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Shootings hit home at SJSU, students react by Jeremy Infusino Staff Writer

After living on the streets of San Jose for three months, Susanna Beouchan moved into a woman’s and children’s shelter. She has been living there for the past six years,

and despite her situation, her faith and membership in the First Church Disciples of Christ has kept her spirits high. Photo by Jasper Rubenstein / Spartan Daily

The San Jose Police Department released the names of two former SJSU students who were shot on Saturday while they investigate two other shootings that occurred in San Jose over the past four days. The victims were identified as Eric Kenzo Otokawa, 21, of San Jose, and Kristina Lynn Pandula, 20, of Sunnyvale, according to SJPD. Otokawa, last enrolled at SJSU in Spring 2011, was an undeclared major and his hometown was listed as Atlanta, Ga., according to an email from Pat Lopes Harris, director of media relations for SJSU. Pandula was last enrolled at SJSU in Summer 2011, was a pre-nursing major, and was associated with Delta Gamma sorority, according to the email from Harris.

When police arrived on the scene at the 800 block of South Third Street on Saturday morning, Otokawa was pronounced dead at the scene and Pandula was brought to a local hospital for life-threatening injuries. She died Sunday from injuries sustained from the shooting, according to SJPD. The double homicide marks the 33rd and 34th homicides in San Jose in 2011, according to SJPD. Junior kinesiology major Joshua Kingley said he had heard about the shooting but was not that scared. “I try to avoid dangerous spots or try not to put myself in dangerous situations if I can,” he said. SJPD stated that the motives for the killings have not been established and the suspect(s) are unknown and considered armed and dangerous.

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DREAM Act signed Living hand to mouth for illegal residents by Brittany Patterson Staff Writer

Susanna Beouchan peered intently at the white, pocket-sized Bible in her hand. Sitting in the shade outside the Salvation Army’s Emmanuel House on North Fourth Street in the heart of downtown San Jose, she is one of about thirty people waiting for the hot lunch that will be served just after noon. Cast haphazardly around the small yard of the Emmanuel House — a homeless shelter and public feeding center run by the Salvation Army — are shopping carts piled high with ragged blankets and

clothes, and weathered bicycles held together with duct tape. The people are all different — young and old, white, black and Latino, clean and dirty — but all of them are here. They are waiting for their hot meal and shower; they are receiving help where they can before they move on to the next place. These are some of the homeless in San Jose, those who live in poverty every day. According to recently released statistics from the 2010 Census, poverty rates climbed to 15.1 percent in the United States, affecting 46.2 million people — nearly 1 in 6 Americans, the highest it’s been since

the census first started measuring poverty in 1959. In Santa Clara County, poverty rose more than a percentage point to 10.5 percent, with a median income of $85,002. Beouchan said she lived on the streets for three months and then in

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Occupy S.J. protesters raise voices, pitch tents at City Hall by Jeffrey Cianci Staff Writer

Occupy San Jose, a movement of solidarity for the protests on Wall Street, has been camping along Fourth Street on the plaza outside San Jose City Hall. The protest has no official leader — it’s a mix of students and long-time activists hell-bent on taking down cor-

Protesters from Occupy San Jose brandish their signs outside of City Hall Saturday night as part of a larger Occupy Wall Street movement across the U.S. Photo by Karl Nguyen / Contributing Photographer

porate America and the banking system, which they claim is oppressing the working and middle classes. Democratic general assemblies are held every evening, where a consensus with 100 percent agreement among the occupiers is reached on every agenda item.

Participants listened carefully to Alysa Cisneros as she addresses the assembly, a community organizer for a leaderless movement. Cisneros, a political science major at De Anza College, said she was

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by Cynthia Ly Staff Writer

A state act allowing illegal immigrants access to financial aid was signed by Gov. Jerry Brown this past Saturday. The California Dream Act allows undocumented students who came to the country before the age of 16 and attended a California high school access to public financial aid, including Cal and Pell grants. “Going to college is a dream that promises intellectual excitement and creative thinking,” Brown said in a prepared statement. “The Dream Act benefits us all by giving top students a chance to improve their lives and the lives of all of us.” Eligible students have already been able to pay in-state tuition, and in July, Brown signed an accompanying measure allowing them access to private financial aid. According to Carolyn Guel, assistant director of SJSU’s Financial Aid and Scholarship Office, the act is currently lacking structural and financial support. “(Illegal immigrants) cannot fill out FAFSA forms,” she said. The FAFSA website lists being a U.S. citizen or being an eligible noncitizen as a basic requirement to qualify. Guel said this will result in additional paperwork for any illegal immigrant students who wish to apply in the future. She also said the funding sources for more financial aid have not been decided. An estimated one million illegal immigrants will eventually enroll in public higher education institutions as a result of the Dream Act, according to the Center for Immigration Studies, a nonprofit think tank focused on U.S. immigration policies. “On average, each illegal immigrant who attends a public institution will

receive a tuition subsidy from taxpayers of nearly $6,000 for each year he or she attends,” Steven Camarota, director of research at the center, said in a 2010 memorandum. “For total cost of $6.2 billion a year, not including other forms of financial assistance they may also receive.” “With the cost of schooling, some immigrant families are put off it,” said Tony Ly, a senior business management major. Ly said some families will be more worried about work and getting money to support their livelihoods. He said his family legally emigrated to the U.S. from Cambodia and feels that an increased number of illegal immigrant students will not have a negative effect because of the campus’ diversity. “We are all here for an education,” Ly said. According to SJSU’s College Portrait website, less than 1 percent of the student population are considered illegal immigrants. Brown’s signature comes during a spike in nationwide tension about immigration, most recently over strict new laws in Georgia and Alabama. Georgia’s Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act of 2011 (HB 87) gave state law enforcement the green light to actively investigate and fine illegal immigrants, according to the Georgia General Assembly website. Meanwhile, the Obama administration announced it would suspend deportation measures against illegal immigrants who aren’t a danger to public safety, including people who immigrated as young children and are in school. “I’m going to treat everybody, whether they’re documented or not, as God’s child, and my brothers and sisters,” Brown said. McClatchy Tribune also contributed to this story.

