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BY RIGOBERTO GOMES hard work of young individuals who be- & JUSTIN SAN DIEGO Daily come global citizens and take action on lo- @AskRigo Video cal and global issues. @IncredibleJSD Th e event was founded by brothers and activists Craig and Marc Kielburger. More than 16,000 students and teach- Th e event is connected with a program ers packed the SAP Center yesterday to for the youth, known as We Act. view motivational speeches and music “We Act is an educational program that Rigoberto Gomes | Spartan Daily performances in celebration of We Day empowers young people to become active Mustafa the Poet shares his poetry with an array of lights behind him on We California. SEE EMPOWER ON PAGE 3 Day at the SAP Center in San Jose on Wednesday night. We Day is an event that recognizes the

First-generation Spacecraft Throughout the Ages students awarded scholarships, prizes

Vostok 1 BY ADRIAN MONROY st -1 Human in space Dragon @iammanr0y st -1 Lanch: 1961 -Currently used to -Flight time: 108 min. Scholarships and raffl e Soyuz resupply ISS You’reYou’re pprobablyprr -Crew Size: 1 nd -1st Launch: 1967 -2 version, Dragon prizes were awarded at the Apollo 11 -Newer iteration used MK2 to begin use in fi rst ever First-Generation going to fail as -1st Moon Landing in modern times near future Scholarship Luncheon on -1st Launch: 1969 Wednesday in the Student much as you -Flight time: 8 days Union Ballroom. - Crew size: 3 Th e event was hosted by succeed GENERATE, a program at San Jose State University that “ helps fi rst-generation college students. Jose Lopez, Speeches, free food, a Keynote speaker and fi lm and resource fair tables an alumnusnnusus of San JoJosJoses were also part of the event. Amanda Aldama, the State UniversityUniversity program coordinator, was Skylab one of the hosts of the event -First American Space Station and said the purpose of the -Launched in 1973 luncheon was to support Aff airs Renee Barnett Terry. -Manned for 171 days fi rst-generation college stu- “You are put in this world -2746 revolutions around earth dents by helping them con- with wings, so why crawl in nect with various resources this life?” Terry said, quoting on campus. Rumi, the” 13th century Per- “So many fi rst-generation sian poet, during her talk. students go through their Th is luncheon is planned experience feeling like they to take place every year. are alone or disconnected,” “I think that this is a Aldama said. “So the pur- great start and a beginning pose of today is to really be of what I hope will become like, ‘No you’re not alone.’ a tradition on the campus in Th ere are so many of us that which we bring together not are going through the same only the students, but also journey with you and here to our faculty, staff , commu- support you and really help nity to help support these everyone have a successful students in their success,” International Space Station (ISS) college experience.” Terry said. - In orbit since Nov 1, 2000 Aldama said more than A performance by the - Has been visited by 215 individuals half of the incoming fresh- Groupo Folklorico Luna y - Serves as orbiting laboratory and space man and transfer students Sol de San Jose State came port for international astronauts are fi rst-generation college aft er Terry’s speech. students. Th e keynote speaker for Some students signed up this luncheon was Jose Lo- for this luncheon in advance pez, an alumnus of SJSU. and in order to get food, stu- “You’re probably going dents were given a sheet that to fail as much as you suc- had to be signed by fi ve peo- ceed,” Lopez said. ple who were in charge of the A short fi lm was shown at resource fair tables. the event before the scholar- If students visited all 24 ship presentation. tables, they had a chance to Five students were award- win a prize. ed a scholarship. Some of the departments One of the winners was that set up tables, were an- Rigoberto Garcia, a graduate thropology, fi nancial aid, ac- student in the Mexican-Amer- ademic advising, several key ican Studies program. resources and diff erent col- Garcia described his feel- leges on campus. ings when he was called up Th e event started off with to the stage. Smaller objects shown for scale a welcome from Aldama and “It’s always nice to be Evelyn Ramos, another host recognized for the struggles of this event. Ramos works at that you had in life,” Garcia the Career Center. said. Hyon Chu Yi-Baker, di- Donations for the rector of the Mosaic Cross First-Generation Scholar- Cultural Center, was anoth- ship Fund are always being er host. accepted. INFOGRAPHIC BY JEREMY CUMMINGS Information compiled from: braeunig.us, airandspace.si.edu, astronautix.com, history.nasa.gov, spacex.com Th is was followed by a Adrian Monroy is a welcome from the Interim Spartan Daily staff writer. SEE FULL COVERAGE ON AEROSPACE STUDENTS AT SPARTANDAILY.COM Vice President for Student 2 TECH Th ursday, February 26, 2015 Robotics team reaches midpoint in NASA rover competition

