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Ramadan: a time for patience and prayer

As a young student in 1985, jour-nalism student Denver Lewellen had no idea being chosen to cover the health beat for the Spartan Daily for a semester would aff ect him for the next 26 years.

Lewellen, who just received a grant to study HIV in Canada for a year, said he now realizes that one moment at SJSU developed his pas-sion.

“Th at just happened to be my beat, so I wrote a bunch of sto-ries and they were received very positively.” he said. “It impacted me professionally because I was inter-ested in medicine itself in terms of the way it had so many branches and there was so much miscommunica-tion between doctors, providers and other people.”

Lewellen will soon relocate to Canada, where he will spend a year conducting an ethnographic study looking at the eff ect of globalization

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Male members of San Jose’s downtown South Bay Islamic Association mosque prostrate during Friday’s Jumu’ah, or prayer, services. Most mosques separate men and women during all services, including prayer. Prayer is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, and typically occurs five times a day for Muslims, in the direction of Mecca, the holiest city of Islam. Shoes are not permitted in mosque prayer halls. Photo by Jasper Rubenstein / Spartan Daily

Educator receives grant funding to study Canadian health care, HIV

Th is week marks the end of the Muslim holiday Ramadan.

“It happens every year for one month,” said senior nursing major Haylai Mohammadi. “Th is year start-ed on Aug. 1.”

Ramadan, celebrated during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, represents a time of willpower and

dedication, said Mohammadi. Dur-ing Ramadan, Muslims participate in fasting, which is one of the fi ve Pil-lars of Islam described in the Qu ran.

“It’s a full month of purity, re-straining from any evil acts and be-ing a good person to your peers,” said Mohammadi.

Fasting consists of not consuming food or drink, including water, from sunrise to sunset.

“It’s tough but it is really more of a mentality kind of thing,” Moham-madi said.

At sunset, Muslims break their fast with a large meal.

“At that moment, food has never tasted so good,” Mohammadi said.

SJSU graduate student Samina Rizviin moved from India one year ago and is committ ed to the tradition but has trouble keeping up with fast-ing.

“Since I am away from family and I am busy with studies and work, it’s been a litt le diffi cult to keep up with it, but I try to fast as much as I can,” Rizviin said.

Although time constraints pre-vent full fasting dedication, Rizviin said she is conscious of the signifi -cance of Ramadan.

“Ramadan is about self-control and patience, which dedicates you to worshipping Allah,” she said.

Rizviin said she and her family in

India have always donated this time of year.

“It (Ramadan) is also a good way for people to know the importance of donation,” she said.

Muslims follow their fi ve daily prayers done at certain times of the day beginning with Fajr, meaning “dawn;” Dhuhr at noon, Asr in the aft ernoon, Maghrib at sunset and Isha, the evening prayer.

Soft ware engineering senior Ash-faqul Islam keeps with up his daily prayers as much as possible.

“I pray at the mosque at least three times a day,” he said.

SJSU ranks top school in online presence

by Christina MolinaStaff Writer

Students commemorateislamic fasting tradition as holy month closes

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Research group places university as top-ranking in open access to research

SJSU beat out the other CSUs and pri-vate universities from 15 states as the top university in terms of online presence in the regional west of the USA this July, ac-cording to the Webometrics Ranking of World’s Universities.

Th e Webometrics Ranking is a project of Cybermetrics Lab, a research group belonging to the largest public research institution in Spain, the Spanish National Research Council, according to its web-site.

Chelsea Tarver, a graduate student in creative writing, said she is not surprised by the ranking.

“We are located in the beating heart of the Silicon Valley,” she said. “So if it weren’t as techno-focused and online-present, it would seem almost out of place.”

One of the major goals of the Webo-metrics Ranking project is to promote open access to academic research, accord-ing to the project’s website.

A task force created by the SJSU Aca-demic Senate to investigate open access published a report in March 2010, accord-ing to the senate’s website.

According to the report, using open access resources helps libraries bear the fi nancial burden of maintaining scholarly journal subscriptions while providing an-other means to access peer-reviewed pa-pers in various fi elds.

According to an April 2010 Sense of the Senate Resolution, the Academic Sen-ate offi cially declared its support of open access by anonymous vote.

Th e resolution also stated that it will not have a fi nancial or direct workload impact.

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What is the fuss about, anyway? Apple is a viable company, no one can argue with that. Th e man behind Mac marketing and the other one behind Apple hardware — they are still in play. Aft er hand-picking this team to take the company to the top, I’d say Jobs has done his job. Let’s hand over the reins and call it a day.

If the advancement of technology depends on cutt ing-edge innova-tion, Apple Inc. execs should breathe a sigh of relief that Steve Jobs has given up his post. As all good things must come to an end — dicta-torships, Ponzi schemes, the Harry Pott er series — so must the age of Jobs.

Th at’s not to say he wasn’t an asset to the company during his term as Chief Executive Offi cer. But let’s also keep in mind that Jobs did leave Apple Inc. in the mid-80s and, no, the company did not dis-solve without his lead-ership.

As we all know, Apple Inc. continued to make personal comput-ers and look at the hold it has in that market to-day, not to mention its impressive product line of tablets, cell phones and mp3 players. With-out Jobs, Apple still has the hardware. Th e peo-

ple will get what they want and, as it turns out, Jobs isn’t it.

Consumers consider Apple products to be superior. Superior prod-ucts sell themselves — otherwise, superior branding does. Where sex sells, so does sexy, sleek packaging. Jobs’ signature turtleneck isn’t selling anything.

Since word has it that he will still be on the board, its not like Apple is losing him entirely. We can still look for-ward to a Jobs keynote at a convention or two, and perhaps another shoddy demonstration when the latest iPhone makes its debut.

Rest assured, the board isn’t looking for some noob to fi ll Jobs’ shoes either. Tim Cook, formerly Apple’s Chief Operating Offi cer, fi lled in for Jobs on his several health-related sabbati-cals. If anyone knows the ins and outs of the company, it should be Cook.

With Jobs taking a not-so-seldom leave of absence from the company because of health reasons, Apple deserves a new head that can keep pace — someone who can keep pace with the demand from the throng of Mac diehards, someone who can keep pace with nearly $400 a share (and gaining) in a down mar-ket.

Jobs himself should

be happy to bring his tenure to a close. Who else is more deserving of the self-satisfaction of folding his hand at the pinnacle of Apple’s suc-cess? Qu it while you’re ahead, they say. As a tech industry magnate, case study for every MBA student alive, and self-made billionaire — I would daresay Jobs was ahead. Its not quite good riddance but it is a wel-come change of pace.

