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Volume 139 / Issue 32
Thursday, October 25, 2012
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blogger who donned an Afro and documented it in
the latest appearance of ‘Caturday Night Live’
P. 8 A&E: Last-minute costume ideas for Halloween
in a special Spartan Threads installment called
‘Spooky Threads’
Moss
Landing
campus
toexpand
By Jacque Orvis
@jacqueorvis
Moss Landing Marine Laborato-
riesisbuildingtheirfirstaquaculture
facility at the site of the old Moss
Landing campus that was destroyed
by the Loma Prieta earthquake in
1989.
Aquaculture is the large-scale
study of marine organisms such as
fish, shellfish and algae.
“It was time to rebuild the fa-
cility,” said Moss Landing Marine
Laboratories professor Mike Gra-
ham.“Rightnowthere’snoplace for
aquaculture.”
According to Graham, the fa-
cility will be the first specifically-
focused aquaculture lab in the CSU
system.
He said it will be an “incubator
for commercial applications” and
for students and local businesses to
work together to create more sus-
tainable aquaculture farming solu-
tions.
“Providing the best available sci-
encetoaquaculturepracticescanen-
able businesses to increase sustain-
ability, enhance yield and reduce
environmental degradation,” said
SCIENCE
Marinestudies
departmentto
buildCSU’sfirst
aquaculturelab
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SJSUalumnidocumentdifficultiesofthoserecoveringfromsexualabuse
By Camille Nguyen
@camillediem
Imagine suffering continual
molestation and rape at the hands
of family and significant others
over a span of 15 years. Now pic-
ture recovering from such long-
term sexual abuse.
Siren Song Creations, a film
production company composed
primarily of San Jose State Univer-
sity alumni, aims to explore the
psychological and physical recov-
ery of one such victim, 21-year old
Elisabeth, who has endured sexual
violence since early childhood in
the new documentary “Journey
Through Fire.”
Vijay Rajan, who graduated
from SJSU with a radio-televi-
sion-film degree in 2004, directs
the documentary that examines
the prevalence of incest rape, the
consequences of abuse in forging
social and romantic relationships
and the mental highs and lows ex-
perienced by recuperating victims.
“This is a film about the psy-
chology of (Elisabeth’s) healing
process,” Rajan said, adding that
the documentary would not delve
into the breakdown of the crime.
He also said that since “Jour-
ney Through Fire” was created,
the film has seen a great deal of
positive feedback and support
with many rape survivors coming
forward to relate to their personal
stories to him as well as the cast
and crew.
“This is a doubled-edged sword
in that I’ve had so many survivors
come up to me and tell their stories
and, you know, open up to me,” Ra-
jan said. “You just see how preva-
lent abuse is and it’s hard to see the
world in the same way.”
AccordingtotheRape,Abuseand
Incest National Network (RAINN),
approximately 17.7 million Ameri-
can women have suffered attempted
or completed rape, with 80 percent
of the victims being under the age
of30.
“You read a statistic like ‘one in
four women are molested or raped’
and that doesn’t really mean any-
thing until you start counting,”
he said. “Until you look at four
of your female friends and start
counting.”
The same method could be used
for the statistic of one in three
men having toed the line of sexual
abuse, which according to Rajan,
does not have an effect until people
start looking at their male friends
and applying the statistic to them.
The Rape, Abuse and Incest Na-
tional Network also reports that
two out of three rapes were com-
mitted by individuals the victim
knew or had been acquainted with.
In “Journey Through Fire,” Elis-
abeth’ssexualabusebeganwith her
rape at the age of 7 by her brother
and his friends, which continued
until she was 15 years old.
Since then, Rajan said, Elisa-
beth has been through a string of
abusive and destructive relation-
ships, with her most recent rape
occurring when she was 19 years
old and her last sexual assault hap-
pening at the age of 20.
Rajan said because the attacks
are fairly recent, the filming of
Elisabeth’s recovery cannot be de-
finitively quantitative in the help
or damage it has given her in recov-
ering from the attacks.
The cast and crew of “Journey
Through Fire” remain optimistic.
“The process of making this
documentary has shown me how
much support there is out there,”
Elisabeth said, going on to say that
the outreach from other victims
has made her feel less alone in her
fight to recovery.
With such tragic material acting
as the focal point of the documen-
tary, the film’s public relations di-
rector and SJSU graduate, Marianna
Moles, said getting her friends and
family enthusiastic about her work
with the film was difficult and that
many of them were uncomfort-
able with the content of “Journey
ThroughFire.”
However, even with the docu-
mentary’s dark and socially taboo
subject matter, the crew behind the
film has garnered a large amount
of support from test audiences, di-
rectors such as Kurt Kuenne, who
directed the critically acclaimed
2008 documentary “Dear Zachary:
A Letter to a Son About His Father”
and celebrities such as actor Omar
Benson Miller, who was involved
in films such as “8 Mile.”
“The people (who don’t want to
talk about rape are) actually very
rare, and I mean, you think it would
be more common, but people are
very supportive,” Moles said.
Along with the growing support
behindtheheavysubjectofthefilm,
Rajan said he and his team created
“Journey Through Fire” to not only
show the emotional strain of being
a victim of rape, but to illustrate to
audiences the possibility of recov-
ering from the atrocities inflicted
upon a human being.
“Watching this movie, it is going
to be heartbreaking, but we do want
it to be ultimately inspirational,” he
said.“Thisisagirlwhowentthrough
the severest of hells and yet is brave
enough to expose and speak and talk
aboutit.”
“JourneyThroughFire”isexpect-
ed to premiere next year. To learn
more about the film, visit http://
www.journeythroughfire.com/.
Camille Nguyen is a Spartan Daily
staff writer. Follow her on Twitter at
@camillediem.
