Life of Ryan Harryman Celebrated with Vigil by Katie Rike @Katierike
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Serving San Jose State University since 1934 Volume 145 • Issue 27 Tuesday, October 27, 2015 CAMPUS OPINION A&E MINUTE Dakotah Zabroski Day of the Dead Preview this thinks you can’t was celebrated in week’s stories survive without a big, big way p.4 YouTube.com/SpartanDailyYT your tech p.5 YouTube.com/SpartanDailyYT NOT FORGOTTEN Life of Ryan Harryman celebrated with vigil By Katie Rike @KatieRike Last week 24-year-old Ryan Harryman died aft er being taken off life support following injuries sustained during a water polo practice on Tuesday, Oct. 13. More than 100 people held lit candles in honor of Ryan Harryman’s vigil which took place in front of the Tommie Smith and John Carlos Statue Friday evening. William Harryman, Ryan’s brother, opened the vigil by thanking the crowd for coming to celebrate his brother’s life. Ryan Harryman’s friends, family, teammates and ac- quaintances told lighthearted stories throughout the eve- ning. Th ere were more laughs than tears while attendees | Spartan Daily reminisced about Ryan Harryman’s character. Katie Rike It was clear that his positive energy rubbed off on those San Jose State Men’s Water Polo Club attends Ryan Harryman’s candlelight vigil Friday around him. evening in front of the Tommie Smith and John Carlos Statue. Th roughout the vigil, they played Ryan Harryman’s infamous YouTube videos of his alter ego “3PAC.” His friends and teammates told stories of how they picked up TINY, FAST AND FURIOUS Ryan Harryman’s humorous rap lingo as their own. Th e SJSU water polo team wore white T-shirts that read “#ForRyan #NoHoots #ZeroTrouts #RareAthlete.” A San Jose hobby shop group of childhood friends wore T-shirts that read “Stay Hootless,” in other words “Don’t worry.” Ryan Harryman’s lingo became so ingrained in his peers that his teammates told the crowd that before jumping in embraces R/C car culture the water for each game they would yell, “No hoots!” Now, before jumping in the water, they yell “For Ryan!” By Matthew Dziak called R/C Unlimited Hobbyshop. Each millisecond is critical for a To end the evening, William Harryman brought out his @bigmattitude “About a decade or two ago I racer looking to qualify for a cham- guitar to sing a song he wrote in his brother’s memory. thought this was the stupidest thing pionship race. For many, racing toy cars around to own,” Vasutin said. “It’s a ton of Inside Nor-Cal Hobbies is an in- Katie Rike is the Spartan Daily photo editor. a track was a childhood pastime. At work but it’s cool and I love it.” door dirt track for practicing, quali- Nor-Cal Hobbies and Raceway, the Vasutin is as meticulous with his fying and racing. enthusiasm for racing continues to facility as he is with his car tuning, “Th e clientele changes with off - adulthood. pointing out to his employees the need road and on-road, which is why I do Suspect ID’d Located on 10th Street in San Jose, to clean up clutter between being the this,” Vasutin said. “People go back Nor-Cal Hobbies is a place for R/C announcer for qualifying races. and forth between the two but they car enthusiasts to come together re- Nor-Cal Hobbies off ers on-site usually stick to one or the other.” in Third Street gardless of age. experts who will help racers tweak Th ere is also a shop inside of Nor- “I’ve raced R/C cars Cal Hobbies with acces- homicide case since 1989,” said San sories and car parts as Jose R/C car racer Ken- well stations and tools for By Raphael Stroud neth Jones. “Th e thing racers to tweak their car. @randomlyralph that drives me is the thrill “I’ve been playing with of competition because I these cars for over 35 Yesterday San Jose Police uncovered a homicide at don’t play ball anymore years,” said Joel Johnson, an apartment building on 25 S 3rd Street. because of injury, so this is SJSU alumnus and owner A single adult female victim was discovered and po- the next best thing.” of AKA Products Inc. “I lice have announced that suspect Hugo Castro is in Jones was adamant like to come up here when custody. about the suspension of I get a chance and race my While the victim has not yet been identifi ed, the of- his car and the weight cars with Eric.” fi cial press release says the two may have had prior distribution when cor- AKA Products is based dating history. Police say the victim had at least one nering, all of which are | Spartan Daily in Murrieta, California stab wound. customizable from parts at