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by Carla Mancebo

Two engineering students were stopped in the Seventh Street Plaza and forced to kneel below the mock guns grasped by three students portraying Israeli soldiers, in an outdoor performance representing military checkpoints in the West Bank and Gaza.

Dressed in army fatigues, Hanny Zaki, a junior majoring in international business and a member of Students for Change, the campus organization that planned the event for Palestine Awareness Week, shouted at the two volunteering students for proof of identification, attracting the attention Zaki said they needed to bring awareness to the plight of Palestinians.

by Mitchell Alan Parker

"Fewer classes, higher fees. CSU is run by thieves!" This was the cry students chanted as they marched around campus yesterday protesting a 10 percent fee increase currently in the state legislature. A student, dressed up as California State University Chancellor Charles B. (0) comments

by Kyle Hansen

The yearlong celebration of San Jose State University's 150th anniversary climaxes next week with daily events and Founders' Day on Friday, May 4. The week includes recognition of SJSU by the California State Legislature, Santa Clara County and the City of San Jose. (0) comments

by Samie Hartley

Members of the Student Occupational Therapy Association want San Jose State University students to know about the dangers of wearing a heavy backpack. To help students realize the harm of carrying an overloaded book bag, the student organization sponsored Backpack Awareness Day by setting up a station at a table by the Student Union to weigh students' backpacks while handing out informational flyers yesterday. (0) comments

by Andy Chu

As the final days of the semester draw near for the students of San Jose State University, and with finals down the line it just adds another reason for a generation to go with little or no sleep. "Who really gets enough sleep these days anyways?" asked Steve DeCosta, a sophomore majoring in business marketing. (0) comments

by Samie Hartley

Jeff Olevson, a graduate student studying meteorology, stutters when he talks. Stuttering is a disruption in the normal flow of speech, said Jean Jackson, a communicative disorders instructor at San Jose State University. Stuttering occurs when a person repeats a word, or part of a word, when speaking or a person who stutters may experience a "block" when talking and no words come out when he or she tries to speak. (3) comments

by Kevin Rand

Grown ups felt like kids, and the kids learned a little bit more about the solar system as telescopic views of planet Saturn and the Earth's moon highlighted a "star party" on Tuesday night in the area facing campus in front of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1) comment

by Quang Do

The City of San Jose used to be an agricultural area when it joined the union in 1850 as a part of the state of California, but "hygiene was a problem," sanitation wasn't developed - there were epidemic outbreaks and the sewage system needed treatment, according to a presentation by the San Jose State University College of Science, on Tuesday in the Dr. (0) comments