BY ABRAHAM RODRIGUEZ down because of those last sions, relegating existing @Abe_Rodriguezzz couple of parts,” Estell said. designs back to the draw- “Once we have those we are ing board. Th e task was clear: build pretty much ready to go.” “For the mechanical a fully functioning rover to Estell is the club’s pres- team, all the deadlines compete at NASA. ident and project lead. He are mainly having things But months aft er design doubles as the Soft ware constructed already,” Mati and testing, the Robotics and Computer Engineering said. Club at San Jose State still Society’s president, which Th e entire manufac- has major hurdles to over- currently houses the Robot- turing, designing and en- come. ics Club aft er having lost its gineering process is done Sponsored by NASA club room early last year. in-house by students with and the National Institute SJSU’s rover, called Lab- guidance provided by ad- of Aerospace, the “Revolu- rador 1, is a six-wheeled visors. tionary Aerospace Systems remote-controlled vehicle Mati said certain shop Concepts Academic Link- equipped with a manipu- rooms are only open for a age” Robo-Ops competition lator arm called a “univer- certain amount of time, so pits eight universities from sal gripper.” Th e gripper is getting work done when Abraham Rodriguez | Spartan Daily across the U.S. to compete at attached to the end of the the project members are Mechanical engineer Giann Peñalba drills holes into Labrador 1’s leg John Space Center in Texas. rover’s arm and sucks up available rarely happens. assembly. Labrador 1 is SJSU Robotics Club’s all terrain rover. Each rover will have to nav- samples using a vacuum. “Th e biggest thing that igate a simulated Martian Samples are then ab- needs to be done is actu- landscape, collect samples sorbed and cushioned by ally fi nishing the physical and complete the course in a balloon-like membrane rover and having it built,” Read more Tech articles online under an hour. that forms a soft mold Mati said. Engineering heavy around the sample. Th e arm is designed at SpartanDaily.com weights like MIT, Virginia Th e arm then moves the using 3-D soft ware, taken This week: Tech and the University of sample over a release bas- to a computer lab where Maryland are competing ket, infl ating the membrane the blueprints are sent to a in the contest. CSU Long and releasing it into the bas- printer where it prints the Lick Observatory recieves $1 Th e Nymi Band turns users’ Beach was also admitted ket. object using plastic-like million donation from Google heart rate into a password into the competition along- Labrador 1 is controlled material. side SJSU, bringing two remotely. While the rover Following a 15-hour public universities from will have to be transported build time, mechanical IT Services upgrades Wi-Fi RefMe app takes page citing California into the fray. to the space center in Hous- engineer and arm design on Campus to a whole new level Before they can get to ton, the team at SJSU will lead Andy Bru was disap- Houston, the SJSU team control the rover via mobile pointed to fi nd the motor still needs to have a func- Internet connection. Th e controllers on the arm did tioning rover. control apparatus uses web- not clear the predesigned Open Data Day Hack San Jose brings Highlighted in the based applications with a casings. mid-project report to joystick. “We’re actually sur- hackathons for civic improvement NASA, project lead Khalil Rocely Mati, the club’s prised we were this far Estell talked about the dif- treasurer and mechanical off ,” Bru said. BY STACY TORRES position for San Jose to be up with ideas to improve fi culties in getting the rov- project lead, said the biggest Th e club was awarded a @Stacy_Towers able to focus on doing some the Digital Collections da- er built. Most of the rover’s challenge for the mechan- $10,000 grant from NASA of the same stuff to help get tabase. electrical components have ical engineers working in to build the rover. Technology and com- some of the same benefi ts Division manager for been designed and are ready the rover project is meeting Th e competition is set munity collaboration came that we see in San Francisco technology and innovation to be installed. But the lack the deadline. to take place at Johnson together to celebrate Inter- from having this open data for the San Jose Public Li- of facilities and technicians Setbacks occur when Space Center on June 2. national Open Data Day at be accessible,” Spade said. brary Jon Worona said that to machine parts are hurt- parts like motors and ser- Th e event will be the Dr. Martin Luther King While some attendees although the Digital Collec- ing their progress. vomechanisms, electronic streamed live by the club. Jr. Library on Saturday. worked on general VTA tions has an abundance of “Us welding things down devices that allow parts to Abraham Rodriguez Open Data Hack San issues, others started on material relating to the his- and getting the adapters, move, arrive late or do not is the Spartan Daily Tech Jose was one of the many the crowdsourced Mobility tory of San Jose, many users that waterfl ow is being held have the correct dimen- Editor. civic hackathons held Map which focused on the have diffi culties accessing across the U.S. as part of mobility needs of Silicon the database or don’t know Code for America’s annual Valley residents and com- where to fi nd it. CodeAcross event. muters. “But we would like that Organized by Code for According to the Valley database, that information, San Jose, the San Jose Public Transportation Authori- all the digital images of his- Library and the Santa Clara ty administrator of digi- torical archives to be more Valley Transportation Au- tal communications Cody engaging, more fun to ac- thority, Open Data Hack Kraatz, the Mobility Map cess,” Worona said. San Jose welcomed anyone highlights places where Th is is not the fi rst time and everyone regardless