A timeline of tragedy for SJSU 11:02 a.m. Two former students were shot at the 800 block of south Third Street, four blocks from the SJSU main campus and four blocks from South Campus. Eric Otokawa, 21, was pronounced dead on the scene. Names were withheld at this time.
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President Mohammad Qayoumi addressed the SJSU community through an email to faculty and staff on Tuesday regarding the three student deaths that occurred last week, reassuring students and faculty that crime on campus is down. “My deepest condolences go out to the friends and loved ones of these young people — and to all the students, faculty and staff member who have been touched by these tragedies, directly or indirectly,” Qayoumi said in the statement. This comes on the heels of the announcement yesterday that Ricardo Moreno, the
SJSU student shot and killed by police Oct. 10, is the suspected shooter of former students Eric Kenzo Otokawa and Kristina Lynn Pandula who were shot on Oct. 8. These events were the second double homicide related to SJSU in 2011. The first occurred when two business students, Marcory Tarlit Caliguiran and Thomas Kyle Williams were shot and killed on the fifth floor of the 10th Street garage, before the shooter, Napoleon Lavarias Caliguiran, turned the gun on himself. In his email, Qayoumi reassured students that these crimes, “occurred far from our campus and were unconnected to the daily life of our university.”
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Homicides such as these are far from the norm for the SJSU campus and comparable schools, the events of last May being the first shooting deaths in the university’s history. Statewide, violent crime has slowly been decreasing in the last decade. According to statistics from the California department of justice, Santa Clara County followed suit with a decrease from 5,452 in 2008 to 5,013 in 2009. In San Jose, homicides have risen from 20 last year, to 38 just in 2011 alone. “I don’t feel safe, especially at night when I’m walking to my car,” said Nicole Newsom, a sophomore digital media major, of the increased
homicides. “I hope San Jose does better.” Detective Sgt. Manuel Aguayo of University Police Department said despite these events, campus crime is down from this time last year. He said a more direct approach in communication with students through technology such as Alert-SJSU and social networking websites has done much in cutting down crime. Junior communications major Jeff Bowe said the shootings haven’t affected him at all so far. “I don’t know if it ever will, unless it personally affects me,” he said. “I feel safe on this campus, that’s for sure.”
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Ricardo Moreno, a senior psychology major, is believed to be the shooter in the double homicide of former SJSU students Kristina Lynn Pandula and Eric Kenzo Otokawa, San Jose police said Tuesday. Otokawa and Pandula were shot on Oct. 8 on the 800 block of South Third Street near Virginia St. in a home five blocks south of campus, said Lt. Alan Cavallo. Cavallo said he believed Moreno and Otokawa were “friendly with each other” because there did not appear to be any forced entry into the residence. Moreno then shot Otokawa and Pandula in the back of their heads, Cavallo said. Otokawa was pronounced dead on the scene and Pandula died the next day in the hospital. Cavallo said he believed the shooting was related to the selling of narcotics. A senior business finance major who withheld his name, said he was a friend of Otokawa and that Otokawa was selling marijuana. On Oct. 10, police responded to gunshots at 5:33 a.m., called in by residents near the area of Casselino Drive. Cavallo said residents apparently heard Moreno shoot-
ing rounds from a handgun into a parked car near his home. At 6:05 a.m. another resident called SJPD saying a man was walking around the area of Hillsdale Avenue and Narvaez Avenue with a handgun, and officer Jeff Harwell responded to the report, according to a police news release. Cavallo quoted Harwell, saying “He (Moreno) refused to drop his gun,” and aimed it at Harwell who then shot Moreno in self-defense. He was pronounced dead on the scene. After police searched Moreno they found out his gun was not loaded but he had ammunition in his pocket, Cavallo said. Moreno was believed to be under the influence of methamphetamine, marijuana and alcohol, but police are still waiting on the toxicology report, Cavallo said. After police searched Moreno’s room they found his prescription for Abilify, a drug used to treat depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Cavallo said because both shootings had connections to SJSU, police thought that it was “weird” and they might be connected. Police were able to connect the two incidents when they matched the ballistics from the two shootings, Cavallo said. Moreno’s girlfriend, Maricruz Pajarito, a junior social work major, said Moreno
