Spartan Daily Vol. 152, Issue 29

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

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SERVING SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1934

Bud Winter field abandoned

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Once used by SJSU athletes in the track and field program, the track field has been used for tailgate parties and overflow parking for the past two decades.

Editors note: This story was first published online Friday and has since been updated to reflect current information.

San Jose State Athletics Department confirms four-story parking garage will replace field

By Lindsey Boyd

structure will be built on Bud Winter Field.

“The plan for Bud Winter Field is to construct a parking structure that will service San Jose State is trading the historic Bud San Jose State students, faculty and staff,” Fan Winter Field for parking spots – more of said. “With the three campus parking [garages], them that is. there’s spaces for roughly about 5,000 vehicles After a little more than $9,000 was raised and it really isn’t enough in today’s world.” by private donors, along with a $3 million gift Men’s track field sprinter, Aidan Jardon, from the Student Union, sports information said SJSU athletic director Marie Tuite and director Lawrence Fan confirmed to the chief financial officer Charlie Faas held a Spartan Daily on Wednesday that a parking meeting over spring break with the men’s and SPORTS EDITOR

women’s track and field teams to announce the parking garage.

“Why didn’t they say that when there was a bunch of people here? Why are they saying it when nobody’s on campus?” said Jardon. “It just seemed a little odd to me but you know it is what it is.”

History of track and field project

ceremony where university President Mary Papazian and then-athletic director Gene Bleymaier announced their plans to build a $5 million track and field facility at Bud Winter Field.

According to the SJSU Newsroom, it said the renovation would be funded by the Student Union and private donors.

Tuite released a statement on Nov. 13, 2017 that she was still committed to rebuilding the track and field facility and was “discussing the location and the plan for a permanent track facility.”

“I think we all were kind of, felt disappointed and kind of misled and it kind

On Aug. 1, 2016, SJSU held a public

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Guadalajara Flowers grow

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Rosales and Salvador Rosales Sr., opened Guadalajara Flowers in early 2007.

“We wanted to have a business,” said Salvador Rosales Sr. “[Since] she had previous experience with [arranging] flowers, she wanted to open a flower shop.”

With no formal training, Juanita Rosales discovered a deep passion for fixing arrangements of flowers.

“She started working with this lady, [Juanita] use to take care of her mom,” said the son Salvador Rosales Jr. “That lady was a wedding designer so that is where my mom learned everything she knows about flowers.”

In 2016, Juanita Rosales died, leaving Salvador Rosales Sr. as the current owner. Salvador Rosales Sr. also has four of his children helping to run the store.

The tragedy caused everyone in the Rosales family to come together and keep the shop alive.

“One of the biggest challenges was when my mom passed away.

She was the boss here. She pretty

David Rosales adding the final touches on a customers bouquet.

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By Javier Velez STAFF WRITER

The saxophone from the famous cumbia “Juana la Cubana” blared through the speakers at Guadalajara Flowers located in East San Jose near James Lick High School.

“We know we are going to be here late for an event that we have to do. You can hear the music,” said David Rosales, the son of the owner of Guadalajara Flowers, as he described the working environment at the shop.

“Everyone is cracking jokes. That is one way to keep it light.”

David Rosales’ parents, Juanita

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President Mary Papazian announces SJSU’s strategic plan during her State of the University speech.

Papazian looks toward ‘Transformation 2030’

By Alyson Chuyang

Attendees included students, faculty, local news stations and even Mayor Sam Liccardo.

Rows were filled in San Jose Along with the address, Papazian State’s Student Union Ballroom on laid out the new strategic 10-year Monday as University President plan called “Transformation 2030.”

Mary Papazian delivered the first The two co-chairs of the strategic State of the University address planning steering committee, in hopes of making it an annual Chair of the Academic Senate tradition each spring.

Stefan Frazier and Dean of the

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College of Social Sciences Walt Jacobs, introduced the address.

“We wanted to make sure that we honored the rich heritage of San Jose State. A lot of what we came up with built on what was adorned for 150 years,” said Jacobs.

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NEWS

TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2019

SJSU emphasizes electrical fire safety

By Cindy Cuellar STAFF WRITER

An extension cord-related fire recently occurred in Clark Hall, according to an email sent out to the campus community on Monday by Matt Nymeyer, the director of environmental health and safety.

The fire was caused by someone who plugged in a space heater into a set of power strips that were daisy chained.

Roughly 3,300 home fires originate from extension cords each year in the United States, killing 50 people and injuring about 270, according to Electrical Safety Foundation International.

Daisy chaining has recently sparked concern on campus regarding electrical fires after the fire caused by the space heater. It occurs when one power strip is plugged into another power strip.

There is no further information about the fire regarding when it occurred after asking more than 20 staff administrators as well as professor and students in Clark Hall.

According to the United States Department of Labor, power strips are not designed for high power

loads such as space heaters, refrigerators and microwave ovens.

These appliances can easily exceed the recommended ampere ratings on many power strips.

Susan Berg, travel coordinator for the school of information, said she wishes she could use a space heater but does not because she knows it is against office regulations. Berg instead stores a blanket close to her desk in Clark Hall to keep her legs warm.

