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e lcome to San Jose State, a university with a rich history of diversity and action. While walking on campus you’ll pass SJSU alumni, Tommie Smith and John Carlos raising their fists in protest and the monument recognizing César Chávez. Across the street you’ll grab an early morning coffee from Philz or a late night hot chocolate. Every student comes from a different background — SJSU, for some, might have been your first choice or a backup school for others. You might already know exactly what
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field you want to work in or need to switch majors a few times to get it right. At one point or another, we will all struggle to get some classwork done, balance a job, or simply get enough sleep. Hopefully you’ll make new friends, have a good time and learn a few things throughout your time at SJSU. In the next few pages, the Spartan Daily has compiled tips from fellow students, restaurant suggestions for a quick bite and introductions to some new faces on campus. Welcome to your new home.
“What do you wish you knew the first day of school?” Page 3 Looking for a bite to eat off campus? Page 4 New faces in SJSU administration Page 6
SJSU president denounces ‘racist’ fliers By Chelsea Nguyen Fleige NEWS EDITOR
San Jose State police removed dozens of fliers with white supremacist and nationalist messages posted on campus last week. According to Chief Diversity Officer Kathleen Wong(Lau), University police took the fliers down for violation of time, place and manner policy. The policy outlines when, where and how people can post
papers on campus. SJSU President Mary Papazian sent a campuswide email denouncing the message more than a week later, after UPD finished investigating the incident. “Our community will not tolerate bigotry, hatred, discrimination and other forms of social violence against individuals or groups on the basis of their race, ethnicity, immigrant status, religion or other identities,” President Papazian wrote.
“We are always going to speak against bigotry,” Wong(Lau) said. “That’s part of who we are.” Associated Students Director of Intercultural Affairs Mira Mustafa said she would have liked to see Papazian talk about ways to act against hate speech in the email. UPD suspects the fliers were put up during the night between Aug. 11 and 12 as they were found early in the morning, Wong(Lau) said.
UPD removed the fliers. Some of the fliers contained the name of a white nationalist group, Wong Lau said. Other California and out-of-state universities found fliers with the name of the group as well. Mustafa said university policy surrounding hate speech should be more stringent and watchful. “It’s frightening to feel like you’re not welcome at your own school, in your own community and city,” Mustafa
said. “But I also think that it reminds people that there is strength in numbers and they should reach out to others around them to combat these issues.” SJSU administration will continue to investigate the group only for its violation of the posting policy, and not as a hate speech violation, Wong(Lau) said. She explained if UPD had determined the fliers to be a hate crime, the response from the university
would be different. SJSU will “step up to the plate” to design spaces to have a dialogue about hate speech and the freedom of speech, Wong(Lau) said. During their investigation, UPD determined that no threat was made against the community, Wong(Lau) said, and no direct physical threats are anticipated. Follow Spartan Daily on Twitter @SpartanDaily
Student Homeless Alliance and city discuss relief plans By Mauricio La Plante NEWS EDITOR
After months of promises and protests, plans between San Jose State administrators and local lawmakers to alleviate student homelessness are on the verge of fruition. Both San Jose lawmakers and school representatives say they have met to discuss potential collaboration and will announce their plans later in the Fall. The Student Homeless Alliance (SHA), which has demonstrated at SJSU several times, investigated the possibility of outside support and spoke to state and city lawmakers about finding relief for the unsheltered. “We’ve been trying to figure out the best way to find solutions and how we go about and find people we need to sit down at the table,” former SHA president Mayra Bernabe said.
We’ve been trying to figure out the best way to find soultions and how we go about and find people we need to sit down at the table. Mayra Bernabe Former SHA president
Bernabe and several other members of SHA met with local leaders throughout the summer, including San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo. During his budget message in March, Liccardo expressed a desire to help homeless students of SJSU.