of transportation could be im- the King Library has tried their skills. proved and support areas to improve its database. According to Yan Yin where it is actually working. Last October, Ebay reached Choy, a policy member at “Th at’s something we’re out to the library during the Code for San Jose, a lot of interested in to help us Opportunity Hack event to projects only required sim- guide our transportation,” assist with the issue, Woro- ple web browsing knowl- Kraatz said. na said. edge. Another group within Ebay soft ware engineer “Code for San Jose and the VTA crowd worked on a Vinay Nagar attended the CodeAcross really wel- smartphone app that would hackathon and explained comes people of all back- alert riders in real time of what kind of work took grounds to contribute and bus arrivals. place. just have a real passion for SJSU soft ware engineer According to Nagar, an making open data more ac- graduate student Vaibhav application program inter- cessible to the public,” Choy Tupe said the app would face (API) is a way in which said. eliminate the stress many data is accessed through Participants ranged busy students have when service calls. from San Jose State students constantly checking bus “We worked on a project to local community mem- stops. with the San Jose Public Li- bers encouraged to work “Th e application would brary where we developed a on diff erent projects that be helping commuters to set of APIs to expose their sparked their interest. get alert notifi cations about data so the idea was any- A group led by Code for their buses which they body could use these APIs San Jose co-captain Mi- regularly use to go some- and express data in innova- chelle Th ong created an where,” Tupe said. tive ways,” Nagar said. Open Data Census for San Th e hackathon also had Instead of directly ac- Jose. a group concentrated on cessing databases, APIs “We are looking at what launching a LocalWiki page have a service end point in types of data our local gov- for San Jose. which a request is made, ernment agencies in San Participants were en- the server fi gures out what Jose make available on couraged to add anything needs to be sent back, picks things like transit, zoning, from their favorite restau- up the data and sends it restaurant inspections and rants to the history of stat- back. comparing that with other ues or buildings in San Jose. “I am actually walking cities in the U.S.,” Th ong LocalWiki group leader through and building doc- said. Betsy Megas said that al- umentation so that in the Out of the 92 U.S. cities though San Jose had some spirit of Open Data Day we in the census, San Francisco LocalWiki pages set up, have the ability for anyone currently holds the second they were lacking informa- to take his source code, in- position as one of the best tion. stall that into their machine cities with public access to “I think San Jose needs or a server and be able to open data. a LocalWiki because there’s start playing with it,” Spade Technical evangelist for so much going on here and said. the Technology and Civic a lot of it is hidden,” Megas With help from Spade, Engagement Team at Mic- said. participants were able to ac- rosoft , Kenny Spade would Another area the hack- cess these APIs at the event like San Jose to also have athona worked on was the and work out solutions to its own chief data offi cer to King Library, and more make the King Library Dig- promote and make city data specifi cally the California ital Collections page more accessible. Room. user-friendly. “Th ey’re actually look- Th e King Library chal- Stacy Torres is a Spartan ing at creating an open data lenged participants to come Daily staff writer. Th ursday, February 26, 2015 NEWS 3 Lecture discusses women in fi lm FROM FRONT PAGE BY RAECHEL PRICE Th e fi lms she discussed in In the fi lm, long shots of EMPOWER: Event fosters @rae_thecyborg her lectures are not feminist Emma running through the fi lms, but instead mainstream building were atypical of fi lm- global youth community Students learned about the fi lms that perpetuate the prob- making style at the time. connection between women lematic patriarchal norms and McKee contrasted the shot local, national and global citi- about being the first female space and historical narratives in limit ideas about women that to a similar scene in “Letter zens,” according to the press re- shuttle commander. fi lms at Alison McKee’s lecture were popular opinions in the from an Unknown Woman,” lease. “Courage,” “dream” and at the Dr. Martin Luther King 1940s. which is a tracking shot mean- As of 2014, 660 Californian “success” were three words that Jr. Library on Wednesday. “Th ese fi lms impacted gen- ing the camera moves with ac- schools are active in We Act. pushed Collins to feel empow- Elisabeth Th omas, senior erations of audiences,” McKee tress Joan Fontaine as she runs There are 14 We Day dates ered and ultimately win an acad- assistant librarian at King Li- said. Th e fi lms portrayed wom- through a busy train station. around the world this year. This emy award. brary, said the lecture is part of en as “objectifi ed others of a per- “It’s less active than Lady year is the first time We Day has Female pop group G.R.L. the University Scholar Series, ceived male gaze.” Hamilton,” McKee said. been held in San Jose. spoke on losing group member a series of lectures designed to McKee said even at the time, McKee said the power of the Each person had to earn their Simone Battle