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CLASSES On April 15, SJSU and Udacity extended decided on these particular courses because University system and to most U.S. colleges SJSU Plus, an online partnership, by offer- there’s a high need and demand for them. and universities,” according to the Udacity Partnership ing 10-week summer classes. “SJSU and Udacity believes these courses website. According to Pat Lopes Harris, director are the ones where there is the highest need Harris said not only are the courses with Udacity of media relations, three classes are cur- and also greatest demand from students cheap, but are strictly online, making it rently being offered through Udacity – Ele- who are looking to enter CSUs and have suc- convenient and easily accessible to stu- offers students mentary Statistics, College Algebra and En- cessful college careers,” she stated. dents. try-level math – and Intro to Programming Catheryn Cheal, the associate vice presi- “The benefit is for San Jose students who and Intro to Psychology have been added to dent and senior academic technology offi- need to squeeze in an extra class or don’t summer courses the list of offered courses this summer. cer, said the prices of the courses are cheap- have time to come to campus can try this Clarissa Shen, the vice president of stra- er than classes offered on campus. approach,” she said. By Sydney Reed tegic business and marketing at Udacity, “Each class costs $150 and credit earned @SyydNee_Daily stated in an email that SJSU and Udacity is transferable within the State SEE ONLINE ON PAGE 6

CAMPUS IMAGE TECHNOLOGY Just dance for cancer awareness Mobile apps attempt to eliminate DUIs By Sydney Reed @ SyydNee_Daily

Driving under the influence can easi- ly cost an individual thousands of dollars and their life, but smartphone applica- tions geared toward letting people know their blood alcohol content have been created to prevent drinking and driving. The California Department of Mo- tor Vehicles states on its website that under the Zero Tolerance Law, it is illegal to drive with a blood alcohol concentra- tion of 0.1 percent or more if you are un- der 21 and for drivers over 21, the blood alcohol concentration is 0.8 percent or more. “According to the National College Health Assessment from Spring 2012, about 55 percent of SJSU students re- ported having a drink within the last 30 days,” Liz Romero, wellness and health promotion coordinator, stated in an email.

Lil Swagg and his dance group perform during SpartAwareness to raise cancer awareness on Tuesday. Codi Mills / Spartan Daily SEE DRIVING ON PAGE 2

COMMUNITY WORKSHOP Beauty Bowl is not pretty to all Public Relations Day to provide students with opportunities to By Christiana Cobb tives from their homes who run for Beauty @christianacobb Bowl Princess. “The Facebook page which is accompanied network and stay up-to-date The annual Kappa Sigma Beauty Bowl and by the ‘Beauty Bowl Princess’ Competition the Princess Facebook Competition are events is an outlet through which we build excite- By Rochelle Beckel vice president of marketing and commu- designed to raise money for the military, but ment amongst the academic and Greek com- @rochellebeckel nications at International Business Ma- according to Men Creating Change, the com- munity for our event,” said Patrick Burns, the chines, according to DiSalvo. petition overshadows the philanthropy and co-operator of Beauty Bowl and a junior busi- Students interested in receiving ca- “He’s coming from New York to be our sexualizes the women involved. ness management major. “The event planning reer advice from public relations profes- keynote speaker,” Di Salvo said. “Then Lukus Hosin, a member of Kappa Sigma takes some time so a need for constant updat- sionals and learning what it would be like we’re going to have three different pan- and a senior civil engineering major, said the ing is very important.” to work in the public relations industry els. One of them is (about) working in a Beauty Bowl is a powder-puff football game Burns said the Beauty Bowl is May 11 from can attend SJSU’s ninth annual PR Day PR agency versus working in a corpora- in which they invite sororities to participate, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Kappa Sigma house on on May 1 in the Barrett Ballroom for $28. tion, (another is) working in sports and spread the word and raise money for the Mili- 1257 South 10th St. According to Christine Di Salvo, a entertainment PR, and we also are doing tary Heroes Campaign and the Fisher House Lee said one of the controversial parts of public relations lecturer and PR Day ad- one called technology PR because we live Foundation. Beauty Bowl was the image on the event shirt viser, PR Day is a half-day seminar in in Silicon Valley.” Hosin said the event typically raises about that Kappa Sigma requested from Associated public relations, during which students The agency versus corporate panel $1,000, which is all donated. Students. have the opportunity to network with will feature speakers from companies Carlos Escobar, the vice president of Men “(At the) finance committee meeting, it was public relations professionals and learn such as Weber Shandwick, a global public Creating Change and a sophomore environ- a bit heated at first because when they were re- what’s going on in the field. relations firm, Kaiser Permanente, the mental science major, said he and a few other questing the money they showed the design She said the event is open