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Jewish students open house by Aliza Saeed Staff Writer

The new Hillel House opened up Sunday on South 11th Street for Jewish students from SJSU, Santa Clara University, and De Anza, Foothill and West Valley Colleges. According to Sue Maltiel, executive director of Hillel of Silicon Valley, the old Hillel House, which was located on 365 E. William St., needed a lot of changes because it was way too small for the Jewish student community. “We can offer more programs here now, have Shabbat dinners, and a variety of tools available for students to use on a daily basis,” she said. The new house has a backyard, dining room, living room, kitchen, three offices, a laundry area, library and student activity center which is located in the basement. The main floor of the house is 2,000 square feet, and the basement is 800 square feet. Maltiel said the old Hillel House was really confined — it was hard to fit more than fifteen people inside and it was less than half the size of the new location. “I remember going to the old Hillel House grand opening in 1999 — if you saw more than 20 people inside it, you

would turn around and go outside,” said Jack Chevlen, one of the board of directors at Hillel House. He said it took a lot of people to raise enough money to purchase and renovate this new home for the Jewish student community. “We solicited members in the community — Jewish or non-Jewish, raised money through fundraisers, got grants from different charitable organizations,” Chevlen said. At the grand opening, the Hillel House was packed with several people visiting from all over the country and world — local students, people who contributed to the Hillel House and local Jewish community. Tim Cohen, senior vice President for the Hillel International foundation, flew from Washington D.C. and reached San Jose at 3 a.m. on Oct. 9. “We have opened 20 other Hillel around the country in the past five years in spite of the economic conditions,” he said. Cohen said the first Hillel House opened in 1923 and there are 115 Hillel houses around the U.S. today. Bonnie Slavitt Moore, president of San Jose Hillel House, said the house offers Shabbat dinners, holiday celebrations, lunch and learn programs, Jew-

ish cooking, yoga, free computer and printer access, movie nights and laundry on site. “Our new home marks a significant and exciting milestone and it provides a comfortable place for our students to meet for studying and learning about Judaism,” Moore said. Alan Werba, certified financial planner for the Hillel House said $360,000 were raised to continue this project. “Hillel is a source for building Jewish leaders,” said Eric Medeiros, a senior radio television and film major. “There are amazing resources and it further strengthens my development as a leader.” Some SJSU students said they come to the Hillel House regularly. “I’m here on a daily basis and I can’t wait for Shabbat dinners,” said freshman psychology major Aviad Shani. “It’s sort of a haven for Jewish individuals, both religious and secular to just get together and have a lot of fun.” According to junior biology major Sabina Manasherob, aside from more space, the new place provides a lot more resources. “We can do our laundry here,” she said. “What more could students want but a nice, welcoming place to go to after a long hard day?”

Shootings: Former football player involved in Friday police shooting FROM PAGE 1

The shooting that occurred Saturday morning was the second of three shootings that occurred in San Jose over the past four days. Another shooting occurred Friday near an apartment complex in the 1100 block of Leigh Avenue, according to SJPD. At about 10:37 a.m., SJPD responded to a call that said there were several suspicious-looking males near the complex. Officer William McMullen was the first to arrive on the scene and was attacked by one of the males. The suspect Jason Evans, 27, struck the officer multiple times and during the struggle the gun was fired. Evans was also a former SJSU student and member of the football team, Harris said. Evans fled south on Leigh Avenue, where officers Eric

Bachmann and Tim Wilson responded to the shooting and fired rounds at Evans when he raised McMullen’s gun at them. The shots missed Evans and he continued south on foot until McMullen stopped him when he was struck by the officer’s vehicle. Evans was taken into custody and brought to Valley Medical Center to be treated for broken bones and is still in the hospital, said Sgt. Jason Dwyer, public information officer for SJPD. McMullen was brought to a local hospital where he was treated for injuries he sustained and has since been released. Monday morning, a suspect with a handgun was shot and killed by SJPD when a citizen reported hearing shots fired near Hillsdale Avenue, Dwyer said. Officers responded to the call but found nothing. About

half an hour later another citizen called in, saying they saw the suspect with a handgun. Officer Jeff Harwell shot the suspect with the handgun and the suspect was reported dead on the scene, Dwyer said. SJPD has not released the name of the suspect. Ayushi Thinda, a senior business finance and management double major, said the shootings concern her no matter where they take place. “They happen so frequently, so often now and I never heard of them happening before,” she said. “It’s kind of scary walking around here now.” Vince Ei, a senior mechanical engineering major, said he doesn’t feel that worried since the shootings did not happen on campus, but said his roommate was really scared. “I’m not that surprised,” he said. “I think San Jose sort of has a reputation for that.”

Pot brownies hospitalize three McClatchy Tribune Wire Service

Oct. 11—An elderly man and two women were sent to the hospital Saturday after eating brownies that contained marijuana at a memorial service for a friend in Huntington Beach, police said. The three seniors — both women are 71 and the man is 82 — who live in Newport Beach and Huntington Beach were hospitalized within an hour of each other with the same symptoms, including nausea, dizziness and inability to stand on their own, Lt. Russell Reinhart said. Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian contacted the Huntington Beach Police Department after the three patients were admitted. “The guy who passed away used to eat marijuana brownies,” Reinhart said. “Someone sent them out because he used to eat them, but no one knew what was in them, and

they were sitting on a table and people were snacking on them and three people got sick.” The incident took place just one day after the U.S. Attorney’s office launched a statewide raid of medical marijuana dispensaries and arrested some dispensary operators who say they are complying with state law, but are accused of operating like a business and collecting millions in profits. The incident also highlights some of the challenges local law enforcement face when dealing with issues that arise from cultivation and distribution of marijuana for medical reasons. In 1996, voters passed Proposition 215, which made it legal for those with chronic pain and illness such as cancer to use the drug for medical reasons. “There is a lot of desensitization by calling it medical marijuana,” Reinhart said. “There are still problems with medical marijuana because it

is a drug, so it can make people sick. There are also crimes associated with it. I’m not saying that there are no other drug problems, but marijuana is a drug and it does cause problems for law enforcement in the community.” Just one day before the three seniors were hospitalized, two marijuana dealers were attacked in a quiet Huntington Beach neighborhood while making a delivery to customers they believed lived there, Reinhart said. The man and the woman were robbed at gunpoint at about 8:30 p.m. Friday on Mataro Lane right after getting out of their car to make the supposed delivery, Reinhart said. The suspects, described as two men in their 20s, posed as customers who live in one of the homes, and just as the dealers arrived, they were attacked. The robbers stole $1,500 worth of marijuana, the dealers’ cell phones and car keys.

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POVERTY: Residents struggle to find daily sustenance FROM PAGE 1

a shelter for six years with her son, John. “It wasn’t easy for me and my son,” she said. “Every day is a struggle out there. Sometimes you don’t know where your next meal is going to come from, where you’re going to make ends meet, where you’re going to get your clothes.” Beouchan said her son was taken away by Child Protective Services and is now living with family in Hawaii. “There is a bunch of people out there,” she said. “They’re living on the streets and under overpasses.”

