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Chancellor resigns amid CSU Title IX mishandling claims By Madilynne Medina & Christina Casillas EXECUTIVE EDITOR & MANAGING EDITOR
Former California State University Chancellor Joseph Castro announced his resignation Thursday after allegations surfaced that he mishandled claims of sexual harassment, retaliation and bullying during his term as Fresno State University President.
CSU Board of Trustees news release. The USA Today’s six-month investigation, published on Feb. 3, found that Castro failed to discipline Frank Lamas, CSU Fresno vice president of student affairs and enrollment management from May 2014-December 2020, who was accused of sexual harassment, according to a Feb. 17, 2022 USA Today article. The USA Today investigation revealed that
I believe he resigned to avoid an investigation that would have established his culpability. I agree with his decision to resign, despite being sorry to see him go. Jonathan Karpf SJSU emeritus anthropology lecturer, California Faculty Association chapter vice president Less than two years after assuming his role as chancellor on Sept. 23, 2020, Castro resigned so the CSU could continue its focus on the system’s “educational mission,” according to the CSU Frequently Asked Questions webpage. “I have been honored to serve the California State University for more than eight years, including as its eighth chancellor, and the decision to resign is the most difficult of my professional life,” Castro said in a Thursday
Castro chose to settle the allegations by authorizing a $260,000 payment from the university to Lamas, in exchange for his retirement. Castro, who was named chancellor by the CSU board three weeks after the settlement, wrote Lamas a letter of recommendation to find work elsewhere, according to the same USA article. Two days after the investigation was published, CSU | Page 2
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Local community members gather for a candlelight vigil honoring Japanese Americans on “Day of Remembrance ” at city hall on Saturday around 5:30 p.m.
Community remembers Japanese internment By Madilynne Medina EXECUTIVE EDITOR
Around 30 community members gathered for a candlelight vigil Saturday evening at San Jose City Hall for “Day of Remembrance,” honoring Japanese Americans who were incarcerated and relocated to internment camps in 1942, shortly after the Dec. 7, 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor. Stories for Solidarity, a nonprofit group in San Jose, hosted the event to acknowledge the 80th anniversary of Executive Order 9066, signed by 32nd President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942. The order warranted more than 120,000 Japanese Americans to be forcibility removed from their homes and incarcerated and stripped them of their civil rights, President Joe Biden said in a Friday statement. Biden reaffirmed the federal government’s formal apology to Japanese Americans who were “irreparably harmed” after being removed from their communities and charged with a crime without due process, according to the same statement. Mikomi, “Miko” Yoshikawa-Baker, San Jose State sociology senior and Stories for Solidarity’s founder, said the event was intended to allow a space for community members to share their experiences. “People know the name but not the story, that’s why we’re Stories for Solidarity,” she said. We’re the ones who [have] to tell the story, whether it’s five people or 50 people.” Yoshikawa-Baker, said the event was
especially important for the SJSU community because Yoshihiro Uchida Hall, named after 101-year-old alumnus and Judo coach Yoshihiro Uchida, was an SJSU student whose life experiences reflect those affected by the executive order.