Steve Jobs has always been something of a mys-terious fi gure to me, and I think also for most of the Apple brand-toting-youth of America.

He is a master plan-ner and innovator as well as one of most creative people on the planet. He understands what people are looking for in a prod-uct or a program: It’s as if he knows bett er than the consumers themselves. He is only in the public eye because of his infl uence,

preferring to stay and con-tinue to create the newest in technology.

When I heard that Jobs would be stepping down as CEO, I was shocked. It was a previously announced decision, but the kind that, even though you knew was coming, hit you hard in the gut.

Jobs is infamous for be-ing a strict taskmaster and a champion for his prod-ucts. He runs his company like an iron-fi sted dictator and gets only the best results from it. He is creative, accomplished and a savvy business-

man, creating and jumping on board infl uential com-panies such as NeXT and Pixar that have changed so much in their respec-tive fi elds. What will it be like at the offi ces of Apple without Jobs cracking the whip? Will products and innovation suff er because of his absence?

Th e new CEO is Tim Cook, a man that has been COO and running Apple since January, when Jobs took his most recent medi-cal leave.

He is said to be a gift ed corporate strategist, solv-ing many of the problems that Apple faced with pro-duction in 1998, so he’s at least partly responsible for its reported recent success.

However, what Cook may lack is Jobs’ creativ-ity and vision. In taking over during the various leaves of absence so far, he has shown that his man-agement style sticks close to Jobs’ example and that he is aiming to stay the course that the company is currently on. Apple is not Cook’s baby, therefore, will he be able to provide the same “loving care” and drive that Jobs so easily ex-hibits with their products? No matt er what, Cook will be here to stay for quite a while.

When the old “Mac v. PC” ads with John Hodg-man and Justin Long were fi rst released, I was amazed by how great they were.

Th ey clearly and suc-cinctly defi ned that the Mac was cool, effi cient and

innovative. Th ey were top-ical, pointing out the prob-lems with their competi-tion so bitingly and with such class that it took the world by storm.

It didn’t hurt at all that they were completely hi-larious. When I fi rst saw them, I was a bit surprised that it wasn’t Jobs himself out there with the pudgy PC because he represents so well everything that Apple stands for. With his close-cropped graying hair, iconic black turtleneck and mom jeans, he is just as much an infl uential mascot for Apple as either of the characters of the advertise-ment series.

Most of the important keynote Apple presen-tations and product an-nouncements have been emceed by Jobs himself, showing off the amazing innovations he and his col-leagues have cooked up for the masses.

Without Jobs in his CEO capacity, it seems he won’t continue on as the face of Apple’s newest break-throughs. Will Tim Cook be donning the turtleneck and saying, “But there’s one more thing?” I, for one, certainly hope we continue to see at least that much of Jobs.

In the end, it is a good thing for Jobs to be step-ping down, because it is the best thing for him and his health. He is a remark-able man, and will truly be missed by many in the top spot of his fi rst and most infl uential venture.

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A lot of games these days are about shooting people in the face. Th ere isn’t a lot of creativ-ity. Luckily this summer, video game developer and publisher Atlus has come out with Cath-

erine, a game that defi nes unique.Th e game’s story-driven

plot revolves around 32-year-old Vincent Brooks, an average joe working a regular 9-5 job who would like nothing but to experience “true freedom” in his life. He’s also been dating his college sweetheart, Katherine (with a K), for a number of years, and she’s reached the part in her life where she wants to be tied down.

Aft er a night of crazy drink-ing, Vincent wakes up from an intense nightmare and fi nds the most beautiful woman he’s ever met naked on his bed. Her name is Catherine, with a C, and she also happens to be everything that Vincent is looking for in a girl.

Th e game’s introduction may sound like something out of a pointlessly raunchy teen fi lm, but this is something video games have never att empted. Players essentially take control of two Vincents: active Vincent and dreaming Vincent.

When in control of an active Vincent, players will spend all their time at the Stray Sheep, the pizza bar that he’s in every night

Here you can socialize with Vin-cent’s friends or the locals, have a drink or two (or four), watch the news, go to the bathroom, sigh at Vincent’s bank account, operate the bar’s jukebox or even play an arcade game called Rapunzel — a game that’s designed to help you out for the game’s real ac-tion. When there is nothing left to do, it’s back to the apartment for some shuteye.

Each night, Vincent will have nightmares, and this is where the real gameplay takes place. In these nightmares, a half-naked Vincent with sheep horns and other sheep have to climb moun-tains and walls of concrete boxes in order to escape by reaching the top. As time passes, the boxes fall, so scaling the blocks quickly is key to survival.

Yes, the core gameplay in Catherine revolves around climb-ing mountains of blocks until you reach the top. But before players pass it off as just another niche title, keep in mind that the act is also both hard and very addictive. Each climb is a race against time.

Every nightmare Vincent has is separated into multiple lev-els, each one more challenging than the last. Th e last section in a nightmare is a boss fi ght, or rather a “boss climb,” where dif-ferent fi gments in Vincent’s dreams will att ack him in an at-tempt to kill him.

Additionally, new and dif-ferent blocks are introduced in

each nightmare Vincent has. Ice blocks, for example, will have Vincent sliding all over the place. With all the pushing and pull-ing, players are bound to make mistakes, so thankfully the select butt on also acts as an undo but-ton.

When in between the levels of a nightmare, Vincent will fi nd himself at a rest stop with sheep he can learn about techniques from or buy power-ups with the money collected in each level. Th e power-ups are designed to make things easier, perform-ing such tasks as creating a new block, killing enemies blocking the way, or even allow Vincent to climb more than one block at a time. While they’re powerful, it’s also worth noting that buy-ing an item will signifi cantly lower the climbing score as well.

Put all these diff erent factors into play, and you have a ridicu-lously hard game. Players die a lot in this game. Th ere is no shame with playing the game on easy mode. Th e game’s diffi culty level aff ects the story in no way, so players who are interested in the story should do whatever they can to clear these puzzles.

As corny and bizarre as the story and gameplay may be, there is a lot to like about Cath-

erine.For example, the calm, yet

thrilling soundtrack consisting of both original game music and remixed classical music from the likes of the legendary Beethoven

and Chopin really enhance the stress of climbing blocks. In addition to the stellar music, Catherine also has a cast of great voice actors. Despite this, anime purists might be disappointed to know that you can’t play the game with the Japanese voice ac-tors and English subtitles, even though that probably would’ve been an easy addition.

