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Computer science receives $1.6 M

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By Kunal Mehta STAFF WRITER

The San Jose State computer science department received a $1.6 million donation from an anonymous donor on Thursday, according to the university’s press release. A teaching position will be created using the endowment once the donor passes away. The university hopes that the forthcoming lectureship will improve opportunities for computer science students to hear from experts and improve access to research and internship opportunities, according to the university media relations.

However, the university does not have any more specific plans at this time, Paul Lanning, SJSU Vice President for University Advancement and CEO of the Tower Foundation, said in an email. Computer science professor Melody Moh said in an email that she was “pleasantly surprised” to find out about the donation. She said she thinks the benefit for students will be more high-quality teachers. Moh said she would like to see a focus on emerging areas in computer science, as the field is constantly changing. She also suggested areas like ethics and social responsibility

as an additional focus. Computer science graduate student Kaiyi Huang said he was glad that the department would be receiving the donation. “Thank God it’s going towards us and not the athletic department,” he said. Huang added that he preferred the money to go to creating more classes to augment the overfilled ones, rather than bringing in guest speakers. “Classes first – speakers later,” he said. Moh acknowledged the problem, saying that the computer science department traditionally has small class sizes, but because of the high

Thank God [the money] is going toward us and not the athletic department. Kaiyi Huang Computer science graduate student

demand, there are some larger classes, which isn’t an ideal situation. Lanning said the university always looked for more donations for computer science and other departments.

The computer science department could use the funds to purchase more equipment, both software and hardware, as well as provide DONATION | Page 2

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Interior design junior Samantha Lee holds a recently adopted cat named Sheldon.

Take care of cats and dogs, but not fur-ever By Olivia Wray STAFF WRITER

Animals once at risk of euthanasia were introduced to new adoption opportunities with the help of the nonprofit, the Silicon Valley Pet Project. A partnership between the project and the San Jose Animal Care Center allowed residents in the Silicon Valley to nurse an ill animal back to health. Stray cats and dogs are taken to the care center, but there are no overnight operators to supervise animals in need of frequent medical attention. The care center is a huge facility, but its small staff

is working with a limited budget. The Silicon Valley Pet Project was founded to partner with the care center. It became committed to saving pets through rescue and community involvement. President and co-founder, Melissa Lisbon built a career in animal welfare for a few years before joining the project. She is now working with a social media manager to increase the program’s reach in San Jose. “I worked in animal welfare for 15 years, so when I moved here, [Lisbon] and I met and things worked out,” said ANIMALS | Page 2

“Y Combinator is probably the most well known startup accelerator in the Silicon Valley and maybe even On Monday, Eric Migicovsky spoke the world,” IDEAS Club President in a fireside chat at an event put on Jasmine Sanchez said. “To have an by IDEAS and Silicon Valley Center actual partner from Y Combinator for Entrepreneurship (SVCE). San come to San Jose State and speak on behalf of IDEAS and Jose State Student Union Theater was filled with the entrepreneurship program here is really about 190 individuals exciting and brings the – students, faculty club and campus a lot and alumni. more exposure.” “Just do it – there’s Pebble was accepted a million reasons why into the prestigious Y you shouldn’t but if you Combinator startup want to build something accelerator. In April and you actually want 2012, Eric and his something, then you team launched Pebble should just build it,” Eric Migicovsky on the Kickstarter Migicovsky said. Founder of Pebble Technology crowdfunding platform Migicovsky spoke where it became the about his own inspirational path from being a most successful crowdfunding project student engineer at the University of in Kickstarter history. Waterloo in Canada to becoming the “I think I was pretty cautiously founder of the smartwatch company Pebble Technology. IDEAS | Page 2

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I started in 2008 and that was 2012 and the first time we had a breakthrough.

