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A.S. President accused of harassment

Former student claimed that Parent stalked and harassed her despite No Contact Order By Vicente Vera SPECIAL PROJECTS EDITOR

A Santa Clara County Superior Court judge will determine on Wednesday whether harassment accusations made against Associated Students President Branden Parent are substantial enough to grant a permanent restraining order against him. The accusations come from a former San Jose State student who described herself as a survivor of Parent’s alleged behavior. She spoke to the Spartan Daily on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation. “I’ve come to realize a lot of Mr. Parent’s actions were

abusive not just emotionally, but physically, and I feel like that could be a very appropriate term to use,” she said over the phone. “I initially brought the issue to Title IX Aug. 28 after harassment from Mr. Parent.” The former student currently has a temporary domestic violence restraining order against Parent. While she is technically still enrolled at SJSU, she is no longer actively attending classes at the university. The self-described survivor said she dated Parent for eight months in 2018. In an email statement, Parent’s lawyer, Mark Hathaway, said the two only

d a t e d for three months. S h e claimed he engaged in harassment PARENT long after they ended the relationship, prompting her to lodge a formal complaint against Parent with SJSU’s Title IX office in late August. It was an attempt to end what she described in several court documents as harassment. Hathaway said Parent had not contacted the former student since she had texted him in July telling him to stop contacting her.

“It wasn’t until Mr. Parent escalated to in-person stalking that [the SJSU Title IX office] finally started to take it seriously and it took even longer for them to actually initiate an investigation,” she said. Her attempt went virtually unheard and unenforced, she said. She claimed Parent called her incessantly and continued to stalk her over social media accounts less than a day after receiving a mutual No Contact Order issued by the university. Through his lawyer, Parent denied the claims.

IN BRIEF • Mutual No Contact Order issued by SJSU Title IX oﬃce to both Parent and self-described survivor • Self-described survivor claimed Parent violated the mutual No Contact Order • Temporary domestic violence restraining order was issued against Parent by Santa Clara County judicial oﬃcer • Hearing scheduled for Wednesday to determine if the restraining order should be extended or lifted

ALLEGATION | Page 2

SHA asks SJSU Cares for clarity on housing By Christian Trujano STAFF WRITER

The Student Homeless Alliance demanded more transparency, communication and resources for students asking for emergency on-campus housing, during a news conference in front of Clark Hall early last Wednesday. San Jose State students who experienced housing insecurities asked administration to take action and work more with the alliance to come up with solutions to the student homeless issue. Sociology junior Maggie Young, one of the speakers at the event and mother of two, transferred to SJSU in June. She hoped to receive on-campus housing but said she was denied. According to the University Housing Services handbook, housing services, “Do not provide family living or accommodations for

children, partners or spouses” of students. “I was told ‘No, there’s nothing for you,’ ” Young said. “You have children, you shouldn’t want to raise your kids on campus.” Since then, she has been working with outside organizations to get transitional housing. Young isn’t alone in her search for secure housing. In 2018, a California State University basic needs study found 13.2% of SJSU students, or more than 4,300 SJSU students, reported experiencing homelessness within the past year. SJSU Cares is a resource on campus dedicated to providing students help with food and housing insecurities. Elsa Salgado, sociology senior and alli president, said many students that the alliance referred to SJSU Cares did not know about the service before and she wants more information about the services available for students. “Imagine the students who

don’t know about SJSU Cares. They’re still homeless today,” Salgado said. SJSU Cares reported that out of 189 students who applied for help with homelessness, only 84 expressed an interest in “housing/homeless resources.” Out of those 84, six students received emergency housing. In an Oct. 1 press release, SJSU stated, “100 percent of SJSU students who requested housing and homeless resources and remained engaged with SJSU Cares received assistance.” The student alliance said this was a problem because they knew of more students who needed help and didn’t get it. One of those students actually reached out SJSU Cares, but was allegedly denied according to the alliance. Salgado said the alliance has an email from that student where SJSU Cares denied them emergency

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Sociology junior Briena Brown, expresses her concerns about the transparency and handling of SJSU Cares at a press conference in front of Clark Hall on Oct. 2.