to all stu- nation’s largest health care consortium, members of the group are in the fraternity and the design had the silhouette portraying dents, but primarily attracts public rela- Cisco Systems, a networking equipment Delta Sigma Phi and know about the event be- women very sexualized,” said Alex Sanchez, a tions majors. company and Edelman, the world’s larg- cause it has been happening since 2005. sophomore marketing major and external af- “I teach public relations event man- est public relations firm, according to Di According to Staci Gunner, a former advis- fairs for Men Creating Change. “The female agement,” she said. “We plan two events Salvo. er of Men Creating Change, the group is a male members of the committee were uncomfort- in that class and one of them is PR Day She said the sports and entertainment group on campus that seeks to mobilize men able with it, and they were uncomfortable of and the other one is the (Honors) Convo- panel’s speakers will represent Ubisoft, a to use their strength to create cultures free of approving the funding for the shirts.” cation.” French video game publisher and devel- violence. A.S. did not approve the original design and She said there is a committee of 15 oper, Xoom, an online money transfer Peter Lee, the president of Men Creat- Kappa Sigma changed the design to one that students this year that planned PR Day company, the and ing Change and a sophomore international matched a previous year, according to Burns. and the other half of the class planned Charles Zukow Associates, a full-service business major, said the group stands for ad- “Associated Students thought an outline the Honors Convocation. public relations and marketing firm dressing stereotypes that face men on college of a woman doing The Heisman stance next PR Day begins with registration at based in San Francisco. campuses and taking steps to erase those ste- to a heart with the words ‘Beauty Bowl’ within 11:30 a.m. followed by lunch at noon, The technology panel’s speakers are reotypes. it was too sexual,” Burns said. “Because it was during which the attendees listen to the from Logitech, a technology product Escobar said aside from the football game, keynote speaker Jon C. 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Driving: Programs are not a solution Online: Video courses are an FROM PAGE 1 Out of the students in the 55 alternative method for learning percent, only 2.2 percent report- ed driving after having five or FROM PAGE 1 structure of teaching,” do things quickly so they more drinks while the other 27.7 The online courses will Cheal said. would get it into email.” percent reported driving after benefit those students who To better support stu- According to Udacity’s having any alcohol, she stated. have already taken the dents who take these on- website, enrollment is lim- According to Sgt. John Laws courses at an university line courses, professors ited but Cheal says up to of UPD, in 2012, 63 people were but had trouble passing, communicate with stu- 1,000 students are able to arrested for driving under the Harris said. dents using a range of aca- enroll. influence and so far there have “Students can fit this demic support and men- been eight arrests in 2013. (course) into their lifestyle torship services to help ... I think “Underage DUI convictions any way they like,” Cheal said. students succeed, which must be reported on college and The teaching method includes email, office there’s employment applications and includes a three-minute hours and phone calls, ac- convictions stay on your driving video and then a multiple cording to Shen. strong record for 10 years,” according to choice quiz section, ac- “Human mentoring is a pamphlet provided by the Stu- cording to Cheal. available via chat rooms, motivation dent Health Center. According to Shen, the virtual help chat line, For smartphones, there are enter the number and type of eaten, or if a person has worked courses are set up by SJSU email communications built a number of applications that drink they’ve consumed, gender out. professors who develop the tailored for the audience, into the promote sober driving such as and weight and the application “These are things an applica- curriculum and instruc- in-person study group Drive Sober and Can I Drive Yet?, will then calculate one’s blood tion may not consider,” she stated. tional content while Udac- meet-ups and office hours, structure which is the number-one rated concentration level. Romero stated she strongly ity manages production. professor-facilitated peer blood alcohol concentration cal- “First of all, if someone is believes that if a person has cho- “Lectures are taught meetings, phone calls and of teaching culator, according to the iPhone drunk enough to pick up your sen to have a drink at all, they by SJSU professors and all even text message,” she app store. phone, go through the app and should have an alternate way of aspects of video produc- stated. ... Junior finance major Joanna answer all these questions they getting home. tion take place at Udacity, Although several op- Catheryn Cheal, Bartolome said drinking and should be sober enough to think “We encourage our students where our course develop- tions are designed to help associate vice president driving isn’t a good idea despite whether they can drive or not,” to party with a plan,” she stated. ers bring high-quality edu- students communicate and senior academic the mobile applications created said junior business major Au- Sophomore undeclared