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SJPD discovers explosives, guns in home near SJSU Locals concerned following evacuation and detonation of confiscated weapons

by Peter Fournier Staff Writer

The San Jose Police Department’s bomb squad was called out to the 400 block of North Sixth Street on Tuesday evening after a search of a 63-year-old San Jose resident’s home turned up a cache of firearms and explosives.

Mark Sedlock was arrested at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday on charges of making criminal threats, but officers discovered the collection of arms later that afternoon, said Jose Garcia, SJPD public information officer.

“During the investigation, officers learned he potentially possessed explosive materials, or potential explosive materials, along with a number of firearms of which he’s prohibited from owning because of his background history,” Garcia said.

Garcia said Sedlock will be charged with being a felon in possession of weapons and ammunition.

Firearms and pieces of ammunition found in Sedlock’s home constituted one charge each, and none of the weapons found appeared to be illegal, Garcia said.

Garcia said Sedlock was initially found to be in possession of four explosive devices.

“During the process they did locate numerous firearms of which he’s prohibited from owning,” Garcia said.

“The officers found what they believed to be potentially explosive materials,

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San Jose Police investigate an explosive device found in a house of the 400 block of North Sixth Street, San Jose, after serving a search warrant on Tuesday.

SJPD officers arrested 63-year-old Mark Sedlock on charges of making criminal threats, and later discovered a cache of firearms and “potential explosive

City council pushes anti-pot ordinance Citizens react to changes in rules of marijuana sales after legislative meeting

materials.” Police confiscated the collection and a bomb squad detonated the seized explosive devices.

Photo by Stan Olszewski / Spartan Daily

Campus sustainability progresses via composting and waste reduction Students try to combat burgeoning landfills and budget cutbacks

by Jeffrey Cianci Staff Writer

by Cynthia Ly In a move that has some medical marijuana activists clamoring for a referendum, San Jose’s city council approved new ordinances Tuesday, including reducing the number of cannabis collectives to 10, in their effort to regulate city collectives and dispensaries.

In an 8-3 vote the council approved the following: Reducing the current 100-plus clubs in San Jose to 10 highly regulated medical collectives, setting the application process for new collectives as first-come-first-serve, restricting collectives to zoning areas of commercial and light industrial space, limiting third-party cultivation and production of edibles, and prohibiting collectives from being located on street level in areas of high pedestrian traffic.

Councilman Pierluigi Oliverio offered the council a variety of amendments to make ordinances less restrictive, including using an alternative application process, allowing collectives in more zoning areas and developing a plan for off-site cultivation in San Jose.

However, the council majority voted down nearly every amendment Councilman Oliverio proposed, except one that requires collectives to have a registered nurse or licensed pharmacist as a permanent member of their staff.

Present at the meeting were a handful of marijuana patients, activists

Staff Writer

Tili Ayala, a homemaker and self-proclaimed activist for peace and justice, voices her opinion for children’s safety in relation to the new medical marijuana ordinances being discussed at the San Jose city council meeting on Tuesday afternoon. Photo by Dorian Silva / Spartan Daily

and club owners, although there were fewer present compared with previous meetings on the issue.

Among those addressing the council was Daniel McCormick, a junior political science major, who said the restriction to 10 collectives was counterintuitive to the current trend in

medical marijuana.

“A 10 collective limit is unreasonable given the size of a hundred-plus collectives that already exist,” McCormick said, addressing the council. “Please raise the limit to a reasonable 15.”

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Continuing efforts toward greater sustainability are present all around SJSU — even in the utensils.

“Sustainability @ SJSU,” an initiative created in 2009 to organize and promote greening efforts on campus, helped the change towards supplying biodegradable and compostable utensils — as well as containers, straws and napkins — in dining areas.

Items that are labeled biodegradable and compostable are similar in that they breakdown in certain conditions, but compostable items can be added to soil said Candice Carbonell, sustainability coordinator for Spartan Shops.

The disposables from Eco-Products, the company which Spartan Shops purchases items from, have been certified compostable by Biodegradable Products Institute, a nonprofit association that verifies and labels compostable products.

With centralized communications and a broader understanding of developments in green technology, more dialogue about sustainability can be generated on campus said Anne Marie Todd, chair of Sustainability @ SJSU. “There is a misconception that our daily actions do not affect the university’s ecological footprint,” Todd said.

The average American produces more than 1,000 pounds of trash, most of which goes to landfills, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

According to the U.S. Environmental Projection Agency, food waste is the largest contributor of solid waste going to landfills in the country.

A 1999 state bill made it a requirement for all cities in California to have a 50 percent minimum diversion rate (meaning it does not go to landfills) of trash by 2004, according to CalRecycle, the state’s resources, recycling and recovery department.

“We compact and compost preconsumer and post-consumer waste at all dining locations,” Carbonell said.

