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Guest uses 3D art in structures By Nathan Doyle STAFF WRITER
The structures designed by architectural designer Jenny Sabin weave together like a web. Composed from a lightweight knitted fabric, her famed structure Lumen responds to the outside temperature and gives her audience an unforgettable experience. Sabin kicked off the Design & Robot lecture series Tuesday evening, explaining the purpose of her web-like tubular structures on display in New York. “People would tell me that Lumen was an applicable children’s playground,” Sabin said, speaking of the overall responses of the people who would see the Lumen design and seem amazed by it. For this vision she sees personalized, environmentally-friendly technology as being something that can be a part of existing structures. Room 133 in the art building was packed as Sabin spoke about her experiences working on a multitude of projects and the discoveries she made. During the hour-long lecture, Sabin spoke about the unique nature of Lumen, including the way it responds to heat as well as proposal toward hypothetical building structures in the future. Speaking of the unique history of how Lumen started, Sabin said that it started in 2012 when they collaborated with Nike. The collaboration helped them gain the means to develop structures through
The chance to see someone like that locally was where I said ‘I’m going to come by and see her.’
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3D printing and learn to manipulate geometry with fibers. For those in attendance, students and other San Jose residents alike shared what they personally got from the lecture. Digital media arts junior Kaicong Tang said he was inspired to go because he enjoyed everything that his professors were teaching him up to that point. “I found the design interesting,” Tang said. Joshua Curry, an artist from downtown San Jose, said he follows SJSU events on social media and was interested in attending after seeing that Sabin was speaking. “The chance to see someone like that locally was where I said ‘I’m going to come by and see her,’ ” Curry said. He said that he was amazed by the collaborative effort that was made for Lumen across several fields, something he felt would be difficult. For the type of work that Sabin does, Curry said that he once felt like work like
Latinx Spartans hold forum on grievances By Melissa Maria Martinez
Above: Computer engineering senior Kevin Gomez speaks during a town Hall organized for Latinx students. Right: Cindy Balbuena shares her viewpoint during the Town Hall discussion on Tuesday evening.
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Students representing the Chicanx/ Latinx Student Success Center held Deep Conversations, Tuesday, a town hall aimed to discuss issues preventing them from succeeding in college. Biology senior Jazmine Gomez read their community agreement before the discussion. “The whole point of the community agreements is to open up the space and let everybody know how we should interact with each other as well as communicate,” Gomez said. “[The purpose is] in creating a safe space for folks to trust each other enough to have vulnerable or hard discussions.” After introductions, biomedical engineering junior Arturo Chavez continued the discussion by asking everyone to share their experience within the institution. Forensic science junior Luana LunaBarajas said she felt her community college offered more support to students who use the Accessible Education Center than they
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SJ City Council considers data collection regulation By Diana Avila STAFF WRITER
City lawmakers delayed a vote on revising the city’s privacy policy for data collection and learned of new research on an initiative to build clean energy buildings in Tuesday’s San Jose City Council meeting. Criticism against revisions to a San Jose privacy policy stalled a vote by the city council to pass their latest resolution to the law. During public comment, San Jose residents demanded the city council revise their plan to track down personal data collection. Several people at the podium said that big companies use information collected without their consent. Multiple members of the
public addressed the council and suggested a strong surveillance of data collection. Council member Johnny Khamis called for the organization of several meetings and focus groups for residents of San Jose that do not speak English. Other council member Dev Davis addressed some of the residents’ concerns to city staff on how long residents’ information will be stored. The principles that have been developed in the policy have been designed around other cities’ policies, Davis said. Staff members said they looked at mistakes from other cities to make a strong policy. City council member Magdalena Carrasco said she had concerns toward
rumors circulating in the Latino community of “Big Tech” turning over data to immigration authorities, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Carrasco referred to reports of several technology companies turning over information on undocumented immigrants. Staff reassured council members that that kind of personal information is kept confidential and the majority of information stored is more general. Carrasco questioned whether the city would be obligated to turn over data they have collected if immigration authorities request it. DATA | Page 2
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NEWS
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18, 2019
Spartans celebrate Constitution Day
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Above left: Political science professor James Brent explains the process of contacting elected representatives to nursing sophomore Alexis Contreras. The political science department organized the event so Spartans could celebrate Constitution Day by exercising their First Amendment right to petition the government for redress of grievances. Above right: Child development senior Catelin Carter listens to Brent while writing a letter to her U.S. Representative. Bottom: Undeclared sophomore Malia Visto gets advice from political science professor Sabrina Pinell while writing to her U.S. Representative.
