fi nancial or educational re-sources?

How can you fault another, based on the racial or socioeconomic predisposition that infl uences one to join the army?

I recognize that I have never been to war and do not understand the psychological games that I

would need to play to endure that unique environ-ment, but I do know that I was offended by the audio on the videotape.

While I initially understand the off-limits, or you-can’t-talk-about-our-callousness-because-you-weren’t-there argument, when it comes to the quality of people we are sending over there, this is a conversation we need to have.

Why should they fi ght for my freedom, and I not fi ght for their integrity?

Some of these soldiers are from unfortunate backgrounds, and unfortunately they may possess an unyielding perspective on the world.

Is this a generalization? You bet, but is it any more egregious than how the military justifi es the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy?

I’m not making this generalization to put this group of people down — I hate the word “plebe-ian” — but addressing these discrepancies in their perspectives is key to solving the inequities aimed toward gays and lesbians in the military.

One cannot be debunked without the other.

OPINION 7Monday, April 19, 2010

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Happily, I read recently about the Student Union renovations fi nally going forward. This long overdue upgrade and modernization is precisely what on-cam-pus students need, want and deserve.

As a student some years ago, I vot-ed to approve the Martin Luther King library, knowing I would never set foot in it as a student.

Likewise, students three years ago realized that as our campus grew, the needs of campus infrastructure would also grow.

By recognizing future need and agree-ing to pay for it with slight fee increases, San Jose State University students help build their campus, not necessarily for

themselves, but for the next generation of Spartans.

Some of America’s greatest building projects were undertaken during times of great economic struggle, the Empire State Building and the Golden Gate Bridge among them. Unfortunately, some A.S. presidential candidates, such as Paul Yula, blame this renovation for rising tuition, budget cuts and layoffs. What Mr. Yula fails to understand is that the money for the Student Union renova-tion was voted on and approved by stu-dents, for students, years ago by those a bit more visionary than himself.

Sincerely, Denise M. Olenak, Alumni

Daniel HerberholzStaff Writer

In the article “Tech companies to hire more grads,” Ahmed Hambaba, associate dean of graduate and extended studies of the College of Engineering, was quoted as saying that high-tech companies are “hir-ing more students because they don’t like to see them staying at home idle.”

This gives the impression that high-tech companies are altruistic when in fact they are profi t maximizers that have to

answer to their shareholders. Furthermore, as a result of the re-

cession, high-tech companies have the upper hand in negotiating salaries. They are not hiring because they feel obligated to alleviate the pain and frustration of unemployment.

Amir Margittai, student, department of economics

This letter is a response to ‘Student Union extreme makeover’ that appeared on Feb. 11.

This letter is a response to ‘Tech companies to hire more college graduates’ that appeared on March 3.

Furlough days are affecting everyone at our school. Some people like them, some people don’t, but the truth is, having fur-lough days is not that big of a change.

Teachers are not supposed to grade papers or do anything for that matter on furlough days, and students don’t have to study because they do not have to go to class on furlough days.

For those trying their best to succeed, however, there are no days off.

There is no time to waste, because every second you can be doing something to better yourself.

For those who are just looking to get by, and the teachers that would rather not be

at school, it is a day off, yes.The people that are complaining that

they are not receiving a quality educa-tion because of furlough days need to ask themselves, “Why not?”

Is not going to class going to stop you from learning? For someone in the pursuit of excellence, it does not matter if they are in class or not, they will be using their time to better themselves.

Furlough days are not bad, and they are not good either. They are simply a part of the system, and a part that we are all going to have to get used to.

Jay Myers

This letter is a response to ‘Furlough days: a welcome gift and an unwanted curse’ that appeared on

March 16.

Voices of the Holocaust

Andrew MartinezStaff Writer

Spartans spilt doubleheader with Fresno State Melissa Johnson Staff Writer

DAY DATE OPPONENT

W April 21 at Stanford

F April 23 at Utah State

Sa April 24 at New Mexico State

F April 30 at Boise State

Sa May 1 at Boise State

F May 7 New Mexico State

Sa May 8 New Mexico State

UPCOMING GAMES

SPORTS8 Monday, April 19, 2010

Kelli Fangonilo Hits 49

Brittany McConnell Home runs 7

Alyssa Sulay Runs 40

Sarah Taylor Average .364

Brittany McConnell RBI 41

Brittany McConnell SLG % .627

Amanda Pridmore ERA 2.56

Amanda Pridmore Wins 14

Amanda Pridmore Saves 4

SEASON LEADERS

Despite only scoring one run, the SJSU softball team managed to win one of two games during a doublehead-er against Fresno State on Saturday.

In the first game, sophomore pitcher Amanda Pridmore had five strikeouts and al-lowed four hits, but surrendered the only four runs of the game in five innings of work. The loss dropped Pridmore's record to 14-5 this sea-son.

The Spartans had three hits in the game, none of them producing any runs.

Fresno State jumped com-fortably ahead in the bot-tom of the sixth inning when Michelle Moses hit a three-run home run to put Fresno State up 4-0.

“I wish I would’ve pitched to that girl different because she’s the one that hit when they had runners on,” Prid-more said. “They didn’t really do anything.”

In the second game, Cheryl Freitas, SJSU freshman designated hitter, brought home the only run of the game with a one-out sacrifice fly that scored Markesha Collins.

Collins got the SJSU of-fense started when she beat out a ground ball in the sixth inning, one of five hits for the Spartans in the game.

Collins was able to advance to third when left fielder Al-yssa Sulay doubled.

“It’s nice getting a win out of

this,” Freitas said. “It feels really great stepping up as a freshman.”

SJSU head coach Pete Turner said it was great the team was able to get a win in the second game because it has struggled against Fresno State lately.

“The toughest part of our

schedule is now behind us,” Turner said. “I think we can get out of the season with about 36 wins, which should put us in a very good position both at the WAC tournament as well as hopefully the regionals.”

Although he was satisfied with the win, he said he feels the team needs to adjust its hitting.

“I’m pleased with the pitching and defense,” Turner said.

Jaclyn Imhof, who pitched the second game of the doubleheader, said she feels it was not her best out-ing.

Imhof allowed eight hits and surrendered three walks while striking out two in her second shutout of the season.

“I feel happy that I had really good defense behind me because they saved me a lot,” she said.

Imhof said she was a little nervous heading into the game against Fresno State, but said she was able to settle into the game.

“After I sank in, during the fourth through seventh in-nings, I just relaxed, took a deep breath and relied on my

defense,” she said. “It was an easier game.”

Turner said his confidence with the team is getting bet-ter week in and week out.

“ T h e y ’ r e learning how to win, which is paramount to our season,” he said.

The Spar-tans are now in fifth place in the

Western Athletic Conference.They are now 29-16 and 5-7

in the WAC. SJSU returns to the field

on Wednesday to take on the eighth-ranked Stanford Cardinal at 6 p.m.

(Above) Sophomore pitcher Amanda Pridmore releases a pitch during the fi rst game of the doubleheader. Pridmore had fi ve strikeouts, but allowed the only four runs in the game. The loss dropped Pridmore’s record to 14-5 this season.

(Left) Sophomore catcher Breanna Lopez, who went 1-for-5 on the day, swings at a pitch during SJSU’s doubleheader against Fresno State on Saturday. Photos by KIBIWOT LIMO / SPARTAN DAILY