Let's travel southwards down to San Jose (wait, don't go!) as today, students at San Jose State University will be voting on a non-binding resolution about changing their name. At issue is whether to keep on keeping on with SJSU or change it up to Cal State University San Jose. ...

Sharks 2 Blues 0- the Sharks good early run continues on as they shut out the St. Louis Blues. It's their second shutout in a row and their third straight win. It's also their third win in five of its past six games and nine of its past eleven games. Not too shabby. ...

These are not good days for the Stanford University Cardinal. In an upset with all sorts of subtext, the Cardinal lost to San Jose State University, 35-34 as SJSU came from 20 points behind. This is a huge victory in the same way it was a huge victory when all the slobs beat the snobs in those early 80's teen comedies. Stanford turned the ball over three teams in the second half-- one of them being an interception in the end zone-- and were completely unable to stop a rampaging Spartan running game. With two minutes left in the game, Stanford drove down the length of the field only to have Spartan defender Rakine Toomes knock the ball from WR Evan Moore's hands. SJSU is now 1-1 and Stanford is 0-2. ...

Yet another reason for Cody's to close -- writing like this! San Jose State University runs the Bulwer-Lytton Bad Fiction Writing contest -- and has announced this year's winner. Bulwer-Lytton is, of course, the man who started his novel with "It was a dark and stormy night." All entries in the contest must be a single sentence, but can be as long as you like. This year's winning entry: Detective Bart Lasiter was in his......

Tonight: at 6:30 there's the reception for the San Jose State University Junior and Senior Industrial Design Show, at the Santana Row Design Within Reach. "The presentation will feature concept projects ranging from product design to interaction design that explore the wide range of possibilities in materials and manufacturing, user analysis, and form development." Saturday; We're singing our little hearts out with the San Francisco Symphony, at one of their sing-along events this weekend.......

With all the tragic events going on in the South, it's way too tempting to look for an angle and try to find a way to make it about ourselves. But we do have a local angle happening right here in the Bay Area, a pretty interesting one, in fact. And that is the fact that tonight; the Oakland Raiders are playing the suddenly homeless New Orleans Saints. It goes without saying that the events of Hurricane Katrina make things like sports come off as meaningless. More so about a football game that's meaningless to begin with. But yet, despite it all, teams are still trying to get in some practice, players are fighting for spots, and football goes on. The Saints arrived in the Bay Area last Monday to train at San Jose State University, fleeing the city on Sunday night, one of the last flights allowed out of New Orleans. The trip was several days earlier than planned. Team members have said that they spent most of the time leading up to their flight trying to get their families out. Several players have also admitted to missing team meetings because they were too wrapped up in watching the news to make it. ...

It's not enough that students at San Jose State University have to sit and watch their teams be not very good at athletics, but now they have to sit and watch them without the dance team. Last Wednesday, the dance team was suspended for being too sexy that it hurts. Literally. This all started last month when a long-time booster and alumni Ray Silva, 74, complained about a performance the dance team was doing to......