ma- cational content to life in with professors most stu- technology officer to help prevent driving under drey Leong. jor Edward Lara said students the online medium,” she dents still prefer email, ac- the influence. While entering information who are out drinking should al- stated. cording to Cheal. “Can I Drive Yet? is designed into the application, Leong said ways make sure they have some- Students are able to re- “I’ve taught online “We’ll just have to wait to help prevent people from individuals would have to men- one with them who will look out peatedly watch lectures, course for about 14 years and see,” she said. making a mistake they will al- tally think and analyze the ques- for them. according to Harris, which so I know that most stu- Enrollment ends May ways regret, to help them make tions so they should be able to According to Romero, some she said students find ex- dents prefer email for of- 24 and classes will start on the most of their night while analyze whether or not they can tips provided by Wellness and tremely helpful. fice hours,” she said. “I al- June 3 and end August 9. staying safe and to be as simple as drive home. Health Promotion are to carry “I think there’s strong ways had a chat session set Sydney Reed is a Spartan possible,” stated in the app store “It’s an app that would make extra cash for a cab, call a friend motivation built into the up but students wanted to Daily staff writer. by Everything Code, Inc. – seller (people) think if they can actu- for a ride and most importantly, of the application. ally drive or not,” she said “It’s not listen to friends when they tell In the Everything Code Inc.’s about the results from the app it- you that you have exceeded your description of the Wisconsin self but it’s probably the process drinking limit. Department of Transportation’s of doing it (entering informa- “One of the main messages Drive Sober app, it was created tion) that makes people think.” that Wellness and Health Pro- to assist those who have had too According to Romero, she motion tries to deliver is know- much to drink find a safe ride doesn’t believe the applications ing that the designated driver is home through designated-driv- are 100 percent accurate or use- not the person who drank the er services and other forms of ful to individuals because differ- least but the person that did not transportation. ent factors can effect how one drink at all,” Romero stated. According to each of these reacts to alcohol such as how Sydney Reed is a Spartan Daily applications, individuals must much one has eaten, what was staff writer.

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NFL DRAFT Commentary: Niners add depth in draft while Raiders rebuild

By Christian Carrasco motor, Carradine slipped in the @tabascocarrasco draft after suffering a season ending knee injury. The annual NFL draft was After rehabbing, Carradine three days of twists, turns and will get the chance to learn trades that generated plenty of from Smith and unleash havoc hoopla as always. in the second half of the season. From EJ Manuel being the Also recovering from a bru- first quarterback taken, to tal season ending knee injury Manti Te’o being drafted in the is South Carolina running back second round, even to SJSU’s Marcus Lattimore. own David Quessenberry being Also highly touted and con- picked by the sidered a first round pick prior in the sixth round, we can now to his injury like Carradine, the settle down as the hype is over. Niners swooped in and nabbed The NFC champion San Lattimore in the fourth round. Francisco 49ers and AFC West It is believed by many Nin- bottom feeder Oakland Raiders er fans that Lattimore will have been busy in the off-sea- take over for Frank Gore, who son leading up to the draft, as turns 30 in May and is only the Niners acquired defensive under contract until 2015. lineman Glenn Dorsey and ex- As for the team on the other Raider and Philadelphia Eagle side of the Bay, the Raid- Nnamdi Asomugha, while the ers came into the draft in dire Raiders got rid of quarterback need of quality players as gen- and traded for eral manager Reggie McKenzie his replacement in Matt Flynn. continues to clean house. Both teams were similarly After a dismal year in which active over the weekend. they shipped out Carson Palm- The Niners had 13 picks er among others, the Raiders entering the draft and used traded down from their No. 3 those bargaining chips to their overall pick to Miami for the advantage as they traded to get Dolphins No. 12 pick and their the players they wanted. second round pick. They traded with the Dallas With that pick the Raiders Cowboys in the first round and drafted Houston picked up LSU free safety Eric D.J. Hayden . Although Hayden Reid at No. 18 overall pick. is a good pick, there was con- Reid fills the void left by cern about his health because Safety Eric Reid holds up his new jersey with his daughter LeiLani during the draft in New York City on April 25. Chris Szagola / MCT the departure of All-Pro safety he suffered a freak accident Dashon Goldson, who left town during practice, in which he Although still raw, Watson work ethic got him drafted in has to wonder whether he will At least they drafted sound to play for Tampa Bay. tore a large vein and suffered is a physical specimen and dis- the third round. actually ever see the field. players they needed and not Florida State defensive end massive internal bleeding. plays a quick first step - which is Although not in the mar- At worst, they can