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Monday August 29, 2011 Volume 137, Issue 2

SJSU ranks top school in online presence Research group places university as top-ranking in open access to research

by Cynthia Ly Staff Writer

Male members of San Jose’s downtown South Bay Islamic Association mosque prostrate during Friday’s Jumu’ah, or prayer, services. Most mosques separate men and women during all services, including prayer. Prayer is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, and typically occurs five times a day for Muslims, in the direction of Mecca, the holiest city of Islam. Shoes are not permitted in mosque prayer halls. Photo by Jasper Rubenstein / Spartan Daily

Students commemorate islamic fasting tradition as holy month closes

by Christina Molina Staff Writer

This week marks the end of the Muslim holiday Ramadan.

“It happens every year for one month,” said senior nursing major Haylai Mohammadi. “This year started on Aug. 1.”

Ramadan, celebrated during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, represents a time of willpower and

dedication, said Mohammadi. During Ramadan, Muslims participate in fasting, which is one of the five Pillars of Islam described in the Quran.

“It’s a full month of purity, restraining from any evil acts and being a good person to your peers,” said Mohammadi.

Fasting consists of not consuming food or drink, including water, from sunrise to sunset.

“It’s tough but it is really more of a mentality kind of thing,” Mohammadi said.

At sunset, Muslims break their fast with a large meal.

“At that moment, food has never tasted so good,” Mohammadi said.

SJSU graduate student Samina Rizviin moved from India one year ago and is committed to the tradition but has trouble keeping up with fasting.

“Since I am away from family and I am busy with studies and work, it’s been a little difficult to keep up with it, but I try to fast as much as I can,” Rizviin said.

Although time constraints prevent full fasting dedication, Rizviin said she is conscious of the significance of Ramadan.

“Ramadan is about self-control and patience, which dedicates you to worshipping Allah,” she said.

Rizviin said she and her family in

India have always donated this time of year.

“It (Ramadan) is also a good way for people to know the importance of donation,” she said.

Muslims follow their five daily prayers done at certain times of the day beginning with Fajr, meaning “dawn;” Dhuhr at noon, Asr in the afternoon, Maghrib at sunset and Isha, the evening prayer.

Software engineering senior Ashfaqul Islam keeps with up his daily prayers as much as possible.

“I pray at the mosque at least three times a day,” he said.

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Educator receives grant funding to study Canadian health care, HIV

by Kyle Szymanski Contributing Writer

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As a young student in 1985, journalism student Denver Lewellen had no idea being chosen to cover the health beat for the Spartan Daily for a semester would affect him for the next 26 years.

Lewellen, who just received a grant to study HIV in Canada for a year, said he now realizes that one moment at SJSU developed his passion.

“That just happened to be my beat, so I wrote a bunch of stories and they were received very positively.” he said. “It impacted me professionally because I was interested in medicine itself in terms of the way it had so many branches and there was so much miscommunication between doctors, providers and other people.”

Lewellen will soon relocate to Canada, where he will spend a year conducting an ethnographic study looking at the effect of globalization

on community health care services for people with HIV in Nova Scotia, as part of the Fulbright Program.

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SJSU beat out the other CSUs and private universities from 15 states as the top university in terms of online presence in the regional west of the USA this July, according to the Webometrics Ranking of World’s Universities.

The Webometrics Ranking is a project of Cybermetrics Lab, a research group belonging to the largest public research institution in Spain, the Spanish National Research Council, according to its website.

Chelsea Tarver, a graduate student in creative writing, said she is not surprised by the ranking.

“We are located in the beating heart of the Silicon Valley,” she said. “So if it weren’t as techno-focused and onlinepresent, it would seem almost out of place.”

One of the major goals of the Webometrics Ranking project is to promote open access to academic research, according to the project’s website.

A task force created by the SJSU Academic Senate to investigate open access published a report in March 2010, according to the senate’s website.

According to the report, using open access resources helps libraries bear the financial burden of maintaining scholarly journal subscriptions while providing another means to access peer-reviewed papers in various fields.

According to an April 2010 Sense of the Senate Resolution, the Academic Senate officially declared its support of open access by anonymous vote.

The resolution also stated that it will not have a financial or direct workload impact.

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Pro/Con: Steve Jobs’ departure marks an era’s end Last week Apple founder Steve Jobs resigned from his position as CEO one of the most influential and aggressive tech companies of the day.

The departure of a Silicon Valley icon has both a positive and negative effect on nearly every digital industry. Here are two perspectives on the issue.

by Anastasia Crosson Staff Writer

What is the fuss about, anyway? Apple is a viable company, no one can argue with that. The man behind Mac marketing and the other one behind Apple hardware — they are still in play. After handpicking this team to take the company to the top, I’d say Jobs has done his job. Let’s hand over the reins and call it a day.

If the advancement of technology depends on cutting-edge innovation, Apple Inc. execs should breathe a sigh of relief that Steve Jobs has given up his post.

As all good things must come to an end — dictatorships, Ponzi schemes, the Harry Potter series — so must the age of Jobs.

That’s not to say he wasn’t an asset to the company during his term as Chief Executive Officer. But let’s also keep in mind that Jobs did leave Apple Inc. in the mid-80s and, no, the company did not dissolve without his leadership.

As we all know, Apple Inc. continued to make personal computers and look at the hold it has in that market today, not to mention its impressive product line of tablets, cell phones and mp3 players. Without Jobs, Apple still has the hardware. The peo-

ple will get what they want and, as it turns out, Jobs isn’t it.

Consumers consider Apple products to be superior. Superior products sell themselves — otherwise, superior branding does. Where sex sells, so does sexy, sleek packaging. Jobs’ signature turtleneck isn’t selling anything.

Since word has it that he will still be on the board, its not like Apple is losing him entirely.

We can still look forward to a Jobs keynote at a convention or two, and perhaps another shoddy demonstration when the latest iPhone makes its debut.

Rest assured, the board isn’t looking for some noob to fill Jobs’ shoes either. Tim Cook, formerly Apple’s Chief Operating Officer, filled in for Jobs on his several health-related sabbaticals. If anyone knows the ins and outs of the company, it should be Cook.