housing saying there was not any room available. “When we asked ‘How come it’s not available?’ They did not respond to that [email],” Salgado said. According to SJSU Cares, among those 189 students; a number were granted financial aid grants, financial

aid loans or emergency assistance funds. The alliance took issue with this, as they claimed only six students have been housed by the resource provided. “If [administration] did say that they were housing [students], how come we

didn’t get that response?” Salgado said. Since then, the alliance has tried scheduling more meetings to address student housing and to discuss solutions, but said it has been stonewalled. HOUSING | Page 2

Turnovers help Spartans win By Brendan Cross STAFF WRITER

St ron g defensive performances and big offensive plays led the Spartans to a 32-21 win against conference rival New Mexico at CEFCU Stadium, Friday. San Jose State forced six turnovers on defense and senior quarterback Josh Love threw for a season-high 405 yards. The win marks the first time SJSU has had a winning record through five games since 2012. With the victory, the Spartans JARRA GOJOLO | THE SPEAR improved to 3-2 on the season. The San Jose State defense stops the New Mexico oﬀense Friday at With only one offensive CEFCU Stadium. The Spartan defense leads the NCAA in turnover margin. turnover, the Spartans now lead

the entire NCAA in turnover margin at plus-11. “I think it means that we’re on the right track towards doing the job we wanted to in the turnover margin,” head coach Brent Brennan said. “We have to continue to emphasize the things in the practice environment and in the meeting room that’s given us a chance to get off to a good start in turnover margin.” SJSU did not register a sack on the night, but got pressure on the quarterback when it was needed the most. With 3 minutes and 58 seconds left in the game, Lobos senior quarterback Sheriron

Jones was facing a crucial 3rd and 10. The Spartans only rushed three on the play, but sophomore defensive lineman Cade Hall and freshman defensive end Viliami Fehoko collapsed the pocket and forced an errant pass that was intercepted by sophomore linebacker Rico Tolefree. “You started to see him get some of that push, and we’ve been waiting for that from [Fehoko],” Brennan said. “We were getting good pocket collapse from the D-line late in that game.” TURNOVERS | Page 5

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(Left) A copy of the mutual No Contact Order issued by SJSU’s Title IX Oﬃce that lays out the provisions of the mutually agreed upon order for no physical or electronic contact. (Right) An updated copy of the order given to Parent, which had non-substantial changes, his lawyer said.

ALLEGATION Continued from page 1 A mutual No Contact Order was first issued by the Title IX office on Aug. 29, and was updated on Sept. 17. Hathaway said on the phone the updated order was “not substantially different,” and was mostly “to conform to California State University standards.” Parent is scheduled to appear with his lawyer on Wednesday to defend himself against the allegations made by the self-described survivor. In an email, Title IX Officer Tracey Tsugawa, who issued the mutual No Contact Order, described how the office handles potential violations of No Contact Orders. “If violations of the [No Contact Order] occur during an ongoing Title IX investigation, unless the violations are egregious (in which case the Student Conduct office will respond immediately), the allegations of violations are incorporated into the Title IX investigation process,” Tsugawa said. “If substantiated, they are adjudicated at the end of the investigation process.” The self-described

HOUSING Continued from page 1 “It seems like there’s maybe not be enough staff,” sociology junior Carla Jazo Vargas said. “I feel like it’s [SJSU Cares] just sort of on the backburner.” The university president said she was committed to finding a housing solution for students, but the alliance said no specific details were provided. Christine Hutchins, senior associate vice president of strategic communications and marketing for SJSU, said the school is committed to transparency and wants to make sure administration gets a chance to sit down with the alliance to address the homeless crisis. “Every student’s basic

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survivor said her most recent interaction with Parent was Sept. 12, at a Greek life “Toga” party, hosted at the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity house. Members of Pi Kappa Phi, of which Parent is a brother, attended the party, according to a video posted on Twitter and provided to the Spartan Daily by Hathaway. President of the SJSU chapter of Pi Kappa Phi, Jomari Buenavista, said on Twitter that Parent was not barred from attending the “Toga” night because he was not suspended at that time. The day after the party, Mark Timmes, CEO of the Pi Kappa Phi national fraternity, placed Parent on an interim suspension because of the allegations, Hathaway said. “Pi Kappa Phi takes all accusations seriously, when a claim is made it is protocol to be put on temporary suspension for an investigation by nationals,” Buenavista wrote on Twitter. “This does not necessarily mean that accusations are true or not.” The suspension was lifted on Friday by Brooke Kingsley Isbell, assistant executive director of prevention and accountability for the national fraternity, because

