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Exposition gets beyond fun and games By David Weinstein Daily Ste. Writer

The downstairs mini-gym in the San Jose State University Event Center was home to the fourth annual Ability Within Disability Sports Exposition Monday.

From 4 to 7 p.m. human performance majors from the university’s Adaptive Physical Activity Club sponsored the event.

Students from the HUP 156 and 159 classes engaged in a variety of wheel-chair and sight-impaired sports.

"Our goal here is to spread the word about disability sports," senior kinesiol-ogy major Dan Decker said. "We learn how to appreciate the activities and become advocates."

Decker is also the club’s treasurer. HUP 156 is the introductory course

while HUP 159 is labeled Sport Adaptive Activity.

Nancy Megginson, professor of Adapted Physical Activity, teaches both courses at SJSU.

Megginson said she teaches HUP 159 students to adapt themselves with dis-ability sports by showing them lead-up games or devising an activity or game around it.

The students practice the various sports in the wheelchairs, Megginson said.

"With wheelchair tennis, I might have a student in a wheelchair face against a wall and practice hitting the ball back and forth, Megginson said.

The featured sports at the exposition included sitting volleyball, goalball, beep baseball and wheelchair tennis, rugby, basketball and soccer.

The exposition began with a demon-stration of wheelchair soccer by rehabil-itation technology specialist Don Jones.

Jones picked tour students to sit in wheelchairs and had them do a simple soccer drill. With four cones set apart from each

other, Jones had the participants push an oversized soccer ball around each cone.

Decker was one of the students who took part in this activity.

"The ball itself must weigh a good eight pounds," Decker said. The ball is huge and it’s hard maneuvering the ball with the wheelchair."

Jones is an SJSU alumnus and works in Watsonville for Rehabilitation Specialists. ’My job is to work with the family

and the therapist to the design the right wheelchair,"

Jones also coaches the Hollister Free Wheelers, a local wheelchair soccer WM.

He has coached the Free Wheelers to two consecutive national champi-onships.

Wheelchair manufacturer representa-tive Crystal Lee-Patchett also attended the event.

Lee-Patchett works as the San Jose representative for Bride Mobility Products.

She said her parents influenced her career.

"Both of my parents won gold medals in the Paralympics in the 1980s," Lee-Patchett said.

Quadriplegic rugby and wheelchair soccer and tennis are the most popular sports, Lee-Patchett said.

"In quad-rugby the men use a manual

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Above: C.J. Arnold, a graduate student majoring in sports management, watches as Don Jones of Rehab Specialists explains how to play Power Soccer to Kellie Arnone, left, and Janelle Lessing, right. The students were participants in the Ability Within Disability Sports Expo Monday in the Event Center Sport Club gym-nasium.

Right: Al Asencio, front, a jun-ior business management major catches a ball while blindfolded in a game of Goal Ball, while Jim Colvin attempts to catch it as well.

Photos ty Janean Brongersma / Daily Stan

SJSU student Atkins in Gilroy mayoral race By Tony Burchyns

Daily Senior Stall Writer

Today Gilroy voters have the option of selecting a full-time San Jose State University student to be their next mayor.

The chance of that happening, how-ever, could be quite slim.

"Probably, I don’t have much of a chance," said Ellyn Atkins, a 44-year-old student pursuing a bachelor’s degree in sociology.

Not to worry, she said. After all, it was pure curiosity and a

creative research agenda that spurred her to throw her hat in the ring,

Atkins said. "I have already accomplished a lot,"

she said. "I’m using the experience to write papers and do research for my honors thesis."

Atkins, a Gilroy resident since 1986, said she has never run for public office before.

She said she was inspired to do so after taking a sociology course last spring called Community Involvement and Personal Growth (SOC 57).

Barbara Zahner, who taught Atkins’ section, said the course incorporated community service as part of its cur-riculum.

"She was very willing to do hard

work in her Lommunity,� Zahner said. "Ellyn was certainly an engaged stu-dent who asked great questions."

Atkins said her classmates couldn’t believe it when she told them she was running.

"That s the thing about local poli-tics, you never expect someone you know to run," she said.

Zahner, now an adjunct professor at Santa Clara University, said Atkins and her classmates were required to do 24 hours of community service and write about their experiences.

Zahner said Atkins’ energetic return to school, after spending the early part of her life working as a single mother (she’s now married), was commendable.

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Phillip Liu, a senior majoring in computer engineering, jokes with his friends while playing "Gun Bound" in the Associated Students Computer Lab Monday after-noon. Liu said during "rush hour," will( ar Mind lunditune, he gets kicked off

the computer so other students can do work.

"She’s overcome a lot oh challenges,’ she said. "I think what she’s doing is great."

Atkins said her platform centers on creating decent wage jobs and protect-ing open spaces.

In contrast to her three opponents, two of whom have political experience in Gilroy, Atkins said she isn’t playing the game" by soliciting funds from special interest groups and promoting herself with the typical barrage of col-orful lawn signs.

Instead, she said she is lying low and studying how the relationship between neighbors changes when political roles are assumed.

In addition to her nitty-gritty

resean.h. Atkins sAtil she entered the race in August to shake things up.

"At the time, only Al Pinheiro and Mary Hohenbrink were running, and both supported the city councils plan to build a Wal-Mart Super Center," she said.

Atkins said the development would hurt the community by eating up land and creating only menial wage jobs.

Atkins also said she is in favor of Gilroy joining the Santa Clara County Open Space Authority, a group that helps cities plan greenbelts.

"Gilroy is the only city in Santa Clara County that is not part of the

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Fires hit home for students

So Cal students can recieve

campus relief

By Tony Burchyns Daily Senior Staff Writer

Several student affairs officials met on Friday to develop a campus plan to address the needs of San Jose State University students affected by the severe fires in Southern California, said Meredith Moran, director of Student Life and Leadership.

