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Author: AGAINST THE ROPES Instability of banks a ‘pandemic’ ‘Fragile by Design’ author claims global banking system is more volatile than ever before

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Why do some countries have a stable banking system, while so many others, including the United States, continue to be unstable? Charles W. Calomiris answered questions such as these at Morris Dailey Auditorium on Th ursday in a lecture put together by the department of economics. Calomiris, a Henry Kaufman pro- fessor of fi nancial institutions at Co- lumbia University, talked about his | Spartan Daily book, “Fragile by Design,” which he Randy Vazquez co-authored with Stephen H. Haber. Anthony Butabi smashes a right hand into Rick Scott Stoner’s bearded face during the Hoodslam wrestling Calomiris spoke in detail for 1 event at the Oakland Metro Operahouse on Friday. hour, 15 minutes about the banking SEE FULL PHOTO GALLERY ON HOODSLAM WRESTLING EVENT ON PAGE 3 crisis that has gone on around the world and how since 1840, the U.S. has had 12 systemic banking crises. “You are living in the middle of Kittens and cats the worst pan- demic of global compete for charity banking insta- bility the world BY HENRY NAVA R RO scratch posts to ceramic plates has ever seen,” @manof2moro with cats painted on them. Calomiris said. Gary Hartnett is a cat owner “Th ere’s no pe- Pedigreed cats to household who loves to buy novelty items riod in human kittens competed at the annual for his cat. history that is Puttin’ on the Ritz show at the “One time I bought a T-shirt Calomiris even close. If you Santa Clara County Fairgrounds that said ‘If you don’t talk to your look around the this weekend. cat about catnip, who will?’” world since the 1970s, we’ve had over Th is event, put together by the Hartnett said. 100 major banking crises.” Tails & No Tales Cat Club, saw Aside from buying your cat’s He went on to defi ne a “major the congregation of cats, their next milk bowl from the vendors, | Spartan Daily banking” crisis as a time where a owners and vendors as they fi lled there were other festivities for at- Henry Navarro huge amount of failure going on in the hall with cat fever. tendees to take part in. Just Joey, owned by Bruce Clark, is one of the cats featured the banking system or when banks Not every attendee was a cat For the kids there was a col- in the Ritz show at Santa Clara County Fairgrounds. aren’t closing but people have stopped lover or even a cat owner though. oring contest as well as a plush making payments to the bank, which Passersby also made their way cat competition where a child premiership, veteran, household at this year’s 31st annual Tails & forces the banks to look for another into the hall to get a taste of what brings their favorite plush cat to and kitten, which involves cats No Tales Cat show. way to make payments on the loans it ’s l i ke to be a rou nd so ma ny cats. be judged in a format resembling under 8 months old. Proceeds of past shows have people can no longer pay. In the end, Jon Wayshak and Dave Cor- standard cat competitions. Th e household class competi- gone to nonprofi t organizations the bank closes. reia came to the show aft er pass- For those looking to begin or tion allowed non-pedigreed cats such as Pets In Need, Town Cats Calomiris said this couldn’t be the ing by the fairgrounds, and said add to their family, cats and kit- to participate regardless of their of Morgan Hill and the Winn Fe- only reason why there was a problem. they didn’t know what to expect. tens were up for adoption. past experience and awards. line Foundation. He used Canada as an example as a “We were at the Toy Show Th e main events of the show Like any regulated cat show, Th ey also had a people’s choice country that has a lot of banks and earlier but this is way better,” involved weekend-long cat com- an owner can enter their cat to award where spectators vote for experienced a major shock. In other Wayshak said. petitions in correlation with the win ribbons and rosettes. their favorite cat. words, when prices for staple com- Correia doesn’t have any pets Cat Fanciers’ Association. “Th ey’re judging them against Tails & No Tales Cat Club will modities would rise and make it ex- but that didn’t stop him from en- Th e association is a nonprofi t the written standard of per- continue to hold Puttin’ on the pensive to buy or sell, it would then joying his time around all of the organization dedicated to the fection that describes what the Ritz at the Santa Clara County create a shock for the import/export fuzzy felines. welfare of cats and is the world’s breed should look like,” PR man- Fairgrounds annually. “I just want to hug all of these largest pedigreed cat registry. ager Jaclin Carrillo said. Henry Navarro is a Spartan cats,” Correia said. Th ere are diff erent classes of According to Carrillo, more Daily staff writer. SEE ECONOMY ON PAGE 2 Vendors sold everything from cats including championship, than 160 cats entered to compete Men’s basketball logs worst season in program history Brewery raises BY JUSTIN EDRINGTON 06 and 06–07 seasons in which money for pups @justineddy the team lost 25 games. Saturday’s contest was an- BY ANDREA SANDOVAL Th e San Jose State men’s other hard fought game that @axsand0val basketball team ended its sea- found both schools shorthand- son in a 20-game drought Sat- ed. Th e Spartans shot 37.9 per- Pints for Pups, a fundraiser that com- urday night with a 71–58 loss cent from the fi eld. bines drinking craft