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ANNIVERSARY A CINDERELLA STORY Women’s basketball takes down top seed Bringing up the bottom Two years aft er San Jose’s minimum wage increase, unemployment is down BY ESTEFANY SOSA & MARISSA TRIGOS @estefany_scs @MarissaTrigos

Today marks the second anniversary of the Measure D policy that raised the minimum wage in San Jose from $8 an hour to $10 an hour. Th e wage increase, started by Scott Myers-Lipton, San Jose State University Professor of Sociology, and his students, has impacted the lives of many people in the Bay Area. “It does make a diff erence,” said De- varsh Gandhi, international computer engineering graduate student. “If it was eight (dollars an hour) I don’t know what would happen.” Myers-Lipton said Marisela Castro was the student who came up with the idea to increase the minimum wage back in 2010. Myers-Lipton said he still remembers Castro saying, “Profé we have to do this,” when they were covering the section on Photo Contributed by SJSU Athletics minimum wage in his wealth, poverty and privilege class. The San Jose State’s women’s basketball team erupts in excitement after the No.8 seed Spartans’ upset Castro came up with the idea while victory over top-ranked Colorado State during the Mountain West Tournament in Las Vegas yesterday. working at the Young Men’s Christian Association at an aft er-school program. BY SAMUEL BRANNAN Th e No. 8 seed Spartans record to 2–0 for the tourna- three individual tournament Myers-Lipton said Castro told him she @SamBrannan took down the No. 1 seed ment and takes them to the records in its 99-85 win over saw children taking food and putting it Colorado State Rams 64–55, semifi nals to face No. 4 seed the Aggies. in their backpack. When she asked them Th e San Jose State women’s which is the fi rst time a No. 1 Boise State, who knocked the “Coming into this tour- why, they said their brothers and sisters at basketball team has a knack seed has been taken down by University of Nevada, Las Ve- nament we thought that we home were hungry because their parents for breaking records and it a No. 8 seed in the 16 years of gas from contention yesterday. are one of the hottest and worked minimum wage jobs and couldn’t didn’t slow down last night the Mountain West Tourna- In the Spartans’ fi rst game most dangerous teams in the aff ord enough food. against Colorado State in the ment’s existence, according of the tournament against league,” Head Coach Jamie Encouraged by Myers-Lipton, Castro Mountain West Tournament to SJSU Athletics. Utah State, SJSU set six new Craighead said to SJSU joined his social action class where quarterfi nals in Las Vegas. SJSU’s win improves its tournament records and SEE WIN ON PAGE 6 SEE WAGE ON PAGE 2

