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Volume 158 No. 30
PHOTOS BY EVAN REINHARDT | SPARTAN DAILY
Above: Hundreds of backpacks cover San Jose State’s Tower Lawn as part of “Send Silence Packing,” an event hosted by Active Minds, which is a nonprofit organization dedicated to mental health awareness and education. Below: SJSU child development sophomore Julieta Mendiola stops at various backpacks to read the story of each individual. Each backpack represents a person that lost their life to suicide and included a written message about each individual.
SJSU group shares suicide stories By Eva Martin
and advisor for the Active Minds SJSU chapter, said the display on Tower Lawn aims to incite students to San Jose State University’s Active reach out to mental health services, on Minds organization hosted a and off campus. “We hope that people can come here “Send Silence Packing” event with hundreds of backpacks spread out over and experience the impact of seeing all Tower Lawn on Tuesday, with the stories these backpacks and the stories of the of young adults who died by suicide people,” Strader-Garcia said. “It’s a very powerful experience to walk around and displayed on each backpack. Active Minds is a national nonprofit really read about what their lives were.” The third leading cause of death in created in 2003, promoting mental health awareness and education for young adults 2020 for those aged 15-24 was suicide, through its affiliated campus chapters, according to a 2020 Centers for Disease according to its website. The first Send Control and Prevention report. Ria Ramani, Silence Packing event psychology junior and was launched in 2008, SJSU Active Minds and has been put on by vice president, said different universities in college students’ mental the U.S. since then. health can deteriorate Emily Perrow, national because of a stressful Send Silence Packing study environment. display coordinator, said She added that the she travels across the coronavirus pandemic U.S. to present the event also affected student in different universities. mental wellness. “We aim to hit about “We’re just hoping 100 schools every year,” Sarah Strader-Garcia SJSU counseling and that students can walk Perrow said. read these The organization psychological services therapist around, stories and just realize aims to promote suicide prevention by sharing that they’re not alone in their stories, providing resources, inciting struggles,” Ramani said. Madison Manez, communicative help-seeking and motivating students to advocate for better mental health disorders and sciences junior and SJSU Active Minds publicist, said resources on their campus. “We’re trying to not just spread it’s important students are aware of awareness, but also to motivate people campus resources. “In our generation, people are talking to [take actions] for better resources,” about it more, but we want to encourage Perrow said. Sarah Strader-Garcia, counseling that discussion,” Manez said. Many students stopped in front and psychological services therapist STAFF WRITER
It’s a very powerful experience to walk around and really read about what their lives were.
of the display on their way to class and read the personal stories on the backpacks. Advertising sophomore Sandra Sabath said it was a “powerful” installation. “I saw on Instagram that [Active Minds] posted about it, and I wanted to stop by and I’m glad I did,” Sabath said. “Seeing this visually is even more powerful because when you do
talk about it, you just see numbers.” Criminology senior Alexa Mateos said seeing the display “humanizes” people’s stories. “It just shows how important mental health is,” Mateos said. “And that we should check up on our friends.”
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NEWS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2022
PHOTOS BY EVAN REINHARDT | SPARTAN DAILY
Above: San Jose State staff members approach 7th Street Plaza during the Teamsters local 2010 protest Tuesday, initiating chants to draw attention from the university community. More than 30 union members participated in the march across campus. Below: A staff member from SJSU Facilities marches with his fellow protesters.
“They know what we’re going through and they refuse to do anything about it. They have families, they know what it’s like.” – Gilbert Rodriguez SJSU building service engineer
San Jose State campus workers continue to strike, asking CSU for higher salaries By Evan Reinhardt ASST. NEWS EDITOR & MULTIMEDIA EDITOR
San Jose State staff members held a protest across sections of campus on Tuesday to oppose the California State University board’s decision to not to negotiate with trade workers on their five-year contracts and wages. The demonstration was organized with assistance from Teamsters local 2010, a union that represents more than 14,000 skilled trade workers throughout the state including the CSU system, according to the union’s website. Participating staff held signs with messages including
“Over Worked Under Staffed” and “Essential pay for essential work.” Members including 22 year refrigeration mechanic Robin Dehn expressed frustration with the continued lack of cooperation from the CSU board of directors. “It’s always an uphill battle. We’re lucky if we get a contract when the contracts start in July. We’ve been without a contract, so we haven’t had a raise like everybody else,” Dehn said. “There’s always some kind of excuse for not coming to the table and negotiating.” Catie Arbona, the union’s communications specialist, said negotiations with the CSU board have been
ongoing since 2019, according to a March 24, Spartan Daily article. Gilbert Rodriguez, six year building services engineer, said facilities workers’ current wages are not enough to sustain life in San Jose. “The cost of living is skyrocketing, but pay has stayed flat for the last few years,” Rodriquez said. “They know what we’re going through and they refuse to do anything about it. They have families, they know what it’s like.”