POVERTY IN SILICON VALLEY According to sociology Professor Scott Myers-Lipton, associate chair of the sociology department, the current economic crisis is the reason why there has been a spike in poverty, but this is not a new issue. “From the founding of our country, it has had a poverty crisis,” he said. “If you look at the early documents in the 1800s, 1790s, poverty was seen as one of the major issues of the day.” According to the 2010 census data, 16.3 percent, about 6 million Californians, had incomes below the federal poverty line of $22,113 for a family of four, up from 15.3 percent in 2009. Wiggsy Sivertsen has worked in counseling services at SJSU for 45 years, during what she describes as ups and downs when it comes to need in Silicon Valley. She said the current dip has a lot to do with high unemployment. Sivertsen said the gap is growing between the haves and the have-nots in Silicon Valley. “You certainly can’t say this valley is poor,” she said. “All you have to do is get on the freeway and drive to work in

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the morning. I must pass two or three million (dollars) worth of vehicles in the morning.” Sophomore business major Brenda Murakami said she was not surprised by the census’ increase in poverty in San Jose. “I think it has a lot to do with unemployment right know,” she said. “You could lose your home and find yourself on the streets and it makes me think sometimes.”

HELP FOR THOSE IN NEED Sacred Heart Community Services, a nonprofit organization whose stated mission is to help combat poverty, provides food, clothing and educational services Brian Benefield, a handicapped former driving instructor, used to make $25 an hour before being laid off. Now he survives off of to about 54,000 people in the San $1,000 a month. Photo by Jasper Rubenstein / Spartan Daily Jose or Santa Clara County areas, according to its website. ing, which has gotten worse in for the homeless because of its According to Jay Pecot, fund that last couple of years, and mild climate and the programs development manager for Sa- also the high cost of food, the that help those in need. cred Heart, the center provides high cost of transportation.” Every Saturday morning for a three-day food supplement According to Pecot, the cur- the past two and a half years, from its food pantry to about rent business climate is not en- Leuty has repaired bikes for local 375 families per day. Addition- couraging growth. homeless people at the Salvation ally, about 320 people receive “The number of times that Army’s Emmanuel House. clothing from Sacred Heart’s we see 400, maybe 500 families Leuty said he discovered the clothes closet every day. in a day is becoming signifi- bikes were in bad shape when Pecot said one of the things cantly more common than it he was invited to say grace at that goes overlooked in the Sil- ever was,” he said. “A lot of it an Easter service at a homeless icon Valley is the high cost of is due to the underemployed or ministry. living for a family of four — at the discouraged worker or just “At that time I’d never had least $63,000 a year compared overall people just not able to any experience with the hometo the amount set by the fed- make it in this area.” less,” he said. “I just offered to eral government of just over Talar Abadjian, a junior so- help three people and that was $23,000. cial work major, said she be- 1,100 people ago.” Sacred Heart uses a self- gan volunteering in the clothes Susan Marcus said she sufficiency measure for Santa closet at Sacred Heart twice a and her husband Robert have Clara County produced by the week to better understand the been bringing bags of donated Insight Center for Community people in the community who clothes, toiletries, sheets and Economic Development, a na- use their services. other small items like Tuppertional research consulting and “I think I knew about the ware to the Emmanuel House legal organization that works poverty,” she said. “But iden- for six years. with foundations, nonprofits tifying people’s faces and just She said in the last couple of and government agencies to seeing how real it is and that years, since the economy has quantify self-sufficiency, ac- it’s not just statistics, (I’m see- taken a downturn, she has seen cording to the center’s website. ing) that there’s actually people more people taking clothes. “It costs about three to four who go along with those.” “Before we never saw that times as much as the federal Paul Leuty, a professional many seniors,” Marcus said. poverty line to live in this area,” bicycle mechanic and director “Now they’re coming for food Pecot said. “All of this is tied to and founder of Spokes to Folks, and clothes. I know the econothe high cost of, first of all, hous- said San Jose has been a beacon my is affecting them.

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But to live in poverty can encompass more than just homelessness, Sivertsen said. “When we think of poverty, we think about the homeless people, the people with the shopping carts and the old raggedy clothes and the bottle in the old paper bag, et cetera,” she said. “That’s what we think of. We don’t think about those people in the middle that are really living in poverty, living from hand to mouth, because they’re not out on the streets.” Sivertsen said those people include students. “I have students living out of their cars,” she said. “That happens a lot. I have women who have kids living in their cars. It’s tough and it sort of depends if you’re a traditional student … you’re more likely to find money that will help you get through school. But if you’re 30 years old … there aren’t a lot of jobs out there for you, so you could be living in your car.” Sivertsen said she doesn’t think we’d find a lot of students sleeping in their cars in the garages or surrounding neighborhoods, but we would find some, more than three years ago. Sgt. John Laws of the University Police Department said it’s very rare for UPD to find students sleeping overnight in the parking garages. “I’m certain there are plenty of students who are well below the poverty line,” he said. “They’re working beyond their means to create better lives for themselves.” UPD has responded to calls of people sleeping in buildings on campus, but these are not students, Laws said. Pecot said Sacred Heart sees a lot of young people using their services, including younger professionals who have recently entered the professional workforce.

“It’s like the biggest tragedy,” he said. “We see people coming in with nursing uniforms here. They’re the ones who should be out there taking care of people and now we’re having to care of them. That just seems completely wrong.” Jackie Qu, a senior liberal studies major, said poverty she thinks it doesn’t seem to affect students because they often have help from family or loans. “I think the word ‘poverty’ means people who are in those situations where they can’t meet their sufficient needs for food, shelter, just the necessities,” she said. “A lot of people are having to cut back. I have family who have lost their jobs and they haven’t been able to bounce back yet. Everyone has this fear of that.” Sivertsen said there are few options on campus for students who need help. “I’ve put my hand in my pocket and taken out money in my pocket and give it to students for the weekend more now than I have in a long time,” she said. “That’s kind of a barometer for me. Kids come by that I know and I’m looking at them and they don’t look they’ve been eating, then I know they’re having a tough time and I’ve seen that number go up a little bit.” The counseling department does have a small emergency fund for students who are in dire need, she said. For Sivertsen, poverty is not something students or the community should ignore. “I can get in my car, close my windows, turn on my music or turn on the news, drive home and never see a single solitary social problem if I don’t look,” she said. “I don’t think that’s good. I think we all need to see what’s really going on.”