The city of San Jose produces 569,000 tons of garbage every year,

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Weapons: Local raid Fraternity rushing process undergoes tonal change yields small arsenal

by Scott Semmler Staff Writer

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which they moved to the front of the house and placed inside of a hole that they had dug in the front yard, and set up some sandbags around the hole.”

Garcia said police detonated the items at approximately 6:30 p.m., then detonated another that didn’t explode at 7:15 p.m and discovered four more explosives in his home later in the evening.

Senior photography major Andrea Henneman said she was at her home five houses down from the scene around 1 p.m. when she heard the police.

“I was in my house and I heard them on the blowhorn,” she said. “They were saying, ‘Come out with your hands up.’

I honestly was just like, ‘What the hell is going on?’ I looked out my window and there were a bunch of cop cars out there.

Honestly I think my roommate was more scared than I was.”

SJSU alumnus Stephen Reiners moved to the area on the day of the raid, and said he has never seen anything like the scene that unfolded Tuesday.

“There was as an unusual amount of sirens,” he said. “I don’t think I’ve ever heard that many sirens and police.”

Reiners has frequented nearby Japantown many times in the past couple of years, and

hasn’t seen anything like that occur since the 10th Street murder-suicide in May. “This was the most activity I’ve seen since that particular night,” he said.

Sedlock’s next door neighbor Tiffany Mayes said she has noticed a lot of guns being transported in shoulder bags to and from the home and has complained to police about suspicious activities.

She said yesterday’s police action was the first time they have addressed complaints she has made.

“I’ve seen a couple of guns confiscated that (I saw) prior to all of this unraveling,” Mayes said.

Mayes said she fears for her life after Tuesday’s developments.

“Now that all this has come out the way that it has I do believe my home may be in jeopardy, my life may be in jeopardy, my children’s lives may be in jeopardy,” she said.

Mayes said Tuesday’s events could have been avoided.

“I tried to get a restraining order and talked to one of the judges who threw it out and made it seem like no big deal,” she said. “I told (the judge) at that time, ‘If something happened to me, you’d be the one to blame.’”

Pot: Dispensary growth trimmed FROM PAGE 1 Lauren Vazquez, a medical marijuana patient and practicing attorney, expressed her anger with the council.

“You can do better — we deserve more,” she said. “It is not the last word.”

Vazquez added that she would like to see a referendum put forward on the current restrictions and negotiate with the council for additional collectives.

“Yeah, we should have location restrictions,” she said. “Yeah, we should have restrictions to keep people following the law — but the type of restrictions we’re talking about here (are) unacceptable.”

People employed by San Jose medical marijuana collectives were also present, including Dave Hodges, manager of San Jose Cannabis Buyers Collective, who believed the process should start fresh with a new set of guidelines.

“It is really unfortunate to see them

There has been a slight change in the way fraternities recruit interested students who wish to get involved in Greek life this semester.

No, it does not involve more flyers being handed to people as they walk on campus.

According to Blake Balajadia, the assistant director of Fraternity and Sorority Life at SJSU, fraternities and sororities across campus are taking a more hands-off approach to recruitment this semester.

“We’re making sure that people join for the right reasons, not the media stereotype,” Balajadia said.

Balajadia is a part of Student Involvement at SJSU, which works with the Interfraternity Council.

The IFC governs 11 fraternities located around campus, including Beta Theta Pi, Alpha Tau Omega, Delta Sigma Phi, Delta Upsilon, Kappa Sigma, Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Chi, Sigma Nu, Sigma Pi and Theta Chi. Those fraternities that are apart of the IFC include general interest men’s groups that have houses near campus, and are affiliated nationally with the North American Interfraternity Conference.

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at the fraternity tables around campus or during various events held throughout the first few weeks of the semester.

Balajadia said those fraternities are “recruiting more as a community now.” It is a way of thinking that Balajadia said, has been lost in the media stereotype that being in a fraternity or sorority seems to promote.

He said the IFC fraternities have taken new measures to involve students in their new way of recruiting.

“There’s been an attempt for joint recruitment,” Balajadia said. “They are now using Facebook and have decided they want to look more like a community.”

The Recruitment Chair of Kappa Sigma, Brad Cartier, agreed with Balajadia.

“We’re rushing together as a group,” Cartier said of the IFC. “It helps the little guys get closer to the big guys.”

Cartier said they are doing this by “not being individualistic.”

Examples can be seen on campus where IFC fraternities are setting up recruitment tables next to each other, or at the next home football game where an event called Greek Village will be introduced.

“We’re trying to send a message in a visual way,” said IFC President B.J. Concepcion. “We reach more members by tabling together.”

According to Concepcion, Greek Vil-

lage will be an area of tailgating at the SJSU home football games where all IFC fraternities will be located.

Concepcion also points out attire is a big part of the change in the way the IFC is functioning this semester.

“We wear uniform shirts to be recognized,” he said. “It shows numbers and that we’re present in the SJSU community.”