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A group of students in SJSU’s American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics chapter is working on creating the university’s first liquid rocket motor. Heading this project is Oreste Giusti, a graduate student in aerospace engineering with a concentration in space transportation and exploration. “A rocket is a controlled explosion in a small, little space with one exit,” Giusti explained. “Think of a hose that waters your plants. When turning up the water pressure, the water travels outside the spout faster. When you put your thumb on the spout, the water jets. “So with the rocket, what we’re trying to do is get our reaction to create more action or thrust.” He compared the explosion of oxygen and hydrogen in a rocket to the explosion of water in a hose. Action leads to reaction — the action here is thrust, and the reaction is combustion. Giusti said he and a group of students in the club want to eventually create a flight version of the rocket, making it SJSU’s first physical rocket with a liquid motor. He said he wants a new propulsion class to be taught, which would allow students to test out their ideas in a hands-
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on environment through various projects similar to the development of the liquid rocket motor. “This could actually be a pretty big step for the university,” said Ramil Seneris, a senior aerospace engineering major. “This is an opportunity that could put us up there with MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).” The creation of a liquid rocket motor on campus could put more value into an SJSU aerospace engineering degree while also getting more attention to the College of Engineering, Giusti said. “SJSU doesn’t really have much pride in the College of Engineering in terms of showing off its abilities,” he said. “The university hasn’t promoted this project or
any other as well as it can, and the school of engineering pretty much takes the various forms of engineering, whether it’s aerospace or mechanical, and meshes it into one school — meaning budgets are shared and not allocated specifically. Word of mouth just isn’t cutting it here. There aren’t enough of us.” Giusti said he doesn’t think the university has acknowledged the project or understand its significance. Christian Manlutac, a sophomore aerospace engineering major and a member of the club, put the lack of aerospace students into perspective. “There really aren’t that much stu-
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It definitely makes me not want to walk through campus by myself, definitely not after the sun has gone down.
Jamie Frank First year graduate student, ELMOT
It just kind of makes me second-guess my safety. I feel like the incidence in violence has gone up. There’s always been cases of sexual assaults and shooting, but I feel like they’re more frequent now.
Eric Acedo Senior, Environmental studies
Before I came to San Jose State, I researched it very thoroughly along with a lot of other universities and unfortunately in the reviews about this school, that’s one of the aspects, that safety is an issue here.
I would say I’m pretty safe even though there’s been sexual assault and murders and stuff like that, but overall I think I’m pretty safe. It’s kind of been like a caution. It’s always going to be in the back of my mind.
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I don’t know if it’s just the publicity now, but it kind of brings it to attention more. But I think I do feel less safe and maybe would want to be more cautious than I would have in earlier years where I kind of took things for granted that you could wander around and leave late and get out in the dark.
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I’m not teaching at night now, which makes a big difference. If I was teaching at night I think I would be a lot more careful than I have been in the past.
Just the fact that they’re students here has no bearing on their behaviors off campus. As far as the campus community is concerned, again, we want to make sure that campus feels safe — it’s a secure learning environment.
When I found out about the whole 11 in the morning ... the shooting ... I was shocked, the fact that people can actually do that during broad daylight. It makes me feel like the campus is unsafe.
I mean I’m always getting these calls from my family like, “Oh, don’t walk alone,” and last year they would tell me to carry around pepper spray, but now I actually do since I’ve heard about the recent shootings. I am taking more caution because it’s really scary.
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Just hearing the fact that it might be another student that’s responsible for causing the deaths of two other students is really scary because you know we walk by hundreds of people a day to get to class.
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SHOOTING: Girlfriend was shocked at news of death FROM PAGE 1 visited her during her lunch break at work in Tracy, Calif., around 3 p.m. Saturday and didn’t seem out of character.