It’s just a lot to wrap your head around that such a world-changing event for so many was simultaneously so long and so short ago. Cordelia Larsen event organizer
“His story represents so many of the thousands of people who were interned on campus,” she said. During the enforcement of Roosevelt’s executive order, the SJSU building now known as Yoshihiro Uchida Hall was used as a registration center, which processed more than 2,000 Japanese Americans before they were sent to internment camps, according to a Feb. 14, 2016 NBC Bay Area article. Uchida was attending the university when he received a draft letter during World War II, in which he served as a medical
technician, according to a Japanese American Museum of San Jose website. While he served, Uchida’s parents and brothers were sent to an internment camp in Arizona, according to the same website. When Uchida returned to SJSU, he served as the first U.S. Judo coach in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, according to the Museum website. “He made that gym where Japanese people were incarcerated in the West Coast Olympic training center for Judo,” Yoshikawa-Baker said. “That’s so powerful.” Cordelia Larsen, event speaker and co-organizer whose pronouns are they/them, said their goal was to establish an emotional connection for attendees. Larsen said many of their family members, including their grandmother, were interned. “My goal has always been to open up that emotional connection again, and to let our community grieve and to let us mourn and reconnect with the pain of the past,” they said. “Until we let ourselves as a community feel that, we’re never going to move on and we’re never going to be strong.” Larsen said the 80th anniversary of Roosevelt’s executive order is “a lot to process.” “It’s just a lot to wrap your head around that such a world-changing event for so many was simultaneously so long and so short ago,” they said. Larsen said they feel much of the language around internment camps is “flowery” and “gentle” to hide its severity. “It was a concentration camp. It was where they brought a single group, a
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Castro’s resignation that he lecturer and SJSU CFA chapter “applauded” the board’s decision vice president, said while to assess Title IX systemically. Castro was the “best” chancellor Continued from page 1 The California Faculty the system had in the last Fresno State students protested Association (CFA), a union 25 years, the SJSU CFA chapter on campus, calling for comprised of CSU lecturers, agreed with the statewide Castro to resign. profe s s or s , l i br ar i ans , CFA position. Faculty and staff members at counselors and coaches, said “I believe he resigned to avoid CSU Long Beach also called for Castro’s resignation, with more than 200 members signing a petition published on Feb. 6. “Our Chancellor’s behavior speaks clearly to faculty, staff, and students – Castro does not care about sexual harassment, gender discrimination, or the safety and well-being of those of us who are most likely to be the targets of predators like Lamas,” petitioners stated. Anoop Kaur Castro said he disagrees SJSU associated students president with “many aspects of recent media reports and the ensuing commentary,” but “resigning Castro’s resignation amid an investigation that would at this time is necessary,” alleged sexual harassment have established his culpability,” according to the Thursday mishandlings and the Title IX Karpf said in a text message. news release. assessment were not enough “I agree with his decision to The CSU Board of Trustees in a Friday news release. resign, despite being sorry to also announced an external Systemic change can only see him go.” assessment of the system’s be reached when an open Karpf referenced how Title IX implementation, and public investigation by Castro’s resignation was according to the same the California legislature is similar to the resignation of news release. conducted, the association also former SJSU President Mary SJSU Interim President stated in the news release. Papazian and athletic director Steve Perez said in a Monday Jonathan K a r p f , Marie Tuite, which he said campuswide email regarding SJSU emeritus anthropology might change the CSU’s
I hope a systemwide Title IX assessment will lead to justice for survivors and transformative changes that help the community feel comfortable about accessing Title IX resources
single ethnicity together to keep them locked up and away from the general public,” they said. “No amount of gentle language or changes in vernacular can hide what it truly was.” Several other speakers including community activist Kiyoshi Taylor emphasized the need for education regarding the event and other civil rights movements. “Just compare and contrast, not just the Asian propaganda that they had going on to anti-Japanese sentiment, but look at the way they did the same thing to Jews back in World War II, to Black people during slavery in the civil rights movement - it’s the same pattern,” he said. Event attendee Kit Schimandle said she agrees the education surrounding Day of Remembrance should be continued. “If we could just understand each other, I think the world would be such a better place,” she said. Yoshikawa-Baker said although the event turnout was small, it was “intentional” to help community members connect. “I know everybody who came, I know their stories. I know why they came here,” she said. “That’s how you make change, is just being a good human and caring about other humans.”
Title IX approach. “Given that Title IX has now reached to the pinnacle of CSU management, I believe that this will indeed refocus CSU practices regarding Title IX,” Karpf said. Perez said he’s dedicated to creating an SJSU environment where members feel safe, which he said the university has “fallen short” of doing in the past. The U.S. Justice Department found that SJSU failed for more than a decade to sufficiently respond to claims of sexual harassment and retaliation within the athletics department, according to a Sept. 21, 2021 news release. “We’ve learned from our interactions with the Department of Justice and will learn more from a forthcoming
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report regarding the Title IX process being supervised by the Chancellor’s Office,” Perez said. “We look forward to making further improvements as we continue to grow as an institution.” SJSU Associated Students President Anoop Kaur said accountability, action, and transparency is critical to rebuilding trust. “I hope a systemwide Title IX assessment will lead to justice for survivors and transformative changes that help the community feel comfortable about accessing Title IX resources,” she said in a text message.