develop speedsters that had the late Al Cornellius Carradine was taken He was cleared by all 32 NFL vital for an offensive lineman. ket for a quarterback after the Wilson and trade him down the Davis foaming at the mouth. in the second round, adding medical staffs, so he should be Bumping his way to the acquisition of Matt Flynn and line if the Flynn gamble works. The Niners shored up both depth to the defensive front. good to go. third round was Sio Moore, a with Terrelle Pryor on the ros- The Raiders fared well in sides of the ball, finding qual- Given that Justin Smith is in Using the Dolphins’ second Connecticut linebacker who ter, the Black and Silver picked the draft, filling many needs. ity replacements for when their the last year of his contract and round pick they received in the started showcasing his skills up Arkansas quarterback Tyler Still, with many holes to superstars move on. As coach getting older, Carradine is the trade, the Raiders got a steal in the East–West Shrine Game, Wilson in the fourth round. plug and after signing 14 un- Harbaugh would tell you, no- eventual replacement. in picking up offensive tackle draft combine and his pro day. After his first-team All-SEC drafted rookie free agents, the body’s got it better than them. Highly touted in college for Menelik Watson from Florida He was a bit under the radar season, Wilson is a great pick up Raiders are in desperate need Christian Carrasco is a Spartan his dominance and nonstop State, filling a crucial need. coming into the draft, but his for the Raiders, although one of help. Daily staff writer. A E Page 4 | Spartan Daily & Wednesday, May 1, 2013

MOVIE REVIEW Ryan Gosling branches out in ‘The Place Beyond The Pines’ Glanton, egged on by his boss Robin Van Der Zee, who By Bryan Delohery is played by “Animal King- @Bdelohery dom” star Ben Mendelsohn, decides he is going to use his Award-winning direc- abilities as a rider to hold up tor Derek Cianfrance's new local banks and escape on a movie “The Place Beyond dirt bike. The Pines” oozes with mor- This is where the antith- al dilemmas that tip-toe esis of the story is revealed around the boundaries of as Glanton gets greedy and right and wrong while chal- decides to attempt two rob- lenging the norms of society. beries in one day. Set in the upstate New He ends up on the run York town of Schenectady, from police and is confronted the rolling green pines and by rookie patrol officer Av- small town atmosphere make ery Cross, played by Bradley the perfect place for a gritty, Cooper. unexpected crisscrossing of multigenerational paths. The As the carnival rolls into town, so does motorcycle converging daredevil Luke Glanton, played by Ryan Gosling. of paths in The scraggly tattooed carnie, who seems to have a this story is cigarette in his mouth in ev- ery scene, is approached af- brilliant and ter his show by an old flame, Romina. if you look Gosling uses his trade- a little bit mark blank, creepy stare and long pauses that he show- deeper, there “The Place Behind The Pines,” starring Ryan Gosling, hit theaters nationwide April 19. Photo courtesy of collider.com cased in “Drive” to build the tension between Glanton and is a lesson bear to look at his child with- ‘The Place discovering that AJ’s father trasted by Cross, the white Romina. out feeling guilty which sets was the one who shot and collar district attorney who It is clear from the begin- for everyone. the stage for the synthesis. Beyond The killed his own father and de- because if his own guilt, ning that Romina, played Fast forward 17 years cides to exact revenge. wanted no part in his son’s by Eva Mendes, and Glan- Cross traps him on the and we are introduced to two Pines’ oozes Although Glanton’s son life. ton have a past because the second floor of a residential high school students, Jason does not follow through with Here we have one parent awkwardness is so thick you home, which leads to Glan- and AJ, both from broken with moral his plan, in the end the direc- who wants to do the right could cut it with a knife. ton being shot and falling out homes who form an unlikely tor got his message across. thing but does not have the After learning that their of a window to his death. friendship. dilemmas Cianfrance did an amaz- means to, and the other who previous encounter has made From here, the story fol- As the movie progresses ing job of challenging the sta- has the means but no desire, him a father, Glanton de- lows Cross as he struggles we find out that AJ is the son that tip toe tus quo and creating a movie and yet both of their sons end cides it is his “job” to stick with the guilt of the secret of District Attorney Avery around the that resembled “Crash” with up in the same place. around and take care of his he is hiding, kicked down the Cross and Jason is Luke Glan- a bit of “The Butterfly Ef- The converging of paths 1-year-old son. door and fired his gun before ton’s son, although neither boundaries fect.” in this story is brilliant and How does a carnie with Glanton had a chance to sur- have figured out who the Glanton, the poor, blue- if you look a little bit deeper, no education and no real job render. other is. of right and collar carnie who tried to there is a lesson for everyone. provide for a family? He de- Cross, who has a 1-year- The movie comes to a make the right choice and be Bryan Delohery is a cides to rob banks, of course. old son of his own, cannot culmination with Jason wrong... a part of his son’s life is con- Spartan Daily staff writer.