to mental illness highlight faculty achievements the term women’s fi lm was used image and the way she animates seat by volunteering for charities. and suicide. Members of the such as research or books they as a pejorative term. Women’s the space “is a metaphor for Em- There are 8,000 schools in group shed several tears while have written. fi lms were seen as less than, an ma’s historical signifi cance.” California that have embraced being interviewed by E! News “At fi rst I didn’t know what issue that still persists today. McKee also mentioned the the program according to Kiel- correspondent, and host of the it was going to be about,” said significance of the work of burger. event, Jesse Giddings. Joselin Guerra, junior com- Laura Mulvey. In it’s eight-year history, the The four girls of G.R.L. per- munications major, “but it TheseThese films are According to McKee, Mul- program has achieved social formed a tribute to their lost was interesting.” thought to be about vey “is probably the most change by raising $45 million member with their new single ti- Guerra said she attended the well-known feminist film for cases, volunteering 14.6 mil- tled “Lighthouse,” and closed the event for Sigma Pi Alpha Sorori- women for women, theorist alive today.” lion hours, collecting 5.6 million event with “Ugly Heart.” ty’s campus events requirement. “ Also according to McKee, pounds of food for food banks Colbie Caillat performed two and therefore to be “It’s diff erent from what I Mulvey’s 1975 essay “Visual and logging 8.9 million hours of songs “Never Gonna Let You thought it was going to be,” less of interest to Pleasure and Narrative Cin- silence for people who are denied Down,” and big hit “Try.” Caillat Guerra said. “I learned a lot.” the general public ema” detailed Hollywood’s their rights, according to the performed “Try” from a piano Th e series is designed as an history of objectifying and press release. with the music video playing in “opportunity to share the work than other genresenres disempowering women and Each celebrity guest talked the background. of our faculty,” Feinstein said. “photographed them in a way about a personal struggled they “I’m so excited I get to per- McKee is an associate profes- Alison McKee that underscored what Mul- overcame and their road to suc- form (Try) for these kids because sor in the department of televi- Associate professor vey called their ‘to-be-look- cess. the song is supposed to honestly sion, radio, fi lm and theatre arts in the department of at-ness.’” Actress Marlee Matlin com- just help people feel comfortable at SJSU. Her new book, “Th e ” McKee also spoke about municated in American Sign in their own skin,” said Caillat in Woman’s Film of the 1940s: television, radio, fi lm and the androgynous appeal of Language with a translator by a press conference. Gender, Narrative, and Histo- the theatre arts at SJSU the films. her side about how she adapted Zuriel Oduwole, 12-year-old ry,” addresses the interaction The films appeal to “gay to being deaf. journalist and film maker, said between standard academic his- “Chick fl icks are the natural men of a certain generation,” Actor and burn victim J.R. each rafiki bracelet bought from torical narratives and the back- inheritors of the womans’ fi lms McKee said. Martinez spoke on stage about We Day would give a woman liv- ground role women played in of the 1940s,” McKee said. “Th ese “You haven’t experienced his experiences with being stared ing in nondomestic impoverish- shaping history. fi lms are thought to be about (these fi lms) until you’ve seen at because of his burn marks. ment a chicken, so they would be In her lecture, McKee women for women, and therefore them at the Castro Th eatre in “We all have something to of- able to sell eggs and earn income. highlighted the historical to be of less interest to the general San Francisco,” McKee said. fer,” said Martinez. “You never The event promoted donating significance of women’s films public than other genres.” McKee said Davis chose know that gift that you give to $50 so a goat could be given to a of the 1940s. McKee uses the fi lm as an bold, transgressive roles that someone will make a difference.” family in nondomestic poverty McKee said the term example of the background role challenged certain gender Activist Sheryl Sandberg for the same reason. “women’s fi lms” refers to women play in shaping history. norms for both men and wom- launched a feminist campaign There are currently six up- fi lms such as “Hollywood Emma Hamilton’s friend- en, and those strong roles and called Ban Bossy to promote coming planned We Day events and English fi lms regarding ship with Queen Maria Car- unconventional beauty are what women taking leading roles in in London, Montreal, Ottawa, romance, family, and social olina of Austria is an exam- attracted a certain cult following projects. The campaign got its Seattle and Chicago. and domestic issues cultural- ple of the “backdoor politics” throughout her career. title from women being called Rigoberto Gomes and Justin ly considered to be of impor- that get erased through tradi- Raechel Price is a Spartan bossy for taking leadership. San Diego are Spartan Daily tance to women.” tional historical narratives. Daily staff writer. Lt. Col. Eileen Collins spoke staff writers. OPINION 4 Th ursday, February 26, 2015

BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPECIAL Executive Editor Nicholas Ibarra PHENOMENALLY Managing Editor America needs to end racism Kristen Wirtz FFEMINISTEMINIST Executive Producer Lauren Hernandez scious, personal prejudice.” search Center, millennials are studies on racial stereotypes. A&E Editor Jerica Lowman Th e organization’s website more racially tolerant than their Survey respondents were Keenan Fry also states systemic racism in- elders. asked to rate whites, blacks, His- Tech Editor cludes the policies and practices While this statement might panics and Asians on hard work Abraham Rodriguez entrenched in established insti- seem true to others, I found it and intelligence. Opinion Editor tutions, excluding designated hard to believe, mainly because Piston found whites under 30 Beverly Ukpabi Sports Editor groups. of my experience as a black are just as likely as older ones to Samuel Brannan An example of a system of woman. view whites as more intelligent Photo Editor racism was the Jim Crow laws in While scouring for articles and hard-working than black Samson So the United States. that challenged the “millennials people; 64 percent among the Online Editor According to the U.S. Na- are more accepting” ideology, older group in comparison to 61 Jerica Lowman tional Park Service website, I found Sean McElwee’s New percent for the young group— Multimedia Editor Follow Jerica from the 1880s into the 1960s, a York Magazine article, “Millen- no signifi cant diff erence. Victor Guzman on Twitter majority of American states en- nials Are Less Racially Tolerant American society is racist, Copy Editors @thehellajerica forced segregation through the Th an You Th ink.” but not every single American Brandon Chew laws, most notably in the south. “Th ose who claim that the is racist. Allison Yang “Racist” and “racism” are Th ese laws ordered busi- rise of the millennials will usher Millennials, a generation Production Editors two words I oft en hear being nesses to keep black and white in a new age of racial harmony I am a part of and write a lot Linh Nguyen tossed around in conversations. Patricia Lee customers separate, made inter- are cherry-picking or misread- about, may be the key to a more From my experience, most racial marriages illegal and seg- ing statistics,” McElwee writes. racially accepting America. Staff Writers & people don’t have a grasp on regated black and white children McElwee also explains many Th is would require them to Photographers what the words truly mean. in schools. of these surveys lump millenni- be more aware and have a deep- Adrian Monroy It is discomforting to see Of course, most of us als together, rather than break- er understanding about race and Anastasiya Rakova the continual oppression of who have had an education ing out white millennials’ views racism in America. Andrea Sandoval black people in America. in America know about this on racial issues. As for now, we need to Arno Bryant Since the era of slavery, from history classes. Basically, when it comes continue to call out racism Courtney Kreitner black Americans have had to Th is is why I believe there is down to it, millennials who are when we see it. Cristian Ponce fi ght some form of oppression. a disconnection when it comes white are no more open. McEl- It is also important to un- Damien Percy People of color live their lives to younger generations under- wee points out white people have derstand the deeper meaning Darby Brown-Kuhn with the eff ects of both systemic standing racism. been a group that has always behind racist statements. David Bermudez and individual racism. Destiny Palacios Learning about something been the least tolerant when it I believe that if people of Duy Nguyen According to the Calgary that happened 50 or more years comes to the race of people in all races unite to destroy rac- Estefany Sosa Anti-Racism Education web- ago makes it seem like it has America. ism, future generations can Henry Navarro site, individual racism refers nothing to do with society today. For his interview, McElwee live in a better world. Jeremy Cummings to an individual’s racist as- Racism today is no longer interviewed Spencer Piston, an Jerica Lowman is the Spar- Justin Edrington sumptions, beliefs or behav- blatant and violent as it was assistant professor of political tan Daily online editor. Phe- Justin San Diego iors and is “a form of racial in the past, but it is subtle and science at Syracuse University, nomenally Feminist runs every Jonathan Wold discrimination that stems less obvious. who examined a survey from Thursday. Marquerite Tuufuli from conscious and uncon- According to the Pew Re- the American National Election Marissa Trigos Raechel Price Rain Stites Randy Vazquez Raphael Stroud Raven Swayne Raymond Ibale Eating Disorder Awareness Week Rigoberto Gomes Rosa Jasso Stacy Torres Taylor Atkinson Vanessa Gongora I love myself through thick and thin Production chief Destiny Palacios ever I did eat. I am half Indian and half Th e worst part is I saw my Tim Burke Manager When everybody around Hispanic—many individuals mom cry and that was a wake- Deborah Briese me could see a diff erence and from my Indian side said I up call. News Advisers I felt my jeans fi tting looser, I looked prettier as I lost weight. I am 22 years old now and I Richard Craig couldn’t stop. My Hispanic side said I was too am still recovering. Scott Fosdick I never thought I could be ca- skinny and called me ugly. It’s not an easy path, because Mack Lundstrom pable of having such a habit. I was torn on the inside, yet it is not