DATA Continued from page 1 Assistant city attorney Ed Moran said the city could choose to work with federal officials on a case by case basis. The request would have to look at what information is being asked, Moran said. If the city declines to turn over the list, it might end up being a court case on whether or not the city made the right decision. Council member Pam Foley asked about what options lawmakers had to opt-out on shared personal information with other companies. Staff referred to a European model that requires websites to be transparent regarding what user information is shared with each company. Staff said it is still a work in progress, and that they would like to add to the city’s policy down the road. Council member Lan Diep addressed how younger generations might disregard the accessibility other companies have to their data because they only look to access free internet or make fast purchases. Staff said part of the privacy policy needs to be public education. Mayor Sam Liccardo said he hopes that policy is put into practice soon, so the community and the council can learn from potential mistakes. Lawmakers also discussed the latest update on a plan to make buildings in San Jose more energy efficient. Community outreach has been a big part of the project. There have been several presentations throughout San Jose since the beginning of June. The change from gas to electric fuel can save residents a large amount money as gas bills are expected to rise. City staff said that improving electrical efficiency in buildings can save the city and residents money. “Seamless transition” of the new building code is scheduled to be
completed by January 2020. There will be health and safety benefits, as there will be less pollution put into the air. Students from local high schools came to support the initiative to change a cleaner energy source. Liccardo acknowledged the progress that others cities have made. But he pointed out that reaching that point might take longer to accomplish for San Jose because it is a bigger city. During public comment, one resident said that San Jose is behind smaller cities like Milpitas and Gilroy. Some residents demanded the council not just incentivize electrical efficiency in new buildings, but require it as part of building regulations. Concerns that council member Khamis still has are about how the city will reach the goal of clean energy. He questioned city staff on how changes will save money to the city and its residents. Khamis added that the higher cost for electrical power in homes might drive residents to other cities and create more pollution through more commuters’ vehicles. He said that he spoke to developers on his own and those he spoke with said these changes would be costly. He continued to express concern about building affordable housing. Khamis would like staff members to come back before the council goes over this item again in October. The climate resolution proposal passed on a unanimous vote with the exception of council member Chappie Jones, who was absent at the time of the vote.
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Continued from page 1 they do at SJSU. “[The community college] had the technology we could use to excel in our classes, one I really benefited from was the smart pen,” Luna said. Luna said the smart pen recorded her lectures while she took notes, which helped clarify any part of her notes that were unclear. “It’s pretty cool but it’s expensive and our school doesn’t have it,” Luna said. “It’s already week four and I still don’t have a note taker for my classes.” Students then gave their definition of success and what they needed to achieve it. Public health and psychology junior Cristian Hernandez said he wants to see the school practice what they preach. “The school emphasizes smart goals but don’t always practice it themselves,” Hernandez said. “I am not saying that they need to solve your need right on the spot, but have the substance that you leave feeling like there is a direction we are going with this.” Hernandez said in those situations he ends up leaving the conversation without an answer, sometimes feeling more confused than before. However, he said he believes centers like the Chicanx/Latinx Student Success Center lay the foundation for the changes that are needed. Child development major Evelyn Perez said it’s hard to sustain what
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the UndocuSpartan Center is doing for others while it struggles itself. “From the point of view of an UndocuSpartan intern, we are there to support students but we’re struggling as a center,” Perez said. “We don’t have the funds and it’s hard to keep pushing and maintaining what we’re doing for others when we’re struggling ourselves.” Environmental studies junior Ezequiel Gaxiola-Sierra said in his first couple semesters he was fortunate enough to have professors that included their pronouns during introductions. “This is the first semester none of my professors have [had students state their pronouns],”Gaxiola-Sierra said. “I’ve already programmed myself to have the patience to deal . . . but I sometimes worry about other students freezing in these moments.” Photography senior Nanzi Muro said it’s important to come together as a community to have these discussions and the issues raised during the town hall could serve as a guide for moving forward. “Sometimes we just wanna talk and that helps us,” Muro said. “That’s why we should come together . . . because we have a power. Now we know the situation and maybe in the future I may not have the answer but we can connect someone with someone who might.” After the forum, students were asked to complete a feedback form to help center leadership decide on the next plan of action Follow Melissa on Twitter @xicanapower
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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18, 2019
