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Kids paint the darndest things
Children in the A.S. Child Care Center’s new art studio mix red and white paints to create their own unique shade Monday morning. The studio includes four work stations
Programs on campus stress the importance of teaching art to children by Brittany Patterson Staff Writer
for children to work at, including the paint table, a wire station and a writing table. Photo by Jasper Rubenstein / Spartan Daily
The art studio in the A.S. Child Development Center opened last Monday, offering preschool children approximately 3 to 5 years old the opportunity to spend one and a half hours per week following their muses. “It’s not, you know, ‘We’re going to make butterflies today,’” said Maria Davis, director of the center.
“It’s whatever children are working on in the classroom and they want to extend it into the studio work.” The space offers four stations: a writing table, painting station, wire station and clay sculpture station which Davis says are good, solid, simple materials that are both
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Joyous student leaves legacy of love, hard work
Atlanta native brought energy, passion for music
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If there was one proud moment that could not go unmentioned by Karen Pandula about her 20-yearold daughter, Kristina, it was her ability to make great choices. Kristina Lynn Pandula, who was shot near campus Saturday and died Sunday in a hospital, had deep aspirations of becoming a nurse. “She was just one class away from applying to the nursing program at San Jose State,” her mother said. However, with the class no longer offered at SJSU, Kristina had the option of pursuing her career at another institution. She chose to take the one course needed for the nursing program in Oakland. “We were very proud of her to make that decision,” her mother said. “It was a very grown-up decision for someone her age.” Kristina was inspired by her grandmother, who is a pediatrician, to go into the medical field. “I think she would have made a wonderful nurse,” her mother said. Kristina attended Wilcox High School in Santa Clara. An old high school friend, who wished to remain anonymous, sat next to Kristina every day for one year on the Associated Student Body. “She was described as a silly, free spirit and was someone everybody loved,” her friend said. “She was a junior then, and was the girl that anyone in the committee could talk to.”
If there was one overriding statement from the friends and family of Eric Kenzo Otokawa describing the 21-year-old man, gunned down along with his girlfriend Kristina Lynn Pandula in front of his home on Saturday, then this would be it — he had a good heart. According to his brother Kenneth Otokawa, Eric grew up in an affluent suburb of Atlanta, Georgia, where he went to a local private school until the 8th grade. Eric took Japanese classes on Saturdays and became fluent in the language, his brother said, which was something few people knew about him. “When he put his mind to something, he always succeeded,” his brother said. Eric was always a bit of a class clown, he said, a trait which endeared Eric to his fellow students but often infuriated his teachers. “He was always the popular guy wherever he went,” his brother said. “He was hilarious, he would crack everybody up.” According to his brother, Eric’s ability to fit in in any situation tended to get him in trouble when he started to fit in with the wrong kind of people. Eric spent only a year in public school before getting in enough trouble that his parents decided to transfer him to Camden Military Academy, his brother said. Eric surprised his family by thriving in the military environment, his
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Los Altos United Methodist Church 655 Magdalena Ave. Los Altos Hills, CA Sunday, 2 p.m.
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Salaries analyzed Aid slowed by new eligibility rules in selection process by Jeffrey Cianci Staff Writer
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A special committee created by the California State University’s Board of Trustees to discuss and recommend changes to the presidential selection process will meet Thursday to address the topic of presidential compensation. According to Liz Chapin, spokeswoman for the CSU Chancellor’s Office, the committee may make recommendations to the board regarding how presidents in the CSU system are compensated. Chapin explained that the board sees this as an opportunity to address the compensation policy — in part because of negative legislative attention surrounding the issue. “It’s an ideal time to look into it,” she said. “The board wants to make recommendations and ease the attention.”
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In July 2011, Elliot Hirshman took the position of president of San Diego State University. According to his offer letter, which was given to the Spartan Daily by the Chancellor’s Office, he receives salary of $350,000 and an annual supplement of $50,000 from San Diego State University Foundation sources. The letter states that he also receives several benefits. A company called Mercer, a human resource and financial services consulting firm, was hired by the Chancellor’s Office to conduct a survey of compensation, prerequisites and benefits of college presidents, Chapin said. The survey report stated that 20 universities which are considered comparable to CSUs were analyzed for the survey. Since not all of the universities gave their data, the report includes information from 13 of the 20 schools. The report focused on five different categories including position data, organizational data, compensation data, benefits and prerequisites. “The survey is more of a backdrop as to why salaries should be set as they are,” Chapin said. “In comparison to similar institutions, presidents in the CSU system are underpaid.” The comparison institutions in the Mercer report were assembled by the California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC), which was originally created by the
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Changes to the Cal Grant policy, a record number of new applicants, and the ongoing state financial crisis have led to students’enduring more than a month’s delay for financial aid. According to an email from Carolyn Guel, assistant director of counseling for the Financial Aid Office, changes by the California Student Aid Commission, which administers the Cal Grant Program, to eligibility requirements for students were not communicated to the campuses until July when many awards were already made. Guel stated that these changes required the school to verify that Cal Grant recipients met income and asset ceiling requirements. Another factor, according to Guel, was late applications; the deadline for priority filing was June 10, 2011, with many students waiting until the last minute to file their application. “Many factors contributed to the delay this semester,” stated Guel, adding student applications are awarded in the order they’re filed. “We verify and award in date order, so those who turned in later will receive their awards later.”