Another change to the way IFC recruitment is done deals with how fraternities are advertising themselves through flyer handouts and event organizing.

“It’s smart to say, ‘Check us out’ instead of throwing flyers at you all the time,” Balajadia said.

Events held on the Tower Lawn are not new to SJSU, but according to Cartier, they give interested students a chance to get to know people and get involved in Greek life.

“We’re letting students do research on their own,” Balajadia said.

The IFC fraternities still abide by the same rules and regulations established during the first four weeks of the semester.

According to Cartier, all IFC fraternities will be substance-free, as they always are this time of the semester, from Aug. 19 until today.

“It’s called a dry rush,” Cartier said. “It keeps people honest.”

It’s smart to say, ‘Check us out’ instead of throwing flyers at you all the time.

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Blake Balajadia, assistant director of Fraternity and Sorority Life

(city council) move forward the way they did — what the city has put forward is just really unreasonable,” Hodges said.

Speaking out against the marijuana collectives was mother of four, Tili Ayala, who scolded council members for not addressing the issue of children like hers.

“Middle school students can get marijuana from these collectives and not one of you has brought that up,” she said, adding the dangers of marijuana as a gateway drug. “What about the children?”

California Senate bill 420 states that you must be at least 18 years old to qualify for a medical marijuana prescription, or have a parent guardian present.

According to the report given to the council by the city planning commission, the ordinances including limiting San Jose collectives to 10 would go into effect Oct. 27.

However, an anonymous third year SJSU student and medical marijuana patient believes the change will have little effect on his medication.

“You usually only stick to one club anyway,” he said. “Limiting the clubs to 10 does not worry much me actually.”

Utensils: Making SJSU’s silverware green FROM PAGE 1 according to statistics by San Jose’s Green Vision, a citywide effort in sustainability activities such as a zero waste goal by 2022.

Green Vision’s website stated that 63 percent of trash did not go to landfills because of a combination of recovery (composting and recycling) and combustion (which includes using trash for fuel) in 2007.

The percentage was 73 in 2010, though the data is pending confirmation by CalRecycle.

SJSU’s diversion rate has gone from 59.4 percent in 2004 to nearly 90 percent according to facilitates development and operations.

This is in part due to the San Josebased recycling company Green Waste Recovery, which sorts SJSU’s trash.

“Humanity is overshooting the planet’s capacity to provide resources by at least 20 percent,” said Lynne Trulio, chair of the environmental studies department.

She also said that it is encouraging to

see that students have become more focused on the issues surrounding global climate change and sustainability.

“Eliminating the use of disposables is impossible on a university campus,” junior pre-nursing major Helina Yilma said.

She said her family has always recycled and tried to buy organic from places that have sustainable farming practices.

“Jamba Juice is another story,” said Carbonell on the company’s use of Styrofoam cups. The juice bar has two locations on campus — the student union and the Just Below Café.

On campus, students can save $.50 if they bring in their mugs for their coffee or juice runs, Carbonell said.

Although some efforts happen with a cup of coffee, SJSU has sustainability in various aspects of campus life.

“SJSU has a unique vision for sustainability,” Todd said. “A combination of student involvement, curriculum and research, we prepare students for working in the green economy.”

Gender equality, women’s rights discussed at event

by Anastasia Crosson Staff Writer

Dozens of students joined a tea party hosted by the Women’s Resource Center Tuesday afternoon in the Student Union — and this party had nothing to do with Sarah Palin.

Dubbed the “Women’s Tea Party: Taking the Gloves Off,” the event was intended to “bring together a group of people who are willing to have a conversation about women’s issues,” according to Bonnie Sugiyama, director of the Women’s Resource Center.

One attendee, senior liberal studies major Cynthia Salinas, shared her personal encounter with one of those issues, gender equality.

Salinas contended that leadership positions in government and business industries are primarily held by white males.

“Women need to take a stand for themselves,” Salinas said.

“Where are the women?”

As director to the center, Sugiyama said that her work is to ensure the Women’s Resource Center is a network that serves to help women find their voice.

“We’ve come a long way in terms of gender norms and roles,” Sugiyama said. “Now we are dealing with things that are institutionally driven — covert rather than overt. Like messages about women’s body image and sexuality in the media.”

Over tea, sandwiches and scones, attendees engaged in small talk but the conversation steered towards issues like gender equality and sexualization of women in media as well.

“I like the idea behind the feminist challenge,” junior sociology major Sharon Singh said.

“The women’s movement can be a little radical but it has to be done.”

Singh said her involvement in the student community within the Women’s Resource Center has influenced her post-graduation path. She said she plans to use her degree to pursue a career as an advocate for women and children.

In addition to networking mixers like the tea party, the Women’s Resource Center also supports events that explicitly call for social action.