However, the tax Liccardo proposed does not guarantee that money will land straight in the hands of homeless students. “There’s a delicate dance we have to do here,” Liccardo said. He explained that support from the city would not be immediate and allocating funds would have to be approved through a City Council resolution to designate the money to homeless students. “We may be passing a council resolution saying, ‘This is how we’d like to spend the money, but that would be non-binding,’ ” Liccardo said. “So there’s going to need to be probably some level of trust here within all of us, among coalition partners.” The funding Liccardo proposed is what he calls a “general tax,” which cannot be HOUSING | Page 3
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Mayor Sam Liccardo and councilmember Dev Davis volunteer on a housing project with Habitat for Humanity Saturday.
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NEWS
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 21, 2019
Gun violence raises campus safety questions Police search at SJSU prompts concerns now, since we even had that little scare here a week ago,” public health junior Michele Hinds said. In early August, police pursuit that ended at SJSU tested campus safety protocol. San Jose police officers responded to calls of a man with a firearm near the area of East Santa Clara and North Second and followed him into the school. UPD warned students through a text message alert, and implemented a “shelter in place” protocol. University police department Captain Frank Belcastro told the Spartan Daily that a “shelter in place” alert advises people to remain indoors if they are in the area, whereas a lockdown means to actively barricade the room. Hinds said she received the text message alert for the first time and found it to be more effective and informative than waiting for news reports to come through. Working conjunctly with the San Jose Police D epar t ment, UPD established a perimeter around the Spartan Complex and safely escorted three students out before making an arrest. U P D’s official recommendation for students in active sho oter situ at ions follows that of the Department of Homeland Security: run, hide, fight. UPD maintains the essentials of this protocol
By Chelsea Nguyen Fleige NEWS EDITOR
On July 28, the last day of the annual Gilroy Garlic Festival, a 19-year-old gunman opened fire with an assault rifle, taking down three victims and causing 13 other injuries. The following Saturday, a 21-year-old gunman began a violent rampage in an El Paso, Texas parking lot, pursuing shoppers into the Walmart nearby. He fatally wounded 22 people and two dozen others sustained gunshotrelated injuries in the ensuing panic. Within 24 hours, tragedy struck again; this time in Dayton, Ohio. In less than a minute, 10 people were killed and 17 wounded outside a bar in downtown Dayton. The 24-year-old shooter used modified weapons and extra-capacity magazines. As people rally to mourn the loss of 34 lives across the country, the conversation inevitably swung to public safety. Three deadly mass shootings within a week left people asking where and when they are safe, and how to react when they are not. Biomedical engineering graduate student Adwitiya Bag said she worries that San Jose State may be a target that draws mass shooters because of the large concentration of people on campus. She’s not alone in being afraid. “It makes me afraid to go to any regular place
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SJSU police and San Jose police worked together to establish a perimeter around the Spartan Complex on Aug. 8, after a suspected gunman fled onto campus and into the occupied building.
It’s all sound in theory when you’re reading a list of things you’re supposed to do; but when it actually comes and you’re stressed and people are stressed, I don’t think anyone will remember to follow what you’re supposed to do. Katherine Jesana 2017 business adminstration alumna
on their website and hosts briefings on campus to teach it if students or faculty request it. Katherine Jesana, a 2017 business administration alumna, said she went through similar active
Response to SJSU corrections requests for “Millions Misused” The Spartan Daily welcomes all correction requests – corrections d e m on s t r at e ou r commitment to getting the facts right. Our policy is to issue corrections and clarifications for any statement that is factually wrong or objectively misleading. The Spartan Daily reviewed the correction requests from San Jose State University regarding the Millions Misused extra issue published on May 15.
The Spartan Daily was also hopeful that we would receive additional supporting evidence from the university, including some requested via public records requests, but that has yet to happen. Many of the university’s corrections are sourced to Tower Foundation Chief Operating officer Leslie Rohn. The Spartan Daily had reached out to Rohn, in addition to other SJSU administration members multiple times prior to publication for comment
and additional questions, but never received a response. We’re hopeful that our improving dialogue with SJSU Media Relations will ensure that public officials are able to respond to requests from the media, including the Spartan Daily. In summary, we are issuing 3 corrections for that story. Further details about each correction and other clarifications are available on our website at https://sjsunews.com/.