ROCKET: Propulsion technology advancing FROM PAGE 1 dents majoring in aerospace,” he said. “Honestly, I’ve only met a handful of people in aerospace since I started at state last year.” Justin Rothenberg, another graduate student in aerospace engineering, echoed Giusti’s statements and is finding this project to be a huge help in his collegiate career. “This is a pretty big deal,” Rothenberg said. “There are other schools that have built rockets, but the fact that we’re building a liquid motor should turn some heads. “On top of that, we’re building this completely out of scratch. It’s the best way to incorporate everything we’ve learned in our aero-
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The pair then attended Moreno’s brother’s birthday party on Sunday. Pajarito said she last spoke to Moreno just after midnight Monday, but received a pair of text messages in the early morning hours that day from Moreno asking for help. Pajarito, who awoke around 6 a.m. Monday, thought Moreno was asking for help on a paper he told her he’d been working on through the night. Figuring he had sleptin during the day, Pajarito
didn’t contact Moreno. “I woke up at 6 a.m. but I didn’t want to call him,” she said. “I thought the whole day he was sleeping because he stayed up late.” Pajarito said she then was contacted by Moreno’s sister Monday night, who informed her of his death. At first, Pajarito said she couldn’t believe Moreno was really killed. “This is a joke right? I thought it was a joke,” she said.
Pajarito said she thought that Moreno was good friends with Otokawa, but as far as she knew they hadn’t hung out with each other this semester. Otakawa’s friend said he did not know Moreno but had seen him around, and was very upset when he heard about Otokawa’s death. “I was pissed off,” he said. “Our whole group of friends was pissed off when we heard. I don’t think any of them deserved to die over some weed.”
space classes. So not only is it worthwhile for the campus in the long run, but it’s also a benefit to us.” Giusti said several dangers are involved in the project. “If we don’t follow a standard operating procedure there could be issues, especially when handling fuel and oxidizers,” he said. “There are also minor issues for designing a system. Our system is being designed to have a high safety factor.” Giusti said one example is having too much oxygen. When simulating the action of the rocket and too much oxygen fills an area, it would simply set a fire. The reaction
of an explosion, which is the goal, would not happen. While the team looks to have the kinks of their project ironed out, Giusti admitted nothing has actually been built yet. “We’re at the preliminary research and modeling stages trying to figure out what the chamber pressure and temperature will be,” he said. “But again, we’re a team of nine and there’s only so much time we could use for research and development.” Rothenberg said a lack of aerospace students in combination with students wanting to do less work inhibits the potential of the project.
“Students need to learn to take risks,” he said. “Engineering is always a challenge. People seem to back down when things get hard, but that’s life. In terms of this project, building something from scratch is the ultimate challenge, but it’s also extremely rewarding.”
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New reggae album drops sweet tunes J Boog’s ‘Backyard Boogie’ delivers 16 tracks of smooth musical bliss to eager fans by Nick Celario Staff Writer
Reggae artist and Los Angeles native J Boog delivers another head-bobbing, feelgood album with “Backyard Boogie.” I became a fan when I first heard his uniquely smooth voice in the song “Lifetime Lover” from his first album “Hear Me Roar,” which was released in 2007. His voice is one-of-a-kind and is a perfect marriage with reggae music. J Boog shows how far he has developed as an artist since releasing his first album. Last June, he released a self-titled EP that had a very different sound compared to the enjoyable, yet somehow redundant, “Hear Me Roar.” Whereas most of the songs in his first album mainly had the same sound and tempo, the “J Boog EP” mixed up the song repertoire, including a song that only featured his voice and an acoustic guitar. “Backyard Boogie” shows his continued growth, adding a bit of R&B flavor to his reggae music.