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Guel stated many students waiting for aid to come through had to receive registration fee deferrals for their tuition to prevent them from being withdrawn from their classes — the fee deferral delays the due date for tuition until their financial aid is determined and has been paid. However, some students such as Yonathan Castillo have been waiting for financial aid for almost more than two months. Castillo, a senior mathematics major, said he receives $2,400 in Cal Grants and $5,500 in unsubsidized loans. Castillo said money he had expected to use on rent, food and other expenses was being used to pay his tuition with no idea of when financial aid would be processed to reimburse him. Castillo said he had planned on receiving loans that he could live on and using various grants such as a Federal Pell grant and a Cal Grant to pay off tuition fees, but “because Cal Grant got delayed they took my loan money to pay off my tuition.” Castillo said he became aware of the situation close to two weeks after school started, when money he had
An unidentified female student reported a sexual battery (groping) near Clark Hall in the vicinity of the Tommie Smith and John Carlos Statue, according to an SJSU alert that was sent to subscribers around 11:40 p.m. Wednesday. The suspects were described as two Hispanic males, late teens to early 20s, with short black hair, one wearing a black T-shirt with a white
expected in his bank account wasn’t there. All the financial aid office could tell him was the system was delayed and he would need to wait at least eight to 10 weeks, castillo said. “I felt desperate – it is critical for me to find out if I am going to be able to come up with that money,” Castillo said. “I need to get through without having this type of difficulty on top of my major already.” Castillo, who was at the financial aid office on Tuesday, said his aid was processed and the office is expecting to receive his money within a week. Besides leaving students waiting for money to cover tuition, the delay in financial aid leaves Associated Students waiting to collect their $73 association fee which is included in tuition payment. Shawn Chan, Finance and Accounting Manager for AS General Services, said the delay in financial aid will impact students trying to gain to services such as the computer lab acces and Eco Pass sticker because students need to have their tuition paid in full to receive an Eco Pass sticker, which gives
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circle, and the second wearing a purple T-shirt with black pants. Both suspects were reported riding BMX-type bicycles, one with purple rims. The dispatcher on duty said no suspects are being held in custody at this time. If you see suspicious activity or persons matching this description contact UPD at (408) 924-2222.
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Students have mixed reactions toward DREAM Act by Danreb Victorio Staff Writer
Student responses have been mixed in regards to Gov. Jerry Brown’s signing of Assembly Bill 131 on Saturday, allowing illegal immigrants to receive state financial aid. “This will really help me and my family out,” said a sophomore accounting student who chose not to be identified. “I work as hard as everybody else, and it sucks to not get the financial aid that other people seem to get.” California’s version of the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, better known as the DREAM Act, imposes changes for current and future undergraduates. “I have a friend on Facebook who kept posting about it,” said John Nguyen, a junior industrial studies major. “She keeps talking about rights and advocacy, and she was really happy about it.”
Nguyen said the friend he referred to is an illegal immigrant. “I’m really happy for her,” he said. “Everybody should be entitled to some of the state’s money considering we all pay for it.” Natasha Bradley, a senior sociology major with a concentration in community change, said it was a step closer to positive change. “It’s great,” she said. “It finally gives these immigrants as much access to education as they did attending school from kindergarten to the 12th grade.” Bradley, who is also a diversity advocate intern with the Mosaic Cross Cultural Center, also addressed a problem with labels regarding the immigrants affected. “They shouldn’t be called ‘illegal’ immigrants,” she said. “They’re undocumented people. We really should be careful when using the word ‘illegal’
simply because it isn’t the intention.” David Norman, a junior management information systems major, said he doesn’t support the DREAM Act and doesn’t understand why people are supporting it. “With the way California’s state budget crisis is right now, I don’t see how the state can afford it,” he said. “Students registering is at a record high while every CSU is limiting admission. I mean, 48,000 students have already been cut. I guess now we can look forward to increases in both taxes and tuition.” When previewing the CSU enrollment cuts in the 20102011 budget, CSU Chancellor Charles Reed summarized the challenge of rising costs. “Denying students access to higher education is just about one of the worst things you can do in a recession,” Reed stated in a 2009 CSU press release. “The state needs our gradu-
Group seeks to preserve Latino culture in community by Danreb Victorio Staff Writer
Movimiento Estudiantil Xican@ de Aztlan, better known as MEXA, is a national organization that says its responsibility is to continue its cultural traditions and teach them to people in the community, according to an informational pamphlet. According to MEXA internal officer Sandra Huerta, a senior sociology major, this responsibility is what led to the organization’s name change from MEChA to MEXA. “Chicano is a political ideology where you believe in selfdetermination and betterment and improvement of your people,” she said. “Changing it to X means that we’re conscious of our indigenous roots, meaning that we know that we come from indigenous cultures.” Huerta said she was already aware of her roots prior to joining MEXA and community service barely scratches the surface when it comes to what MEXA does. “We want to change things like capitalism and sexism," she said. "We want to preserve Latino culture, but most importantly our indigenous roots. We work with the community in regards with high school students and immigrant rights. We focus to preserve our history and political awareness. This includes indigenous resistance by learning 'Mexica,' which is a ceremony to pray to mother earth." José Francisco Romero Elicia, a junior world history major, transferred to SJSU from De Anza College and said the difference between the MEXA chapters on each campus is significant.
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“Here, it’s a lot bigger,” he said. “I think it reflects the demographics of the campus. So since it’s bigger and we’re a lot older, it’s able to be a lot more active in terms of organizing activities. One of the activities done here was a statewide protest.” MEXA organized a protest against Columbus Day earlier this week. "We call it Anti-Columbus Day or Indigenous Resistance Day," Huerta said. "He didn't discover America." Elicia said he has a passion for ethnic studies. "One of the things that we're protesting against is Arizona banning ethnic studies," he said. "It's such an important topic because it allows college students to learn about ethnic roots. We have to keep and spread awareness of this." Sophomore philosophy major Robert Garcia, MEXA’s co-chair, said MEXA’s SJSU chapter meets with other MEXA chapters throughout the state to discuss their actions and future activities. “Our next statewide meeting will take place on Nov. 5 through Nov. 6 at CSU Northridge,” he said. “100 to 500 people from these chapters show up to these weekend-long meetings to plan how we can make our communities better. We have workshops on topics such as politics, culture, history, art and music.” Elicia said that while he isn’t an officer, he looks forward to future community-related activities.