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shooter training in her workplace that taught her to listen to demands, avoid risky irrational behavior and remember details. “It’s all sound in theory when you’re reading a list
of things you’re supposed to do,” Jesana said. “But when it actually comes and you’re stressed and people are stressed, I don’t think anyone will remember to follow what you’re supposed to do.” Belcastro emphasized that public safety depends on prevention of violent incidents, which includes monitoring of suspicious behavior by the campus and the UPD Behavioral Investigations team. Additionally, UPD maintains active shooter preparedness with department briefings and joint simulations with other agencies.
The mass shootings in Gilroy and Dayton took place within the span of a minute; Belcastro approximated the response time of UPD on campus to be under three minutes. In the Spartan Complex incident during early August, deployment of resources took only a few minutes. “Ac tive sho oters can happen anywhere,” Belcastro said. “It can happen, but the likelihood of it happening is minimal.” Follow Spartan Daily on Twitter @SpartanDaily
Corrections On Monday May 13, the Spartan Daily published an article titled “Millions Misused” that misstated when the Tower Foundation’s new accounting system went online and who set up a new branch for athletic donations. Additionally, the article misstated where endowment funding goes, it actually is sent from the Tower Foundation to the Financial Aid and Scholarship Office and then to its intended area. El miercoles, ocho de Mayo, the Spartan Daily publicó un articulo titulado “Comida Mexicana vegana con tiendas en San José” en cual Camille Cornejo tenía fue identificada incorrectamente. On Thursday, May 9, the Spartan Daily published a feature titled “Spartunes” in which the song “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” should have been by Simple Minds. The Spartan Daily regrets these errors.
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WELCOME SPARTANS
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 21, 2019
What do you wish you had known on your first day of school?
“Go see an advisor once a semester. That’s what held me back.” DEJAHNAE BROWN | Kinesiology senior
DAVIN CLARK | Business management senior
Continued from page 1 designated for an immediate “particular purpose.” The mayor said his goal is to pass a ballot measure by November 2020. “SHA was very clear that they wanted to see some commitment from the city that would affect student homelessness and student affordable housing concerns,” Liccardo said. Advocates from SHA expect their involvement with the city’s policy making to strengthen their cause this semester. “It’s a slow and steady progress,” Bernabe said. “[Liccardo’s] definitely very tuned into what we’re doing and wanting to involve us in the process.” In order to find other methods of funding, SHA spoke with a representative from assembly member Evan Low’s office to see if more state funds can be used to alleviate student homelessness. “I think there’s a lot of work to be done also on the state level, which is also why we’re con-
“A lot of people use skateboards and bikes - I didn’t know that.” RYAN NGUYEN | Biomedical engineering sophmore
“You’re on your own. Nobody’s gonna help you.”