beer with raising to the University of Nevada, One bright spot was senior money for the Silicon Valley Pet Project, Las Vegas. forward Jaleel Williams who, was held at the San Jose Strike Brewing Co. Saturday’s loss marks the in his last collegiate game, led on Saturday. More than eight beers on tap, worst season in SJSU men’s the Spartans with 18 points three adoptable dogs, food trucks and lots basketball history with a .067 and six rebounds. of ceramic art fi lled the brewery Sunday win percentage dating back “I had a fl uster of emotions,” aft ernoon. to the inception of the team Williams said. “I’ve been up Nineteen local ceramic artists were in 1937, according to data on and down for the past week. brought on board by Matt Hoogland, owner sports-reference.com. It’s like now that it is fi nally of Clay Planet, to make and sell pint glass- | Spartan Daily Raven Swayne Th e Spartans’ fi nal record fi nished it gives me chills.” es and growlers at the event. Th irty percent The San Jose State men’s basketball team loses to of 2–28 overall matches their Sophomore guard Rashad of artists’ proceeds and 100 percent of raffl e University of Nevada, Las Vegas 71–58 on Saturday lowest win total and breaks the Muhammad added 16 points proceeds went toward the project. night in its season-ending game at the SJSU Event record for losses in a season by center. three games trumping the 05– SEE LOSS ON PAGE 8 SEE PUPS ON PAGE 2 2 NEWS Tuesday, March 10, 2015

FROM FRONT PAGE cies are systemically less likely to have stable and Course teaches green ECONOMY: Doomed effi cient banking systems. List of diff erent coun- tries that were considered for failure, author says to be high crisis and have gardening techniques low credit included coun- industry because these show why some of these tries that didn’t have stable countries would have trou- countries have had major democracies such as Chad BY ADRIAN MONROY & ESTEFANY SOSA small plants, soil and pots for the hands- ble bringing in foreign banking crises. and the Democratic Re- @iammanr0y @estefany_scs on exercise. products. When this has “I’m not as familiar public of the Congo. Among the class attendees was Chip Mc- happened to countries like with the banking history “He showed very good The Guadalupe River Park Conser- Cormick, a programmer, who participated Canada, they haven’t expe- of other countries,” said examples of throughout vancy is hosting a six-week course to in the hands-on exercise. rienced a banking crisis. department of econom- history of banking,” said teach adults about year-round, sustain- “Getting some hands-on experience. “Canada is more reliant ics lecturer Jack Estill. senior economic major able urban vegetable gardening. You can’t read about this stuff ,” McCormick on primary commodity “I think it’s fascinating, Victor Muniz. “Most Th e gardening workshop series is pre- said. “From doing it, trial and error can take exporting which means its because every country people tend to focus on sented in partnership with the Master Gar- a while so having someone tell you if you’re GDP historically has expe- brings its own set of cul- modern banking but he dener Program of Santa Clara County. doing things right is nice.” rienced more shocks than tural institutions. Th is is took it from a historical “We’re trying to get the word out that we Susan Merrill, a director of product man- the U.S.,” Calomiris said. a good way for students viewpoint and pointed are a free resource for the public,” said Mas- agement at a bank, wants to grow her own “We have a puzzle here. to be exposed to diff erent out good examples and ter Gardener Dee Brown. “You can call at vegetable garden at the end of the six-week Two economies, both us- institutions and cultures, tied it in with theory.” the hotline and you can just really avoid a sustainable vegetable gardening course. ing banking and both have what’s successful and Calomiris showed lot expense, a lot of mistakes. You can avoid “I’ve been wanting to do a backyard loan portfolios, yet one of what’s not.” different slides and ex- being unsustainable.” garden and I haven’t been too successful,” these countries that has the Calomiris explained plained in depth certain Brown is one of two Merrill said. “I’ve been bigger shocks has no bank- how politics play a role patterns different coun- master gardeners hosting buying my plants at the ing panics, no banking cri- in the banking system. tries used to establish its the six-week course, along Getting some Home Depot and I wanted ses, while the U.S. has had He showed that countries banking systems, espe- with three master garden- hands-on to learn more details as to 17 of them.” with higher incomes get cially in Mexico, Brazil, ers-in-training. how to get started.” For this reason, Calo- more credit than those Canada, the U.S. and the The master gardeners “experience. Th e attendees were miris feels the basic eco- with lower incomes. United Kingdom. are trained by the Univer- You can’t read asked to take their pots nomic scoring of the bank- “Given all the fail- sity of California to serve home and bring them back ing system is incomplete. ures it’s tied in with as volunteers in their about this stuff to class two weeks later for Calomiris then went on I think it’s politics,” Muniz said. communities by teaching the master gardeners to Chip to talk about how in the fascinating “I feel that the more we the public about home check its progress. McCormick past 40 years there have because every are informed the better horticulture and pest Th e rest of the fi ve class- been