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Volume 146 • Issue 24 Serving San Jose State University since 1934 Th ursday, March 24, 2016 SJSUNEWS.COM/SPARTAN_DAILY VIDEOS AT YOUTUBE.COM/C/SPARTANDAILYSJSU DRINK OF THEWEEKWEEKK Campus Voices: How do you feel about Spartans ousted by Gauchos A&E P3: Do you have a passion for Passion? VIDEO: ride sharing apps? SPORTS P6: at home. UNITY IN CHRIST BALLS COLLIDE Christian clubs voice their beliefs on campus By Ryan Vermont Staff writer Members of the San Jose State students came in and out to University Community gathered see what was going on. Th ose for an empowering campus who gathered were urged to sit experience expressed in song, down at the tables to discuss and speech and psalms. deliberate their beliefs. Th e national religious “Th is really is a unity type event organization Unity In Christ, for all the Christian fellowships,” | Quincy Bouldin Spartan Daily hosted Rez Week, an event at San said Melodie Sun, volunteer Junior computer science major Bruno Hernandez (right) and junior physics major Cesar Jose State to express their love of at the event, junior music and Ramirez (left) charge toward each other in infl atable hampsterballs at the AS Programing Jesus while assembling unity on math major. “It’s not just put on Boardʼs Jump Start to Spring Break event next to the AS House Wednesday afternoon. campus. Short for resurrection by one ministry.” week, the hard to miss spiritual Th e event was brought to event was free and took place reality by several on campus STACKS ON STACKS on Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 4 Christian clubs including Pulse p.m. on Tower Lawn. College Ministry, Cru and UIC. “When we accept Jesus, when Sun said the goal of the event we believe in him, then he gives was to make Jesus famous and the Expenses and savings us the ability to connect back most talked about on campus. to God,” said Nia Jones, senior Th roughout the six hour communications major, who event, several Christian speakers for students at SJSU helped coordinate the event. and musicians distinctively On the lawn, a bulky tent expressed their beliefs and views. spending experiment. His spending By Casey Geier sheltered a small stage which Th e headline act of the event was monitored on and around was set up in front several was up-and-coming Christian Staff writer campus on a random Monday. He tables. On the tables were rapper John Givez. Students have to belt out money Tuition at SJSU costs $18,483 per bought a bagel and a coff ee from pamphlets, CD’s and fl yers Th e Oceanside, California on a number of diff erent things to semester for students living out of House of Bagels, a couple tacos and campaigning the religious native Givez said that he was stay in school, but there are some state including additional fees and cinnamon twists from Taco Bell mission of the organization. contacted by Jones just a few days fi nancial advantages for being $7,323 including fees for student in the aft ernoon and a coff ee from Over the course of the event, before to see if he was willing to enrolled in a university. living in state. Th is number can the Village Market to stay awake According to College Board, a be further reduced by applying for for midterms that night. His total student living on campus at a public fi nancial aid through FASFA or spending on food for the day was four-year university will spend through organizations. $14.38. If Ozeta spent that amount, $24,061 a year on tuition and fees, Josiah Ozeta, sophomore he would end up spending $1409.20 room and board, books and supplies, industrial and systems engineer for the semester. transportation and recreation. major, was the profi le on a student “I like to track my overall spending MONEY PAGE 2 What are we paying for? $18,483 per month Ryan Vermont | Spartan Daily $1065 $600 $177 Rapper John Givez gestures toward the crowd during his Tuition Meal plan for Books Grocery budget performance at Rez Week at Tower Lawn. 100 swipes for students Infographic by Kavin Mistry RELIGION PAGE 2 FREE WILLY SeaWorld phasing out Orcas from its shows By Yousif Kassab to care is ridiculous,” Lundstrom said. “Kids As far as SJSU is concerned, many students Staff writer want to be astronauts, but we don’t need to report having positive experiences with the send them into space.” orca shows at SeaWorld. SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. made the of that size with the freedom it’s used to, being “Blackfi sh” also featured a number of “I loved that show,” said Andrew Suacillo, announcement that they will discontinue all locked up in a tank that small, it’s common scathing