The first track “Give Thanks” gives some of that R&B feel at the beginning with a nice piano riff accompanied by an enticing and inviting harmony of voices before moving into a relaxed, pleasing reggae sound. J Boog sings, “I never let the street life get the best of me. Him blessed me with music to set me free. Me got my friends and family, who is always there to advise me.” The song has an uplifting message of being thankful for what you have despite tough situations. “Sunshine Girl” is lighter sounding and an upbeat change of pace from the first few songs of the album. Featuring fellow reggae artist Peetah Morgan, “Sunshine Girl” — if the name already doesn’t say it — is about the girl of their dreams. The song has a simple and catchy hook, saying, “She’s the sunshine girl lighting up my world. What she does to me, she makes say ‘Whoa.’ She’s so sweet it makes me say ‘Whoa.’” “Crazy” is the only song of the album that features the smooth, soulful acoustic guitar sound that I wish J Boog
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would do more often. It is a song that shows that he is capable of doing more than reggae. The song is slow and emotional, telling the story of a man who is trying to break away from a girl who is in love with another man, but still wants him in her life. “The days I go without her,
starting to care less about her. Lie after lies, she’s killing me inside. Start a new chapter in my life,” he sings before going into the chorus of the song, essentially saying the girl is crazy. The song “Let’s Do It Again” has a straightforward message, as J Boog sings, “Nice to know ya, let’s do it
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ed as the song goes back and forth between both tempos. “Backyard Boogie,” although it somehow feels more like an extension of the “J Boog EP” rather than something completely its own, is still a great reggae album. Those who love reggae music and don’t know who J Boog is are missing out.
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Campus Republicans speak their minds on GOP election candidates by Angelica Valera Staff Writer
The time has come again for registered voters to evaluate their choices for the country’s 45th president. With the 2012 presidential election forthcoming, the full candidate list is already available. For the College Republicans at SJSU, there’s hope again for the Republican party this election. Philip Leu, vice president for the College Republicans, said, “The Republicans have a great chance of taking the presidency for this upcoming election.� Leu, a sophomore health sciences major, said he’d like to think of it as a comeback from the last election. Junior business marketing major Chris Carroll, who joined the group this semester as its publicist, said the candidates are some of the best he’s seen in a while and they need to be to lead in the election. “So far I have seen the GOP candidates tell their reasons for why they should be president, but more importantly I have seen them all pull together on one issue: Getting the current president out,� he said. “This is important for the GOP because it shows unification on the biggest issue facing our country — the current leadership.� Among the Republican candidates, College Republicans President Mark Williams said he’s going for Rick Perry. However, his eye is also on another candidate, Mitt Romney, because of Romney’s experience and knowledge of the economy and business. “Herman Cain has recently been catching my attention,� said Leu. “Him winning his battle with cancer as well as his experience in building a successful corporation shows us just a few examples of his qualifications for presidency.� Although Carroll feels it’s still pretty early in the race to point out who will be the most effective, he said his bet would also be on Herman Cain, or Ron Paul. “I really like Cain’s 9-9-9 plan,
however Ron Paul’s budget plan is the only one that actually reduces the deficit each year,� he said. Carroll said both candidates understand the country’s crisis, and would seem to take effective action with the people in mind. The least effective Republican candidates, they said, would be Andy Martin, Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry. “Michele Bachmann is extremely conservative on social issues and does not have the charisma and leadership that the other candidates have,� Williams said. Williams, a sophomore business marketing major, said he also heard from the Federation of Republican Women that Bachmann came in last or second to last in an all-women’s straw poll — telling him that not even Republican women are rooting for her, so she doesn’t have a chance over Obama. Leu said Martin simply doesn’t bring him much positivity, believing his candidacy is all based from his strong bias against Obama, plus his lack of experience needed to fill the shoes of the president. “For those who are not familiar, Martin was responsible for questioning Obama’s American citizenship, only to be disproved,� Leu said. “We don’t need people like Martin in office.� Carroll said although Perry was initially one of the stronger candidates, some of his bad judgment calls and terrible answers during GOP debates cost him. “I believe that his stance on some key issues, such as immigration and social security, will hold him back until he can figure out a more effective
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2012 Republican presidential candidates — from left, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Rick Perry, Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann — take the stage before a debate in Orlando, Florida, on Sept. 22. Photo by Joe Burbank / MCT
strategy for explaining his plans,� Carroll said. Since the presidential candidate list includes other parties, the election won’t guarantee a Republican president. Williams tends to agree with some libertarian economic policy, so he chooses Ron Paul as a viable candidate, who is a libertarian-leaning Republican. “I do not think the Federal Reserve helps our country as much as it hurts it,� he said. “Also, I agree with having a very limited small government based on laissez faire.� Leu said Obama has been in of-