needs matters,” Hutchins said. “One homeless student is one too many.” But she also said how students who are seeking help from SJSU Cares need to follow through with their requests and stay engaged throughout the process, rather than falling through. Students at the event were happy to see other students organizing this event and speaking on the housing issue. “San Jose State has the money and power to do something about this and they choose not too or they choose to overlook it and it’s just pretty sad,” sociology sophomore Jermaine Bradley said. Sociology senior Mariela Palomo Ramirez said she thought this event was important in shining a light

of “the unreliability of the information provided” by the former student, Hathaway said. The national headquarters for the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity did not respond to requests for comment

whether to put in place an full restraining order, or lift the temporary one. The self-described survivor said she requested the case be taken up in family court to preserve her privacy. Privacy is something that remains important to her, she said, and it would have remained that way were it not for those around her urging her to speak up about the alleged harassment she endured. “It’s not that I’m waiting until now to come forward, Christine Hutchins it’s that people are pushing senior associate vice president me to come forward,” she of strategic communications said. “I’ve been screaming and marketing this to the rooftops for as and requested a temporary long as I can remember, domestic violence since the school year started. restraining order against People are pushing me to come forward.” Parent. In the request, she alleged that she suffered a bruise on her left arm because of “excessively rough grabbing” from Parent, as well as several incidents of harassment and stalking. Follow Vicente on Twitter Based on her application, @VicenteSJSU a Santa Clara County judicial officer issued a temporary domestic Jonathan Austin, violence restraining order Mauricio La Plante, Kunal against Parent. Mehta, Chelsea Nguyen A judge will examine the Fleige, Marci Suela and evidence at a hearing on Kelsey Valle contributed Wednesday and determine reporting to this article. After what the selfdescribed survivor outlined in court documents as inaction on the part of the Title IX office to pursue her claims seriously, she went to the Santa Clara County Superior Court

As the questions you ask involve an ongoing investigation, SJSU’s Title IX office will not be making comments. from the Spartan Daily concerning the fraternity’s internal investigation. The SJSU Title IX investigation is still ongoing, both Hathaway and Christine Hutchins, SJSU senior associate vice president of strategic communications and marketing, told the Spartan Daily. In response to questions from the Spartan Daily regarding the No Contact Order, Hutchins said in an email, “As the questions you ask involve an ongoing investigation, SJSU’s Title IX office will not be making comments.”

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During a news conference outside Clark Hall, Wednesday, members of the Student Homeless Alliance hold up signs in protest of the university’s lack of availible housing.

on an issue that relates to students on campus. “I’ve had classmates in previous classes that actually had gone through a similar situation,” Palomo Ramiez said. “It’s not just people you see on the street begging for change. The person sitting

next to you in class could be facing this.” Salgado said that the alliance wants to collaborate with the school and make SJSU Cares work efficiently. She just wants to see more transparency. “We’re not saying [SJSU

Cares has] not helped any student,” said Salgado. “We’re just saying there’s not enough help or there’s not efficient help.”

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

TUESDAY, OCT. 8, 2019

Joaquin Phoenix slays in ‘Joker’ By Erica Lizarrago STAFF WRITER

It’s 1981 in Gotham City in the new “Joker” movie. It’s ravaged with piles of garbage littering the streets, rats on every corner of the sidewalk and a daunting homeless crisis. The rich are getting richer, the poor getting poorer, emphasized by telecasts of wealthy executives claiming to fix their problems, but this is juxtaposed by the wretched conditions that plague Gotham City. Amidst the ruins is Arthur Fleck, an aspiring stand up comedian who works in the daytime as a professional clown. He sits in front of a mirror, blank-faced, painting white makeup meticulously onto his face. He attempts to smile, only to stretch the corners of his mouth into a dark and twisted grin. A single tear streaks down his face. This is the Joker. Fleck is one of society’s “ills” who lives a life of torment and abuse as he is mocked, kicked, beaten and ridiculed by nearly every person he encounters. He is the epitome of a loner and approaches the world with complete disengagement, full of pain and sorrow. Every classic characteristic of the Joker is carefully crafted in a way that explains how his life of mistreatment led him to be the person he is today. Everything from the Joker’s maniacal laugh to the way he gracefully yet wickedly dances and sings.