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Drink of the Week:

La Lune Sucrée’s Limonade by Cynthia Ly Staff Writer

Caffe Frascati, formerly known as Caffe Trieste, changed its name six weeks ago after the owner decided to become independent and establish a new identity. Photo by Jack Barnwell / Spartan Daily

New name, same great coffee, food and service at Caffe Frascati by Leonard Lai Senior Staff Writer

The consumption of caffeine has become a daily ritual in the working world for many people, and in some occasions people indulge in it more than once a day. Tired of going to Starbucks and Peet’s, I decided to expand my search of where I could fuel my near-empty tank of much-needed caffeine. Luckily on First and San Carlos streets, Caffe Frascati’s odor of ground-up coffee beans lured me over, bringing my

search to an end as I walked in eagerly to browse its menu. Caffe Frascati used to be known as Caffe Trieste six weeks ago until the owner decided to be independent and buy out the franchise to establish a new identity. Everything in the store is still virtually the same as it was before from Caffe Trieste, except for the fresh new paint job. Instead of the dark, cold colors inside, there’s a new mahogany style for all the walls, complementing the colors of the wooden furniture. I saw the menu was loaded with choices including pas-

The eclair is a creamy, sweet and fluffy treat that goes well with Caffe Frascati’s coffee. Photo by Jack Barnwell / Spartan Daily

Caffe Frascati’s cappuccino is a pleasantly bitter brew with a satisfying creamy texture. Photo by Leonard Lai / Spartan Daily

tries, salads, hot drinks and sandwiches and other delectable items as I ordered my cappuccino in order to fill my much needed caffeine dosage. The cappuccino, costing around $3, had a pleasant bitterness to it, coupled with a creamy texture that was much appreciated over the more liquid counterparts that I was used to from other stores. Feeling that my caffeine reservoir was possibly half full, I decided to order an iced mocha in case I was going to go trek around Valley Fair and pass by BCBGMAXAZRIA, do handstand laps around a track or knit a scarf while listening to “Murmaider” by Dethklok. All of Caffe Frascati’s listed hot drinks can be made to be cold, although that option isn’t listed — all you need to do is ask and they will comply at no additional charge. They are card-friendly for those who don’t happen to have cash on them and didn’t have a minimum charge in order to take the card, an additional plus in my book because I honestly don’t want to have to spend $10 just to purchase something using a card. A piano is at the entrance and anybody can feel free to play it, but please be polite and ask a worker before you rudely go at it. Fair warning, if they feel that your performance is terrible they have the right to boot you off of the piano. There is Wi-Fi for customers and the password is on the receipt, allowing for study or work sessions while enjoying your delicacies. Caffe Frascati also offers a happy hour for their beer on Monday and Tuesday evenings, so if you have had one of those classes or are celebrating the completion of that group project or midterm, be sure to stop by. Live bands come to play there as well and the schedule of the bands is directly across from the register, so you can stop by, eat a panini and grab an Americano while you listen and meet your daily quota of culture for the day. Caffe Frascati offers a lot — food, drinks and friendly service — and did I mention a piano? Now if you excuse me, I have a scarf to knit.

Bubbly, light and mildly tart, the limonade by Beltrando Vergnano sold at La Lune Sucrée is a refreshing taste from France. With a light sweetness unlike typical American citrus soda brands such as 7Up or Mountain Dew, the limonade (lemon soda) makes an easy complement to the café’s tasty sandwiches, such as the chicken aioli on a French baguette. Because it is only sold by the bottle (1 liter), I would recommend sharing the limonade between 2-4 people as an after-meal drink. A bottle of this lemony goodness goes for a reasonable $6 and is easily carried away for an impromptu picnic. Plus, the drink’s lightness makes for a decent palate cleanser. So the next time you head to La Lune Sucrée, grab a group of friends, pop open a chilled bottle of the limonade and make a toast to life. La Lune Sucrée also offers a blood orange version. La Lune Sucrée is located next to Philz Coffee on Paseo de San Antonio.

The Beltrando Vergnano Limonade is served in a 1-liter bottle and is a perfect afternoon drink to have with friends after a meal. Photo by Jack Barnwell / Spartan Daily

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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

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Poll finds texting trend is strong on SJSU campus by Christina Molina Staff Writer

Young adults between the ages of 18 and 24 are by far the most avid texters, according to a recent national survey conducted by the Pew Research Center. The survey, published Sept. 19, revealed that 31 percent of cell phone users prefer to be contacted via text message versus talking on the phone. “Texting is an ongoing trend,” said Ted Coopman, a communication studies lecturer at SJSU. The national survey was conducted by Pew Research, a nonpartisan organization that conducts public opinion polls and social science research, according to the group’s website. A similar survey, asking the same questions as the national survey, was conducted among 203 SJSU students. Nearly 35 percent of SJSU students chose text messaging as a preferred means of communication, while those who preferred phone calls came in at 23.3 percent. “Texting is simply more convenient to communicate,”

said freshman nutrition major Venus Kalami. Kalami said she only makes phone calls when absolutely necessary, such as reaching family, but ultimately prefers text messaging. According to the Pew Research national study, the median for texting within the 18 to 24 age range was 109.5 messages a day, nearly 3,200 a month. The national survey reported 53 percent of people prefer phone calls while 14 percent said it depended on the situation. On campus, 39.9 percent of students said it depended. “I prefer making phone calls, even though I have an unlimited texting data plan,” said junior sociology major Bertha Alvarado. Alvarado said most college students are yet to be in a professional mindstate and so they balance their means of communication, such as texting friends and family, but choose phone calls for school and job-related business. The national survey reported 48 percent of people made one to five calls a day, while 62.1 percent of SJSU students made that many.

As far as texting, 43 percent of people in the national study only sent one to 10 text messages a day, while students were more active texters with 29.1 percent sending and receiving 21 to 50 messages a day and nearly 20 percent with 51 to 100 text messages a day. “Texting has made it (communication) more complex,” Coopman said. “It changes our expectations.” He said the idea of people getting upset when texting someone who isn’t responding in a timely matter is a perfect example of complexity. “Texting is just easier for me, especially when I am in class,” said Matthew Hodgert, a junior justice studies major. Hodgert said he can see how texting has a negative effect on young people because the texting language bleeds into other places besides the cell phone. “My English teacher says texting is bad because students tend to put it in their essays, such as ‘lol,’” Hodgert said. However, Hodgert said he disagrees that texting is bad so long as people know when to keep that and school work apart.

Bird games for iOS relieve anger, stress by Matt Young Staff Writer

It seems as if every other “casual game” in the App Store for the iPhone and related devices features birds in one way or another. After the relentless onslaught of Rovio’s Angry Birds, other makers of casual games are trying to cash in through titles featuring similar design, mechanics, or the mere hint of birds. That isn’t half bad when you consider all the game mechanics that can be exploited with the physics of flight. Two games that are “soaring” right now are Tiny Wings and Early Bird. From the game company Booyah! comes another take on avian manipulation: Early Bird, available now for free on iTunes. If you’re at all familiar with the expression “the early bird gets the worm,” then you’ll get the idea of the basic premise of the game. Imagine a miniature golf course, replete with windmills and other hazards, combined with a pachinko machine and a touch of Super Mario Bros. 2. Add to that a cute blue cartoon bird flitting through those levels, and there you go. You end up with a pre-defined amount of swipes, denoted by feathers in the top left of the screen. Each swipe, either long or short, will propel your bird into flight in the direction you swipe. Intuitively, a short swipe will get you a little air, while a long, fast swipe will launch you farther. The level designs have a nice variety to them and the sense of reward you get as you navigate the hazards and make the perfect landing is all the more enjoyable. It takes a while to get it down, but the work will pay off in the end. All in all, it’s a great game that will help pass the time when you have five minutes (or an hour) to kill. While Early Bird is a very involved game with split-second timing necessary for success, Tiny Wings, another iOS bird-related game, goes for a more Zen-like approach. Available from iTunes for $.99 for all iOS devices, it’s a charming game that takes that wish and executes on it to great

The Pew Research Center Texting survey and its mirrored straw poll by the Spartan Daily staff, put together by Christina Molina and Leo Postovoit, asked 200 students on the SJSU campus to fill out a written survey. A limited version of the findings are published here. A full version will be published online at spartandaily.com.

