Spartan Daily Vol. 159 No. 30

SJSU win honors McWright

By Jeremy Martin STAFF WRITER

The San Jose State Football team ended an emotional week, with a dramatic 35-28 homecoming game win against University of Nevada, Reno Saturday night at CEFCU Stadium.

The win comes just a week after

the death of Camdan McWright, a freshman running back who was killed in a traffic accident last Friday.

“We lost our brother,” said junior quarterback Chevan Cordeiro, “You can tell he was with us today. He gave us that energy. He was with us to the very end, and he gave us that win.”

Cordeiro pushed the Spartans

offense passing for 340 yards and completing 33 of 45 passes, to go along with two touchdowns through the air.

Robinson led the attack on the ground, with 40 yards and 11 carries, with two touchdowns.

The Wolf Pack got on the board first, scoring a 1-yard rushing touchdown by running back Toa

Taua, to take a 7-0 lead with 5:16 left in the first quarter.

The Spartan offense got off to a slow start. SJSU didn’t score until their third possession, on a 10-yard touchdown pass from junior quarterback Chevan Cordeiro to tight end Dominick Mazotti to tie

SJSU running back Kairee Robinson holds up Camdan McWright’s jersey on the field before the Spartans’ game at CEFCU Stadium on Saturday night.

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Protesters oppose nuclear war

Local community members demonstrate against arms manufacturer

By Rainier de Fort-Menares & Vanessa Tran STAFF WRITERS

A group of local protesters demonstrated in front of the Lockheed Martin headquarters in Sunnyvale, about 11 miles northwest of San Jose State, on Friday to voice opposition to nuclear weapons.

Lockheed Martin is a U.S. aerospace, arms, defense, information security and technology corporation that dates back to 1926.

In 2020, Lockheed Martin was the leading arms manufacturer in the world based on defense revenue, according to an Aug. 5 article by Statista, a company that specializes in market and consumer data.

Charlotte Casey, member of the San Jose Peace & Justice Center, said she has been coming out to Lockheed Martin every fourth Friday of every month for several years to demonstrate against war and nuclear weapons.

The San Jose Peace & Justice Center, located in Downtown San Jose, is a resource center and community space that advocates promoting peace, equality, environmentalism and justice in the South Bay.

“It’s a place in San Jose, for people who care about what is going on

in the world, who blame capitalism for a lot of the problems and who are opposed to the U.S. dominating and militarily threatening and occupying,” Casey said.

She said she wants to inform people about the ways in which their tax dollars are spent on war and weapons by the government.

“Just because there’s such a buildup of nuclear weapons, the U.S. and Russia are the primary ones that have so many weapons and anything could happen,” Casey said. “Even an accident could cause a terrible, nuclear accident that could really devastate the world.”

Casey said she wants an end to war, deaths and destruction that nuclear weapons cause.

She added that military bases, weapons and the U.S. Department of Defense are the biggest contributors to global warming.

“There’s so many people who really feel the same way we do,” Casey said.

Peggy Coleman, Pacific Life Community member and one of the protest organizers, said she has been protesting against nuclear weapons since 1974.

Pacific Life Community is a West Coast-based network of advocates who fight for nuclear abolition and human rights.

“We live in an unceasingly violent world and I have my grandchildren’s future and future generations to think about,” Coleman said.

Every month the Sunnyvale protest has both the San Jose Peace & Justice Center and the Pacific Life Community participating.

“But when they’re organized, like with the Pacific Life Community, or groups that are at the Peace & Justice Center, it really makes a big difference,” Coleman said.

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Dellamano, one of the protesters, said he has been a Pacific Life Community member since 2006.

Dellamano said the construction of weaponry and military budget influences all of the decisions the U.S. makes.

“It’s costing a lot of lives and there are other ways to resolve this conflict than taking human life and threatening violence,”

Dellamano said he wants to see a reduction in the defense budget because the U.S. account is bigger than the next 10 countries combined.

The U.S. spends more money on defense than China, India, Russia, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Germany, France, Japan and South Korea combined, according to a May 11 article by Peter G. Peterson Foundation, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to increasing awareness and accelerating action on America’s long-term fiscal challenges.

Dellamano said with that kind of military budget, the U.S. is able to buy a lot of political power, causing the budget to continuously feed itself.