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Joaquin Phoenix, who plays the Joker, masterfully creates a grim precursor to the popular supervillain we all know and love to hate. Phoenix is alarmingly frail, with dark protruding eye bags and a stare which can be seen straight through us. He smokes as much as he talks and shrinks down only to become an intense version of who he has always wanted to be. His performance is mindfully executed, displaying a new kind of Joker that clearly illustrates the purpose behind the villain we come to know in Gotham City. Phoenix’s version of the Joker is hardly comparable to the performances before him, as his execution shows who the villain was before he became a face in

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the DC universe. Previous films with the Joker, such as Batman, depict the aftermath of his life as the Joker. The 2019 movie is not the Joker that we all know. Instead it shows who the Joker used to be and foreshadows what he becomes. Phoenix shows the makeup of the man we know – mentally, physically and emotionally. He is dark and skeletal in both his presence and his appearance.

Directed by: Todd Phillips Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Zazie Beetz Genre: Drama/Thriller Phoenix’s character struggles with mental illness are a direct connection with how the world treats him and the chaos which is evoked in the atmosphere that encompasses him. The depiction of his mental illnesses emphasize our culture’s blind eye in regards to those who are seeking help. Gotham City’s lack of care and resources for Fleck as he struggles reflects eerie parallels to a society of our

own which stigmatizes those like himself. It poses almost as a public service announcement about the extremes that can happen when we ignore such issues. It’s not to say every mentally ill person is going to act out in ways the Joker does. Instead, it comments on how a lack of ignorance can create monstrous results, inflicting danger and pain on others for years to come. In the middle of Fleck’s own personal chaos, the movie takes a political stance which is strikingly similar to our own political issues in America. The actions of Fleck as he becomes the Joker turn into a political movement in Gotham City, inciting riots and protests dividing the two classes of rich and poor.

Their severe inequality seems not too far off with the inequality some would say we face in America today. The film also pays homage to the classic ’20s and ’40s era American culture, mixing in classic movies and musical scores that insight nostalgia. The romanticized era of American Hollywood juxtaposed the grim and bleak version of ’80s Gotham City, a far cry from the brightly-colored and pop-y traditional view we have of the decade. It seems as if in a dark and scary world, the Joker’s bright makeup and grotesque personality offer a horrifying escape to the world. With appearances from Robert De Niro and Frances Conroy, the film skillfully adapts these supporting actors to fit the world the Joker manifests from his life of invisibility. “Joker,” complemented with unique cinematography and careful screenwriting reveal a world in which the oppressed and the oppressive glimmer in glory, regardless of if that glory has positive consequences. The film begins to neatly explain why Gotham City becomes his world, a world in which he can finally be seen. Both horrifying and beautifully done, “Joker” re-conceptualizes one of the most iconic villains in comic book history. Follow Erica on Instagram @erica.lizarrago

Netflix docuseries tells immigrants’ stories By Chris Core STAFF WRITER

Immigration is one of the largest issues dividing Americans. Family separations and deportations have been depicted as numbers rather than giving faces to those affected by the procedures. The Netflix sixpart documentary “Living Undocumented” was made in an effort to put faces to immigration debate in America. The documentary is co-directed by Aaron Saidman and Anna Chai as well as former Disney Channel star Selena Gomez as an executive producer. The show follows a handful of families who have been affected by their undocumented status and showcases the struggles that come along with the title. Immediately there was concern when I watched the first episode. Media and culture have become so watered down with anti-President Donald Trump material that when the show started off attacking Trump, it felt as if the show was going to be just another cog in the antiTrump agenda, but it proved to stand out as different. “Living Undocumented” not only attacks Trump and his policies, but branches to former presidents such as Bill Clinton through clips of speeches that he gave about immigration. These clips point out flaws in his administration that

are still present in today’s immigration process. Aside from Clinton, the show looks at flaws in the Obama administration. However, the documentary seems to praise his presidency more than tarnish it. Not only does the show separate itself by who it decides to hold to the fire, but it also extends the discussion of illegal immigration past the stigma that it is only a southern border concern. The docuseries follows families from Latin America, but also features immigrants from countries such as Laos and Israel. Each viewer of the show will find themselves attached to one person or family more than the other. For me personally, the story of Vinny Phankaysay stole the series. Phankaysay came to the United States as a political refugee from Laos when he was just a boy in 1986. He was granted permanent residency on his arrival because of his refugee status at the time and his family settled into North Carolina where his father wished to make a career in the textile mill industry. Phankaysay ended up running away from school in high school and started selling drugs. At the age of 21 he was arrested for selling methamphetamines. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison and when released, his permanent