A regulation from the United States Department of Labor states that any appliances that create heat are not allowed to be connected to power strips or be a part of daisy chaining within a workspace.

The California State Fire Marshal and the SJSU Environmental Health and Safety Office have been in the works to correct any unsafe electrical conditions within workspaces but more specifically, cubicles, according to the email.

The email included an attachment which mentions that the leading cause of home electrical fires are related to the improper use of extension cords such as daisy chaining.

David Collins, an electrical

Average number of cases related to extension cords each year

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engineering alumnus said, “I’ve never done it, but I would assume multiple devices on one line of wire is dangerous and doesn’t make much sense.”

The capacity of the power strip or the surge protector should never be overloaded, according to the University of California Office of the President. It should

also never be plugged into another surge protector or power strip.

Precautions are taken very seriously within work and office spaces as there are regulations that each employer must follow.

Lisa Torralba, an environmental health and safety specialist at SJSU said, “Electrical hazard employers

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On Monday, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo begins a standing ovation for SJSU President Mary Papazian after her State of the University address.

SPEECH Continued from page 1 plan, Papazian highlighted the university’s progress in graduation rates, esteemed visits from notable speakers and the amount of money raised through fundraisers and donors.

Papazian stated that Acceleration, an SJSU fundraising campaign that started in 2013, has raised $208 million since its establishment. The university has also raised more than $105 million in gifts and pledges in the past three years, the largest three-year sum of philanthropic dollars in SJSU’s history.

While commending the current status of academic programs and expansion within student resource centers, Papazian also discussed the weak points that the university is working to resolve.

She addressed the state of homelessness and food insecurity among students and ensured a continued effort toward solving these issues.

“We will continue to collaborate with the city of San Jose, our students and other regional partners to find sustainable, long-term solutions to these issues,” said Papazian.

Members from the Student Homeless Alliance sat up front to see how solutions might be different than the promises made by the university back in March concerning safe parking

We will continue to collaborate with the city of San Jose, our students and other regional partners to find sustainable, long-term solutions to these issues.

Mary Papazian SJSU President

programs and food pantries.

“I think it was a little vague for me personally,” said president of the alliance, Mayra Bernabe. “We’ve been hearing this already, so there was nothing really new . . . I think it’s kind of repetitive, we haven’t heard concrete plans and for me, we want to know.”

Papazian then introduced the 10-year plan that the strategic planning steering committee worked on for 31 months, according to Frazier.

“As a university, we must be transformational for our students and our community.

Students are at our core, and our community is our home,” said Papazian.

The plan lays out five specific goals, with desired outcomes in each: Engage and Educate, Excel and Lead, Grow and Thrive, Connect and Contribute, and Rebuild and Renew.

These goals and outcomes were curated by five different task forces made up of university administrators, faculty and students.

Kathleen Wong(Lau), chief diversity officer and member of the Grow and Thrive task force, said the main objective for them was ensuring economic stability and inclusivity for a better campus life for students.

“It’s really about trying to make sure that we’re keeping our eyes on the horizon and look at long term economic stability for our students,” said Wong(Lau). “I think there’s a lot of concern about students . . . being able to do things that take away from being a full-time student. I think that those are the things that people are concerned about.”

Papazian emphasized that along with the 10-year strategic plan, multiple resources and initiatives are being established for the benefit of current students.

These establishments include the Spartan Recreation and Aquatic Center that will open on April 18, the Interdisciplinary Science Building that is set to open in three years and the current graduation and student success initiatives.

“San Jose State has stepped up and now takes a leading role in the transformative change that is happening right here, all around us, in our own backyard,” said Papazian. “And looking ahead, growing San Jose State’s dynamic research and innovation environment will allow us to not only adapt to, but to set the pace of change.”

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much ran this flower shop on her own,” said David Rosales. “When she passed away, that was hard for us because we didn’t have the experience like she did, and had to come together to try what she tried to do.”

David Rosales shared that it was challenging for him to make a flower arrangement in a small amount of time because he didn’t have much experience.

“A customer will come in and [customers] want a speciality arrangement and they may have a little

are required to provide safety training to their staff at their workplaces.”

Although there are only regulations for workplaces, following safety rules is important for students who use several different appliances when sharing spaces with other students in dorms.

Randy Huang, an

entrepreneurship junior, said he knows how dangerous daisy chaining could be.

“I unplug or turn off the power strip when I go out for the weekend or when I know that no one is going to be home,” said Huang.

bit of time because their event starts soon,” said David Rosales.

Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day are the busiest holidays for Guadalajara Flowers.

“During the holidays, sometimes we leave until 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 a.m.,” said Salvador Rosales Jr. “Me and [Salvador Rosales Sr.] only got about two hours of sleep but man that money was good!”

Events that keep Guadalajara Flowers just as busy are graduations, weddings, quinceaneras and funerals, said David Rosales.