Peggy Coleman Pacific Life Community member

Dellamano said.

He said Lockheed Martin is making a lot of money off the war in Ukraine, making the world more dangerous.

Lockheed Martin plans to increase its production of its high mobility artillery rocket system, a weapon in high demand in Ukraine and Europe during the RussoUkranian War, according to a Oct. 18 Politico article.

At an international trade-show by U.S. and allied weapons manufacturers, Ukraine was looking to buy artillery and longrange precision weapons, according to a June 20 article by Modern Diplomacy, an organization that assesses and evaluates international issues.

He cited the “Cross of Iron” speech by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th U.S. president, “Every missile that’s built, every bomber that’s built, every weapon of war that’s created, it takes away from the public welfare, hospitals, road infrastructure, all the things that get neglected because we’re diverting so much money to the defense budget.”

Dellamano said he and other protesters will continue to show up and advocate against war and nuclear weapons even if there are no concrete results.

“We’ll continue and hope that the message gets across and maybe there’ll be some results that we don’t get a chance to see,” he said. “You know, you work for an end, you work for raising consciousness, you work for people that realize that this is a problem.”

A few demonstrators make their presence known in front of the Lockheed Martin headquarters in Sunnyvale, about 11 miles northwest of San Jose State, on Friday.

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Continued from page 1 the game at 7-7 with 14:55 in the second quarter.

Cordeiro said in a post-game press conference on Saturday that he tried to focus on staying calm and collected on the field.

“Our whole thing in the QB room is just positive vibes only. That’s what I try to work on throughout the whole game,” Cordeiro said.

Cordeiro’s top targets were Justin Lockhart and Elijah Cooks, with 91 and 79 yards respectively. Both receivers transferred from Nevada this year.

Nevada reclaimed the lead with Taua’s second touchdown of the game, a 23-yard run for a 14-7 lead, with 8:26 left in the second quarter.

In the second half, Nevada extended the lead to 21-7, with a 53-yard touchdown pass, thrown by quarterback Shane Illingworth to wide receiver BJ Casteel, with 12:58 left in the third quarter.

The game looked bleak for the Spartans, the Nevada-driven

two score lead made it harder for them to turn the game around.

The SJSU offense completed a 2-yard touchdown rush by Cordeiro to close the gap to 21-14, with 9:55 left in the third quarter.

SJSU’s defense forced Nevada to punt on the next drive, which was a key stop that changed the momentum of the game.

The Spartans then completed a 14-yard touchdown pass, thrown by Cordeiro to junior running back Shamar Garrett, with 3:32 left in the third quarter.

Nevada took the lead with a 5-yard touchdown rush by Taua, with 12:41 left in the fourth quarter, making the score 28-21.

SJSU responded through the

ground game with back-to-back touchdowns by senior running back Kairee Robinson on runs of two yards and five yards, respectively, to take the lead for good at 35-28, with 1:10 left in the game.

Freshman cornerback CJ Jones caught an interception to end the game and secured the Spartans victory.

The defense stopped the Nevada attack in the second half, building up a total of nine sacks.

Redshirt junior Viliami Fehoko proved to be the leader on defense with a total of 11 tackles, while he and Cade Hall had 7 total sacks.

SJSU held a moment of loudness for McWright before the game which was requested by the McWright family.

Coach Brennan said in a press conference on Tuesday Oct. 25 that McWright was a very special person.

“I love that kid. We all did. And we’re gonna make sure that we honor him this weekend. But really, everyday going forward for us as a program,” said Brennan. “For all that knew him, he was just incredibly special.”

SJSU players also stood on the field in the form of a six, representing McWright’s jersey number.

Robinson said the team really came together in the past week.

“Just hearing and finding out that news was just something that has hit us, the whole team real bad,” Robinson said. “When it’s times like that, we can either go into a division or come

together. And I feel like we did a good job of coming together. Just staying as a team. Working through it.”

Nevada also honored McWright on Saturday with white decals on their helmets that read “CM6.”

At the end of the game, the whole program huddled up on the field and sang “Lean on Me,” as the SJSU marching band played the song’s instrumentals. The Spartans are now one win away from being bowl eligible and are scheduled to host Colorado State at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 5 at CEFCU Stadium.

