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Volume 149, Issue 28 www.sjsunews.com/spartan_daily Thursday, October 26, 2017 SPARTAN DAILY SERVING SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1934 FOLLOW US! /spartandaily @SpartanDaily @spartandaily /spartandailyYT SECCIÓN DE BATTLE AT THE #spartanpolls BOTTOM OF ESPAÑOL THE BARREL Should minors be charged as adults for federal offenses? See full story on page 2 See full story on page 6 70% Yes 30% Votes: 64 LEADER AEROSPACE Homecoming royalty Spartans begin work lives life of service on airplane project BY DAISUKE EGUCHI project because they changed Staff Writer the class from a beginning to an advanced class. Aerospace engineering students In order to participate, they are making wings to fl y high needed to be established as a next year by building an airplane club to obtain funding. for competition. The project is part of the senior Six students formed the club, design A class. The club also Stream Chasers Aircraft Research teams up with students from other and Build, and began the airplane aerospace engineering classes. manufacturing project at the “Right now, since we got a lot beginning of this semester. of things going on with SpaceX “I used to be really bad at and NASA, most guys who are math and science when I was a passionate with aerospace are in high school student, but I was spacecraft,” Lui said. “Our team interested in the transportation started not doing well because system,” aerospace engineering some of us were not super senior Alex Lui said. “I passionate [about] aircraft, but found that airplanes are more I think individuals know their challenging to make but [still] roles now.” contribute to our society.” Aerospace study is divided into The mission of the club is two parts, aircraft and spacecraft. to build a plane in order to According to Time magazine, participate in an international SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk, competition, the Society of is famous because in 2010, it Automotive Engineers Aero was the fi rst private company Design West. The competition to launch a rocket into orbit and will take place in Van Nuys, return it back to earth intact. COURTESY OF CHRISTINA DUNBAR Calif. in April 2018. The team often stays late in Homecoming Royalty Christina Dunbar poses for a photo after receiving her crown and sash with the homecoming court. She is involved in over 12 different organizations, committees and clubs on campus. the engineering building or at a member’s house to work on “Right now, since the project. BY JENAE MIMS involvement while maintaining a 3.51 GPA. Lee explained that time Staff Writer “She’s real and tells it as it is and isn’t afraid to we got a lot of management is the team’s express her opinion,” Order of Omega Vice President things going biggest struggle. Every team A member of San Jose State’s 2017 homecoming Brandon Do said. “Which is amazing because she member is taking fi ve classes royalty takes pride in her involvement in several isn’t afraid of what others think of her.” on with SpaceX this semester. activities on campus. Some of the positions she currently holds are: Peer and NASA, most “Me and Kohei (another “I started realizing that no matter what you do, Health Educator, Treasurer for Order of Omega, teammate) stayed up until 3 people are going to have their own opinions of President for the One Love Foundation, President guys who are a.m. last night, but I felt good you,” communicative disorders and sciences senior of the Black Masque Honor Society, President of passionate with because we know what we are Christina Dunbar said. “As long as you’re doing what the National Student Language Speech Hearing doing right now,” aerospace makes you happy, who cares about the irrelevant Association, Gender Equity Center Programming aerospace are in engineering senior Neboneed chitter chatter.” Board and Director of the Vagina Monologues. spacecraft.” Farhadi said. Dunbar has been involved in over 12 different “She’s willing to sacrifi ce her time and sleep to Alex Lui Farhadi has always wanted to clubs, organizations and committees on campus ensure she’s giving 110 percent,” Do said. “But at the Aerospace engineering be a pilot, but he was also drawn throughout her time at SJSU. She has made sure same time she’s reminding herself and her peers about senior to aerospace engineering while to only make commitments if she knows she can self-care.” taking classes at SJSU. dedicate time to do a good job. As a communicative disorders and sciences major “Through the fi ve to six years “She’s incredibly selfl ess and a really hard and a peer health educator, Dunbar advocates for “Since we