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“The [outside] water is recycled water.” CAROLINE NGUYEN | Biomedical engineering sophmore
tinuing to meet with our state leaders and our assembly members,” Bernabe said. “This is just not San Jose State, it’s across the state.” As SHA sought out different methods of support from lawmakers outside of SJSU, they discussed potential changes San Jose State could make by this semester. Vice President of Student Affairs Patrick Day informed SHA that San Jose State is set to approve the construction of a centralized facility for SJSU Cares in Clark Hall. While SHA saw that as a success, the advocates questioned Day on what adjustments could be made to SJSU Cares criteria for serving students in distress. “Things are shifting, things change, on this issue there’s great complexity, and so the idea that you’re going to get it right once two years ago, that’s not real,” Day told the Spartan Daily. Day said the university is evaluating different ways to obtain data on student homelessness after a 2018 California State University study showed that 13% of
students at SJSU experienced homelessness. “You have a number that says 13%,” Day said, “but that’s really an inclusive number of multiple forms of what I would call housing insecurity.” It has been difficult to establish a particular trend with student homelessness, making it challenging to create criteria for every student in need, Day said. “We just need to understand what each one of those buckets are,” Day said. “It’s a misperception if we think everyone is couchsurfing, it’s a misperception if we think everyone is sleeping in their cars.” Despite the variety of situations students can be in, Day said SJSU Cares will help any student that asks for assistance, no matter what the circumstances are. “Part of what we want to understand by getting at that number is how we devote resources, but we’re going to help any student that comes into the office,” Day said. Follow Mauricio on Twitter @mslaplantenews
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“There’s a lot more stuff offcampus. There’s a lot more to do downtown than you think.” VAISHNAVI MAHAJAN | International business junior
“One of the biggest things I learned was to be more social, regardless of how anxious we are. JONATHAN PACHECO | Radio television film senior
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WELCOME SPARTANS
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 21, 2019
Play like a spartan, eat like a spartan
College students stereotypically survive off of Top Ramen and grilled cheese sandwiches. But that doesn’t have to be true. San Jose State’s campus is located in Downtown San Jose, near many unique shops, clubs and restaurants. From Asian to Mexican to Indian to American cuisine, you can easily find restaurants within walking distance from campus to dine at and enjoy a meal. Look no further, the Spartan Daily has curated a list of places that will serve you up an affordable meal, all the while being close enough to fit a bite in between classes. All restaurants are within 10 minutes of walking from the center of campus, and accept cash and credit card. Every place offers both vegetarian and vegan options.
Affordable restaurants within walking distance from San Jose State’s campus Reporting and photos by Alyson Chuyang, Copy Editor
Ike’s Sandwiches Address: 75 E. Santa Clara St. Cuisine: American sandwiches Walking Time: 7 minutes Hours: Sun-Thurs 10:30 a.m.-7 p.m., Fri- Sat 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
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Serving up boba with Asian bites and plates, Boba Bar is a small cafe located right off of the east side of campus. Not only does this cafe make boba, but they also serve coffee, lemonades and specialty boba combinations. A small drink is $3.95 and their specialty plates cost around $9-$10. Inside the cafe, students can use an Instagrammable wall for selfies with their boba cup. If you only have an hour between classes, you can easily make a stop here.
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Right outside of the main downtown area sits Sa-By Thai, serving up delicious Thai food. From pad thai to pineapple fried rice, there is a variety of traditional Thai food that can fill you up. You can enjoy a meal there or order for takeout, which takes around 15 minutes for them to prepare. The portions are pretty large if you aren’t eating family style, but you’re definitely getting your money’s worth. A pad thai with a choice of beef, chicken, shrimp or tofu is $11.
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Address: 404 S. 2nd St. Cuisine: Thai Walking Time: 8 minutes Hours: Mon-Fri 11:30a.m.-2:30p.m., 5 p.m.-11p.m. & Sat-Sun noon-3:30 p.m., 5 p.m.-11p.m.
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This Vietnamese restaurant is a 3 minute walk from the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, in case you’re stuck at the library studying for a midterm and need a cheap graband-go dinner. A rather large-sized banh mi sandwich costs around $6-$7, and you can extras on your sandwich for under $2. Their extensive menu features classic banh mi sandwiches as well as other interesting combinations. If you’re short on cash, a sandwich could easily be a lunch and dinner. You can also order boba drinks and iced teas to wash down your sandwich.
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Address: 221 E. San Fernando St. Cuisine: Vietnamese Walking Time: 5 minutes Hours: Mon-Fri 7 a.m. -8 p.m., Sat-Sun 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Student discounts, amazing sandwiches and caramel pops? This sandwich joint serves up the coolest combinations with over 100 different sandwiches, including gluten-friendly options. You can order a sandwich and a drink for about $13. It is a quick 5-7 minute walk from campus but you can also order off of Doordash for a small delivery fee since it does get crowded during lunch hours. The student discount at Ike’s offers you a sandwich for 50% off and a bag of chips if you show your student I.D. Definitely a filling meal and you could even go in and order a new sandwich everyday.