just a physical state I am Design Adviser I was sinking, drowning, nothing could rip me away from stuck in, it’s a mental state. Tim Mitchell not only in my old oversized my habit until I realized I wasn’t I know I am not the only one. Multi Media clothes, but in this disease. only hurting myself. According to the National Adviser I was tired all the time and Association of Anorexia Ner- Kim Komenich didn’t care for company. vosa and Associated Disorders, Advertising Adviser Follow Destiny Tim Hendrick on Twitter Th e girl who was known for I rememberrem I about 24 million people in the @heydesi laughing out loud, no longer U.S. of all ages and genders AD Director had the energy. would have h one suff er from an eating disorder Timothy Lamascus I remember I would have such as anorexia, bulimia or Creative Director My eating disorder and I had one hand on the sink counter hand on the sink binge-eating disorder. Sergio Camacho a dysfunctional relationship— and the other inside my mouth. An estimated 10–15 percent of Assistant Creative an abusive one. I would stare into the toilet counter and the people with anorexia or bulimia Director It made me jealous of other knowing it was wrong, but I “ are male. Th o Giang girls, and every time I thought it couldn’t stop. other inside my My weight loss encouraged Advertising Staff was over, I let it back in. I did it over and over again. I two of my close male friends to Aleksandra Karichkina I never felt good enough. was addicted. mouth. I would become bulimic. Allison Ghimenti Ashley Bare “I had no idea!” Yeah, that is Where I felt my bones stick- It was my fault and I felt so Brian Houts the fi rst reaction I usually get ing out, I felt perfection. be staring into the guilty. Jessica Jayson when I confess to being a recov- When I felt my stomach I felt helpless as I watched my Kevin Connell ering bulimic. growling and shrinking but toilet knowing it friends and family members go Rebecca Ahrens I can point my fi nger in sev- refused to eat, I felt satisfaction. through an eating disorder. Samantha Mendoza eral directions: my Indian fam- My journals from my high was wrong,g,, but I So not only have I gone Tuan Nguyen ily members who prefer skinny school sophomore year were through it, but I have been on Wilfred Caidoy fi gures, and of course the me- covered with random numbers couldn’t stopstop the other side as well, and it is Yu-Hsi Liu dia, but it does not matter what from counting calories. frustrating. drove me to start doing it. I ate 700 calories or less in a Do not let an eating disorder Letters to In the end no one but me day, when according to my BMI I was in the car and my defi ne who you are, because I the Editor could stop it. I should’ve been consuming at mother would not tell me where lost my entire being. I was 16 years old and I hated least 1,300. we were going—we ended up at I had to fi nd myself all over Letters to the Editor may be placed my thighs. I hated how I felt like I would also run about 5 an intervention among parents again, and at times I’d revisit in the letters to the editor box in the I had to suck in my stomach all miles almost everyday. who have children suff ering that dark place. Spartan Daily offi ce in Dwight Ben- the time, and most of all I hated My eating disorder was from an eating disorder. But once you walk away, it tel Hall, Room 209, sent by fax to how I did not look like the skin- consuming me, telling me to I was the only person with gets easier. (408) 924- 3282, emailed to ny girls that everybody adores. consume nothing. an eating disorder present and I I promise. [email protected] or written I stopped eating as much It was worse when people had a parent in tears asking me Destiny Palacios is a Spartan to the Spartan Daily Opinion and I began throwing up what- complimented me. “Why I do it?” Daily staff writer. Editor, 1 Washington Square, San Jose, CA 95192-0149. 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BY CRISTIAN PONCE cause their families rely job offer from Palo Alto Malcolm X once said "Education is the “Our goal is training young men for @Heel_Ponce on the children’s addi- after the incident even passport to the future, for tomorrow be- leadership and achievement in every fi eld tional income. though his family have longs to those who prepare for it today." of human endeavor,” Harris said. “What “McFarland, USA,” White begins to warm grown fond of living in Th e Delta Rho chapter of Kappa Alpha we do is try to inspire young college men Disney’s newest sports up to his runners and his McFarland. Psi at San Jose State is living the words of to be the very best they can be, and when movie, is a sentimental new home after connect- This issue leads to the Malcolm X. they graduate from college motivate film that does nothing ing with the Diaz broth- finale with McFarland Th e African-American fraternity them to excel.” extraordinary, but deliv- ers who are on the team. winning the state cham- held a panel of nine Th e panel also talk- ers on making itself en- White also consoles pionship. After realizing speakers Wednes- Our ggoal is training ed about the camara- joyable. Valles on a bridge after the closeness of the team day night in the derie of Greek life and The movie, based on being beat by his father. and the family, White Student Union youyoung men for the important connec- a true story, revolves The conversation in- decides to stay. theater which rep- tions made between around coach and