over 100 major bank- choices we will make as management. Programmer es will take place every ing crises in the world. country“ brings its voters. Today we may Master Gardner Jan- ” Wednesday until April 8. When banks fail, they own set of cultural not be as informed as et Waagen gave a presentation about Upcoming topics for future classes have a negative net worth institutions we should be and I fig- soil, seeds and growing plants to the 14 will be watering and weed control, how to that others have to bail ured as people in general workshop attendees. grow plants from seeds, cool weather veg- out. Th is has happened so Jack Estill we should know about According to Brown, the clay soil in gies, warm weather veggies and planning frequently the gross do- Department of the political system and Santa Clara County is one of the best your own garden. mestic product (one of the economics lecturer try something else that soils in the world, but because of the Th e Guadalupe River Park also off ers primary indicators used ” might work.” soil’s texture it can be difficult to suc- many volunteer and learning opportu- to gauge the health of a For example, unstable The next lecturer the cessfully grow a home garden. nities for individuals and corporations. country’s economy) came democracies such as Chad department of econom- Th e class was taught like a lecture with Anyone interested in the workshops can to about 16 percent when and the Democratic Re- ics will have is Professor attendees sitting at tables taking notes, and visit grpg.org. during the Great Depres- public of the Congo have Russ Roberts a John and the master gardeners giving a descriptive For more information about how to be- sion it was at 2 percent, low income and low cred- Jean De Nault Research lecture accompanied by a slide presentation. come a master gardener or to learn more something that Calomiris it, where as countries such Fellow at Stanford Uni- During the last portion of the class the about the University of California’s research said is a very bad thing. as the U.S. and Japan have versity’s Hoover Insti- attendees learned how to plant cucumber on home horticulture visit ahs.org. Not only did Calomiris high income, more credit tution on April 22 at and eggplant seeds. Adrian Monroy and Estefany Sosa are speak about the banking and have had stable de- 5:15 p.m. in the Student Class attendees were given seeds, Spartan Daily staff writers. failures in his lecture, he mocracies. Union Auditorium. also brought in how pol- Th is, Calomiris said, David Bermudez is a itics, culture and history suggests non-democra- Spartan Daily staff writer. FROM FRONT PAGE Big dreams, PUPS: Drinking and big plans, big dogs brought together “fundraisers Deb Anderson, one of but also give back to local Sami Monsur the event organizers, vol- animal shelters. Silicon Valley unteers with the Silicon Jamie Meador, a friend of Pet Project treasurer Valley Pet Project and said the Andersons as well as a and San Jose” State her husband Paul Ander- local artist from Buff Moun- alumna son was the “brainchild” tain Ceramics, uses recycled for coming up with the clay to make her ceramics. unteering with St. Fran- idea of incorporating ce- “You can buy a mug or cis Animal Protection ramic art, beer and pups. pint glass anywhere but Society, when the vision Th e idea came about you’re never going to get a of expanding was geared a couple of years ago, pint glass or growler like toward implementing hu- Deb said, and has kicked these,” Anderson said. mane education. around in many forms, Th e Silicon Valley Pet Sami Monsur, Silicon but December was when Project is a fairly new res- Valley Pet Project trea- the event planning for cue group, and is a volun- surer and San Jose State Pints for Pups came to- teer-based, nonprofi t rescue alumna, wants to make gether at a ceramics sale. organization in San Jose. policy changes by making Incorporating ceramics Th e project was started by San Jose a no-kill city. had local artists competing eight women who shared “Big dreams, big plans, for the best pint glasses and the same passion of wanting big fundraisers,” Monsur growlers (containers made to change the face of animal said. for beer), which not only rescue in local pet shelters. Besides the beer, ce- allowed artists to showcase Most of the members of ramic art and food trucks, their own personal pieces, the project started out vol- a raffl e of various prizes was up for grabs. Ticket sales started off at $5 each. Some of the prizes in- cluded Outback Steak- house gift cards, Peet’s Coff ee & Tea gift basket, Hult’s Restaurant gift card, Viva Restaurant gift card, Keep Collective bracelet by Stella & Dot, Big Paw oils and vinegars, Arabian Shakespeare Festival tick- ets and City Lights Th eater Company tickets. Russian River Brew- ing Co. donated a case of Pliny the Elder beer. Many donated craft beers to the event. More than 500 people signed up for the event on- line via Eventbrite, which was considered a huge suc- cess for not only the Silicon Valley Pet Project, but for the Pints for Pups event. Plans for future events are already in the works. Andrea Sandoval is a Spartan Daily staff writer. Tuesday, March 10, 2015 A&E 3

Drugz Bunny excites fans during his entrance before a tag-team match against the Fat Overweight Gamers. The Hoodslam crowd gazes in awe as Sarah Connor reverses a powerbomb attempt from an opponent into a devastating facebuster. Connor’s character is one of several parody characters who battle in the square circle at the Hoodslam independent wrestling show. 

