ONLINE INSIDE Hi: 72o In early April, don’t Spring break brings Lo: 45o believe everything beer and bacon to you hear. San Jose’s baseball stadium Thursday, April 2, 2015 SPARTANDAILY.COM PAGE 4 Volume 144 • Issue 25 VISIT SPARTANDAILY.COMANDAILYY.CCOMO Serving San Jose State Universityy sisincence 1934 POCKET PROTECTOR GREEKS GET DOWN States may allow guns on campus BY STACY TORRES @Stacy_Towers Gun rights may soon expand to college campuses in Texas af- ter its state Senate approved a bill allowing concealed weapons to be carried in public schools. But Texas isn’t the only state trying to allow concealed weap- ons on college campuses. Florida recently received ap- proval from the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice for a measure allowing people who are age 21 and older and have concealed fi re- arm permits to come onto a college campus carrying a gun. Th e main reason behind such measures is to give students and faculty the ability to protect Jeremy Cummings | Spartan Daily themselves in case a hostile or vi- Brothers from the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity get their groove on during the United Sorority and Fraternity showcase in olent situation were to occur. front of the Student Union yesterday. “I could see that the inten- tions would be good but I don’t SPARTANS EXPOSED think that would necessarily be a good idea,” said freshman health science major Neula Aarona. “It Snapchat account shows explicit view of campus life could be hazardous ... not every- one is in their right state of mind.” BY ANDREA SANDOVAL life, such as food and humorous pictures Pollan said. “I was doing a keg stand and my Aarona isn’t the only one who @axsand0val from lectures in class. shirt fl ew up enough to see my bra, somebody believes carrying concealed fi re- Although it is against Snapchat guide- recorded that and sent it into SJSUYAK. Th e arms on campus is a bad idea. “Do it for the Yak,” is a slogan some Snap- lines to use the app for nudity and pornog- next day I was in trouble with my sorority.” According to insidehighered. chat users are starting to hear, which shows raphy sharing, many users don’t follow the Individuals have the right to post pictures com, although both measures an explicit view of San Jose State students’ regulation. of themselves, but sharing pictures of others have faced opposition from stu- party lives. San Jose police Offi cer Ricardo Montez unknowingly is not fully protected under dents, campus police and school Snapchat, the photo-messaging applica- said there have been no complaints about the law, Montez said. administration, they have also re- tion that allows users to record, take photos the app, but it will start to be an issue if Senior kinesiology major Roman Hu said ceived support from gun lobbyists and add text and drawings, has a personal crime-related scenes and explicit video and he recently added SJSUYAK to his Snapchat and a primarily Republican Sen- account specifi cally for San Jose State stu- picture content from minors arise. account just to see what the hype was all about. ate majority. dents to share what they are up to at the mo- Th e slogan was named aft er Yik Yak, a “It is really entertaining to see Spartans University Police Department ment. But questions arise about whether it popular social media app that allows stu- X-rated lives behind the scenes. Some pic- Sgt. Jenny Gaxiola said pros and violates privacy rights. dents to anonymously share messages with tures are hilarious while other video content cons are unavoidable with mea- “SJSUYAK,” is the name of a Snapchat anyone who is in a certain radius from them. is disgustingly disturbing,” Hu said. sures such as these. account anybody can follow. Submission of Th e app has gained over 4.7 million followers. Hu checks SJSUYAK when he is bored With the rise of active shooter content may be sent from anybody, but the ac- It is unclear who is the main source be- and feels like having a good laugh. events on campuses nationwide, count manager picks and chooses what goes hind this account, most likely because the Although the photos and videos could be she understood why some states up on the account’s story for everyone to see. account’s owner wishes to remain anony- entertaining, some students feel it is a bad would consider allowing staff and When watching the account’s “story” mous for fear of retaliation. representation of the SJSU campus. students to carry weapons. feed, most users tend to see sexually-explic- Sophomore child development major “SJSUYAK is disgusting,” said senior Having immediate access to it videos, alcohol and illegal drug use such Cassandra Pollan talked about her personal communications major, Nicole Cisneros. as