With Jobs taking a not-so-seldom leave of absence from the company because of health reasons, Apple deserves a new head that can keep pace — someone who can keep pace with the demand from the throng of Mac diehards, someone who can keep pace with nearly $400 a share (and gaining) in a down market.

Jobs himself should

Good riddance to old ways

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be happy to bring his tenure to a close. Who else is more deserving of the self-satisfaction of folding his hand at the pinnacle of Apple’s success? Quit while you’re ahead, they say. As a tech industry magnate, case study for every MBA student alive, and self-made billionaire — I would daresay Jobs was ahead. Its not quite good riddance but it is a welcome change of pace.

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Steve’s leave is not to be felt lightly

by Jackson Wright Staff Writer

Steve Jobs has always been something of a mysterious figure to me, and I think also for most of the Apple brand-toting-youth of America.

He is a master planner and innovator as well as one of most creative people on the planet. He understands what people are looking for in a product or a program: It’s as if he knows better than the consumers themselves. He is only in the public eye because of his influence,

preferring to stay and continue to create the newest in technology.

When I heard that Jobs would be stepping down as CEO, I was shocked. It was a previously announced decision, but the kind that, even though you knew was coming, hit you hard in the gut.

Jobs is infamous for being a strict taskmaster and a champion for his products. He runs his company like an iron-fisted dictator and gets only the best results from it. He is creative, accomplished and a savvy business-

man, creating and jumping on board influential companies such as NeXT and Pixar that have changed so much in their respective fields. What will it be like at the offices of Apple without Jobs cracking the whip? Will products and innovation suffer because of his absence?

The new CEO is Tim Cook, a man that has been COO and running Apple since January, when Jobs took his most recent medical leave.

He is said to be a gifted corporate strategist, solving many of the problems that Apple faced with production in 1998, so he’s at least partly responsible for its reported recent success.

However, what Cook may lack is Jobs’ creativity and vision. In taking over during the various leaves of absence so far, he has shown that his management style sticks close to Jobs’ example and that he is aiming to stay the course that the company is currently on. Apple is not Cook’s baby, therefore, will he be able to provide the same “loving care” and drive that Jobs so easily exhibits with their products?

No matter what, Cook will be here to stay for quite a while.

When the old “Mac v.

PC” ads with John Hodgman and Justin Long were first released, I was amazed by how great they were.

They clearly and succinctly defined that the Mac was cool, efficient and

innovative. They were topical, pointing out the problems with their competition so bitingly and with such class that it took the world by storm.

It didn’t hurt at all that they were completely hilarious. When I first saw them, I was a bit surprised that it wasn’t Jobs himself out there with the pudgy PC because he represents so well everything that Apple stands for. With his close-cropped graying hair, iconic black turtleneck and mom jeans, he is just as much an influential mascot for Apple as either of the characters of the advertisement series.

Most of the important keynote Apple presentations and product announcements have been emceed by Jobs himself, showing off the amazing innovations he and his colleagues have cooked up for the masses.

Without Jobs in his CEO capacity, it seems he won’t continue on as the face of Apple’s newest breakthroughs. Will Tim Cook be donning the turtleneck and saying, “But there’s one more thing?” I, for one, certainly hope we continue to see at least that much of Jobs.

In the end, it is a good thing for Jobs to be stepping down, because it is the best thing for him and his health. He is a remarkable man, and will truly be missed by many in the top spot of his first and most influential venture.

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by Danreb Victorio Staff Writer

A lot of games these days are about shooting people in the face. There isn’t a lot of creativity. Luckily this summer, video game developer and publisher Atlus has come out with Catherine, a game that defines unique.

The game’s story-driven plot revolves around 32-yearold Vincent Brooks, an average joe working a regular 9-5 job who would like nothing but to experience “true freedom” in his life. He’s also been dating his college sweetheart, Katherine (with a K), for a number of years, and she’s reached the part in her life where she wants to be tied down.

After a night of crazy drinking, Vincent wakes up from an intense nightmare and finds the most beautiful woman he’s ever met naked on his bed. Her name is Catherine, with a C, and she also happens to be everything that Vincent is looking for in a girl.

The game’s introduction may sound like something out of a pointlessly raunchy teen film, but this is something video games have never attempted.

Players essentially take control of two Vincents: active Vincent and dreaming Vincent.

When in control of an active Vincent, players will spend all their time at the Stray Sheep, the pizza bar that he’s in every night

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Here you can socialize with Vincent’s friends or the locals, have a drink or two (or four), watch the news, go to the bathroom, sigh at Vincent’s bank account, operate the bar’s jukebox or even play an arcade game called Rapunzel — a game that’s designed to help you out for the game’s real action. When there is nothing left to do, it’s back to the apartment for some shuteye.

Each night, Vincent will have nightmares, and this is where the real gameplay takes place. In these nightmares, a half-naked Vincent with sheep horns and other sheep have to climb mountains and walls of concrete boxes in order to escape by reaching the top. As time passes, the boxes fall, so scaling the blocks quickly is key to survival.

Yes, the core gameplay in Catherine revolves around climbing mountains of blocks until you reach the top. But before players pass it off as just another niche title, keep in mind that the act is also both hard and very addictive. Each climb is a race against time.

Every nightmare Vincent has is separated into multiple levels, each one more challenging than the last. The last section in a nightmare is a boss fight, or rather a “boss climb,” where different figments in Vincent’s dreams will attack him in an attempt to kill him.

Additionally, new and different blocks are introduced in

each nightmare Vincent has. Ice blocks, for example, will have Vincent sliding all over the place.

With all the pushing and pulling, players are bound to make mistakes, so thankfully the select button also acts as an undo button.

When in between the levels of a nightmare, Vincent will find himself at a rest stop with sheep he can learn about techniques from or buy power-ups with the money collected in each level.

The power-ups are designed to make things easier, performing such tasks as creating a new block, killing enemies blocking the way, or even allow Vincent to climb more than one block at a time. While they’re powerful, it’s also worth noting that buying an item will significantly lower the climbing score as well.