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Third time’s the charm for ‘Borderlands’ By Chris Core STAFF WRITER
Lock the door, shut the blinds and get ready to call in sick for class. Borderlands is back and it is ready to take away gamers’ social lives once again. “Borderlands 3” is the fourth installment from the 2K Games looter-shooter franchise, “Borderlands.” Fans of the franchisement had to wait five years for the newest release but oh, boy, it was worth the wait. The “Borderlands 3” story takes you away from the previous campaign journey of hunting Handsome Jack and introduces you to a new wave of villains. The galaxy-famous live streamers, Troy and Tyreen Calypso, are the new antagonists on the planet Pandora as they try to use their streaming fame to expand their vault raids to new planets. It is up to your chosen character and the Crimson Raiders to stop them from gaining any more power and spreading their fanbase. The game is full of familiar faces that longtime fans will be more than happy to see back in the franchise, but fear not Borderlands newbies, there’s plenty here for you. Although there has been plenty of lore and story in the prior games, “Borderlands 3’s” story can easily stand alone for newcomers to follow. The game is filled with quippy jokes and the CL4P-
“Borderlands 3” takes the crown for lootershooters back and makes for the most unique game experience so far in 2019. TP unit, Claptrap, steals the show once again. The games story and map are massive with playthroughs taking over 60 hours. For the first time in Borderlands history, you leave Pandora behind and travel to other planets. The huge campaign to travel through is only enhanced by how fluent the game feels. The gameplay is familiar but fresh enough to separate itself in a video game industry that has evolved in five years. Small quality of life changes like wall climbing, sliding and a pinging system that mirrors “Apex Legends” may not seem like a huge deal, but they makes all the difference. These changes make for faster paced gameplay than any prior title in the franchise. That plus the most unique guns that a gamer could ask for makes the game hard to put down.
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from a different weapon manufacturer that has distictive feel to each gun. Developer: I found myself sticking Gearbox to guns that may not be Software as powerful as newer Genre: ones I found, but because Looter-shooter they felt so unique to MSRP: shoot I couldn’t help but $59.99 go on with it. On top of a wide range a separate squirt gun? of guns to shoot, there are This game has it. four different character A gun that you throw classes to choose from, each when reloading to make with multiple abilities they it become a heat seeking can use. missile? Yeah, this Amara the siren, Moze the game has that too and gunner, Zane the operator it’s amazing. and Fl4k the beastmaster Each firearm is made play vastly different from
game review “Borderlands 3” Rating:
The Borderlands company has always claimed that its games have more than a billion gun variations and “Borderlands 3” keeps that promise. A gun that overheats and you cool it off with
one another enough to make each playthrough feel completely different than the last. “Borderlands 3” takes the crown for looter-shooters back and makes for the most unique game experience so far in 2019. If you are a long time fan or someone interested in seeing what the franchise has to offer, “Borderlands 3” is perfect for just about every first person shooter fan. Follow Chris on Twitter @ChrisCore24
‘Hustlers’ takes exotic dancing to a new level By Erica Lizarrago STAFF WRITER
Jennifer Lopez makes a fierce and fiery movie re-debut in ‘Hustlers,’ a film just as raunchy and provocative as it is emotionally charged and sentimental. Imagine this, a glimmering Jennifer Lopez, who plays Ramona, walks onto an empty stage with all eyes on her. The blinding lights track her every move as the dance floor hides the faces of Wall Street businessmen who shower her in green bills. Pink and purple club lights dance with the meticulous movement of her body, highlighting her bronzed physique. She struts in her fur coats and designer platform shoes. Ramona is strong, powerful and adored by the masses. Everyone in the club is captivated by veteran Ramona’s undeniable confidence, including Destiny, a newbie stripper played by Constance Wu. Destiny, like many women, wants what Ramona has — money, fame, attitude and success. The film follows their complicated yet love-fueled friendship as they create a business empire out of swindling Wall Street’s biggest money talkers. Their vanity and poor perception of women lead to their pathetic demise and dollar signs for Ramona and her crew. The film’s lineup of female actresses made the film charismatic and undeniably
enjoyable, featuring on-screen cameos from Cardi B, Lizzo, Keke Palmer and Lili Reinhart. The group’s hilarious ensemble made for playful writing and outward expressions of their true personalities, even including Cardi B’s signature hysterical laugh and boss-lady mentality. The characters’ chemistry and film rhetoric emphasized the strength of female friendship and sisterhood among their individual pursuits for financial stability and providing for their families. Between scenes of backstage female banter, fashionable costumes and champagne pouring, female director and screenwriter Lorene Scafaria depicts sisterhood with relatable and laughable conversations. While most movies depict female leads pitted against each other in bouts of jealousy, the bond between the female characters and their allegiance to each other reflected my own personal friendships with other women for the first time. The movie even displays the toxicity among all of their relationships, as a moneyhungry desire gets the best of them in leiu of expensive Christmas presents, designer sunglasses and A-list cars. Despite their chase for money and luxury, the layered relationships of each of the women thoughtfully compliment the struggles and triumphs of their pursuit for happiness and power. As the women become