Th e masterful storytelling, the terrifi c art design, superb sound and addictive gameplay make Catherine one of the best games of the year.

However, that this defi nitely is not a game for everyone. Not just because of its Mature rating for nearly everything in the book — violence, blood, sexual themes, partial nudity, strong language, alcohol — but because the game is extremely hard.

Th e diffi culty really will leave a lot of players frustrated, but the sense of accomplishment play-ers will have when completing a stage on their own really is a pleasure to experience. Th e fi rst playthrough can take any-where between 15 and 25 hours depending upon climbing skill, and aft er beating it, the multiple endings and unlocked modes (including a competitive multi-player mode) give players more reasons to keep playing.

Add the fact that there are multiple endings in this completely wide open game, and you have something you’ll keep playing.

Steve’s leave is not

to be felt lightly

Good riddance to old ways

After a night of crazy drinking, Vincent wakes up from an intense nightmare and finds the most beautiful woman he’s ever met naked on his bed.”“

Last week Apple founder Steve Jobs resigned from his position as CEO one of the most influential and aggressive tech companies of the day. The departure of a Silicon Valley icon has both a positive and negative effect on nearly every digital industry. Here are two perspectives on the issue.

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Already a killer storm, Irene sloshed through the New York metropolitan area Sun-day, briefl y fl ooding parts of the city and severing power to a million people but not pro-voking the doomsday urban disaster that had been feared.

Diminished to a tropical storm and racing to its own overnight demise in New Eng-land and Canada, Irene killed at least 18 people in six states. More than 4.5 million custom-ers lost power along the East Coast and well inland. Initial property damage estimates ranged up to $7 billion.

And it was not over yet.“Many Americans are still

at serious risk of power out-ages and fl ooding, which could get worse in coming days as rivers swell past their banks … ” President Barack Obama said Sunday evening. “Th ere are a lot of communities that are still being aff ected.”

Irene dumped immense amounts of rain on a region already saturated by summer downpours. Many commu-nities in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, upstate New York, Connecticut, Vermont and elsewhere endured life-threat-ening fl oods and toppling trees.

State and local authorities warned of more to come and they begged residents not to become complacent. It takes some time for rain runoff to accumulate, they said, tree roots were weakening in the over-moist soil and the danger will not end for days.

“Stay inside,” Gov. Chris Christie told New Jersey resi-dents. “Th e real issue that we’re going to have to deal with now is fl ooding. We’re

going to experience major fl ooding. Some rivers haven’t crested yet, and it’s still rain-ing.”

Christie noted at least 300 road closures and obstructions across his state, though he said the New Jersey Turnpike and bridges were clear and that tree-clearing equipment was on its way. Deep fl oods swamped portions of Hacken-sack, Westwood, Ridgewood, Hillsdale and other communi-ties in New Jersey.

In New York City, ocean water invaded some beach-side communities, and both the East River and the Hudson River overtopped their banks, but the resulting fl oods were not major and most receded quickly. At the same time, numerous waterborne rescues were necessary in Staten Is-land, Westchester County and other parts of the area.

“It was prett y scary at four in the morning when I was woken up by the wind, but other than that, things don’t seem so bad,” said Nora Fla-herty of Brooklyn. “I’m glad people took this seriously. Bet-ter safe than sorry.”

By midday, with the rain coming to an end, she and many other New Yorkers ventured outside to inspect their surroundings and walk their dogs.

In the Clinton Hill area near Brooklyn Heights, litt le damage was evident, though the basement of some brown-stone townhouses fl ooded. Residents reported two to three inches of water in their apartments, saying there would have been more if they hadn’t created sandbag dams at the entrances.

Young children in raincoats and boots stomped through puddles, laughing as they were

blown about in the wind, and life began returning to nor-mal in other ways. Th e New York Stock Exchange planned to open for business as usual Monday and, consequently, the Men’s Wearhouse store near Wall Street swift ly re-opened for business Sunday.

“Th e city and the state did a phenomenal job of gett ing everyone ready and were very forceful in terms of recom-mending evacuations, espe-cially from the low-lying areas — I’m very happy about that,” said Scott Schoneman, a New York resident who works in the fi nancial industry. “And the storm itself, it didn’t seem to be as bad as they were pre-dicting.”

Along Irene’s path, the death toll was expected to in-crease, but authorities said it could have been much worse. Th e evacuation of at least 2.3 million coastal residents — and other precautions — “dramati-cally reduced risk to life,” said Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.

Craig Fugate, administra-tor of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, down-played suggestions that the government had overreacted. Weather forecasts, by their very nature, rarely prove 100 percent accurate and the pru-dent step is to prepare for the worst, he and other experts said.

Whenever lives are lost, Fu-gate said, it cannot be said that the nation “dodged a bullet.” He noted that, though only 25 percent of evacuations prove necessary, it’s that 25 percent that saves lives.

He also urged people to do-nate to the charities that help shoulder the burden of feed-ing and housing evacuees dur-ing storms, including the Red

Cross and the Salvation Army. “Th ey were prepared from North Carolina to Maine for what might happen,” Fugate said.

Joseph Bruno, New York City’s emergency management commissioner, agreed that the preparations were necessary, proper and eff ective.

“Th e people in our city lis-tened to our mayor,” Bruno told CNN. “He said ‘evacuate,’ and they did. To me, this is a very important part of this — people complied with the mayor. Th ey’re very knowl-edgeable now … they know Mother Nature can be very cruel.”

In Philadelphia, residents awakened to a quiet calm aft er a night of high wind and driv-ing rain. Mayor Michael Nut-ter lift ed a state of emergency, the city’s fi rst in 25 years. Th e region’s transit system re-

sumed limited service.Nearly 600,000 customers

in the Philadelphia region, in-cluding parts of southern New Jersey, lost power. Service was restored by Sunday evening to about half of those customers, but utility offi cials said it could take up to two weeks before everyone came back on line.

“Th is is one of the worst storm events that has hit Phil-adelphia in the last 50 years,” Nutt er said.

Th roughout the region, post-storm power outages re-mained one of the most sig-nifi cant challenges.

At one point Sunday, about 194,000 customers of the Washington D.C.-area utility were without power, down from 220,000 power-challenged customers earlier during the storm. More than 300 power lines were down in the District of Columbia and

in Montgomery County and Prince George’s County in ad-jacent Maryland.