One such event includes an annual “Take Back the Night”

Graduate administrative assistant Susan Wright arranges beaded jewelry at the Women’s Tea Party: Taking the Gloves Off event in the Student Union on Tuesday afternoon. Photo by Jasper Rubenstein / Spartan Daily

event in which the SJSU community members participate in a national campaign to raise awareness of sexual assault crimes.

While the Women’s Resource Center is a department of Student Affairs, the center also supports student-run organizations

that give a voice to women’s issues on campus, Sugiyama said.

Womyn on Womyn’s Issues is one of those organizations and the tea party served as a promotion platform to one of the group’s events coming up this month.

Right next to a makeshift photo booth, fliers were on display at the tea party for a Womyn on Womyn’s Issues sponsored event on Sept. 22 called RAINN Day, an observance of a nationwide campaign called Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network.

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S.J. Earthquakes visit hospitalized children through new initiative “Soccer Kicks Cancer” brings entertainment to immobile patients at Starlight Fun Center

by Anastasia Crosson Staff Writer

As September kicks off national Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Major League Soccer’s San Jose Earthquakes have partnered with Starlight Children’s Foundation to bring entertainment relief to children in Bay Area hospitals on behalf of the league’s “Soccer Kicks Cancer” initiative.

Since President Obama declared this September a month for raising awareness about pediatric cancer, Major League Soccer, like many organizations across the country, are doing their part to do just that.

“Major League Soccer, our players, clubs and fans are proud to once again join the fight against cancer and to help raise awareness and funds for cancer research and treatment,” MLS executive vice president JoAnn Neale stated in a press release.

Last week, Earthquakes players visited Palo Alto-based Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Kaiser Oakland Medical Center and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center for the placement of a Starlight Fun Center mobile entertainment unit at each hospital.

Donated by Starlight Children’s Foundation and presented by members of the major league soccer team, each entertainment unit includes a television, DVD player and video game console which can be stationed nearby the hospital bed of immobile patients.

At the dedication event of the Starlight Fun Center on Friday, Sept. 9 at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, Earthquakes goalie Jon Busch and Kelly Gray, a club ambassador and former player, visited the bedsides of patients in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

Gray recalled that his usual message to youth at Earthquake-sponsored soccer clinics is to “get outdoors,” and said it is also important for children in these hospitals to also be able to play by any means accessible.

“I think its fantastic they are able to have fun with (the entertainment units),” said Gray.

“I think it makes them want to get better and work hard to get healthy.”

Lisa Walker-Vischer, a clinical nurse specialist at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, said the play-where-you-want mobility of these entertainment stations is an essential feature because “many of our kids (in the burn center) can’t come down to the playroom because they are in isolation.”

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center is one of two hospitals in all of Northern California to have a unit dedicated to burn treatment, according to a statement from the hospital. The eight-bed burn center’s patients under the age of four are most often treated for severe skull burns, said Walker-Vischer.

Whether rehabilitating from a life-threatening illness such as cancer or severe injury, these entertainment units “have been proven to distract children from their pain,” said Justine Alberto, a spokesperson for Starlight Children’s Foundation.

With this donation, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center now has six Starlight Fun Centers in the hospital’s pediatric unit.

Though he was absent from the dedication at Santa Clara

San Jose Earthquakes goalie Jon Busch visits with a child at Santa Clara Valley Medical Hospital on Friday. The Earthquakes partnered with the Starlight Foundation on behalf of Major League Soccer’s “Soccer Kicks Cancer” initiative. Names of the children were withheld by the hospital for privacy reasons. Photo by Jesse Jones / Spartan Daily

Valley Medical Center, Jason Hernandez of the Earthquakes was named an ambassador to the Soccer Kicks Cancer program.

Other ambassadors to the MLS intiative are Mehdi Ballouchy of the New York Red Bulls, Michael Lahoud of Chivas USA and Logan Pause of the Chicago Fire.

In addition to leading community outreach events, ambassadors are expected to “to raise awareness and funds during in-stadium nights and through social media campaigns,” according to a statement from the Earthquakes’ team website.

Soccer Kicks Cancer is just one of the league-wide community outreach initiatives established by Major League Soccer W.O.R.K.S., a community outreach initiative dedicated to addressing important social issues hosted by the MLS. The initiative will continue through the regular season with a breast cancer awareness campaign to benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a non-profit foundation dedicated to cancer research and education.

Men’s golf starts season victorious

by Ron Gleeson

“They both stuck to the game plan, faced diversity and handled it well,” he said.

Myers and Lang were two of only 12 players in the field to shoot in the 60’s on the par-71 Palouse Ridge Golf Cub during the first round on Sunday.

Sophomore Daniel Semmler began the tournament strong for the Spartans with an openinground even par 71, then went on to finish in a tie for 31st place out of 79 players in the field with a seven-over 220.

Although Kennaday said he is “fired up” with the victory in the team’s first tournament of its season, he said there is still much more golf to play and much more improvement to come.