“I’m looking forward to organize on this campus so we can mobilize the student body against the budget cuts and put the South Bay on the spot of resistance against austerity measures which affect not only education but other services,” he said. Garcia said MEXA does more than just fight oppression and plan protests. "We do neighborhood work as well and it can consist of volunteering in different programs at schools, libraries, community centers, YWCA and YMCA and other locations," he said. "We have a lot of fundraisers, too." MEXA hosted its first fundraiser of the semester, La Fiesta de la Paz, on Sept. 23 at the San Jose Peace and Justice Center. The fundraiser was a potluck that celebrated the many different independence days of Latin countries. Food, cultural dance and an open mic were featured at the event. “We give back to the community,” Garcia said. “This event is free, though we accept donations, and while it’s fun, it also creates awareness of our history.” Both officers and members of the organization said people don’t have to be of Latin descent to join MEXA. “You have people who are your friends, who understand your issues, and are ready to fight and organize your issues,” Elicia said.
ates to enter the workforce and help the state’s economic recovery. But, when your budget is cut so drastically, we are left with little choice but to restrict our enrollment.” Norman said people need to start taking official statements seriously. “It’s really funny how fast things change in a couple years, no matter how worse things get,” he said. “One moment Reed says this, the other moment he says something completely different.” He referred to Reed’s following comment in a CSU press release Monday. “The signing of AB 131 will now make it easier for those students to accomplish that goal and to become even greater contributors to the state’s economy,” Reed stated. Norman is trying to organize an effort to convince state government to repeal AB 131 and has taken his efforts to Twitter unsuccessfully.
“@SJSU 1/3 of our tuition goes to Financial Aid and now we have to pay for thousands more students that weren’t eligible before AB-131 passed,” Norman posted on Twitter via his “1DavidNorman” handle. He said he hasn’t gotten a response to any of the five tweets he posted directly to SJSU or any of its social networking handles. According to the Los Angeles Times, Gov. Brown said the California Department of Finance estimates 2,500 additional students will qualify for Cal Grants as a result of the DREAM Act, at a cost of $14.5 million. Norman said all that money should be spent on recouping jobs and funding veterans’ affairs. “Unemployment is at a record high,” he said. “The state should be finding spots for people who lost work. It’s frustrating to see something like
this on the ballot when school on top of everything else we work hard to pay for is already extremely hard to afford. The veterans are hardly getting anything either, and they’re the ones who fought the hard fight.” Bradley said an increase in fees shouldn’t matter. “Taxpayers have to pay them anyway,” she said. “Those who care that much about them may also not be aware that people they know could be undocumented.” Norman said while he doesn’t support the bill passing, he has no problem with illegal immigrants. “Our nation is pretty much made up of immigrants, so I really don’t have an issue there,” he said. “It’s just that this decision in politics really makes no sense with the economic downturn. I’m passionate about the subject because I, like everybody else, am tired of the continuously rising fees.”
CAMPUS IMAGE Libra Hilde, an SJSU assistant history professor, was one of five experts presenting on ethics and procedures with excavating Native Americans burials in California Wednesday in the Engineering Building. The response was to “Grave matters” by Tony Platt. “Children never learn about Native Americans in their original context,” said Hilde. Photo by Jasper Rubenstein / Spartan Daily
CHILDREN: Art studio gives children a chance to explore FROM PAGE 1
ART DEPARTMENT PROGRAMS The art department offers programs that connect SJSU students with children, such as the Art Teacher Preparation Program which prepares students who are hoping to teach art in the K-12 school system. Once undergraduate students complete their art teacher preparation program coursework and prepare a portfolio, they are eligible to enter the credential program, according to program director Donna Thompson. Thomson said there are approximately 12 students each year who participate in the graduate credential program, and as a part of this program students are required to do 30 hours of field experience. Brandon Lo, who is in the art teacher preparation program, said he wants to teach photography to high school students. In addition to taking a lot of child development classes, he is currently student teaching. “There’s a lot of structure in art, but it all spans from your creativity,” Lo said. “It can also be fun and a way to apply other subject matters such as science. Photography is really a bridge between art and science.” Thompson said she is also the director of the campus’s chapter of ARTPATH, a program for visual arts, musical arts, dancing and acting in elementary schools which brings artists into the classrooms in Santa Clara County. The program brings art students into elementary school classrooms to give them a wider cross-cultural knowledge of art. Thompson said being successful in art can spill over to other academic areas. “I see these first, second, third graders … I see them dancing,” she said. “They can follow the physical instruc-
A child works with spheres in the A.S Child Care Center’s new art studio on Monday afternoon. Photo by Jasper Rubenstein / Spartan Daily
Coloring the Cortex According to Maria Davis, director of the Child Development Center, art helps builds specific neural pathways in developing children’s brains.
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the sensory cell generates an electrical signal in response to the stimulus. The signals are forwarded to the brain, where they are processed and transmitted to effector organs, such as muscles or glands, to produce the appropriate response. Information compiled by Brittany Patterson / Spartan Daily Graphic by Leo Postovoit / Spartan Daily Information compiled from NASA’s 1998 Guide to the Brain in Space
tions. Their body is moving. I know that they’re doing better in school because they’re engaged successfully, feeling good about themselves so therefore they want to be in the learning environment.”
THE EFFECTS OF ART Davis said the first and main reason that it’s important to expose young children to art stems from the positive effects art has on development and critical thinking. Art helps builds specific neural pathways in their brain, Davis said. “It’s sensory,” she said. “Children at this age learn by doing, but also it’s the connection between, ‘I have this idea in my head and now I have to put it out here and take that idea and turn it into some-
thing visible.’ For them to do that is extra step in their brain development.” Thompson said the foundations of education, reading, writing and arithmetic are important, but you have to teach the whole child. “I see when people have drawing instruction I see it go hand in hand with reading, writing, developing motor skills, their intuitive senses, their cognitive senses,” she said. Gamero-Tobon said part of the appeal of the center’s studio is that it stresses letting the child choose what medium they would like to create with. “I definitely want to build little creators and give them all the tools we can possibly give them for the future,” she said.
