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Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022
Volume 159 No. 15 SERVING SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1934
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FOOTBALL
Spartans avenge with triumph SJSU redeems last year’s loss with a sweeping win By Nathan Canilao MANAGING EDITOR
About a year after San Jose State suffered a loss to Western Michigan 23-3, the rested and hungry Spartans got their revenge and defeated the Broncos 34-6 Saturday night. The Spartans offense had their best game of the year by far, recording 397 yards of total offense and 4 total touchdowns. Senior running back Kairee Robinson rushed for 81 yards and recorded 2 touchdowns. Sophomore wide receiver Justin Lockhart led all receivers with 4 receptions for 116 yards. Junior quarterback Chevan Cordeiro completed 17 of 28 passes while throwing for 250 yards and 2 touchdowns. SJSU head coach Brent Brennan said he was proud the team was able to return the favor after last year’s loss. TRAVIS WYNN | SPARTAN DAILY
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SJSU junior quarterback Chevan Cordeiro evades a defender while attempting to pass during Saturday’s home game.
COVID-19
San Jose State department sparks startup sessions By Alessio Cavalca STAFF WRITER
is currently accepting applications through its website until Oct. 30. Upon approval, students will engage with mentors and begin research under the tutelages of professors. During the forum, each of the researchers gave presentations on their research and results.
Yellow, blue and white paper airplanes with written notes of San Jose State entrepreneurs’ hopes and dreams flew through the air in the Martin Luther King Jr. Library Thursday. It was intended as a symbolic flight toward the same direction and a starting point for the new SpartUp Incubator. The SpartUp Incubator programs provide a set of opportunities for those entering entrepreneurship including pitch practice and competition, mentor-to-mentee coaching and incubator cohorts, according to its website. Michael Ashley, SpartUp launch director and business professor, said the university’s Office of Innovation hosted the event as the first campuswide startup incubator program, which was designed for students, alumni, faculty and staff. “My intention was to just get something in place with a very strong foundation that could keep us moving in a direction to serve this very diverse and talented population we have,” Ashley said. Ashley said there are a lot of incubators across Silicon Valley, but creating and supporting a more equitable prosperity across SJSU diverse demographics is a fundamental focus of the program. He said the SpartUp program will also offer the opportunity to SJSU innovators to participate in a California State University startup competition in May 2023 for more than $250,000 in awards. Ashley said the idea of the SpartUp program was
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SJSU student experts explain their research findings on vulnerable communities in the Student Union Thursday.
SJSU student researchers unravel disparities throughout pandemic By Rainier de Fort-Menares STAFF WRITER
San Jose State students and alumni researchers broke down the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on vulnerable communities, including Black and/or low-income communities, in the Student Union Thursday. The inaugural event was a
collaboration between the university’s Division of Research and Innovation, the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program and the McNair Scholars Program, which assists first-generation, low-income or underrepresented students apply to doctoral programs and helps them in their research projects. The McNair Scholars Program