Outages were worse in North Carolina and Virginia, where Dominion Power was working to return service to 1.2 million customers. Th e out-ages were the company’s sec-ond-largest, shadowed only by those infl icted by Hurricane Isabel.

Aft er striking North Caro-lina, Irene lost some of its in-tensity as it prowled the coast, steadily accelerating its for-ward speed. Lower winds and faster passage tend to dimin-ish the magnitude of coastal fl ooding.

Meteorologists said Irene’s core made a second land-fall near Litt le Egg Inlet, N.J., north of Atlantic City, at 5:35 a.m. EDT Sunday, as a minimal Category 1 hurricane with 75 mph sustained wind.

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RAMADAN: Time of fast draws to completion

Islam att ends a mosque of the South Bay Islamic Asso-ciation for his morning, sun-set and evening prayers. Th e mosque, located downtown on Th ird and Julian streets, of-fers food for the community to break their fast.

Traditionally, the fi rst food served is dates.

“Th at is what our prophet used to do so it is recommend-ed you follow the prophet,” said Islam.

Eid, meaning “the break of fast,” marks the end of Rama-dan and is celebrated with a feast.

“Eid is probably the one day I really miss home,” said Islam, who was born and raised in Kuwait. “At home, on Eid, there is a special prayer in the morn-ing then we greet family mem-bers, call relatives, visit other families and have people come over.”

For Haylai Mohammadi, Eid is solely about family.

“We dress up, congratulate each other on completing one month of fasting, have tons of food and the adults give the children money,” she said.

Th e sighting of the new moon marks the precise culmi-nation of Ramadan.

“Th ere are committ ees all around North America that look for moon sightings so we don’t really know until the night before Eid that Eid is go-ing to be the next day,” said Is-lam.

Ramadan is expected to end Tuesday, Aug. 30 or Wednes-day Aug. 31.

FULBRIGHT: AIDS researchand Cultural Aff airs, the Fulbright Program provides funding for students, scholars, teachers and professionals to undertake gradu-ate study, advanced research, university teaching and teach-ing in elementary and secondary schools, according to the pro-gram’s website.

Lewellen, who has conducted two other major studies on people living with HIV, said this study will allow him to determine if things have changed in the region since his last study, which was conducted in 1998.

Th at study determined that pa-tients taking breakthrough drugs were starting to live longer lives with the virus.

“Since then, they have even bett er drugs and there is more awareness and prevention,” Lewellen said. “Th e social and po-litical climates are diff erent, par-

ticularly for gay men.”He said he hopes to chron-

icle the treatment available in Canada because the treatment available in its single-payer health care system is bett er and cheap-er than what is available in the United States.

“Th e model of HIV care can be applied to people with other chronic diseases,” Lewellen said. “A lot of what they are doing in Canada is cutt ing edge in terms of trying to come up with solutions to problems. In the U.S., we are still kind of going in circles.”

Aft er graduating from SJSU in 1985, he received a master’s degree in medical anthropology from Rutgers University and a Ph.D. in anthropology from the New School for Social Research in New York. His graduate work allowed him to further study HIV, the fi rst cases of which were re-ported while he was a young re-porter.

“What’s interesting is how diff erent the disease (AIDS) is be-cause when I wrote those articles, it was a death sentence,” Lewellen said.

Political science Professor Larry Sokoloff , who was part of the Fulbright Program in 2008, said his experience as part of the program was exciting.

“It was a great way to experience another culture and at the same time to appreciate all the freedoms we have in the United States,” he said. “It was hard at times, but I wanted an adventure, and I had one.”

According to the program’s website, 18 faculty members and fi ve students from SJSU have gott en into the program since 1995.

“It provided me with a block of time and the funds to support extensive fi eldwork for my current book, and also, through the in-country staff , provided

me with certain introductionas and permissions that otherwise would have been diffi cult to achieve,” said art Professor Jo Farb Hernandez, who is currently in Spain studying art as part of the Fulbright Program.

Lewellen came across the opportunity aft er talk-ing to a another professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, who told him she believed his prior research would qualify him for the program.

Two months and a fi ve-page proposal later, Lewellen received word that he was admitt ed into the program.

“I think I could possibly bring together data from all the re-search studies and maybe try to write a book or article to show how over time, the experi-ence of having AIDS refl ects the diff erent ways that people live in society and how diff erent it is now to have the disease,” he said.

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SJSU alum Denver Lewellen speaks about his experiences prior to being selected for a Fulbright Fellowship during an interview in Dwight Bentel Hall last week. Photo by Jack Barnwell/Spartan Daily

“[Open access] is not Napster for science,” said Peter Suber, who is currently a fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, in his paper Open Access Overview. “It’s about lawful shar-ing, not sharing in disregard of law.”

Justin Lau, a sophomore inter-national business major, also con-siders the fi nancial implications of the ranking.

“I think the ranking doesn’t mean much,” he said. “But if it can help us secure more funding to help ease the budget cuts com-ing from Sacramento, that would be great.”

Currently, the SJSU library lists more than 100 open access jour-nals and databases on its website, covering a multitude of fi elds in the sciences, business and others from the U.S., India, Australia and other nations.

Th e Webometrics Ranking is

partly determined by the number of electronic documents a univer-sity produces and archives, ac-cording to its website.

Collection Development Co-ordinator Susan Kendall stated in an e-mail that SJSU’s online data-bases hold more than 3,900 theses, 78,000 government publications and 100,000 journals.

According to a research article on the Public Library of Science, a nonprofi t committ ed to making all scientifi c and medical literature open access since 2000, the num-ber of open access academic jour-nals online has gone from about 500 in 1999 to more than 4,500 in 2009.

While Cybermetrics Lab stated on its website that the ranking is not perfect — non-academic fac-tors should also be considered when looking at the quality of a university — it may be an indica-tor of the global visibility of a uni-versity.

In 2009 and 2010, SJSU was ranked the No. 1 public master’s institution in the USA for interna-tional students, according to the Institute of International Educa-tion, which was founded in 1919 aft er WWI.

“Th ey (the founders) believed that we could not achieve last-ing peace without greater under-standing between nations,” the institute’s website stated. “And that international educational ex-change formed the strongest basis for fostering such understanding.”

Helen Stevens, director of International Programs and Ser-vices, said the number of interna-tional students has doubled, while more local students have gone abroad each year since she started working at SJSU nearly 13 years ago.