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Kairee Robinson dives into the end zone to score the final touchdown against University of Nevada, Reno Saturday night at CEFCU Stadium.

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Chevan Cordeiro SJSU junior quarterback

Spartans split regular season title

By Brandon Twomey STAFF WRITER

The San Jose State women’s soccer team clinched the Mountain West regular season championship with Thursday’s 1-0 win against Fresno State.

This is the third regular season championship the Spartans have secured, with the other two coming in 2015 and 2018.

In a match that would decide the seeding in the Mountain West Championship, the Spartans found themselves in the middle of a three-way tie.

Wyoming and New Mexico share the regular season championship title with the Spartans as all three schools finished the season with 20 points.

The crowning of a champion and deciding which school gets which seeding placement is where things got tricky as multiple scenarios were on the line Thursday night in making a decision.

Another milestone that came with this victory was SJSU head coach Tina Estrada becoming the first head coach to win the regular season championship in her first year.

Estrada, who was named the Spartans head coach on April 8, has been a part of the women’s soccer program for five years. Estrada started out as an assistant coach with the team before being promoted to associate head coach in 2020.

The match between SJSU (7-6-5, 6-3-2) and Fresno State (1-13-4, 1-72) was a back and forth battle. As the Spartans out-shot the Bulldogs 14-8, the game deciding goal didn’t come until minute 81and was scored by junior midfielder Cynthia Flores and was assisted by sophomore midfielder Taylor Phillips.

Phillips had an eventful night,

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ending with 2 shots and 1 assist.

The second-year midfielder ends the regular season with the second most assists in the Mountain West Conference.

First-year goalkeeper Bente Pernot was just as active, recording two saves and locking her fifth solo shutout of the season. The freshman from the Netherlands ranks second in the conference in saves

and is tied for third in shutouts.

“I’m really proud of this group, they fought all year,” Estrada said after Thursday’s match. “Our plan is to continue this momentum forward and take care of the Mountain West.”

SJSU secured the No. 3 seed in the Mountain West Championships with the win and faced Colorado College on Sunday who they beat 1-0.

Senior midfielder Sabrina Weinman led the charge with five shots with one being on goal.

Despite the lopsided offensive output, the contest was scoreless for a majority of the game.

It wasn’t until Minute 76 where the Spartans broke through when sophomore midfielder Taylor Phillips cut back on a Tiger defender and kicked the game-winning goal.

With the win, the Spartans advanced to the semifinals of the Mountain West Conference tournament and will play the host team University of New Mexico which is scheduled for Wednesday night at 6 p.m.

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SJSU falls to fourth place after tie, loss

By Alessio Cavalca STAFF WRITER

San Jose State’s men’s soccer team challenged Air Force Academy’s sevengame winning streak in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), tying 1-1 on Friday at Cadet Soccer Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

The Spartans sparked entertaining team play, reaching its peak when junior winger Joel Garcia scored the momentaneous 1-0 after an assist by junior forward Isaac Lomeli.

showcasing some rapid offenses.

Specifically, the passing between the Spartans worked as the engine for their majority of goal opportunities.

At Minute 1, the Spartans exhibited their first offense when defender Eduardo Miranda intercepted the ball near the sideline.

After a run on the wing, Miranda moved to the center edge of the box and managed to avoid the Falcons pressing by passing the ball to Lomeli, who quickly served senior midfielder Finlay Wood.

The Spartans’ passing was quick and Falcons defenders seemed to lose their focus, but when Wood had a good opportunity on his left foot, the shot ended wide above the

senior goalkeeper David Sweeney pushed the ball without blocking it, allowing the Falcons to shoot toward SJSU’s goal.

The ball got blocked by the Spartans senior defender Kasper Poulsgaard, but his clearance was risky.

Because of the Falcons’ pressing, Poulsgaard delivered the ball on the feet of the Air Force forward who kicked in the direction of SJSU’s goal, but the ball slightly brushed the left goal post, finishing outside the pitch.

As minutes passed, the Spartans

“The goal was really important and without a doubt made a statement to the opposing teams,” Garcia said.

For the rest of the game, the Spartans handled several defensive plays, stopping the Falcons offense.

However, at Minute 54, Isaac Lomeli received the ball at the box edge and, with a fairly touch, dribbled the defender behind him, who stretched the leg making Lomeli fall down.