The survey asked three questions: 1. On an average day, how many phone calls do you make and receive? 2. On an average day, how many text messages do you send and receive? 3. And if someone needs to get into contact with you, do you prefer a text message or a phone call?

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“My English teacher says te xting is bad because students te nd to put it in their essays, such as ‘lol,’” said Matthew Hodgert, a junior justice studies major .

35.5 percent of SJSU students chose text messaging as a preferred mea ns of communication The U.S.’s median for text ing is 109.5 messages a day, which works to nearly

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.1 percent send and receive 21 to 50 messages a day; nearly 20 percent with 51 to 100 text messages a day.

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Early Bird takes is a pleasant relief for those used to the mechanics of Angry Birds. Dozens of levels await those wanting to play. Photo by Leo Postovoit / Spartan Daily

results, with fun physics, visuals, music, and sound effects. You play as a bird with the titular “tiny wings,” and you live to go as high and far as possible before the dark of night ends your run. Your bird starts the game in a nest at the very top of an island, the first in a series. The islands, portrayed in colorful, 2-D, side-scrolling glory, are reminiscent of Dr. Seuss, with a fluid presentation recalling colored-pencil sketches. The various alternating stripes and swirls of the hills with their little trees and the background scrolling in the distance all work wonderfully, and the rolling hills and valleys act as ramps with which you get your stunted self into the sky for as long as possible. Pressing on the screen will increase the “weight” of your bird, causing a nice acceleration when employed on the downward slope of a hill or valley. Releasing your touch on the screen at the right moment will decrease your weight, letting you use the upcoming upward slope to launch yourself up and out. While this mechanic sounds easy, there is definitely a learn-

ing curve. It doesn’t take long to get, and you’ll find yourself in a nice middle range after a while. The beauty is that you continue to improve with time, which keeps you replaying the game. Once you get the rhythm of the game down, you’ll be able to soar farther and farther. This is rewarded by making it to different islands if you get far enough fast enough. Working against you is a countdown to night at the bottom left of the screen, denoted by a sun arcing through a small sphere. When night lands, that’s the end of the game. You are able to add a measure of time to your day each time you make the big jump from one island to another. It isn’t infinite, but as you improve, your island count will increase. Tiny Wings is one of those games that is deeper than what you’d expect at first glance, and it’ll keep you playing “just one more game” longer than you’d think. Both titles are fun to play and totally worth the small price for the quality of the experiences.

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Collegiate tennis: A short stop on life’s journey toward a dream qualifying to be in the top 10 percentile of squads in their respecStaff Writer tive sports in the year 2010-2011. Truong said she has won Junior biochemistry major many awards herself over the Chau Truong began her venyears. ture in tennis when she was “I have won first-, secondyoung. and third-place trophies playing Truong said she started playjunior tennis tournaments,” she ing tennis at SJSU in 2009 but the said. “From junior tournaments, first time she started practicing I also won two sportsmanship tennis was when she was only 4 awards.” years old. In high school, she said she re“I have one older sister and one ceived a Coach’s Award for one younger and my dad has taught year and MVP for two consecutennis to all three of us since we tive years. were really young,” she said. For the past two years here at Truong’s family moved to the SJSU, Truong said she received U.S. from Vietnam in 1992, when All-WAC Academic Honors for a she was 10 months old. GPA of 3.0 and higher. She said in Vietnam, her fa“I’m so lucky to have my famither was a really good pingpong ly and friends to help me through player but when he moved to the all the struggles,” she said. U.S., he wanted to teach a sport Truong had her first fall seto his three daughters which was mester tournament at UC Berkerecognized and well known in the ley, on Sept. 30. U.S., unlike pingpong. In the tournament, Truong “My dad thought tennis is the lost to St. Mary’s 6-4,6-4 and to only sport close to pingpong,” she Berkeley 6-1, 6-3, but defeated said. Sacramento State 6-4, 6-2. When Truong was 8 years “There were a lot of games old, she joined the junior tourthat came out very close,” she naments, which are part of the said. “The scores doesn’t show United States Tennis Association. that, but within those games, Even though she was busy they were tight.” with junior tournaments during Truong said this is only the her high school years, she still beginning, and what she learned managed to participate on her helped very much — Coach MalGalileo High School tennis team. roux kept telling the teammates Being 4 feet 11 inches tall not to worry about the result, but doesn’t stop Truong from coverto focus on the process of getting ing the entire court. that result. “I like to play lots of angle “He told the team, ‘If we lose, shots, move my opponent around we have to lose by playing our all over the court and give lots of game, not by our opponent’s’,” top-spins,” she said. she said. Truong said she is really good Truong said she has big goals at returning shots of varying after she graduates with her biospeeds from her opponent back chemistry degree. over the net. She said her goal is to graduate Over the years, Truong has with a Bachelor of Science degree also developed her own style on in biochemistry and go to medithe court. cal school in hopes of becoming a Junior Chau Truong serves a ball during the SJSU tennis team’s 6-1 match victory over UC Santa Cruz on April 21. Truong was introduced She said the best thing about to tennis by her father when she was 4 years old and has been competing in the sport since. Photo by Vernon McKnight / Spartan Daily physician in the near future. the way she plays in her games “I see myself helping those is her footwork and how she main need and giving back to those neuvers herself around the court. here at San Jose State,” Nguyen-Church about one hour, once a week, where each play tennis with my dad and sisters at a who have supported me throughout my Her coach from last semester, Anh- said. person partners up with one other team- public tennis court,” she said. whole life,” Truong said. “I see myself Dao Nguyen-Church, who is currently This semester, Truong is not only tak- mate and practices with the coaches. Coach Malroux said Truong was vot- making a difference in this life that I am the athletic department’s Director of ing 16 units worth of classes, but also atAside from the three-hour practice ed the captain last year and was elected currently in.” Operations for Olympic Sports, said she tending tennis practice three hours a day, and the one-hour individual practice on this year as well. Truong emphasized how thankful she recruited Truong a few years back, after Monday through Friday. campus, Truong tries to practice outside “What makes her a great captain is is to her family, who pushed her to be seeing her win several times in junior Sylvain Malroux, the current head of SJSU when she has free time from her her caring personality toward her team- better at tennis and helped her conquer tournaments. coach of SJSU women’s tennis, stated academic work. mates, humbleness about her sports- all the tough times she has been through “She was one of the top ranked junior that Truong is a very hard worker in “I don’t get time to practice outside of manship, and her work ethic is just in- in tennis tournaments and life in general. players in northern California and when school and on the tennis court. school since those hours are reserved for credible,” he said. “I wouldn’t be holding a tennis racket I saw her compete and her academic Truong said the team members each studying, but if I come back to San FranTruong’s tennis team at SJSU won an if my dad didn’t introduce me to the tenability, I decided to recruit her to join us have individual practices which are cisco to visit family on the weekends, I award for academic progress rate after nis world,” she said.