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IDEAS Continued from page 1 optimistic, but if I could go back and tell myself one thing it would be to move quicker,” Migicovsky said. “That kickstarter campaign, which we ended up sort of blowing the roof off of, was five years into doing the company. I started in 2008 and that was 2012 and the first time we had a breakthrough.” Although Migicovsky did not attend SJSU, he has connections to the university. His wife, Elizabeth Migicovsky, teaches in the chemistry department. It was Elizabeth Migicovsky who actually discovered the IDEAS Club (SJSU’s student-led startup accelerator) in the Student Union and told her husband that he should come speak at SJSU. “A lot of my students in chemistry and biochemistry are interested in startups, so I went in to the IDEAS Lab and asked what sort of things do they have going on,” Elizabeth Migicovsky said. “The person who I talked CORA WILSON | SPARTAN DAILY to was telling me that In the Student Union Theater, Eric Migicovsky who started up his own company there are a lot of students speaks about his journey as an entrepreneur. The fireside chat is put on by SJSU here who are interested in entrepreneurship IDEAS Club and Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship on Monday.

and they’re interested in starting companies. They are brilliant and exciting students – as I know SJSU students to be.” Elizabeth Migicovsky said often times, SJSU gets overlooked and sometimes needs those connections to accelerators such as Y Combinator. Usually Y Combinator gets students from Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of Waterloo. “IDEAS Club is one of the reasons I came to this school,” entrepreneurship junior Casey Westhoven said. “If there was an incubator where people could help me and I could help others create companies, then I found my new home.” This is one of the many times that IDEAS Club has partnered with Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship to host events where entrepreneurs come and speak to SJSU students. President of IDEAS Club, Jasmine Sanchez, works together alongside Anu Basu, the IDEAS Club adviser and Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship Director to put together such events. Basu, who is an entrepreneurship professor

Just do it – there’s a million reasons why you shouldn’t but if you want to build something and you actually want something, then you should just build it. Eric Migicovsky Founder of Pebble Technology

at SJSU, was the moderator during the event. Basu has been actively involved in the different events revolving around entrepreneurship during her 15 years of teach at SJSU. “I think events like these mean a lot to our students because then they see what a successful person is like,” Basu said. “I think San Jose State University is one of the best kept secrets in the Silicon Valley. People don’t know enough about what we are doing. So bringing in individuals like Eric and others gets to enhance our reputation.” Follow Cora on Twitter @coraawilson

DONATION Continued from page 1 more scholarships, according to Moh. According to the university, the donor is not originally from the San Jose area, but has taken advantage of opportunities offered by the Silicon Valley. The donor saw local students growing up in the area, but unsure of how to “tap into the opportunities” around them, according to the university. Moh said she was not concerned about the donor wanting to remain anonymous. Lanning said that SJSU does not encourage nor discourage anonymity, and honors donors’ wishes. “Each gift is subject to donor wishes regarding publicity,” Lanning said. “Some donors prefer to remain anonymous as they are not seeking

Each gift is subject to donor wishes regarding publicity . . . Some donors prefer to remain anonymous as they are not seeking publicity and simply attempting to do good. Paul Lanning CEO of the Tower Foundation

publicity and simply attempting to do good.” This is the second major anonymous donation that SJSU has received this year. At the end of January, the university announced a $1 million donation from anonymous donors to revamp the football team’s locker room. Four of the previous five donations announced by the university were all intended to go toward the SJSU football team, for a total of $9 million. The main project was to build a football operations center inside

CEFCU stadium. The sole exception was a $500,000 donation to the Mineta Transportation Institute in Oct. 2018. T h at d on at i on came from network infrastructure and telecommunications c omp a ny Allied Telesis, Inc., whose chairman and CEO, Takayoshi Oshima, was a friend of Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta, according to the university. OLIVIA WRAY | SPARTAN DAILY

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Sheldon, only 8 days old, was rescued the day before he was going to be euthanized.