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Crime Blotter False ID, impersonation April 3, 12:28 a.m. at Duncan Hall Arrest
Aggravated assault, battery assault on police officer April 2, 9:17 a.m. at Dining Commons Arrest
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SPORTS
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Athletes advocate for mental wellness By Eva Martin STAFF WRITER
San Jose State student-athletes created the SJSU chapter of Dam Worth It (DWI) in January, encouraging athletes to share their mental health stories to help end the perceived stigma surrounding mental health. The non-profit DWI campaign began at Oregon State University in 2017, co-founded by two studentathletes who lost teammates to suicide. Riley Agerbeek, water polo senior and SJSU DWI president, began the local branch. Agerbeek introduced the idea in the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, which includes studentathletes who aim to provide insight about the student-athlete experience, according to SJSU athletics “It was kind of evident that mental health was not something we’ve been focused on enough in the athletic department and through SJSU,” Agerbeek said in a phone call. “So, we wanted to find a solution.” Neil Arnett, water polo senior and SJSU DWI vice president, said PHOTO COURTESY OF RILEY AGERBEEK it’s a challenge for student-athletes An SJSU baseball player wears a green ribbon on his hat to help promote suicide prevention awareness on “Green Ribbon Week” during a game. to balance school, athletics, work and their social life while trying to player and DWI event outreach know about CAPS,” Weinman said. all said coaches were open to maintain their mental health. executive, joined the corporation DWI members organized a spreading the word of mental health “I think mental health is an issue because she wanted to help more mental health awareness weekend and are becoming familiar with that is highly overlooked, especially student-athletes at SJSU. from Feb. 25 to Feb. 27, where the organization. for student-athletes,” Arnett said “A lot of athletes don’t like to talk student-athletes wore green ribbons Agerbeek added that they received in a Zoom call. “That’s something about their issues with mental health at their athletic events. “amazing” feedback from classmates I’ve experienced, with just kind of because . . . they don’t know if people The teams that participated in the and the athletics department about getting lost, doing so much stuff and can relate to them,” Weinman said. “I green ribbon initiative include: track their first events and they’re planning not really keeping track of my own think talking about it is the best way and field, men’s basketball, tennis, to have another DWI baseball game mental health.” to deal with it.” beach volleyball, baseball, softball, in April. Arnett said mental health Weinman said there are already cheer, gymnastics and women’s “We basically just try and get a resources should be more existing resources for mental water polo. lot of the community involved . . . accessible to athletes seeking health services at SJSU including “We have actually had more just using it as a way to expose our psychological support. Counseling and Psychological people joining the committee since campaign more,” Arnett said. Neil Arnett He said sharing stories helps Services (CAPS), which she said our green ribbon week,” Arnett said. DWI vice president, normalize the importance of mental should be promoted more to The organization also led a DWI water polo senior health is important. student-athletes. softball game on April 2, talking with “I believe that it’s kind of hard She said she didn’t know CAPS the audience about their campaign Follow Spartan Daily on Twitter to really just put yourself in that with everything,” Arnett said. existed until her sophomore year. and goals. @SpartanDaily position when you’re so caught up Sabrina Weinman, a junior soccer “I know a lot of athletes don’t even Weinman, Agerbeek and Arnett
I think mental health is an issue that is highly overlooked, especially for student-athletes.
CLASSIFIEDS CROSSWORD PUZZLE
SUDOKU PUZZLE Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively.
JOKIN’ AROUND “What do you call it when a snowman throws a tantrum?”
“A Meltdown!”