Blood, drugs and pro wrestling

STORY BY CRISTIAN PONCE PHOTOS BY RANDY VAZQUEZ REVIEW @Heel_Ponce @V5randy

referee is smoking his fourth joint of mar- Gimmick” night and had a special attraction in Speaking of parody characters, there were also ijuana, while a wrestling rabbit hooked the band ArnoCorps, which opened the show other notable examples such as Marty McF—-, Aon cocaine tags an '80s movie icon to and played songs throughout the event inside the who resembled Marty McFly from “Back to the take on a gangster and an obese nerdy gamer—all wrestling ring. Future” and Link from the video game series “Th e confi ned inside of a hot warehouse in Oakland. Th e event was packed with fans, with many Legend of Zelda” made a special appearance in his Hoodslam is an independent professional still working their way into the building long af- full outfi t. wrestling show that takes place the fi rst Friday of ter the show had already started. At one point, a parody of Winnie the Pooh made every month at the Oakland Metro Operahouse Hoodslam’s host, A.J. Kirsch, who is known as an appearance with weapons and began smashing in Downtown Oakland. Broseph Joe Brody, called the matches the whole everyone’s head in with baking sheets. Hoodslam is a 21 and over spectacle one must night alongside the Austrian vocalist of Arno- As the night went on, the room began to get experience to fully understand. Corps, Graf Holzfeuer. extremely humid, to no surprise. Rick Scott Stoner is one half of the Stoner Bros., Brody’s character is that of a frat boy jerk, But fans in the venue were still fi xated on the a staple tag team at Hoodslam since its inception. whose hilarious commentary mocks both the show, starting random chants such as another Stoner said the show's environment keeps him wrestlers and fans with one of Hoodslam’s key Hoodslam key phrase, “Th is is real,” and whatev- coming back every year. phrases, “F--- the fans.” er else prompted a chant. “Once all the crowd gets in there, the music One of Brody’s best lines included calling out Gimmicks and adult humor aside, Hoodslam’s is playing, the juices are fl owing, the weed is in Guido, one of the referees, for smoking too much performers are incredible. the air,” Stoner said. “Th ere’s really no other show marijuana during the match. Th e wrestlers know how to captivate a crowd like it man.” Th e night featured a variety of matches, in- with their diving missile dropkicks, jaw-shatter- Th e show itself is a bit of a parody of profes- cluding the opener, which brought the fans a ing clotheslines, hard-hitting powerbombs and sional wrestling as a whole, with the implication four-way tag team match, including the Stoner dives to the outside of the ring that gave the front that everyone obviously knows that it is scripted. Bros. and Th e Knights of the Roxbury. row a face to face encounter with the performers. Hoodslam runs with this notion and creates ri- Th e match itself was hard-hitting with all teams Oakland has hit a gold mine with Hoodslam. diculous storylines, characters and stipulations that displaying athleticism and grit, while also diving “Honestly, you’re getting your money’s worth, are entertaining to say the least, which creates a fun into its characters throughout the match. even if you only come to one show,” said Zach environment for the crowd. Th is match also had a character, Sarah Con- Hughes, a fan at the event. “It’s truly something “Th is has more of that '80s fl are and the insan- nor, and a parody character of T-1000 from “Ter- worthwhile because they get to have as much fun ity of just random public performance,” attendee minator 2,” who entered the ring with a picture in the ring and you get to experience what real Tony McGuire said on Friday. “I’m excited for it.” of John Connor asking everyone, “Have you seen wrestling is like.” Th ursday night was dubbed “Blood Sugar Sex this boy?” Cristian Ponce is a Spartan Daily staff writer.

The Fat Overweight Gamer launches Link A camera- into a turn- man’s tattoo buckle during of wrestling their match before the for the Undis- Hoodslam puted Golden wrestling Fanny Pack event.  Title. 4 A&E Tuesday, February 10, 2015 FROM FRONT PAGE ART: Tattoo artist creates murals to communicate with community

Rain Stites | Spartan Daily Artist “Jesico” works on a patron of Hold Fast Tattoo in Redwood City. His artistic roots took hold in his youth as a street artist in San Jose. I don’t do that oft en with my personal guidance.” writing graffi ti,” Jesico said. “I think the Jess Sandoval, a senior design studies work.” Public mural projects are important for neighborhood should have the beautiful major, explained the power public art holds Th e mural runs alongside the train this reason, he said. Th ey allow for emerging paint and express the art to the community.” within a community. tracks and can be viewed by anyone artists to progress in their art rather than Outdoor murals have the potential to “Mural art is signifi cant because instead walking or driving past. remain static in their techniques. reach a broader audience. Th is is important of just moving through a public space, even Th e meaning of art depends on the As public art usually starts off with crap for the community, Jesico said, because the if it’s only for a moment, people recognize perception of the person Jesico said. He graffi ti taggings, Jesico explained, a place for art is readily available for the public to view art,” Sandoval said. “Th ey become more explained artists, at the beginning of their guided public art can help these potential in their everyday lives. attached to their surroundings.” career, are not yet at their fullest potential artists engage