Put all these different factors into play, and you have a ridiculously hard game. Players die a lot in this game. There is no shame with playing the game on easy mode. The game’s difficulty level affects the story in no way, so players who are interested in the story should do whatever they can to clear these puzzles.

As corny and bizarre as the story and gameplay may be, there is a lot to like about Catherine.

For example, the calm, yet thrilling soundtrack consisting of both original game music and remixed classical music from the likes of the legendary Beethoven

and Chopin really enhance the stress of climbing blocks. In addition to the stellar music, Catherine also has a cast of great voice actors. Despite this, anime purists might be disappointed to know that you can’t play the game with the Japanese voice actors and English subtitles, even though that probably would’ve been an easy addition.

The masterful storytelling, the terrific art design, superb sound and addictive gameplay make Catherine one of the best games of the year.

However, that this definitely is not a game for everyone. Not just because of its Mature rating for nearly everything in the book — violence, blood, sexual themes, partial nudity, strong language, alcohol — but because the game is extremely hard.

The difficulty really will leave a lot of players frustrated, but the sense of accomplishment players will have when completing a stage on their own really is a pleasure to experience. The first playthrough can take anywhere between 15 and 25 hours depending upon climbing skill, and after beating it, the multiple endings and unlocked modes (including a competitive multiplayer mode) give players more reasons to keep playing.

Add the fact that there are multiple endings in this completely wide open game, and you have something you’ll keep playing.

After a night of crazy drinking, Vincent wakes up from an intense nightmare and finds the most beautiful woman he’s ever met naked on his bed.

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Formidable Hurricane Irene devastates East Coast states McClatchy Tribune Wire Service

Already a killer storm, Irene sloshed through the New York metropolitan area Sunday, briefly flooding parts of the city and severing power to a million people but not provoking the doomsday urban disaster that had been feared.

Diminished to a tropical storm and racing to its own overnight demise in New England and Canada, Irene killed at least 18 people in six states.

More than 4.5 million customers lost power along the East Coast and well inland. Initial property damage estimates ranged up to $7 billion.

And it was not over yet.

“Many Americans are still at serious risk of power outages and flooding, which could get worse in coming days as rivers swell past their banks …” President Barack Obama said Sunday evening. “There are a lot of communities that are still being affected.”

Irene dumped immense amounts of rain on a region already saturated by summer downpours. Many communities in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, upstate New York, Connecticut, Vermont and elsewhere endured life-threatening floods and toppling trees.

State and local authorities warned of more to come and they begged residents not to become complacent. It takes some time for rain runoff to accumulate, they said, tree roots were weakening in the over-moist soil and the danger will not end for days.

“Stay inside,” Gov. Chris Christie told New Jersey residents. “The real issue that we’re going to have to deal with now is flooding. We’re

going to experience major flooding. Some rivers haven’t crested yet, and it’s still raining.”

Christie noted at least 300 road closures and obstructions across his state, though he said the New Jersey Turnpike and bridges were clear and that tree-clearing equipment was on its way. Deep floods swamped portions of Hackensack, Westwood, Ridgewood, Hillsdale and other communities in New Jersey.

In New York City, ocean water invaded some beachside communities, and both the East River and the Hudson River overtopped their banks, but the resulting floods were not major and most receded quickly. At the same time, numerous waterborne rescues were necessary in Staten Island, Westchester County and other parts of the area.

“It was pretty scary at four in the morning when I was woken up by the wind, but other than that, things don’t seem so bad,” said Nora Flaherty of Brooklyn. “I’m glad people took this seriously. Better safe than sorry.”

By midday, with the rain coming to an end, she and many other New Yorkers ventured outside to inspect their surroundings and walk their dogs.

In the Clinton Hill area near Brooklyn Heights, little damage was evident, though the basement of some brownstone townhouses flooded.

Residents reported two to three inches of water in their apartments, saying there would have been more if they hadn’t created sandbag dams at the entrances.

Young children in raincoats and boots stomped through puddles, laughing as they were

blown about in the wind, and life began returning to normal in other ways. The New York Stock Exchange planned to open for business as usual Monday and, consequently, the Men’s Wearhouse store near Wall Street swiftly reopened for business Sunday.

“The city and the state did a phenomenal job of getting everyone ready and were very forceful in terms of recommending evacuations, especially from the low-lying areas — I’m very happy about that,” said Scott Schoneman, a New York resident who works in the financial industry. “And the storm itself, it didn’t seem to be as bad as they were predicting.”

Along Irene’s path, the death toll was expected to increase, but authorities said it could have been much worse.

The evacuation of at least 2.3 million coastal residents — and other precautions — “dramatically reduced risk to life,” said Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.

Craig Fugate, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, downplayed suggestions that the government had overreacted.

Weather forecasts, by their very nature, rarely prove 100 percent accurate and the prudent step is to prepare for the worst, he and other experts said.

Whenever lives are lost, Fugate said, it cannot be said that the nation “dodged a bullet.”

He noted that, though only 25 percent of evacuations prove necessary, it’s that 25 percent that saves lives.

He also urged people to donate to the charities that help shoulder the burden of feeding and housing evacuees during storms, including the Red

Army National Guard Spc. Caleb Lowery helps clean out a homeowner’s hot tub after it flooded following Hurricane Irene in the Kennels Beach section of Arapahoe, Pamlico Co., North Carolina on Saturday. Photo by Chris Seward / MCT

Cross and the Salvation Army.

“They were prepared from North Carolina to Maine for what might happen,” Fugate said.

Joseph Bruno, New York City’s emergency management commissioner, agreed that the preparations were necessary, proper and effective.

“The people in our city listened to our mayor,” Bruno told CNN. “He said ‘evacuate,’ and they did. To me, this is a very important part of this — people complied with the mayor. They’re very knowledgeable now … they know Mother Nature can be very cruel.”

In Philadelphia, residents awakened to a quiet calm after a night of high wind and driving rain. Mayor Michael Nutter lifted a state of emergency, the city’s first in 25 years. The region’s transit system re-

sumed limited service.