On a regular day, Guadalajara Flowers

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averages about 8 to 10 orders a day, with holidays and events that number doubles, said Salvador Rosales Jr. “The mixed bouquets sitting outside of the shop, people come for those all day long. We sell those like hotcakes. They’re $15,” said Salvador Rosales Jr. “We started selling them a little bit lower but the demand caused for a price increase.”

The demand has increased and Salvador Rosales Jr. predicts it will continue to increase.

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Correction On Thursday, March 28, the Spartan Daily published an article about measles in Silicon Valley where quotes from the Santa Clara County Public Health Department should have been attributed to Britt Ehrhardt, the Public Health Communications officer.

On Thursday, March 28, the Spartan Daily published an article about measles in Silicon Valley where the headline should have indicated that at press time, there was only one reported case.

Spartan Daily regrets these errors.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

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Tortoises take a trip to Wellness Lounge

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(Left) Pre-nursing freshman Shania Merida, pets tortoise Governor in the Student Wellness Lounge. Governor was brought there by the Scientific Education Rsearch Center. (Right) California desert tortoise Jeremiah visits the Student Wellness Lounge in order to educate students on wildlife.

By Jozy Prabhu STAFF WRITER

On Wednesday March 20, a cart with two kennels rolled into San Jose State’s Student Wellness Lounge and was placed in the corner of the room.

The kennels were placed on the ground by two student assistants from the Science Educational Resource Center (SERC).

Out of the kennels emerged two tortoises. “[Jeremiah]’s 80 years old and a California desert tortoise. And then this is Governor, he’s 50 years old, and a Texas desert tortoise,” said SERC assistant Jessica Thach.

The two tortoises slowly took in their surroundings.

Then, Governor, the smaller tortoise, began to make his way to the nearest student.

A few students started to gather, watching and taking pictures of the tortoises.

“You can pet them,” said Thach, as students kneeled on the ground to touch them.

“They’re part of our SERC program,” said Thach. “We have some animals like snakes, various insects and a whole bunch of biofacts [that] teachers can come in and borrow.”

According to the website new world encyclopedia, biofacts are archeological artifacts such as animal bones,

plants and other preserved natural material.

According to Thach, the program encourages teachers to bring the animals into the classroom.

While tortoise Governor mingled with some students, a couple of students took pictures of tortoise Jeremiah as he explored under desks, supervised by student assistant Ciarra dela Cruz.

“Once [the teachers] receive training from us, they can bring these animals into the classrooms to help teach kids about wildlife, diversity and the environment,” said dela Cruz.

In addition to tortoise Governor and tortoise

Jeremiah, according to dela Cruz, SERC also carries pacific tree frogs, a species of lizard known as a skink, a tarantula and many more creatures.

“We have some boxer turtles who are super speedy,” said Thach. “You look away, they’re gone.”

A fun fact, considering that both tortoises move relatively fast from student to student.

SERC also provides free training for any teacher in the Bay Area so they can be able to borrow its animals and biofacts for their classrooms.

“We reach out to schools in the Bay Area,” said Cruz. “We have teachers come from Palo Alto, all over San Jose, elementary,

middle school and high school, and again it’s all a free program.”

Not only are the animal visits free, but also science equipment, posters and other learning materials are too.

According to the SERC website, “SERC is the only facility in the Bay Area that allows teachers to check out wildlife ambassadors, which are reptiles, amphibians and arthropods, to visit their classroom for educational purposes.”

Many of the items in its collection are unique in that they cannot be purchased or collected anymore, and museums do not allow public use of its biofact collections.

Therefore, according to their website, SERC is “One of the largest handson teaching collections of biofacts in the country.”

Students in the wellness center smiled as they interacted with the tortoises, highlighting the positive effects of connecting with the tortoises for students of all ages.

Tortoises Jeremiah and Governor frequently visit the Student Wellness Lounge on campus.

Keep a lookout for their next appearance or visit Science Building Room 304.

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Retrospective: Looking back at music’s past

By Javier Velez STAFF WRITER

It is nearly impossible to cover all existing music genres and their history, but I will focus on Reggaeton and Hip-hop and demonstrate the evolution within these genres.

REGGAETON Reggaeton was born as a crossover style influenced by Reggae, Rap, Hip-Hop and Caribbean genres such as Salsa, Merengue, Soca, and Puerto Rican Bomba.

Pioneers of this genre in the beginning stages of Reggaeton include artists like rapper Vico C from Puerto Rico and Panamanian Reggae icon El General, according to ThoughtCo, a reference site that has focused on expert-

created education content for more than 20 years.

Daddy Yankee, Don Omar, Tego Calderón and Pitbull led the genre when Reggaeton became popular in the early 2000’s.

Daddy Yankee is the only one active in 2019 from the aforementioned artists to be making music. Daddy Yankee’s latest music features a new generation of artists.

These artists include Bad Bunny, Ozuna, J Balvin, Nicky Jam and Anuel AA, to name a few.

This new generation of Reggaeton has also brought female artists into the spotlight, unlike past generations when it was a male-dominated genre.

Female Reggaeton artists include Becky G, Karol G,

Natti Natasha and Anitta to mention a few popular names.

