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What began as a late-night phone Students who may need call and “an idea,” turned into a support during the partnership between two unlikely organizations – Airbnb and local upcoming winter recess housing nonprofit, the Bill Wilson when the campus is Center. “The mayor reached out to us in closed, will fi nd the July, called me one night and said, ‘I funds earmarked for have an idea’ and I know this mayor, when he has an idea, you just say this initiative to be a yes,” Chris Lehane, vice president of welcome and global policy and communications at Airbnb, said. timely gift. KELSEY VALLE | SPARTAN DAILY San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo Patrick Day San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo expresses his appreciation toward CommUniverCity and its announced on Wednesday that SJSU vice president participants at the 15th anniversary celebration in the Student Union ballroom Wednesday afternoon. the two Silicon Valley entities are of student aff airs planning to house an unspecified number of local college students over as a “step in the right direction” for CommUniverCity’s 15th winter break. future housing initiatives. A $250,000 state grant acquired by “Students who may need support the Bill Wilson Center will fund the during the upcoming winter recess pilot program while the city searches when the campus is closed, will find celebrates partnership for additional funding to keep the the funds earmarked for this initiative winter program going even after to be a welcome and timely gift,” spring rolls around. Day said. “I will certainly be cajoling other The project was months in the By Diana Avila drinks, tacos, and some American this event. partners, the county, the university works, with both Liccardo and Day STAFF WRITER deserts. “I think this is a time for and others to go in with [the city],” speaking to the Student Homeless “We decided to give it that CommUniverCity coming of age Liccardo said. “We think that there Alliance over the summer. CommUniverCity celebrated its theme, a quinceañera, because of as well,” Rodriguez said. are funding sources out there and “We had conversations with Airbnb quinceañera Wednesday afternoon the ties that we have built with The CommUniverCity certainly you’ve heard about major about various sets of partnerships to with all of the bells and whistles. the neighborhoods that we serve,” quinceañera guest list included commitments from other tech address our housing crisis,” Liccardo The Student Union ballroom CommUniverCity community San Jose City Council members companies.” told the Daily Wednesday. was transformed into the venue director Imelda Rodriguez. including Mayor Sam Liccardo, Patrick Day, San Jose State vice Without naming the potential of a traditional coming-of age Rodriguez said that connection and District 10 council member president of student affairs, also partner, Liccardo hinted at a quinceañera. CommUniverCity between the Latino community Johnny Khamis, who is also an threw his support behind the pilot welcomed its guests with live and CommUniverCity was the program. He described the program HOUSING | Page 2 mariachis, traditional Mexican organizers biggest inspiration for QUINCEAÑERA | Page 2 Papazian: Student-athletes are students fi rst, with a top priority of education

By Brendan Cross WATCH THE STAFF WRITER TOWN HALL ON YOUTUBE: Following the Fair Pay to Play THE SPEAR Act being passed into California law Sept. 30, San Jose State Against the legislation at first, President Mary Papazian spoke the NCAA has since flipped its on the matter for the first time stance according to an Oct. 29 Wednesday. news release. “We have a strong belief in “In the Association’s the amateur status for student- continuing efforts to support athletes: that they are students college athletes, the NCAA’s first. Their number one job is top governing board voted to be students and to achieve an unanimously to permit students

BLUE NGUYEN | SPARTAN DAILY education and achieve a degree participating in athletics the Martha’s Kitchen volunteer Susie Hazelman prepares dinner trays for Tuesday night’s dinner service. that will set them up for success opportunity to benefit from the in life overall,” Papazian said at use of their name, image and the Pizza with Papazian event in likeness in a manner consistent Campus Village 2. with the collegiate model,” the Martha’s Kitchen serves up food NCAA said in the news release. Papazian serves on the NCAA Division I Board of Directors and dignity to San Jose’s hungry representing the Mountain West Conference since May. These are not “These are not professional By Brendan Cross serve the San Jose community the Salvation Army and the Gilroy professional employees of the university, they STAFF WRITER as well as over 60 otherother CompassionCompas Center, Martha’s are students,” Papazian said. nonprofits acrossross KitchenKitc serves about employees of the She said that the bill would Louise Benson began serving the six counties. 25025 guests a day from university, they are not affect SJSU athletes much