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two- and three-dimensional. Natural and recyclable materials are also provided. Eve Gamero-Tobon has been a lead teacher at the center for five years and was very involved in putting together the studio. “I know when I first got here, way long ago, it was always the dream to get it at the state it is currently,” she said. “Over the summer we were finally able to make those changes and be more proactive.” Davis said the room was funded mainly with money raised from the Child Development Center art fair that has been held for several years during the spring. Art collected from the children is auctioned off to parents, typically for $7 to $8 per piece, bringing in a couple thousand dollars a year, she said. With parent permission, Davis said she pulled from that fund to buy the supplies for the studio. The art studio space complements the curriculum that the center follows — the Reggio Emilia method, Davis said, in which the children build their competency in learning, and deepen their learning by being involved and engaged, and teachers are there to support them. “It’s a nice, nice environment to allow the children to take their projects to the next level,” Gamero-Tobon said. “I know I had one set of students at the color mixing station and they were fixed there for over an hour.”
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OTOKAWA: Class clown had a good heart
PANDULA: Student sought future as nurse FROM PAGE 1 Kristina played water polo and was on the swim team in high school. She also taught children how to swim for four years, according to her mother. “I remember the very first day she came around the corner with this big smile on her face,” her mother said. “The manager at the local pool asked her if she would fill in for somebody who was unable to teach that day and she was just so happy. Kristina was like, ‘I found what I love to do.’” One of the many people who were touched by Kristina was her best friend, Nikkole
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According to Rathkamp, Kristina’s favorite place to be was at the beach, her favorite color was purple and she enjoyed eating avocados and chips and salsa. “My favorite thing about her was that she could find happiness in the simplicity of life,” Rathkamp said. “She didn’t need expensive gifts, trips, dinners or anything like that to be happy. In her ability to appreciate the simple things in life and not take things too seriously is how she maintained such a wonderful and positive attitude.” According to Rathkamp,
ties within the Greek community along the way. She was a Delta Gamma sorority member who absolutely loved being a part of the organization, and loved the girls, her mother said. Brittany Clark said she knew Kristina since middle school and is also a member of the SJSU Greek community. “She was one of the sweetest girls I knew and had a beautiful smile,” Clark said. “She was great, always made me laugh.” Kristina’s boyfriend Eric Kenzo Otokawa, also a victim in the shooting, was very well
My favorite thing about her was that she could find happiness in the simplicity of life. —Nikkole Rathkamp
Rathkamp, whom she knew since sixth grade. “One thing she taught me in the time that I knew her was how to really commit to decisions I made in life and never back down on my word,” Rathkamp said. “It was always very important to her to be the best person she could be and to give as much as she could to everyone in her life even if little was returned.”
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her thought process was different from everyone else’s in the best way possible, and regardless of how much Kristina disliked certain classes or activities, she would do them because she understood the importance of being committed. Kristina attended SJSU her freshman and sophomore years of college and developed close
liked by her mother. “They were so sweet together,” she said. “He was always so polite to my husband and I.” “She had the most genuine manner about her,” Kristina’s mother said. “There was something about her nature, very gentle, very down to earth.” She said Kristina was very passionate. “If she liked it, she loved it.”
Apple talks with Hollywood to stream movies via cloud by McClatchy Tribune Wire Service
LOS ANGELES — Apple Inc. is preparing to put movies in the cloud, entering a market in which it may be both competitor and ally to a similar offering backed by most Hollywood studios. Representatives of the iPhone and iPad maker have been meeting with studios to finalize deals that would allow consumers to buy movies through iTunes and access them on any Apple device, according to knowledgeable people who requested anonymity because the discussions are private. The service is expected to launch in late 2011 or early 2012. The talks come as the first movies from the multi-studio venture known as Ultraviolet are launching: Warner Bros.’ “Horrible Bosses” and “Green Lantern.” People who buy DVDs or Blu-ray discs for those and other upcoming titles, including Sony Pictures’ “The Smurfs” and Universal Pictures’ “Cowboys and Aliens,” will have access to digital cloud copies they can instantly watch on their Internet-connected TVs, smartphones and tablet computers. Ultraviolet purchases via the Web, without discs, are expected to come in 2012. Every major studio except Disney is working on Ultraviolet with a large group of retailers and electronics companies that notably does not include Apple. The studios are eager to boost purchases of movies, which have flat-lined in the face of competition from less expensive video-on-demand
and Netflix and Redbox rentals. Sales of DVDs and digital downloads are still crucial to the studios’ bottom line, as they are much more profitable than rentals. Despite the increasing popularity of digital distribution, online movie purchases are on track to bring in only $231 million this year, about the same as in 2010, according to IHS Screen Digest. Storing digital films in the cloud, instead of making buyers manage the digital copy themselves on a computer or other device, could help spur online purchases by making it easier for people to access the movies on any device. On Wednesday, Apple began rolling out an update to its operating system for mobile devices, called iOS5, which enables users to access music, photos and some other media from the cloud, but not yet movies. Though studios have spent years building Ultraviolet, people familiar with the thinking of several studio executives say they’d be happy to see Apple join as well, since it accounts for 66 percent of online movie sales and rentals. “This is going to be a huge boost to a struggling online movie business,” said Arash Amel, digital media research
director for IHS. “Apple is going to make it work right off the bat.” Building a cloud movie business without iTunes would be difficult, Amel noted, as it accounts for 66 percent of online movie sales and rentals. Under the plan Apple is proposing, users could stream movies they buy via iTunes on any device the company makes, such as the Apple TV, iPhones and iPads, as well as on PCs. Apple already lets users store songs, TV shows and other digital content in the cloud, but not yet movies. In addition, though Apple is not part of Ultraviolet, its devices could be compatible. The people who have talked to Apple representatives said the company is considering allowing people who buy and store movies with Ultraviolet to easily watch them on Apple devices via apps. That would be a big help to Ultraviolet, as Apple dominates the market for tablets and is one of the top two players in smartphones. Movies bought on iTunes would continue to work only on Apple devices and computers. That’s because the company makes its biggest profits on hardware and wants to encourage people to keep buying its devices.