"We wanted to organize a three-pronged response, where the office of student life could serve as a liaison for students with academic, counseling or emergency financial needs," Moran said.

Students who are affected by the fires and don’t know where to turn can now find immediate help at the Office of Student Life and Leadership, she said.

There are a total of 902 students from Ventura, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and San Diego counties and another 164 from Orange County attending SJSU, according to infor-mation from Institutional Planning and Academic Resources. � A ’letter from interim President Joseph Crowley to the campus com-munity *as posted on the SJSU Web site late Monday afternoon.

In the letter, Crowley expresses sympathies and concern for all stu-dents, faculty, staff and alumni affect-ed by the wildfires.

He also encourages the campus to respond with care and understanding to the special needs of students, which "may include emergency travel funds, emotional support, financial assistance or special academic accom-modations," the letter states.

Deanna Peck, assistant director of res-idential life, said she hasn’t heard from any rattled students yet, but she’s glad Moran called the meeting together.

"We needed a coordinated effort to reach as many people as possible � faculty and staff and students � to let everyone know what resources are available," she said. "There’s got to be some students who don’t know where to go for help."

Peck said students in the dorms could go to the office of student housing, as well as the office of stu-dent life, for help.

Wiggsy Sivertsen, director of coun-seling services, said she has written and sent an e-mail to faculty mem-bers to let them know how to spot symptoms of emotional distress.

Her letter encourages instructors to talk about the fires in class and to make themselves available to students.

Sivertsen said counseling services is well-equipped to handle emotional crises.

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Homework takes priority in A.S. lab By Janet Pak

Daily Staff Writer

Peter Tian likes to play computer games at the Associated Students Computer Services Center, among other things.

Merssyn Krun, a senior political science major, said he’s concerned that students needing com-puters to write papers and research information aren’t getting computers.

The A.S. Computer Lab is an all-purpose lab, said Maziar Moczzi, operations coordinator for the lab, and it can be used for research or enter-tainment purposes.

Sonic students such as Krun are worried garners are not allowing students who need to do actual work to get on the computer. Garners such as Tian say they have given up their com-puter when asked to.

Nloczzi said the lab’s policy for computers is if more than three to five people are waiting for a computer, the student assistants would approach either garners or chatters to volunteer to give up their computer

"It’s really random," Moezzi said. "We don’t pick on people."

The turnaround for a computer should be instantaneous after they ask kir volunteers, he

It’s a t.0111111011 t.OLITICS) Nlocui said. "We approach whoever is gaining or whatever.

... We let them know, and we give them a good 5-10 minutes."

Tran, a freshman undeclared major, said he comes to the lab to relax between classes and said the garners are stereotyped.

"Not everyone comes here to do work," said Harold Lee, a sophomore computer engineering major. "Some ofus play small games."

He said other issues with students who say they are doing academic work are students who chat and work at the same time.

"It’s easier to ask us to leave than chatters. ... Obviously we’re not doing anything produc-tive," Iran said.

He said the garners also play on the computers in the corner to not disturb people who air doing work.

Michael 011iffe, a sophomore electrical engi-neering major, said the lab is the only place on campus to play games for students without computers.

011iffe said the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Joint Library computer doesn’t allow them to play games and said students needing to work should gn there

"11 they don’t have a computer, this as the only place on campus that you can come to play games and relax," 011iffe said.

Philip Liu, a senior computer engineering il,

es to pl.o games. "les the best place to play," said Liu, who was

playing "Gun bound," an online shooting game where everyone takes a turn.

Liu said he’s had to wait as long as 30 minutes in the middle of the day for computers, but because he’s gaming, he doesn’t mind.

The student assistants, Liu said, usually come to the garners to yield their computers, some-thing that doesn’t bother him.

"It sucks, but people need to do their work," Liu said.

Frances Pereira, a freshman nursing major, said she comes to the lab every day to do homework

work.

arid check her e-mail. Pereira said she doesn’t like waiting for a com-

puter when she sees students who are not doing

"It gets me mad when I see people who are waiting to use the computers and they are not using it for something useful," Pereira said.

Ja Sze, a student assistant at the lab, said the garners take second priority, which is why they are usually asked to volunteer to give up their computer first.

Sze said it’s hard to tell who is chatting or doing work, And sometimes thc chatters are Aso doing work such as talking to their lab partner.

"Sometimes it can be a cat-and-mouse game," Sze said.

He said he not mad if he has to lease his game strident to do work. tint lir Uri&

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PAGE 2 OPINION III SPARTAN DAILY NOVEMBER 4, 2003 SERVE ONE UP WITH A LIME

Last Tuesday I shared my dislike for Halloween. The numerous costumes I wore as I paraded around

my elementary school were a foundation for my dislike. That dislike grew from the manner in which people

celebrate the day, forgetting about traditions. Call me a hypocrite if you like, but Thursday night I

decide to partake in Halloween festivities. The nostalgia of a night of pumpkins and candy got

to me. I can thank the pumpkin the Spartan Daily staff

carved Thursday night, for taking me back to the good times of Halloween.

As I scooped seeds and pulp from its cavity, I remem-bered my first pumpkin and flashed back to my child-hood. It didn’t have a name. It was just a pumpkin, but it

was mine. I was in first grade and my class went to the pumpkin patch on a field trip.

On that day, in the middle of the field, I found my pumpkin. It wasn’t the best-looking thing. Lopsided would best

describe it. I don’t know what it was about it, but I carried it

home in a paper bag that was too small and tore. Later that night my family carved it out. Now, with a handful of seeds in my hand and pump-

kin entrails up my arm, I remembered the good times.

