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Volume 147. Issue 40www.sjsunews.com/spartandaily Wednesday, December 7, 2016

STUDENT FEES A.S. educates SJSU on tuition hike

BY SAJA MOHAMED against it during the meeting. STAFF WRITER Over the last four years, tuition has been at a standstill due to a tuition freeze that Associated Students of San Jose State the CSU system implemented in 2012. University held a public forum at the Now that the freeze is over however, the Student Union to shine a light on the CSU system is looking to raise tuition by potential tuition increase in the next fi ve percent by the next academic year. academic year. Th e Board of Trustees will “Th is is the fi rst opportunity that they make a decision on the increase in March have to increase tuition, so when that four at the Associated Students main branch in year freeze was in place, they found other Long Beach. ways of increasing student fees in general “As of now, it’s just been a conversation to make up for what tuition couldn’t cover,” that the board of trustees have been having Medrano said. “So, now that they have the for the past two board meetings now,” said opportunity to increase tuition, they’re Eric Medrano, vice president of Associated going to go ahead and take it, [which] is Students. “Th ey have another in January the likely outcome.” and another in March and that is when Jasmine Garcia, AS Director of they will have it as an action item. So our Communications, emphasized the reason goal here is to raise awareness that they are that the freeze on tuition happened in the having these conversations and they are fi rst place was because of mass student looking likely to have that increase.” involvement, not just from SJSU, but from SAJA MOHAMED | SPARTAN DAILY An action item means that the board will From left to right, Adriana Manzo, Abid Manzo and Jasmine Garcia go into detail about the tuition increase that vote to pass the tuition increase or vote See RISE page 2 may potentially happen in the next academic year at San Jose State University.

OPINION ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY Required Complex e-waste issue can be solved

abortion BY HANNAH MOORE Th e center is a non-profi t organization given to the state to help fund e-waste STAFF WRITER in the SJSU environmental studies collection and recycling. burial is department that operates the Santa Clara “We’re really fortunate in California It is illegal in most states to throw Recycling Hotline. that we have so many certifi ed e-waste electronic waste (e-waste) in the garbage, “We’re trying to divert people from recycling companies,” Olszewski said. disrespectful but there are environmentally friendly just illegally dumping things into However, Clark said that not all facilities ways for San Jose State University our gutters, our streams, our native are certifi ed and their practices can cause students and San Jose residents to dispose environments where it could cause harm environmental harm. of broken or unwanted gadgets. to our ecosystems,” said Brett Clark, “Th ere’s a big ordeal right now with E-waste refers to electronics that are at or environmental studies senior and project whether e-waste recyclers are actually near the end of usefulness, like computers, manager of the center. recycling all of the materials here in the televisions, stereos and cellphones. California enacted a legislation in United States and not just exporting Taking e-waste to a certifi ed recycling 2005 that requires retailers to collect wastes somewhere else,” Clark said. facility is the fi rst step of proper an Electronic Waste Recycling Fee “Some e-waste companies will say ‘we disposal, according to Bruce Olszewski, on certain electronics purchased by recycle e-waste’ and then ... they’ll take environmental studies professor and consumers according to the California the valuable parts off of [the electronic] BENJAMIN SIEPAK director of the Center for the Development Department of Resources Recycling DISPOSAL STAFF WRITER of Recycling. and Recovery website. The fees are then See page 2