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family, but his brother said that was entirely untrue. “He had a really happy childhood,” his brother said, “he came from a family that loved him.” According to his brother, Eric had a way of reshaping himself into whatever he wanted people to see. His brother said that back in Georgia, Eric was into rock bands like Nirvana and played the guitar. “He was like that ‘Catch Me if You Can” guy,” he said, with a hint of humorous pride. “That’s how talented he was.” Whatever his current persona, both his friends and his brother agreed that one constant about Eric was his relentlessly upbeat attitude. It was an attitude which, according to his friends, was put to the test during Eric’s year at SJSU, where he reeled from a crumbling relationship and the tragic death of his aunt. His brother said that living on his own out west, Eric started to lose his focus, and started hanging out with the wrong crowd again. According to his friends, Eric’s academic performance began to suffer and he stopped going to classes. Despite it all, his friends at SJSU said he never lost his good nature, or his air of irrepressible optimism.
“He was a respectful, caring guy,” said Dre. “I never saw him mad.” “He was, in every sense of the word, a lively guy,” said one of his former roommates. “He was like this hub of energy … we all fed off that.” Eric’s friends and family said that despite his troubled year at SJSU, he really managed to pull himself together, getting a job as a hotel bellhop, returning to school, this time at De Anza, and buying a home downtown. He also met Kristina. Eric’s friends said Kristina and Eric always seemed tremendously happy together, and credit her with helping him pull it together after his rocky year at SJSU. Eric’s brother never met her personally, but said she was a very good for Eric, and helped him greatly in putting his life back together. “The saddest part was that Kristina had him on the right path,” he said. Eric was even trying out for football again. “He would want people to know that he was becoming something better,” one of his friends said. “He would want people to realize that it could be done.” “He was about to make it,” his brother said. “I want people to know who he was.” According to his brother, services will be held for Eric back home in Georgia.
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PRESIDENT: Executive pay assessed by committee FROM PAGE 1 California legislature to aggregate data on higher education in California, according to Chapin. “CPEC no longer exists because Governor Brown cut them out of the budget, but the CSU is currently working on creating a list of comparison institutions to be used in future reports that is more up-to-date and reflective of our universities,” Chapin said. Chapin explained that compensation for an incoming president is set by the Chancellor and the Selection Committee as part of the selection process. She said the Chancellor then recommends the compensation package to the board, and they vote on it. Chapin said whenever a new president is selected, he or she is presented with an offer letter before accepting the role. Chapin said that Qayoumi’s offer letter stated that he would receive an annual salary of $328,200 starting in July 2011, with an additional annual supplement of $25,000 from San Jose State Foundation sources along with several other perks. As part of his package, Qayoumi is required to live at the
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official university residence located in San Jose, according to his offer letter. Other benefits included in his package include a vehicle allowance of $1,000 per month and reimbursement for expenses incurred in the selling of the family residence. At a press conference on Sept. 13 Qayoumi said he was glad that the committee was looking into the issue of compensation. Liz Cara, an occupational therapy professor and President of SJSU’s chapter of the California Faculty Association, said she is extremely upset about the amount of money that CSU presidents are paid. The board approved a salary increase when it came to the July 2011 hire of Elliot Hirshman, San Diego State’s current president, Cara said. “He makes $100,000 more than their previous president,” she said. “It seems evil that the board approved such a large increase. The faculty is underpaid and so is the staff. It’s the wrong time.” Herlinda Aguirre, organizer for Students for Quality Education at SJSU, said she is also upset about the high salaries.
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“If (the state has) no money … why are salaries going up?” Aguirre said. Alyx Goodwin, another organizer for Students for Quality Education who said she is an intern for CFA, questions the CSU’s priorities. “It’s screwed up,” Goodwin said. “It’s unjust. It’s immoral on the part of the administration. At some point it affects students’ interests.” Goodwin said she agrees to a certain extent that presidents are paid too much. “After a certain amount, perks aren’t necessary,” she said. “You can’t compare what our presidents make with out of state schools. It doesn’t make sense because the functions may not be the same.” Katrina Swanson, Associated Students director of student resource Affairs and a member of SQE, stated in an email that she thinks the CSU system needs to be more balanced. “I would love to see a better balance of wages between presidents, administrators, faculty and staff,” Swanson stated. “Currently, the salary of CSU presidents has increased, especially to attract candidates to apply for vacant positions.”
U.S. believes Iran knew of assassination attempt McClatchy Tribune Wire Service
WASHINGTON — Though initially skeptical that top Iranian regime figures were behind a plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Washington, U.S. government officials became convinced by the operation’s money trail and now consider it likely that Iran’s supreme leader was aware of the plan. “This is the kind of operation — the assassination of a diplomat on foreign soil — that would have been vetted at the highest levels of the Iranian government,” said a senior U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly about sensitive analysis. “We can’t prove that, but we do not think it was a rogue operation in any way.” Law enforcement and intelligence officials penetrated the alleged plot from the start. But American officials said Wednesday that what persuaded them they were tracking something much more than just idle talk between an Iranian American used car salesman and a Drug Enforcement Administration informant was the transfer of $100,000 from Iran in July and
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August as a down payment to set the assassination in motion. It became clear, they said, that the plan really was being orchestrated by the Quds Force, a secretive unit of Iran’s military. “It’s very difficult to explain that transfer, which also aligned perfectly with what the informant was telling us, any other way,” the senior official said Wednesday. Officials also said the U.S. picked up other intelligence that indicated the existence of the plot. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said after a Senate Intelligence Committee briefing that human and signals intelligence had played a role in unraveling the plot. Feinstein also said that “the intelligence indicates there may be problems elsewhere,” adding that there could be threats to Saudi, Israeli or American ambassadors in other countries. “There may be a chain of these things,” Feinstein told reporters. Iran has condemned the allegations as false and “politically motivated,” the foreign ministry said in a statement. Iran has a complex government system in which different arms of the regime are often in bitter conflict with each oth-
er. U.S. officials say the Quds Force, a branch of the Revolutionary Guard, supplies arms and training to insurgents who have killed American troops in Iraq and carries out covert operations, which have included assassinations. The Quds Force reports directly to the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, U.S. officials believe. Khamenei has been in an increasingly tense power struggle with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who, U.S. analysts believe, has little control over large parts of the nation’s security forces. Officials believe that Ahmadinejad and Iran’s intelligence service probably were not briefed on the Saudi assassination plot, the officials said. Iran experts outside the government have questioned whether the Iranian regime would have condoned what U.S. officials acknowledge was an amateurish plot. The alleged conspiracy, as detailed in a FBI criminal complaint, seemed surprisingly sloppy and risky, experts said. “I’m scratching my head over this,” said Greg Thielmann, a former State Department and congressional intelligence analyst. “It just doesn’t make sense.”