Giving Halloween celebrations a second chance I don’t know why, but I guess even with all the lessons

life has taught me and the appreciation I say I’ve grown

to have for life, I tend to forget. I tend to forget how short life really is and that one

day it all comes to an end. It’s kind of funny how it took carving a pumpkin to

remind me to just appreciate the small things.

In those pumpkin seeds and pulp there was some-

thing that took me back to those early moments of life

when I didn’t worry about the meaning of Halloween.

Right then, when I was in the club singing Ramon

Ayala’s song, I remembered the good times. trlearteinmge.mbered being a kid and going out trick-or-

I remembered the Chinese restaurant that was our first stop, where we would get fortune cookies, and our

last stop, a doughnut shop where we would get free doughnuts.

Call me a hypocrite, but this is one hypocrite who

had a hell of a time on Halloween.

Somehow that lopsided pumpkin, as ugly as it was, brought my family together.

Looking back at Halloween, I thought it wasn’t really that bad.

Sure, my costumes weren’t the great-est, but Halloween was special.

This year, without a costume, I found myself in the holiday spirit.

As the midnight hour approached, I tried to put something together that could resemble a costume. I guess I was sticking with tradition in

doing things last minute. Again it was a bad idea � I had noth-

ing. A dress shirt and slacks would have to do.

Dressed in what was by no means a costume, I headed to a costume party.

At approximately 12:45 a.m. I walked up to the front door of Club Monaco in Sunnyvale.

At the door, a friend dressed as a pirate greeted me. He looked quite authentic down to the gap in his teeth.

A quick wave through security and I was in. Before long I was at the bar with another friend, as

one, then two Coronas were being served up with a lime.

Making my way around the club, I continued to find

more friends. Somewhat inebriated and dressed as d cowboy, one friend tried to engage me in conversation about UFOs and life on other planets.

Nodding out of politeness, I was saved by the start of the sexiest -costume con-test on stage.

Weaving my way past ghosts, goblins, angels, devils, pimps, basketball players and a SpongeBob, I was now front and center.

Needless to say, all of the contestants were winners in my book.

I don’t know where the winding hours of the early morning went, but soon it was time to go.

The night couldn’t have ended any better � with a song by Ramon Ayala. With a cold one in my hand, the club

erupted in song: "Tragos de amargo liquor" could be heard from wall to wall. At that moment I was proud to be there with all the

other Halloweeners. All of the Halloween costumes I ever wore were the

last thing on my mind. The mangled Pound Puppy mask and costume torn at the crotch that I wore in first grade didn’t matter. It didn’t matter that I wasn’t wearing a costume at a costume party. All that mat-tered at that moment was the moment.

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TODAY

GAY LESBIAN BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER ALLIES Hot chocolate and doughnut sale will take place today from 8 to 11 a.m. in front of the Spartan Bookstore.

PRIDE OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS Professor Curtis Rooks will discuss Polynesian health today at 5:30 p.m. in the Mosaic room of the Student Union. For more information about the cultural workshop, e-mail prideofthepacifictslands_sjsu@yahoo.com.

THE ’TUESDAY" LISTENING HOUR CONCERT SERIES Chamber music showing student highlights will be held today from 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. in the Music building Concert Hall. Classical guitar, voice and piano will be played. For more information, call Joan Stubbe at 924-4649.

SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN A night lecture will be held today at 5:30 p.m. in the Art building, room 133. The lecture will be held by Christopher Taggart and is titled "The Normal and the Arbitrary." For more information, call Sam or Bill at 924-4330.

SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN Student Galleries will be presented today and until Nov. 7 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the student gal-leries at the Art building. For more information, call Sam or Bill at 924-4330.

AMERICA ROCKS THE VOTE WATCH PARTY MOSAIC, Rock The Vote, and Students For Howard Dean will host America Rocks The Vote Watch Party today at 4 p.m. in the Student Union. The forum will focus on youth issues. CNN will be broadcasting this forum live at 4 p.m. from Boston’s Faneuil Hall. This forum will bring the issues our generation cares about to the forefront of political debate in this election, and candidates are going to have to respond to questions about the issues from a live audience of young people. For more informa-tion, stop by MOSAIC (Student Union-upstairs), and ask to speak with Dawn.

DEPARTMENT OF NUTRITION AND FOOD SCIENCE Body fat testing using cutting edge analyzer will be held every Tuesday from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in the Central Classroom building, room 221. It costs $5 per student. For more information, call Sherry at 924-3362.

STUDENT LIFE AND LEADERSHIP Leadership Today: Creating Community in a Diverse World will take place from Jan. 13-16. Applications are being accepted through Nov. 3.

Leadership today is designed to train students to address issues of diversity. There is no cost to par-ticipate. Applications are available in the Mosaic Cross-Cultural Center in the Student Union and at the Student Life and Leadership, in the old Cafeteria building. For more information, call Nam Nguyen at 924-5963.

SJSU CATHOLIC CAMPUS MINISTRY Daily Mass takes place every weekday at 12:10 p.m. in the SJSU campus Ministry Center. For more information, call Sister Marcia at 938-1610.

WEDNESDAY

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION A workshop will be held today at 4:15 p.m. in the Guadalupe room of the Student Union. HR profes-sionals will critique your resume. E-mail the resume to sjsuhrma@yahoo.com. There will be free food and refreshments. All majors are welcome. For more information, visit www.cob.sjsu.edu/assoc/hrma.

GAY LESBIAN BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER ALLIES A general group meeting will take place today from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the Almaden room of the Student Union. For more information, e-mail glbta_sjsu@yahoo.com.

STUDENT HEALTH CENTER The Health and Wellness Promotion Department will be holding free Tay-Sachs disease screening today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Mosaic Multicultural room in the Student Union. For more information, call Dr. Oscar Battle Jr. at 924-6117.

SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN Student Galleries will be presented today and until Nov. 7 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the student gal-leries Art building. For more information, call Sam or Bill at 924-4330.

COMCAST An employer table will be held today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Ninth Street Plaza, outside of the Career Center. For more information, call Sherri Bowman at 924-6027.

NATIONAL MEET-UP DAY FOR HOWARD DEAN A meeting will take place today at 7 p.m. at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Joint Library in the lecture room on the second floor. More than 131,000 Americans will be meeting up in their communities to discuss the grassroots campaign of Gov. Howard Dean. This meeting will be a monthly gathering for Dean supporters. For more information and RSVP, visit wiww.DeanForAmerica.com/meetup or call Marian at 260-9080.

ROSE COLORED GLASSES

Daniel Lopez is the Spartan Daily sports editor.

’Serve One Up With A Lime’ appears Tuesdays.

Learning how to say ’no is crucial in everyday life

As I sit here, contemplating how to write this, my mind wanders to about 10 other things I need to be doing.

I could blame my work or my friends for keeping me from getting stuff done, but really I have no one to blame except myself.

Don’t you just hate that? If there’s one thing I still haven’t learned after five-and -

a-half years of college, it’s how to say "no." Sure, I can "just say no" to drugs or maybe to buying

something too expensive, but I can’t say no to people. They’re much more addictive than drugs or shopping

anyway. As much as I want to please everyone, I

still haven’t learned that I don’t have to all the time.

You know, San Jose State University should really teach a class on that: Saying "No" 101. It would have a lot more practicality in

the real world than some of the other classes we end up taking on our way through college.

Different sections of the class would teach students things such as how to say no to your boss to working extra shifts, how to say no to extra commitments � whatever they may be � and how to say no to things you might even want to do but just don’t have the time for.

I might even study for a class like that. I’m not sure why it can be so hard for some of us to say

no. Some people are really good at it. They never seem to be too bogged down, just floating

their way through life. I know I aim to please and hate to disappoint, but all of

us have to do it sometimes. Making too many commitments � all at once � is

rarely a good idea. You don’t have time to focus on one thing or another, and most of it probably only gets about 75 percent of your efforts instead of 100 percent.

In the end, you might not even end up pleasing the people you set out to please because you’re too busy thinking about what comes next or how you’d rather be doing something else. It can be a dangerous way to live. Even so, confrontation is not my idea of a good time. Sometimes it’s unavoidable, but why have it when you

don’t need it? My fear of confrontation is probably what leads to a lot

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of my saying, "Oh yeah, sure, I think I can do that." As the words escape my lips, I feel the hesitation set in � but by then it’s too late.

I’m stuck � up to my elbows in commitment. There’s no turning back now.

That’s what I start to feel like when I step back and try to remember all the things I’ve tried to pack into a few days.

I’m sure it’s a common feeling among a lot of college students who are trying to balance school with work with sometimes more work and trying to have a social life in

the few remaining hours. Whew. It’s easy to complain about a packed

schedule but not always easy to avoid. But here’s the catch: As much as being

ovcrcommited can be a pain, there’s something about it that can keep you coming back for more.

We’ve all had one of those days or weeks where you just run from one thing to the other, and while it can leave you feeling frazzled, it can give you a sense of importance, too. It doesn’t mean we’re conceited or any-

thing, it just means it’s nice to get that feeling of being needed � and in this case by more than one person or place.

From time to time, most of us need that reassurance that we are important and other people think highly of us. It almost makes the busy days and stressful hours worth it.

Saying yes to everything does nothing but spread us too thin, though.

The trick is to combine a regular helping of "no" with an occasional sprinkling of "yes." That way you’re not stressed out every single day, but when you are, you feel like it’s OK.

I need to take some lessons from myself, because I don’t think SJSU will be offering Saying "No" 101 anytime soon.

Lea Blevins is a Spartan Daily ropy editor.

’Rose Colored Glasses’ appears even. other Trrecday.

Viewpoint f Rebuilding the Student Union would benefit the students

Dear editor,

Approximately a year ago, a vote was brought forth to the students of San Jose State University. This vote asked us whether we should allocate money to having a new state-of-the-art student union built or not.

I believe that we, as students, made the mistake of not voting ’yes’ for rebuilding the Student Union based on a number of factors.

First off, one of the ways the Princeton Review rates undergraduate schools is by grading the facilities on each respective campus. With construction being finished on the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Joint Library and con-struction underway with new dormitories, we are moving in the right direction.

However, with the 21st century advances we have made, students have failed to realize that the true heart of the campus and the hub for social interaction, the Student Union, needed to be redone.

Constructing the Student Union helps to improve and update one of the most vital facilities on campus and

increases our facilities’ scores. This will in turn increase the reputation of our school, which ultimately increases the value of our degree.

Instead of arguing about certain fee increases and short-term financial burdens some of us may incur, I believe that rebuilding the Student Union must become an option to vote for again, and if this does come to fruition, we should not make the same mistake twice.

Why not tolerate a year of construction for a lifetime of benefits?

Fred Grii:/C. Junior Political Science

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Injuries, inexperience Cardinal, Golden Bears final draws hurt Spartan women for SJSU men’s soccer team in 2Ck3

in gloomy season By David Weinstein Daily Staff Writer

After closing out a losing season filled with injuries, fatigue and youth, the Spartan women s soccer team remained consistent to its game plan.

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Despite a disappointing season, interim head coach Cris Gilmore said the team never strayed away from its playing style.

The Spartans (1-7 Western Athletic Conference, 2-16 overall) played a possession game by contin-uously keeping the ball on the ground.

"I was impressed with the way they stuck to the style that suited them best," Gilmore said. "They always believed in the coaching staff’s phi-losophy." Junior midfielder Shannon Leslie

said the season was tough but that they learned a lot about their playing style.

