Campus briefs
Preliminary setting trial continued for water polo players charged with burglary
A second preliminary setting trial has been set for two Santa Clara water polo players arrested on March 17, said Rina Myers, Santa Clara District Attorney spokesperson.
Juniors Thomas Hendrickson, 20, and William Gorin, 21, were arrested on suspicion of stealing four iPods, three laptops and three to four wallets with credit cards from fellow students, then selling some of the items on Craigslist, authorities said.
After meeting for the first preliminary setting trial on Monday, the setting was continued to May 14 at 2 p.m. in Dept. 23 of the Santa Clara County Superior Court, said Myers. The charges, which include two counts of felony first degree burglary and buying, receiving, concealing or withholding stolen property for both Hendrickson and Gorin, and an additional burglary charge for Hendrickson, remain the same.
Venture capitalist B.J. Cassin to speak at graduate schools' commencement
Venture capitalist and philanthropist B.J. Cassin, who founded the Cassin Educational Initiative Foundation to help economically disadvantaged youth, will address candidates for graduate degrees at the commencement ceremony on Friday, June 13.
Cassin, a former member of the Leavey School of Business Advisory Board, founded CEIF in 2000 with his wife, Bebe. Both Cassin and his wife will receive honorary degrees at the ceremony.
CEIF works with religious and other groups to establish faith-based, college preparatory middle schools and high schools in low-income areas. Cassin graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts, and then spent five years in the U.S. Marine Corps. He worked in sales and marketing in several major companies for nearly 10 years before co-founding the Xidex Corporation, a company that has received Fortune 500 status. In 1979, Cassin became a venture capital investor. Cassin currently lives in Los Altos, where he serves as a director for several private companies, as well as chairman of the board for Cerus Corporation. In addition, Cassin serves as a board member for several local educational and charitable organizations.
The ceremony, which confers degrees to graduate students from the university's School of Engineering, Leavey School of Business and School of Education, Counseling Psychology and Pastoral Ministries, begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Leavey Center.
San Jose mayor to discuss his Green Vision
San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed will host the first public event in the St. Clare room on the third floor of the learning commons when he speaks about his Green Vision for Silicon Valley on Monday, April 21.
Reed, who has served as mayor since 2006, has developed a Green Vision with 10 primary goals, ranging from creating "25,000 clean tech jobs as the World Center for Clean Tech Innovation" to planting 100,000 new trees and replacing 100 percent of the city's streetlights with "smart, zero-emission lighting," according to the City of San Jose Web site.
"The Clean Technology revolution is coming," Reed wrote in the introduction to his Green Vision. "By capitalizing on the innovation that already exists in our community, we can lead the effort. In the process, we will create thousands of new jobs, grow city revenues, expand our local economy, and demonstrate how deploying clean and green technology is fiscally responsible."
The event, hosted by the Environmental Studies Institute, begins at 7 p.m.
From staff reports. E-mail news@thesantaclara.com.