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Directed by: Aaron Saidman, Anna Chai Genre: Docuseries

citizenship status was revoked because the crime was a felony. There is no repatriation agreement between Laos and the United States so Phankaysay was forced to have constant checkins with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to see if he is able to stay in the states. Now married with an infant daughter, Phankaysay still continues to face deportation with every check-in. This story is one of the many documentaries that does a great job giving empathy to an issue that still seems to be so lacking. “Living Undocumented” is powerful with the stories it tells and comes at an important time in America where empathy and civilized discussion of issues is needed more than ever. Follow Chris on Twitter @ChrisCore24

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OPINION

TUESDAY, OCT. 8, 2019

Violent media does not cause violence Brendan Cross STAFF WRITER

The notion that violent movies cause violence among their viewing audience is a joke. While Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker character may incite violence in “Joker”, violent movies do not create aggressive tendencies within their viewers. Phoenix walked out of an interview with The Telegraph, a London-based daily newspaper, while promoting the movie after he was asked if the film would inspire “an unstable, self-pitying loner with a mass-shooter mindset.” In a later interview with IGN, Phoenix said, “I think if you have somebody that has that level of emotional disturbance, they can find fuel anywhere. I just don’t think that you can function that way.” Is it possible that watching “Joker” might cause someone to commit a vicious act? It absolutely is, but it’s incredibly unlikely that the two things would have a direct correlation. It is also highly unlikely that a person without previous violent sensibilities would walk into a film, take it in, and walk out with a completely shifted mindset that suddenly causes the person to feel the desire to create havoc. Films are meant to entertain and let the viewer escape into another reality until the credits roll. Numerous studies have found either little to no direct correlation between violent movies and violent behavior. A 2014 study by the Public Library of Science hypothesized that a person’s “reaction to violent media is critically dependent on personality/ trait differences between viewers, where those with the propensity for

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physical assault will respond to the media differently than controls.” Essentially, the study found that only people with a violent history reacted to the violent media in an aggressive manner. In this study, aggressive simply means that some of the participants’ blood pressure steadily rose as the film progressed. It in no way suggested that the person was going to cause violence upon completion of the film. A June study by Psychiatric Quarterly looked at the relationship between violence in PG-13 movies and actual societal violence. It found that there was an inverse effect when relating the two, although the authors suggested it was best to interpret their findings as having no actual correlation. A study by the Quarterly Journal of Economics in 2009 found that on days with a high audience for violent movies, violent crime was actually lower.

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Numerous studies have found either little to no direct correlation between violent movies and violent behavior. The study also accounted for time variability, finding no real world impact one, two or three weeks after the audience’s initial exposure to violent media. All of these studies seem to suggest that there is no cause and effect relationship between violent films and legitimate violence. Because of the time you can devote to them, it would make sense if violent video games had some kind of negative effect on its players, but even that isn’t true.

A 2017 report by the media psychology division of the American Psychological Association said, “Scant evidence has emerged that makes any causal or correlational connection between playing violent video games and actually committing violent activities.” Dr. Chris Ferguson, who led the committee that created the report, said in an interview with the New York Times, “The data on bananas causing suicide is about as conclusive.” If I can turn my console on and shoot people all the livelong day playing the latest hit shooter, then follow it up with a nighttime viewing of “Joker” and leave it all feeling entirely normal, then anyone saying that violent media causes real-world violence is bananas.

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50. Sedate 52. Worth 54. A baby bear 55. Pear-shaped instrument 56. A small scar 58. Module 59. Creepy 60. Boring 61. Risqué 62. Decorative jugs 63. Backside DOWN 1. Sew together loosely 2. Unwind 3. Pee 4. Not bottom 5. Being 6. European blackbird 7. Was indebted 8. In a joshing manner 9. Shade tree 10. Unmask 11. Discharges 12. Give as an example 13. Mining finds 18. Moved in a curve 22. Lion sound