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Spartan volleyball team defeated by No. 9 Hawaii in three consecutive sets Staff Report SJSU volleyball was swept Saturday night by No. 9 Hawaii, losing in three straight sets on the island of Oahu. Freshman left side player Savannah Leaf led the Spartans (6-12, 1-4 WAC) with 10 kills in the Western Athletic Conference

matchup, but SJSU could not overcome the Rainbow Wahine (15-1, 5-0 WAC) onslaught, losing the sets 25-21, 25-8, 25-19. Three SJSU players had the opportunity to play volleyball in Hawaii, their state of origin — juniors Caitlin Andrade and Alex Akana, and senior Brianna Amian. Setter Andrade recorded 24 assists and a team-high eight digs

while middle blocker Akana had six kills and four blocks in the match. Amian made her final appearance in an SJSU uniform on her native soil, starting the match and recording two kills. Although the Spartans were defeated in three consecutive sets, SJSU did give Hawaii its share of scares in the match. After trailing 7-2 early in the first set, the Spartans reduced the Rainbow Wahine lead to 12-10. The Spartans’ rally forced Hawaii to take a timeout, and the rally continued after the break in action with SJSU decreasing Hawaii’s lead to just one. SJSU’s string of solid play would end there however, as Ha-

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Junior setter Caitlin Andrade records a dig during SJSU’s Oct. 4 loss to Sacramento State Photo by Stan Olszewski / Spartan Daily.

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OCCUPY: Protesters speak out against corruption FROM PAGE 1

moved by Wall Street occupations in New York City to organize a similar movement in Silicon Valley. With help from friends Jon Chaney and Shaian Mohammadi, Cisneros used Facebook and Twitter to gather followers for a large initial general assembly that took place Sunday, Oct. 2. In the week that followed, five tents were established in the plaza outside City Hall, with some saying they are determined to camp as long as necessary. The five-tent camp set up outside City Hall, which has about 15 permanent occupiers, established rules to keep the protest peaceful and positive. According to posted rules, the occupation prohibits alcohol and drugs, a cigarette-smoking section is designated away from the camp with water jugs for ashtrays and quiet hours are after 10 p.m., where no bullhorns are used but street-side protesters remain. While the general theme of the occupation movements seems to be a stance against corporate America and its influence on politics, many participants cite various reasons for their motivations. There is Cracker, a young vagabond with scraggly blond locks, a lip and nose piercing hidden underneath a red beard, who said he is prepared to be arrested in name of the cause. Many have cited coming out in support of a loved one who has suffered through the current financial struggle. There is Travis Storms, who introduced himself while he was protesting in pouring rain by saying, “I was in the military service and my country fucked me over.” Storms, who has been camping outside of City Hall since Sunday night said, “I am down here supporting my mom because she has been on disability and Social Security, and pretty much has been her whole life.” He added that repeated cuts to her disability checks have made the full-time student homeless while supporting his mother. “I help her,” he said. “She can’t be homeless so I give her all the money I have.” Like other occupations occurring across the country, Occupy San Jose has received opposition from those inside City Hall. Citing a city ordinance that prohibits camping on the City

Protesters from Occupy San Jose, a local movement of Occupy Wall Street from New York, march from City Hall throughout downtown San Jose on Sunday.

Hall plaza, City Attorney Rick Doyle made it clear to occupiers that they would be removed if they did not clear out their campsite. On Friday morning, a City Hall employee greeted occupiers enjoying a donated breakfast, letting them know they had until 11 p.m. to leave the plaza or they could expect citations and arrests by San Jose police. That evening, more than 100 people arrived for the general assembly where the occupiers discussed how to best deal with the impending police action. With Cisneros acting as a moderator, the assembled group came to a consensus to stand their ground peacefully, prepared to receive citations and even be arrested for their occupation. The threat of police was ambiguous at best, with many conflicting reports of riot police assembling in the surrounding neighborhood, causing arguments among members who were not completely ready to receive citations. Present at the assembly was attorney Elaine Brown who consulted the occupiers on

how best to avoid trouble with law enforcement. Brown explained to the protesters that it would be best for those with questionable records to avoid confrontation with the police and allow the occupiers with the cleanest records to volunteer to be arrested. With time ticking to 11 p.m., a collection of more than 100 occupiers and supporters gathered on the corner of Fourth and Santa Clara streets, loudly chanting and waving their signs, waiting for police to arrive. At 11, there were no police, nor was there for the rest of the evening — the occupation had won, it seemed. Exhausted, the remaining permanent occupiers crept off to their tents to spend another evening urban camping. After a drama-filled Friday evening, Saturday was quiet at the occupation camp, with many simply resting for the large general assembly to occur the next morning. Cisneros and fellow occupiers sat around camp smoking cigarettes and discussing the timeline of events. According to Cisneros, two police officers on bicycles had

Many of the protesters have been camping at San Jose City Hall since Friday night. Photo by Karl Nguyen / Contributing Photographer

arrived Saturday morning to check in with them, reportedly telling her they had no intentions of making arrests and showed support for their movement. A feeling of relief and victory had spread across the camp, which followed through to Sunday morning. Before the large assembly at noon on Sunday, a committee meeting of several occupiers drafted a statement to summarize the Occupy San Jose movement. A week after the occupation began, more than 150 supporters gathered outside City Hall for the large midday general assembly, where the drafted statement was delivered by occupation member David Ledesma. “Occupy San Jose is a local, grassroots, democratic movement in solidarity with the New York Occupy Wall Street movement,” Ledesma began, continuing to describe the occupation’s stance against corporate greed influencing politics and what the movement plans to do. “We will not tolerate the wealthiest 1 percent buying our government, nor politicians selling it —

we are reasserting our role in democracy, we are all in this together, we are all the 99 percent.” The assembled crowd cheered after Ledesma’s statement, which was followed by occupiers and supporters speaking out for why they are part of the 99 percent movement. SJSU senior psychology major Jasmine Mendoza told the assembled crowd when she lost her mother to cancer, she lost the shelter, food and education she had taken for granted. “It is harder for my generation to get an education — I know I am not the only one who is hungry, the only one who feels the rain without shelter,” she said. “We all need to fight this together and get what is ours.” By mid-afternoon Sunday, more than 200 people had gathered to chant such demands as, “Make the banks pay, occupy San Jose,” followed by a march down Santa Clara Street to the approval of honking cars. Late Sunday evening, however, San Jose police finally arrived to fulfill the city’s threat of citations.