“Everyday, the world comes to-gether in this place,” Stevens said. “It gives a whole new perspective on international education.”

RANKINGS: Scholarly papers boost SJSUFROM PAGE 1

Bachelor of Fine Arts Pictorial student Mireya Villanueva finishes painting a self portrait of muralist and painter Diego Rivera early Thursday morning Aug. 19, 2011, on the blue wall surrounding the construction of the new Student Union building. Photo by Dorian Silva / Spartan Daily

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Spartans dance to season-opening three-goal victory

by Christina MolinaStaff Writer

Th e crowd was on its feet for the SJSU men’s soccer team on Friday, who beat the Fresno Pa-cifi c Sunbirds 4-1 in their second game of the season.

“We knew nothing about this team,” said Spartan head coach Gary St. Clair about Fresno Pa-cifi c, who is still in its fi rst year of transition from the National As-sociation of Intercollegiate Ath-letics to Division II.

Th e Sunbirds are coming off a 9-9-0 record last season and 6-4 in the Golden State Athletic Confer-ence.

Th e game’s fi rst goal came from junior Dylan Murphy with a cross from senior forward Craig Hertler to senior mid fi elder Nick Cashmere, who connected with Murphy, sett ing him free for a shot to the far post and a score.

“I was very excited because it was my fi rst goal with the Spar-tans,” said Murphy. “Cashmere just kind of laid it. I called him out, he saw me out of the corner of his eye, played me wide one time in the far post. It was a tight angle, but I was able to squeeze in there.”

Fresno Pacifi c’s top goal scorer Paul Islas did not dis-appoint with a goal just three minutes into the second period, tying up the game at 1-1. Islas drove down the far line, shot

under the keeper and scored without any assists.

Th ree minutes following Fres-no Pacifi c’s tying goal, Murphy att empted a shot with a loose ball at the top of the 18-yard-box, scoring his second goal of the night unassisted.

“I don’t think the goalie was expecting it,” said Murphy. “I had my back faced to him and he thought I was probably going to lay the ball back and I just turned around and smacked it.”

Within one minute of Mur-phy’s second goal, Craig Hertler took a pass from senior mid fi elder Roberto Casteneda at the top left of the penalty box, shot to the far post and scored.

“Aft er the fi rst opportunity I missed, I knew I had to hit it sooner,” said Hertler, who missed his fi rst att empt at the goal.

Hertler has played with the SJSU baseball team his entire college career. Th is soccer sea-son marks his fi rst with the Spartans.

“Hopefully I do good (this season), since this is my only year at SJSU,” he said.

A quick pass into the middle by mid fi elder Steve Sanchez led Cashmere to score the fi nal goal of the game.

“Finishing has been a prob-lem with us,” said Murphy regarding his team’s eff orts. “Today we did a great job at

that so hopefully we can just keep it up.”

SJSU outshot Fresno Pacifi c 20 to 8.

“I thought we started slow,” said St. Clair. “I was a litt le dis-appointed we did not control the tempo of the game. But we made adjustments in the second half.”

Although Coach St. Clair praised Dylan Murphy and his team on their performance, he feels there are areas in which

the team must improve.“We don’t look particularly

sharp,” said St. Clair. “I certainly think we need to play a litt le bit quicker.”

In regards to how the season will go, he said, “It was a great start, let’s talk in October and November.”

Th e Spartans will meet CSU Monterey Bay for an exhibition match Aug. 31 at Spartan Sta-dium with a 7 p.m. kick-off .

Dylan Murphy acrobatically balances himself while maneuvering into position to take the ball from a Sunbird defender. Photo by Vernon McKnight / Spartan Daily

Football team announces fi rst depth chartby Ron Gleeson

Sports Editor

Th e biggest question for the Spartan football squad head-ing into the 2011 season was answered Wednesday when head coach Mike MacIntyre an-nounced his opening day depth chart.

A quarterback batt le that has lasted since the fi rst practices of spring was put to rest with the announcement that senior Matt Faulkner was chosen by MacIntyre to lead the Spartan off ense for its season opener against Stanford.

“It’s what I came here to do,” Faulkner said following his fi rst practice aft er the announcement. “I came here in the fi rst place to start and so I’m excited, thrilled really.”

MacIntyre said he made his decision based on statistical per-centages kept for all three con-tending quarterbacks, including sophomore Dasmen Stewart and freshman Blake Jurich.

“Matt came out of the fall, had the best percentages and led the team most effi ciently,” he said. “I’m excited about where we are at.”

Stewart was named Faulkner’s backup and Jurich was slott ed into the third-string spot.

Faulkner said he understood MacIntyre’s priority for quarter-back was consistency.

“To Coach Mac it’s all about completions,” he said. “From what I understand my comple-tions percentage was the high-est. Coach Mac is a big guy on consistency. I hope I provide the consistency he is looking for.”

Faulkner said he chose to come play at SJSU because he saw it as his best opportunity to win the starting quarterback job.

“Th is school by far seemed like the most obvious choice,” he said. “I’m very glad I chose to come here. Obviously it has worked out and I am ready to go.”

MacIntyre said that although Faulkner was the most impres-sive during summer and fall

practices, things on top of the depth chart can change quickly.

“I have been in two programs before where the two fi rst guys got hurt and the third team guy and ended up becoming the starter for a while and fi nished all-conference and SEC player of the year,” MacIntyre said.

Th e former Southeastern Con-ference player of the year Ma-cIntyre referred to is Eli Manning, the Super Bowl winning quarter-back for the New York Giants, whom MacIntyre coached at the

University of Mississippi.Faulkner agreed with Ma-

cIntyre’s notion of the fragility of his position, but said it will not interfere with each of the quarter-backs’ ability to learn and build from each other.

“Dasmen and Blake may still get in the game — they are one play from going on,” he said. “But we will keep feeding off each other. I’ll learn from them, they are a second pair of eyes and they can learn from watch-ing me.”

MacIntyre said the only other tough decisions that remained on the board while fi lling out the depth chart was the starting de-fensive line.

“Th ere was a real good batt le on the defensive front,” he said. “You usually need 8-9 guys in order to be competitive, so they will be constantly fi ghting for the starting positions.”

MacIntyre said having so many bodies for the defensive line is a commodity, especially coming off an injury-riddled 2010 season for SJSU.

“Last year we barely had enough defensive tackles to get on the fi eld with all the in-juries,” MacIntyre joked. “Th is time was actually fun fi lling out the depth chart. I’m look-ing forward to fi lling out the same depth chart week aft er week.”