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Ellen McBriarty, an animal-care manager who joined the project in October. McBriarty explained dogs that were found as strays can be at risk of euthanasia, even for illnesses as trivial as an ear infection that would simply require medicine drops for a few days. She and Lisbon fostered pets in their own homes and worked together to rescue animals thatwould have otherwise been euthanized. One of the animals McBriarty took in was “Sheldon,” a recently born kitten. Only eight days old, Sheldon is unable to see or hear and as a rescue kitten, he doesn’t have his mother to take care of him. According to Pet MD, kittens’ eyes and ear canals do not open until 10 to 12 days after birth. Sheldon was rescued and brought to the

By expanding our reach to people of all ages, it’s appealing to people who would like to have a pet but shouldn’t have a pet right now. Ellen McBriarty Animal-care manager

shelter under the risk of euthanasia since no staff could care for him overnight. Members of the project rescue animals like Sheldon and give them the care they need. If there are major medical issues, the animal will be fostered for a longer period. McBriarty strives to reach out to young adults to become foster parents because she believes young people are not adopting as much as the community of mostly retired individuals. “By expanding our reach to people of all ages, it’s appealing to people who would like to have a pet but shouldn’t have a pet right now,” McBriarty

said. “There may be a lot of upheaval in their lives, but those people are great for foster homes.” McBriarty believes college students can be an unexpectedly good fit for fostering because animals will only need a home for three weeks to six months until a permanent family will be available to adopt the pet. “I really think that when you get the chance to get to know one, animals can change who you are as a person,” McBriarty said. “You have to take care of something other than yourself and so it makes you think about other people and animals.” Follow Olivia on Twitter @bmo_liv

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TUESDAY, FEB. 26, 2019

‘Anthem’ can definitely be called a game By Jonathan Austin

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BioWare, creator of the critically acclaimed “Mass Effect” series, has released its long-awaited “Anthem.” The game contains aweinspiring moments that hold up BioWare’s reputation as a storyteller, but does little to try and expand on it. Published by Electronic Arts, “Anthem” joins the saturated looter-shooter genre. The story of “Anthem” lacks some key BioWare trademarks. Important moments feel powerful and engaging, while downtime can feel tedious and monotonous. Gone are the fun, interactive character development quests outside of combat engagements that have been known to be BioWare staples. Replacing them are dreadful moments of leisurely pacing around the main city to talk to people who simply spout expositions at you. The dialogue between characters can best be described as average. Essentially, the writing contains mostly dull material with few bad or good examples to draw upon. The voice acting, however, is top-notch, so the performers themselves aren’t to blame for the lackluster conversations. Gameplay is what truly shines in “Anthem.” If flying through the air in an Iron Man-like suit while tossing

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While you can enjoy the stunning visuals while flying over Fort Tarsis (pictured above), “Anthem” simply falls flat.

fireballs at your foes is something you’ve always wanted to do, then “Anthem” is the game for you. There are currently four robotic suits players can use, known in the game as “javelins.” Each suit has its own unique look, feel and skill set. Each javelin can be made with different cosmetic pieces, like chest armor and helmets, that can then be made with different materials and subsequently painted through a robust

customization system. Unfortunately, while the javelins are fun and provide the most interesting variation of abilities and combat styles, the guns are mostly underwhelming — which makes sense, because who wants to shoot bugs with guns when you can throw lightning at them instead. Loot, the collectable equipment and weapons in the game, is a major part of the progression system of the game.

As you play, you can find different universal components to upgrade javelins directly, as well as ability and weapon upgrades that gradually increase the power of those abilities. Again, this system is fine but some of the modifiers are downright bizarre and most of the loot leaves a lot to be desired. For example, there are certain weapon types that are javelin-specific. So, when an ability for a javelin has a modifier that

increases the damage of a weapon it can’t use, it renders that ability useless. Additionally, the guns are stagnant in design regardless of what rarity they are. In this case, a common base-level gun will look the same as a rare version of the same gun. While this is not a huge deal, in a game that wants players to feel unique, everyone having the same looking weapons can hinder that desire. Players will also realize

there is a cash shop integrated into the game. At the moment, the only things available for purchase are cosmetics that can also be purchased with in-game currency earned through actual gameplay. BioWare has stated it plans for future story content to be released for free. So basically, the downloadable story content is being funded through a cosmetic-only cash shop. Honestly, the bell curve perfectly describes “Anthem” – way more average than either end of the extreme – and that’s OK. Today’s games can be updated and polished well after release. As long as the framework is functional and the gameplay is fun, the rest can get better with time. Follow Jonathan on Twitter @AustinFound1