movie review “Hustlers” Rating:
Directed by: Lorene Scafaria Starring: Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez Genre: Crime Drama
more successful, we see changes in their lives play out as a result of their fraudulent careers. The film illustrates American materialism in the most glittery and gaudy way, showing that ironically, the women are no different than the John’s who come into their club eagerly demanding their bodies for money. “Hustlers” also pays homage to late 2010 fads like the iPhone 4 and Juicy Couture tracksuits, bringing me back to a time in pop culture that seemed like a distant memory. It was both laughable and refreshingly nostalgic. The film has a layered portrayal of female friendship and shows the grind for financial success. It also shows while we would do anything for money and luxury, the relationships we form are the true carriers of personal success. Follow Erica on Instagram @erica.lizarrago
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18, 2019
University archivist comes to SJSU On Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, San Jose State University’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Library held a reception in Special Collections for the campus’s first full-time university archivist, Carli V. Lowe The reception took place in the Shiro Room with an audience composed pr i m ar i l y of retired f a c u l t y, librarians, library student LOWE assistants, and the deans from the College of Humanities and the Arts. Craig Simpson, the director of special collections and archives, introduced Lowe and described her new role as being to procure and preserve materials related to institutional memory. I admit, I was utterly stunned to learn that SJSU has never had a full-time archivist until now despite being the, “Oldest public university on the West Coast and the founding campus of the California State University system,” according to SJSU. Lowe grew up in the Bay Area and describes herself on LinkedIn as a, “Community oriented archivist and educator with a love for problem solving and collaboration.”
She has an masters in library and information science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign which has provided her with a solid grounding in archival theory and archival value. She is especially invested in demystifying archives for students and the public in order, “To share the power of archival research with as many people as possible,” as she put it in her talk. She comes to SJSU with a record of compelling archival projects, such as the Community of Reading Educators, (C.O.R.E) a, “Literaturebased professional development program for teachers,” and History of Forced Sterilization, a curriculum project that came out of her time as an intern at The Freedom Archives in San Francisco, according to her website.
She is also a creative writer and former educator. In her brief address at the library reception, Lowe acknowledged that, “Really important things have happened here,” and that the campus must preserve and publicize its stories. She has a strong interest in documenting historical processes – for example, think not only of the historical actions of Tommie Smith and John Carlos in 1968, but of the historical process to commission the 23-foottall campus monument by artist Rigo 23, its unveiling on Oct. 17, 2005, and so on. She makes a distinction between the idea of history as a set of facts versus the idea that history is a set of interpretations of evidence in a historical record that can change over time. This perspective will certainly empower SJSU
students to work with archival materials in new and exciting ways. Lowe concluded her comments by describing her goal to create a campus-wide records management system and thus expand the university’s archives. While Lowe was engaged in smaller conversations over cheese and crackers, director Simpson led two tours of the Special Collections vaults. Thick wool scarves with the library’s logo were handed out to tour participants while Simpson described the three vaults as, “Cold, really cold, and kinda cold.” Indeed, Vault 1 was surely cold. It contains the archival collection of rare
books, first editions, artist books, and author-signed books. Here you will find issues of The Colophon from 1948 to 1950 and shockingly, an original woodblock print of Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – the first print in his series, “ThirtySix Views of Mount Fuji” (1829-32). Amazingly, it is not under glass – you can hold the print in your hands. We also saw a Royal Chicano Air Force poster from 1974, titled “Save Joey.” Here, you will also find the materials on Irene Dallas and Norm Mineta. Vault 2 was bitingly cold – this is because it is the photo vault and contains items such as the John C. Gordon photo collection
of SJSU and the region as well as photographs of the 1906 earthquake. Vault 3 was downright balmy after the chill of Vault 2. Here, you will find outliers and more fragile materials that need preservation or are not a good fit in the other vaults. We looked at an oversized 1978 fine press book edition of Moby Dick that had gorgeous illustrations and a deckled edge. It is very exciting and timely that Ms. Lowe is joining the campus community – it is about time that the campus has a full-time archivist. I expect that many good things will come of it. Sincerely, Professor Shannon Rose Riley, Humanities Department
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I admit, I was utterly stunned to learn that SJSU has never had a full-time archivist until now despite being the, “Oldest public university on the West Coast and the founding campus of the California State University system,” according to SJSU.