The referee did not call for the foul, unleashing the players’ protests.

At Minute 88, the Falcons responded with an unexpected late equalizer by senior

88 the Falcons with senior defender Tyler Johnson, denying the threepoint win to SJSU.

The Falcons did not wait for the Spartans, building up two dangerous goal opportunities.

Lomeli said he knew the pressure was growing on him after receiving that ball at the edge of the Falcons box.

Spartans head coach Simon Tobin said going away with a tie against the top team in the conference is a good result, but players and coaching staff were devastated after

with a tie

conference is a result, but and staff were devastated after the game.

At Minute 2, Air Force obtained a free kick next to the center circle and senior midfielder Jake Angeletti crossed into the Spartans box.

“I passed him and he brought me down by kicking me,” Lomeli said. “I did in fact think it was a foul because of the way the game was going.”

Simon Tobin received a yellow card a few minutes later because he was protesting with the referee.

At Minute 88, Air Force gained a corner kick.

“When you are 1-0 and you have only two minutes to go . . . little bit of a disappointing end to the game,” Tobin

“When are 1-0 and have two minutes to . . . little bit of a end to the Tobin said Garcia with that and said whole game.

Joel Garcia SJSU junior winger

“It is unfortunate that we didn’t end up getting the three points especially after the hard work coming from the group,” Garcia said.

He also said playing in Colorado Springs was difficult.

Garcia agreed with that feeling and said the team performed well for the whole game. the adversity that the team had to face,”

“Without a doubt the elevation, cold weather and their home advantage was the that the team had to face,” Garcia said.

where Air Force junior forward Thaddaeus Dewing performed an acrobatic kick. The execution was delivered, but the ball ended up slightly above the left corner of the

However, the Falcons’ hard work on pressing started to pay off with a series of opportunities within the first minutes of play when the Spartans struggled to exit from its half of the

boosted their confidence and delivered a few offensive plays.

At Minute 19, SJSU builded a quick teamplay offense when sophomore midfielder Beau Leroux intercepted the ball in the center

Leroux quickly passed the ball to Wood, who opened on the right wing where Miranda controlled it.

What followed was a series of short passes through narrow spaces between Wood, Lomeli, Hermino Padilla and Garcia.

The Falcons defense had no time to react and Garcia localized the perfect corridor on the right side of the edge box.

The Falcons midfielder Jake Angeletti crossed the ball into the Spartans box finding Air Force defender Tyler Johnson, who exhibited a strong header unreachable by SJSU’s defense, making 1-1.

The Cadet Soccer Stadium’s crowd cheered.

Following Friday’s tie, SJSU lost its second place spot in conference after suffering a 1-0 loss against Grand Canyon University (4-2-2) at GCU Stadium in Phoenix, Arizona.

SJSU’s men’s soccer team (4-1-2), currently at fourth place in the WAC, is scheduled to play its last conference game against Seattle University (5-3) on Friday at the Spartan Soccer Complex.

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From the very beginning, the game resulted in a physical clash between the two teams.

While Air Force performed a high-pressing game, SJSU managed good ball possession,

At Minute 3, the Spartans defense faced another great risk when, after a cross from the left wing,

Padilla saw his movement and served the SJSU winger with a well-calibrated sliding pass.

Garcia’s conclusion was powerful and the Air Force goalkeeper couldn’t reach it, making 1-0 for SJSU.

Garcia, who was happy about his performance, said the goal came from recovery runs and the unselfishness that characterizes the team.

Senior midfielder Sabrina Weinman (right) embraces teammate Tiana Cello in celebration after SJSU’s win over Fresno State Thursday.

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a doubt the elevation, cold weather and their home advantage was the adversity that the team had to face.

Fire on the fountain

Spartan Wushu club performed on stage.

San Jose State community members, talented performers and singers burned bright at the 15th annual Fire on the Fountain on Thursday.

Performance groups including Parang, Grupo Folklórico Luna y Sol, Dancesport and the

Second year student Bradley Acosta, whose stage name is Bradicial, kicked off the event with reggaeton music, a popular music style from Puerto Rico.

“Para todos mis latinos [for all my latinos] and everyone around that understands let’s dance and turn it up!” Bradicial said to the crowd.