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fice for nearly one thousand days, yet thinks there are still no significant positive changes to our country. “So far, $4 trillion has been added to the federal debt, $1.2 trillion was spent on debt interest alone ‌ The average employment rate is 9.4 percent, 2.2 million jobs were lost, 3 million more Americans are in poverty‌ There are 12 million more food stamps and 7,076 new regulatory laws. This is just an economical standpoint, but you can kinda see the trend,â€? he said. Carroll said he admits to being more of a libertarian despite associating more with the Republicans, but his vote ultimately goes to the best person to lead this country in the right direction, no matter their affiliation. “I just want the best leader in the top seat,â€? he said. Leu said he’s glad Sarah Palin dropped out because of the way she projects herself, lending a bad image to the Republican Party. “People do not take her seri-
ously, and since politics is a serious subject, maybe she isn’t right for president,� he said. Williams said Tim Pawlenty is a conservative who stands up for conservative views, so his withdrawal is disappointing because he loves how adamant he is in his views. “There aren’t any candidates that I am really glad dropped out, but I will say that Donald Trump would have probably just stolen a lot of the media from the other candidates because everyone was so interested he was running for president,� he said. Carroll said he was disappointed when Chris Christie decided it wasn’t his time. He believes Christie has a lot of respect in the political world alongside some great ideas. “Although I was interested to see what would happen, I was pretty relieved when Donald Trump said he would not run — I feel that it would’ve been a distraction to the real issues,� he said.
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OPINION
Spartan Daily
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
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Editorial: Community must There is a reason why I vote make the effort to change In a Tuesday press conference, San Jose police revealed the identity of the individual shot by police officer Jeff Harwell in an Oct. 10 confrontation as Ricardo Moreno. It was later revealed that Moreno was suspected to be the perpetrator in a violent Oct. 8 double homicide in which Kristina Lynn Pandula and Eric Otokawa were slain. All three of these individuals were enrolled in classes at SJSU in the last year. Two of them were members of Greek organizations on campus. Currently, members of the campus community are grieving the loss of people they knew as brothers and sisters, friends, family and classmates. However, this tragic situation belies the loss of something even greater — our sense of security. While President Mohammad Qayoumi has announced that the campus is “safer” than it was previously last year, one cannot help but be alarmed by the recent spike in violent crimes, sexual assaults, and of course, this, the second double homicide involving SJSU students this year. The first occurred on May 10, when students Marcory Tarlit Caliguiran and Thomas Kyle Williams were shot in the 10th Street garage by Napoleon Lavarias Caliguiran, who then killed himself. The Spartan Daily sends its sincerest condolences to all those affected by these tragedies. While a natural instinct would be to blame the violence and crime on influences outside of campus, this would be erroneous. In this recent double homicide, just as in the first, police have evidence indicating the victims were well-acquainted with their shooters. Signs seem to indicate that Moreno was not in a healthy frame of mind on the day of the shooting, and may not have been well for some time. He is believed to have been on methamphetamine, marijuana and alcohol as he brandished a weapon at police before being gunned down. After searching Moreno’s apartment, police found Abilify, a medication used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. These occurences are an indication that our campus is unwell. People we care about are getting themselves in very dangerous situations and are not seeking the help or assistance they desperately need.
We at the Spartan Daily would hope that the campus community recognizes these tragedies as a wake-up call to the fact that people are suffering, living very dangerously, and are not being helped. For each of these tragedies that has culminated in such an extreme result, there are surely others who may be going under the radar. The most fitting memorial with which we can pay tribute to the memory of Kristina Pandula, Eric Otokawa, Marcory Caliguiran and Thomas Williams is to transform the way we think, treat and care about each other. Upon seeing a friend or colleague suffering and in need of help, we all need to feel more responsible in helping them, because we are all connected. When we see somebody exhibiting strange or dangerous behavior, tell somebody. When things like this happen they affect everybody. Friends and family mourn, police are brought under scrutiny and everyone’s peace of mind is disturbed. We, as humans, are connected to each other, and all members of the campus community — students, professors, staff and administrators — need to take greater responsibility in making this campus somewhere we
feel safe and happy to be. It is far too easy to blame individuals, institutions and even societal influences, and grow increasingly afraid as the problems we face steadily grow worse. We live in a time for deeds, not words. We must change the way we treat each other if we want to feel safe, and until we begin recognizing and making concerted efforts to address our problems, specifically the fact that people are growing more and more stressed out, and people are feeling less and less safe. The Spartan Daily would recommend anyone feeling unsettled by recent events on campus to take advantage of Counseling Services at SJSU, which are free for students and readily available for staff and faculty. Furthermore, anyone with serious concerns about how they would like this community to change should contact Associated Students, an organization that is in place to serve student interests and is always in need of feedback as to how to better fulfill this purpose. Clearly, San Jose State University needs to be more to us than a place we go to get our degrees, because for some people the way things are going is clearly not working.
