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JONATHAN AUSTIN | SPARTAN DAILY
Approximately 26 stacked washer and dryer units sit outside of Campus Village 2. The laundry machines were installed Wednesday after a two-day closure of the CV2 laundry rooms.
CV2 laundry machines replaced By Jonathan Austin OPINION EDITOR
San Jose State students residing in the Campus Village 2 dorm received new washing and drying machines in the building’s multiple laundry rooms. The new machines are expected to be ready for usage starting today. “I think it’s about damn time,” behavioral science senior Tatiana Thomas said. University Housing Services began the removal process of old machines Tuesday. In an email, Sonja Daniels, associate vice president of
campus life, said that washing units are being replaced in several of the buildings. Campus Village B, one of the buildings receiving the updated equipment, will be having its laundry room renovated from Friday to Nov. 25. The new laundry equipment is being provided by CSC ServiceWorks Holdings Inc. According to a flyer in the CVB laundry room, laundry will continue to be free until Nov. 4. After Nov. 4, residents will need to download the CSCay Mobile app, where they will register and receive
I think it’s about damn time. Tatiana Thomas behavioral science senior
an automatic $16.50 credit on their account balance. The new app will require residents to have a Bluetoothcompatible device to use the new laundry equipment on any of the floors.
The Spartan Daily reached out to University Housing S er vices representatives to inquire if refunds will be provided to residents with dollar amounts remaining on laundry cards used by the now defunct provider but did not receive a response by print time. Residents of CVB will be provided with access to Campus Village C to use the buildings laundry equipment as well as the Joe West Hall laundry room while the renovations are ongoing. Un i v e r s it y Hou s i n g Services received multiple
complaints about the washers and dryers in the Campus Village, and eventually rendered them f ree to use during the Spring 2019 semester. “Most students shouldn’t have to pay for things that don’t work considering most students are already broke to begin with,” Thomas said.
Follow Jonathan on Twitter @JonathanAus10 Roman Contreras contributed reporting to this article.
Amanda Nguyen rises for advocacy By Grace Pang & Vicente Vera LEGISLATIVE COLUMNIST & SPECIAL PROJECTS EDITOR
“Being raped wasn’t the worst thing that happened to me, being betrayed by the criminal justice system was,” a Nobel Peace Prize-nominated activist said to San Jose State students and faculty members Wednesday night. In the latest installment of SJSU’s Speaker Series, Amanda Nguyen spoke at the Student Union Ballroom, discussing the barriers that she and other survivors face when trying to navigate the justice system that they claim worked against them.
Being raped wasn’t the worst thing that happened to me, being betrayed by the criminal justice system was. Amanda Nguyen Nobel Peace Prize-nominated sexual assault survivors’ activist
Her solution was the hardnosed process of lobbying Congress to pass more SURVIVOR | Page 2
JESUS TELLITUD | SPARTAN DAILY
Harvard alumna and founder of non-governmental organization “Rise,” Amanda Nguyen speaks in the Student Union Ballroom Wednesday about fighting survivors’ rights during SJSU’s Speaker Series.
Awaiting the next big one San Jose officials plan for earthquake preparedness By John Bricker STAFF WRITER
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Karen Philbrick (left), Mineta Transportation Institute executive director, introduces Frances Edwards, an SJSU professor and the master of public administration program director, at the “A Look Back, a Look Forward: Lessons Applied 30 Years After Loma Prieta” event Friday.
Following the 30th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake that shook the Bay Area in 1989, residents are preparing for the next big one. San Jose officials plan to update building codes and San Jose State disaster experts planned how to prepare the city for the next big earthquake at
San Jose State. In a San Jose City Council meeting Tuesday, a measure update to San Jose’s building codes passed; requiring independent special inspection for concrete, promoting increased seismic separation between adjoining buildings and limiting the use of unsafe materials in brace walls. The city council also discussed how San Jose can
maintain function in the event of a power outage. San Jose City Manager David Sykes said San Jose’s uninterruptible power systems supply power to crucial facilities with batteries until backup generators can start running in the event of an outage. Walter Lin, San Jose deputy EARTHQUAKE | Page 2