Reggaeton is on fire this summer, and that fire has actually been building for years.

As Spotify grew from 10 million users in May 2014 to 140 million users in June 2017, the genre’s share of all Spotify listening grew 119%.

By comparison, pop’s share increased 13% over the same period, and country music’s share grew by 4% according to Spotify.

HIP-HOP Hip-hop was conceived in Bronx, New York by Clive Campbell, also known as DJ Kool Herc, in 1973.

Like any style of music, hiphop has roots in other forms, and its evolution was shaped

by many different artists.

But there’s a case to be made that it came to life precisely in 1973, at a birthday party in an apartment building in West Bronx.

The birthplace was 1520 Sedgwick Avenue.

The man who presided over that historic party was the birthday girl’s brother, Clive Campbell – better known to history as DJ Kool Herc, founding father of hiphop according to the History Channel.

Let us begin with the banging rhymes through a microphone and freeflowing atmosphere into the sweet instrumental sounds produced by N.W.A’s own, Dr. Dre. N.W.A. used their platform to freely express

themselves on social and personal issues in the late 1980s.

Artists in the group included Dr. Dre, Eazy E, DJ Yella, M.C. Ren and Ice Cube.

N.W.A. eventually split because of personal issues that lead the generation of “West Coast Gangsta Rap” to continue in the 1990s.

“West Coast Gangsta Rap” included artists like Snoop Dogg, Warren G, Nate Dogg, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and many more.

This created a long-lasting rivalry between the East Coast and West Coast factions.

“With New York City being the birthplace of hiphop, artists from L.A. felt they weren’t given the same media coverage and public attention as those on the East

Coast,” said Soren Baker, a former hip-hop journalist, in his book “History of Rap and Hip Hop”.

According to AM New York, there were a variety of factors behind the New York vs. Los Angeles hip-hop rivalry that escalated between the years 1994 and 1997. This ultimately led to the deaths of rappers Tupac Shakur and Christopher Wallace a.k.a The Notorious B.I.G. Even though Shakur and Wallace died in the mid 1990s, their music still lives through this generation, inspiring contemporary artists such as J. Cole, Nas and Drake.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2019

The spirit of college radio strong at KSJS

By Alyson Chuyang STAFF WRITER

Tune into 90.5FM and listen to some of your fellow Spartans play music that is picked and curated by them personally.

However, you won’t hear the top hits that have been playing on mainstream radio stations.

According to Nick Martinez, the general manager of San Jose State radio station KSJS, the station on campus is live and interactive, unlike most mainstream radio stations that prerecord their shows and have a computer pick and play music.

“There is something very cool and magical about hands-on picking the CDs and records, and what that does is engage the students more in a creative process which makes KSJS, in a sense, more attractive to all students,” said Martinez.

Studio walls are lined with shelves upon shelves of CDs that artists send in, and DJs choose from the wide selection to give students the niche, underground sound that they won’t hear anywhere else.

KSJS began in 1963, and has been running 24 hours a day, 365 days a year since.

All the DJs who run their own shows are chosen by the managers of the station and they have the opportunity to fill a four-hour time slot where they play their

Not only are you learning this art, you’re learning the business side of it too, in a hands-on practical way.

Nick Martinez KSJS General Manager

choice of music.

“Our DJ spots are coveted and people really enjoy it and we’ve really become this great bastion of creativity on campus,” said Martinez.

Students DJs offer a wide variety of music genres, ranging from jazz, hip-hop, and electronic music.

Sergio Rangel, a current student DJ, enjoys the benefits of networking and music exposure that comes with running his own show.

Rangel, otherwise ALYSON CHUYANG | SPARTAN DAILY known as Electric Serg on his show, “The Generator,” Since 1963, KSJS has provided students with 24 hours of music and the opportunity to learn the craft of DJing. plays R&B and hip-hop that is not as well-known relationship the station has management skills. companies are gobbling up “It’s no different than as mainstream tracks and with many venues around Martinez emphasized our students coming out if a chem lab, or a bio lab, popular artists. the Bay Area. that many of their they want that career,” said or an engineering lab “My show gives them “I’ve been able to graduates don’t only go on Martinez. on campus, our only four hours of urban photograph artists like to pursue radio careers, Along with running difference in our lab is music and proving to P-Lo, E40, StarRo, H.E.R, but many of them have a station, DJs learn creating exposure to the them that underground Two Friends,” said Rangel, landed jobs at companies interpersonal skills and world at San Jose State music is a very exciting “[KSJS] allowed me to such as Apple, Google and leadership skills that will and the greater Bay Area world and is much more dabble into my other even Airbnb. help propel them into to music and our lab is than ‘SoundCloud rap’,” interests through music.”

“Not only are you many avenues. a radio DJ booth,” said said Rangel.

Not only does KSJS learning this art, you’re The most important Martinez.

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OPINION

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I still remember Jamal Khashoggi Vicente Vera Vicen NEWS EDITOR

Six months after Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered in a consulate where he was to obtain paperwork for his marriage, the kingdom responsible for his brutal death continues to run a circus of lies.