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Crime Blotter Possession of controlled substance; trespassing Feb. 16, 12:44 a.m. at Campus Village C Cleared by arrest
Obstruct/resist: vandalism and disturbance Feb. 18, 5:23 p.m. at Student Union Cleared by arrest
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Co-founder of Standard AI David Valdman and team gather outside Ginger Market, which is located on the first floor of MacQuarrie Hall the day after store’s Feb. 15 opening.
Contactless shopping debuts on campus By Royvi Hernandez SCIENCE & TECH EDITOR
The San Jose State Ginger Market is the first store to implement autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) technology in the South Bay Area, creating a new advancement in customer service. Located on the first floor of MacQuarrie Hall, which is between San Salvador street and the Paseo de San Carlos, the Ginger Market’s payment system allows customers to purchase without waiting in line or paying at a cash register. SJSU engineering professor Ahmed Banafa said customers can enter the store by downloading the Boost mobile app, selecting Ginger market and scanning the code at the store entrance. “There are many cameras in the store that monitor the movements of stick-shaped human buyers [as well as] for the products to send information about what is out of the shelf,” Banafa said in an email. The cameras use technology f rom St and ard AI, a San Francisco-based software company, that detects customers’ positions and movements as they shop, according to a Feb. 15 ABC news article. Banafa said once the customer has purchased their items they can leave the store and the system will send a receipt in 20 minutes.
Saba Mahdavi, Standard AI senior data analyst said the whole system is camera-based and there are no sensors or facial recognition involved. “The cameras in the ceiling are tracking the customers movements and it will see which product they’ve taken as they [walk] through the store,” Mahdavi said. “But no facial recognition at all, it’s simply tracking what products the customers purchase.” Mahdavi said the objective of an AI market is to get rid of the “transactional experience.” “The goal is definitely to have it everywhere . . . available at all stores [so customers] can just go in, grab what they need and get out,” she said. St andard AI co-founder David Valdman said students are more willing to test and implement new technology. “If it works for [students] then they go for it,” Valdman said. “It’s great when you get things out of the way of people, there shouldn’t be anything in between a person and them wanting to buy whatever it is that they want.” Electrical engineering senior Ashana Patel said the shopping experience was different but she’s excited to see the technology’s success. “It was really cool but it kind of felt weird not checking out,” Patel said. “I just walked out, it [felt] a little bit like stealing.”
She said the new system is beneficial but she understands how other students may not agree with the new shopping method. “It’s definitely beneficial to go through a contactless purchase . . . It would be cool if they implemented this across campus and would be easy, especially for the people that are here constantly,” Patel said. “But I also foresee there being issues; what if someone doesn’t have a smartphone, because that
won’t accept cash.” Henna Bath, communications senior and Ginger Market employee, said the system is innovative and an “insight to the future.” “This kind of shopping will end up taking over eventually, so I think they should be doing this more often,” she said. Bath said customers are adapting but some students are unaware of the Boost app.
The goal is definitely to have it everywhere . . . available at all stores [so customers] can just go in, grab what they need and get out. Saba Mahdavi Standard AI senior data analyst
still exists, or their phone dies? There should technically be an extra method in those cases.” SJSU educational counseling intern Zinnia Wilson said she’s against a completely AI-run store. “I have never used Boost before and there needs to be other options because other people walk around with cash,” Wilson said. “I can’t believe I’d ever come to a day where they
“The only trouble that people tend to have is that they’re in a rush to passing classes. So they don’t really have time to download and go through the app,” Bath said. “We tend to give out flyers so it’s just easier for students to download it, put in the card information on their own time and then come back.” SJSU associate director of commercial services Raymond Luu said the Boost app has been used in other on-campus establishments, including the Student Union and Village Market, and the technology is not that new. He said there are no immediate plans to implement the new AI technology in other establishments on campus but the university is open to the possibility. “We are open to the opportunity that we can implement [AI technology] in other stores,” Luu said in a Zoom call. “And if we were to install it into other units, we will ensure to go through the same process, ensuring privacy concerns and notation.” He said introducing new AI technology at SJSU was intentional because the university is at the heart of Silicon Valley and the population may be more open to new technology. “We are considered the gateway to Silicon Valley, so when Standard AI proposed this idea to us, we figured it made the most sense and best fit to do it here in San Jose,” he said.
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Animation illustration sophomore Ally McClaine purchases an item at Ginger Market on Feb. 16 by picking it up and walking away.