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Bay Area artist’s new album satisfies fans with spectacular beats by Francisco Rendon Executive Editor
If you do not already know about experimental hip-hop instrumentals, there is a good chance you will not care about this album. A Hayward native, DJ Shadow set the hip-hop world ablaze with his 1996 first studio album “Endtroducing,� which earned him a ticket to London with the progressive electronic/hip-hop label Mo’ Wax. Though he is widely touted as an underground hero and pioneer for instrumental hip-hop, he has never successfully made the transition to mainstream radio success. His attempt to bridge his experimental style with the Bay Area driven “Hyphy� movement of the past decade in his third album “The Outsider� was largely considered a disappointment by critics, and he has been slow to offer a follow-up. On Oct. 4, after several delays, he finally released “The Less You Know, The Better� and when I heard about it, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I should say that upon first listen, many of the tracks were underwhelming. “I’m back. I forgot my drums,� a soulful voice proclaims at the opening of the first track. This grainy, dated sample, foreshadowed by harmonizing synthesizer lines lets you know
that he is still the same master producer from his watershed debut. As a first track, “Front to Back (Circular Logic),� definitely functions as a good jumping off point to get the listener hyped up, but is short and is followed by Shadow’s signature operatic hip-hop. His long orchestral works which incorporate hip-hop style percussive rhythms with creative synthesizer sounds and carefully selected samples do not blow you away. As he progresses through the album, he shifts, sometimes almost schizophrenically, from fast songs to slow on a track to track basis. While there is a definite theme to many of his samples, the tracks clearly play much better as singles than a coherent journey from one story to the next. If you do find yourself listening, you will often find yourself skipping from one track to one that you’ve heard that you like, and may find yourself clicking off long instrumentals that don‘t catch your attention. However if your experience is like mine, you will also quickly develop favorites and find yourself revisiting them often. The slow ballad “Sad and Lonely� caught my attention as a beautiful blend of hip-hop chopped piano with vocal and violin samples. I revisited it often after the first experience and found it maintained much of its original
DJ Shadow is an instrumental hip-hop producer from Hayward. His first album, “Entroducing� in 1996 was critically acclaimed for how it helped jump-start instrumental hip-hop music. Photo courtesy of djshadow.com
appeal after several listens – a difficult feat to accomplish. “Scale It Back� is another track that stood out to me on the first listen, doing an excellent job incorporating the vocal skills of Little Dragon vocalist Yukimi Nagano into the beat created with her bandmates seamlessly. Indeed, one of Shadow’s most notable successes on this album is his seamless integration of vocals into his music, an area he has struggled with in the past. There are also parts of this album, just as in his previous works, that function best as background music to the drama of your day to day life. “Enemy Lines� is a good example of one such track, a slow, funkified, head-nod inspiring arrangement with a bass heavy voice sample informing the listener they’ve stepped behind enemy lines. “Run for Your Life,� in contrast, is a frenetic dance song based around a bouncing bassline and a hyperactive gui-
tar riff that vamps for the whole song. Many of the tracks like “Border Crossing� function as musical journeys over the stretch of three and a half minutes, with the same theme explored in at different levels of intensity, gradually moving in tandem with carefully selected instruments to a climax that is meant to get you banging your head and possibly putting down a verse. These songs do not really work as a complete album experience for me, but virtually all the songs manage to get better the more you listen to them. Ultimately, Shadow is in an incredibly difficult position that most artists never find themselves – his first album was far too good. For the rest of his career, all the work he produces will be compared with “Endtroducing,� and the fact is, it will probably never be as good. If you really want to hear his
DJ Shadow’s fourth album, “The Less You Know, The Better,� was released Oct. 4. Photo courtesy of djshadow.com
best work, you will still probably want to listen to “Endtroducing.� Knowing his past masterpieces creates a tough act to follow, but Shadow has clearly put a lot
of effort into his fourth release, and while it is definitely not better than his past work, it is interesting and creative enough to stand on its own.