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Increase reporting on nutritional food science Dear Editor, I encountered Kunal Mehta’s article, “Food pantry opens after long delay,” which was published in March 2019. I appreciated how awareness was brought to the Spartan Food Pantry, knowing that an abundance of college students deal with food insecurity everyday. This made me think, what if the Spartan Daily can revisit this topic? More specifically, if not already done, record and publish responses
of students dealing with this struggle. In addition, provide suggestions and responses from individuals that work in the nutritional food science (NuFS) department or students that study in those majors. For example, the NuFS department has students that work in Cooking Healthy, Eating Well (C.H.E.W.) program at the health center which teaches students hands-on healthy and budget friendly cooking.
An article which provides the community a voice to vent their problems and also provide solutions from other community members can really be beneficial and engaging. Also, just like Kunal’s article, campus resources can be restated as well. I hope this topic gets considered again. Thanks for your time. Best, Justin Chan Dietetics Student
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OPINION
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18, 2019
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Political debates are pointless banter Chris Core STAFF WRITER
The dis heard around the world stole center stage from former Vice President Joe Biden when he was discussing his universal healthcare plan at the Democratic Primary Debate Thursday. Healthcare in America is a major issue. 44 million people are uninsured, according to the Public Broadcast Station. Swaying back and forth on what his healthcare policy would entail, Biden dug himself into a hole, one that former Houston mayor Julian Castro would not let him leave. “Are you forgetting what you said two minutes ago?” Castro asked a visibly annoyed Biden. The two bantered back and forth for a minute until the moderator cut the altercation and the voice of South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigeig rang out, “This reminds everyone why they can’t stand Washington.” The third debate was full of head-scratching altercations throughout its three hour runtime, leaving the question of whether these debates serve their original purpose.
The debates have strayed away from a time when the candidates discussed what their administrations’ policies would bring to the country and instead focuses on who can make the biggest promise that they won’t be able to keep. Former Texas Representative Beto O’Rourke took home first place for biggest promise when the topic of gun control was brought up. “Hell yes, we’re going to take [away] your AR15 [rifle], your AK-47 [assault rifle] . . . ” the El Paso native said. It is a stance that many gun reform supporters agree with. But without any actual plan of how this would be achieved, it’s just more political rhetoric. Entrepreneur and lawyer Andrew Yang served as another example of the current debates’ problem when he pushed the “Promise Agenda” to another level, saying that for the next year he will give ten families $1,000 every month. The idea is a part of his platform called “The Freedom Dividend” that would give a universal income to all Americans. A handful of countries have implemented similar systems, but Yang’s explanation of the
proposal on stage was so poor that it led to laughter from his opponents. Some might argue that rhetoric like, these examples, is not a huge deal because a lot of Americans skip the debates already, but that is far from the truth. ABC reported that Thursday’s debate pulled in 14 million viewers, equal to the average viewership of the 2019 World Series. Debates of this caliber can sway voters’ opinions, especially those who are not yet decided on which candidate they are voting for.