’We obviously didn’t want to go 2-16," Leslie said. "We learned a new formation and by the end of the year, we had very good team chemistry."

In the Spartans’ last three games they yielded an average of two goals a game, nearly cutting their season average of 3.93 in her.

SJSU’s two wins came at home this season against the University of Nevada-Reno and University of Pacific.

Youthful Season

The 2003 Spartans fielded a roster of 10 freshmen and four sopho-mores.

Gilmore said it was a big change for the freshmen playing in DivisionI soccer for the first time.

"They hadn’t played at this level so there definitely was a learning curve," Gilmore said. "Playing seven teams ranked in the top 20 was also a difficult adjustment for many of the young players."

Freshmen Cori Borja, Andrea Puljiz and Allison Jablonsky started nearly every match, and red-shirt freshman Molly Flanagan started all 18 games.

Sophomore goalkeepers Adrienne Herbst and Erin Lavey shared time in the net for most of the season, and sophomore Andrea Hartz saw sig-nificant playing time off the bench.

Aside from being a young team, Gilmore said the girls didn’t commit themselves to fitness.

Fitness 101

Gilmore said the main factor was the girls didn’t take care of them-selves in the off-season, and it was a challenge trying to get them fit for 2003.

"Because of their fitness, handling double-days in August was really taxing on their bodies," Gilmore said.

Leslie said she hopes the returning players realize this if they hope to keep their starting spots in 2004 with a new coach and new recruits.

Dave Siracusa, San Diego State University assistant mens soccer coach, will be the new Spartans skipper Dec. 2.

"I’m sure the new coach will recruit

a lot of new players," Leslie said. "We’re _going to have to work our butts off just to make the team and prove ourselves."

Gilmore said he had to be careful trying to increase the team’s fitness during the season without weighing them down. "With so few days in between

games and such a short season, it’s a juggling act when you’re trying to work injured players into shape," Gilmore said.

Hurting Spartans

Junior Kara Krayle suffered a seri-ous season -ending ankle injury halfway through the year, and junior ICintin Tanaka red-shirted as a result of nerve problems in her legs.

Junior Vanessa Afonso also red-shined after receiving knee surgery in the off-season.

Afonso led the team with four goals in 2001.

Defender Kelly Nunn, midfielder Christina Morrison and defender Heather Dickinson were also slowed by nagging leg and quadriceps injuries all season.

Captain and senior Marie McCann was another Spartan hampered by injury in 2003.

We had injuries before the season even started, Gilmore said. "And as the season went on, more injuries came up."

Developing Year

The Spartans entered 2003 with a new coaching staff, style of play and an extremely young roster.

Gilmore said the season was a chal-lenge because the program was in great upheaval from the last coach and players.

"We had 15 players leave and five graduate," Gilmore said. "We’re talk-ing about a whole new program."

Gilmore said he taught them to play a style of soccer not typical in collegiate soccer and took a big risk playing the possession and ground game.

"Most Division I programs beat you with speed and athleticism by playing the ball over the top and plying off opponents’ mistakes," Gilmore said.

Learning a new style of soccer and a 4-2-1-3 formation was new to everyone, Leslie said.

Four forwards, two midfielders, one roving midfielder and three fullbacks make up the formation.

Leslie said the team was compli-mented by other teams on its ground style during the season.

A Look Ahead

Gilmore said the team’s attitude will lead them to good things in 2004.

"They looked to improve every day and every practice," Gilmore said. "I was impressed to see the girls calling each other out on the field when they drifted away from our style."

SJSU loses only two seniors to graduation and retains four juniors who all have extensive Division I playing experience.

Gilmore also said freshmen Borja and Puljiz are important players to the success of the team next year.

"With one full year under their belts, the freshmen can only get bet-ter," Gilmore said.

By Ian Ross

Daily Staff Writer

The Spartan men’s soccer team wrapped up the regular season confer-ence championship on Sunday. The Spartans will set their sights on com-peting an undefeated home season on Thursday.

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San Jose State University (10-4-3) closes out the regular season against local rivals Stanford University at home Thursday and Cal Berkeley on the road Sunday.

This season, the Spartans have man-aged to remain unbeaten at home, win-rung seven games and drawing two oth-ers.

Despite their success at home, Spartan head coach Gary St. Clair said his team needs to play better to contin-ue its winning ways.

"It’s still a work in progress," he said. "We’ve accomplished a couple of good goals, winning the conference and-get-ting the first-round bye, but we haven’t played that well the last couple of weeks.

"For us to do well in the champi-onships, we’re going to have to be abet-ter team," he said.

The Spartans will look to tune up for the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament and play at a higher level against the Cardinal and the Bears this week.

"We need to invigorate ourselves, play better than we have the last two weeks and regain our touch," St. Clair said.

Spartans take on the Cardinal

The match against the Cardinal at 2 p.m. at Spartan Soccer Field marks the final home game for many seniors on

the team, St. Clair said. Goalkeepers Daniel Benton and

Eddie Dominguez and midfielders Frank Sanfdippo, Artin Rodriguez and Francisco Martinez will be honored before the game.

Benton and Martinez will not play because of injuries and are expected to miss the rest of the season.

St. Clair said he was still unsure whether or not defender Richard Halvorsen could return to the starting lineup against Stanford. Halvorsen has been out for three weeks with a swollen calf but is finally off crutches and might train with the team today.

Several other players, including Sanfilippo, midfielder Jose Flores and defender Frank Mata are playing with injuries and are expected to suit up against Stanford, St. Clair said. -Stanford, traditionally a national soc-

cer power, has fallen on hard times this year. After winning at least 18 games for three consecutive seasons, Stanford has won just two games this season.

The Cardinal (2-14-2) are currently on a nine-game losing streak.