A copy of Occupy San Jose’s statement going through a committee draft. Photo by Jeffrey Cianci / Spartan Daily Community organizer Alysa Cisnero, right, moderates a general assembly in the Occupy San Jose camp outside city hall. Photo by Jeffrey Cianci / Spartan Daily

A protester puts the finishing touches on a sign for Occupy San Jose’s protest outside of City Hall Sunday afternoon. More than 100 people rallied out despite possible repercussions. Photo by Jeffrey Cianci / Spartan Daily

Cracker said a City Hall security officer had walked through their camp around 11 p.m. Sunday, taking photos of an overfilled trash can — moments later several patrol cars arrived at the camp. Cracker, who had been intent on getting arrested Friday night, said he fell to his stomach immediately, telling officers to take him away because he wasn’t going to take down his tent. While Cracker received a citation for refusing to leave, the police only issued warnings to occupiers, who eventually removed their tents. According to Cracker, the police will return Monday night to check back on the camp, and told him he will be arrested if he still remains at the occupation. “I am here until they take me to jail,” he said. “If I have to lay down so somebody else can stand taller and use me for a stepping stone then I will be that rock for them to stand on.”

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By Daniel Herberholz

My grandfather passed away four years ago, and cousin of mine died six years ago â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but while both were family, I did not know them the way I knew Eric. Plus, they had lived their lives and my family saw their deaths coming. On Saturday, two people were shot on Third and Virginia streets, in broad daylight, according to the San Jose Police Department. One victim was pronounced dead on the scene and the other was taken to a hospital where she succumbed to her wounds and died Sunday night. That is when I found out about the incident. As I arrived home to my apartment Sunday night, I was told by a co-worker that Kristina died. He mentioned that there was a rumor her boyfriend was the other victim in the shooting on Saturday. I immediately hung up and called Ericâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s phone. It went straight to voice mail. I walked into my apartment and told my roommate, who knew Eric. We were both aghast, obviously feeling the shock of the moment.

We went straight to Facebook. Seeing the wall posts from friends and family â&#x20AC;&#x201D; his brotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s posted Ericâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite quote: â&#x20AC;&#x153;A coward dies a thousand death â&#x20AC;Ś a soldier dies but onceâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; confirmed to me that Eric was the second victim. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never lost someone as close to me as Eric Otokawa. He was my roommate last year in Campus Village Build-

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scribbles were â&#x20AC;&#x153;like diarrhea of the mouth â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that s***â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not solid.â&#x20AC;? But more importantly, he wrote fully-formulated verses. He wrote about human nature, about poverty, about the streets of Atlanta he grew up in, about the military school he attended, about politics and government and all the messed up stuff he saw in our world. Eric wrote about caring â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

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This makes me question things I never thought I would question. In the aftermath of the shooting I had several friends contacted by this very newspaper in hopes of someone coming out to say the victims were students, that they were Eric Otokawa and Kristina Pandula. They each expressed to me that they did not feel right do-

I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe that heart is gone. It was not his time.

ing B. He was my friend. He was â&#x20AC;&#x153;Atlantaâ&#x20AC;? to many people because he was born there. Eric had so much positivity, so much heart. This guy put his whole essence into everything he cared about. When I was down, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d pick me up. When he was down, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d pick him up. We both were poets, though neither of us wanted to call ourselves that. I remember sharing poems I wrote to him, so glad to have them appreciated by someone else. I remember he shared raps he wrote with me, and I was so glad to appreciate his work. After all, it was his heart pouring out onto his notepad, filled with half-dazed scribbles. The way he put it, those

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for those around him, for people across the globe. I respect him for that. He couldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been brought down by his background, buried in the truth that he came from a tough area and had a rough childhood. Instead, he wrote about how he wanted life to get better for everyone. I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe that heart is gone. It was not his time. This whole situation is strange to me, because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always been on the outside looking in. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been the friend of someone who lost a friend. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been the journalist looking for sourcing on a death like this. But Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never been the guy who wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get see his buddy again.

ing so. If the police wanted the names kept a secret, then the names should be a secret, one friend said. My heart echoed that statement. In the past, incidents like this did not strike home for me. Now I will better understand what the friends and family of victims go though. Rather than worry about where my friend went after his death, I keep looking up and feeling like Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m speaking to him. I was raised to concern myself less with what happens after death and more with what happens before death. When my grandfather and cousin died, I had no inner quarrel about that. Those two

were meant to pass away, after having full lives of their own. But I definitely have qualms with accepting that this was the time for Eric and Kristina to go. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just glad Eric found Kristina before he died. When I met Eric a year ago, he was all torn up about an ex-girlfriend. For six months, I saw him struggle with his feelings for her. At first he continued to talk to her and let her rip his heart out. Then he listened to the advice of his friends and backed off, taking time away from her to try and get over her. A few months later, he started seeing Kristina. When he first brought her to our apartment I thought, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Here is a girl who will treat Eric like he deserves.â&#x20AC;? During the three months last semester when I spent time with the two of them, it seemed like they treated each other right. This summer, I went to a concert at Music in the Park with them. They seemed like two peas in a pod, connected in a way I could hardly comprehend. In a way, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m glad that they died together. It reminds me of the novel â&#x20AC;&#x153;Where the Red Fern Growsâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; about a boy and his two hunting hounds. At the end of the book, the male hound dies. Though the female hound was not technically sick in any way, she would neither eat nor move from the front porch. Soon after, the female hound died. She could not stand existing without her other half. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m glad to say I met you, Kristina. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m glad to know I was a part of your life, Eric. May your memories be for a blessing.

