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#spartanpolls SPARTAN DAILY | SPECIAL SECTION Is it okay to harass public @spartandaily fi gures while they are shopping? In stands Thursday, March 23 11% Yes )LQGRXU*HRˉOWHURQ6QDSFKDW 89% No 114 votes - Final results FOLLOW US! /spartandaily @SpartanDaily @spartandaily /spartandailyYT Volume 148. Issue 24www.sjsunews.com/spartan_daily Wednesday, March 22, 2017 PROPOSED TUITION HIKE Walkout continues on campus BY MARGARET GUTIERREZ recruit and hire more faculty STAFF WRITER and student advisers. As a result of the increase in teaching staff, In response to proposed tuition the universities would be able to hikes, San Jose State students offer more classes, which would rallied on campus Tuesday to help increase graduation times for protest the tuition increases and students if the hikes pass. voice their concerns about the “I feel it is ridiculous,” said potential impact they could have Luis Cervantes Rodriguez, on students. A.S. director of community The California State University and sustainability affairs and Board of Trustees met at its board environmental studies senior. meeting on Tuesday. Among “The whole point to raising the topics of discussion was a tuition is to help the student’s proposal to raise tuition at all success and graduation rates. But California State Universities for it doesn’t make sense to me as a the 2017-2018 academic year. student that they are increasing “[For] people that don’t know someone’s tuition.” about it, it’s a way to create Several students voiced concerns awareness,” said psychology for minority and low-income junior Maria Gutierrez. “It’s a students. The statements made way to show our administration by CSU on its website, however, or chancellors, the people that are indicate that the proposed tuition there with the power, know that increase would not affect 60 it’s affecting us. And it’s a huge percent of the student population problem not only in San Jose, but because these tuition hikes would all over California.” be offset by fi nancial aid, state MARGARET GUTIERREZ | SPARTAN DAILY This tuition increase will not Ariadna Manzo, Associated Students director of intercultural affairs and political science junior, gives a speech at the tuition walkout in waivers, CAL grants and state only affect SJSU students, but front of the Tommie Smith and John Carlos Olympic statues on Tuesday. university grants. will apply to students attending The jury is still out on the CSU institutions across “When you have a tuition science junior. “The majority of priorities are not on students.” proposal to increase tuition and California. Under the proposed increase like this, we have to students are of color and low- According to the CSU website, the fi nal decision will be made tuition increases, full-time think about who’s being excluded income students who can’t afford the proposed tuition increases this Wednesday at noon. undergraduate students would too,” said Ariadna Manzo, to come to institutions like this. intend to benefi t the student have to pay an additional $270 Associated Students director of The program got cut and now population by enabling public Follow Margaret on Twitter per academic year. intercultural affairs and political our tuition is going up. The state universities in California to @maggieslara ELECTION MISSING A.S. candidates meet and Community searches greet Spartans at mixer for SJSU student BY SATVIR SAINI enhances your college career,” Thomas- STAFF WRITER Williams said. BY SELINA RAMIREZ Environmental studies senior Chelsea STAFF WRITER Associated Students Government elections Busick is running for director of student for 2017 are here. The election kickoff was resource affairs. A San Jose State University held in the Student Union on Tuesday. “I am a part of the global awakening student was reported missing over Students attended the event to meet the club and I love the passion coming from the weekend. Anne Elizaga, 27, left candidates for A.S. government. The event people and their uniqueness and the her San Jose home on Friday and started with food and games as candidates ability to feel free around me makes me never returned. walked around and introduced themselves feel free in return,” Busick said. “It’s my According to Elizaga’s longtime to their running mates as well as others passion to support people and to have a friend Cristina Quattrin, Elizaga left who were in attendance. healthy community.” her home to meet with a man named Current executives were not in attendance The position of director of intercultural Chris Chamblin, who she met online. because they are in Long Beach for an affairs has six candidates. Chamblin was visiting Elizaga from education board meeting. Two of the candidates included public Illinois. The two were spotted purchasing Some of the candidates running for relations junior Tuan Nguyen and bus tickets at the Reno Greyhound bus