Under new Texas law requiring CLOTHING DRIVE that aborted fetuses must be buried, the state is not paying respect to fetuses, but attempting to scrutinize Mercy Mobile keeps the homeless warm and disrespect women who choose to have an abortion. BY BENJAMIN SIEPAK night and nearly everything the streets less than two years is also contributing to the Women have a constitutional right STAFF WRITER was stolen. Pastor Joe Hill told ago and is now doing his best church by restoring supplies to have an abortion. Texas now joins NBC he was sad to fi nd out the to give back to the homeless for Mercy Mobile. states whose legislatures are looking news Friday morning. “Th ey community he once lived in. St. Timothy’s will be accepting to end abortion like Louisiana and A clothing drive will be held do awesome work and it was As word spread throughout donations from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Indiana, who mandated the burials throughout this week at St. pretty heartbreaking to hear the community about the today in order to restock the or cremation of fetal remains earlier Timothy’s Lutheran Church in that a lot of the things that burglary, donations began burglarized vehicle and put this year. an eff ort to restock a burglarized people give — the donations, fl owing into the church. some clothes on the backs of Th e new law goes into eff ect on vehicle that contained items for the time, the money — were “Th e valuable thing that’s in homeless people across Santa Dec. 19 and comes nearly four the homeless. just taken,” Hill said. here is the heart of the people Clara County this winter. months aft er Texas passed a new set Th e Mercy Mobile vehicle Mercy Mobile is piloted that give the stuff and try to help Th e church is located in San of Targeted Regulation of Abortion off ers food, clothes and other by Pastor Scott Wagers and the poor, so that’s not something Jose at 5100 Camden Ave. Providers (TRAP) laws. According supplies to homeless people is assisted by homelessness you can steal,” Pastor Hill said to to the American Civil Liberties across the Bay Area. activist Robert Aguirre. NBC Bay Area. According to NBC Bay Area, Aguirre told the Mercury Santa Clara County Follow Benjamin on Twitter See ABORTION page 5 the RV was ransacked Th ursday News that he was living on Supervisor David Cortese @benjaminsiepak Wednesday, December 7, 2016 Engineering program loses students to business department

BY LUKE JOHNSON up earning degrees in or whatever, and they spend STAFF WRITER business administration, time with equations and while 39 percent fi nished in more theoretical work. It Approximately one- computer engineering. leads to an exodus from kind fourth of 131 graduates This pattern is common of this net loss usually from who began as computer through both departments the stem disciplines into engineering majors according to the CSU more applied fi elds.” switched into business database. Of 27 total Heil added that it is administration at San Jose graduates who began in plausible that aspiring State University. software engineering, engineering majors enroll This research from the only 37 percent fi nished into SJSU because of California State University in software engineering its proximity and high database represents all while seven percent hopes to have careers in graduates from the classes earned degrees in business the technology industry of 2013 through 2015 who administration. The statistics in the Silicon Valley. began as fi rst-time, full- show out of 1,037 business Their ambition, however, time freshmen. administration graduates, sometimes supersedes “In high school they 50 percent began with the their preparation and expected me to pick a same major, 16 percent were prior research. major that will determine originally undeclared and The number of students my life for the next 40- 10 percent came from the leaving engineering and plus years,” said business engineering department. switching into business administration senior “What we hear sometimes is a revelation that might INFOGRAPHIC BY LUKE JOHNSON | SPARTAN DAILY Kelli Tran. “At age 17, I is that students who come concern people currently barely knew who I was or into science and engineering enrolled or interested in my sophomore year,” said research in the future. the number of students what I wanted to pursue ... sometimes don’t anticipate enrolling at SJSU. The business accounting senior He added that switching with 180-plus units without as a career. How was I the amount of math and the amount of units, time Jacob Sanchez. “I wasted majors more often than a degree. supposed to know how hard level of math that they need and money wasted from about 15 units worth of not has little effect on engineering was?... I wish to go into those fi elds,” said switching majors can cause engineering classes, which a student’s probability With contributions from Damien I had some type of career Scott Heil, SJSU’s Offi ce of students to lose thousands ended up costing more than and estimated time of Grulick and Matt Vega counselors who could’ve Institutional Effectiveness of dollars and extend $3,000 and extended my graduation. The process of helped me out.” and Analytics director. graduation dates. graduation by an extra year.” changing majors, however, About 24 percent of “They thought they would “I ended up switching my Heil said this data set is has become more diffi cult originally computer be immediately going into major from engineering something that intrigues recently because the Follow Luke on Twitter engineering students ended designing interesting things to business at the end of SJSU and plans to do more university wants to lower @scoop_johnson