Nearly 600,000 customers in the Philadelphia region, including parts of southern New Jersey, lost power. Service was restored by Sunday evening to about half of those customers, but utility officials said it could take up to two weeks before everyone came back on line.

“This is one of the worst storm events that has hit Philadelphia in the last 50 years,” Nutter said.

Throughout the region, post-storm power outages remained one of the most significant challenges.

At one point Sunday, about 194,000 customers of the Washington D.C.-area utility were without power, down from 220,000 powerchallenged customers earlier during the storm. More than 300 power lines were down in the District of Columbia and

in Montgomery County and Prince George’s County in adjacent Maryland.

Outages were worse in North Carolina and Virginia, where Dominion Power was working to return service to 1.2 million customers. The outages were the company’s second-largest, shadowed only by those inflicted by Hurricane Isabel.

After striking North Carolina, Irene lost some of its intensity as it prowled the coast, steadily accelerating its forward speed. Lower winds and faster passage tend to diminish the magnitude of coastal flooding.

Meteorologists said Irene’s core made a second landfall near Little Egg Inlet, N.J., north of Atlantic City, at 5:35 a.m. EDT Sunday, as a minimal Category 1 hurricane with 75 mph sustained wind.

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RANKINGS: Scholarly papers boost SJSU FROM PAGE 1 “[Open access] is not Napster for science,” said Peter Suber, who is currently a fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, in his paper Open Access Overview. “It’s about lawful sharing, not sharing in disregard of law.”

Justin Lau, a sophomore international business major, also considers the financial implications of the ranking.

“I think the ranking doesn’t mean much,” he said. “But if it can help us secure more funding to help ease the budget cuts coming from Sacramento, that would be great.”

Currently, the SJSU library lists more than 100 open access journals and databases on its website, covering a multitude of fields in the sciences, business and others from the U.S., India, Australia and other nations.

The Webometrics Ranking is

partly determined by the number of electronic documents a university produces and archives, according to its website.

Collection Development Coordinator Susan Kendall stated in an e-mail that SJSU’s online databases hold more than 3,900 theses, 78,000 government publications and 100,000 journals.

According to a research article on the Public Library of Science, a nonprofit committed to making all scientific and medical literature open access since 2000, the number of open access academic journals online has gone from about 500 in 1999 to more than 4,500 in 2009.

While Cybermetrics Lab stated on its website that the ranking is not perfect — non-academic factors should also be considered when looking at the quality of a university — it may be an indicator of the global visibility of a university.

FULBRIGHT: AIDS research

SJSU alum Denver Lewellen speaks about his experiences prior to being selected for a Fulbright Fellowship during an interview in Dwight Bentel Hall last week.

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In 2009 and 2010, SJSU was ranked the No. 1 public master’s institution in the USA for international students, according to the Institute of International Education, which was founded in 1919 after WWI. “They (the founders) believed that we could not achieve lasting peace without greater understanding between nations,” the institute’s website stated. “And that international educational exchange formed the strongest basis for fostering such understanding.”

Helen Stevens, director of International Programs and Services, said the number of international students has doubled, while more local students have gone abroad each year since she started working at SJSU nearly 13 years ago.

“Everyday, the world comes together in this place,” Stevens said.

“It gives a whole new perspective on international education.”

FROM PAGE 1 and Cultural Affairs, the Fulbright Program provides funding for students, scholars, teachers and professionals to undertake graduate study, advanced research, university teaching and teaching in elementary and secondary schools, according to the program’s website.

Lewellen, who has conducted two other major studies on people living with HIV, said this study will allow him to determine if things have changed in the region since his last study, which was conducted in 1998.

That study determined that patients taking breakthrough drugs were starting to live longer lives with the virus.

“Since then, they have even better drugs and there is more awareness and prevention,” Lewellen said. “The social and political climates are different, par-

Bachelor of Fine Arts Pictorial student Mireya Villanueva finishes painting a self portrait of muralist and painter Diego Rivera early Thursday morning Aug. 19, 2011, on the blue wall surrounding the construction of the new Student Union building. Photo by Dorian Silva / Spartan Daily

ticularly for gay men.”

He said he hopes to chronicle the treatment available in Canada because the treatment available in its single-payer health care system is better and cheaper than what is available in the United States.

“The model of HIV care can be applied to people with other chronic diseases,” Lewellen said.

“A lot of what they are doing in Canada is cutting edge in terms of trying to come up with solutions to problems. In the U.S., we are still kind of going in circles.”

After graduating from SJSU in 1985, he received a master’s degree in medical anthropology from Rutgers University and a Ph.D. in anthropology from the New School for Social Research in New York. His graduate work allowed him to further study HIV, the first cases of which were reported while he was a young reporter.

“What’s interesting is how different the disease (AIDS) is because when I wrote those articles, it was a death sentence,” Lewellen said.

Political science Professor Larry Sokoloff, who was part of the Fulbright Program in 2008, said his experience as part of the program was exciting.

“It was a great way to experience another culture and at the same time to appreciate all the freedoms we have in the United States,” he said. “It was hard at times, but I wanted an adventure, and I had one.”

According to the program’s website, 18 faculty members and five students from SJSU have gotten into the program since 1995.

“It provided me with a block of time and the funds to support extensive fieldwork for my current book, and also, through the in-country staff, provided

RAMADAN: Time of fast draws to completion FROM PAGE 1 Islam attends a mosque of the South Bay Islamic Association for his morning, sunset and evening prayers. The mosque, located downtown on Third and Julian streets, offers food for the community to break their fast.

Traditionally, the first food served is dates.

“That is what our prophet used to do so it is recommended you follow the prophet,” said Islam.

Eid, meaning “the break of fast,” marks the end of Ramadan and is celebrated with a feast.

“Eid is probably the one day I really miss home,” said Islam, who was born and raised in Kuwait. “At home, on Eid, there is a special prayer in the morning then we greet family members, call relatives, visit other families and have people come over.”

For Haylai Mohammadi, Eid is solely about family.

“We dress up, congratulate each other on completing one month of fasting, have tons of food and the adults give the children money,” she said.

The sighting of the new moon marks the precise culmination of Ramadan.