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Antojitos Taco Truck Address: 495 E. William St. Cuisine: Mexican Walking Time: 7 minutes Hours: Mon-Sat 8 p.m.-3 a.m.
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Late night munchies? This taco truck serves up burritos, tacos and pupusas all night long from dinner time until late night hours. Located in a field right behind Pho Cong Ly, the truck parks there permanently. When the Dining Commons aren’t open, the Village Market has closed and you’re craving for cheap Mexican food, this is the place to walk to. For students, there are multiple discounts on Monday and Tuesday nights. Tacos are $1 each on Monday, and pupusas are $2 each on Tuesdays.
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New chief focuses on building trust By Chelsea Nguyen-Fleige NEWS EDITOR
When Gina Di Napoli became a constable in the United Kingdom in 1977, she was just 18 years old and had gone through two years of survival, paramilitary and probationary officer training. During her training, Di Napoli said she underwent extensive training that taught officers to use deescalation and for good reason. In 1978, when Di Napoli became a constable in Leicestershire, England, police didn’t carry guns or any other non-lethal weapons, besides a baton. “You have to learn how to use your demeanor to handle a situation,” Di Napoli said. Di Napoli took this philosophy with her when she went to the California Highway Patrol academy to train in American law enforcement. She joined the Sacramento Police Department in 1987, becoming a sergeant five years later, and then rose to lieutenant rank where she served the department for 24 years. Now she’s excited to serve San Jose State University and take the University Police Department in a new direction. Charlie Faas, vice president for administration and finance for SJSU, wrote in an email, “Chief Di Napoli adheres to the principles of community policing and
problem solving.” This indicates the administration’s support for a renewal of the relationship between law enforcement and the community. “In one word, community policing is trust,” justice studies professor Greg Woods said. Policing through consent can be a viable way to address the erosion of trust between communities and law enforcement that causes problems across the country today, Woods said. Aware of community apprehension surrounding U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Di Napoli said that UPD would not cooperate with ICE on campus to maintain the safety of students first. “If you can trust law enforcement to do the right thing, you are more likely to contact law enforcement to solve your problem,” Woods said. Di Napoli echoed this sentiment. “I’ve told the officers community policing has always been big with me,” Di Napoli said. “And I want people here to feel that they’ve got that kind of officer to go that extra mile and do something when they need it.” Di Napoli considers herself to be that kind of officer. When her daughters were in high school, they would advise friends
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Chief Gina Di Napoli took over as the new chief of police for the San Jose State University Police Department.
to call her mother with questions if needed. Women who didn’t want to give their names but needed advice on legal grey areas such as domestic abuse, stalking and harassment would call her. Di Napoli said she would always advise them to call the police to file a complaint, even if the issue wasn’t necessarily
New provost plans on boosting engagement By Jozy Prabhu COPY EDITOR
San Jose State’s new provost believes learning can go beyond the classroom. Vincent Del Casino arrives on campus with a long history in the California State University system as an educator, bringing new ideas and a vision with him. He explains his excitement to learn from students and help them craft a university experience that best suits them. “I’m excited to be here,” said Del Casino. “I’m really anxious to see all the students come back.” The provost is in charge of monitoring the performance of academic departments, according to the SJSU website. They are also in charge of keeping research, scholarship and creative activities a part of SJSU. Del Casino is returning to the California State University system, where he served as the chair of the geography department at CSU Long Beach from 2000 to 2011. SJSU President Mary Papazian welcomed Del Casino in a campus-wide email sent on Jan. 24 and suggested the new provost would play an essential role in SJSU’s future. “Vincent will join us at an extraordinary time in our history, as we unveil a new strategic plan that