RISE tool that we have now. So I think when [California Faculty Association]. We’ve students are reacting to it.” people utilize it for something like this, worked with them in the past in...the Five percent did not seem like it was Continued from page 1 it can be very strong.” five percent increase in salary in the a lot to Woodcraft and she replied that Increasing tuition is not something past year. So again, they are helping us while any kind of increase is bad, at other CSU’s that were going through the that the SJSU administration thought of, with this now.” least it is not as bad as previous years. same tuition problems as San Jose. but the CSU system itself that made the Students that came to the forum “Any tuition increase is bad, but “Our goal too is to promote the suggestion. Medrano does not believe seemed worried about the increase and relatively, I know in the past there’s campaign that we’re running...there’s that the board of trustees is going to were there to get more information on been a 20 percent increase,” Woodcraft many students and other CSU’s that are stop the tuition hike from happening whether or not it was going to happen. said. “So I’m not panicked right now, taking pictures of a sign that says ‘dear however, because when he spoke to Kate Woodcraft, a freshman applied but any increase is really hard. I hear a board of trustees”, Garcia said. “And they them they did not seem concerned. mathematics major, was there because lot of people blaming the school but it’s give their story on their social media’s “I have spoken to faculty and they she had seen news of it on flyers and just the whole system.” and just #dearBOT. So it’s something are against it,” Medrano said. “Again, on Facebook. She was also there on the Whether or not the increase will like, social media is a very powerful one of our strongest allies is CFA behest of her boss at the budget office at happen is up for debate, but AS seems SJSU, where she works. to think it will be approved for the 2017- “My boss asked me if I could come 2018 academic year. here and get them some information,” Woodcraft said. “Because they need a representative here and they want Follow Saja on Twitter JumpJump to know what’s going on and how the @sajamohammad17

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…It’s About Building Relationships For Life A&E Wednesday, December 7, 2016 3 Library exhibit explores Arab, Muslim and Sikh struggles

BY ESTEPHANY HARO his name and we had nothing to do STAFF WRITER with 9/11. They made it [seem] like it was his fault.” “Living in an Unfinished This photovoice exhibit attracted America: Shared Experiences of freshman sociology student Jesse Discrimination and Resilience by Pitti who has seen the forms of Arab, Muslim, and Sikh Americans” discrimination among his own peers. is the second part of a previous Joking around might be a form of exhibition at the Martin Luther unintentional discrimination. King Jr. Library, located on the “It’s eye-opening how comments second floor. you’d think are a joke really do hurt The San Francisco Human people… I guess you can kind of see Rights Commission sponsored this it as bullying,” Pitti said. photovoice project and the Office “Not a Personal Choice” is the title of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion of another testimony from Verdah, brought it to campus. a Pakistani-American Muslim The project provides a forum for woman who struggles finding community participants to examine herself in a time where women like their lives and communicate their her are looked at differently. ESTEPHANY HARO | SPARTAN DAILY reflections through photographic “This picture portrays myself The “Living in an Unfi nished America: Shared Experiences of Discriminationand Resilience by Arab, Muslim, and Sikh experience, according to the either putting on or taking off a Americans,” photovoice exhibit in the Martin Luther King Jr. Library. description of the exhibit. This scarf,” Verdah said in the passage. “I exhibit will be in the library from used to wear the Hijab, but I ended Dec. 1 to Dec. 21. up taking it off. To this day I still “Given the current political struggle with the choice I’ve made, environment, it is important that and I hope to one day put it back on.” we invite the public to explore and Junior business student Leila Nunez gain insight into how groups of said this passage reminded her of the people have used their own voices incident at the West SJSU parking to combat hate,” said Edward garage on Nov. 8. A student wearing a Mamary, the principal investigator hijab was assaulted by an unidentifi ed of this photovoice exhibit. suspect who tried to pull her hijab The testimonies are shown in according to an SJSU Alert. passages next to the photographs “I feel that is very important for where the victims only use their the university to bring up issues like first name. this because we recently have heard “Defending My Son” is the name of so many hate-related incidents on of one of the testimonies. Fayza, campus,” Nunez said. a Palestinian-American Muslim The project reflects the hardships woman started her testimony with Arab, Muslim and Sikh families the sentence: “This is my son, his go through, especially after 9/11 name is Osama.” increased the discrimination, hate, The photo in the passage shows violence and Islamophobia that was ESTEPHANY HARO | SPARTAN DAILY her son held outside of his high already part of their lives. “Today, A photo from behind a Sikh man while he reads is displayed at the “Living in an Unfi nished America: Shared Experiences of Discriminationand Resilience by Arab, Muslim, and Sikh Americans,” exhibit in the Martin Luther King Jr. Library. school, John F. Kennedy, where Arabs and Muslims continue to he experiences discrimination and experience hostility in their daily bullying by his own peers. lives,” says the welcome flyer FOLLOW THE SPARTAN DAILY ON THESE SOCIAL MEDIA SITES “After 9/11, many people at his displayed at the exhibition. school — including students, teachers and staff — tormented him. One teacher in particular called him Osama Bin Laden,” Fayza Follow Estephany on Twitter @spartandaily said. “He had nothing to do with @haroestephany OPINION 4 Wednesday, December 7, 2016 California embraces marijuana legalization in just one year