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‘Green Book’ snags Best Picture at Oscars By Courtney Vasquez STAFF WRITER

An iconic band rocked the stage. A beloved duo sang with great emotion. A movie about an AfricanAmerican pianist took home the best picture. The 91st Academy Awards took place on Sunday evening and was a show to remember. While critics speculated that the film “Roma” directed by Alfonso Cuarón, would snag the best picture award, “Green Book” directed by Peter Farrelly, took home the trophy. “Green Book,” a film about an African-American pianist, won three awards at the Oscars. Its wins included best actor in a supporting role, best original screenplay and best picture. The movie proved its worth to the Academy, while others were disappointed that “Green Book” won the prestigious film award. Public relations sophomore Zoe Dolak, expressed how she would have liked to see “Roma” win in this category. “I was almost positive ‘Roma’ was going to get best picture, which would be huge for foreign film,” Dolak said. At the awards, director Spike Lee also displayed his outrage when “Green Book” won best picture over his film, “BlacKkKlansman.” According to CNN’s coverage of the press conference after the award show, Lee jokingly said “next question” when asked about his reaction. He then went on to discuss it, however.

“I thought I was courtside at the Garden and the refs made a bad call,” Lee said while laughing. Other exciting categories included actor and actress in a leading role. For actor in a leading role, “Bohemian Rhapsody” star Rami Malek won. Malek played rock band Queen’s lead singer, Freddie Mercury in the film. Malek was the first actor of Egyptian descent to win in this category, according to The Guardian. Actress in a leading role went to “The Favourite” star Olivia Colman. Colman plays English Queen Anne in “The Favourite.” Dolak was also disappointed that “Vice’s” Christian Bale did not win the actor in a leading role award. “I was so sure Christian Bale would win for ‘Vice’ because if you put him and Dick Cheney in a room together you could not tell the difference,” Dolak said. “Rami was good, but didn’t nearly sell me as much as Bale did.” For actor in a supporting role, “Green Book” co-star Mahershala Ali won. For actress in a supporting role, Regina King won for the film, “If Beale Street Could Talk.” While some were caught off guard by certain winners, others had used their knowledge of previous award winners to predict who would win. “It was pretty clear which movies, actors and directors would win based off of how other award shows’ results were,”

public health sophomore Gia DeGrazia said. In the category of best original song, “Shallow” from the film “A Star is Born,” took home the award. The emotional song, written by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt, was performed by Bradley Cooper and Gaga on stage. Along with Gaga and Cooper’s performance of “Shallow,” other musical performances captivated the audience. Queen performed with singer Adam Lambert at the beginning of the show, rocking the audience with iconic songs like “We Will Rock You” and “We Are the Champions.” Instead of having hosts, performances like these took up the extra time that hosts would usually be talking or entertaining the audience. According to DeGrazia, the Academy Awards were put together very well and enjoyable for viewers. “I enjoyed the fact that there was no host because depending on the person it’s usually a hit or miss for me,” DeGrazia said. Overall, however, the show ran smoothly. “I noticed that many of the winners were people of all sorts of ethnicities and races and not just limited to men,” DeGrazia said. “I witnessed an overall great representation of the film industry.” Follow Courtney on Twitter @courtney_megsss

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TUESDAY, FEB. 26, 2019

Smollett case topples his ‘Empire’ Courtney Vasquez Co STAFF WRITER

In today’s society, hate crimes are something we often hear about, and we’re quick to make immediate judgements about such crimes without confirming all the facts first. Often, there is a clear story to believe in these situations. In other rare occasions, however, there is much more to the crime than we

Based on other news outlets, such as The Hollywood Reporter, I had known that Smollett had allegedly been attacked in Chicago, on Jan. 29, when leaving a Subway restaurant at 2 a.m. Smollett had supposedly been assaulted while attackers wearing ‘Make America Great Again’ hats put a noose around his neck.