DOCUMENTARY
GIANTS 8, TIGERS 3
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Fans celebrate the San Francisco Giants’ 8-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers in Game 1 of the World Series last night while watching at 4th Street Pizza Co. in down-
town San Jose. Photo by James Tensuan / Spartan Daily
CASA
students
aidsenior
healthat
wellnessfair
By James Simpson
@JimmerSimpson
Students from the College of Applied Sciences and
ArtsvolunteeredyesterdayatTheSeniorWellnessFair
designed to teach senior citizens the best practices for
maintaining good physical and mental health.
Many departments from SJSU and the College of
AppliedSciencesandArtswererepresentedatthewell-
ness fair, which is in its third year in San Jose and first
at the Roosevelt Community Center.
StudentsfromSJSU’s departmentsofnursing,health
science, social work, kinesiology, occupational therapy
andnutritionallhadboothsthatoffereddifferentblends
of knowledge and services relating to issues many senior
citizensdealwitheveryday.
The Senior Wellness Fair was co-sponsored by the
Center for Healthy Aging and Multicultural Popula-
tions (CHAMP), CommUniverCity, and Santa Clara
County’s Department of Aging and Adult Services
(DAAS).
CHAMP combines their aging research expertise
with the other groups’ mission to get students and se-
niors more involved in the community.
“It’saneatexperienceforthestudents,”saidSadhna
Diwan, the director of CHAMP. “Most haven’t really
worked with senior citizens in the community before.”
JaneZaiko,aseniormajoringinpsychologyandfine
arts, ran the joint psychology and social work booth
and plans to pursue graduate school in the future.
“I’m doing this to get a little more involved in the
community,” Zaiko said. “I’m at the stage where I’m
COMMUNITY
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2. Page 2 | Spartan Daily Thursday, October 25, 2012NEWS
Brynn Hooton-Kaufman,
Moss Landing Marine Labo-
ratories development associ-
ate and phycology alumna.
Local businesses will be
able to hire Moss Landing
Marine Laboratories stu-
dents and faculty to help
them learn new methods
of sustainable aquaculture,
such as figuring out the best
diet for marine organisms
like abalone, according to
Graham.
“Some businesses might
like to grow their own sea-
food,” he said. “It will cost
them a lot less, and it’s more
sustainable.”
According to Hooton-
Kaufman, Moss Landing
Marine Labs faculty mem-
bers and the Monterey Aba-
lone Company are working
on new ways to increase
yield and improve market-
ability of farmed abalone
while decreasing the poten-
tial ecological impacts of the
farming.
“It’ll be a full smör gås-
bordofseafoodaquaculture,”
Graham said. “An academic-
industrypartnership.”
He said the academic-in-
dustry partnership will give
students hands-on training
andbusinessesmuch-needed
resources.
“It will provide jobs for
students,incomefortheuni-
versity and involvement in
aquaculture development,”
he said.
The site of the current
facility — nicknamed “the
Shorelab” — was the location
of the original Moss Landing
MarineLaboratoriesacquired
by a group of California State
collegesin196 5.
Currently the Shorelab
contains the seawater sys-
tem and pump house for the
main labs located just south
on Sandholdt Road.
Moss Landing Marine
Labs serves as the satellite
marine biology department
for seven California State
Universities including San
Jose State University.
Funding for construc-
tion will come from two
Packard Foundation grants
awarded to Moss Landing
Marine Laboratories for
the earthquake damage in
1989, according to Moss
Landing Marine Labora-
tories interim director Jim
Harvey.
He said they will receive
$ 700,000 to build the lab.
He said they hope to
break ground in January af-
ter plans for construction
are set in stone, and to finish
building the new lab by the
end of next year.
The building will be
designed to Leadership in
Energy and Environmental
Design (LEED) Gold stan-
dards, but Moss Landing
Marine Laboratories will
not apply for LEED certi-
fication to save money, ac-
cording to Harvey.
“It’s really great that the
Packard Foundation is al-
lowing us to use the funds to
build this facility,” he said.
“It’s exciting to be doing
something positive ... in the
midst of a financial crisis.”
Jacque Orvis is a Spartan
Daily staff writer. Follow her
on Twitter at @jacqueorvis.
Lab:Newsitetobenefitstudents,community
Screenshot courtesy of SJSU Administration and Finance Division
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trying to get a little more ex-
perience working with the
population that needs help.”
The booth focused on
gauging the stress and anxi-
ety level of seniors, with ad-
ditional information about
local counseling and volun-
teering available to go with
tips for effective mental
health.
The nutrition depart-
ment hosted a game that
challenged senior citizens
to guess what percentage of
a meal plate should be fruits
and vegetables and offered
recipes for those concerned
with blood-sugar levels.
“I benefit from (the event)
just as much as the (senior
citizens) do,” said Sylvia Klos,
anutritionmajorwhoranthe
booth. “Being able to partici-
patehereisagreatwayforme
to see the different kinds of
resources they have for older
adults.”
Other student volunteers
had booths administering
tests on balance, physical ac-
tivity readiness, blood pres-
sure and ways to manage a
healthy heart.
Most student-run booths
featured different kinds of
interaction, and results were
personalized based on how
participants fared.
Erin Woodhead, an assis-
tant professor of psychology,
supervised some students
involved in the fair and said
it should be a long-lasting
experience they can use af-
ter their education at SJSU is
complete.
“It seems like they really
want hands-on experience to
see if this is the helping pro-
fession that they want to get
into,” Woodhead said. “The
feedback is that they want
more experiences like this, to
get them out in the commu-
nity and get them interfacing
with populations they very
possibly may work with.”
James Simpson is a Spartan
Dailystaffwriter.Followhimon
Twitter at @JimmerSimpson.
Health:Fairoffers
adviceforlivingwell
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