c ap t u r e s our bold vision for SJSU’s next d e c a d e ,” Papazian w r o t e . DEL CASINO “I have great confidence that he will bring a strong foundation to this key leadership position while fostering collaboration across colleges and departments.” Papazian mentioned Del Casino’s influence and work at the University of Arizona, including its increase in undergraduate online enrollment and implemented a “100% Engagement Initiative.” “Vincent provided leadership and administrative oversight as the campus redeveloped central spaces for student supp or t ac tivities; re-organized its central administrative areas; and enhanced student success and retention,” Papazian wrote. Del Casino said he wants the “100% Engagement Initiative” to be a captivating learning experience. James Hua, a public health graduate student, said he felt as though that kind of hands-on work in Del Casino’s initiative would be an invaluable experience to students. “I’m actually quite excited to hear that he and his skill set and his knowledge is coming to SJSU in the future,”
said Hua. However, Hua also had concerns. “There’s always a concern with the new provost coming in,” Hua said. “This institution has its own existing infrastructures and ways of doing things. So again, having such [brand new ideas] come in might be a cause for disruption.” However, implementing new ideas into a university system is something that Del Casino has experienced. Del Casino and his colleagues created a notation system on the University of Arizona transcript that showed a student completed some sort of engaged learning. “You do an internship, but what type of learning is happening in that internship?” Del Casino said. “Because there’s a lot of different types of learning. Is it collaboration? Or is it global understanding? Is it civic responsibility?” Now at SJSU, Del Casino wants to use SJSU’s unique position to create more involved and engaged students. “The other big thing I’m thinking about is what are the possibilities for extending our relationships even more deeply into the broader community,” said Del Casino. “I think there’s really unique opportunities, even while there are unique challenges to this region.” Follow Jozy on Twitter @PrabhuJoanna
a crime. “If you know an officer, you’re going to be very comfortable talking to them,” she said. Di Napoli plans to achieve this goal by having officers assigned to buildings on campus that people can approach casually for questions or assistance. These officers would be a fixed presence so that a one-on-one
rapport can be built. UPD Captain Frank Belcastro said that the officers are looking forward to the new leadership direction. When asked about controversial altercations between UPD and people on campus in the past such as the March 2016 incident that lead to an officer’s dismissal, Di Napoli said that some confrontations cannot
be avoided when a suspect doesn’t comply. She states that her job is also to protect officers when they’re doing their job, whatever the public perception may be. “I want to build that bridge for all the students and the officers,” Di Napoli said. Follow The Spartan Daily on Twitter @SpartanDaily
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SPORTS
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 21, 2019
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President Papazian joins NCAA Board of Directors By Cora Wilson SPORTS EDITOR
San Jose State University President Mary A. Papazian joined the NCAA’s Division I Board of Directors at the end of May. Her four-year term will continue until the August 2023 meeting. “Representing San Jose State and the Mountain West on the NCAA Board of Directors is quite an honor,” Papazian said in a statement. The NCAA governs and manages intercollegiate sports for 1,117 colleges and universities. According to the NCAA website, the main focus of the organization is “prioritizing academics, well-being and fairness so college athletes can succeed on the field, in the classroom and for life.” The Division I Board of Directors is composed of 20 CEOs, one director of athletics, one senior woman administrator, one faculty athletics representative and one student-athlete. “I think that her only being the president for three years is such a big statement about San Jose State as a university,” senior fullback Jackson Burrill said. “It kind of shows that San Jose State is respected among other NCAA communities and the NCAA as a whole.”
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SJSU President Mary Papazian speaks at a ceremony for the new Football Operations Center in June after being appointed to the NCAA Board of Directors. Papazian will be representing the Mountain West Conference.