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Surveillance is not the answer

In the days following the tional Guard that day, attacks at the Boston Mara- it was a citizen who thon, a question which has found Tsarnaev when been on the forefront of he noticed blood on discussion, again, is the use of his boat. security cameras and their po- How much sooner tential for invasion of privacy. might he have been There is an argument here found had everyone that has been debated for not been scared to generations: does defense of death of SWAT teams the common good trump the Follow Bryan with assault rifles Delohery on Twitter rights of the individual? @Bdelohery pounding on their Some would say yes, be- doors? Mother Earth needs our attention cause we live in a world that is be- Opponents of stiffer security coming exponentially hostile toward measures argue that installing What happened to the en- tal changes are evident, even world and 50 percent would America and the only way to ensure more security cameras will only vironmental conversation? though the attention sur- consider temperatures to be our safety is to give up some of our complicate the task of trying to find Earth Day has come and rounding them has weakened. higher. However, the ma- liberties. a potential suspect because law en- gone and it seems that we’re According to the National jority of respondents trusts Ray Kelly, a New York City po- forcement will have to sift through back to business as usual — Resources Defense Coun- scientists moderately and lice commissioner would agree. “I thousands of hours of video. pushing the environment cil, the U.S. experienced the think the warming trend is think the privacy issue has really According to CNN, it took inves- further away or ignoring the hottest January to June tem- due to natural trends and been taken off the table” Kelly said tigators weeks to sort through all of issue altogether. perature, over 22,000 daily human activity. in a statement following the Boston the CCTV footage of the 2005 Lon- The environment used to high temperatures records, There is not enough bombings. don bombings because they had so be a hot topic and along with record- attention drawn to the envi- Tsarnaev said that after Boston, many cameras. a great concern to breaking flooding ronment, and the news that’s he and his brother intended on While some opponents say that it many. and drought. currently published both vali- driving to New York and setting off is logistically detrimental to install Obviously, that’s Depending dates and questions the main bombs there too, according to Kelly. more cameras, others, such as the all the conversation on who you ask, cause of climate change. Kelly wants to use this opportu- ACLU, feel that this could poten- was: a trend. the reason be- Plus, the Federal Aviation nity to set up an extended network tially be used as a way to violate per- During Barack hind the warming Administration is not the of “smart cameras” around the city. sonal rights and could lead to cases Obama’s first trends vary. While only entity affected by the Smart cameras are cameras that of mistaken identity. term as president, the legitimacy of sequester. have the ability to detect abnor- As of right now there are an es- the environment climate change According to a White mal or suspicious human behavior timated 30 million security cameras wasn’t a prior- wages on, talking House report on how the and even have facial recognition in use in the United States, but per- ity among his Angela Medina’s about our environ- sequester will particularly column appears capabilities. sonally I have never had one work many obstacles. every Wednesday mental policies in affect California, environ- The lockdown of Boston after the in my favor. He claimed to general and be- mental funding that ensured attacks saw police in military gear I have gotten a speeding ticket want to form a sustainable, ing more environmentally clean water and better air along with the National Guard roll- via a red light camera, but when environmentally-conscious conscious is still worthy of our quality would significantly ing down city streets in tanks and my car has been the victim of a hit nation prior to winning the attention. decrease by $12.4 million in Humvees with guns drawn and do- and run or vandalized, the cameras 2008 election. California alone. The cuts ing door-to-door searches, all in the were nowhere to be found. Unfortunately, the presi- Whether we would also interfere with name of keeping us safe. Right here in northern Califor- dent was in a vulnerable po- pollution prevention from nia, the city of Redding recently sition during his re-election acknowledge pesticides and toxic waste. voted 3 to 1 to turn the city into a campaign because he hadn’t them or not, Plus, an additional $1.9 mil- ... the threat of drone testing site despite requests delivered on that prom- lion in grants would be