“There are committees all around North America that look for moon sightings so we don’t really know until the night before Eid that Eid is going to be the next day,” said Islam.

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me with certain introductionas and permissions that otherwise would have been difficult to achieve,” said art Professor Jo Farb Hernandez, who is currently in Spain studying art as part of the Fulbright Program.

Lewellen came across the opportunity after talking to a another professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, who told him she believed his prior research would qualify him for the program.

Two months and a five-page proposal later, Lewellen received word that he was admitted into the program.

“I think I could possibly bring together data from all the research studies and maybe try to write a book or article to show how over time, the experience of having AIDS reflects the different ways that people live in society and how different it is now to have the disease,” he said.

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Spartans dance to season-opening three-goal victory

by Christina Molina Staff Writer

The crowd was on its feet for the SJSU men’s soccer team on Friday, who beat the Fresno Pacific Sunbirds 4-1 in their second game of the season.

“We knew nothing about this team,” said Spartan head coach Gary St. Clair about Fresno Pacific, who is still in its first year of transition from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics to Division II. The Sunbirds are coming off a 9-9-0 record last season and 6-4 in the Golden State Athletic Conference.

The game’s first goal came from junior Dylan Murphy with a cross from senior forward Craig Hertler to senior mid fielder Nick Cashmere, who connected with Murphy, setting him free for a shot to the far post and a score.

“I was very excited because it was my first goal with the Spartans,” said Murphy. “Cashmere just kind of laid it. I called him out, he saw me out of the corner of his eye, played me wide one time in the far post. It was a tight angle, but I was able to squeeze in there.”

Fresno Pacific’s top goal scorer Paul Islas did not disappoint with a goal just three minutes into the second period, tying up the game at 1-1. Islas drove down the far line, shot

under the keeper and scored without any assists.

Three minutes following Fresno Pacific’s tying goal, Murphy attempted a shot with a loose ball at the top of the 18-yard-box, scoring his second goal of the night unassisted.

“I don’t think the goalie was expecting it,” said Murphy. “I had my back faced to him and he thought I was probably going to lay the ball back and I just turned around and smacked it.”

Within one minute of Murphy’s second goal, Craig Hertler took a pass from senior mid fielder Roberto Casteneda at the top left of the penalty box, shot to the far post and scored.

“After the first opportunity I missed, I knew I had to hit it sooner,” said Hertler, who missed his first attempt at the goal.

Hertler has played with the SJSU baseball team his entire college career. This soccer season marks his first with the Spartans.

“Hopefully I do good (this season), since this is my only year at SJSU,” he said.

A quick pass into the middle by mid fielder Steve Sanchez led Cashmere to score the final goal of the game.

“Finishing has been a problem with us,” said Murphy regarding his team’s efforts.

“Today we did a great job at

Dylan Murphy acrobatically balances himself while maneuvering into position to take the ball from a Sunbird defender. Photo by Vernon McKnight / Spartan Daily

that so hopefully we can just keep it up.”

SJSU outshot Fresno Pacific 20 to 8.

“I thought we started slow,” said St. Clair. “I was a little disappointed we did not control the tempo of the game. But we made adjustments in the second half.”

Although Coach St. Clair praised Dylan Murphy and his team on their performance, he feels there are areas in which

the team must improve.

“We don’t look particularly sharp,” said St. Clair. “I certainly think we need to play a little bit quicker.”

In regards to how the season will go, he said, “It was a great start, let’s talk in October and November.”

The Spartans will meet CSU Monterey Bay for an exhibition match Aug. 31 at Spartan Stadium with a 7 p.m. kick-off.

Football team announces first depth chart

by Ron Gleeson Sports Editor

The biggest question for the Spartan football squad heading into the 2011 season was answered Wednesday when head coach Mike MacIntyre announced his opening day depth chart.

A quarterback battle that has lasted since the first practices of spring was put to rest with the announcement that senior Matt Faulkner was chosen by MacIntyre to lead the Spartan offense for its season opener against Stanford.

“It’s what I came here to do,” Faulkner said following his first practice after the announcement.

“I came here in the first place to start and so I’m excited, thrilled really.”

MacIntyre said he made his decision based on statistical percentages kept for all three contending quarterbacks, including sophomore Dasmen Stewart and freshman Blake Jurich.

“Matt came out of the fall, had the best percentages and led the team most efficiently,” he said.

“I’m excited about where we are at.”

Stewart was named Faulkner’s backup and Jurich was slotted into the third-string spot.

Faulkner said he understood MacIntyre’s priority for quarterback was consistency.

“To Coach Mac it’s all about completions,” he said. “From what I understand my completions percentage was the highest. Coach Mac is a big guy on consistency. I hope I provide the consistency he is looking for.”

Faulkner said he chose to come play at SJSU because he saw it as his best opportunity to win the starting quarterback job.

“This school by far seemed like the most obvious choice,” he said. “I’m very glad I chose to come here. Obviously it has worked out and I am ready to go.”

MacIntyre said that although Faulkner was the most impressive during summer and fall

Matt Faulkner drops back to pass during the annual spring scrimmage game. Faulkner played in 10 games in 2010, all as a reserve. Photo by Jesse Jones / Spartan Daily

Week 1 Depth Chart Offense QB-Matt Faulkner (Sr.) WR- Noel Grisby (So.) WR-Chandler Jones (So.) WR-Jabari Carr (Fr.) RB-David Freeman (Jr.) RB-Ina Liaina (Jr.) TE-Ryan Otten (Jr.) LT-David Quessenberry (Jr.) LG-Fred Koloto (Sr.) C-Robbie Reed (Grad.)

RG-Nicholas Kaspar practices, things on top of the depth chart can change quickly.

“I have been in two programs before where the two first guys got hurt and the third team guy and ended up becoming the starter for a while and finished all-conference and SEC player of the year,” MacIntyre said.

The former Southeastern Conference player of the year MacIntyre referred to is Eli Manning, the Super Bowl winning quarterback for the New York Giants, whom MacIntyre coached at the

Offense DE-Mohamed Marah (Grad.)