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Spartans win home series opener By D’Netrus Chevis-Rose STAFF WRITER
San Jose State baseball opened up its season Friday with a four-game series at Excite Ballpark in San Jose against the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The Spartans had the upper hand in the series, defeating the Mavericks in three of the four games. Friday’s game concluded with the Spartans lighting up the score board and securing a victory over the Mavericks 14-9. Outfielder Robert Hamchuk led the offensive attack with a homerun bomb which gave the Spartans their first points of the season in the bottom of the first inning. “Originally my approach was not to swing the first pitch but I went up there and set the tone,” Hamchuk said. “I was just ready to hit.” He said this gave him the opportunity to set the bar for the team and build momentum and faith for everyone to last through the weekend series. The Mavericks put up 4 points and the Spartans another 2 points in a big third inning, which set up for an exciting fourth inning with the game tied 4-4. Infielder Theo Hardy broke the tie when he hit a three run homer in the bottom of the fourth inning which gave the Spartans all the momentum entering the fifth inning with a four-run lead 8-4. “We’re going to do some great things, our hitters are always going to score a bunch of runs and we’re going to get a lot of zeros on the board,” SJSU pitcher Ethan Ross said. Friday’s 14-9 victory over the Mavericks was the Spartans’ first home-opening win since 2018. Saturday started off rough for the Spartans as they played a double-header that had the Mavericks stealing the first game of two with a 15-0 shutout over the Spartans. SJSU left-handed pitcher Corey Sanchez said team members acknowledged that they had a bad game but made sure they came back stronger. “That’s how college baseball works, you [have] to wash out the last game no matter if it’s a win or loss and just get right to the next one,” Sanchez said. The turnaround was quick for both teams as they concluded Saturday’s double-header, but this time it favored the Spartans as they secured a 5-4 victory.
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Spartans pitcher Ethan Ross winds up for the pitch on Friday’s home season opener against the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
SJSU Utility player Hunter Dorraugh and catcher Omar Gastelum stepped up for the team Saturday, as they hit three home runs in total, giving a much needed bounce-back victory. Saturday marked Gastelum’s first home run of his SJSU career during the third inning. “That was my first division home run, it meant a lot,” Gastelum said. “It was a family effort today, seeing all my boys right there around second base, it was a nice feeling.” SJSU left-handed pitcher Micky Thompson emphasized the family dynamic in the team because players support each other during every game. Thompson said he appreciates the relationship he has with Gastelum, who helped him through the game when things weren’t going the way he expected. “Omar is great behind the plate, he was like ‘I’m going to talk to you, I’m going to work with you,’” Thompson said. “It’s huge to have that trust with him behind the bench.” Sunday was the series finale of the opening weekend and the Spartans put out another impressive offensive performance
Originally my approach was not to swing the first pitch but I went up there and set the tone. I was just ready to hit. Robert Hamchuk sophomore outfielder
closing the series with another win against the Mavericks 14-11. Designated hitter Charles McAdoo hit a grand slam during the fifth inning, leading Dorraugh, outfielder Jack Colette and Hamchuk to home base. McAdoo’s grand slam led the team score from 6 to 10. Dorraugh hit a home run during the sixth inning which marked his third home run of the opening weekend series. This marked the Spartan’s first season
opening series win since winning a series against Santa Clara University in 2019. Sunday’s game set the record for the Spartan’s most home runs and hits since last year, when they won against UC Davis with a score of 14 to 11. SJSU Head baseball coach Brad Sanfilippo said he is looking forward to a normal season after the coronavirus pandemic began. The team traveled a lot the past couple of seasons so playing a home game is refreshing, Sanfilippo said. “It feels nice to come out and celebrate some normalcy, play well and get a win,” he said. The SJSU baseball team is scheduled to play one home game at the Excite Ballpark against University of Northern Colorado on Tuesday Feb, 22 at 3:05 p.m.
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Top: An art piece featuring Roger Romine is displayed in the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library on Monday, Feb. 21. Romine studied both architectural drawing and bacteriology at San Jose State College from 1941-1942 before leaving to fight in World War II as a famed Tuskegee Airman. Bottom left: An art piece featuring Willie Steele is put on view in the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library. After attending San Jose State College from 1942-1943, Steele went on to participate in the 1948 London Olympics, winning gold in long jump. Bottom right: Artwork featuring Thelno Knowles resides in the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library. Knowles attended San Jose State College from 1941-1943, and then from 1946-1948 after serving in World War II.