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HUNGER Families, people working word around [San Jose State] paycheck-to-paycheck and that they’re welcome to come Continued from page 1 housing-insecure people here and eat any time they are also common guests in want,” Patterson said. Harvest Food Bank in San Martha’s Kitchen. When it comes to food Jose, and corporate sponsors “You’re seeing a new insecurity among the college- make up most of the kind of homeless, people aged crowd versus the typical donations. living in their cars in large clientele, Patterson said that A meal costs about $2.50 numbers that you haven’t age is not a factor. to produce and will typically seen before,” executive “Once you’re food include a protein, fruits director Lee said. “These are insecure, you’re food and vegetables, salad and a people that are homeless, insecure,” Patterson said. dessert. and they’re employed, and “Your age no longer matters.” The soup kitchen aims to that’s something that’s mind- While the soup kitchen’s have nutritious meals and boggling.” main mission is to fight use as much of the food Lee connected Silicon hunger, it also aims to serve donations they can, but Valley’s wealth to the growing up camaraderie with circular some of their donations don’t housing problem. tables in the dining area fit the bill. If that’s the case, “What’s happening is as which allows people to dine it’s still not put to waste. the valley becomes more family style. “All the stuff we don’t want, prosperous, rents rise,” Lee “People have more than rather than throwing it in the said. “As rents rise, people just a physical or biological garbage can, we give it to a pig who are minimum wage health need, they have farmer or goat farmer,” Gerry workers can’t afford those emotional health needs,” Lee Ferrari, previous president of rising rents.” said. “So it does encourage Martha’s Kitchen, said. “That Santa Clara County has people to visit and chat.” saves us money and it uses seen a 31% increase in Lee added that he gets Above: Martha’s the food.” the homeless population great satisfaction from the Kitchen volunteers Terry Rinehart Retired Vietnam veteran since 2017, according to a work that he and the rest (left) and Paulette Wendell Kenoly said he is May federally mandated of his team do, but hopes Little (right) grateful for the service homelessness survey that one day the homeless prepare salad for Martha’s Kitchen provides. conducted in the area. problem will die down Tuesday night’s “This place, and a few In San Jose specifically, the enough for Martha’s Kitchen dinner service. others like it, they are literally homeless population grew to no longer be of service. Right: Dinner is saving people’s lives,” Kenoly from 4,350 to 6,172, a 42% “We’d love to not be prepared with said. “For me, my money increase since 2017. needed,” Lee said. “We’d balanced food doesn’t stretch all the way Despite serving multiple love to work ourselves into groups at Martha’s through the month. It’s the types of people in need, extinction. Kitchen. only way I can make it.” operations manager Kenoly is just one of Patterson does not see many various types of people that college-aged students dining rely on the soup kitchen for there. Follow Brendan on Twitter a hot meal. “We’ve tried to spread the @BrendanCross93 BRENDAN CROSS | SPARTAN DAILY

HOUSING Bernabe added the Bill Wilson initiative incepted by Santa Clara ATHLETES legislature or the NCAA, I Center will oversee the distribution County District 4 Supervisor Susan don’t think we really know.” Continued from page 1 of the funds and the locations where Ellenberg dubbed the 100-day housing Continued from page 1 Brennan also said he thinks students will be temporarily housed. challenge. the legislation will be passed collaboration with an outside Current President of the Student “I think what a lot of the data The panel included head in every state by the time its corporation at a July 31 meeting with Homeless Alliance, Elsa Salgado, said, shows is these students typically need football coach Brent Brennan, effective in California in 2023. the student group, former alliance “We think the pilot program is a great bridge housing,” Lehane said. “And the athletic director Marie Tuite “[California] might be in president Mayra Bernabe said. start, however we’re hoping to see question is, can we play that bridge role and veteran Bay Area sports front today, but in terms of the “When we met over the summer, we the program become established in a for them?” and marketing executive timeline of it actually being knew there was going to be conversation timely manner.” Andy Dolich. implemented and carried about what the [SJSU] administration Liccardo’s