DE-Travis Johnson (Jr.) DT-Travis Raciti (Fr.) DT-Joe Nigos (Sr.) LB-Tiuke Tuipulotu (Sr.) LB-Vince Buhagiar (So.) LB-Keith Smith (So.) CB-Peyton Thompson (Sr.) CB-Brandon Driver (Sr.) S-Duke Ihenacho (Sr.) S-James Orth (Jr.) University of Mississippi.

Faulkner agreed with MacIntyre’s notion of the fragility of his position, but said it will not interfere with each of the quarterbacks’ ability to learn and build from each other.

“Dasmen and Blake may still get in the game — they are one play from going on,” he said.

“But we will keep feeding off each other. I’ll learn from them, they are a second pair of eyes and they can learn from watching me.”

MacIntyre said the only other tough decisions that remained on the board while filling out the depth chart was the starting defensive line.

“There was a real good battle on the defensive front,” he said.

“You usually need 8-9 guys in order to be competitive, so they will be constantly fighting for the starting positions.”

MacIntyre said having so many bodies for the defensive line is a commodity, especially coming off an injury-riddled 2010 season for SJSU. “Last year we barely had enough defensive tackles to get on the field with all the injuries,” MacIntyre joked. “This time was actually fun filling out the depth chart. I’m looking forward to filling out the same depth chart week after week.”

Also raising MacIntyre’s spirits is the amount of experience his team has on the field, especially on the defensive side of the ball.

“It is always encouraging having guys with experience on the field,” he said. “The players who have played before know they have to concentrate hard during the week. The preparation during the week and the mental capacity that you have to embrace during the week its really important that it shows up on Saturdays.”

MacIntyre said the Spartans’ running back situation also has him resting at ease.

Returning senior running back Brandon Rutley, who led the Spartans in rushing yards and rushing touchdowns last season, has been slotted into the backup running back position behind junior David Freeman.

MacIntyre said this is mainly because Rutley is slated to be the main return man on special teams.

“It is a competition as it goes,” he said. “I see them getting equal numbers. Rutley is a good utility guy for us. He will be getting returns for us which may make him more tired, giving Freeman more runs from scrimmage.”

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MOVIE REVIEW

Paul Rudd (center) stars as Ned, the brother of Miranda, played by Elizabeth Banks (left), and Liz, played by Emily Mortimer (right), in “Our Idiot Brother.� Photo courtesy of allmoviephoto.com

Steve Coogan also stars as Dylan Photo courtesy of allmoviephoto.com

‘Our Idiot Brother’ delivers solid, enjoyable laughs New Paul Rudd comedy tugs on heart strings with drifter’s misadventures with family

by Jackson Wright Staff Writer

“Our Idiot Brother� comes at exactly the right time for me.

After a summer of blockbuster epics and raunchy comedies, this Paul Rudddriven indie flick was just what the doctor ordered to bridge the gap between seeing a new action-packed, adrenaline-injected movie every week to seeing a nice, independent comedy here and there as the semester kicks off.

It is definitely not a “Forgetting Sarah Marshall� or a “Hangover� sort of experience, where amazingly fantastic coincidences strike the hapless characters and various hijinks ensue, but director Jesse Peretz creates a great little story about people who are believably real.

Sure there are plenty of gaffes, but for the most part,

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each of the characters’ quirky tragedies feel real as they are explored through the interactions with Rudd’s character Ned Rochlin — who is much less an idiot than he is a hopelessly loving and kind drifter, complete with a dog named Willie Nelson.

Everyone has that friend or uncle that is maybe not all “put together� but is still lovable and friendly, and Rudd embodies the archetype perfectly.

After he is released from prison, Ned sort of drifts around the homes of his family, doing odd jobs to get himself back on his feet.

Each of his sisters is arguably a little crazier than the last, and Ned’s meddling in their affairs stirs up much of the problems they see themselves getting into.

Emily Mortimer plays Liz, the eldest, who is a stay-athome mom dealing with an overbearing husband and two kids.

Elizabeth Banks plays Miranda, a cutthroat journalist who will do pretty much anything to get a story, and who has a difficult friend-zone romance with her neighbor.

Finally, Zooey Deschanel plays Natalie, a bisexualhipster-failed comedian who

Director Jesse Peretz creates a great little story about people who are believably real.

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What amazed me about the movie is the amount of star power the cast holds.

One only has to say that Paul Rudd is in a new movie to gain the interest of many, but after one adds in each of the sisters, three “Oh, it’s that guy� actors, and Rashida Jones, you’ve got pretty much everyone covered in the upand-coming comedy actors department. Heck, just Zooey Deschanel’s inclusion will bring in every hipster on this side of Urban Outfitters.

As a result, it’s almost too much talent in the room — each of the characters is very well acted, but the sheer volume of stars almost borders on the feeling you get from a large ensemble cast where it’s hard to keep everyone’s name straight and you start

to think of the actor’s name rather than the character’s when they walk on screen.

So many times I said to myself, “Oh, funny guy from ‘Cloverfield’ is back,� or “Hey! The dude from ‘Party Down!’� which got to be a little tiresome.

Distractions aside, the performances were spot on, the movie had so many memorable and hilarious moments, and it even tugged on the heartstrings a bit when things got tough for Ned and Co. I found myself really identifying with the main cast, laughing hysterically a few times, and more than a little bummed when things weren’t going the right way for them. “Our Idiot Brother� is a great little independent movie, providing just what you need to recover from summer 2011 — a few laughs and a fun story about a crazy family.

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Best to get licensed when you are ready Apparently, there was this expectation I’d have my drivers license before entering college.

And if I didn’t, it’s an abomination because I’d have the entire world at my fingertips and letting go of that opportunity for independence is foolish.

It began when freshman year was almost over and the time to receive that driver’s education certificate of completion approached. I was supposed to be determined to get that license.

After all, a kid usually waits forever to cross that threshold. Yet summer began and my mind was elsewhere. Life was happening for me, and somehow managed to steer those thoughts away from getting that special, sturdy little card and zooming off into complete bliss. The process eventually repeated itself.