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SPORTS

TUESDAY, OCT. 8, 2019

TURNOVERS

UPCOMING HOME GAME

Continued from page 1 The interception from Tolefree was the final of a season-high six turnovers caused by the SJSU defense. “Turnovers have been the single-most harped on aspect of our game this year,” Tolefree said. “We’ve been preaching f r o m SPARTANS the start [that] we want to be top 25 in turno v e r LOBOS m a r gin.” Along with his interception, Tolefree also forced and recovered a fumble earlier in the game while the Lobos were deep in Spartan territory. Senior cornerback Brandon Ezell had a productive night in the secondary, undercutting and intercepting two throws by Jones, one of which was in the end zone, preventing a possible score. The defense was able to accomplish this without the aid of their leading tackler, senior linebacker Ethan Aguayo, who was out with an injury. During his weekly press conference, Brennan said that he appreciated Aguayo being available to help his teammates on the sideline. “When he’s not avail-

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Freshman Isaiah Holiness runs with the ball during the Spartans’ victory over the Lobos Friday at CEFCU Stadium.

able, it’s great to have him involved [and] talking to the linebackers,” Brennan said. “Having his stability [and] having his voice, that consistency is really helpful with those guys.” On the offensive side of the ball, the Spartans jumped out to a 26-0 lead thanks to numerous chunk plays through the air. Quarterback Love and senior wide receiver Bailey Gaither con-

Everyone’s dancing in there and they get to feel great because they had an incredible week of practice and they earned this win.

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nected in the second quarter for an 80-yard touchdown, the longest play from scrimmage of the season for the Spartans.

326 of Love’s 405 passing yards came in the first half, the most he’s had in a first half of his career. His favorite target

in the game was junior wide receiver Tre Walker, who corralled seven of his 12 targets for 130 yards. “[Walker] is just a hell of a player . . . but I think the whole group of receivers are making plays, not just him,” Love said. Despite the big yardage numbers, the Spartans struggled at times in the red zone, scoring two touchdowns in seven red zone trips.

The kicking game was strong, however, as freshman kicker Matt Mercurio tied a school record with four field goals. Early in the fourth quarter, a 44-yard attempt was originally blocked, but a false start nullified the play and moved the kick back to 49 yards. He sailed the kick down the middle of the uprights, good for a new career long. “They were coming off the edge really fast so I had to speed my process up a little bit and do what I could to just get it through the uprights,” Mercurio said. Head coach Brennan said he was excited for his team. “Those kids are in the locker room and they get to smile tonight,” Brennan said. “Everyone’s dancing in there and they get to feel great because they had an incredible week of practice and they earned this win.” The Spartans will head back on the road Saturday to take on 3-2 conference foe Nevada.

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Spartan ice hockey loses intense game By John Bricker STAFF WRITER

After scoring one goal in an aggressive first period, the San Jose State ice hockey team lost focus and allowed Washington State to pull ahead, losing 1-2 Friday at Sharks Ice. Coach Vaughn Reuter said the COUGARS t e a m started by playing well and taking advanSPARTANS tage of opportunities to score.

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“Overall, I think we started losing some of our mental focus and I think that was the Achilles’ heel for us tonight,” Reuter said. Junior defender Ryan Ellis said the team played well, but that after his goal was called off near the end of the first period, the team stopped clicking. “I feel like we were applying pressure throughout the whole game, but we just could not find the back of the net for most of it,” Ellis said. Senior defender Shayne Smith called the team “unprepared.” “We played trash,” Smith said. He added the team played well in the third period, though. After several failed pushes toward the

We are way better than them and we played down to their level and we let them beat us.

Shayne Smith senior defender

Cougars’ net in the second period, the fans in the stands grew impatient, one shouting over and over, “Shoot it, kid!” Out of the 81 attendees in the bleachers, roughly half of them vocally supported Washington State, occasionally engaging in trash talk and banter with the Spartans’ fans. Reuter said the Cougars beat the Spartans because they played harder and had a larger, faster team. “It was a good game,” Reuter said. “They just out-muscled us a little bit.” Smith said Washington State is not a good team and that SJSU really beat itself. “We are way better than them and we played down to their level and we let them beat us,” Smith said. After a scuffle on the ice between the Spartans and the Cougars, junior forward Max Miller collapsed and laid on his chest while a medic came onto the ice to check on him. After a few minutes, Miller continued to play, but was not available for an interview

after the game because a doctor was checking him again. Despite the rough play leading to an eventual loss, the Spartans started the game strong, aggressively pushing toward the Cougars’ net during the first period to score their first and only goal, shot by junior forward Evan Pace with an assist from Ellis. Ellis said Pace made the goal happen during the first half of the first period and called it a highlight from the game. “I chipped the puck up to him and he had wheels and he was going straight up the ice with a lot of speed,” Ellis said. Coach Reuter said the team succeeded when it transitioned between defense and offense quickly. Smith pointed toward the team’s offense during the last period as the team’s highlight from the game and said the Spartans probably spent 70% of those last minutes within the Cougars’ zone. “Their goalie is obviously really good,” Smith said.