“We have a lot of golf ahead of us,” he said. “It’s nice to win, believe me. But it is important that we learn from here. We played well but we didn’t play our best.”

“We are still trying to learn about where we are at, and what we still need to address. This is definitely a step in the right direction” SJSU men’s golf will continue its season at the Dash Thomas Memorial Invitational in Boise, Idaho beginning Sept.

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Palouse Invitational Team Results 1. San Jose State: 842 2. Utah Valley: 859 3. Washington State: 865 4. Boise State: 869 5. Idaho: 871 Loyola Marymount Univ.: 871 7. Sacramento State: 877 8. Seattle University: 878 UC Riverside: 878 10. CSU-Fullerton: 879 CC Spokane: 879

Individual Results 1. Jarred Bossion, Idaho: 205 2. Jay Myers, SJSU: 209 3. Christopher Lang, SJSU: 210 4. Mason Casper, UT Valley: 211 5. Matt Hovan, SJSU: 212 Justin Estrada, SJSU: 212 7. Jake Johnson, Sac State: 213 Ian Dahl, Seattle U.: 213 Dylan Maine, CCS: 213 Robbie Mamo, Riverside: 213 Jordan Skyles, Boise St.: 213

Sports Editor

The SJSU men’s golf team took the top spot in their season-opening tournament at the 2011 Palouse Collegiate Invitational in Pullman, Wash. with a total team score of 842 over the three rounds of play, 17 strokes ahead of secondplace Utah Valley.

Four of the five Spartans in the field finished in the top five individually for the tournament, continuing the team’s streak of success following its best season in fifteen years after reaching the NCAA regional tournament in 2010.

“We accomplished what we set out to do,” head coach John Kennaday said. “It was a great team effort and all five guys made it possible.”

Senior Jay Myers finished second overall in the individual portion of the tournament with a total score of 209, four strokes behind Jared Bossio of Idaho, which finished fifth as a team.

Myers along with seniors Christopher Lang and Matthew Hovan, and sophomore Justin Estrada all shot one-under final rounds of 70, helping the Spartans become the only team in the tournament to finish under par (-10).

Kennaday said he was pleased with the play from the entire team, especially the rounds put together by his cocaptains, Myers and Hovan.

Senior Jay Myers during a practice round last season. Photo by Jesse Jones / Spartan Daily

San Jose Earthquakes goalie Jon Busch interacts with another child while visiting the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. Busch was joined by former Earthquake Kelly Gray at the hospital where they helped distribute mobile entertainment units, which inluded a television, a DVD player and a video game console. Photo by Jesse Jones / Spartan Daily

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Movies you should look out for this fall semester

by Wesley Dugle A&E Editor

October

November

Hugh Jackman takes a break from playing Wolverine in�Real Steel,� the new sci-fi film about giant boxing robots, Photo courtesy of allmoviephoto.com

“The Muppets� make a return to the movie theaters this fall along with Jason Siegel (right) and Amy Adams (left).

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December

Robert Downey Jr. (center) and Jude Law (right) return as Sherlock Holmes and Watson in “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.� Photo courtesy of allmoviephoto.com

Top Watch:

Top Watch:

Top Watch:

“Real Steel�-Oct. 8

“The Muppets�-Nov. 23

“Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows�-Dec. 16

Hugh Jackman stars in a sci-fi boxing action drama where giant robots duke it out in the ring instead of human fighters.

Think “Rocky� meets “Transformers� I guess. The ridiculousness of the premise alone should make this a pretty exciting film. Plus, any film with Jackman in it is almost guaranteed to be entertaining. The film also stars Evangeline Lilly and Anthony Mackie.

I don’t care what anybody says about “growing up� and “being too old� for a kids movie. I love the Muppets! Ever since I was a kid I have enjoyed the movies and the television shows and a lot of that stuff is still funny and amusing to me today (not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing).

In any case, I highly recommend going out seeing this and rekindling your kid spirit. The movie also stars Jason Segel and Amy Adams.

To be fair, I always felt the first film was a bit mediocre.

Compared with most of director Guy Ritchie’s other films it was pretty slow. But I felt there was a strong base to build off of for a sequel and Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law were great together as Holmes and Watson. The trailer has also shown some promise of intense action and hilarious witty moments between Law and Downey Jr.

Other notables:

Other notables:

Other Notables:

“The Ides of March�-Oct. 7

“A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas�-Nov. 4

“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo�-Dec. 23

Just in time for the 2012 presidential campaigns comes a political drama starring Ryan Gosling as a would-be political staffer to and an up-and-coming presidential candidate played by George Clooney. The film is being hyped up as a possible Oscar front-runner so it might be good.

“Paranormal Activity 3�-Oct. 22 Here we go again, just in time for Halloween is another scary entry in the “Paranormal Activity� series. Hope you don’t mind having insomnia for a few nights after this film.