cut from the northern California ACLU ise, which is why he urged environmental for wildlife protection. terrorism will to reject this vote. Congress to take strides in Maybe the environment It seems as though you cannot developing more environ- changes are isn’t the top concern, but are induce fear which escape it, no matter how many peo- mentally sustainable poli- we ready to see these types will then be used ple protest it, complain about it or cies during his inauguration evident, even of cuts made to our environ- fight it, the threat of terrorism will speech earlier this year. though the mental programs, and for as a pretext to induce fear, which will then be used Since then, he’s had a how long? as a pretext to violate our rights. sluggish start, and the rest attention On the other hand, the violate our rights. I know some of you may say of us seemed to let it go environment is important, “Well, the police were chasing a unrecognized, but the en- surrounding but there are pressing is- terrorist and so it’s OK that they vironmental issues haven’t sues that need to be ad- Does going door to door and searched homes without a war- stopped occurring. them has dressed immediately, such searching homes without war- rant,” but that is the point, when For example, whether as our foreign affairs, crip- rants, forcing people to stay in their does it become not okay? Where you approve of the contro- weakened. pling economy and national homes and imposing a curfew really is the line drawn and who gets to versial Keystone XL pipeline security. Frankly, the envi- help keep us safe? draw that line? — which would transport oil For anyone living in a ma- ronment would be among This was a violation of the Fourth We as a society need to be very from Canada to Texas — or jor metropolitan city such as the first to be cut and the Amendment to the Constitution careful that we do not allow our- not, the decision is still open San Jose, city smog is clearly least cared about; the logic which states, “the right of the peo- selves to become conditioned to to discussion. Obama has not evident and serves as a daily seems to be, “The world is ple to be secure in their persons, thinking this type of behavior is currently made a decision re- reminder of our environ- not going to end in the near houses, papers and effects against normal and allowable under certain garding the pipeline, but the ment. So, even if you don’t future and to do something unreasonable search and seizures circumstances. news has taken a backseat believe in global warming, now would not make a last- shall not be violated.” As Benjamin Franklin said in his since it was introduced. it’s still important to take ing impact.” It also goes on to state that no 1759 historical review of Pennsylva- Similarly, the fracking de- care of these types of issues. 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Greek: Participants defend event tradition and philanthrophy

FROM PAGE 1 “They mostly focus on the woman part but year, but I think that’s what people (did be- without the women posting pictures for oth- ‘too sexual,’ under their standards, we unfor- not on the philanthropy,” Escobar said. cause they) wanted to win,” Wooten said. ers to judge. tunately had to change the design.” He said a big problem with the competi- “Clearly they are going to get more likes if “The competition, which may appear He said the fraternity changed the design tion is that if you ask people on campus or people are attracted to the photo.” sexual to some, is receiving attention from to an emblem with a crown on top and a pink the Greek community what the Beauty Bowl Jabari Hasan, the recruitment director for other Greek organizations across the nation,” football with the words “Kappa Sigma Beauty is about and what the organization money Men Creating Change and a junior public re- Burns said. “This page only builds excitement Bowl” in the middle accompanied by the Kap- is being raised for, many of them won’t lations major, said the powder-puff football as well as fosters healthy competition and an- pa Sigma letters below. know. game should focus on the game rather than a ticipation between sororities.” Burns said Delta Zeta, Kappa Delta, Al- “They’re putting down a group of people to competition based on the image of the women. Hasan said rather than having the women pha Xi Delta, Alpha Phi, Delta Gamma, help another group of people,” Escobar said. “It should be more about ‘Oh, playing foot- of Beauty Bowl post pictures on Facebook and Alpha Omicron Pi as well as two teams Tiffany Wooten, a participant of Beauty ball’ instead of ‘Oh, look how hot these girls having people like them, each woman should compiled from the United Fraternity and Bowl for Alpha Xi Delta and a freshman are,’” Hasan said. have a standard head-shot with information Sorority Council and other cultural-based childhood development major, said it was not Burns said some may