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A medic examines junior forward Max Miller after he collapsed on the ice. Miller was unavailable for a post-game interview because he was being checked again.

Smith said last season the Spartans did not put their full effort into games against “weaker teams” and that the team needs to fix that moving forward. Players and one of the coaches all said they had high hopes for the rest of the season. Reuter wants the team to focus on improving one facet of the team every week. “This schedule does not really relent, so we have to kind of refocus, reset,” he said.

Ellis said the team needs to reinforce each other more and have a more positive attitude for the rest of the season. “Sometimes we can get down on each other if things are not going our way and that happened tonight,” Ellis said. Smith said SJSU has a good team this season, but that the team is still getting adjusted to the addition of seven new players. “I think we could

UPCOMING GAME UCLA vs. SJSU OCT. 18 @ 8:45 p.m.

make a run probably at regionals, maybe at nationals if we are lucky,” he said.

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Spartans battle Aggies in 1-0 win By Christian Trujano STAFF WRITER

The San Jose State women’s soccer team scored on a late penalty, leading the Spartans to win 1-0 against Utah State, Sunday morning. Freshman midfielder Sabrina Weinman gave the home crowd something to cheer for, converting a penalty with 20 minutes left in the game for the Spartans’ second conference win. Utah State junior defender Imelda William’s handball led to the penalty after SJSU junior defender Darrian Reed tried crossing a pass into Utah State’s goal box. The Spartans are now 2-2 in the Mountain West Conference and 4-6-2 overall. With the win, head coach Lauren Hanson tied with previous head coach Philippe Blin - who resigned in 2000 - for most wins in school history with 53. Hanson said she was impressed with the overall performance of her team, but still thinks there’s room for improvement. “This was one of our best games, just connecting with each other we just weren’t threatening,” Hanson said. The Spartans stood their ground defensively in denying various shots on goal while sophomore goalkeeper Ariana Romero made several crucial saves. “Get in front of the ball, sacrifice yourself and don’t let it [the ball] in that net,” senior defender Kristen Amarikwa said. “When you hesitate, that’s when you get hurt.” Amarikwa, along with

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Sophomore goalkeeper Ariana Romero prepares to kick the ball back into play during a home game on Sunday.

the rest of the defenders and midfielders, dominated center field, but there were several missed passes that the Aggies took advantage of, which created some dangerous counterattacks. San Jose State’s defense stepped up time and time again, saving the team from close plays by Utah State, shutting out a team for the fifth time this season. Many of the Aggies’ key chances came from sophomore forward Marli Niederhauser, who broke through the defense after precise through passes from Utah State midfielders. These through passes from

Get in front of the ball, sacrifice yourself and don’t let it [the ball] in that net, when you hesitate, that’s when you get hurt.

Kristen Amarikwa senior defender

Utah State led to various oneon-one plays, leaving goalkeeper Romero alone, but Amarikwa and sophomore defender Jada Wilson were there almost every time to kick the danger away. “Supporting each other, covering, you have to think

pessimistically, ‘How can I fix this if all goes bad?” Amarikwa said. She said her aggressive tackles came from knowing her job as a defender and what she needed to do. “Sacrifice whatever you can, whatever you have to

do,” Amarikwa said. Romero also had her own moments with four saves, with one almost getting past her. Just before Weinman’s goal, Romero took flight to nearly get a hand on Utah State junior midfielder Ashley Cardozo’s free kick, which barely hit the top crossbar. Cardozo, who was one of Utah State’s biggest offensive threats, had many other chances on goal but was either stymied by the Spartan defense, or sent the ball into Romero’s hands. Both teams had similar issues with finishing plays

and driving the ball into the back of the net or not having enough power behind the shots. “We need to take more shots on goal,” coach Hanson said. She added that whether it’s with the through passes or getting behind the defensive line, Hanson said her team needs to find those opportunities to make shots and take risks. The Spartans and the Aggies both had 13 shots, with the Spartans leading shots on goal 5-4 and corner kicks 5-3. Aside from those few shots on goal, both teams kept the action contained to the center field while battling to maintain possession. Hanson said the second half wasn’t as great in possession compared to the first half but overall she said she was really happy with her team’s performance. Amarikwa said she was “happy we got the win today,” but said she needs to work on staying positive for her team moving forward. Hanson said if there were more shots taken, they could have avoided those close-call penalty goals and could have relied instead on the multiple goals made. “You love penalties, but you want to make sure that you get your shots on target,” Hanson said. The Spartans will hit the road for a game against Wyoming on Friday. Follow Christian on Twitter @ChristianTruja2