Hate crimes are something that are taken seriously by law enforcment. These should not be taken advantage of in any circumstance. may perceive. As a journalist, I strive to stick to the factual evidence of cases such as hate crimes. Earlier this month, I wrote an article about the supposed hate crime committed against “Empire” star Jussie Smollett. Though it was an opinion-based article, I read and included the facts about the case, and stuck to them as any journalist should.

After I had written this article about the alleged attack, different truths began unfolding about Smollett and the alleged hate crime that took place on that early morning. Over the last three weeks, Smollett has been accused of paying the attackers to fake this crime against him, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. According to a Feb. 22 article from the Chicago

Tribune, Smollett gave police only some of his phone records when they asked for it on Feb. 12. This refusal supposedly caused some suspicion against the celebrity. “Smollett says the information was redacted to protect the privacy of contacts and people not relevant to the attack,” the Chicago Tribune wrote. On Feb 15., two Nigerian brothers, who had reportedly worked on set with the “Empire” star, were put into custody as two persons of interest for the attack. The Chicago Tribune reported that the men were released later that day after being cleared of criminal suspicion. After their release, Smollett was being investigated for allegedly paying the brothers to stage the attack. Not long after, on Feb. 20, Smollett was charged for filing a false police report, according to the Chicago Tribune. A day later, the Santa Rosa-born actor surrendered and was arrested by Chicago police. While Smollett has been accused of filing a false police report, it is still not 100 percent clear why he did such a thing. According to Chicago police, Smollett faked the attack because he was “dissatisfied with his salary” from “Empire.” Now that more emerg-

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Chicago police detained Santa Rosa-born actor Jussie Smollett after an investigation into his alleged attack on Jan. 29 suggested the hate crime was a staged hoax.

ing evidence suggests that Smollett faked the attack, I can only imagine the backlash and the anger that people will have with him for years to come. As I have stated before in the previous article on the matter, hate crimes are terrible atrocities that must be put to an end. There is never a time where they should not be investigated, and investigations may even reveal more to the story. While hate crimes should always be investigated, it is never OK to fake one as Smollett is accused of having done. Filing a false police report is a felony in dif-

ferent states, and doing so because of salary dissatisfaction is even more ridiculous. According the Los Angeles Times, many African-American and LGBT hate crime survivors are furious with Smollett’s endeavor in an attempt to achieve greater publicity. According to the Chicago Tribune, Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson stated that Smollett “dragged Chicago’s reputation through the mud.” Johnson then went on to call the alleged false report “despicable.” Hate crimes are not something to fake

or to joke about in any context. Hate crimes are something that are taken seriously by law enforcement. These should not be taken advantage under any circumstance. Smollett has been charged with disorderly conduct but after a night in incarceration has been granted travel to meet with his attorneys in California and New York. While Smollett has yet to be tried, it should be known by everyone that faking such a crime for any reason is wrong. Follow Courtney on Twitter @courtney_megsss

Keep your end of the deal, housing Victoria Franco STAFF WRITER

San Jose State students who dorm on campus must all sign a contract with the housing department. This contract outlines what each party must do in order for the living arrangement to be successful. If students are required to keep their part of the deal, such as making sure they successfully make their housing payments, it is only fair for the housing department to ensure its residents live in adequate dorms as well. We are only two months into the semester, yet the $1,165 I pay monthly to live in my dorm seems wasted. I have had to contact the maintenance department twice this semester due to the lack of hot water. I understand that sometimes pipes mess up in our campus’ ever-aging infrastructure or that housing can’t guarantee that everything in my dorm will work perfectly, and I accept this. However, I take issue whenever my dorm has a maintenance problem and the housing repre-