announcement of the pilot Follow Vicente on Twitter Papazian was invited to out, I think by the time that was planning next,” she said. program comes at the heels of another @VicenteSJSU join the panel but declined happens, it’ll be universal,” to do so. Brennan said. Sophomore football Tuite said ultimately, the QUINCEAÑERA defensive lineman Cade Hall amount of athletes this will and women’s water polo hole actually affect is a small Continued from page 1 set junior Kathryn Elgin were number. also on the panel. SJSU alumnus. “One of the beauties of “Actually, this is pretty cool,” Liccardo college athletics is college said. “This is a pretty big soirée.” athletes play because they love He said he saw this as an opportunity the sports,” Hall said. “The bill The bill might have to reflect on his involvement with the might have an impact on that community through the years. in the sense that it’s kind of an impact on that “It has enabled me as a council become more about money in the sense that member and now as a mayor,” and less about the love for the Liccardo said. “It has enabled me to sports.” it’s kind of become have a much deeper understanding Hall added that he doesn’t more about money of the community’s needs and the think the typical 18-year-old community’s ability to step up to athlete decides on the school and less about the organize collectively and to confront DIANA AVILA | SPARTAN DAILY they want to go to based on love for the sports. those needs.” CommUniverCity San José staff members pose for a photo with city the economic opportunities Committee members saw the event offi cials and this year’s award recipients at the Quiceañera Wednesday. that the school presents, or Cade Hall as another opportunity to reach to the how big their name would sophomore football community that they service with an young adulthood and being able to classes, sending them out into the get if they went to a certain defensive lineman event that reflects their culture. make more decisions. community into elementary schools school. “The area that we serve right now in CommUniverCity has worked with and middle schools because there it’s Paying college athletes for “I think if there’s one Downtown San Jose, anything within community youth to develop those never too early to talk about college,” their likeness, however, is not thing everyone can agree on, a one and a half mile radius of campus skills. Figueroa said. a new topic of debate. it’s that the bill is going to is the population is mostly Hispanic “We are proud to share the stories of The mentoring by SJSU students also UCLA basketball player benefit a few and not many,” or Spanish speaking,” Elizabeth the participants who have gone through provides younger students with support Ed O’Bannon filed a lawsuit Tuite said. “There’s so many Figueroa, special programs manager for the program because they . . . literally in academics as well as emotional against the NCAA in 2009 factors that go into a young CommUniverCity, said. they wrote in their surveys that they support. after his likeness was used in person making a decision to Figueroa said that the event’s plan didn’t feel it was their place to work on “There’s a lot of innovations we the EA Sports video game come to SJSU . . . the name, was designed to fit the schedule and the community issues,” Figueroa said. “By talk about here in Silicon Valley,” “NCAA Basketball 09” image, likeness part of it really interest younger community members. the end of the program, they actually Liccardo said. “I think some of the without his permission. becomes a small part.” “We wanted a way to draw them to felt that it was their responsibility.” most important and creative thinking Brennan, who was a The full town hall will campus to give them the experience of SJSU students are able to be involved has happened in the social space. What wide receiver at UCLA the be available to watch on being on a college campus, especially for in the process of mentoring younger the university has birth, in partnership same time O’Bannon played thespearsjsu.com next week. parents with kids,” Figueroa said. “That’s students through the partnership with the city and the community is basketball there, talked about also why we did it around the 3 o’clock CommUniverCity has with the City of truly unique.” how the bill would affect Follow Brendan on Twitter time frame, so they could come right San Jose. athlete recruitment. @BrendanCross93 after school.” “We are sending San Jose State “I think that remains to be Quiceañeras are not just about the students, mostly freshmen from seen,” Brennan said. “I think Follow Diana on Twitter party or gathering, but the symbolism [career exploration opportunities] and until there’s some kind of Chris Core contributed @dianaavila284 of making the leap from childhood into hopefully more in the future more parameters from either state reporting to this article.