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takes over. I imagine an America, perhaps twenty or thirty years from now, where the tea party and other right-wing demagogues and extremists have come to dominate our political system, abandoned by voters like me who could have saved it. I imagine an America with a crippled government, no consumer protection, no environmental protection and no financial regulations, where the rich pay no taxes and the poor pay all of them, and where the poor and desperate are allowed to starve and to freeze in the winters because the handful of right-wing elitists at the top of the pile cant be bothered to spend a dime on the undeserving riff-raff. I imagine an America where the rich are rich and poor are poor, and where the middle class has long since been exterminated, a sacrifice to greed and party ideology. I imagine an America that has happened before, a century ago, and one that could haunt us again. In the tidal wave of raw human stupidity assaulting us through cable news and radio talk shows, I see a dangerous seed — a potential for an eventual return to the coal-choked days of the late Industrial Revolution, the days of the robber barons and Pinkertons, with workers’ strikes cut down in gunfire and the rise of militant communism.
By Chris Marian
I like to think of myself as a patriot. I love my country, and I care enough about it to recognize its flaws, and to worry when I see them carry our nation down the path to ruin. I also consider myself to be an independent thinker, rational and pragmatic, and generally immune to political party dogmas. For the last few years, the political climate in Washington, D.C., has put all these things to the test. I’m an independent voter in a nation that no longer rewards independent thought. For the last few years, I’ve seen many young men and women of my generation lose faith in our political system, turning their backs on it in disgust and joining the growing ranks of disenchanted non-voters who seem to make up such a large chunk of the population. Honestly, I can’t really blame them. There have been days when I myself have felt the irresistible urge to switch off my TV, stop picking up my paper, delete all my news bookmarks and just wash my hands of the whole comically pathetic affair. Then my pesky conscience
I see politicians today using the dangerous tools of hate and fear to brainwash and corral the masses into voting against their own interests — a fetid false populism that has been reeking for decades. Bigotry and xenophobia are powerful tools. Nothing bends a man to your will like convincing him that his foreign-looking neighbor is plotting against him. And how sadly simple that convincing is — perhaps another dark seed from the same era. I saw this all both within the militant rallies of the tea party and the angry mob of the Occupiers. I’m a student of history and seeing these things and the patterns they represent gives me a cold sweat. I don’t want my home to become a Third-World country, and there are times when I wonder how far down this path we’ll have to go before the brainwashed cattle realize they’ve been had by men who put their business agendas and political careers ahead of the long-term well-being of their country. I’m afraid sometimes that it will be too far, and too late. This is why these last few years, far from discouraging me to vote, have made it more clear to me than ever before what a moral responsibility it is for someone like me to vote. Yes, I still vote — you’d have to kill me to stop me.