Also raising MacIntyre’s spir-its is the amount of experience his team has on the fi eld, espe-cially on the defensive side of the ball.

“It is always encouraging having guys with experience on the fi eld,” he said. “Th e players who have played before know they have to concentrate hard during the week. Th e prepara-tion during the week and the mental capacity that you have to embrace during the week its re-ally important that it shows up on Saturdays.”

MacIntyre said the Spartans’ running back situation also has him resting at ease.

Returning senior running back Brandon Rutley, who led the Spartans in rushing yards and rushing touchdowns last season, has been slott ed into the backup running back posi-tion behind junior David Free-man.

MacIntyre said this is mainly because Rutley is slated to be the main return man on special teams.

“It is a competition as it goes,” he said. “I see them gett ing equal numbers. Rutley is a good util-ity guy for us. He will be gett ing returns for us which may make him more tired, giving Freeman more runs from scrimmage.”

Matt Faulkner drops back to pass during the annual spring scrimmage game. Faulkner played in 10 games in 2010, all as a reserve. Photo by Jesse Jones / Spartan Daily

Week 1 Depth Chart

OffenseQB-Matt Faulkner (Sr.)WR- Noel Grisby (So.)WR-Chandler Jones (So.)WR-Jabari Carr (Fr.)RB-David Freeman (Jr.)RB-Ina Liaina (Jr.)TE-Ryan Otten (Jr.)LT-David Quessenberry (Jr.)LG-Fred Koloto (Sr.)C-Robbie Reed (Grad.)RG-Nicholas Kaspar

OffenseDE-Mohamed Marah (Grad.)DE-Travis Johnson (Jr.)DT-Travis Raciti (Fr.)DT-Joe Nigos (Sr.)LB-Tiuke Tuipulotu (Sr.)LB-Vince Buhagiar (So.)LB-Keith Smith (So.)CB-Peyton Thompson (Sr.)CB-Brandon Driver (Sr.)S-Duke Ihenacho (Sr.)S-James Orth (Jr.)

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“Our Idiot Brother” comes at exactly the right time for me.

After a summer of block-buster epics and raunchy comedies, this Paul Rudd-driven indie flick was just what the doctor ordered to bridge the gap between see-ing a new action-packed, adrenaline-injected movie ev-ery week to seeing a nice, in-dependent comedy here and there as the semester kicks off.

It is definitely not a “For-getting Sarah Marshall” or a “Hangover” sort of experi-ence, where amazingly fan-tastic coincidences strike the hapless characters and vari-ous hijinks ensue, but direc-tor Jesse Peretz creates a great little story about people who are believably real.

Sure there are plenty of gaffes, but for the most part,

each of the characters’ quirky tragedies feel real as they are explored through the interac-tions with Rudd’s character Ned Rochlin — who is much less an idiot than he is a hope-lessly loving and kind drifter, complete with a dog named Willie Nelson.

Everyone has that friend or uncle that is maybe not all “put together” but is still lov-able and friendly, and Rudd embodies the archetype per-fectly.

After he is released from prison, Ned sort of drifts around the homes of his fam-ily, doing odd jobs to get him-self back on his feet.

Each of his sisters is argu-ably a little crazier than the last, and Ned’s meddling in their affairs stirs up much of the problems they see them-selves getting into.

Emily Mortimer plays Liz, the eldest, who is a stay-at-home mom dealing with an overbearing husband and two kids.

Elizabeth Banks plays Mi-randa, a cutthroat journalist who will do pretty much any-thing to get a story, and who has a difficult friend-zone ro-mance with her neighbor.

Finally, Zooey Deschanel plays Natalie, a bisexual-hipster-failed comedian who

lives in a commune with her girlfriend and a whole bunch of hippies.

What amazed me about the movie is the amount of star power the cast holds.

One only has to say that Paul Rudd is in a new movie to gain the interest of many, but after one adds in each of the sisters, three “Oh, it’s that guy” actors, and Rashida Jones, you’ve got pretty much everyone covered in the up-and-coming comedy actors department. Heck, just Zoo-ey Deschanel’s inclusion will bring in every hipster on this side of Urban Outfitters.

As a result, it’s almost too much talent in the room — each of the characters is very well acted, but the sheer vol-ume of stars almost borders on the feeling you get from a large ensemble cast where it’s hard to keep everyone’s name straight and you start

to think of the actor’s name rather than the character’s when they walk on screen.

So many times I said to myself, “Oh, funny guy from ‘Cloverfield’ is back,” or “Hey! The dude from ‘Party Down!’” which got to be a little tiresome.

Distractions aside, the per-formances were spot on, the movie had so many memo-rable and hilarious moments, and it even tugged on the heartstrings a bit when things got tough for Ned and Co.

I found myself really iden-tifying with the main cast, laughing hysterically a few times, and more than a little bummed when things weren’t going the right way for them.

“Our Idiot Brother” is a great little independent mov-ie, providing just what you need to recover from summer 2011 — a few laughs and a fun story about a crazy family.

‘Our Idiot Brother’ delivers solid, enjoyable laughsPaul Rudd (center) stars as Ned, the brother of Miranda, played by Elizabeth Banks (left), and Liz, played by Emily Mortimer (right), in “Our Idiot Brother.” Photo courtesy of allmoviephoto.com Steve Coogan also stars as Dylan Photo courtesy of allmoviephoto.com

New Paul Rudd comedy tugs on heart strings with drifter’s misadventures with family

by Jackson WrightStaff Writer

Director Jesse Peretz creates a great little story about people who are believably real.

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Apparently, there was this expectation I’d have my drivers license before entering college. And if I didn’t, it’s an abomina-tion because I’d have the entire world at my fi ngertips and let-ting go of that opportunity for independence is foolish.

It began when freshman year was almost over and the time to receive that driver’s education certifi cate of completion ap-proached. I was supposed to be determined to get that license. Aft er all, a kid usually waits for-ever to cross that threshold. Yet summer began and my mind was elsewhere. Life was hap-pening for me, and somehow managed to steer those thoughts away from gett ing that special, sturdy litt le card and zooming off into complete bliss. Th e pro-cess eventually repeated itself.

While all my friends were driving between their sopho-more and senior year, I was busy, again. And aft er some time of the repetitive “When are you gett ing it? You’re already *insert age here*,” I began to wonder by what age should you have a li-cense?