sjsunews.com/spartan_daily NEWS THURSDAY, NOV. 14, 2019 3 Educators and students A.S. MEETING UPD Chief presents plan discuss future of learning for late-night policing

By Christian Trujano It would also build a connection STAFF WRITER with UPD officers and students in We intentionally invited people those buildings, from the university, and out of San Jose State chief of police Di Napoli said. Gina Di Napoli presented new “It would be the university. As we go ahead plans and goals she wants somebody that to create more outcomes in the to execute to the Associated you see regularly Students board of directors during and somebody future, we need to collaborate in Wednesday’s board meeting. that you could order to succeed. talk to,” she said. DI NAPOLI Heather Lattimer Di Napoli has college of education dean been pushing community engagement since she the one who planned the event for three months to I want that offi cer to be first started over the summer and bring the speakers and students together. A.S. President Branden Parent For Lattimer, the main point of the event was to able to be there to check said he is already seeing the bring in different speakers to show a wide range of on that building, to be results. perspectives. “I’ve noticed your officers this “We intentionally invited people from the there for the students if year have been more engaging NATHAN DOYLE | SPARTAN DAILY university and out of the university. As we go ahead they need an escort. with the public . . . I know that was Ellen Middaugh, child and adolescent to create more outcomes in the future, we need to a big concern we had during your development professor, provides her insight collaborate in order to succeed,” Lattimer said. Gina Di Napoli search,” Parent said. on education at the Future of Learning Summit. Lattimer said she intended to bring together UPD chief of police But with regarding safety educators, students and community members to concerns relating to the Safety By Nathan Doyle share their learning experiences and work together Those plans include assigning Escort Program that escorts STAFF WRITER to set a vision for the future of learning. university police officers to students around campus at She hopes that it will start up a long-term specific buildings and addressing anytime, Di Napoli said there Students, faculty members and professors from conversation and similar events in the future. the Safety Escort Program radius are still issues that need to be multiple institutions made their way to the Student “The folks that we have are busy people, so the of how far students can get addressed. Union theater to check in for the Future of Learning time and space to bring these people is a challenge but dropped off with a possible trolley. Zobeida Delgadillo, A.S. Summit Wednesday afternoon. we are fortunate,” Lattimer said about the challenges “I had no idea that there were director of legislative affairs, said Speakers ranged from corporate liaisons to SJSU of getting the presentation started. classes that went into the middle students who live off-campus are professors, all ready to share their experience with “We started with having no speakers to suddenly of the night,” said Di Napoli. outside of the radius of the escort education, both as students and educators. having 10 speakers,” Brian Cheung Dooley, an Her first question to those program and can’t use it. The first speaker up was Laura Quintana, the vice executive assistant for college of education, said. He students was, “Are you getting an She asked Di Napoli if there were president of corporate affairs with Cisco, who spoke said was in charge of supporting the dean and the escort when you leave?” any plans to expand the radius, of the advances in technology. operation. For buildings such as the art which Di Napoli responded by Quintana connected this with how the change in Cheung Dooley said it was “creating a real positive and engineering buildings that saying SJSU might install a trolley technology changes the job market by introducing experience for the attendees.” offer night classes, she said she to escort students at night. new jobs and making other jobs obsolete as well as “[It was] beneficial for our curriculum for pursuing wants an officer working the night “I think if [SJSU] can get this changing the understanding of education. being a teacher,” English senior Archie Malapit said. shift. trolley, it would work very well Vivian Vu, an SJSU business management and Malapit attended the speaker event as a mandatory “I want that officer to be able to and it may even go further out information systems student, went on next to speak class session. be there to check on that building, than what people want,” Di Napoli about her experience in high school and the impact Malapit enjoyed Quintana’s presentation the most to be there for the students if they said. “I’m hoping, I have my of educators who go out of their way to help students. because, “she was talking about technology taking need an escort,” said Di Napoli. fingers crossed.” For Vu, it was two of her instructors in high school away jobs but bringing in other jobs.” It would also help because those simply asking her if she was okay that assured her that officers would best know the her educators were truly there for her. Follow Nathan on Instagram layout and exits to help students Follow Christian on Twitter College of education dean Heather Lattimer was @nathan.doyle.doc in case of an emergency, she said. @ChristianTruja2

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PHOTO COURTESY OF PIXABAY Should MLB use automated strike zones? No, electronic strike Yes, it’s time to move zones will ruin the game baseball to the future