Stanford has scored 13 goals all sea-son. Meanwhile Spartan forward Randy Poggio has found the back of the net 12 times this season.

St. Clair refuses to overlook Stanford and said he doesn’t know why they have struggled this season.

"I -have no clue, but they scare me completely," he said."! know they have good players, and I know they have a good team."

Spartan *oalkeeper Tyler Tratten said he wouldnt overlook Stanford either.

"We’ve got to focus on the next game," he said. "Not the tournament, not the NCAAs, we’ve just got to take them one at a time."

Tratten said the Spartans might have overlooked the University of New Mexico last week because of their poor record, resulting in A 1-0 win for l’slew Mexico. Tratten said they must look at what each team is capable of and not look at their record.

Bear Claws? The Bears (8-8-2) have proven to be

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Spartan forward Randy Poggio takes the ball away from Air Force Academy defender Clay McGillivray during San Jose State University’s match against the Falcons on Oct. 19. The Spartans will face Stanford University on Thursday at Spartan Soccer Field.

difficult to beat in Berkeley, posting a 13-4-2 home record over the past two seasons. The last time the Spartans defeated the Bears in Berkeley, was on Nov. 5,2000, winning 3-2.

Both St. Clair and assistant coach Ron Smart said Cal is better than their record indicates.

Smart said the Bears have played a tough schedule. They lost 3-1 at No. 15 Oregon State University on Friday and defeated No. 25 Washington 1-0 on Sunday.

"Cal has some of the best personnel on the West Coast," St. Clair said. "I would have expected more wins.

"They are a balanced, good team," he said. "At times they have the ability to look like world beaters."

Once the final horn blows at the end of the second half in Berkeley, the

Spartans can focus on the MPSF Postscason Tournament, Nov. 14 to 16 at Sacramento State University.

Conference Champions

The Spartans have already clinched the top seed in the six-team MPSF Tournament, posting a 5-1 conference record this season. "It feels good to finally clinch," goal-

keeper Tratten said. "We wanted to against New Mexico. We knew (the game against SDSU) was a must-win game."New

Mexico and the University of Nevada-Las Vegas have also clinched spots in the tournament, but their peed-mg is still to be deterrai

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Most G-rated films target a family audience. Telling a story that appeals to children need not limit the com-plexity of the tale, nor does it require a dumbing down of the material.

REVIEW Such films as "Beauty and the Beast"

and "The Lion King" successfully sat-isfied a broad audience, giving adults plenty to enjoy.

Too often though, the public’s per-ception is that adults will have to endure 90 minutes of "kiddie" enter-tainment.

"Brother Bear," the newest animated entry from Disney, is an enjoyable film butts certainly not a strong contender for changing that perception.

The quality of the animation, while respectable, breaks no new ground. And the moral of the story � that mankind must live in harmony with the world � is easily grasped from such pro-environmental lyrics as "We are the same, brothers to each other."

The story contains some nice sub-tleties as the main character, Kenai (voiced by Joaquin Phoenix) has to face up to the negative consequences of some poorly thought-out actions.

Set in the Pacific Northwest in pre-historic times, "Brother Bear" follows Kenai as he seeks to define himself as a man.

At the start of the movie, a shaman presents Kenai with an animal totem

as an emblem of his character. His older brothers have totems of guid-ance and wisdom. Hoping for a sym-bol of bravery or strength, he is disap-pointed that his totem is one of love.

Determined to prove his worth, Kenai charges into the wilds, but his obstinance soon results in the deaths of his eldest brother, Sitka (D.B. Sweeney) and a bear.

Kenai believes the bear was mon-strous and its killing justified, but the spirit world intercedes to teach him a lesson. He is transformed into a bear to see life from the other side.

An interesting shift occurs at this point.

Until now, the artwork has been a realistic and stately display of a pris-tine wilderness.

Once Kenai is transformed into a bear, the world takes on comic tones.

He meets Rutt and Tuke, a pair of moose voiced by Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas. The two are the main comedy relief for the movie, and they do a masterful job.

Then he meets Koda ( Jeremy Suarez), a bear cub looking for his mother. Koda says he knows where the source of magic is, where Kenai can become human again. Kenai finds Koda annoying but must travel with him.

Meanwhile, Kenai’s surviving broth-er, Denahi (Jason Raize), is hunting the bear he assumes killed the missing Kenai.

After some adventures, including an attack by Denahi, Kenai and Koda meet a community of bears at a salmon run. Worried at first about not fitting in, Kenai finally learns some

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Kenai, right, a human transformed into a bear, tries to explain to the bear cub Koda why the larger

creature painted on the rock is seen as a monster.

valuable lessons as he spends time with them.

In a final confrontation involving Denahi and Koda, Kenai must choose what manner of man he will be. The answer is a pleasant surprise.

The movie contains six songs by Phil

Collins. Not one is personal or intimate like

such classics as "Someday My Prince Will Come" or "A Whole New World." Instead, each is a big produc-tion number in the manner of "The Circle of Life." The style gets tedious

after a while. Overall though, "Brother Bear" is a

decent family film. You may not want to see it as a date movie, but if you see with a younger brother or sister, don’t worry that you might be bored the entire time.

Jewish film festival welcomes ’Seinfeld’s"Uncle Leo By Jenny Shearer Daily Staff Writer

In the movie "Today You Are a Fountain Pen," a grandfather and grandson forge a new understanding in their relationship in the days before the boy’s bar mitzvah.

Len -Lesser, who plays the grandfa-ther in this short film that’s part of the 12th annual San Jose Jewish Film Festival, has been an actor for more than 50 years. He may be best known for his portrayal of Uncle Leo, Jerry Seinfeld’s loud relative on the televi-sion sitcom "Seinfeld."