It has always been apparent that televised debates, whether they are primary or presidential, carry a large amount of influence on undecided voters who tune in. Then-presidential candidates John F. Kennedy and
Richard Nixon first squared off live in 1960 and when it came time to vote, Kennedy won the popular vote by only 0.2%. Six percent of voters said that the debate was the reason why they voted the way
Some might argue that rhetoric, like these examples, is not a huge deal because a lot of Americans skip the debates already, but that is far from the truth.
they did, according to the History Channel’s website. It is drastic polldeciding numbers like that which sets the debates up on such a high pedestal that candidates feel like they need to talk themselves up more than normal. The next presidential debate is next month. In the meantime, the candidates will let the campaign train roll and keep Americans hopes up high. Follow Chris on Twitter @ChrisCore24
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CLASSIFIEDS CROSSWORD PUZZLE
SUDOKU PUZZLE Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively.
JOKIN’ AROUND What stays in the corner and travels all over the world?
A stamp.
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ACROSS 1. Noodles 6. Mousses 10. Hurt 14. Open, as a bottle 15. Rant 16. Sailing ship 17. The base part of a tree 18. Largest continent 19. Not yours 20. Naive 22. Varieties 23. Venomous snake 24. Fertile area in a desert 26. Alabaster 30. Shades of blue 32. Suffered 33. Foolish people (vulgar) 37. Hurried 38. Puke 39. Decay from overripening 40. Relating to education 42. Aircraft 43. Trifled (with) 44. Heretofore 45. Chalk 47. G 48. Any day now
49. Large European sandpiper 56. Church alcove 57. Hearing organs 58. Creepy 59. Angers 60. Module 61. Spiteful 62. Young girl 63. Ascend 64. Amount of hair DOWN 1. Kitty-cat 2. Against 3. Pond gunk 4. Pack down 5. Clap 6. Clutch 7. Where the sun rises 8. 57 in Roman numerals 9. Seashore 10. Permissible 11. A pungent stew 12. Toots 13. Female sheep (plural) 21. Belief 25. Altitude (abbrev.) 26. Sharp intake of breath
27. Cry of pain 28. Implored 29. Solemnity 30. Shy 31. Sweeping story 33. Venician magstrate 34. Family group 35. Gambling game 36. Goulash 38. A fur trader (Canadian history) 41. Snagged 42. Gift 44. Poetic dusk 45. Dried coconut meat 46. Thorny flowers 47. “Beau ___” 48. Travel on water 50. Hindu princess 51. Anagram of “Sire” 52. Listen 53. Backside 54. Pesky insects 55. Lock openers
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SPORTS
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18, 2019
Quarterback has Love for leadership By John Bricker STAFF WRITER
After five seasons playing with the Spartans, senior starting quarterback Josh Love has become a supportive leader for San Jose State football, on and off the field. Senior offensive lineman Troy Kowalski, who has lived with Love for three years and has spent time with him almost every day, said Love has demonstrated more leadership every season. “[Love] was always a positive person but he was kind of quiet. But over the years, he has gotten more involved and he has been more talkative,” Kowalski said. He said they became close by spending time together after Love joined the football team. “He’s just one of those kids that always has a smile on his face. So you kind of can’t not notice him,” Kowalski said. Head coach Brent Brennan said Love has led the team through tough seasons with constant positivity. “Teams change from year to year but last season and certainly this season and all through the off season, he has absolutely been one of our most consistent leaders and consistent voices,” he said. Love’s performance as a quarterback has improved season after season at SJSU, and Kowalski said Love has been very accurate so far in the 2019 season. “Not many mistakes that I have seen so far this year, and let’s hopefully keep it that way,” he said.