While all my friends were driving between their sophomore and senior year, I was busy, again. And after some time of the repetitive “When are you getting it? You’re already *insert age here*,” I began to wonder by what age should you have a license?

Truthfully, I’ve felt guilty throughout the past six years about not having my license by senior year of high school, but at the time, my head was elsewhere. The thought never even occurred to me during the first half of my high school years.

Considering I was only getting older without much to show for on my “life experiences” resume, I was badgered for not having my license. Now that I’m almost a quarter of a century old, it’s only every so often because the question just got tiresome.

Presumably, I’m supposed to be excited about this milestone in my life, but that wasn’t the case.

By Angelica Valera

Preoccupation with teenage woes hindered me from eyeing the “prize” of a license. Aside from my studies and extracurricular activities, I was in my own bubble, oblivious that there was more to life than what I was obsessing over at the time.

After incessant reminders from family and friends, I finally gathered the courage to take the permit test. Mind you, my first attempt was terrible. When I retook it, I still didn’t pass until my third attempt. It was during my practice sessions when I realized I was NOT emotionally ready.

You’d say, “So what? Doesn’t everyone go through that when they first start learning?” True, but the difference was I couldn’t regain my confidence, so I stopped. My apologies, anxiety won me over.

What’s the big deal with what age I am to have my license? After Googling what other people felt about this, there really is no right age to have that privilege. As long as I am of the age to drive wherever I live, go right ahead.

I’ve read responses that driving shouldn’t be relative to age, rather to maturity, experience and readiness. One person on

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States need to tapout on MMA

Yahoo! Answers commented, “If you pass the test, you’ve earned it.” Well, for the most part, right?

The behind-the-wheel test will gauge my basic skills, and from what I heard, there are people who barely pass. That means these people have yet to sharpen those skills, but are ready enough to get from point A to point B while managing to avoid injuries or a brush with death.

As stated in an article by drivers.com about getting a license, people really are different and many postpone getting their licenses for a variety of reasons: they’re too busy; they don’t feel they want to, and/or they don’t feel ready. It’s your choice.

Although I’m probably part of the minority now, I’m not alone. I know others who didn’t get their licenses until they were 23, and others that are past 25 that don’t have it yet.

The bottom line is people will get there on their own accord.

Although driving is a proven convenience (and a requirement for many jobs out there), if it’s not mandatory for me, I shouldn’t have to feel pressured.

There are other means of transportation for a reason.

The upside to me not driving yet are reducing my carbon print, and not worrying about expenses on the car; thus, I generate less damage for Earth to endure. Besides, age is but a number, baby.

Wes Side Story appears weekly on Mondays For the last three years or so one of my favorite fastest rising sports has been the world of mixed martial arts.

It started in the spring semester of my freshman year in 2009 while I was rushing my fraternity, Theta Chi. The event was “UFC 94: Georges St. Pierre vs BJ Penn 2” and it was a fun fight card to watch.

I got to see many of my future favorite fighters that night such as Lyoto “the Dragon” Machida, B.J. “The Prodigy” Penn, and Georges “Rush” St. Pierre and it set the stage for the beginnings of my MMA fandom.

Since then the UFC has not only becoming more and more popular with myself but with the rest of the country.

Today, MMA is becoming more mainstream, more so that it ever has, with the UFC recently signing a deal with Fox Sports and fighters like Jon “Bones” Jones appearing in Bud Light commercials and fight cards opening up around the world, like Brazil this past weekend at UFC 134.

It’s only a matter of time now before MMA takes its place among football, baseball and basketball in this country.

But unfortunately a decent percentage of the US still has some misconceptions about the sport.

States like New York and

...people are really different, and many postpone for a variety of reasons...

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South Carolina for example, have placed bans on the practice of MMA and have prevented UFC and other MMA-brand events from setting up shop in town.

All of this is because of the fact that these states believe that MMA is too violent and is basically, as Arizona Senator John McCain put it, “human cockfighting” compared to the more “civilized” sport of boxing.

To anybody who has actually seen an MMA fight card, they know this is far from the truth.

I’m not going to sit here and say it isn’t a violent sport, because it is, but compared to how badly people get beat up in boxing it’s not even a fair comparison.

Sure, MMA deals with a multitude of various fight techniques from punching, kicking, grappling, wrestling and kneeing, but fights only go three to five rounds compared to 10 to 12 for boxing.

The amount of strikes landed in boxing are far more than in MMA and because of this, meaning much more damage to the body and especially the head.

MMA is also considerably less dangerous because the gloves they use are substantially smaller and have less padding than boxing gloves, making knockouts come quicker.

Getting knocked out may seem more dangerous but because boxing gloves have a larger surface area than MMA gloves, the punch is distributed more widely across the opponents face, causing more damage across the entire area.

This doesn’t cause a knockout, so it leaves the boxer standing in leaving him to take more potential punches to the face for 10-12 more rounds.

In an MMA fight, one of these “normal” punches to the face are knockouts and the fight ends. So imagine taking ten times the amount of these in a single fight in boxing instead.

According to the Johns Hopkins study on trauma caused by boxing, it’s the repetitive punches to the head that cause long-term brain damage for fighters and not the straight KO’s that MMA fighters tend to take.

Another thing is that most MMA fighters spend more time in the clinch grappling with their opponents standing up or on the ground than they do actually striking, leading to victories by submissions or decisions more often than by KO. Lastly for anybody who thinks MMA is more deadly compared to boxing, the Journal of Combative Sport has only two deaths listed to MMA in its history in non-regulated events compared to 71 for boxing.

I have never seen a boxing match that didn’t end with one guy’s face, or both, unrecognizable and while I have seen my share of truly violent UFC fights, more often than not both fighters look more or less the same coming out of the fight.

UFC is on the rise people, and the states need to lift their bans on this great sport and get over their silly misconceptions because MMA has arrived and it is here to stay.

I didn’t pay all that money to live in a dilapidated dorm room By Margaret Baum

Students who choose to live on campus make that choice for the convenience of being close to their classes.

In exchange for the benefit of living so close, students pay a lot of money and deserve to move into a clean space.

I had an experience last semester with moving out of housing that made me believe the apartments would be clean when students moved in.

