2008 Woodie Awards
In the second game of conference play the SJSU men's basketball game lost the game in the final seconds for the second time in a row, this time 75-73 against the New State Aggies. Adrian Oliver had a chance to send the game to overtime with a long jumper at the buzzer, but he failed to connect.
The Spartans started conference play with a 66-61 loss against Louisiana Tech on Saturday at the event Center. Early on no team could score consistently with both teams going on a number of scoring droughts and Streaks in the first half. The Spartans started the game on a 6-1 run with forward C.
The Spartans woman's basketball team lost to their cross-town rival Santa Clara University 56-39 on Saturday. Both teams went into the game with one-win records and not winning since Nov. 28. "It seems like when the lights come on we don't show up," said Spartan head coach Pam DeCosta, "and a lot of that has to do with our leadership on the floor.
Local pop-punk band Resistant Me performed for a group of middle school students at the Student Union Amphitheatre in hopes of drawing attention to the Peer Health Education's Earth Day.
In bondage belts and a plaid skirt, lead singer Cyn Acevedo said she wants to be a positive influence for students by singing about "good morals."
"We want to encourage being earth friendly and people friendly," Acevedo said.
(1) commentMany questions have been raised in the wake of Monday's tragic shooting at Virginia Tech University, but there is perhaps no question more glaring than the one raised by San Jose State University student Brian Ciopyk: How was the suspected gunman, 23-year-old Cho Seung-Hui, able to conduct two separate shootings more than two hours apart on opposite sides of campus, taking the lives of 33 students including his own? "The fact that the guy was able to get completely across a (2,600) acre campus after doing that," said Ciopyk, a sophomore majoring in computer engineering, "that's pretty ridiculous. (0) comments
Some San Jose State University students are not speaking today in recognition of the National Day of Silence, an event in which students choose not to talk in order to protest discrimination against the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community. Students who wish to participate have been picking up the official "Breaking the Silence" T-shirts all week at an information table outside the Student Union, said Jason Fithian, a senior majoring in photojournalism who organized events for Breaking the Silence Week, a series of activities to coincide with the National Day of Silence. (1) comment
The past, present and future of education and teaching was examined in a half-day symposium hosted yesterday by the College of Education and International and Extended Studies. While not much has changed in the way teachers work during the last 150 years, the future looks much different, according to the day's speakers. (0) comments
There are 12 million unauthorized immigrants currently living and working in the United States, according to labor activist David Bacon. Bacon, who spoke at an immigration and labor talk at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library Tuesday, used his photography and expertise on immigration as an outlet to inform others. (1) comment
"If you were a Jew and living in Europe between 1939 and 1945, everybody who just sat down would be dead." Speaking to more than 40 people in the University Room, Yitzhak Santis, the director of Middle East Affairs for the Jewish Community Relations Council, assigned a number, either one, two or three to the audience members. (1) comment