Matthew Dziak and it makes tires and ac- Th e death marks the 25th homicide of 2015, just two the shop. Remote control car racer Kenneth Jones cessories for both the on days aft er Michael Arcega was murdered on Oct. 24 “It’s just like a race car but points out the shocks used in his R/C car. and off -road cars. on Monterey Road outside of a club. it cost less money and you Nor-Cal Hobby also off er Comparing the 2014 and 2015 San Jose Mercury can’t get hurt,” Jones said. their cars for optimal performance. an outdoor road racing track in the News homicide lists shows that San Jose had 29 homi- Nor-Cal Hobbies opened in 2014 af- “Everything is based on lap time parking lot with the track blocked cides by this time last year, proving that the number ter originally operating in Union City and the times are recorded with the off by racing barriers. of homicides is down, albeit marginally. and is the second San Jose R/C shop same system that horse racing and “What I like better about road owned by Eric Vasutin with Castle NASCAR is, with electronic timer racing is that it is all about racing Raphael Stroud is the Hobbies being the fi rst. Castle Hob- bridges buried a half-inch under- Spartan Daily executive editor. bies is now under new ownership and ground,” Vasutin said. see RACING on page 2 TAKE BACK THE NIGHT Sigma Alpha Zeta honors domestic violence victims By Adolfo Oseguera It is reallyre important to let them know that we are here for @aosogordo them, to let them know that they are forf campuses to host not alone.” Candles lit up the night last Wednes- Sahagun said she hoped participants day at Sigma Alpha Zeta Multicultural domestic violence learned something from the event. Sorority, Inc.’s fi rst Take Back the Night “awareness events She was happy when 25 people came event at San Jose State University. to participate because it showed her Sigma Alpha Zeta lit and provided because it lets people that students do care and want the is- candles for every participant who sue to be resolved. attended. As a group, they walked who are going “We want to raise awareness because around campus in silence to pay trib- a lot of college students or young stu- ute to those who did not make it out of through it knoww that dents who get into relationships do Katie Rike | Spartan Daily a domestic violence relationship. they are not alone.loneone.. not really know what it means to be “It is an event so people can come to- in an abusive relationship,” said psy- Sociology senior Karla Ruiz shows support gether to pay homage to those who has Megan Rose chology and child development senior for Domestic Violence Awareness Week in been aff ected by domestic violence,” YWCA Education front of the Cesar Chavez Memorial Arch said art senior Fatima Sahagun. “And and Outreach” specialist see UNITY on page 2 Wednesday night. 2 NEWS Tuesday, October 27, 2015 UNITY RACING from page 1 through it know that they are not alone,” from page 1 well as an on-road Toys for Tots Race. said YWCA Education and Outreach Vasutin said qualifying events and rac- Priscilla Elizalde. Specialist Megan Rose. “It shows that the lines,” Vasutin said. “Th ere are some es are not easy to host even for a major About 57 percent of people who have campus overall isn’t going to accept any people who really love the jumps in dirt store like his, yet the reward of enjoying been in an abusive relationship in the U.S. kind of harm to their students and that tracks and others who don’t understand his passion for racing with others makes said it occurred while they were in college, they are unitedly saying ‘we are not al- why anyone would want to have a track it worthwhile. according to the College Dating Violence lowing that kind of violence occur at our with jumps.” “It is a ton of work but it is cool and rac- and Abuse Poll done by Break the Cycle, campus.’” Th e shop is open to the public and race ing is only half of it,” Vasutin said. “Th e a national nonprofi t organization that ad- Rose ended Take Back the Night by talk- enthusiasts can sign up for practices or other half is the people and it makes a vocates for domestic violence awareness. ing about the issue and asked if anyone races either online or at the store. community.” Elizalde said Sigma Alpha Zeta takes wanted to share any words about people Th ere are off -road races that occur ev- pride in raising awareness about domes- dealing with or who have dealt with do- ery Wednesday and Friday for the re- tic violence because it is an issue that does mestic violence.