One of the better buddy comedy/stoner film series to come out in the last decade. While this one’s premise is a bit sketchy I expect most fans of the series to still enjoy this.

A remake of a famous Swedish film that came out recently, starring Daniel Craig as a journalist in search of woman who has been missing for 40 years. Considering the popularity of the original the remake may be good, too..

“Immortals�-Nov. 11 “300� fans will likely flock to this sword and sandal flick starring Henry Cavill, Mickey Rourke and the lovely Freida Pinto. The story is about a mortal warrior who becomes the champion of the gods to battle invading Titans. The film promises to have a lot of “300�-esque action that will be sure to please most action movie junkies out there.

“Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol�-Dec. 23 Tom Cruise is at it again in another installment of the “Mission: Impossible� series. This time “The Hurt Locker� star Jeremy Renner co-stars in what should be an actionpacked film.

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OPINION

Spartan Daily

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

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Thank you for Harry Potter Since no one has been brave enough to say it, I will — it’s been nearly two months since the final installment of Harry Potter hit theaters nationwide, and I just wanted to say, “J.K. Rowling, THANK YOU.” Her legendary masterpiece will forever be categorized as one of my greatest forms of literary and cinematic entertainment between 2003 and July 15, 2011, the premiere date of the series finale.

I remember when I first found out about Harry Potter.

My boyfriend informed me of this great series that had been out since 1997, and once he told me what it was, I immediately told him, “What the HECK? That sounds lame!”

He and his younger brother agreed that the instant rejection came off presumptuous because I believed that all books within the sci-fi and fantasy genres would automatically bore me.

Of course, I didn’t give the first book a chance, so when I noticed its movie adaptation airing one day on TV, I took a chance and watched.

Boy, did I eat my words.

The prelude to the opening scene showcased that unforgettable lightning-shaped logo and the delivery of Hagrid and Dumbledore’s entrance into the town of Little Whinging.

The “clunkety-clunk” of Hagrid’s flying motorcycle left me with a goofy smile, while Dumbledore’s use of the “Deluminator,” a light-capturing de-

By Angelica Valera vice reminiscent of a cigarette lighter, soon after had me emit a small “whoa.”

Once they land in Little Whinging, he captures the streetlights with several clicks of the Deluminator.

Come on, that’s cool. In fact, I even wanted one for myself at the time.

Once the movie finally introduced its main star, the bespectacled “Boy Who Lived,” he won me over. Harry Potter — it’s a catchy name, after all.

His character in the movie is so endearing (not to mention everyone’s accents), and the “bad” chemistry he had with his relatives, the Dursleys, made me want to strangle them, too.

Although the scenes between those moments and him first going to Hogwarts entertained me as well, especially when some silly magical revenge is taken upon his cousin, the cinematic construction of the school impressed me the most, as with the rest of the cinematography.

Stunning is really all I can muster.

And then the friendship of Harry, Hermione and Ron began on the bus, and I felt the tangible rapport between the three.

I wanted to be a part of it, and still do.

Otherwise, the movie hooked me and I knew then, at that time the books would, too.

As the story progressed once I started reading the novel, I could not put it down (of course, except for bathroom and meal breaks).

It was glued to my hand.

I was completely immersed.

Rowling’s writing is incredible. From the interweaving of each character’s story down to ALL the intricate details of those stories — Rowling produced flawless work.

Now, there’s nothing new about the series to look forward to, nothing new to be excited to see translated onto the screen.

And you better believe I cried at the last installment.

Rowling created this miraculous, magical world of characters that fought for something worth living for — love and friendship.

I witnessed the importance of loyalty; the immense power of love and how courage doesn’t always mean you’ll come out alive.

Oh, and no matter how nerdy it seems to be studious, it saves your butt in the end.

So, Joanne Kathleen Rowling, thank you for the magnificent imagery, for the laughs, for the anger, the sadness, romance and creating a world I wish truly existed.

It’s been real — hope to see you on the “Pottermore” side.

There is an old saying that states “variety is the spice of life.”

I couldn’t agree more.

Which makes me wonder, if variety is the spice of life, then why does it seem that the world has grown so bland?

Just like with actual spices, I think that the thing that makes the world interesting is dependent on each individual’s tastes and preferences.

For me the spice of life is adventure.

Not necessarily the kind of adventure that you read about in those “young adult” fiction books, about a young hero who is destined to save the world and make tons of friends and meet the love of his life all within the confines of a 200 page paperback that you can find in the used bin at your local book shop, but the sense of adventure that comes with the discovery of places, people or experiences. Long sentence I have come to realize that I seek out new and exciting situations because I am a natural storyteller.

My sense of adventure comes from when I find my-

Parenthood seems daunting but exciting for a new father By Matt Young

I’m in the midst of a paradigm shift.