On Sunday night, Lesser talked about his experience making the film and his show business career to a near-ly sold-out crowd at Camera 3 Cinema.

His distinctive raspy voice still has a trace of a New York accent � Lesser grew up in the Bronx and began act-ing when he was 17, he said.

Writer/director Dan Katzir made the film while he was a fellow with the American Film Institute, Lesser said.

Although Lesser said he was initial-ly reluctant to star in a student film because it often takes days to shoot two lines, he said the script appealed to him.

"It had something I rarely see as an actor � and I’ve been an actor a long, long time � which is a simplicity, a sweetness, a tenderness and a humor that I rarely, rarely find myself in films," Lesser said.

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Mark Levine, the president of the San Jose Jewish Film Festival, said he first saw the film at a festival in San Diego in January 2003.

"People can relate to it, and they know it’s good. In the Jewish commu-nity, they know what it takes to plan a bar mitzvah, what it means to have a grandparent there. The result is it was a very personal experience for virtual-ly everybody in the audience," Levine

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finished product, which isn’t always the case.

"You can have a lovely experience doing a television show or a film or even a play and you see the finished product and you say, ’oy vey.’"

An audience member asked Lesser if his portrayal of Uncle Leo on "Seinfeld" was based on anyone from his own life. Lesser said it wasn’t, but credits the direction Larry David, the show’s executive producer and co-cre-ator, gave him with helping to shape a memorable recurring character.

"When you do a new show or any show, most actors, including myself’, play it a little cautious. So I was taking It a little easier, and Larry didn’t say to me ’make it bigger,’ which most direc-tors would say, which is hard to do.

"You wind up with a cliche. He said

more expansive � make it an internal thing,’" Lesser said.

Lesser said he was glad to have a recurring role after spending most of his career playing characters who were either killed or brought to justice.

"1 played a lot of heavies in my early years � gangsters, Russian ’komissars’ ... I was never brought kink ’Seinfeld’ was so lovely to do, I must tell you," Lesser said.

The visibility of the "Seinfeld" series gave Lesser more freedom to pick and choose the roles that he wanted to pursue. "I’d say, ’What’s the money, and what’s the billing?’ Before I’d say, ’Get the job, get the job.’"

Lesser said he began acting at a local community center around the corner from his home in the Bronx. Acting helped him transcend his shyness, and he enjoyed performing for a crowd.

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It wasn’t until his father saw him on live television that he became support-ive of his son’s career. Even though he was earning "bupkis," (Yiddish for "zero") Lesser said he was happy to have the work

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Decker said he watched a rugby match and was surprised at what he saw.

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Megginson said the goal of these expositions is to erase biases and pre-tenses and to show people how difficult it is to play these sports.

The Adaptive Physical Athletic Club is scheduled to travel to Lake Tahoe Nov. 15 to 16 to learn more about the disabled ski program at Alpine Meadows Ski Resort.

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Jason DeRosa, a Sigma Pi fraternity pledge, makes the Sigma Pi

"Pirate’s Juice" Monday night at the fifth Annual Mocktail, hosted

by Delta Zeta sorority and Theta Chi fraternity. Sigma Pi won the

event for the second consecutive year.

Sigma Pi wins Mocktail event By laShong King

Dai6 Staff Writer

A fraternity/sorority gathering with-out alcohol.

Not an oxymoron, but the basis for the fifth annual Mocktail, a competition sponsored by the Delta Zeta soronty and Dicta Chi fraternity on Monday night to see which Greek organization can make the best non-alcoholic mixed drink, said Shama Simmons, of Delta Zeta.

Simmons explained Mocktairs ori-gins.

"It’s like A cocktail," Simmons said, though without the alcohol. "Each fra-temity/soronty tries to make their own non-alcoholic drink"

The event was started after the nation-al chapter of their sorority said they were concerned about the trend of overall increased alcohol consumption among Greek organizations.

"It’s basically an event Delta Zeta decided to start to promote alcohol awareness," said Christine Barker of Delta Zeta.

About 100 fraternity and sorority mere-bets filed into the main living room of Theta Chi’s house on 11th street. They socialized and sipped drink concoctions from plastic cups while pamphlets on alcohol awareness were scattered at the contestants’ tables.

One of the partygoers was freshman Katie Reyes, a social science major.

"I think it’s fantastic," Reyes said. "They’re promoting the fact Greeks can

do thing without alcohol. --Host Theta Chi aLso mixed their own

drink called the Moose Knuckle. It was created by two fraternity brothers who work as bartenders in downtown San Jose. it an actual bar drink without the

alcohol," said one of the creators, Forrest Cerrato.

"The whole idea," co-creator Nick Peterson added, "is it makes you think you’re messed up, but you’re not."

Messed up or not, there were many drinks for the people there to taste.

"Right now, I’m feeling the fullness approaching," said Mocktail judge and Associated Students president Arash Shokouh. He walked around the frater-nity house with a plastic drink container in hand, pausing during each tasting to evaluate.

Shokouh said he didn’t miss not being buried off a non-alcoholic drink

"Instead of the drink going to your head, it goes straight to the stomach," Shokouh said.

"You don’t gag, and you can be more fun and creative, working to make a good drink."

Director of Student Resource Affairs, Sampath Gadamsetty, was another Mocktail judge.

"And look at these nice umbrellas," Gadarnsetty added as he pointed to the novelty items in his drink.

At the end of the hour, it was time to announce the winners. The judges, Shokouh and Gadarnsetty, stood at the stairwell to the upper floor of the Theta

Chi house. Simmons of Delta /Aq), ,inriouriLcd

the winner Sigma Pi, the same house to win last year.

The fiatemitv brothers of Sigma Pi broke into a loOd cheer, hands in the air and running forward to grab the trophy like the winners of a more epic contest.

