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by Adam Browne

At the San Jose State University Student Union on Thursday, the Disability Resource Center hosted a series of workshops called "A Retrospective on Disability." At one of the events, students could find out what it was like to have a learning disability.

The Interactive Disability Awareness Simulations workshop had stations where students could experience what learning disabilities are like to better understand them.

by Kimberly Lien

Eugene C. Cordero, a professor at San Jose State University's Department of Meteorology, gave a lecture in front of a packed audience in Boccardo Business Center room four on March 11 about global warming. Most in attendance were meteorology students - they were offered extra credit for their attendance - and most were concerned about global warming. (0) comments

by Kyle Hansen

A large crowd of students packed the Engineering building auditorium last Thursday for a speech by Nobel Memorial Prize winner Myron Scholes. Scholes received the 1997 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel and came to San Jose State University to discuss the roles of leaders in today's speculative economic world. (0) comments

by Josh Weaver

The Holocaust claimed the lives of an estimated 5.1 million to 6 million Jews, tearing apart families and devastating a culture. Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Yom Hashoah, and it marks the beginning of Genocide Holocaust Week at San Jose State University. (0) comments

by Samie Hartley

As slides of malnourished children flashed on a screen behind him, San Jose native Dr. Andrew Schechtman told the story of his experiences in Africa as a volunteer for Doctors Without Borders, a humanitarian organization that sends doctors around the world to provide emergency care and aid. (0) comments

by Mark Powell

If Paseo de Cesar Chavez on the San Jose State University campus seems foreign to some students this afternoon, few should be concerned - there's a study abroad fair taking place. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today, representatives from SJSU's study abroad program will line seventh street plaza to talk with students about opportunities to take classes in one of 40 different nations, study abroad advisor Lisa Baum said. (0) comments

by Eric Zimmerling

A group of nearly 50 San Jose State University students trekked through campus on Thursday in an effort to "raise awareness" about the help that is still needed in the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina unleashed her fury in 2005. The students began their 45-minute march at the John Carlos and Tommie Smith statues and weaved their way through campus and around the perimeter streets of SJSU. (0) comments