American and Turkish intelligence agencies concluded months ago that Saudi Crown Prince ce Mohammed bin Salman an ordered a hit squad to silence Khashoggi.

This was in retaliaation for his frequent crititicisms of the regime in publications such as the he Washington Post.

So why are Saudi di officials still seeking to “prosecute” a handful ul of unnamed defendants nts that don’t include the he crown prince?

The Saudi government nt feels the need to keep ep up this charade in order er to save as much face as possible in the eyes of the he U.S. government, or in the eyes of the executive ve branch I should say.

“King Salman an and Crown Prince ce Mohammed bin Salman an vigorously deny any ny knowledge of the he planning or execuution of the murder off

Mr. Khashoggi,” said President Donald Trump in a Nov. 20 statement regarding his standing with Saudi Arabia.

While it became apparent early in the wake of Khashoggi’s death that Trump would side with the kingdom that spends money at his hotel, one of the quotes in his official statement struck me as a little extra.

“Representatives of Saudi Arabia say that Jamal Khashoggi was an ‘enemy of the state’ and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood,” Trump stated in a Nov. 20 White House press release.

“But my decision [to accept Saudi Arabia’s version of events] was in no way based on that.”

Not only did Trump echo Saudi talking points, he also could not be more transparent in his attempts to discredit

Khashoggi’s legacy as a martyr for the truth despite the risks.

The lengths to which Khashoggi went through to preserve his voice, including fleeing from his home country, showed how dedicated he was to exposing the injustices that would ultimately lead to his death.

“There is not a smoking gun, there is a smoking saw,” said Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) after being briefed by the CIA on Khashoggi’s death and dismemberment.

Khashoggi was not just a critic, he was a man that stood for

the

One of Jamal Khashoggi’s Washington Post columns, written in his native Arabic, where he discusses how Saudi Arabia can learn from the film, “Black Panther.”

eminent backlash.

It is a shame the only people bin Salman had to answer to were Trump, Jared Kushner and Fox News.

“You’re an authoritarian government, [and] you’re saying the crown prince didn’t know about this?”

During an Oct. 21 interview, Fox News host Bret Baier asked Saudi Arabia’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir how it was possible that bin Salman had no knowledge of the premeditated murder.

“Well first of all, Bret, we are not an

authoritarian government,” said al-Jubeir.

“The individuals who did this, did this outside the scope of their authority. There was obviously a tremendous mistake made.”

To say that the death of Khashoggi was a “tremendous mistake” is an understatement.

Six months after Khashoggi’s murder, I am still forever grateful to be practicing journalism in a country that tolerates it.

Yet, the feeling is bittersweet knowing my colleagues in other parts of the world do not get to enjoy those same basic liberties.

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Don’t let nostalgia ruin a reboot for you Victoria Franco STAFF WRITER

Have you ever watched a remake of your favorite childhood television show and thought, why did they take such a beautiful show and ruin it?

Why could these producers and companies not leave a great show untouched?

I once thought the same thing when I watched the Netflix reboot “Fuller House”, a spin-off of the 1980’s sitcom “Full House.”

I’ve spent my childhood watching this show and it taught me how family should treat each other, what heartbreak feels like and overall, a multitude of life lessons.

After a first viewing, I found myself angry and annoyed with how the show differed from the original.

However, after surpassing my annoyance and anger, I pondered if I was perhaps vilifying the show because of a fixation with the original that stopped me from having a clear head to judge the new remake of the show.

That is exactly our problem as audiences.

We need to stop having ‘tunnel-vision’ with

democracy, which is what he wanted for Saudi Arabia.

“Most of the wars we are having today in the Middle East is because of our inability to agree on a leader,” Khashoggi said at an Al Sharq Forum, a pro-democracy think tank. “Democracy is the solution.”

But because Khashoggi advocated for democracy in a country with arguably the most ruthless dictatorship among developed nations, he became public enemy number one in the eyes of the crown prince.

With intelligence resources, money and manpower at the young prince’s disposal, the only unsurprising element to the story is that he was not more prepared for

what we once saw in a show and we need to be more open to what new direction a reboot show could lead us in.

I came to the realization that it was my nostalgic memories of watching Danny Tanner alongside his three little girls growing up in San Francisco that caused the problem.

I was so stuck on what the show meant to me as a child that I was having a tough time welcoming a new generation of cast members and storylines.

Often times we are quick to judge a show that is being remade simply because we are used to the old version that we watched as children.

In 1990 the show “Beverly Hills, 90210” aired and became a sensation to viewers of the early 90’s.

The young adult drama introduced audiences to the luxurious lifestyles of the famous ZIP code.

Viewers had the chance to live through the show to know how the rich lived and what their lives entailed.

In 2008 when the CW Network announced there would be a reboot for the 90210 television

show, the older generation was not too ecstatic about the news. Many claimed that the show was ruined and not what it once was.

Reviews on the IMDb website stated, “this show is so boring . . . the first one was so much better.”

Since these people were accustomed to the first airing of the show, there was no way they were going to be open to seeing a newer version.

These viewers were so blinded by a devotion to nostalgia that they consciously refused to see the positive aspects of the new series.