In the commotion of the camera flashes and cheers, Sigma Pi brother Robert Guncrrez jokingly likened the Mocktail to A MOM intense competition.

"We gave it a 110 percent. It was a team effort. The tortoise does win in the end," Gutierrez said as he and his frater-nity brothers posed for photographs.

One of the drink makers, Matt DeWitt, explained the secret of Sigma Pi’s second-year win.

"We decided it had to be something completely different. Colorful, tasteful, and humorous," DeWitt said.

Their winning drink’s name? Pirate Juice, made from a mix of pina colada, pineapple, Lime and whipped cream in a martini glass with A plastic sword speared through the lime.

"We knew presentation was a big part. The drink also had to be good. DeWitt said.

As Shokouh explained his decision to them, he said it was in fact the pres-entation that put their drink over the toy.

Not just the ingredients, but the creativity, and putting thought into the other components," Shokouh said. "That definitely made it stand out."

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Open Space Authority," she said. The full slate of candidates includes

Atkins, Pinheiro, Hohenbrink and Guadalupe AreIlano.

Atkins said she has bonded with Hohenbrink at candidate forums.

"We’ve both never run before, so we look out for each other," she said.

Atkins said she didn’t go to all the forums because they were too cut-throat.

Instead, she said she relied on inter-views in the local press to get her message out.

Michael Fallon, program coordina-tor for the SJSU Center for Service-Learning, said he was elated to hear Atkins was running. "It speaks to the message of the class

(SOC 57), that we each have an indi-vidual responsibility � a moral and civic duty � to be involved in our community," Fallon said. "Ellyn has taken that message to the heights."

Atkins said she expects to graduate in December.

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"Some students will be more affect-ed than others, especially if they lose a house or belongings," she said.

Moran said her staff would drop what they are doing to help students.

"We want to extend a hand and be able to make ’personal handoffs’ between our departments," she said. "We don’t want students to feel bounced around."

Moran said she realized last week that students should have quick and easy access to professors and coun-selors should they themselves, their families or their friends experience substantial losses in the disaster.

Staff members from the office of university housing, the Student Health Center, counseling services and Student Life and Leadership were called upon to attend, she said.

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Leroy Barnette plays the saxophone underneath the breezeway between Spartan Complex and Yoshihiro Uchida Hall on Monday night. He said he has been playing in this location for the past 10 years because of the acoustics. Barnette is a building service engineer for Facilities Development and Operations at San lose State University.

Cal Poly VP to head Chico State Associated Press

LONG BEACH � California State University trustees on Monday appoint-ed Paul Zingg, the provost and vice pres-ident for academic affairs at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, as the new president of Chico State University.

Zingg will succeed Manuel Esteban, who retired last summer.

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Trustee Roberta Achtenberg, who headed the presidential search commit-tee, said Zingg would make "an out-standing president for CSU Chico because of his passion for higher educa-tion, student success and the CSU mis-sion."

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Zingg has been Cal Poly’s provost since 1995. He was the school’s dean of the College of Liberal Arts from 1993 to 1995 and dean of the School of Liberal Arts at St. Mary’s College from 1986 to 1993. He has also held administrative positions at the University of Pennsylvania.

SJSU student pursues SJ City Council seat

By Robert Hong Daily Staff Writer

The city council of San Jose may be in for a surprise in 2005, since 22- year-old San Jose State University ’student Alexander Vassar has decid-ed to run for office. A senior in political science, Vassar

plans to run for District 10 in the council � a position currently held by Vice Mayor Pat Dando.

Vassar believes a student would be a good addition to the city council.

"As a younger member of the coun-cil, I would be looking into the long term goals of the city," he said. "Which would give me more time to make a difference."

According to sociology lecturer Michael Fallon, Vassar has already made a difference in the San Jose community through his work with project S.H.I.N.E (Students Helping In Naturalization of Elders). The project focused on helping elders with their citizenship.

"I think (Vassar) is qualified," Fallon said. "In the course I had him in, he obtained a perspective on the needs of the community."

Vassar said having a student in pol-itics would be good for the city because needs of the younger popula-tion would be represented. "I would pay attention to issues that

are of student concern," he said. "For example, I would not vote on raising taxes or the cost of living."

Vassar hopes that students will sup-port a competitor that represents their issues. "I think if students are interested in

a certain candidate, they will turn out for that candidate," he said.

Political science professor Ronald Sylvia said it might be difficult for a young person to be elected to the council of such a large city.

"When you are dealing with five-

figure salaries and administrative decisions involving hundreds of mil-lions of dollars, people tend to look to older candidates, he said.

However, Sylvia believes that as far as general knowledge, a graduat-ed student might be effective to the city.

"A student might not have the financial resources to get elected," he said. "But I would pick an intelligent (political science) student over some-one who just happens to be older and worked in another field."

Sylvia mentioned that San Jose City Council members such as Cindy Chavez and Ken Yeager were also former SJSU students.

Sociology lecturer Barbara Zahner had a chance to work closely with Vassar in the Sociology 57 class, co-taught by Michael Fallon. The class gave students opportunity to work in programs such as project S.H.I.N:E.

"The caliber of that class is extraor-dinary and students become very civically engaged," Zahner said. "(Vasser) is interested in a career in public service, and I was taken by his dedication." Zahner said if Vassar was elected, he would definitely do his homework and learn about what it takes to govern.

"A tremendous amount of learning is done on the job," she said. "It would be terrific to give him a chance."

Vassar plans to handle his cam-paign by working with voters direct-

"I think I’ll take issues to voters in the district," he said. "I might go door to door."

He said the No. 1 issue the city has to deal with is the economy and that he would present that to voters to gain support.

"I think this will be the big election in Santa Clara County," Vassar said. "It’s going to be very tough."

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