with their community rather Th is means people without the time, Public response to Jesico’s work thus far and should have some form of guidance. than fi ght it. courage or interest to visit an art gallery can remains positive. He continues his work as “Th ere’s always the shit pile that you Kim Vuong, an employee at Kiem be surrounded by art, he said. a tattoo artist in San Jose and Redwood City start with before you become fi nessed out,” Service Laundromat in Japantown, said the “It’s just there,” Jesico said. and produces art in whatever way he can. Jesico said. “Everybody’s young at one murals are awesome. According to Jesico, this is what makes Rain Stites is a Spartan Daily staff point. Everybody is eager or ambitious and “I feel (the murals) are very beautiful public art so powerful. All people have to writer. they wanna just get into it without the right because it’s preventing [people] from do is just look. Classifieds Sudoku Puzzle Crossword Puzzle How To

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The clothes I wear are my choice, not I am a woman, not an That is the expectation. your invitation. However, that is what made Pandey I am a woman, not an object and my objectbj and my existence diff erent; she told her parents instead of existence is as important as a male’s saving up money for a wedding, when she and I am allowed to live a normal life is as important as a gets married, they should use it toward her with the same rights. The same goes for education so she can pursue her dream to every other woman. “male’s and I am allowed have a career in the medical world. Rape, not only in India but also in She was like me and like any of us other countries, is a way to bring shame to live a normal life with in college with goals and ambitions. to women, yet the ones committing the That is a reason why the youth in India crime have no shame at all for what the same rightsghghtsts stepped out and protested in numbers they do and in the end they blame the over women’s rights. female. Disgusting. Follow Destiny A girl should not be “punished” by ABC News shared a story about a on Twitter rape because she was returning home woman in Saudi Arabia who was raped @heydesi in the U.K. last Wednesday but was from watching a movie with her male and punished because she was in the car banned from airing in India because of friend at night and she shouldn’t be with a male who was not her relative. misrepresentation of the” nation and the blamed either. The General Court of Qatif sen- “India’s Daughter,” a documentary possibility of more angry protests. Mukesh Singh, who claims he only tenced her to a punishment of 200 directed by Leslee Udwin, is about the It would be of service to India to have drove the bus, was interviewed in the lashes and six months in jail. infamous gang rape and murder of a this documentary screened in theaters or film and proves why it is important for According to CNN, the Pennsylvania student in New Delhi in 2012. home televisions because it is the reality. the mentality toward rape to change. attorney general’s office blamed a for- The movie was to air Sunday on How will anything change if the “A girl is far more responsible for rape mer state prison clerk for her own rape International Women’s Day, which is mentality and mindset of individuals, than a boy,” he said in the documen- in response to the lawsuit she had filed. also my birthday, when I turned 23— not only in India, but also around the tary. “A decent girl won’t roam around Rape is not a sport or service to the same age of Jyoti Singh Pandey, who world are not changed? at 9 o’clock at night ... Housework and teach a lesson, it is a crime and abso- was raped by six men on a bus. Mentality is the biggest issue because in housekeeping is for girls, not roaming lutely no one but the rapist is to blame. I am an Indian woman as well and even so many rape cases, women are not only in discos and bars at night doing wrong Destiny Palacios is a Spartan Daily though I do not live in India, it could hap- the victim but also looked at as the culprit. things, wearing wrong clothes.” staff writer. pen to me or to anyone, anywhere. In many cultures, people rejoice at So when the sun sets, I should not According to BBC, the movie aired the birth of a boy, but not a girl. go outside and live my life because men Editorial Cartoon CHECK US OUT ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE STORIES, PHOTOS AND VIDEOS OPINION 6 Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Serving San Jose State Universityy sincesince 1934 Dismantling Ferguson Executive Editor Nicholas Ibarra Managing Editor Kristen Wirtz PD could be a solution Executive Producer Lauren Hernandez Lauren A&E Editor Hernandez to violent police culture Keenan Fry Tech Editor Abraham Rodriguez military-grade equipment, drove mine-resis- is longstanding and largely attributable to Opinion Editor Follow Lauren on Twitter tant trucks, shoved rifl es into faces of jour- Ferguson’s approach to law enforcement,” Beverly Ukpabi @LaurenPorFavor nalists and protesters and hurled tear gas the report states. “This approach results Sports Editor Samuel Brannan grenades into crowds of peaceful protesters in patterns of unnecessarily aggressive Photo Editor following the decision not to indict Wilson. and at times unlawful policing; reinforces Samson So The Civil Rights Division of the These statistics in no way suggest the harm of discriminatory stereotypes; Online Editor Department of Justice released a report blacks are more likely to partake in illegal discourages a culture of accountability; Jerica Lowman detailing the systematic discrimination behavior. On the contrary, the