What these people lack an understanding of is that a series that is a reboot of a previous show doesn’t necessarily mean that it has to be exactly like the original show.

Producers are trying to take a new angle and cater to a new set of audiences.

Just because your favorite show is being remade, it doesn’t mean that the production won’t be good or that it’s not worth watching.

We need to stop utilizing tunnel vision when it comes to reboots and instead, start realizing that they are bringing a new dynamic that better serves the current generation watching.

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OPINION

TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2019

Disney has industry trust issues Jonathan Austin STAFF WRITER

Webster’s Dictionary defines the term “monopoly” as “exclusive ownership through legal privilege, command of supply or concerted action.”

I define it as The Walt Disney Company.

Let me explain. For years, Disney has done its best to control the entertainment industry.

the rights to ESPN and Touchstone Pictures.

Eventually, Disney also purchased beloved film franchises such as “Star Wars” and later acquired Marvel Comics, generating more content and power for itself.

This led to increased profits and market value for its products and global licenses.

Really, there is no clear answer as to what will or can happen right now, and that is the ominous part of it all.

Disney’s first major play to gain even more influence within the entertainment business was in 1996 when it purchased Capital Cities/ ABC for $19 billion.

According to the Los Angeles Times, it was the largest media company merger at the time.

From that purchase, Disney received ABC’s television broadcast stations as well as intellectual property rights to various television shows running at the time.

Disney also gained

According to Variety, Disney owns six of the top 10 grossing franchises in the world, generating 80% of all licensing revenue for entertainment companies in 2012.

This stranglehold of the media market had led to the decision by Disney executives to hunt for larger prey, leading to a similar situation when it purchased ABC. With Disney’s pending purchase of 21st Century Fox for $84.8 billion, Fox News reported Disney would again hold

the title for the largest entertainment company purchase.

CNN estimated that this purchase would come with an estimated 40% market share of the entertainment industry.

It doesn’t take a business genius to understand the possible negative consequences of one company owning more than half an entire industry.

That means all those other Hollywood bigwigs will have to deal with – or at least avoid – angering the proverbial bear in order to make content.

Disney’s rampant acquisition of popular franchises and other media outlets will leave competitors such as Warner Bros. and Comcast scrambling to compete with the massive conglomerate.

So, what can be done to fix what can be a huge stain on the multinational industry?

Realistically, the government can set industry regulations and force Disney to sell some of its assets in order to force more market competition.

Trust busting is a major piece of American history after all.

The Economist reported that when the Supreme Court ruled John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Company a monopoly of the oil industry in 1911, the Sherman Antitrust Act forced the company into

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dissolution and to be divided up into six new companies.

The only issue is that under our nation’s current leadership, one can speculate that with Disney’s financial prowess it would be able to successfully lobby at least some congressional support.

We also don’t have the anti-monopoly Theodore Roosevelt as president.

Instead we have Donald Trump, an outspoken advocate for free market business to say the least.

Really, there is no clear

answer as to what will or can happen right now, and that is the ominous part of it all.

Clearly, large ownership of an entire industry is bad. But what do we do to combat it?

Disney as a whole has the hearts and in some cases souls of media consumers around the globe, and that makes an outright boycott unfeasible as an option.

In addition, the current make-up of our elected officials convinces me we won’t see sweeping support to force Dis-

ney to sell some assets anytime soon.

Just as the mad titan Thanos, also a Disney licensed character, collects Infinity Stones to gain universe-shattering power, Disney collects franchises to add to their monopoly.

This may be a wild ride we have to take regardless of if we want to or not.

Hopefully it is at least as entertaining as a Disneyland ride.

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It’s OK to indulge in your morning Joe Alyson Chuyang STAFF WRITER

You can’t walk through a college campus without seeing a student with a cup of coffee in their hand.

Caffeine is a drug, and sometimes one shot of espresso won’t cut it during finals season.

As someone who has worked at the On Fourth Cafe in MLK

much, which is more than 400 milligrams of caffeine or about four to five cups of coffee.

However, it is hard for people to have a caffeine overdose.

According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), drinking four to five cups of coffee in a day will not have dangerous

So go ahead and enjoy that cup of coffee you have been feeling guilty for drinking so often, it might actually be helping you in ways you never knew.

Library, I know that many people find it essential to get their morning Joe. However, coffee can have benefits if we do not abuse it like the ‘drug’ many people claim caffeine can be.

Like any drug, caffeine can become very addictive and there is a risk factor if people consume too

effects.

The American Heart Association found that coffee-drinkers had an eight percent decreased risk of developing a stroke by drinking a cup of coffee every week compared to noncoffee drinkers.

Through machinelearning, a device that allows researchers to find links within data,

the American Heart Association found that the link between caffeine and the lower risk of heart failure was consistent through multiple studies.

Not only does coffee consumption lower the risk of some heart problems, but it boosts heart health through its natural compounds that balance cholesterol levels, according to a coffee and health study published in Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition.

Some evidence suggests that the compounds found in unfiltered coffee, cafestol and kahweol, may lower the risk of liver disease, and other chronic illnesses such as Parkinson’s disease.