sentatives only respond with “We will get someone on it as soon as we can.” Yet, when I have trouble making my housing payments on time, the housing department representatives care little for the legitimate reasons I have as to why my payment is late. The housing department won’t listen to me when I explain that my single mother, who works three jobs to support my education, had her paycheck come in late. “The college system has become so much of a business now that they care less about academics but more about the profit side,” said psychology junior Sam Mayes. This past month I received a total of three phone calls asking when I was going to sign my loans in order to meet the housing payment deadline. Kinesiology junior Victoria Forrester also voiced her aggravation with the living situation in the dorms. She stated that she too is required to make her on-time pay-

ments, despite not having her maintenance requests answered. “The WiFi doesn’t work and blinks red most of the time and we submitted a request for it last semester as well as last year and nobody came for that either,” said Forrester. Just as Forrester is expected to continue working and paying her housing payments on time, the housing department must uphold its end of the bargain as well. If the housing maintenance department consistently maintained its water heating and WiFi woes, then students wouldn’t have to complain as much or as frequently. We should not have to deal with weak internet connections and luke-warm water in these frigid February mornings. It isn’t too much to ask for hot water and internet, which have no doubt become the essentials for completing a college education. The same way that the housing department enjoys having students make payments according to deadline, we too need the department to provide us with efficient maintenance and building essentials. Follow Victoria on Twitter @ayeeevickyy

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OPINION

TUESDAY, FEB. 26, 2019

California knows how to privatize Kunal M Mehta STAFF W WRITER

California’s new internet privacy law can’t come fast enough. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) will take effect in 2020, following the lead of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Nearly two years following the FCC decision to undue net nuetrality restrictions, local and other state governments have contested the decision in the legal fight to protect electronic privacy.

Google and probably more that we don’t even know about yet. If you called someone using Apple’s FaceTime, you could hear them before they even answered. If they declined your call using their power button, it would activate your camera, CNN reported. Facebook abused its access to Apple’s internal corporate developer program to have users opt in to giving up all of their internet traffic on their mobile device which included that of minors.

California residents need protection against large companies that store personal data and then don’t take appropriate measures to safeguard it. California residents need protection against large companies that store personal data and then don’t take appropriate measures to safeguard it. The past month saw major user privacy issues from Apple, Facebook,

And a few days later it was discovered that powerhouse Google was doing the exact same thing. This follows one of the largest data breaches, dubbed “Collection #1,” which had 772 million unique email addresses and 21 million unique

passwords from a variety of sites being disclosed in January, according to Troy Hunt, expert on data breaches and operator of the website Have I Been Pwned? There’s simply no incentive for companies to get their act together and secure their systems. It costs real money to hire a security team to safeguard private information, but not doing so has very little cost. Sure, there will be some bad press, but that doesn’t actually hurt the company. Any press is good press after all. Equifax, the foremost poster child of careless data breaches, didn’t face any United States fines for revealing private information. And for most individuals, independently pursuing civil cases against Equifax is more complicated than it would be worth. That’s where California’s new privacy law comes into play. Equifax could have faced $100 billion in fines, hurting them where it really matters. Because there are real fines associated with losing data, it forces companies to consider a single question: is it cheaper for us to hire people to protect losing the data, or pay fines afterward? The goal is that most companies will pick the former. If indeed Equifax had

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hired more people, the company could never have covered such a large fine, since its total assets are $7 billion. The only option that Equifax would have had would be to hire extra engineers to strengthen their data security, and not lose it in the first place. Fundamentally, this triggers a more important question: how valuable is the data we are collecting? Is it worth the cost it’ll take to secure it? Until now, there was no reason for companies to evaluate the data they were collecting. Some things like your email address aren’t that valuable as they can always be changed. But other private data like birthdays are permanent since you definitely cannot change the day you

were born. Most companies collect way more information than they need to for their product. The buzzword “big data” should be used to scare companies into reducing the amount of data they collect. One of the hallmarks of the CCPA is its ability to hold companies fiscally and legally accountable for the vast amount of private information they collect and sell. The inspiration of this law is clearly the European Union’s GDPR, which came into effect last year. The GDPR forced companies to offer an easy way for users to download all information stored about them, among imposing data breach fines. Unfortunately, the GDPR is a European law,