figures and neglects community engagement.” Multimedia Editor of the black community in Ferguson, support a disproportionate burden on Ferguson’s police misconduct is in no Victor Guzman Missouri, last Wednesday. blacks, disregard for the Constitution and way an isolated incident of racial bias and Copy Editors The 100-page report identified the overall unlawful police practices. discrimination. Such misconduct will con- Brandon Chew Ferguson Police Department’s law en- The report states blacks are more like- tinue if nothing is done to ensure the law is Allison Yang forcement practices as a violation of the ly to receive multiple citations during a upheld by those expected to enforce the law. Production Editors law, citing circumstances when officers single incident, specifically four or more U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Linh Nguyen Patricia Lee demanded compliance when they didn’t citations on 73 reported incidents com- although he is prepared to dismantle the have authority, misinterpreting free pared to only two incidents for non-black police force if its necessary, the DOJ is Staff Writers & speech as civil disobedience, holding individuals. willing to “come up with an entirely new Photographers people without reasonable suspicion and In 2012, a black man cooling down structure” as a solution to the misconduct. Adrian Monroy making arrests without probable cause. in his car after a game of basketball at a According to the Washington Post, Anastasiya Rakova Although myself and others have been Ferguson public park was accused by a two Ferguson police officers, Capt. Rick Andrea Sandoval aware of Ferguson’s culture of violence police officer of being a pedophile. He Henke and Sgt. William Mudd, resigned Arno Bryant against blacks for some time, this re- was patted down even though there was due to racist emails unearthed during the Courtney Kreitner port supports the unanswered claims no evidence of him being armed, arrest- investigation, but the issue is deeper than Cristian Ponce of thousands of people who raised their ed at gun point and charged with eight two men. Damien Percy voices against police brutality following violations of Ferguson municipal code, The 54-officer police department only Darby Brown-Kuhn the killing of unarmed black teenager according to the report. boasts four black officers and is so deeply David Bermudez Destiny Palacios Michael Brown. immersed in this racially-biased culture Duy Nguyen The report, coming on the heels of the that incidents of discrimination continue Estefany Sosa DOJ declining to bring criminal charges to this day. Henry Navarro against former officer Darren Wilson for TheThe fi gguresguur support Th is department has supported the use Jeremy Cummings the killing of Brown, depicts a communi- of releasing a canine to subdue a 14-year-old Justin Edrington ty that is disproportionately targeted for a a dispropdisproportionate black boy hiding in abandoned house even Justin San Diego slew of violations and excessive force. though a lower level of force was reasonable. Jonathan Wold Although the report’s findings should burden on blacks, It has also supported deploying a Taser Marquerite Tuufuli come as no surprise to those who have on a young black man that was subdued Marissa Trigos followed the Ferguson case, which was disregard for the by seven officers for trespassing even Raechel Price riddled with controversy not only for though he was on his way to have dinner Rain Stites Wilson’s escape from charges but also constitution and with his girlfriend’s grandparents. Randy Vazquez “ Raphael Stroud for excessive force on protesters, it offers Racial bias is not a new theme in po- Raven Swayne proof of deeply rooted racial discrimina- overall unlawfulwfwfulul policppoliceolic licing, but when it is as rampant as it is in Raymond Ibale tion and unconstitutional practices. Ferguson, changes must be made. Rigoberto Gomes With the black community making up practicesticeses Holder’s last-resort dismantling Rosa Jasso 65 percent of the city’s population, they might just be the solution since a simple Stacy Torres account for 85 percent of traffic stops, restructuring will not solve Ferguson’s Taylor Atkinson 90 percent of citations and 93 percent of culture of violence and discrimination. Vanessa Gongora arrests made from 2012-14, according to Lauren Hernandez is the Spartan the report. Th e report states supervisors did not Daily executive producer. Hernandez Production chief Almost 90 percent of the document- ensure that offi cers follow the law and pol- Says runs once a month. 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BY JONATHAN WOLD in at 3 hours, 55 minutes. @JonathanWold Th e ugly actually came before the bad. Th e Spartans were dismantled on Saturday Spartan Baseball dropped 2 of 3 games in a 12–0 loss. against the Air Force Falcons last weekend San Jose State could only muster four hits in a series that can be described as the good, against the Falcons, gave up 15 of their own the bad and the just plain ugly. and topped it off with three errors in the fi eld. Th e good came on Friday in a 2–0 victory One of the lone bright spots was fresh- for the Spartans. man fi rst baseman Chris Williams ex- Senior pitcher Kalei Contrades made tending his team-best hitting streak to fi ve Taylor Atkinson | Spartan Daily quick work of the Falcons by tossing 8.0 games with a single in the second inning. Junior Marissa Unpingco fl ips in the beam event on Sunday afternoon at innings of shut-out ball. Contrades struck “If you stick to a game plan, you’re bound the SJSU Event Center helping the Spartans place second in the meet. out four and only allowed four