SOLUTIONS
ACROSS 1. Weighing machine 6. Water vapor 11. Reef material 12. Flawless 15. Hollywood industry 16. Leases 17. Permit 18. Without ceasing 20. Darjeeling or oolong 21. Dwarf buffalo 23. Scarce 24. Teller of untruths 25. Lowlife 26. A hollow in a mountain 27. Breathe hard 28. Arid 29. Fifty-two in Roman numerals 30. Itchy canine ailment 31. In a lewd way 34. Strike 36. Cap 37. Absent Without Leave 41. Rate 42. Accomplished 43. Lariat 44. Isinglass 45. Difficult 46. Remnant 47. Chapter in history
48. Way of thinking 51. Malayan isthmus 52. Brothers and sisters 54. Rescind 56. Unusual 57. Begin 58. Reply to a knock 59. On edge DOWN 1. Study of the physical world 2. Shape 3. Form of “to be” 4. Hardly believable 5. Distinctive flair 6. Orb 7. Josh 8. Makes a mistake 9. Astern 10. Conference 13. Bring into being 14. Russian emperor 15. Category 16. Keyboard instruments 19. Exhaust 22. Common name for the US 24. Rigging rope 26. Hint 27. Buddy 30. Small amount 32. Consumed
33. Poker holdings 34. Apparition 35. Gruesome 38. Employees 39. Control 40. Lawful 42. Peril 44. Clutter 45. Door pivot 48. In perfect condition 49. Formerly (archaic) 50. French for “Head” 53. Local Area Network 55. Greek god of flocks
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2022
JENNIFER’S REEL REACTIONS
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A24 creates stunning multiverse By Jennifer Schildge STAFF WRITER
Entertainment company A24 produced “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” a movie with humor, stunning visuals and unexpected sentimentality directed and written by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. “Everything Everywhere All at Once” focuses on a Chinese family and their tax problems, but shifts when the mother, Evelyn, played by Michelle Yeoh, is swept up in an insane, mind-bending multiverse to save the world.
movie review “Everything Everywhere All At Once” Rating:
Directed by: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert Starring: Michelle Yeoh; Ke Huy Quan Genre: Adventure, Comedy
I swear the multiverse themes made me levitate during the movie. Before the movie was released on Friday in U.S. theaters, it became the highest-rated feature film of all time on Letterboxd. Letterboxd is a social platform with more than 3 million users who share their film tastes and track movies they’ve watched, according to its website. As of April 11, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” was No. 1 on Letterboxd’s top 250 movies based on the average weighted rating of all Letterboxd users not including ABOUT The Spartan Daily prides itself on being the San Jose State community’s top news source. New issues are published every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday throughout the academic year and online content updated daily.
stand-up specials, stage plays, concert films, documentaries, shorts and rarities. It’s inconceivable that anyone could possibly come up with anything this absurd and stylish, but also cathartic. Writers and directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert published a letter to movie lovers on the A24 website and said movies can change lives through the “cynical parts of our hardened hearts”. “We realized if we were going to make a film and ask an audience to give us that precious time, the only responsible thing to do in return was to blow their minds and change their lives forever,” Kwan and Scheinert stated in the letter. There were so many life-changing one-liners in the movie that were far from cheesy. It’s hard to make people question their life decisions without sounding like a poster with a cat on it in a therapists’ office but they made it work. From a hot dog finger universe to a world where they’re just rocks in a desert, this film has something for everyone. I went into the movie not knowing what to expect. I watched the trailer and thought I’d be confused and just end up watching for the visuals, but I was wrong. I sat in my seat giggling at oneliners and cartoon-style fighting while wondering if this everyday mom could find her way through the multiverse. Although the multiverse was a little difficult to follow, as most multiverse storylines are, it was easy to keep track of the original universe as the movie went on. Everything matters in a movie; nothing is just there by happenstance and “Everything Everywhere All at Once” proves that every detail matters. Rating this movie was an easy five stars for me. It took me for a ride, and like Kwan and Scheinert said in their A24 Letterboxd letter, it definitely changed the way I view my life. In the last thirty minutes, I found EDITORIAL STAFF EXECUTIVE EDITOR MADILYNNE MEDINA MANAGING EDITOR CHRISTINA CASILLAS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AMANI HAMED PRODUCTION EDITOR BRYANNA BARTLETT
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Rating this movie was an easy five stars for me. It took me for a ride, and like Kwan and Scheinert said in their A24 Letterboxd letter, it definitely changed the way I view my life. myself tearing up. I started to feel the tears on my face by the time the last emotional mother-daughter talk came around and heard one of my roommates sniffle and saw the other curl into a ball. Yes, I was crying, but I found myself choking out a laugh as tears ran down my cheeks. It was funny enough to make me chuckle but not enough to take me out of the emotional turmoil in which I found myself. It also wasn’t distracting from the story and that’s what I loved about the ending. Viewers can walk away and think about the movie’s multiple themes including breaking the generational cycle that may cause a rift between parents and children, or how nothing
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in the world actually makes sense so it’s important to cherish the parts that do. I came out thinking about my nonexistent lover, my childhood, my mother, my career and all the ways my life could change if I choose one path over the other. The film explores how a person can be caught between so many expectations and interpretations in life that require so much of one’s attention but despite the hurdles, darkness, and deprivation hope is still possible. By the end, I not only wanted but needed a hug and for someone to wipe my tears with their hot dog fingers. Follow Jennifer on Twitter @kyiojen
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