him for volunteer work with San Jose State’s Beyond Football program. Coach Brennan and Kowalski also gave Love credit for leading the team through strong academic performances. Love said Brennan had stressed the importance of getting a degree and made school the focus for the team. Kowalski said Love takes school seriously and usually studies with his classmates and teammates. Each player with a GPA of 3.0 or higher gets their picture hung up on a wall in the Simpkins Stadium Center on South Campus, and Brennan said that Love is on that wall every semester. “I am always interested in making sure players are being responsible in the PHOTO COURTESY SJSU ATHLETICS classroom environment and Spartans quarterback Josh Love dives into the end zone for a touchdown during the season opener on respectful of their classmates, Aug. 29 against Northern Colorado at CEFCU Stadium. The Spartans earned a 35-18 win against the Bears. respectful of their professors and not on their phone the same obstacles as each and not with their headIn 2018, Love completed other, so having people to phones in but there to do 56.1% of passes thrown for lean on and to tell your story the work and take advantage 1,963 yards and 14 touchto is awesome,” Love said. of the academic opportunidowns, up from 2017’s 54.1% “But to always give ty that is in front of them,” of completed passes for 928 God the glory is the he said. yards and 5 touchdowns. Love said the brothmain focus.” Love started and played Although Coach Brennan erhood on the team is his in eight games in 2018, and started five but saw action in Josh Love and Kowalski had not seen favorite part of playing for nine games in 2017. senior quarterback Love lead through his faith, the Spartans and that every they said he led the team in member pushes the othCoach Brennan said Love’s much more than just football. ers to improve and help monumental growth comes Love helped organize one another. from his increased self-con- slow down is helping started as a quarterback and “I had never been in somewhat he called “a life-changtrol and ability to make him make better plays, find the right ways to train. After growing up in ing presentation,” a visit and thing like this before,” Love Love said. smart plays. Love’s family background Christian household, Love talk from Mothers Against said. “I feel like any guy on “Our first year here, he was the team I can go hang out so eager to make a play that inspired what he does today, wanted to continue spending Drunk Driving on Sept. 9. Organizing that event with.” sometimes he would force he said, both in sports and in time with a faith-based community. He meets up with is one of many ways Love the ball into places that he his Christian faith. After learning sports from fellow SJSU athletes for Bible brings the team closer outside shouldn’t,” Brennan said. of football, including encourKnowing when to his father as he grew up, Love studies once a week. Follow John on Twitter “Athletes are going through aging other players to join play fast and when to said his father helped him get @JohnMichaelBr15
Athletes are going through the same obstacles as each other, so having people to lean on and to tell your story to is awesome.
COLUMN
End amateur myth, pay student athletes Brendan Cross Bre STAFF WRITER ST
College athletes put their bodies on the line and don’t see a cent, and that needs to change. The California State Assembly passed bill SB 206 Sept. 9 by a 72-0 vote that would allow NCAA athletes to make money from their names, image and likeness. Among 25 NCAA sports, more than 1 million male and female athlete injuries were reported between 2010-14, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 20% of those injuries required at least a week of recovery time before the athlete returned to full participation. Football had the highest rate of injury of about 40 per 1,000 athletes. UCLA Athletics raked in over $130 million in revenue during the 2017-18 academic year, according to a USA Today study. That includes ticket sales, radio and television rights and various individual or corporate donations. Student athletes are responsible for bringing in a large portion of that total, yet they fail to see any dividends of it. College football head
coaches, particularly at larger California universities such as UCLA and Stanford, make an egregious amount of money, often more than NFL head coaches. UCLA head coach Chip Kelly is in the middle of a five-year, $23.3 million deal, earning an average of $4.66 million annually. Only 14 NFL head coaches make more than Kelly. The NCAA sent a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom urging him to nix the bill. “If the bill becomes law and California’s 58 NCAA schools are compelled to allow an unrestricted name, image and likeness scheme, it would erase the critical distinction between college and professional athletics and, because it gives those schools an unfair recruiting advantage, would result in them eventually being unable to compete in NCAA competitions,” the letter said. Ideally, the bill would eventually encompass all NCAA schools, not those just in California, which would negate the unfair recruiting advantage that California schools may have. The NCAA is also arguing
that there would be a loss of amateurism and purity within its sports if its athletes were paid to play. I’m not suggesting that student athletes should be paid on a similar level with professionals, but they have earned the right to make enough to pay for basic expenses. The schedules of student athletes most likely preclude them from working average jobs. The passing of the bill wouldn’t mean that universities have to fork all of that money up themselves. Instead, it would allow college athletes to be paid for appearing on promotional materials like billboards or online banners as well as being able to sign endorsement deals. Being able to use a college athlete’s likeness would also potentially bring back the popular NCAA Football video game franchise by EA Sports, which saw its last installment in 2014. Nothing would make me happier than playing as Spartans senior quarterback Josh Love while slinging passes to senior wide receiver Bailey Gaither, with each of them getting a financial cut from the use of their likenesses. Newsom has 30 days from the time he received the bill to sign or veto it. If signed, it will go into effect Jan. 1, 2023. Follow Brendan on Twitter @BrendanCross93