physi- spires Valles to keep run- There were cliches in resented the major leadership and past, present and fu- cal education teacher Jim ning for the team. the movie which made African-American ture fraternity and so- White, played by Kevin White’s family also things predictable, such fraternities and so- “achievement in every rority members. Costner. White winds up warms up to McFarland as the suspense of wheth- rorities across the Panel member in McFarland, California and its citizens after en- er or not White would country. fi eld of human endeavorddeavoreavor Teresa Williams ex- as a last resort after be- counters with the gener- stay in McFarland, when Junior computer plained how she puts ing fired from his previ- ous locals. For instance, you knew he would. engineering major Robert Harris those with a Greek life ous schools. White’s wife Cheryl There were also a few Chastin Gammage, background at the top When White moves becomes friends with a stereotypical characters a member of the fra- Kappa Alpha Psi alumnus of the list when con- his family to their new manicurist. like the abusive father ternity, invited the sidering new employ- home in a Hispanic The team’s first race of Valles and the school speakers to SJSU to ”ees for her State Farm farming community, he at the Palo Alto Invi- board staff member who talk about the importance of Greek life insurance business. immediately feels out of tational ends with dis- preached helping the and the role it plays in the campus com- SJSU currently has eight of the nine place considering he and appointment, but they kids in the town. munity. major African-American Greek organi- his family are “Blanco,” find success in White’s Regardless, these are “We decided we needed to discuss zations on campus. which translates to white training methods and minor nuances that don’t the things going on in our community,” Fraternities like Kappa Alpha Psi, who in Spanish. begin to excel, rising as detract from the overall Gammage said. “Instead of being online have six members, strive to make an im- He soon discovers underdogs to qualify for feel of the movie. and posting about how black lives matter, pact on the campus and the greater com- select kids in his school the first ever California It really exemplified we decided to create a program that acts munity of San Jose by organizing events are relatively fast while high school cross-coun- what it means to be part on that idea so that we can discuss them, such as Wednesday nights panel. teaching his PE class try state championship. of a team sport with the learn from them and move forward.” Iota Phi Th eta alumnus and panel and decides to start up The story up until working together to land Th e alumni addressed the importance member Zeke Staples currently works at a cross-country team for the third act is solid. points, especially in the of communication throughout the Afri- SJSU as a nonresident admissions coun- the school. The storytelling does its final race scene. can-American college community, while selor and recruiter. White forms the team job by making viewers You really feel for underscoring the need to increase the Staples travels out-of-state and talks from seven students, in- feel sympathetic toward White—his character is retention rates of black college students. to students about admissions to SJSU and cluding Thomas Valles, White and the runners. just so likeable, as well as According to Th e Journal of Blacks all the opportunities of Greek life. played by Carlos Pratts, The third act, howev- the runners on the team. In Higher Education, 39.7 percent of “My goal is to propitiate scholarship, who becomes the coun- er, felt a little forced. It Disney knows how to African-Americans at public colleges leadership, brotherhood, fi delity and cit- terpoint of the film. involved White’s daugh- make sports movies and and universities earned their bachelor’s izenship,” Staples said. “To be successful Kids who attended ter witnessing a stabbing this film is an example of degrees within six years from the same you have to get involved. I have rarely McFarland High School, after her quinceañera, that. institution at which they enrolled, com- seen a young black man that got involved including all of the run- which brought togeth- If you are looking for pared to 60.2 percent from their Cauca- and didn’t graduate.” ners on the cross-coun- er his family with new an inspirational feel- sian counterparts. To learn more about African-Ameri- try team, work in the found friends in McFar- good movie to watch, Th e panel stressed the need for stu- can Greek life visit nphchq.org. fields picking vegetables. land. this is a great choice. dents to reach out to each other and help Justin Edrington is a Spartan Daily This challenges White This leaves White in a Cristian Ponce is one another stay on track and prioritize staff writer. to understand the strug- dilemma about whether a Spartan Daily staff school work. gles of his students be- or not he should take a writer. Classifieds Sudoku Puzzle Crossword Puzzle How To