Details on which stadiums On MLB’s website, the definition will use the system are still being of the strike zone is “the official decided by the league. strike zone is the area over home Brendan Cross “I think it’s incumbent upon us to Chris Core plate from the midpoint between a STAFF WRITER see if we can get the system to the point STAFF WRITER batter’s shoulders and the top of the we’re comfortable it can work,” MLB uniform pants.” commissioner Rob Manfred said. “I The definition is not, “the area only would go to an automated strike of which the umpire chooses to be If zone when we were sure that it was The 2019 World Series was one the spot of accuracy,” because that institutes an electronic strike absolutely the best it can be. Getting out of the most entertaining matchups would be flat-out dumb. zone, they might as well just build there too early with it and not having it baseball fans have seen in the Every game that is aired live has humanoid robots to play the game work well, that’d be a big mistake.” past decade. a digital batter’s box that viewers instead of actual humans. While I appreciate the amount of It was a heated battle between the can see. If the league is striving for testing that seems to be happening, Washington Nationals, the Houston It quite literally shows if the balls perfection with balls and strikes, I hope it’s an experiment that dies in Astros and the umpires. missed the zone or not and if the then why not also strive for the the minor leagues. ball had movement. same with its players? The Atlantic League, which is an Th is technology already eliminates Sarcasm aside, umpires made independent baseball league, tested the umpire because people at home the correct calls on 97% of pitches an automated strike zone during the can see for themselves if an umpire’s during the 2018 season according to 2019 season. This technology call is correct or not. a July Bleacher Report story. Why can’t an official sit up in Subjectivity exists in a borderline already eliminates a box and watch the same digital ball or strike call and it should stay the umpire because image that everyone else watches that way. Subjectivity exists in and have calls made that way? The strike zone itself isn’t a people at home can I guess that just makes too much static box, it’s dynamic based on a borderline ball or sense to implement. the person who is at bat. MLB’s see for themselves if an The game of baseball should rulebook says “the official strike strike call and it should umpire’s call is correct be the pitcher and catcher versus zone is the area over home plate stay that way. the batter, rather than the umpire from the midpoint between a or not. changing the dynamic of the duel. batter’s shoulders and the top of the Th e balls and strikes automation uniform pants.” will reduce the amount of blown calls Aaron Judge, 6-foot-7 New York behind the plate, but having offi cials Yankees outfi elder, has a signifi cantly Th e system that judges the pitches, on TV monitors analyzing and larger strike zone than Jose Altuve, called TrackMan, relays the call to Sound weird doesn’t it? calling plays in the fi eld will prevent 5-foot-6 Houston Astros infi elder. the umpire, who still has to verbally Th at’s because it’s not how the missed calls as a whole. While the corners of the strike zone make the ball or strike call. game is supposed to be played, but Th e most painful missed call should theoretically stay the same for The umpire hears the call through poor offi ciating is making it this way. during the World Series to watch all hitters, this would take away from an earpiece, which basically looks The series itself was entertaining was Trea Turner of the Washington a pitcher’s strategy when it comes to like a wireless earbud, and said to watch, but the calls from Nationals being called out for how to pitch to a certain hitter. “ball” or “strike” accordingly. umpires were unbearable and interference in Game 6 for running If a pitcher and catcher decide that Even with an electronic strike showed that it’s finally time to into Yuli Gurriel of the Houston they want to attack a certain hitter on zone, the umpire still needs to be move onto automated officiating. Astros glove. the inside corner, and the pitcher hits out there making the call. He could Th e main implementation of Th e call prevented a run from the target consistently, those pitches be in a rocking chair while he does electronic offi ciating should come scoring and was the fi rst out in the 7th should be called strikes. it, but he still needs to be there. in the form of an electric style strike in what was a crucial game. It’s a way to reward a pitcher for At the very least, the home plate zone. Th is would mean eliminating the The decision made tempers showing great command of his umpire still needs to be there to call home plate umpire from making calls run high as well with Nationals arsenal even if the pitch is slightly off plays at the plate and check swings. on balls and strikes. manager Dave Martinez getting the plate. Th e best way to solve the robot MLB has already taken notice of ejected after he erupted off the If a pitcher is all over the place and umpire conundrum is to come up this idea with commissioner Rob bench following the call. clearly isn’t hitting the targets his with a compromise. Most calls in Manfred announcing that minor If replay was used in an catcher is putting down, an automated MLB can be reviewed, so it seems leagues will have automated strike officiating booth, the call would strike zone would reward that pitcher appropriate for balls and strikes to zones in 2020. not have caused such an uproar for being wild even if the pitch is also be reviewable. Manfred told MLB Network that with umpires getting to see the technically within the strike zone. I don’t think every single pitch “the