recounts by past employees about junior aerospace engineer major. “It’s good breeding of killer whales. sense. It’s just a matter of whether the good the treatment of the whales. for the animal, but now we have to watch that Th e company has suff ered an 84 parts outweigh the bad.” One ex-employee John Hargrove, who was stuff on YouTube, I guess.” percent drop in attendance aft er the 2013 According to a statement released on the featured in ”Blackfi sh,” took to the Vox website Jose Perez, sophomore civil engineer major, documentary “Blackfi sh” showed the living SeaWorld Cares website, the company has on March 22 to write an essay detailing his shared a similar sentiments. conditions the whales were kept under, erected in the face of this announcement, feelings on SeaWorld’s new decision. “I remember watching it as a kid,” Perez considered animal cruelty. SeaWorld CEO Joel Manby described the Hargrove described his stance as said. “It just sucks for the kids that don’t get to Jim Harvey, director of Moss Landing decision, “We’ve helped make orcas among the cautiously optimistic. see the show.” Marine Laboratories, spoke on how the issue most beloved marine mammals on the planet. “One reason to be concerned is that a While SeaWorld has pledged to stop its might be more complicated than it seems on As society’s understanding of orcas continues SeaWorld whale is pregnant right now,” whale-based artifi cial insemination program, the surface. to change, SeaWorld is changing with it.” Hargrove said. “I’m assuming she was they also said the whales they are currently “Having those animals in captivity allows Animal Equality employee Stephanie impregnated well before SeaWorld chose housing will be kept at their respective parks people to have connections with them, which Lundstrom said that we need killer whale this historic new direction. But it does until their death. could support conservation of the animals,” shows to drive conservation eff orts. unfortunately mean one more whale will be Th e company has stated on their SeaWorld Harvey said. “But when you have an animal “Th e idea that we need the show for people born in captivity.” SEAWORLD PAGE 2 22 NEWS Thursday, March 24, 2016 from page 1 “He’s got a really unique style, his production is great, his as other things to snack on like popcorn and candy. RELIGION content and depth is so good,” said Jeremy Landicho, senior Nevertheless, the fi rst installment of Rez Week seemed to communications major. be a success with an estimated 600 people total spending perform. He happily accepted. Landicho said he was surprised not many people had heard time at the event. “I think the event was dope,” Givez said. “I think the kids about him and that Givez was one of his favorite musicians. Rez Week, never being done on the West Coast, held the here (on campus) right now are being fulfi lled and their Rez Week used the oldest strategy in the book to draw in fi rst of its kind at SJSU. going to take that and live their lives.” members of the community: they provided free food to go “ We are hoping to put it (the event) on every year around His 2015 album, “Soul Rebel,” ranked number seven on the along with the free event. Easter,” Sun said. Christian albums chart and number 19 on the independent Attendees got to indulge in catered Chick-Fil-A Follow Ryan on Twitter albums chart for Billboard Magazine in September 2015. sandwiches, along with tea from local shop Tea Lyfe, as well @Your_Pal_Ryan from page 1 cheaper at Trader Joe’s than Safeway. Ozeta rented a used Sears and Zemansky’s University MONEY “The produce is all organic too, so I don’t sacrifice on Physics book from Chegg for $23.95. The same book quality,” Ozeta said. costs $186.44 new from the Spartan Bookstore. on a weekly basis,” Ozeta said. “On weeks I want to Students also have a variety of local eateries off Students are given many money-saving opportunities save money, I plan and cook my own meals and don’t campus that sell cheap food. Super Taqueria on S. 10th by the school. go to the mall.” St. is Ozeta’s favorite restaurant to eat at anytime of the Some financial benefits of being a SJSU student is a A five-day meal plan costs $2,250 day. Their Super Burrito costs $5.75. VTA clipper card available at the transportation office. per semester and a seven-day plan ThThe e National House of Bagels on East San Carlos Street is The card is covered by students with an $89 student costs $2,600. Students can buy a a popular spot for students to get a morning involvement fee and the cost of an annual subscription limited amount of entries to the OrganizationOrgan of coffee or bagel breakfast sandwich.