According to an SJSU Press Release, Papazian will “regularly participate in committee meetings and conference calls to address a variety of issues.” She will also be responsible for helping to “sustain and advance the associate’s missions, traditions, values and reputation.” Burrill said he hopes for Papazian to continue to “embrace social justice issues to help make things easier on the athletes for all sports.” In recent years,
“I just want her to make her opinion heard and I guarantee it will be backed up by the San Jose State community.” Jackson Burrill Senior football fullback
the NCAA has faced criticism involving issues surrounding student athlete pay. With Papazian now on the Board of Directors, she will be one of the members responsible for
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resolving these issues. “There’s the big debate on whether student athletes should be paid or not and I don’t really have one side or the other I can speak,” Burrill said. “I just want her to make
her opinion heard and I guarantee it will be backed up by the San Jose State community.” The NCAA has taken the position that allowing student-athletes to be paid for athletics performance would undermine the balance and detract from the integration of academics and athletics in the campus community. “We demonstrated that our rules provide a pathway for tens of thousands of student-athletes to receive a college education debt-free,”
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Donald Remy, NCAA chief opperating officer, said in a statement. “Replacing those students with paid professionals will fundamentally change the face of college sports, de-emphasize academics and reduce future opportunities for aspiring collegegoers,” Remy said. In addition to the other skills Papazian brings to the NCAA level, her understanding of what student-athletes face could prove to be helpful in her new role. “President Papazian has an incredible pulse on the daily life of a student-athlete. She is keenly aware of the challenges, fortitude and exhilaration student-athletes experience as they navigate their daily lives,” Athletics Director Marie Tuite said in a statement. Sophomore defensive lineman Cade Hall feels that Papazian keeps the athletes’ best interests in mind when she makes decisions. “I think it’s fantastic that San Jose State gets to have a voice in the NCAA community,”Hall said.“It’s great that they decided to pick her because it says good things about our university.”
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JOKIN’ AROUND What did one math book say to the other?
Don’t bother me I’ve got my own problems!
SOLUTIONS
ACROSS 1. Send, as payment 6. To tax or access 10. Frosts 14. Chopin composition 15. Dogfish 16. Eve’s opposite 17. Cancels 18. Minor quarrel 19. Urgent request 20. A superficial person 22. Stone 23. Satisfy 24. 30 26. Gave money 30. Bamboozle 31. Sweet potato 32. Unit of land 33. Moving within 35. Cut wood 39. Red wine 41. Hostage 43. Electrical pioneer 44. Does something 46. Hawaiian strings 47. An uncle 49. A flatbottom boat 50. A building for skating
51. Stock certificates 54. Not closed 56. Centers 57. Greeting 63. Nursemaid 64. Beers 65. Symbol of authority 66. Hubs 67. Bygone era 68. A drama set to music 69. Snare 70. Oceans 71. Assail DOWN 1. Cleave 2. Decorative case 3. Think (over) 4. Doing nothing 5. Exams 6. A form of schizophrenia 7. Distinguished 8. Sieve 9. Personal security 10. Endorsement 11. Hue 12. Construct 13. Serpentine
21. Implied 25. Metal fastener 26. Agreement 27. Throb 28. Colored part of an eye 29. Car franchise 34. Devilfishes 36. A collaborative website 37. Not odd 38. Writing table 40. What a person is called 42. Heretofore (2 words) 45. An acute intestinal infection 48. Literary compositions 51. Second person singular of shall 52. The quality of being funny 53. Hemp 55. Wealthy man 58. Balm ingredient 59. Adhesive strip 60. Midmonth date 61. Monster 62. Tidy
Solutions will appear in Tuesday’s paper, Aug. 27, 2019.
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SPORTS
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 21, 2019
Club sports rock Campus Village quad Photos by Mauricio La Plante, News Editor
Public health sophomore Amy Batth bends down in an attempt to keep a volleyball in the air while playing with her friends during the sign-up event in front of the Campus Village.
Political science junior Emily Fernandez (left) and hospitality junior Ngo Ting Pang (right), perform one of their dances in front of the Spartan Mambo table.
Engineering sophomore Amanpreet Uberoi (left) attempts to catch a stray beanbag while forensic science freshman Katlyn Lima (middle) and economics junior Zachary Kor (right) watch.
Several Spartans enjoy playing a game of spikeball while the clubs try to entice others to join.
Mechanical engineering junior Robert Terhell displays his juggling abilities in front of the wrestling table during the event.