passed last month. The only was helping to eliminate it. has still been the largest market after the tobacco age limit was surprise about this outcome is that Insert marijuana. Although illegal for pot in the U.S. according to the bumped up, and I predict other it didn’t happen sooner. for recreational use since 1913 after New York Times. This is probably venues in California will suffer the Tobacco was the only recreational the Poison Act, it has been put because all the hardcore smokers same fate. option by California legislation on a pedestal by California pop and pot lovers in California have a Marijuana is so common in for several generations. The baby culture. It has its own genre in the card, and it is common knowledge California that kids were seized boomers experienced cigarette entertainment industry. Movies, that an exponential number of them for selling it on campus when LUKE JOHNSON smoking to be as common as TV shows and music have glorifi ed didn’t obtain it by having glaucoma. I was in junior high school. But drinking milk. weed, opposed to none glorifying California is now the only state on the other hand, I grew up in STAFF WRITER They could smoke at work, tobacco. Songs with lyrics that has marijuana and tobacco Antioch, California and have at restaurants, on airplanes, in consisting of “smoke weed every legal for recreational use at the encountered 14-year-old female People in the Golden State love hospitals and basically everywhere day” or similar words are played minimum age of 21. The only pimps. The thought of that would weed, and 2016 has been proof of else. Before high schools were on the radio “everyday” in the Bay difference is marijuana will be probably make an old, white that. In one foul swoop, tobacco tobacco-free zones, teachers Area, even if they are 20 years old. treated similar to alcohol. For conservative faint. and marijuana use entered the same were allowed to smoke in the Effective immediately after example, it can’t be used in public, Some California citizens have playing fi eld in California. hallways while students smoked in the passing of Prop 64, people in nor can people be under a certain already treated marijuana as if it For decades, tobacco could be designated smoking areas. California can legally possess an level of infl uence while operating a were a legal commodity and the purchased by people 18 years of As decades passed, people ounce of weed and up to six plants motor vehicle. people who want to smoke weed age or older. Governor Jerry Brown became more knowledgeable about in their homes. Unfortunately, the Once licensing and taxation is put already smoke it. Try walking one raised the minimum age to 21, the health ramifi cations of tobacco tax money won’t come right away into place, the marijuana market block in San Francisco without which went into effect in June of and California Proposition 99 in because the licensing and taxation is expected to produce hundreds passing a Starbucks or taking a this year. Hawaii is the only other 1988 was the nail in the coffi n for will not begin until January 2018. of millions, possibly billions, of whiff of burning ganja. state with an age limit that high. the industry. This created a tax The only legal way to purchase dollars in California. As the weed In a few decades, California Coincidentally, marijuana increase for tobacco products, with cannabis is with a medical card. business continues to ascend, the might have to change its name to became legal for recreational use a portion benefi ting companies Despite Colorado and Washington tobacco industry will crumble. The Marijuana-fornia. for people 21 and over through aiming to end tobacco use. breaking ground and legalizing hookah lounge in my hometown Follow Luke on Twitter California Proposition 64, which Therefore, money spent on tobacco recreational use in 2012, California shut down less than six months @scoop_johnson

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Do not get me wrong, I am all for If we don’t do these things, women men being chivalrous towards women. often get mad and say we don’t treat If a man opens the door for me, I will them well enough. be polite and say thank you. I am not However, when we do these things,

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TAYLOR JONES to put it lightly. FRANCISCO FRANCO came across were conflicting messages STAFF WRITER STAFF WRITER and I ended up more confused. In a Bustle article titled “Can You Be A Feminist and Still Expect Guys To Pay?” Being an independent woman in ThereTh is a line I am truly and sincerely sorry, miss.