CNN reported that the 2018 British Medical Journal findings found coffee consumption was instrumental in lowering the risk of suffering from melanoma, Alzheimer’s Disease, prostate cancer and Type 2 diabetes.

During finals week, and even midterms, students grab a cup of coffee in the late hours of the night to stay awake.

I have also done that, but thought the only benefit for coffee at night was to keep my adrenaline up and for me to stay awake.

But along with keeping you awake, it also stimulates brain activity.

Coffee consumption increases the blood flow to your brain which helps improve cognitive function.

In a study published by the Journal of Nutrition, it found that caffeine can block receptors traveling to the brain and prevent the release of stimulating chemicals, and by doing so, the chemicals are able to travel fluidly giving

you more energy.

There is also evidence that it can slow the decline of mental capacity as one gets older and improves your performance mentally.

Of course if coffee is consumed in large amounts, it has its downsides.

Effects of the overconsumption of coffee include anxiousness, fast heart rate and even sometimes a feeling of unhappiness or dysphoria according

to the Food and Drug Administration.

After all, too much of a good thing can turn it into a bad thing.

Ultimately, moderate consumption of coffee, which can be up to three to four cups daily, can be healthy for you.

So go ahead and enjoy that cup of coffee you have been feeling guilty for drinking so often, it might actually be helping you in ways you never knew.

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SPORTS

TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2019

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SJSU baseball takes a nosedive vs. Pilots

By Courtney Vasquez & Cora Wilson STAFF WRITERS

The San Jose State Spar tans struggled to keep up with the University of Portland Pilots Monday night at Excite Ballpark, formerly known as Municipal Stadium, after giving up 12 runs in the first 3 innings.

The Spartans struggled to regain their momentum, resulting in a 13-2 loss.

“They obviously hit the pitches we threw and we obviously didn’t locate and change speeds well enough to keep them off balance,” said head coach Brad Sanfilippo.

T h e Spartans’ PILOTS starting p i t c h e r, freshman Ben Polack, took the SPARTANS loss and gave up the first 4 runs in the first inning.

Junior right-handed pitcher Anders Davidson faced 10 batters in the second inning and gave up 5 runs.

Davidson has transitioned from being a position player to a pitcher, which has taken time and practice, said Sanfilippo.

“The breaking ball needs to come a ways I think, so that he’s not a one-pitch guy,” said

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Sanfilippo. “We just have to continue with it and the breaking ball needs to get better, but he’ll get better and he will bounce back.”

In the fourth inning, the Spartans scored 2 runs with the help of freshman left-handed pitcher James Shimashita.

He hit a single to left field, getting the Spartans on the board.

The hit brought in freshman infielder Nico Malbrough, who scored the first run. Junior outfielder Kellen Strahm scored a single run to bring the Spartans to their final score of 2 runs.

“The first two innings, 9 runs, it’s kinda hard to come back from that, especially with keeping the energy in the dugout and being positive,” said Malbrough.

The Spartans (17-16, 11-4 MW) have proven to play more consistently well in their conference games than in their nonconference games.

“Sometimes you kind of take these games for granted if you don’t play at your peak performance,” said senior right-handed pitcher Fineas Del BontaSmith. “We shouldn’t play like that but sometimes we just don’t take it as seriously.”

Del Bonta-Smith said the Pilots proved to have a good hitting team.

“They took advantage of mistakes and hit it over the fence,” said Del Bonta-Smith.

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Pitcher Anders Davidson focuses on his next pitch against the Pilots. He gave up 5 runs in the second inning.

After the first three innings, the Spartans made some changes defensively to stop the Pilots from scoring runs in the next few innings.

“I just think the pitchers came in with a little more intent, they were coming in trying to get the guys out,” said Del Bonta-Smith. “We kind of just put it together and once you do that on the mound, the defense behind you figures it out

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They obviously hit the pitches we threw and we obviously didn’t locate and change speeds well enough to keep them off balance.

Brad Sanfilippo Head baseball coach

and starts to get back on track.”

With the Pilots’ quick scoring at the start of the game, it became hard for the Spartans to take back the game.

“With 9-1 in the first two innings, it’s an uphill climb at that point,” said Sanfilippo. “We have to continue the momentum we have in conference right now and we have

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to try to focus on the positive things we have going on.”

The Spartans have one day off before heading to Las Vegas to play a three-game series against University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

“It’s baseball, this happens. We have bounced back plenty beforehand we’ll be OK,” said Sanfilippo.

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SPORTS

TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2019

2014 South Campus Facilities Development Plan

Track and Field: Plans for a lane track, soccer field, shot put, pole vault, high jump, hammer/ discus throw and javelin throw at Bud Winter Field.

SOURCE: 2014 SOUTH CAMPUS FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT PLAN

2019 Future South Campus Plan

Parking Garage: A parking garage and field with a “walking track” will be built on Bud Winter Field.