hits and two to have some success,” Williams said. “But walks. not all the time. It’s baseball.” “I just came in and tried to do what I do Th e bad came for both Williams and the best,” Contrades said. rest of the team on Sunday when SJSU fell Spartan gymnasts set He said the key was getting strikes in 3-2 to Air Force to lose the series. early and getting ahead Williams went 0 for 2 to in the count. cap off his hitting streak. record on senior day Freshman closer Turtle If yoyyouo stick to a Junior Ross Slaney Kuhaulua came in for the started the game on the save in the ninth inning. mound, allowing one run BY TAYLOR ATKINSON game plan, you’re added a season-best 49.075, “I have a lot of super- It was his third save of the and fi ve hits in 4.0 in- @HeyTayla according to SJSU Athletics. stitions,” Kambur said. “I year. bound to have nings pitched. Senior Cami Guyer scored a have to eat the same cereal Falcon starting pitcher“ Freshman Josh Nashed San Jose State Univer- near perfect score in vault. every morning and I have Griffi n Jax had a solid night some successeessss and Kuhaulua came in sity women’s gymnastics “I’m very pleased with to eat half of a Cliff bar, as well, only allowing two later in relief, with Nashed scored a team season-best how the girls did and how but a certain type of Cliff runs against the Spartans in Chris Williamsi allowing two runs in 3.1 on senior day in its last I did and everything,” bar, and the night before I 8.0 innings. First baseman innings and Kuhaulua fi n- home meet of the season Guyer said. “For the next go out to dinner at an Ital- Junior outfi elder Dillan ishing things off with 1.2 on Sunday aft ernoon. meet, we’re just going to ian restaurant.” Smith had both RBIs in the innings of shut-out ball. The Spartans scored prepare like we normally Wright said the team is ” game as he brought in junior Tyler Olivet “I think we pitched well enough to win,” the seventh-highest team do—get into the gym and working on being consis- on a single in the fi ft h inning and a sacrifi ce Head Coach Dave Nakama said. Off ensive- score in school history work on the details.” tent and continuously im- bunt in the seventh. ly, however, “we just didn't execute.” with 195.675, accord- It was an emotional proving in order to qualify Olivet has been a bright spot when SJSU still had opportunities to score in ing to SJSU Athletics, in experience for the se- for regionals. it comes to getting on base. His on base the game, but left runners on base repeated- a meet with Utah State niors, which showed in “We started a little percentage early in the season is at an ob- ly at the end of the inning. University, Seattle Pacif- senior Alyssa Montal- rough, but we’re a young scene .607. “Our competitive advantage is that we ic University and Sacra- ban's performance in the team,” Guyer said. “We’re For comparison sake, when Barry Bonds should be good at executing,” Nakama said. mento State University at fl oor event. trying to get on a path set the MLB record for on base percentage in “We work on it, we practice it. Th at’s our the Event Center. “We just brought it and then we hit some 2004, he fi nished at .609. game. We just haven’t done it.” “Th ere were very good home,” Montalban said. great meets the past four It’s still very early, but Olivet has shown With the loss in the series, the Spartans teams here and all week “We were already done with or fi ve meets so now we’re the ability in the past to get on base by any fall to 5–10 on the season. we vaulted well at practice the other three (events) and just on a roll.” means necessary. Th ey’ll try to get back in the win column so it was really good to the last one’s fl oor so that Wright said everything Friday night was the fastest game of tonight at 6 p.m. as they host Cal Poly at come to the meet and do just brings it all home.” should be automatic at this the season at just 1 hour, 51 minutes. Th is Municipal Stadium. the same thing,” said Head Th e Spartan gymnas- point in the season. He comes aft er the longest game of the year Jonathan Wold is a Spartan Daily Coach Wayne Wright. “I tics program honored said the team tries to stick on Tuesday against Stanford that clocked staff writer. was really pleased with Sacramento State Head to its plan and practice the team for doing that.” Coach Kim Hughes, who how it competes. SJSU placed second is retiring aft er 34 years SJSU has one meet re- overall. Utah State won the with the Hornets. maining before the Moun- meet with 195.750, Sacra- Senior Gabrielle Kam- tain Pacifi c Sports Feder- mento State placed third at bur said she stuck with ation Championships on 195.050 and Seattle Pacifi c her usual pre-competi- March 21. Th e Spartans placed fourth at 194.025. tion ritual. She said she will travel to Oregon State Th e vault team recorded stopped worrying about University on Saturday. the second-highest vault being perfect and had fun Taylor Atkinson is score in school history with since it was her last time a Spartan Daily staff a 49.075 and the beam team competing at home. writer. 8 SPORTS Tuesday, March 10, 2015 FROM FRONT PAGE Worst seasons in SJSU Men’s Basketball History LOSS: Spartans set new low Rank Season Conf. Wins Loss W-L % Head Coach 1 2014-15 MWC 2 28 .067 Dave Wojcik and eight rebounds. second half hitting 13 of 28 from the fi eld "We wanted to try to run and get them and 7 of 14 from 3-point range. Williams 2 2005-06 WAC 6 25 .194 George Nessman tired," Muhammad said. "Th ey are not accounted for four of those in the second used to playing with eight guys so we half and fi nished 4 of 10 from long distance. 