When I moved out of a different apartment in CVB last May, it was made very clear to me that residents were responsible for cleaning their living space and would not be allowed to check out if it wasn’t clean.

Obviously, this isn’t the case because when I moved in this semester my apartment was filthy.

Students pay around $4,000 to live in the Campus Village Apartments per semester and housing should give them a clean space for their money.

It is completely unacceptable for students to move into a space that is dirty.

If a student was to rent an

off-campus apartment, they would most likely not move in until their apartment manager had it cleaned.

It is the job of University Housing Services to ensure that each student has an acceptable living space.

Housing should work with the R.A.’s to be sure that students are not allowed to check out unless their apartments are cleaned.

When I walked into my apartment on move-in day this August; I was shocked to find my apartment a complete mess.

I was disgusted, but unfortunately it was a Friday night and housing was already closed.

The kitchen counters were covered in a flour-like substance, the stove was black, the microwave was filthy and it smelled like something had died in it, and the freezer and refrigerator had chocolate syrup and a brown liquid all over them.

The bathtub had a brown muck covering it and even the double sinks were covered with dead flies.

I left for the night and came back the next day to find a note from housing explaining that they would come back the next day to clean the apartment.

Sunday came around and no one came by to clean the apartment.

I waited until all of my roommates got settled in and we decided to take it upon ourselves to clean the place.

Not only was the apartment dirty when we moved in, but housing even came to leave the note.

This just shows that they knew the room was dirty.

When I called housing to ask about the issue, I was asked to bring the note into the office and was told they had no knowledge that someone had left us the note.

The cleaning staff needs to be in constant communication with housing so that they are notified if a situation like this arises.

Students are forced to plan ahead, knowing before the end of the previous semester that they will be moving into housing.

Housing needs to do the same and plan ahead to ensure that students have a welcoming place to call home.

Students deserve a clean, inviting apartment, not one that is filthy.

Housing needs to address this situation and plan for the coming year by double checking that each and every apartment is clean.

Students expect a clean living space, especially when they are paying so much money to live on campus.

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Part I: The Campus

Freshman Survival Guide to SJSU

by Jeremy Infusino Staff Writer

Photos by Jesse Jones

The Student Union bowling alley lanes are open to students seven days a week and includes discounts for students.

Thin Hun plays ping-pong near the bowling alley.

Chima Osuka, a senior student boxer, trains with partner Andrew Cabatic, a senior boxer, in the aerobics room at the San Jose State University Gym during their off time on Thursday.

Alexander Scott, a sophomore theatre arts major, bowls for a strike.

The Event Center

The Student Union: Bowling Alley I’m sure you have been told a dozen times but let’s make it a baker’s dozen — there is a bowling alley on campus!

Games for SJSU students are $2 per game and $1.75 for shoe rentals but that doesn’t mean that your other friends can’t come, too — they just have to pay a little more.

Monday through Wednesday there are nightly specials on games and from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. there is “Glow in the Dark Bowling” with music and

We also have the Event Center on campus, which is used for SJSU basketball games as well as for concerts and other sporting events.

There is an Event Center Box Office with windows and a marquee located outside which sells tickets and promotes upcoming events.

While attending basketball games is free for current students with a valid Tower ID cards, concerts and other events are not.

Some upcoming events that will be held at the Event Center is Show Luo Encore World Tour on September 11, San Jose Mexican Heritage Festival: Orchestra of Spanish Harlem with special guest Tito Puente Jr. on September 23 and the U.S. Open XVI Brazilian Jiu Jitsu on October 15.

Also located in the Event Center is the Sport Club Fitness Center, which is open to SJSU students and has a fitness room, dance/fitness studios, mini gym, racquetball courts and locker rooms.

If you like playing pick up basketball, look no further than the basketball court on the lower level. There are almost always 5 on 5 games being played.

lights for no extra charge.

Also at the Bowling Center is the option to play billiards and table tennis, and there's an arcade if you get tired of schooling your friends in 10 frames.

The Bowling Center is located in the lower level of the Student Union. If you have trouble finding the Bowling Center just ask someone at the Information Center or listen for the sounds of pins being knocked down.

North and South Campuses

10th Blake Cardoza, a senior business marketing A student attempts a back flip on a sunny major student, completes a front flip at the afternoon Thursday at the Aquatic Center.

Aquatics Center on Thursday.

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The Aquatic Center Take advantage of these high temperatures with the 60-meter pool located on campus before the weather changes and it becomes cold and wet.

This isn’t just a run-of-the-mill pool located in your neighbor’s backyard.

There are lanes for swimming laps if you're trying to take a more active approach, as well as recreational swimming for those just trying to enjoy an afternoon with friends.

For students looking for a little bit of a thrill there is a high dive to jump, dive or belly flop off of but don’t worry about hitting the bottom of the pool because it's 13 feet deep.

It’s all right if you can’t swim though — just lounge in a chair and catch some rays.

If you are currently enrolled as an SJSU student with a valid Tower ID card you will be allowed entrance during the pool’s operational hours for free and if not you're not a student you can purchase a daily pass for $3.

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Spartan Stadium is the home field for SJSU's football and men's and women's soccer teams.

The start of football season is only a few days away and in a few weeks SJSU will be hosting its first home game against Nevada at Spartan Stadium.

Spartan Stadium is located on Alma Avenue between Seventh and 10th Streets.

Football games are free for — you guessed it — current students who have a valid Tower card ID. Tailgating is a big part of any home game for fans and students alike, so get there early to join in the pregame festivities.

There is nothing like starting off your Saturday afternoon with a bunch of Spartan fans barbecuing, eating, drinking and getting pumped up to watch the football game later that afternoon.

If this is your first year at SJSU, tailgating before a football game makes the college football experience come alive.

Tailgate parking opens 5 hours prior to kickoff and space is available on a first-come, first-serve basis for $30 per space.

If you don't feel like tailgating or don't want to pay for parking there is a free shuttle service that transports people to and from Spartan Stadium.

The shuttle picks people up on San Salvador Street near the Joe West dorms and brings people back and forth before, during and after the game.