technology exists” and if MLB play in real time and making the “Here’s the No. 1 problem I have should be reviewable, but pitches has the means to make an automated accurate call. with it: If you go to a robot umpire, that could potentially end an inning strike zone, it might as well take it. Manfred’s decision to start the then we completely eliminate catcher or force in a run with a walk, for Th e decision to start implementing process toward automated calling framing, throwing to a spot, having example, should be reviewable. an automated strike zone could is a huge step for baseball and will your catcher receive it,” Washington Th is would eliminate some of the not have come sooner with Boston save the game from poor officiating Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer said controversy, particularly since some University reporting that there were once the implementation finally in the Bleacher Report article. of the more important moments around 34,000 missed ball and strike makes it to the pros. With that being said, it seems when ball and strike calls truly matter calls in 2018 alone. Until then, however, it will be inevitable that electronic strike are in those types of circumstances. Th is is outrageous and something another season with a few thousand zones will make its way into MLB MLB does not need electronic that changes the fate of many games. missed calls in 2020. regardless. strike zones, it needs to kill the system An argument can be made that Starting next season, some minor before the sport is forever tainted. keeping the umpire behind the plate league stadiums will institute adds a human aspect to the game electronic strike zones, according to Follow Brendan on Twitter and is faithful to baseball’s roots, but Follow Chris on Twitter Th e Athletic. @BrendanCross93 that’s just wrong. @ChrisCore24 sjsunews.com/spartan_daily SPORTS THURSDAY, NOV. 14, 2019 5 Swiss swimmer succeeds as Spartan

By Erica Lizarrago coaches and teammates STAFF WRITER have made SJSU feel like home. For some swimmers She said that no on the SJSU team, the matter what kind of sport has become much day she’s had, she can more than just sprints always run to her team and dolphin kicks, but and coaches for support instead a family and in the same way her support system. family would. This is especially true “I’m really proud to for Rebecca Petoe, a bio- be a part of this team chemistry freshman from because I’m surround- Switzerland, whose posi- ed by really amazing tion includes breaststroke, people I mean I real- freestyle and butterfly. ly feel like being part Petoe was the over- of a family and even if all top performer on the my family is far because first day of the CSUB they’re in Switzerland,” Sprint Classic hosted by she said. Cal State Bakersfield in Petoe said she enjoys late October. competing in America Petoe has traveled a because of the comrad- long journey to become ery - one she can’t find a Spartan. in Switzerland. She started to think She said she just aims about competing in to help the team achieve America in her last year their best and stay focused, of high school in a small ERICA LIZARRAGO | SPARTAN DAILY mentally and physically. town in Switzerland, Biochemistry freshman Rebecca Petoe practices her breaststroke at the SRAC Wednesday afternoon. The team’s first big where she said it’s compli- meet will be the Pac-12 cated to combine compet- top-10 finishes while really good fit right away, need to do something come hard times, just like Invitational in Seattle ing and going to school. in Bakersfield. so it was a fairly quick that makes me happy in competing. late December, which “California has always Petoe swam the 200- process from that point. and swimming always Hopkins said that one Hopkins said they’re been my dream since I yard individual medley We very quickly sent a made me happy,” Petoe of the things that jumped heavily training for in was a child so I talked to coming in at 2:10.93 scholarship offer and she said. “Of course I have out to him about Petoe’s order to gear up for con- [Coach Sage Hopkins] in her first meet as quickly accepted it.” always had difficult character was her drive ference championships and I liked talking to a Spartan at Fresno Petoe began swim- times, but I always and focus both academi- in February. him, so I decided to State’s Roadrunner ming at the age of five, loved it.” cally and athletically. Hopkins said they’re come here,” she said. Invitational, helping after following in her Despite the pressures “As a biochem[istry] excited to watch Petoe She led the rest of the Spartans finish family’s footsteps and that occur with playing major she’s very aca- developing into a nation- the board with an over- fourth overall. being surrounded by the at this kind of athletic demically focused and al contender and to see all score of 44 in the Coach Hopkins said pool environment from a level, she said her enjoy- one of the things we talk her perform for the Swiss CSUB Sprint Classic, he recalled first com- young age. ment of the sport eases about with the team is national team. where she swam one municating with Petoe Petoe said it was the tension. that nothing happens “We’re tickled pink medley and three a couple days before something that was She said swimming has in a vacuum and things to have Rebecca here, individual races. Thanksgiving in 2018. in her blood already, given her a lot, includ- tend to be focused holis- she’s been a great addi- Petoe started off with “I vividly remember it since her parents were ing the opportunity to tically on everything we tion to the program and a runner-up finish in was a couple days before water polo players and travel and to be here as a do. She’s a very good role really looking forward the 50-yard breaststroke Thanksgiving last year encouraged her to pur- Spartan today. model in that regard,” to four years with her,” and third place in the I received an email and sue the sport. The sport has made her Hopkins said. Hopkins said. 100-yard medley. we very quickly set up a “My parents always a stronger person, Petoe Being far from home Through Petoe’s video call,” Hopkins said. supported me and they said and provided her has presented some chal- Follow Erica on Instagram trio, SJSU picked up 10 “It seemed like it was a always told me that I with the ability to over- lenges for Petoe, but her @erica.lizarrago