Throughout my life, I’ve been a son, grandson, nephew, cousin and brother, and I was born into those relationships.

Thankfully, they were good ones, and as I consider all the broken homes in our nation, it makes me particularly grateful.

Five years ago, I became a husband. That was a pretty big change for me, because it was an elective one.

I met someone I wanted to spend the rest of my life with, and we became a household under a sacred bond before God and State.

That relationship was different from my position under my parents as a son, or even as an older brother, since my parents called the shots for

us. Kids live under their parents, and hopefully everything works out.

With marriage, it’s a partnership, so it’s a different thing. We plot our course jointly, and work out the differences.

We take each other’s input into consideration and make our decisions together.

We’re committed to the long road ahead of us, and two heads are better than one.

And I have to pick up my socks.

Now I’m entering something altogether different.

I’m going to be a dad.

No, seriously! As crazy as it sounds, I’ve passed on my genetic legacy, such as it is.

If getting married didn’t completely mean “growing up,” I think becoming a father is going to seal the deal, even if I still love “Transformers” and GI Joe. I’ve already started writing letters to my unborn child. I can’t help it.

Maybe I saw that Michael Keaton Movie, “My Life” one too many times.

In it, he plays a guy with a baby

on the way. Unfortunately, he finds out he has terminal cancer, so he decides to make home movies teaching his child all he can in the only way possible.

We’ll find out the gender in less than a month, and I can’t wait to know if it’s a boy or girl.

Honestly, I’m excited either way.

With a boy, I can show him “Star Wars” and we can have epic robot fights.

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If it’s a girl, I’ll buy her vintage My Little Pony, since the new ones look dumb, and will still make her watch “Star Wars.”

It’s an awesome responsibility becoming a parent, and the very idea is both exciting and frightening.

It’s exciting because I will have a

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It’s terrifying partially because of that same responsibility, but also because kids end up absorbing more than just their parents’ best attributes.

I’m pretty sure our kids will be little mirrors of our foibles as well. I expect to learn quite a bit about myself in the process.

Thankfully, I have experience working with kids, and racked up some Early Childhood Development classes along the way of my ridiculously long school program.

I also wonder what it will be like for my child to grow up three decades after I did.

Things are quite a bit different

not able to go before, or the ability to overcome my once crippling social anxiety and meet new people, and in the process making new friends with whom to share my stories.

The one thing that is the true enemy of adventure and variety is contentment.

When a person is content with their situation in life, whether it be from a lack of motivation or as a crutch they put on themselves to keep them from dealing with new and strange situations as I used to do, they do not seek new things.

When I person is content they have no drive to go out and discover the new and exciting things that the world has to offer.

When a person is content there are no new people, there are no new stories, and nothing is ever discovered.

So what I am trying to urge you readers out there to do is to not be content with the things that the world has already given you.

Always appreciate everything that you have, but also keep seeking new things to spice up your world.

Maybe one of those Leap Frog educational video game systems will be OK, but no Barney the Purple Dinosaur. I don’t care if they like it or not!

There will definitely be music in the house, though, and we already got a piano and I’m looking forward to encouraging guitar (is five too young to learn Nirvana songs?).

It’s been interesting going to baby stores.

With this generation, they’re suckering us Gen-Xers into buying crap with stuff we like on it. There are lullaby renditions of Metallica! I kid you not. We put one on our registry!

As big an undertaking as I’m facing, I believe that if I can help build a person with a sharp mind, good character, and a strong sense of personal responsibility, the differences between the years of my childhood and theirs won’t matter so much.

Besides, “Star Wars” is coming out on Blu-Ray and most of what I liked as a kid has come back into popularity, so I’ll get a chance to be a bit of a “kid” myself. Last week, I walked through Toys ‘R’ Us and looked at the “Transformers” and “Star Wars” toys.

The Transformers aren’t as good as when I was a kid (we had die-cast, realistic awesomeness!) but it’s better than nothing.

Here’s to the next generation, and my second childhood!

It’s exciting because I will have a little person who I will pour everything I hold dear into as I do my best to shape him or her into becoming a wonderful person.

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self in a situation and I have the ability to think to myself, “I’m going to tell someone about this someday.”

For example, there is the story of how me and two of my friends stole a boat while backpacking around Europe, but unfortunately that is a story not fit for the confines of a college newspaper.

In today’s world it is often hard to find a real sense of adventure when almost everything that we can perceive around us has either already been analyzed and explained by modern science or science has not yet reach the ability to explain.

And to some their sense of adventure may come from working towards that point of explaining what has yet to be fully understood.

To some people, the thrill of adventure may come from the newest Minecraft update, but to each their own, right?As a teenager the worst thing in the world for me was always going over to a friend’s house only to sit around and do nothing for hours on end.

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The amount of electronic gadgets is a tad taunting, and there will be a “No Barney Allowed” rule, for sanity’s sake.