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Pondering the usefulness of safety drills Catcalling should not be You’re sitting in class working on a difBy ficult exam that you Danreb spent all night preparVictorio ing for. Doing well is your primary focus, and as it turns out, you’re doing extremely well. As you turn the page — BUZZ! BUZZ! BUZZ! That buzzing noise is the sound of the school fire alarm. Most of the class is startled. The professor provides a very specific evacuation procedure that nobody follows, and then you begin to realize how much of a waste of time it is. Not only is it a waste of time to get out of your seat, get packed up and leave the building, but it’s a waste of time to even spend all night studying for that test. Safety drills in the public presence are useless. The reason we do them is to be prepared for an unfortunate, and sometimes uncontrollable, situation. Unfortunately, common sense isn’t something a lot of us have. Most of us learned in elementary school that everyone taking part in a fire drill is expected to get down and crawl our way outside to safety. Of course, this in no way explains what to do when the exit is unreachable. Most of us, at least those of us from California, also learned that everyone taking part in an earthquake drill should duck and cover under a desk or table. This should protect people from getting hit by falling objects, but in the event of a big earthquake, the overhead objects people hide under are bound to break. Despite the flaws in either of these actions, they actually just might be the safest methods of protection. The problem is nobody ever follows them. I work at a mall, and in the case of an emergency, we’re instructed to wait in front of a blue sign in the parking lot a block away from the store. We’ve come across situations like gas leaks, blackouts, and even fires, but not once has my workplace staff ever waited outside at that blue sign. What’s worse is that since the store I work at is a $10
million store, the managers on duty are always more concerned about clearing lines in order to maximize profits. So much for safety. We’ve also had a couple of drills take place on campus too. We’re in midterm season, so I wouldn’t be surprised if Monday’s evacuation drill disrupted an exam. People aren’t going to stop taking a test so they can crawl out a building or hide under a desk. They’ll either stubbornly attempt to finish it or hide it in their backpack to be more prepared for the re-test. Either that, or to the delight of most slackers, they’ll just leave as if the class never met that day. This is a university, a place that promotes decisions of independence. Not only that, but there will never be a time where all registered students are on campus at the same time. If a huge fire were to happen on campus, everybody in a blazing building would attempt to escape as swiftly as possible. This isn’t grade school. Everybody has a different schedule. We don’t have to wait for our parents to pick us up. We can come and go as we please. The reason why we have such procedures, aside from safety, is to pin acts of common sense into people’s brains. “Stop, drop, and roll” is something we learned a long time ago in preparation of the slim odds in which we catch on fire. We duck and cover to protect ourselves from gravitational hazards earthquakes cause. We meet at a big, blue sign outside the mall so we can account for all the employees and shoppers who made it out safely. The problem is we can’t make these things known unless people actually follow protocol, which never happens. The only way I can realistically see full preparation for safety drills is if students are notified over a service like Alert-SJSU, the same alert system that notifies students about certain dangers on or near campus. Of course, not everybody on campus is signed up for it, but that’s another issue. I don’t know why we bother with safety drills if we never use these lessons in a real situation.
Bucket lists are a must for the young Before I die, I want to travel to every continent – Antarctica included, for the penguins. This is number two on my bucket list. I know numbers one, three and four. I lost count of the rest, and when I try listing them all, I misnumber items. The only double digit one I know is number 47: get through the American Film Institute’s list of history’s greatest 100 movies. Why would a 20-something year old need a bucket list? Over the years, I have been repeatedly told by family, friends and professors that young adults think they are immortal. Apparently, we like to throw ourselves into less than safe situations involving anything from extreme stunts to drugs to binge drinking. My bucket list isn’t a response to the recent death of Steve Jobs, although Jobs once put one of my reasons in the most straight-forward way I have ever heard. “Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life,” said Jobs during his 2005 commencement speech
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at Stanford University. “Because almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.” In short, having a bucket list knocked some sense into me – and continues to do so. It may seem morbid to think about dying on a regular basis, but on days it hits me hardest, I realize I lucked out with this life. Others have already drawn the route to Antarctica and I only need to schedule a date for the trip. Being able to look at the list reminds me of the immense possibilities of the world. If I had to rearrange my bucket list, the following would be in single digit positions: hug a friend after years apart, stay awake with someone to see the sunrise together and arrange a cookie bake-off. All of them are simple, but ridiculously difficult to do.
Why? I can scrounge up the money – eventually – to fly down to the tip of South America and then get to my connecting ship ride. I can do this on my own. I could be terrified of the possibilities – painful frostbite, lost luggage or shady tour guides. But the people make the trip worth the long-ride-in-an-airplane-induced backache – the traveling companions and hidden friends met on the way. I can’t forget the people I have met throughout my life – a friend who taught me that handshakes are a perfectly normal way for kindergartners to say hi, a crush that proved I wasn’t an emotionless robot and a mother who still makes fun of the fact that I can’t cook. The thing about bucket lists is they make you look back. - not in regret, but for inspiration and courage. This is about making the most of the time we have on this plane of existence, right? Looking at what I’ve done, the people I’ve met and the things I’ve yet to do, I have a very dangerous thought. I have had enough time to kick my bucket of regrets, and I’m extremely greedy for life.
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acceptable in our society “Hey baby, how you doing?” There are many scenarios in which this question can be presented to a young woman. A significant other (perhaps with a fear of verbs) may pose this question if they so desire to learn about their sweethearts’ health or well-being. A parent may ask this of their child. A devoted pet owner may croon this statement tenderly and often in baby talk to a sick animal. And of course, this question can be hollered out of a car window or from across the street at a woman, and I’m sure the occasional man, who is merely walking to their next destination. This may be accompanied with the slowing of the vehicle, puckered lips or other lewd gestures. The reactions to this sort of unwelcome intrusion into one’s life vary. I’ve heard of gals who respond exclusively with a particular hand gesture — and that’s not the peace sign. There’s also the more straightforward approach: to yell right back, typically a string of words that would make your mother blush. My approach of choice is to do nothing. I’m a passive wimp and I’m OK with that. I simply keep walking. When you were a child and you got in trouble, did you ever like being yelled at by your parents? With the exception of sports where yelling is the norm, have you ever done something well and then been yelled at as praise? It never happened to me. Using this logic, if in all instances being yelled at is bad, then why do men think yelling at a woman that they find attractive will bring them good results? Really, I’m curious… On Monday such an experience happened to me, but it was altered in a way so that I was no longer just annoyed, but the tiniest bit scared. I was walking with a friend to grab some dinner down San Carlos Street and as we were passed by two men, one of them made the oh so intelligent comment, “Hey baby, you looking fine.” Great, whatever. Where did your verbs go? From where I stood, he obviously thought either a) It’s fun to mess with college-aged women and make them feel uncomfortable, or b) In some deluded state he truly believed I would turn to him and say, “Really? Thank you so much.