Truthfully, I’ve felt guilty throughout the past six years about not having my license by senior year of high school, but at the time, my head was else-where. Th e thought never even occurred to me during the fi rst half of my high school years.

Considering I was only get-ting older without much to show for on my “life experiences” re-sume, I was badgered for not having my license. Now that I’m almost a quarter of a century old, it’s only every so oft en because the question just got tiresome. Presumably, I’m supposed to be excited about this milestone in my life, but that wasn’t the case.

Preoccupation with teenage woes hindered me from eyeing the “prize” of a license. Aside from my studies and extracur-ricular activities, I was in my own bubble, oblivious that there was more to life than what I was obsessing over at the time.

Aft er incessant reminders from family and friends, I fi nally gathered the courage to take the permit test. Mind you, my fi rst att empt was terrible. When I re-took it, I still didn’t pass until my third att empt. It was during my practice sessions when I realized I was NOT emotionally ready.

You’d say, “So what? Doesn’t everyone go through that when they fi rst start learning?” True, but the diff erence was I couldn’t regain my confi dence, so I stopped. My apologies, anxiety won me over.

What’s the big deal with what age I am to have my license? Af-ter Googling what other people felt about this, there really is no right age to have that privi-lege. As long as I am of the age to drive wherever I live, go right ahead.

I’ve read responses that driv-ing shouldn’t be relative to age, rather to maturity, experience and readiness. One person on

Yahoo! Answers commented, “If you pass the test, you’ve earned it.” Well, for the most part, right?

Th e behind-the-wheel test will gauge my basic skills, and from what I heard, there are people who barely pass. Th at means these people have yet to sharpen those skills, but are ready enough to get from point A to point B while managing to avoid injuries or a brush with death.

As stated in an article by drivers.com about gett ing a li-cense, people really are diff erent and many postpone gett ing their licenses for a variety of reasons: they’re too busy; they don’t feel they want to, and/or they don’t feel ready. It’s your choice.

Although I’m probably part of the minority now, I’m not alone. I know others who didn’t get their licenses until they were 23, and others that are past 25 that don’t have it yet.

Th e bott om line is people will get there on their own accord. Although driving is a proven convenience (and a require-ment for many jobs out there), if it’s not mandatory for me, I shouldn’t have to feel pressured. Th ere are other means of trans-portation for a reason.

Th e upside to me not driv-ing yet are reducing my carbon print, and not worrying about expenses on the car; thus, I generate less damage for Earth to endure. Besides, age is but a number, baby.

By AngelicaValera

Best to get licensed when you are ready

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States need to tapout on MMA

Students who choose to live on campus make that choice for the convenience of being close to their classes.

In exchange for the benefi t of living so close, students pay a lot of money and deserve to move into a clean space.

I had an experience last semester with moving out of housing that made me believe the apartments would be clean when students moved in.

When I moved out of a dif-ferent apartment in CVB last May, it was made very clear to me that residents were respon-sible for cleaning their living space and would not be al-lowed to check out if it wasn’t clean.

Obviously, this isn’t the case because when I moved in this semester my apartment was fi lthy.

Students pay around $4,000 to live in the Campus Village Apartments per semester and housing should give them a clean space for their money.

It is completely unaccept-able for students to move into a space that is dirty.

If a student was to rent an

off -campus apartment, they would most likely not move in until their apartment manager had it cleaned.

It is the job of University Housing Services to ensure that each student has an ac-ceptable living space.

Housing should work with the R.A.’s to be sure that stu-dents are not allowed to check out unless their apartments are cleaned.

When I walked into my apartment on move-in day this August; I was shocked to fi nd my apartment a complete mess.

I was disgusted, but unfortu-nately it was a Friday night and housing was already closed.

Th e kitchen counters were covered in a fl our-like sub-stance, the stove was black, the microwave was fi lthy and it smelled like something had died in it, and the freezer and refrigerator had chocolate syr-up and a brown liquid all over them.

Th e bathtub had a brown muck covering it and even the double sinks were covered with dead fl ies.

I left for the night and came back the next day to fi nd a note from housing explaining that they would come back the next day to clean the apartment.

Sunday came around and no one came by to clean the apart-ment.

I waited until all of my roommates got sett led in and we decided to take it upon our-selves to clean the place.

Not only was the apartment dirty when we moved in, but housing even came to leave the note.

Th is just shows that they knew the room was dirty.

When I called housing to ask about the issue, I was asked to bring the note into the of-fi ce and was told they had no knowledge that someone had left us the note.

Th e cleaning staff needs to be in constant communication with housing so that they are notifi ed if a situation like this arises.

Students are forced to plan ahead, knowing before the end of the previous semester that they will be moving into hous-ing.

Housing needs to do the same and plan ahead to ensure that students have a welcom-ing place to call home.

Students deserve a clean, in-viting apartment, not one that is fi lthy.

Housing needs to address this situation and plan for the coming year by double check-ing that each and every apart-ment is clean.

Students expect a clean liv-ing space, especially when they are paying so much money to live on campus.

I didn’t pay all that money to live in a dilapidated dorm roomBy MargaretBaum

"...people are really different, and many postpone for a variety of reasons...

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For the last three years or so one of my favorite fastest ris-ing sports has been the world of mixed martial arts.

It started in the spring se-mester of my freshman year in 2009 while I was rushing my fraternity, Th eta Chi.

Th e event was “UFC 94: Georges St. Pierre vs BJ Penn 2” and it was a fun fi ght card to watch.

I got to see many of my fu-ture favorite fi ghters that night such as Lyoto “the Dragon” Machida, B.J. “Th e Prodigy” Penn, and Georges “Rush” St. Pierre and it set the stage for the beginnings of my MMA fandom.

Since then the UFC has not only becoming more and more popular with myself but with the rest of the country.

Today, MMA is becoming more mainstream, more so that it ever has, with the UFC recently signing a deal with Fox Sports and fi ghters like Jon “Bones” Jones appearing in Bud Light commercials and fi ght cards opening up around the world, like Brazil this past weekend at UFC 134.

It’s only a matt er of time now before MMA takes its place among football, baseball and basketball in this country.

But unfortunately a decent percentage of the US still has some misconceptions about the sport.

States like New York and

South Carolina for example, have placed bans on the prac-tice of MMA and have prevent-ed UFC and other MMA-brand events from sett ing up shop in town.

All of this is because of the fact that these states believe that MMA is too violent and is basically, as Arizona Senator John McCain put it, “human cockfi ghting” compared to the more “civilized” sport of box-ing.