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so such jurisdiction is not extended to American consumers. Some features the GDPR required, like allowing users to see their own data, would have benefited everyone. However, many websites blocked access to European users rather than comply with the GDPR. California law on the other hand is impossible to ignore. Most websites can’t afford to cut off users from the largest state in the country. And many organizations have some legal ties to California, opening them up to legal exposure. It’s certainly not the final solution to the issue, but it’s a definite start. Follow Kunal on Twitter @legoktm

JOKIN’ AROUND Why couldn’t the sesame seed leave the casino?

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SPORTS

TUESDAY, FEB. 26, 2019

SJSU softball sweeps Silicon Valley Classic By Mauricio La Plante STAFF WRITER

During a weekend of sweeps and comebacks for San Jose State sports, the SJSU softball team had their share of wins. It won all four games in the first part of the Silicon Valley Classic. SJSU started off the Classic at south campus, last Friday, with two wins, holding off the pressure from Ball State University (5-0) and Northern Colorado University (3-2). The Spartans faced Ball State first. On the mound, SJSU freshman pitcher Jenessa Ullegue only conceded 3 hits and no runs against the Cardinals. SJSU’s batters broke through Ball State’s defense by the third inning. The Spartans dashed around the plates after sophomore third baseman Rayohna Sagapolu hit a triple. A crack on the ball down right field by senior catcher Alyssa Avila brought Sagapolu home to score the first run. Junior left-fielder Makayla Englestad maneuvered her way through the infield after stealing second and third because of

2 wild pitches by Ball State’s senior right-handed pitcher Aeshia Miles. Englestad sprinted to home base for another run after a single by freshman infielder Arianna Miranda. A home run by Miranda in the bottom of the fifth inning secured a 4 point lead for the Spartans, leaving the Cardinals to trail, 4-0. “As soon as I hit the ball it was gone, it hit the sweet spot so I just kind of knew,” Miranda said. A final run made by Ullegue in the sixth inning after a hit by Englestad increased the Spartans’ lead to 5-0. The Cardinals failed to rally for a comeback in the seventh inning and ended the game shutout. But errors plagued the Spartans throughout the two games. SJSU had 2 errors against Ball State and 2 against Northern Colorado University, which had the Spartans on edge because it kept runners on base. Sophomore pitcher Caroline Bowman gave up 7 hits and let through 1 run. The Northern Colorado University Bears scored on a single in the second

inning. A throwing error by Englestad and a fielding error by junior shortstop Mackenzie Drake left multiple people on base, but ultimately did not lead to any runs. Fumbles on defense were mainly because of miscommunication between the outfield and infield, according to Miranda. “I just think with that communication we would’ve at least made a play, instead of a collision,” Miranda said. Despite the defensive disorder, at bat and on the bases, the Spartans slipped through the cracks of the Bear’s defense, finishing of the game 3-1. But for head coach Peter Turner, the Spartans woes on defense overshadowed their points on the scoreboard. “We really left a ton of people on base and got behind the count too much, but we found a way to get through it,” Turner said. “Those are really tough games to coach because it’s just you’re on pins and needles every single inning.” On Saturday, an error would stall SJSU against the University of Montana. During the second inning, a throwing error

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Senior catcher Alyssa Avila takes a swing against the University of Montana Saturday.

between freshman third baseman Alyssa Graham and first baseman Miranda put the Grizzlies on base for a scoring streak of 2 runs. University of Montana left SJSU scoreless until the bottom of the sixth, when the Spartans loaded the bases and whacked in 4 points after a double by Miranda and a single by junior second baseman Cassidy Clark. Bowman made quick

work on the pitching mound to end the game with 2 strikeouts at the top of the seventh, keeping the lead for SJSU, ending the game 4-2. SJSU finished the weekend with a 6-0 sweep against CSU Bakersfield. The Spartans launched an all out offensive blitz in the third inning, sending multiple players to homebase with consecutive RBIs. They finished the third ahead, 3-0.