“ writer Maria Yagoda stated, “I am a today’s world is viewed more positively In no way did I mean to offend you by feminist. I strongly believe in the social, than it was 10 years ago. Women today between being a offering you my seat on the bus last week. political, legal, and economic equality are praised for doing their own thing, I understand that you are just as nice, chivalrous of men and women. Yet, on a fi rst date, I making their own money and all around capable as I am of standing th roughout

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I used to feel nice acts that literally anyone could do. courteous to women, to protect women confl icting that if a boy did not like me or look my Some examples of this include opening and yes, to provide for women. messages and I way, there was something wrong with the door for someone, saying ‘bless you’ Through this uncomfortable ended up more me or that I was doing something wrong when someone sneezes or engaging in experience, I am starting to believe “ to have them stray away from me. nice small talk. That is what chivalry is; that chivalry and equality cannot confused.ed. By surrounding myself with confi dent, both men and women should know what coexist because they directly conflict independent female friends, I came that is. with each other. to realize that I do not need a man’s As I refl ect, I question, how would I On the other hand, you have some Then another article on Elite Daily titled approval to be okay with myself. I do have reacted if the scenario were fl ipped men who overstep their boundaries with “Chivalry Isn’t Dead: Why Feminists Still not need a man telling me that what I to where you offered me the seat? women and act straight up creepy. They Want A Gentleman” by Sarah MacKenzie am doing with my life is okay by his Honestly speaking, I’d feel a little probably think that asking a woman seemed to bring me clarity. standards. If I am happy with my life, degraded. I can see my thought process multiple times to dance with him is a Through her writing, I can tell that she is who is to say that I should not be, and playing out already. “Is she serious right chivalrous act, when in real life it is very a diehard feminist and she states that it is try to dictate what I do? now? Does she not think I can last this awkward and unappealing. okay for her to value and appreciate a true I am all for being an independent whole ride on my feet? I know I’m on If a man comes up to me and asks me gentleman. So that means it’s fi ne for men woman. Every woman is strong and the skinny side right now, but no need multiple times to dance with him or go to be chivalrous? beautiful in their own way. Showing to attack my self-esteem.” somewhere else with him, I am going to Not quite, because then there are articles that confi dence is not a sin either. If Those thoughts would have continued get annoyed and walk away. Most women such as the one on Everyday Feminism you love yourself, go ahead and show it. escalating up until I realized that I’ve tell these men to back off after the fi rst few titled “Chivalry Must Die: On Women’s Let it be known to others that you are yet to answer her. “No thank you,” I times. It is up to the man to swallow his Expectations and Men’s Obligations” by so confi dent in yourself, that you do not would say. pride and leave the woman alone. 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ABORTION Since the TRAP laws were passed and for facilities to meet state standards. This is where the situation becomes sticky in August, several abortion facilities Now with the new burial laws, it appears as religious, moral and philosophical views