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Obama confronts a drop in enthusiasm among young voters McClatchy Tribune Wire Service

COLUMBUS, Ohio — They were freshmen then, caught up in the excitement on the Ohio State University campus surging behind Barack Obama, a candidate they saw as young, inspiring and visionary.

Almost four years later, they’re seniors caught in the grim realities of the economy — on the hunt for jobs but accepting internships and temporary positions, or applying to graduate school to wait for employment to bounce back.

President Obama had a

number of reasons for visiting the university Tuesday, making Columbus the second stop on his tour to push his $447 billion jobs bill: Ohio is a crucial swing state, House Speaker John Boehner’s district is nearby and several aspects of Obama’s jobs plan fit well with the region’s needs.

But by virtue of the massive Ohio State campus, this is also one of the country’s largest college towns and a place where Obama fever burned intensely three years ago. If he is to reverse his slide in the polls and again carry states like Ohio for his re-election, Obama needs

to revive at least some of that energy.

“He needs to replicate 2008, with high turnout among minorities and the young,” said Paul Beck, a political scientist at Ohio State. “Young voters are not nearly as enthused as in 2008, and they may not be by election time.”

Interviews show he has a ways to go with Ohio’s young voters, as they view politics through a different lens now.

Some are less interested, others are considering the field of Republican candidates. Some have kept the faith in Obama and want to volunteer for

him — when their job-hunting schedules will allow.

“I’m not going to go out and advocate for anything,” said Joshua Hayes, a senior civil engineering major who recalled that he was caught up in the Obama fervor as a freshman. “I have my own stuff going on.”

Hayes then counted off a long weekly to-do list that includes going to class, studying and working at Bed, Bath and Beyond to help pay the bills.

The U.S. unemployment rate stood at 7.8 percent when Obama took office, but in Ohio it was 8.6 percent — one of the highest rates in the country.

National unemployment has since climbed to 9.1 percent, while Ohio’s rate stands at 9 percent — an improvement from fall 2009, when its rate peaked at 10.6 percent.

But even if the employment picture has improved, that doesn’t mean it’s good.

“Everyone’s settling,” said Brooke Wojdynski, a senior in non-profit studies and political science. “I don’t want to settle.

I need a job I want, not just something that’s available.”

Some students defend Obama, directing their anger at a political dynamic they think has thwarted him.

But there has been a notable drop in enthusiasm, a major concern for the White House heading into the 2012 campaign, especially in key states such as Ohio, which Obama carried in 2008.

The excitement of being a first-time voter devoted to a rising star’s campaign has subsided, replaced by the practical need to get by.

A Washington Post poll earlier this month reported that, for the first time, fewer than half of Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 gave Obama positive marks.

Young voters overwhelmingly voted for Obama in 2008, but just 47 percent of voters under the age of 30 approved of his job performance.

Obama’s advisers believe this is not surprising for a president in the third year of his term in a difficult economy — and at a time when a new field of Republican presidential hopefuls is generating excitement among many voters.

Voters have not yet come to know the Republican candidates, and Obama will look better in the ultimate comparison shopping, White House officials said.

Following a playbook outlined by many economists, Obama is pushing for shortterm spending to boost hiring, and long-term deficit reductions to bring spending in line.

But he is proposing to raise taxes on affluent Americans to pay for his plan, and Republicans have steadfastly refused.

Obama’s plan includes payroll tax cuts for employers and workers, tax credits for companies that hire additional workers, veterans or the “longterm unemployed,” $30 billion to modernize roughly 35,000 public schools and some community colleges, and $50 billion to rebuild transportation infrastructure.

“There are millions of unemployed construction workers looking for work,” Obama told the crowd gathered outside the Fort Hayes Arts and Academic High School. “So my question to Congress is, what on Earth are we waiting for?”

“Pass this bill! Pass this bill!” the crowd chanted in reply.

In Washington, Boehner railed against raising taxes to pay for the plan, saying Obama wants “permanent tax increases … to pay for temporary spending. The House is going to continue to work to create a better environment for economic development and job growth in our country.”

Jobs remain the key if Obama is to rebuild a broad base of support. Analysts say he may not need to reduce unemployment to levels of complete recovery, but that voters will have to see improvement by next summer.

To do that, Obama needs some wins in Congress and is hoping the public will help him pressure Republicans into voting for his jobs bill.

On Monday, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican, offered support for one provision of the plan — the reduction in payroll taxes.

“This is not a time for partisanship,” Kasich said. “This is a time to figure out a way in which we can get things moving in the country.”

Hayes said he blames Washington lawmakers for the gridlock. Obama has been trying to get things done, the student said, “but Congress is complicating things. That’s frustrating to me.”

Still, while Hayes said he will speak up for Obama in conversation, he isn’t going out on the streets to persuade people to re-elect him.

“My time is stretched already,” he said, “and I don’t feel strongly enough.”