SOURCE: FUTURE SOUTH CAMPUS PLAN

LEGACY Continued from page 1 of felt like a slap in the face to us just bringing back the [men’s track and field] program and then to just say that we are going to throw it away,” Jardon said. “Not throw away, but you are just going to overlook the history of San Jose State and the track program and just throw a parking lot over it.”

Despite numerous attempts, both Tuite and Faas declined to comment to the Spartan Daily as of Monday night.

Future Plans on Bud Winter Field Papazian released the university’s strategic 10-yearplan on Monday, but the new parking garage plans were not included. “[A parking garage] is just being developed right now,” Papazian said on Monday.

“We haven’t even drawn the plans yet.”

According to San Jose City Hall public records, a “four-level parking garage and sport field” permit was requested on 1230 S 10th San Jose, where Bud Winter Field lies, on Jan. 30.

A bid for “South Campus Multi-Level Parking Structure & Track & Field Facility Project” went out Aug. 28, 2018 according to

Construction Bid Source for an estimated $45 million. However, SJSU media relations said, “This option had construction issues and financial implications of over $20 million in cost.”

The Mercury News also reported that the track will be closed in June for the construction and that the Sharks, where Faas used to work as the CFO, have agreed to pay for the $50 million parking garage.

Meanwhile, the men’s track and field program will continue to practice off campus and pay San Jose City College to rent an off-campus facility to practice, as will the women.

“We are going to honor Bud Winter Field,” Faas told the Mercury News on Thursday.

The university said there will be a “walking track” next to the new parking garage, and that the team will not practice there.

Past discussion of a parking garage A source close to the women’s track and field team, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Tuite knew about the renewed decision to turn the field into a parking structure since October of 2017.

The source said that about a week later, Tuite denied ever saying the track would be eliminated for a parking structure to the

I think we all were kind of, felt disappointed and kind of misled and it kind of felt like a slap in the face to us just bringing back the [men’s track and field] program and then to just say that we are going to throw it away.

Aidan Jardon Men’s track and field sprinter

Mercury News.

“That is false,” Tuite told the Mercury News in a story published on Nov. 6, 2017.

“We are in discussions as far as a permanent site for our men’s and women’s track program. The current footprint of the track is not going to be turned in a full-fledged parking structure.”

Destiny Longmire, the No. 12 long jumper in the country at the time, said head coach Jeff Petersmeyer held a team meeting before Tuite denied the parking facility plans to the Mercury News.

“Everyone was upset. We had a lot to say,” Longmire told The Spear in 2017 of the team meeting she had with her coach. “There are times where I’m more frustrated than others.”

Longmire transferred after the 2017-2018 season along with teammates Kolbi Sims and graduate student Nicole Iloanya. Petersmeyer also quit along with athlete Brittany Brown who was cut from the

team after she said her scholarship was “abruptly” taken away three days before tuition was due.

“This isn’t surprising to me. At this point, it’s easier to just deal with what we have instead of getting the athletes false hope,” Brown said Thursday in reaction to the confirmation of the parking garage. “I personally feel like the athletic program needs to do better on their communication skills, especially if they want to build a great program.”

Donations Track and

for Field

Originally, money was raised for a new field at Bud Winter Field. According to the Tower Foundation project detail report, the track and field team and facility project accumulated a combined total of $3,009,131 in donations by Dec. 21, 2017.

Catherine Busalacchi, executive director of Student Union, Inc., said in November

of 2017 that the Student Union committed $3 million for a field so that intramural and club sports would have a place to play.

Of that $3 million, $500,000 was gifted to the softball field.

Faas told the Mercury News that the university is considering the rest of the $2.5 million from the Student Union as student fees that can be used toward a multipurpose recreational field next to the new parking garage.

Donor Don Wilson started a petition Tuesday night called “Save San Jose State Track-Build the Track-Say NO to Corporate Welfare Parking Garage” which at the time of this publication had more than 466 signatures.

“Well newsflash, you can’t generate funds if you never had a place in the first place,” stated the petition. “They never intended to build the track and have not been transparent about the ongoing and lengthy negotiations to turn the site into a parking garage.”

The petition is referring to the fact that plans for a formal campaign were never made.

There was a post encouraging people to donate money to resurface the track for $5 million on the San Jose State Athletics website, however, no formal marketing campaign was made.

At the beginning of 2018, vice president of university advancement, Paul

Lanning, said the university did have plans to hire a team to start a formal campaign. However, it never came to fruition.

A former donor and class of 1988 alumnus said he was “insulted” that his money went into a general fund instead of going where he specifically wanted it to go, so he stopped donating.

“Coming out of college I would make a $250 donation,” the anonymous donor said.

He added that the university sent him a letter in an effort to be transparent. “They broke down where my donations went to and said my donation during finals week went to doughnuts.”

The donor also added that he has empathy for the track and field program. He said he realizes money for all the sports programs comes from the success of the football and basketball programs.

“You make fools of your alumni by the quality of the products you put on the field and the court. It’s an embarrassment to the alumni,” the donor continued. “You are the worst corporation in Silicon Valley. I’m talking about the athletic department, but that athletic department puts stink on the school and no amount of deodorant can clean that up.”

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