president include economics junior Ricky undeclared freshman Mira Mustafa. station on Friday evening. Maldonado, political science junior Ariadna “My classes and my personal “The last time I saw her in class, she was Manzo and public relations senior Ashley experiences are the reason I want to run more quiet than usual,” said journalism Thomas-Williams. for this position,” Nguyen said. “It is my junior Salvatore Maxwell. “I didn’t want “I want to increase involvement on inspiration to reach my goals and spread to mistake it for anything because she PHOTO COURTESY OF CRISTINA QUATTRIN campus and make the college experience the message of unity and diversity.” was a very diligent student.” Journalism transfer Ann Marie Elizaga was last fun,” Maldonado said. Wanting to bring together the community is A video acquired by Elizaga’s seen on camera in Reno, Nev. Running for president means you need a step forward for the candidates running for family from the Reno Police to have a passion and a goal that you want intercultural affairs. Department shows Elizaga and her because she is vulnerable.” to reach. Keeping in contact with fellow “The community is really divided,” Chamblin buying two tickets to Los Elizaga has a speech impediment students can help accomplishing those goals. Mustafa said. “I feel it is very important Angeles for Tuesday at 7:15 a.m. and a learning disability. “I am running for president because to bring communities from all different Elizaga’s family has been in Quattrin said Elizaga’s cell phone I am very passionate about equity and backgrounds, genders and sexual preferences Reno since learning of Elizaga’s and social media accounts were inclusion,” Manzo said. together and create a communication and whereabouts. They waited for Elizaga disconnected and any app that Involvement on campus will make a build a sense of respect.” at the Reno bus station on Tuesday could ping her location was also stronger community on campus. If students Director of Business Affairs candidates morning, but Elizaga did not show. turned off and didn’t work. know what is going on with events, more include a management information systems “I believe she is being held against her students will participate in the community. junior Malik Akil and business fi nance will,” Quattrin said. “He is controlling See ELIZAGA page 2 “I want to give as much as I can back to the community. Student involvement See GOVERNMENT page 2 Wednesday, March 22, 2017 LITERATURE CAROLINA IBARRA | SPARTAN DAILY Authors Andrew Lam, Margo True, Jacqueline Harmon Butler and Janis Cooke Newman share their strangest excursions at the Food and Travel Writing Panel Tuesday at the Student Union Theater. Writing conference brings traveling authors to the Student Union Th eater BY CAROLINA IBARRA When questioned, many audience members admitted to members to fi nd the best food spots in foreign countries STAFF WRITER a desire to dabble in the food and travel writing industry. — from local advice to online reviews. Tales of dizzying drives down Italian roads, unorthodox Authors shared the career journeys that eventually Newman noted that she had never gone wrong with a love affairs, distant immigrant journeys and unusual led them to their current achievements in the world restaurant that hosted an aquarium — a tell-tale sign of foreign food fl owed endlessly at Tuesday’s Food and of publishing. quality food. Travel Writing Panel. “In a lot of ways these events are not just about the At the end of the speaking session, audience members Hosted and organized by the Center for Literary Arts particular genre,” said junior Brian Adam, who is also an had the chance to ask panel members questions about (CLA), the event presented audience members with an assistant for the CLA. “They’re also about origin stories advice and experiences. Authors also invited those opportunity to get an inside look at the life of a writer. from authors and how they got here and how we might present to join them outside for a book signing segment. “This was a really fantastic opportunity to see how these see our own journeys differently.” Interested audience members fl ocked the tables to stand writers look at the world,” said author Michelle McGurk. Butler spoke of an exciting love affair with a younger and speak with the writers on a personal basis. “And then how they turn that into their storytelling.” man and the excruciating faux pas of mistakenly using Authors signed books and granted some fi nal advice The panel consisted of authors Janis Cooke Newman, inappropriate Italian slang. The author’s tales of mischief to those gathered at the table before occupants parted Jacqueline Harmon Butler, Margo True and Andrew and misfortune elicited chuckles from audience members. with their small glimpse at the world of the traveling Lam. Newman was appointed as panel moderator for the “I hadn’t really thought about people’s experience with storytellers.