cocaine lines and bong hits. But the story encounters with the SJSUYAK account. SEE GUN ON PAGE 2 also includes snapshots of students’ campus “I was once unknowingly on SJSUYAK,” SEE YAK ON PAGE 2 HI-TECH HEALTH Biomedical conference brings jobs and technology to campus BY JUSTIN SAN DIEGO & DUY NGUYEN One of them was Hanger Clinic, which @incrediblejsd @duynguyenvn94 builds parts for prosthetic limbs. Its table had several examples of all diff erent kinds Visit spartandaily.com of prosthetics, including cosmetic and for video coverage advanced prosthetics used for sports and Tables and posters presenting new running. ideas in the biomedical fi eld were arranged Hanger Clinic representative Darryl throughout San Jose State’s Student Union Glass said the company is the oldest and and Student Ballroom for the 6th Annual largest manufacturer of orthotics in the Bay Area Biomedical Device Conference U.S. and they have been around since the on Tuesday. U.S. Civil War. Biochemical engineering alumnus Ri- Certain sponsors, including Nutek Cor- cardo Duque attended the event its fi rst poration, were given certifi cates and gift s year and he said it has grown signifi cantly. by students who organized the event. Justin San Diego | Spartan Daily “It has now grown to over 350 partici- Students displayed posters of a research Darryl Glass of Hanger Clinic speaks to biomedical students about his ex- pants from 75 where we started,” Duque project at the east end of the Student Union. perience and his company’s purpose at the Biomedical Device Conference said. “We had two industry sponsors, now Biomedical engineering student Kyle at the Student Union on Tuesday. Hanger Clinic is the largest and oldest we have 25.” Soder presented his poster on replacing manufacturer of orthopedics in the United States. Th e conference is a big networking op- the in vivo and in vitro imaging device, a portunity for more than just biomedical machine that is used to view nanoparticles insert biocompatible fl orescent “dots” that University and UC San Diego participated engineering students. and diagnose diseases. when exposed to a certain wavelength of in discussion on important issues within “In the last few years a lot of students Students drew out a handheld mod- light will detect diseases such as cancer. the fi eld including BioMEMS, also known have gotten jobs from the sponsors,” Duque el that would be portable and take up less Jagraj Singh, biomedical engineering as biological microelectromechanical sys- said. “A lot of the initial contacts made for space than the current machine. Th ey senior, tested a socket to a prosthetic limb tems, and 3-D bioprinting. internships and jobs were made here at the priced this item for $150. and concluded the socket could hold over Th ere were a total of 20 guest speakers conference.” Jose Alvarez, biomedical engineering 4,000 pounds. including instructors, CEOs and doctors. Th ere were 24 biomedical companies senior, presented a project on fi nding an Th ere were a total of 21 posters. On the stage of the ballroom, SJSU that sponsored the event and displayed an alternative to X-rays and ultrasounds that Biomedical professionals and professors information table. would use zero radiation. His idea was to from all over the state including Stanford SEE BIOMED ON PAGE 2 2 NEWS Th ursday, April 2, 2015 Infographic explains campus crimes BY CRISTIAN PONCE really understood why because of the city so it’s easy for ran- @Heel_Ponce I feel like the threat is always dom people to just walk in. If there,” Huynh said. they see an item up for grabs, University students are always According to Huynh’s info- they’re surely going to take it. If susceptible to crimes and danger, graphic, there were 26,054 rob- they get really bold, they might whether on campus or off campus. beries, theft s and burglaries in- even try to take it off the person Alisa Huynh, a marketing em- volving college students in 2012. themselves.” ployee for the company Sellpoints, Th e infographic notes bur- The infographic consists of teamed up with Link Interactive, glars usually enter homes numerous statistics that put a home security business, to cre- through open doors or windows into perspective how college ate an infographic reminding stu- and will exit through either the students are vulnerable to dif- dents they should never forget the front or back door. ferent situations. dangers of college, and how they One of the many statistics said should always be attentive to their 97, 000 students falling between surroundings. I feel like the the ages of 18 and 24 become vic- Huynh, from Hayward, grad- tims of date rape or sexual inci- uated from UC San Diego and thought of getting dents involving alcohol.