In the fifth, a walk with the bases loaded would send pinch runner Graham to score another point, 4-0. Drake scored after a double by Englestad, who found home right after a flyball hit by Miranda to take the game 6-0.

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SJSU baseball wins weekend series in walk-off fashion By Javier Velez STAFF WRITER

The San Jose State baseball team (5-2) continued its hot streak as they took the rubber match against UC Riverside 2-1 this weekend to win the second series of the season. The Spartans bounced back from their loss to Pacific last Tuesday, 8-1, to win on Friday with an ice-cold score of 9-1. Spartans dropped the Saturday game, 12-3. Sunday was the rubber game.” The game was extremely close as the Spartans tied the game 4-4 in the eighth inning and won on a walk-off. Game 3: 5-4 Senior right-handed starting pitcher, Tevin Cadola gave the Spartans 5.2 innings, 9 strikeouts and allowed the Highlanders just 2 hits. Cadola did issue 5 walks on the day, with 2 walks in the top of the sixth. Freshman right-handed pitcher Jonathan Clark relieved Cadola and gave up a 3-run homer, ending the inning 4-2. “I can throw more strikes, there’s those few walks that come back to haunt me late

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Water pours from the San Jose State baseball players’ water bottles as they shower junior Troy Viola and celebrate his walk-oﬀ hit in Game 3 at Municipal Stadium Sunday.

in the game. Overall, I think it was good,’ Cadola said. “I gave my team a chance to win but I just gotta make sure I don’t walk people. Walks kill you late in the game.” The Spartans were down two runs going into the bottom of the sixth, but junior infielder Troy Viola said he

had confidence in the lineup. “Late in the game, [UCR] went up a couple of runs and our team never quits. That’s one big thing, you never count us out, no matter what the score is because we have a lot of hot bats and we can get it going at any time,” said Viola. Viola finished with 2 RBIs off of 4 hits, and

sealed the game with his walk-off hit to win 5-4. Game 2: 12-3 The Spartans were on the losing end Saturday. The Highlanders had four players with 2 RBI’s each. Senior left-handed pitcher Andrew Mitchel was on the mound for the Spartans but had an unusual outing. Mitchel

had 8 strikeouts with 5 hits, 3 earned runs with 4 walks. The Spartans were searching for a run the whole game. They earned all of their runs in the bottom of the eighth, 11-3. SJSU had bases loaded in the bottom of the first on Friday night after a couple of walks and an error. But, the Spartans could not capitalize on the golden opportunity. Game 1: 9-1 The Spartans’ first hit did not come until the bottom of the fifth inning when junior outfielder Kellen Strahm singled up the middle and stole a base. He finished with 2 steals in the game. Strahm leads the team with 5 stolen bases this season. Viola collected 2 RBIs when he hit a double down the left field line to extend the Spartans’ lead to 3-0 in the bottom of the fifth inning. Strahm made a sensational diving catch in the top of the sixth to prevent any scoring. The score was 3-0 at the time. Head coach, Brad Sanfilippo said he considered that play the turning point of the game. “That probably saved the

game. In terms of where the game was at that point, if that ball would have gotten over his head, that would have been a huge momentum shift [for the highlanders],” said Sanfilippo. Freshman left-handed starting pitcher Ben Polack, gave the Spartans 5 shutout innings with 6 strikeouts on Friday. He only allowed 2 hits and 2 walks., and picked up his first collegiate win. Josh Zanger, junior right-handed relief pitcher, was also impressive as he finished the game with 4 innings pitched and 4 strikeouts. Zanger allowed 4 hits, 1 walk and allowed the lonesome run for the Highlanders. Zanger also picked up his second save on the season Friday night. The Spartans face Saint Mary’s today at 3 p.m. This is the last game before the Spartans play Mountain West conference games.

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