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Exhibit celebrates Black alumni of Black history on campus. “I asked several people if anyone knew who the first Black student was and when they had been here and I had people The Black Spartans (1907-1948) tell me ‘Oh well, you know we’ve always Exhibit, located on the second been integrated’ and I knew that wasn’t the floor of the Martin Luther King Jr., case,” Lowe said in a zoom call. Library, tells the stories of 19 Black San Jose State students during a time of extreme systemic racism. Located in the Jennifer and Philip DiNapoli Gallery, the exhibit opened on Feb. 9 and will be available to view until April 1. The curators of the exhibit, university archivist Carli Lowe and special collections librarian Kate Steffens, were aided by SJSU’s special collections and marketing departments in the Lowe and Steffans, who was researching researching and retelling of the Black history as a graduate student at the time, students’ stories. collaborated and collected information on Lowe came to SJSU in 2019 Black histor y at the and noticed a lack of awareness university and provided it to By Hailey Fargo STAFF WRITER
other researchers. The exhibit starts with Lucy Turner Johnson, the first Black woman to attend and graduate SJSU, and ends with Aubrey Minter, who attended SJSU from 1940-1944 and was on the school’s football team when the team traveled
these histories at their own institutions,” Steffans said in a zoom call. The exhibit is also available online and features portraits of the students that were created by digital media arts senior Yeab Kebede. Kebede said she did her own reading and research through the materials that Lowe and Steffans had gathered so that she could connect with these Black students and understand them. She wanted to ensure that her portrayal of these students would accurately capture their essence. “My thoughts creating each of the portraits was how I translate Archit Mahale individuality through every single piece sophomore history major that I made,” Kebede said. “How do I tailor it to that specific person?” B eyond just portraits, to Hawaii shortly before the attack on Kebede included colorful details Pearl Harbor. highlight the personalities, “We ended up getting together with a that group of CSU archivists across the state who were also interested in excavating EXHIBIT| Page 6
Celebrating Black culture is celebrating Black individuals and there’s no better way to do that than to share the story of these Black individuals.
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EXHIBIT Continued from page 5 hobbies, and accomplishments of these Black students. Each student is represented by a portrait with objects that refer to their passions, some featured a basketball hoop or a football while others had books. “I wanted them to come to life because that’s what this whole project is about, recognizing these people, recognizing their stories,” Kebede said. Researchers focused on Black students from 1907-1948 because they could collect photographs and information about their lives during the time using the Spartan Daily and La Torre yearbooks. Experiences of Black Spartans have been documented in the Spartan Daily but their stories were often written from the perspectives of white peers. “We used the Spartan Daily archives, keywords searched, we have a list of keywords we were using and were able to find a lot of information about our students that way,” Steffans said. “Oftentimes in the history of the Spartan Daily there is racist terminology used that was just normalized at the time.” The derogatory term “negro” was used in a Dec. 17, 1942 Spartan Daily article in reference to a Black cook named Ben Johnson. Steffan and Lowe were able to use
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Artwork featuring Lucy Turner Johnson looms over psychology senior Jhared Macaraeg in the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library. Turner was the first Black woman to attend and graduate from San Jose State, from 1905-1907, when it was known as the California State Normal School.
their research to shed light on these otherwise untold histories. The exhibit showcases the accurate experiences of these students while highlighting their accomplishments. “It’s very personal for me because I’m Black, I have Black family in the Bay Area, I’ve seen our own family’s history erased and overlooked in the way that Bay Area history is spoken about,” said Lowe.
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History sophomore Archit Mahale visited the exhibit and offered his insight and opinions on the experience. “Honestly, to me it’s just completely unfiltered Black power because so much of what we are taught about Black culture, it revolves around the big names,” Mahale said. “. . . But what people often overlook is that the power was in each of the individuals.” Awareness about these Black
students’ lives and experiences allows other students to learn about the university’s history. “Celebrating Black culture is celebrating Black individuals and there’s no better way to do that than to share the story of these Black individuals,” Mahale said.
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