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The capital ‘T’ Truth in the world of news By Matthew Gerring

As managing editor of the Spartan Daily, I’m responsible for all the news content in the paper and on the website, and I let all our readers down yesterday with our treatment of Saturday’s shooting. At around 7 p.m. Sunday, we knew the identities of the victims in Saturday’s shooting, and by the time we left the newsroom at 1:30 a.m. on Monday, several sources confirmed what we had heard. Not that they needed to —

word broke out on Facebook shortly after we heard that Eric Otokawa, who died at the scene of the shooting, and Kristina Pandula, who died from gunshot wounds at the hospital on Sunday, were the “unidentified victims,” and by withholding that information, I failed the campus community. I knew at the time that the news would be broken by somebody else on Monday, as it was by the San Jose Mercury News around noon, and that we would gain nothing by holding back the names. At the time, people suggested the names of the victims added nothing to the story, that my desire to publish the names of the victims was nothing but a crass attempt to beat the competition

and win the race for page views. In all honesty, part of my drive to publish that information first was my reptilian brain talking, suspecting, correctly, that any relation to the campus in Saturday’s shooting would drive our website traffic through the roof. But simply confirming that the victims were students accomplished the same thing, and I knew that, so I had to ask myself, why was I so driven to publish these names? I let it go, having convinced myself that identifying them as students was enough, that my desire to name the victims really was crass, morbid and better ignored, and went to sleep. It didn’t fully dawn on me

Letters to the editors Injury is no excuse; players have a responsibility

This letter is in response to Scott Semmler’s op-ed “Blame the injuries, not the San Francisco Giants.” While your article does make sense, there is no excuse for injuries being one of the main factors for the San Francisco Giants season of coming short of the postseason. There were several moves that general manager Brian Sabean made when structuring this team. He is a very overrated GM, because he gets credit for drafting players such as Tim Lincecum, Buster Posey, Matt Cain and Madison Bumgarner, who were all first-round draft picks that couldn’t be missed. Sabean traded a future prospect for Carlos Beltran in a

panic move, which could ruin the future of the Giants rotation. While last season was a great Cinderella story, the World Series Championship season of 2010 was a major fluke, from average players like Edgar Renteria and Cody Ross getting hot at the right time. Sabean has handed out awful contracts over time, including Barry Zito, Aaron Rowand, Miguel Tejada and Aubrey Huff. Those guys are paid to produce, yet they were either benched or ineffective when it mattered most. The offense would have been upgraded had Posey, Sanchez and Sandoval been in the lineup, but when others are paid more and not producing, then this falls back on the coaching and Brian Sabean for picking up these players. -Christian Gin Journalism

Neutrinos and logic Referring to a recent campus event that was hosted by the Department of Physics and Astronomy on Thursday, Sept. 29, a panel of five professors from said department publicly addressed the question: Can neutrinos travel faster than the speed of light? In response to that question, I refer to the following statement without personal opinion. According to the two-valued logic as contained within the Principle of Excluded Middle, the reality-based answer to this is either yes or no — without any third alternative. Person-to-person question: Would you agree or disagree that this statement is objectively true? -Emilio (Chick) D’Arpino Undeclared Major

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what bothered me so much about it until later. I didn’t know the victims, but I can reasonably assume that Pandula’s sorority sisters weren’t the only people who knew her well on this campus. It’s even less likely that all the people who would have liked to know about Otokawa’s death were part of the Greek community, who kept a tight lid on the information. How can you trust us when we allow other people, who have no real right, to control information like that? How can you trust us when we wait for official confirmation before we print anything? Why should you trust us? As far as anyone who’s never been around this newsroom is

concerned, we’re just amateurs, and when we wait for “adult supervision” to report information that we had confirmed more than 12 hours beforehand, why should you bother reading this paper at all? It’s our responsibility at this newspaper to keep the campus community informed, to be the best and first source of information that affects students here. It’s our job to care more than anyone else about what happens on this campus, because the rest of the media doesn’t give a shit about what happens here until blood is spilled, something that’s been happening far too often lately. And especially when someone here dies, we ought to be out front, showing the rest of the media the way with our superior insight into this community, instead of following their lead. For everybody who knew Kristina or Eric and had to hear about it from the Mercury News, I apologize for letting you down. I won’t let it happen again. This incident speaks to intractable philosophical questions that have remained unanswered for thousands of years — is there such a thing as truth? Is it knowable? Can the truth ever really be

communicated? We don’t answer those questions in journalism — we hide from them. We abandoned philosophy in favor of a system we call “objectivity,” creating a fictional but morally and legally defensible version of the truth instead of taking the risk of telling you the whole truth. We went through a torturous process last night to even produce the short sentence identifying the victims as students, concealing many hours of effort, at least six sources, a wealth of information gleaned from social networking and large pieces of the honestto-God truth behind a pithy statement that we knew was incomplete, but defensible. But it was not the truth, because it wasn’t everything we knew, and there are miles of difference between “two students” from among a population of 30,000 and Kristina Pendula and Eric Otokawa. We don’t know who we were protecting by withholding the names, any more than we knew who we were hurting, but we erred on the side of what official institutions told us to do. That’s not reporting the truth. It was cowardly, and it was a mistake, and I apologize.

Saying goodbye is the hardest part People have always told me to cherish those I love while they are with us, because you never know when something might happen to them. I always thought this was true, but it didn’t really hit home for me until very recently. Some of my favorite memories growing up are the times I shared with my grandmother. Even though she lived 3,000 miles away in western Massachusetts, I spent most of my Christmases and summers with her. I woke up on Sept. 13 to my phone ringing. I would have been upset about someone waking me up but I knew what it was about and I knew who it was. I almost didn’t want to pick up the phone. I reluctantly answered with a somber hello. I heard my mother’s voice on the other end of the line. “She’s gone. She passed away this morning,” my mother said. I remember the way she always fell asleep in the chair watching “Jeopardy” and how she always made me more food than I could ever eat. She always knew what to say to make me feel better and always wanted me to get up and learn to dance the polka with her. My grandma had dementia and she was confused all the time before she died. She was moved into a nursing home a few months ago and celebrated her 90th birthday in June. I am very grateful for the fact that she lived such a long and hap-

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py life, but the whole experience of her passing hit me much harder than I ever could have imagined. Even though she lived as long as she did, it never crossed my mind she wouldn’t be here. Her wake was the Friday after and I could not have been prepared for it if I had tried to be. A storm of friends and family approached me. “You look just like she did at your age,” they said. “You were her favorite,” they told me. “She always loved when you would come to visit,” someone said as they hugged me. The tears started rolling and I couldn’t make them stop. I was her only granddaughter and she wanted so many things for me. She wanted to see me get married, graduate college and become a successful journalist. I sent her clips of my stories often and she was always telling people how proud of me she was. I shared many special moments with her, but in my grief I hope that others will learn to cherish those they love while they are still here. We never think about life without those that we love. I see people living their lives al-

ways worrying about what they are going to have for lunch, or why they are so stressed doing the daily things they have to do. I hope people will take the extra time to tell those that they love how they feel about them, because you never know when the unexpected can happen. The hardest part of losing my grandmother has been acceptance. It was extremely upsetting to walk into her bedroom and have her not be there. For all of my life she was the foundation for everything else. She was just there — it didn’t matter what else was going on. I was always the apple of her eye. It’s hard to comprehend even now what it means that she is gone. At times the sadness is overwhelming, but I am comforted by the fact that she is no longer suffering. Since she passed away all I keep thinking is that I should have spent more time with her. I should have made the time by either taking time off from school or from work this summer. People become so involved in their daily lives that sometimes they forget to tell those people how they feel and to spend time with family while they can. I hope others will cherish their loved ones while they are here. I know I wish I did a better job of telling my grandmother how much she meant to me.

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