chose [an] advanced of study at university, we also worker,” accounting senior Kristen Flaten said. mental health and helping others. class, it’s more challenging learn physics, math and many “She does everything, it seems like, and she cares “I got teased a lot as a kid and seeing children that and interesting,” aerospace others,” Lui said. “We haven’t about so many things.” had speech or communication diffi culties and how engineering senior Andy Lee said. really had a chance to put all the Dunbar’s involvement on campus began when she hard it was for them getting teased,” Dunbar said. “I For the advanced class project knowledge together.” was a sophomore, having served on the executive board thought that I could do something to make their lives design, participants compete to Attracting people for help is for the SJSU chapter of Delta Zeta Sorority. After a little bit easier, and that would be really rewarding.” see how accurately pillows can also one of the major purposes months of being ill, she was eventually diagnosed with Dunbar said she makes sure to choose her priorities be released from the student- of the club. Crohn’s Disease. and always put her academics before anything, even made planes. “If I got a chance to do more “I had to really advocate for myself to the doctors,” if that means canceling a meeting to study more for The pillow must then hit a with the club, I would like to Dunbar said. “Crohn’s Disease affects the way my a test. Through it all, she still makes time to put her target on a ground. The closer expand the network of support,” digestive system operates and how I can absorb mental health fi rst. to the target they land, the more Lui said. “Some other universities nutrition from the food I eat.” “The hardest thing has been learning to balance points the team gets. have more resources in terms of After her diagnosis, she realized that there were many mental health,” Dunbar said. “Really making it “Imagine you are trying to aerodynamic research.” things on campus she wanted to do while still in college. a priority and scheduling time for myself where I go help people by sending “I wanted to really try to make a positive impact just do nothing, like go home, watch Netfl ix and eat packages to the spot of a fi re. about things that really mattered to me,” Dunbar Chex Mix. That is what helps me recharge.” So, you want to drop the box to said. “I just stopped giving myself excuses as to why I there as accurately as possible,” wasn’t doing them, and then I just started doing them.” Follow Jenae on Twitter Lui said. Follow Daisuke on Twitter Since then Dunbar has juggled her academics and @jenaemims_ The team recently restarted the @dk_0126 2 A&E Thursday, October 26, 2017 Empty lot turns into a DRINK OF THE WEEK terrifying haunted house “pumpkin spice BY JENAE MIMS Staff Writer latte frappucino” When the sun goes down during Halloween season, a once pitch-black empty lot on Tully Road is turned into Fall is here and so is everything pumpkin spiced. The cherry-orange frightening haunted houses. This is one Pumpkin Spice Latte Frappuccino is tangy like ginger cookies. The moment of San Jose’s haunted attractions, Dead Time Dreams. you swallow the sweet, ice-cold beverage, all of your stress immediately Underneath what looks like a carnival evaporates. The Frappuccino is the perfect blend of coffee, spice, cinnamon tent is a foggy, dimly lit area where and pumpkin all in one. The syrupy drink is as sweet as vanilla frosting on guests buy their tickets to be scared in the cupcakes. The soft tiers of milky white whipped cream, topped with just a two featured haunted houses. As you’re hint of cinnamon does wonders to your mouth. The fi rst sip tastes like taking approaching the foggy entrance to the tent, there’s a huge bloody clown head on a scrumptious bite out of a spongy and luscious carrot cake. The cinnamony top that sets the mood. fl avor adds an appetizing aroma to the drink. As soon as the the cool mixture “I’m deathly afraid of clowns and the cruises down your throat, you feel active and energetic. The Pumpkin Spice whole theme of this place is clowns Latte is available at any local Starbucks in two sizes, tall and grande. It is a JENAE MIMS | SPARTAN DAILY and carnival,” San Jose resident Leslie seasonal drink that can be purchased for $4.45. Bourges said. Dead Times Dreams is carnival themed Disturbing horror music blares over the which includes clowns and a Midway of speakers and throughout the fairground Terror. as you walk into the pay station and the first attraction, Midway of Terror. All of the props are handmade, adding “When I fi rst got here I thought that it to the creepiness factor.