think that the Prin- below about what they think of the founda- organizations on campus are involved in this Kappa Sigma’s intention to have the Facebook cess Competition photos degrade the women, tion and military veterans. year’s Beauty Bowl. competition sexualize the women involved, but at the same time, everything the fraterni- “That speaks more toward, ‘Hey, this is the Lee said Men Creating Change is not try- but it was just the competitive nature of the ty does is to create awareness about the event cause and this is why it’s important’ instead ing to discredit Kappa Sigma or the philan- sororities. to raise money for the foundation. of ‘Hey, this is the girl and this is how attrac- thropy, but the event is being marketed in a “I mean ... if you look at the previous year’s Escobar said there are other fun ways to tive she is,’” Hasan said. way that sexualizes women. photos they’re not as sexual as they are this promote the Beauty Bowl and the foundation Christiana Cobb is a Spartan Daily staff writer.

mittee discusses the interests of the stu- “This event meets or surpasses the qual- Panels: Organizers hope to dents for the panel with the event manage- ity of other national PR events that I’ve ment class. attended, with relevant panelists speaking “The PR Day committee and the class about high tech, healthcare, corporate PR help attendees find career work together and talk about it,” she said. versus agency PR and sports and enter- “So they came up with these panels and tainment,” she stated. “Additionally, SJSU then I try to use a lot of alums that come students will have the opportunity to meet with multiple companies who are looking path through conference for interns strictly in the communications ... Technology and public relations field, which is a rare FROM PAGE 1 about what they want to do in public rela- is really where event in itself.” company, Redphlag LLC, a strategic public tions,” she said. “There are so many things Di Salvo said PR Day is also an important relations marketing management executive you can do in public relations.” everybody can experience for students to have because coaching consulting firm, Martell Com- She said the conference allows students for many of them, it’s their first confer- munications, an agency focusing on high to explore different aspects of public rela- work in the (Silicon) ence for something that they will experi- technology and consumer electronics and tions to pursue in the future. ence many times throughout their future nestGSV which focuses on emerging tech- Di Salvo said she usually tries to choose Valley ... careers. nology businesses, according to Di Salvo. a leader in PR for the conference’s keynote Christine Di Salvo, Bird stated she recommends students “The panels go from 1:30-3:15 p.m. and speaker and are usually people she knows or public relations lecturer come to the conference with an open mind then we have a job and internship fair from with whom she has been connected to. and that students who aren’t PR majors 3:30-4:30 p.m.,” she said. “Students can bring “I try to think, ‘What are the students through our programs ... I want them to should consider attending because they their resumes and we have about 20 different interested in?’” she said. “This year we’re lead it, but then I know a lot of people, might like what they hear and develop a agencies coming besides other companies, so doing technology, because technology is re- so I try to give them names (of potential curiosity for the communications, public if they don’t have a job for them, maybe they ally where everybody can work in the (Sili- speakers).” relations and marketing field. can get an internship or a referral.” con) Valley, and there seems to be a lot of Josie Bird, a member of the PR Day com- “They should see our Facebook page to Jenilee De La Fuente, a junior public re- jobs in technology.” mittee and the president of Public Rela- see which companies will be looking for lations major and student chair of the com- She said in previous years, there have al- tions Student Society of America, stated interns, so they can tailor their resumes mittee organizing PR Day, said she learned a ways been sports and entertainment panels in an email that students who attend will accordingly,” she stated. “Come dressed lot from last year’s conference and connect- because students always wanted to work for have the opportunity to learn from the top professionally and be prepared to meet a ed with several public relations agencies. those type of companies. Silicon Valley public relations profession- potential employer.” “I honestly think (attendees) are going to She said there have also been non-profit als and hear firsthand what the industry is Rochelle Beckel is a Spartan Daily staff be really inspired and really start to think agency panels, but the PR Day student com- about. writer.

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