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She said the women’s swimming think putting extra em- she hopes to improve her and diving championships phasis on small details like time as she nears her se- held Feb. 18-21 at the Palo that really goes a long way, nior year. Alto College Natatorium especially because I’m a “I would love to make in San Antonio, Texas. distance swimmer.” and see two ‘A’s,’” Spitser “Both have great work McCormick also said. “That’s one thing ethics and they’re both earned All-Mountain I was hoping to do this very well balanced peo- West honors, finishing year and I have the ‘B’ ple,” Head Coach Sage fourth with a school re- times, which means may- Hopkins said. “Th ey do a cord in the 100-yard be, but next year I really very good job of getting backstroke and placing hope to get an invite; that things done academically, fifth in the 200 individ- would be the best way to getting their athletic re- ual medley, according to end my senior year.” sponsibilities getting tak- SJSU Athletics. Hopkins, who is in en care of and enjoying She recorded quali- his 10th season with the student life as well.” fying swims in the 100 Spartans, said the team McCormick was backstroke with a time is working to consistent- named “freshman of the of 54.42, and 200 back- ly improve and move up year” by conference coach- stroke and 200-yard indi- within conference rank- Jack Dempsey | NCAA Photos es for her Mountain West vidual medley coming in ings as they approach its Spartan freshman swimmer Morgan McCormick poses with her trophy after and SJSU record-setting at 2:00:41 in the NCAA third year in the Moun- taking fi rst place in the 200-yard backstroke in the Mountain West Champi- achievement in the 200- Championship “B” cut. tain West. onship on Saturday at Palo Alto College in San Antonio, Texas. yard backstroke with a Swimmers who re- “I’m very proud of time of 1:54:13. cord an “A” cut are au- them and very proud of “It feels awesome,” tomatically qualified for the entire team,” Hopkins McCormick said. “I’m so NCAA events, and “B” said. “It’s a great group— Freshman brings home excited. I’m just humbled cut swimmers are invit- we have 31 on the team. and honored.” ed and can participate in Th ey’re tremendous stu- Spitser is a school re- optional events. dents, tremendous ath- trophy for young program cord holder in the 200, “Th e national cham- letes, tremendous people.” 500, 1,000 and 1,650 pionships for college are Taylor Atkinson is freestyle events. She is in about three weeks and a Spartan Daily staff To her mother’s surprise, Wilson won also the first Spartan to Morgan has a very good writer. the race and saw her daughter’s talent. Wilson’s mother has encouraged her to continue running to this day. “It turned from a hobby with my mom aft er school to a thing that I did and ever since then I’ve been running,” Wilson said. In high school, Wilson won the Flor- ida State Championship twice and she plans on continuing her victories at SJSU. Wilson is competing in the Mountain West Indoor Championships this upcom- ing weekend competing in the 60-meter dash, 200-meter dash and the 4x4 relay and hopes to bring home the trophy. Kelly Watson, SJSU assistant coach for the women’s track team, said Caitlin would be a great asset to the team the minute she spoke to her and knew she would develop into a good collegiate ath- Terrell Lloyd | SJSU Athletics lete. “When I first called Caitlin as a re- BY VANESSA GONGORA cruit, 10 minutes on the phone with @_princessness_ her I was like, ‘I have to have this girl,’” Watson said. “She is amazing. She has so Th e Run for the Dream Meet last Mon- much energy, she’s positive and honest.” day in Fresno, Calif. was quite the dream Caitlin is determined to learn every- for freshman track star Caitlin Wilson. thing she can to improve as an athlete. Wilson won first place in the 55-me- “Everyday in practice, Caitlin is a joy ter dash by .01 seconds to Shakira Lewis to work with. She always wants feedback of Fresno State. on how she can get better, what she did Wilson became the fi rst San Jose State wrong, what she did right,” Watson said. University women’s “She’s like a sponge track and fi eld athlete to ItIt tturnedu from and wants to learn as win a track race in the much as she can.” program’s brief history. ahoba hobby with my Wilson has her eyes Wilson was happy set on whom she wants with her record but mom after school to beat in the upcoming did not let her pride to a thing that I outdoor season. take control. “ “Th ere’s this girl from “Honestly, when- did and ever since Boise, Idaho. I want to ever I have accom- get her and I’m going to plishments I like to then I’ve bbeeneen get her probably outdoor keep a small mind and season. She’s the one that a small head about it,” runningg I want this year. She’s the Wilson said. “I swal- best in the conference,” lowed it, took it in and Wilson said. celebrated with my Caitlin Wilson Wilson is a freshman mom and kind of for- Freshman Sprinter and has high expecta- got about it so I could ”tions for herself for this stay focused.” outdoor season. Teammate Makayla Webb looks up to “I want to win conference or at least Wilson’s work ethic. be top fi ve in the conference for all of my “I’m so proud of Caitlin. She definite- events,” Wilson said. ly strives for the best in everything. It’s Watson believes that track will always be fun competing and training with her,” a part of Wilson, even aft er college. Webb said. “She goes hard at practice, “I can actually see Caitlin coaching in which makes me want to go hard. She’s the future just with how much she absorbs a good role model.” about our sport. She really does love this Wilson’s motivation came from her sport,” Watson said. mother when she was 6 years old. Her Vanessa Gongora is a Spartan Daily mom signed up to run the 5K and signed staff writer. Wilson up to run a mile.