To anybody who has actu-ally seen an MMA fi ght card, they know this is far from the truth.

I’m not going to sit here and say it isn’t a violent sport, because it is, but compared to how badly people get beat up in boxing it’s not even a fair comparison.

Sure, MMA deals with a multitude of various fi ght tech-niques from punching, kicking, grappling, wrestling and knee-ing, but fi ghts only go three to fi ve rounds compared to 10 to 12 for boxing.

Th e amount of strikes land-ed in boxing are far more than in MMA and because of this, meaning much more damage to the body and especially the head.

MMA is also considerably less dangerous because the gloves they use are substantial-ly smaller and have less pad-ding than boxing gloves, mak-ing knockouts come quicker.

Gett ing knocked out may seem more dangerous but be-cause boxing gloves have a larger surface area than MMA gloves, the punch is distributed more widely across the oppo-nents face, causing more dam-age across the entire area.

Th is doesn’t cause a knock-out, so it leaves the boxer standing in leaving him to take more potential punches to the face for 10-12 more rounds.

In an MMA fi ght, one of these “normal” punches to the face are knockouts and the fi ght ends. So imagine taking ten times the amount of these in a single fi ght in boxing in-stead.

According to the Johns Hop-kins study on trauma caused by boxing, it’s the repetitive punches to the head that cause long-term brain damage for fi ghters and not the straight KO’s that MMA fi ghters tend to take.

Another thing is that most MMA fi ghters spend more time in the clinch grappling with their opponents standing up or on the ground than they do actually striking, leading to victories by submissions or de-cisions more oft en than by KO.

Lastly for anybody who thinks MMA is more deadly compared to boxing, the Jour-nal of Combative Sport has only two deaths listed to MMA in its history in non-regulated events compared to 71 for box-ing.

I have never seen a boxing match that didn’t end with one guy’s face, or both, unrecog-nizable and while I have seen my share of truly violent UFC fi ghts, more oft en than not both fi ghters look more or less the same coming out of the fi ght.

UFC is on the rise people, and the states need to lift their bans on this great sport and get over their silly misconceptions because MMA has arrived and it is here to stay.

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Freshman SurvivalGuide to SJSU

Part I:Th e Campus

by Jeremy InfusinoStaff Writer

Photos by Jesse Jones

Spartan Stadium is the home fi eld for SJSU's football and men's and women's soccer teams.

Th e start of football season is only a few days away and in a few weeks SJSU will be hosting its fi rst home game against Nevada at Spartan Stadium.

Spartan Stadium is located on Alma Avenue between Sev-enth and 10th Streets.

Football games are free for — you guessed it — current students who have a valid Tower card ID.

Tailgating is a big part of any home game for fans and stu-dents alike, so get there early to join in the pregame festivities.

Th ere is nothing like starting off your Saturday aft ernoon with a bunch of Spartan fans barbecuing, eating, drinking and gett ing pumped up to watch the football game later that aft ernoon.

If this is your fi rst year at SJSU, tailgating before a football game makes the college football experience come alive.

Tailgate parking opens 5 hours prior to kickoff and space is available on a fi rst-come, fi rst-serve basis for $30 per space.

If you don't feel like tailgating or don't want to pay for parking there is a free shutt le service that transports people to and from Spartan Stadium.

Th e shutt le picks people up on San Salvador Street near the Joe West dorms and brings people back and forth before, dur-ing and aft er the game.

Spartan Stadium

I’m sure you have been told a dozen times but let’s make it a baker’s dozen — there is a bowling alley on campus!

Games for SJSU students are $2 per game and $1.75 for shoe rentals but that doesn’t mean that your other friends can’t come, too — they just have to pay a litt le more.

Monday through Wednesday there are nightly specials on games and from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. there is “Glow in the Dark Bowling” with music and

lights for no extra charge.Also at the Bowling Center is the option to

play billiards and table tennis, and there's an ar-cade if you get tired of schooling your friends in 10 frames.

Th e Bowling Center is located in the lower level of the Student Union. If you have trouble fi nding the Bowling Center just ask someone at the Infor-mation Center or listen for the sounds of pins be-ing knocked down.

The Student Union: Bowling AlleyThe Student Union bowling alley lanes are open to students seven days a week and includes discounts for students.

Alexander Scott, a sophomore theatre arts major, bowls for a strike.

Thin Hun plays ping-pong near the bowling alley.

Take advantage of these high temperatures with the 60-me-ter pool located on campus before the weather changes and it becomes cold and wet.

Th is isn’t just a run-of-the-mill pool located in your neighbor’s backyard.

Th ere are lanes for swimming laps if you're trying to take a more active approach, as well as recreational swimming for those just trying to enjoy an aft ernoon with friends.

For students looking for a litt le bit of a thrill there is a high dive to jump, dive or belly fl op off of but don’t worry about hitt ing the bott om of the pool because it's 13 feet deep.

It’s all right if you can’t swim though — just lounge in a chair and catch some rays.

If you are currently enrolled as an SJSU student with a valid Tower ID card you will be allowed entrance during the pool’s operational hours for free and if not you're not a student you can purchase a daily pass for $3.

The Aquatic Center Blake Cardoza, a senior business marketing major student, completes a front flip at the Aquatics Center on Thursday.

A student attempts a back flip on a sunny afternoon Thursday at the Aquatic Center.

North and SouthCampuses

We also have the Event Center on campus, which is used for SJSU basketball games as well as for concerts and other sport-ing events.

Th ere is an Event Center Box Offi ce with windows and a marquee located outside which sells tickets and promotes up-coming events.

While att ending basketball games is free for current students with a valid Tower ID cards, concerts and other events are not.

Some upcoming events that will be held at the Event Cen-ter is Show Luo Encore World Tour on September 11, San Jose Mexican Heritage Festival: Orchestra of Spanish Harlem with special guest Tito Puente Jr. on September 23 and the U.S. Open XVI Brazilian Jiu Jitsu on October 15.

Also located in the Event Center is the Sport Club Fitness Center, which is open to SJSU students and has a fi tness room, dance/fi tness studios, mini gym, racquetball courts and locker rooms.

If you like playing pick up basketball, look no further than the basketball court on the lower level. Th ere are almost al-ways 5 on 5 games being played.

The Event CenterChima Osuka, a senior student boxer, trains with partner Andrew Cabatic, a senior boxer, in the aerobics room at the San Jose State University Gym during their off time on Thursday.