Sharks flounder against Vegas in home opener By Jonathan Austin OPINION EDITOR

The San Jose Sharks lost to the Vegas Golden Knights 5-1 during its home opener at SAP Center on Friday. The game was both teams’ third match against each other in six days. Continuing with the fledgling GOLDEN rivalry, the KNIGHTS Sharks and the Knights did not let up, remembering the teams’ heated series SHARKS just a few months ago in the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs. T h e game was centerman Logan Couture’s first regular season home game as captain of the Sharks. “It was very disappointing . . . we turned over way too many pucks again. So, that was disappointing,” Couture said. Just like how Vegas took control of the games in its previous two bouts with the Sharks, the Golden Knights just seemed like the superior team. Vegas came out hot, throwing big hits and capitalizing on multiple cross-crease passes early to set the tone for the rest of the game. Conversely, it was not a good showing for San Jose, showing miniscule effort throughout the

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entirety of the game. The Sharks played lethargic offense, which proved to be a disastrous way to score. Simultaneously, the team was unable to defend themselves from being ripped apart by the Vegas forwards. The main takeaway seemed to be goalie Martin Jones’ inability to keep the puck out of the net in recent games. In the two periods he played before being pulled from the net, Jones faced 23 shots, allowing 4 goals. It is unheard of to have a good starting goalie dip below a .900 save percentage, but to go out and accrue a .862 save percentage simply will not cut it for the team. “The biggest issue was the powerplay,” Sharks coach Peter DeBoer said. San Jose had five power play opportunities, scoring on zero of them. Additionally, Vegas scored two shorthanded goals while on the penalty kill during those five Sharks power plays. To put that into perspective, the Sharks only allowed nine shorthanded goals all season last year. The Knights themselves had 3 unsuccessful power plays, but they didn’t need scoring – San Jose did. The Sharks’ players were seemingly demoralized displaying little motivation and negative body language all game, as the Golden Knights

It was very disappointing . . . we turned over way too many pucks again. So, that was disappointing. Logan Couture centerman

hounded and harassed them all game long. “We just got out there and tried to make something happen,” Sharks defenseman Erik Karlsson said. But that “something” never came to fruition, as San Jose quickly went down 2-0 stemming from poor defence in the first period. “A lot of times you can feel defeated already,” Sharks defenseman Brent Burns said. This trend followed throughout the second period as well, resulting in a commanding 4-0 lead for the Knights. After allowing four goals in the first period, DeBoer elected to pull Jones from the net, giving back-up goalie Aaron Dell a chance to play some minutes. Dell went on to let in one goal himself in the period, making it a 5-0 game. Seemingly the only good thing to happen for the Sharks came

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Vegas Golden Knights center Jonathan Marchessault and San Jose Sharks center Lukas Radil prepare for a face oﬀ during the Sharks’ home opener at the SAP Center.

late in the third period, when winger Barclay Goodrow scored the team’s first and only goal of the game making it 5-1. After the goal, some of the drama from the game finally boiled over, as a line scrum behind the Vegas net occurred. Lasting several minutes, the altercation ended with no real fights occuring, but several players from both teams were handed 10-minute game misconduct penalties. Unfortunately for the

Sharks, the tussle didn’t provide a spark large enough to overcome the four-point deficit they needed to surpass. The game’s final horn blared at a seemingly empty stadium, with most of the fans having packed it up already. The 5-1 loss to division rival Vegas was surely not the way San Jose wanted to start the team’s home record. “We just have to do better,” Burns said. The Sharks have gone on to lose an additional game against the

Anaheim Ducks, bringing their record to an unfavorable 0-3 on the season. San Jose hopes to achieve its first win of the season against the Nashville Predators today at 5 p.m. in Nashville.

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