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SPORTS
Spartan Daily
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
COMMENTARY
Sky is the limit for Spartan football heading into bye week by Ron Gleeson Sports Editor
Just under a week removed from the SJSU football team’s electrifying 28-27 win over Hawaii on Friday night at Spartan Stadium and I still can’t seem to get over the enormity of the victory. I have attended four years worth of football games at SJSU and have never seen an ending quite like that one. It was almost like something out of a Disney movie. Not only did the Spartans overcome their own mistakes but they did so in front of millions of people watching the game at home on ESPN and in emphatic fashion on a game-winning drive with 36 seconds left on the clock. Then, the cherry on top — students vaulting over the barricades placed to prevent such a situation. What a scene. A small part of me wishes I could have been in the stands instead of the press box that night to witness the win and rush the field after, full of pride from my school playing like I know they can play. Some couple hundred students flooded the field and nothing could have halted the adrenaline-fueled rush of students that night — the win was just too dramatic. SJSU went into halftime with a 20-7 lead and the murmurs from the crowd began turning into a bona fide buzz when fans began to believe this game was winnable. The Spartan defense was impenetrable in the first half against a Hawaii offense that had an average 500 yards and 50 points over its last two games before coming to San Jose. SJSU forced five turnovers, including two interceptions thrown by Hawaii senior quarterback Bryant Moniz, who had gone 152 pass attempts without an interception before sending an errant pass into the hands of Spartan senior cornerback Peyton Thompson. Moniz would throw another, this time to junior safety James Orth, on Hawaii’s very next play from scrimmage following SJSU’s possession. Spartan spirit was flying high and proud. Then the second half began — and absolutely horribly at that for SJSU. The first five possessions for SJSU resulted in five consecutive turnovers, matching the large number accumulated by Hawaii in the first half.
Senior offensive tackle Andres Vargas raises his arms in joyous celebration following the Spartans’ 28-27 win over Hawaii on Friday night at Spartan Stadium. SJSU now finds itself four wins shy of becoming bowl eligible, which could become the team’s first bowl apearance since the 2006 New Mexico Bowl. Photo by Vernon McKnight / File Photo
Without a doubt, the Spartans let the Warriors get back into Friday’s game in the second half. Hawaii had buried itself in turnovers in the first half and SJSU began to submerge itself into the ground as well. A touchdown pass by Moniz and another touchdown run by freshman running back Joey Iosefa gave Hawaii the lead at 21-20 — 14 unanswered points. Now, the buzz from the crowd was no longer stemming from the excitement of possibly winning the game but from concern that the Spartans might be letting this win slip from their grasp. The roller-coaster-like game continued when junior defensive end Travis Johnson blocked a point-after attempt by Hawaii following a touchdown. The ball was scooped up by senior safety Duke Ihenacho and brought back for a defensive two-point conversion to bring the score to 27-22 in favor of Hawaii. Just as I began to think things were once again falling the Spartans’ way, senior quarterback Matt Faulkner found senior running back Brandon Rutley on a dump pass over the middle, which Rutley caught
then fumbled at the Hawaii 35-yard-line. I couldn’t help but think the football gods just weren’t with SJSU that night. The buzz from the crowd quieted and fans’ intensity began to lower — but the Spartan players refused to let their intensity be reduced one small bit. SJSU fought adversity and self-inflicted wounds to come back and lift the crowd out of their seats one last time. A Hawaii punt pinned SJSU on its own 13-yard-line, but Faulkner completed three passes, all to sophomore wide receiver Noel Grigsby, to get the Spartans to the Hawaii 37-yard line. Faulkner would complete one more pass in the game, a 37yard touchdown catch a run by sophomore wide receiver Chandler Jones. The moment Jones crossed the goal line I had to try my hardest to hold back my elation in the bias-free zone that is the press box. Cue the post-game madness. Also, cue the possibilities this Spartan football squad can accomplish. This SJSU football team has any many wins as its last two seasons combined, and the win
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over Hawaii has slated SJSU as a legitimate contender in the Western Athletic Conference. With a record of 2-1 within the WAC, SJSU sits in third place in the conference and if the season ended today, the Spartans would qualify for one of three bowls tied to WAC schools. The upside is tremendous from the 2010 Spartan team and the sky is truly the limit for this year’s squad.
Seven wins and a school is bowl eligible for the 2011 postseason. This means SJSU would need to win four of its last five games — but the way this team is playing, its incredibly possible. Of the five games left on SJSU’s schedule, four are against opponents with a record below .500. Yes, it is most definitely possible.
SJSU has not seen a postseason bowl game since 2006 when it won the New Mexico Bowl. Going into a bye week, the Spartans can’t help but see success on the horizon — fruits of their labors. This year could be the year and if you have not migrated to Spartan Stadium to see a football game, do so because this squad is one of the best the school has seen in years.