3 2006-07 WAC 5 25 .167 George Nessman wanted to run our stuff and put them in Th e highlight of the second half came the grinder and try and wear them out." with 13 minutes left to play. The Spar- 4 2013-14 MWC 7 24 .226 Dave Wojcik Muhammad continues to produce for the tans were down 39–35 when Williams Spartans, leading them in scoring for the sec- snatched the defensive rebound, drib- 5 1970-71 PCAA 2 24 .077 Dan Glines ond straight year with 13.9 points per game. bled down the length of the court and Big 6 1991-92 2 24 .077 Stan Morrison "Th e biggest obstacle for us all year was found 6-foot-6 sophomore forward West scoring the basketball," said Spartan Head Brandon Mitchell running down the Coach Dave Wojcik. "Th at was probably middle of the lane. 7 2003-04 WAC 6 23 .207 Phil Johnson the biggest Achilles' heel we had." Mitchell jumped and elevated over the Th e Spartans shot 14 percent from two Rebel defenders, dunking the ball so 8 2004-05 WAC 6 23 .207 Phil Johnson 3-point range and hit 9 of 30 fi eld goals in hard it shook the backboard. Big the fi rst half. "When Brandon dunked that one for 9 1988-89 5 23 .179 Bill Berry West Muhammad kept the Spartans close us, that got the whole team going. It gives Big with a couple big 3-pointers and sopho- you energy," Wojcik said. 10 1994-95 4 23 .148 Stan Morrison more guard Isaac Thornton threw down Th e dunk brought the Spartans within West a massive slam dunk that brought the two points of the Rebels but that is as close Information compiled from Sports-Reference Infographic by Samuel Brannan Event Center crowd of 2,106 to its feet. as SJSU would come to taking the lead. The Runnin' Rebels answered The Runnin' Rebels were unre- outrebound the Spartans and won the they outscored the Spartan bench 17–0. shooting over 41 percent from the arc, lentingly efficient in the second half, points in the paint battle 32–22. SJSU finished the season 2–28 and hitting 5–12 3-pointers and taking a shooting over 63 percent from the field The Runnin' Rebels ran for 17 fast 0–18 in the Mountain West Conference. 31–24 lead into halftime. and hitting 2 for 3 from beyond the arc. break points to SJSU's five and even Justin Edrington is a Spartan Daily Th e Spartans shot much better in the UNLV used its height advantage to though they only dressed seven players staff writer. Sharks survive Pens with shootout win

BY JONATHAN WOLD tience and gave me a backdoor tap-in, @JonathanWold basically,” Nieto said. Tierney, the 20-year-old rookie playing Th e San Jose Sharks continue to cling in his 28th game at the NHL level, would to playoff hopes as they skated to a 2–1 take Goodrow’s spot on the third line shootout victory over the Pittsburgh Pen- midway through the game aft er showing guins at SAP Center last night. that playmaking ability. Sharks forward Tommy Wingels had “I think I’m just gaining more confi - the game-deciding goal in the eighth dence,” Tierney said. “I’m just taking the round of the shootout to send Sharks fans time when I have the puck to look and see home happy. if I have an extra second to make a play.” Jason Reed | Contributing Photographer “When you’re sitting there on the Th e Penguins only goal wasn’t scored Forward Tommy Wingels, left, scores the fi nal goal during the shootout of bench, you think of what you’re going to until the third period. Crosby beat Niemi the San Jose Sharks' 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins Monday night. do if you’re number is called,” Wingels on a backhand shot assisted by winger Da- said. “I wanted to get a good fake in and vid Perron and Letang. go backhand.” Pittsburgh dominated possession of Sharks rookie forward Melker Karlsson the puck in the last few minutes of regula- scored in the third round of the shootout, tion. At one point, shots were tied up at 28 but was matched by Pittsburgh defensem- each, but fi nished 37–29 Penguins at the an Kris Letang to keep the contest going. end of the third period. Goalkeeper Antti Niemi made 39 saves Just to get to the shootout, the Sharks for the Sharks on 40 shots in the contest. had to kill off 1 minute, 32 seconds of a He also only allowed one goal on eight penalty in overtime against Crosby and Pittsburgh attempts in the shootout. Evgeni Malkin–two of the NHL’s top fi ve “I thought Nemo was terrific tonight,” players in points scored. Sharks Head Coach Todd McLellan said. “Th ey came at us hard,” Nieto said. “Maybe his best this season.” “Nemo made a bunch of great saves and I McLellan switched up the bottom two think we did a good job of not panicking. lines in the game. We pushed it to overtime and the shootout Recent addition Ben Smith was —a huge two points for us tonight.” dropped to the fourth line with Chris With the victory, San Jose’s record Tierney and John Scott to begin the con- improves to 33–26–8 for 74 points. test, while rookie Barclay Goodrow got That’s good for fifth place in the Pacif- the call up to the third line with center ic division and only three points behind Wingels and left wing Tomas Hertl. Calgary for a playoff spot. The third line had a couple chances “That point could make a heck of a early in the game, but it was the fourth difference,” McLellan said. “We can’t af- line that created the Sharks’ lone goal. ford to give any away.” Right aft er a Sharks power play, Smith Next up for the Sharks are the NHL’s top forced a turnover behind the Pittsburgh team at the moment, the Nashville Preda- net. Th e puck bounced right over to Tier- tors. Th e teams will meet on Th ursday at ney who threw it in front of the net for Matt 7:30 p.m. at the SAP Center in San Jose. Nieto. Nieto buried it to put the Sharks up Jonathan Wold is a Spartan Daily 1–0 at the end of the fi rst period. staff writer. “Tierns was there and had nice pa-