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Let’s go have sex in some alleyway.” In this case, his unwanted comment was accompanied by the action of this man physically grabbing my
arm. Not a bump, not even a brush on the butt (although that would have been awful, at least it’s a blatantly sexual action), but it was his grasp on my arm that spoke of possession or dominance. My back stiffened, my eyes widened in surprise. I was truly incredulous. This stranger thought it was acceptable to make a physical pass at a woman walking down the street with her friend. We are arguably the most intelligent creatures on this planet. Humans write the books on evolution. So where did all of our humanity go? We are not Cro-Magnons. To perpetuate the stereotypes presented in the Flintstones, generally in society we do not club people over the head and drag them to a cave when we’re horny or hungry or anything else. To me, cat-calling at a young woman walking around downtown on a Monday night, dressed in jeans a n d sweatshirt, h a i r up, all makeup long gone, is one unexplainable concept. But to grab at her, that screams of some larger societal loss of manners. I’m well aware that much worse things could have happened — do happen —every single day to good people, so I’m not saying my one experience should overshadow that. But I think it’s worth devoting five minutes of our time to ask ourselves if we want to continue to grow a culture where actions like this are condoned, a society where this sexist-driven idea can take root and grow. I didn’t do anything when this happened. I froze because I was surprised and because I was a little scared. This stranger’s action scared me and that fear, well frankly, now it pisses me off. There’s no reason why, in this country where we’ve made leaps and bounds when it comes to women’s rights, that I should wonder if I’m going to be grabbed at when I go out to get a hoagie. Let’s try for some more manners. My mom always told me, “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.”
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
Coach Mac Corner: Corner Defense will need to step up against Hawaii Spartans face a dominant offense among conference leaders in Rainbow Warriors by Ron Gleeson Sports Editor
Following the SJSU football team’s loss to BYU on Saturday, head coach Mike MacIntyre took little time to express his opinion that poor play from the defense put the team into a hole it couldn’t climb up from. Now, MacIntyre has said the Spartan football team will need to “play the best we have played all year” to compete with Hawaii, who is coming to Spartan Stadium to take on SJSU on Friday on national television for homecoming week. “I felt like they weren’t playing like they could play,” MacIntyre said about the Spartan defense in the first half against BYU. “They were thinking that BYU should be moving the ball on them, but there was no doubt in my mind that we could stop them — and that we should be winning the football game.” SJSU allowed 282 total yards of offense against BYU in the first half of its 29-16 loss to the Cougars — 137 yards more than the SJSU offense produced in the exact same amount of plays. A struggling SJSU defense will not match well against a Hawaii offense that has averaged 50 points and 503 yards of total offense in its last two games. The Hawaii offense is led by a quarterback and wide receiver who each lead the Western Athletic Conference in yards per game for their respective positions. Macintyre called Bryant Moniz, the Rainbow Warrior junior quarterback, a great player and referred to him as “Little Houdini” because of his playmaking ability. The other half of Hawaii’s pass-and-catch battery is senior wide receiver Bryce Pollard who on top of leading the WAC in yards per game is also the leader in receptions per game and touchdown receptions. MacIntyre recognizes Pollard’s dynamic ability on the field. “When he is isolated oneon-one he gives people havoc,” he said. MacIntyre described the Hawaii offense as “basketball on
grass” because of how quickly its pass-first mentality functions. “They get the ball out there quickly and let guys run,” he said. “Now they have an added dimension in their offense with the option. (Moniz) is starting to run some and that’s a dimension we didn’t have to worry about last year.” One of the strongest aspects in the Hawaii offense is its ability to get rid of the ball quickly before the defensive line can put a hit on Moniz, MacIntyre said. “This is a great challenge for our secondary, but it’s also a great challenge for our front to give (Moniz) pressure,” he said. “We need to get hands in his face, close down the passing lans and make it uncomfortable for (Moniz).” MacIntyre called the passheavy Hawaii offense “one-dimensional” and said he believes the team is talented enough to take advantage of the Hawaii play calling. “We’re going to have to be better in the secondary than we’ve been and better in the pass rush than we’ve been,” he said. While Hawaii has all the pieces to its offensive puzzle, the most prolific piece in the SJSU offense may be out for the second week in a row. Senior running back Brandon Rutley suffered a sprained ankle two weeks ago in the second half against Colorado State. Despite missing most of the second half against Colorado State and all of Saturday’s game at BYU, Rutley still leads the WAC in rushing yards per game and all-purpose yards. Rutley practiced lightly this week and remains a game-time decision whether he will play, MacIntyre said. “We definitely need him to go,” MacIntyre said. “He is a big part of our football team not only as a player but as a leader also.” In Rutley’s absence, sophomore Jason Simpson and freshman Tyler Ervin combined for 69 yards rushing against BYU, a performance MacIntyre said he was thrilled with. “I called all three running backs up that took (Rutley’s) spot in front of the whole team,” MacIntyre said. “They gave us an opportunity to win the game by their play.”
Senior linebacker Pompey Festejo recorded seven tackles against BYU on Saturday. Photo by Vernon McKnight / File Photo
Senior running back Brandon Rutley hits a hole in the New Mexico State defensive line in the Spartans win against the Aggies on Sept. 24 at Spartan Stadium. Rutley will be a game-time decision
The SJSU defense gave up 161 total yards to BYU in the second half, a type of performance MacIntyre said he expects from the defense on a weekly basis. “We’re good enough to win the game,” he said. “It’s my job to get us there and we’ll play much better.” Dick Tomey, SJSU head coach from 2005 until 2009,
is now an assistant coach for Hawaii and will be on the sidelines Friday night at Spartan Stadium for the first time since he retired in November of 2009. “I look forward to seeing him and I know a couple of our kids are too,” MacIntyre said. “Coach Tomey did a great job here. He came in and turned it around. He is a phenomenal coach and a phenomenal person.”
for the second week in a row this Saturday against Hawaii with a sprained ankle he suffered on Oct. 1. Rutley leads the WAC in rushing yards per game. Photo by Jason Reed / File Photo
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We’re good enough to win the game ... and it’s my job to get us there.
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-Mike MacIntyre, head coach