Continued from page 1 have closed down because it’s nearly the state of Texas is not only disregarding leave people to determine for themselves impossible to keep up with the new facility the health of women, but using it as a the signifi cance of a fetus incapable of (ACLU), TRAP laws “single out abortion requirements. Several women are being political statement. independently surviving. providers for medically unnecessary, denied access to safe and legal abortion, According to The Huffi ngton Post, the Either way you look at it, the health politically motivated state regulations.” according to the ACLU. executive director of Texas abortion rights department in the state of Texas is framing Ironically, requiring aborted fetuses to be group NARAL Pro-Choice Heather Busby women who choose to have an abortion as buried or cremated provides absolutely no criticized the Department of State Health shameful and stigmatizing. medical benefi t. It’s unnecessary. TexasTex is framing Services in a letter saying “the state agency This is erroneous considering they are According to The New York Times, “ has once again ignored the concerns of exercising a constitutional right. The state President of the Center for Reproductive women who the medical community and thousands of of Texas has no health or safety reasons to Rights Nancy Northup says the new burial Texans by playing politics with people’s back their new abortion law and are rather law is counterintuitive to the TRAP laws choose to have private health care decisions.” trying to harass and burden women who passed earlier this year. an abortion as Those who argue to defend the passing decide to terminate their pregnancy. “Just fi ve months ago the U.S. Supreme “ of the new burial laws say that a fetus is an Under new President-Elect Donald Court struck down two Texas sham laws shameful and innocent being who deserve to be respected Trump, expect to see more state-imposed and declared that medically unnecessary stigmatizing.ng. as the deceased. laws to continue the anti-abortion restrictions on abortion access are According to the Chicago Tribune, Texas’ movement and for women to continue to unconstitutional,” Northup said. “Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott defends face absurd restrictions eroding their right politicians have now responded with one of the new burial laws and “believes human to safe and legal abortion. the most blatantly pointless and insulting They have made it exceedingly diffi cult and fetal remains should not be treated like Follow Benjamin on Twitter restrictions yet.” for doctors to keep their abortion facilities medical waste.” @benjaminsiepak

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San Jose State University’s Dragon Club team paddles in syncronosity and takes the lead as it races its rival team at the CDBA College Cup. BRYAN CAO | CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

BY TAYLOR JONES of the dragon boat team. and raced out with their from,” said Shia. “I am the water and do a warm- team water sports. STAFF WRITER “Me and a group of my boats to try and save him. hoping that they can use up paddle and fi nish with With a balance of friends decided to make The story goes on to tell the experiences they either technique, skill or teamwork and speed, San Jose State’s Dragon our own team and last year that the fi shermen beat their have made from dragon endurance work.” dragon boating is perfect for Boat Club is not the typical the two teams merged to drums while they paddled boating and use them in The team also competes anyone looking to pick up a sports team students are create the San Jose Dragon out and threw lotus-wrapped the outside world.” in dragon boat races against new sport. used to seeing. Boat Club.” rice dumplings into the river Just like any other sport different schools across the “I hope that newer people Football, basketball and According to California’s so that fi sh would not eat team, the Dragon Boat Bay Area. get a feel for the sport and soccer are what San Jose Dragon Boat Association, Yuan’s body. Since then, Club’s team goes through In San Jose and San what it is about,” said team State is known for. The the sport of dragon boating the re-enactment of this extensive training and Francisco alone, there are captain and management three are arguably the consists of 20 paddlers, a story has been presented practices to make sure it multiple groups dedicated information systems most popular sports in the drummer and a steersperson throughout Asia and is in top shape once the to the art of dragon- boating business senior Bryan Cao. country, if not the world. working together to cross other countries including season begins. and an annual dragon “It is not a well known sport Those are just the every- the fi nish line before the Australia, Europe, Canada “So fi rst thing we do is boat festival held in San out there and I hope that day sports, however. other dragon boat does. and the United States. stretch out and do a couple Francisco every year. people will enjoy it once The Dragon Boat Club The sport began San Jose’s Dragon Boat of quick on-land workouts With a surge of interest they get into it.” competes in a unique sport over 2,000 years ago club wants to honor the to get the blood fl owing,” from various countries that intertwines culture and in southern China. Its cultural background of said head coach and around the world, dragon sportsmanship at SJSU. background tells the story dragon boat racing while hospitality senior Austin boating is becoming one Follow Taylor on Twitter Studio-practice senior of Qu Yuan, who was the also presenting SJSU with a Tom. “Then we will get into of the fastest growing @tayj95_jones Alan Shia originally started advisor to the emperor. different sport. the club in 2012 when he Legend has it that Yuan “Not only is this a WOMEN’S BASKETBALL was a freshman at SJSU. jumped into the Mei physical sport where “There was already a Lo (Mi Luo) river in an people try to get fi t and dragon boat team when I act of protest against have a family bond, but it Spartans come back too little, started college,” said Shia, the government. Local is also a sport that people who is the current president fi shermen saw this happen can gain experiences too late in San Francisco

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