Third year business student Shveta Ram was glad to see the Spartan community come together for a “fun time.”

“Fire on the fountain is such an interesting event that brought all the spartans together and embodied the diversity of our community,” Ram said.

William Green, a computer science major, said he enjoyed the music and

performances as he waited for the main attraction of the night.

“Fire on the fountain also gave me insight on the different clubs and organizations at SJSU,” Green said. “It was awesome seeing all the Spartans attend and come together.”

Freshman aviation student Thomas

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Tichy said that this was his first Fire on the Fountain event and that he had a “blast.”

“I love music. I love the atmosphere. I love how many people showed up,” Tichy said.

Local vendors, including the coffee shop Nirvana Soul and the food truck El

Bombero, provided free food and drinks for students.

Ben Thienes, assistant athletics director for football operation, came on stage with the SJSU football team to dedicate the upcoming Saturday football game to Camdan McWright, a freshman running back who was killed in a traffic accident on Friday Oct. 21.

“We lost a brother last week. He was a special person,” Thienes said. “When we start that game… We are going to form a six. That was his number.”

Green said that Fire on the Fountain gave him a chance to see SJSU come together after such a tragic time.

The main performance was by the professional choreography group Infinite Spin, who performed shows throughout California and Nevada.

Hundreds of students came onto the lawn to watch them light the stage with fire.

Spartan Mambo, a salsa group on campus, followed up with a performance by their bachata dancers.

As the night came to an end, Interim President Steve Perez came out and thanked the community for attending Fire on The Fountain.

“It is a great night to be a Spartan. I want to thank you all for being here and thank you for coming together and being a part of the spartan family. It is very important that we spend time together. That we come together as a family,” Perez said.

Soirée puts on ‘Spooktacular’ opera

By Adrian Pereda STAFF WRITER

San Jose State’s Opera and Theater program hosted “A Spooktacular Soirée,” consisting of performances filled with soul-consuming characters, on Friday.

“A Spooktacular Soirée” also featured choreographed skits from popular movies and iconic opera performances including “The Addams Family,” and “The Magic Flute.”

Physics junior Boe Eickelberg, returned to theater for the second year in a row to watch his friend perform on stage.

“The flowing of opera and chest vocalization is always very interesting to see because I could never do that,” Eickelberg said.

As a music lover and prior choir performer, Eickelberg said the opera is something that has his “heart in its hand.”

The flowing of opera and chest vocalization is always very interesting to see because I could never do that.

Boe Eickelberg Physics junior

Physics sophomore Samantha Quan came with Eickelberg to see their mutual friend perform.

“I came because I am looking forward to see her [their friend] perform, she’s a really great performer,” Quan said.

While everyone was waiting for the show to begin, all the action was happening behind the scenes.

Vocalist performance senior Alex Delgado said she had been preparing for her big debut on stage in front of a full theater.

“I’ve been a part of this show three

times now and it’s a lot of fun and it’s [a] really great experience to learn and perform,” Degaldo said.

Scenes from the 1911 musical adaptation of the novel “The Secret Garden” by Frances Hodgson Burnett and featured the lively song “Libiamo.”

Music freshman Zoe Doukakis attended the show with her sister Lexi

Doukakis to support their friends who were performing.

While the Doukakis sisters were there to support their friends, they said they could not wait to see their favorite scene from, “Little House of Horrors.”

“We are very excited to see the dentist from the Little House of Horrors,” Zoe Doukakis said. “This is a wonderful

program. Not only are they beautiful performers but they are really awesome people to talk to.”

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Professional choreography group Infinity Spin performs with flaming hoops at Tower Lawn for the 15th annual Fire on the Fountai n event Thursday evening.

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The San Jose State University Theater Program performs “A Spooktacular Soirée” at the music building concert hall on Friday.

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Students get ‘spooky’ in costumes

Top: Paige “Shark” Sherman dressed up as a bloody lifeguard and Blitz the dog dressed as a shark to show off their “shark attack” costumes at the Campus Village costume contest on Monday. Above: Kathy Lee, dressed as Amber from the video game “Genshin Impact” and Andrew Huynh as a cat maid. Right: Students dressed as Harry Potter and a shark stand outside of Campus Village B.

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