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By Erica Lizarrago FIRST SHOW STAFF WRITER Hammer Theatre As the Supreme Court Friday at 7:30 p.m. oral arguments commence in Washington D.C. that will determine the fate of garnered from around 700,000 Deferred Action campus for vocalizing these for Childhood Arrivals students stories. recipients in the United Normington said she States, San Jose State students aims to personalize the are gearing up to tell the word “undocumented” stories of just a few of those and show the humanity recipients on the local stage behind the secrets of these this weekend. immigration issues. “[dreamer] project: an She said she unknowingly Undocuplay” is an original became an activist play led by students and through the project and directed by Kathleen gained an appreciation for Normington, a SJSU radio, these students. TV and theatre professor. “Th ese are the people I Th e play highlights want in my country and the individual stories of MAURICIO LA PLANTE | SPARTAN DAILY these are people that I want 17 undocumented Latinx Alumnus David Martinez stands with a gun to his head during a scene in the play “[dreamer] project: an Undocuplay.” leading our country into the students who go to SJSU, future,” Normington said. sharing their struggles, “I was really honored to Th e students helped in the play, it takes a lot of for the stories they get “I feel really disturbed that triumphs and journeys to be apart of it because this Normington get in touch with courage to speak out and tell to present. our government is using becoming students. is such an important piece other undocumented peers, these personal stories. “I really admire the story these students as pawns in a “Whether you’re an ally, that is bigger than anyone and Normington began Renelle, who shared that of these individuals in the political game.” an immigrant or you’re even person,” Renelle said. reaching out to students and one of her best friends is show and I really am lucky She hopes the play can not so sure what to think The idea of the play organizations who support undocumented, said she to be a part of something so help everyone come together about DACA, I think this came from Normington, DACA recipients. never expected to become so important within our times, in a community of strangers is something they should who said she began From January 2017 up until passionate about the project. which is also why I wanted who have shared experiences. come see,” public relations researching and planning August 2019, Normington “I don’t think I expected to get involved,” said Elijah “I think that’s why I’m a senior Kayla Renelle said. “It’s the play after the 2016 conducted interviews of 17 to be this passionate about Torres, a cast member and professor. Why do I believe something that will change election of President DACA students on campus it but I learned so much theatre senior. this whole paradigm?” your mind or cement what Donald Trump. where they began to share and I’m more passionate He said he wants the Normington said. “It’s coming you believe or just open “On election day 2016, their stories aft er establishing about it than ever before,” community to know what together and experiencing your eyes to what’s going on I went to one of my classes trust with Normington. she said. undocumented people it together that will change in our community.” and I had a ‘just voted’ “Some of them were even Renelle said she’s looking go through. people and hopefully help Renelle is one of an entire sticker on my lapel and hesitant but their stories need forward to seeing the “Th ey are one of the them understand this team of students who have one of my students came to get out there so people can reactions to the play and strongest individuals out situation, not only on our worked to promote and up and said, ‘I wish I could get a better understanding hopes people will be moved. there,” he said. “Th ere’s a lot campus, but in our country.” organize the production vote,’ ” Normington said. “I of the humanity of these “Hopefully they’re going of misinformation out there “[dreamer] project: of the play. couldn’t quite understand people,” Renelle said. to realize that these students regarding them and I hope an Undocuplay” runs at Th e team aims not only to where she was coming from Renelle said there is a are people in our community, this play educates people.” Hammer Th eatre starting sell tickets to the play, but also and then she told me she student actor who is playing they’re important and they’re Normington said the Friday until Nov. 24. to get the message out about was undocumented.” himself, craft ing his story for contributing, they make up challenges of the play have this important issue that Normington said this the spotlight. who we are,” Renelle said. been more personal than Renelle said aff ects students started the process of her She said for this student Th e cast members have anything but it’s been eye Follow Erica on Instagram and peers. discovering students’ stories. alongside all of the students expressed their admiration opening to see the support @erica.lizarrago

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