'I BELIEVE IN ROLAN' MAKING A SPLASH Mysterious Rolan posters linked to Christian groups BY JEREMY CUMMINGS discussion threads about these mysterious @JeremyCummings3 missives on reddit.com’s SJSU forum. In one thread, a social work stu- Th e “Loch Ness monster” of San Jose dent commenting under the username State has been found. “lazerkittensmewmew” wrote “Rolan is His name is Rolan Jimenez, and he’s the Loch Ness monster of SJSU.” part of a growing public relations legacy Rolan was also a hot topic on Yik Yak, which spans colleges all across the nation. the anonymous messaging app, according In recent weeks at SJSU, mysterious to Christina Risoen, a recreation manage- Samson So | Spartan Daily bright green posters containing nothing ment major who helped organize the pro- Construction for the new Aquatic Center will begin in the summer of but the phrase “Do You Agree With Ro- motional campaign. 2016 and will feature an Olympic-sized pool and a recreational pool. lan?” began appearing on bulletin boards Still shrouded in mystery, the posters all around campus. transformed again. A time and a place Second pool planned for new Aquatic Center Over time the message on the posters were added at the bottom of the posters: changed to, “I Agree With Rolan,” and stu- March 7, Student Union Ballroom. BY COURTNEY KREITNER recreational lap swimmers, ming and diving team and dents began to see the same message writ- As it turns out, the enigmatic figure @courtney_sjsu the other will be an activity water polo team will have ten on whiteboards in their classrooms. pool for leisure and relax- to fi nd another facility to Confused, students created multiple SEE ROLAN ON PAGE 2 Th e Aquatic Center at ing. Th e pool is supposed practice in until the pools San Jose State University to have tiles with the shape are back on campus. will be demolished and a of a Spartan head on the “I think it would be new recreation center and bottom. good overall, depending two pools will replace the “Every student was on how long it will take be- current one which opened sent out emails about cause we won’t have a place in 1988. meetings and forums that to practice,” said Jacob Once the new dorms were open for all students Abruzzini, president and are complete, construc- to help decide and put in- coach of SJSU’s club swim tion on the Aquatic Cen- put on what they wanted team. ter will begin in the sum- the new recreation center Angelina Lam, a senior mer of 2016, and will take to include,” Brown said. communications major two years to fi nish, ac- Th e emails, sent out in and member of the club cording to Chris Brown, November and December, swim team, said she was associate vice president off ered options of a climb- unaware of the plans to of Facilities Development ing wall, basketball courts remodel the Aquatic Cen- and Operations. and a yoga and Pilates ter but is happy to hear the Th e plan is to have two room to be added into the news. pools—one will be an new Sport Club and fi tness “In the past it has been Olympic-sized pool re- center. a distraction when we are Jeremy Cummings | Spartan Daily served for the water polo While the facility is un- having a practice and Students take part in the Rolan event by performing a dramatic dance team, swimming and div- der construction, sports about Jesus Christ holding vices at bay. ing team, club teams and teams such as the swim- SEE POOL ON PAGE 2 2 NEWS Wednesday, March 11, 2015 Concert celebrates new beginnings during Persian New Year Daily According to Jafarijozani, Video the tablescape included apples for health, vinegar for patience, BY RAECHEL PRICE grass to symbolize the Earth, @rae_thecyborg money for good fortune, fish to symbolize life and movement Th e spring equinox will bring and food offerings of grains and rebirth during the Persian New shirini brightly colored eggs. Year festival of Norooz. For Farpour, the symbols are The Persian studies depart- an important part of Norooz. ment hosted a concert to cele- “I really love them,” Farpour brate Persian New Year at San said. Jose State’s Student Union on As with any holiday, Norooz Sunday. is a time when everyone sees The concert featured music their families. from female vocalist Azadeh “In Iran, many people meet Farpour, who performed tradi- Raechel Price | Spartan Daily each other, like Christmas here, tional folk music. Classical and folk musicians play Persian music to celebrate Norooz and Arrival of where they go to their grand- Farpour came to the U.S. Spring or the Persian New Year at the Student Union on Sunday, March 8. parents’ house,” Farpour said. from Iran about a year ago, and During the Norooz celebra- it was her first experience per- “It’s good for me to play Per- and coordinator of the Roshan and night are equal, and celebrat- tions, grandparents give gifts of forming solo. sian music for Iranian people Lecture Series. ed for the next 13 days thereaft er. money and dyed eggs to their “In Iran there is a problem here (in the U.S.),” Farpour said, While theatre students tin- Norooz has its roots in Zoroas- grandchildren, according to Ja- with women vocalists because of “I think they really love it.” kered with the sound, coordina- trianism, but has changed with the farijozani. the government,” Farpour said. Farpour performed with the tors served coff ee and tradition- introduction of Islam into Iran. “Persian New Year is the Since its revolution in 1979, Mehr Avaa Ensemble. Th e group al Persian sweets called shirini “After Islam, it changed and start of spring, that means new, Iran has placed strict laws pro- played traditional Persian folk to those waiting in the lobby. became a cultural thing,” Jafar- everything becomes new,” Far- hibiting women from singing and classical music with tradi- According to Gerami, the ijozani said. pour said. solo performances in front of tional instruments such as the sweets are only made once a year According to Jafarijozani, No- The event was sponsored by men who are not related to them. tombak drum and the three- during Norooz. rooz is celebrated by all Iranians. the Roshan Cultural Heritage Farpour said because of stringed setar. Nazanin Jafarijozani, a Persian A traditional tablescape dec- Institute, and is part of an on- these laws, women are not al- Issues with sound equip- studies affi liate and SJSU alum- orated the lobby, including sev- going lecture series hosted by lowed to perform solo and they ment delayed the performance, nus, said Norooz is a rebirth of the en traditional symbols of the the Persian studies department. must perform with the accom- said Shahin Gerami, director of Earth. It is celebrated on the night new year, called the Haft Seen Raechel Price is a Spartan paniment of a man. the Persian studies department of the spring equinox, when day or Seven ‘S’s. Daily staff writer.

ROLAN paign is not a new phenomenon. Th e way it Th e PDF was published in 2010 by the the advertising upon fi nding out who was FROM PAGE 1 was used at SJSU has been much more low ministry members who deployed these behind it. key than past uses at other universities. techniques at UC Berkeley in 2000. Th e “Th ere’s a lot of students who might not from the posters is senior communica- A page on crupressgreen.com, the on- techniques outlined within are more thor- want to be proselytized to and this feels tions major Jimenez. line news source for Cru’s Campus Min- ough than what was seen at SJSU, extending like it’s trying to lure people into a sermon More than 175 students, many of whom istry, describes the history of the “Do You to include tabling on campus and getting by hiding what it’s about,” said Reddit user were from SJSU’s various Christian stu- Believe In ... ” format and its use by the ads in the school paper. “barkohkva” in the SJSU forum. dent organizations, packed into the under- ministry on various campuses. A page on krepps.net, the website of a Sean Vail, a member of SJSU Atheists and ground Student Union Ballroom. In 1999, the technique was fi rst used at family ministry in Tucson, Arizona, de- Skeptics for Knowledge, said she was not Risoen organized the poster campaign Humboldt State. Since then the phenome- scribes an event that transpired on the Uni- bothered by the Christians’ wide-reaching as part of her internship with CRU, a Chris- non has reached all the East Coast, appear- versity of Tuscon campus in 1999. A biol- advertisements. tian ministry organization which spans 191 ing at universities such as Penn State. ogy professor ended a lecture on evolution “Th e particular tactic felt a little decep- countries according to its website. A PDF can be downloaded from the web- by refuting all of its content and saying he tive, but anyone could do that,” Vail said. “It’s “Th e whole idea was to kind of keep Ro- site which outlines the steps in the process, agreed with Dave, a student who was cho- not something that’s exclusive to a Christian lan a mystery and create a buzz that gets big- all of the necessary behind the scenes staff sen for the campaign. group.” ger and bigger,” Risoen said aft er the event. and tips on how to select the student whose CRU’s eff orts at SJSU did not reach this Jeremy Cummings is a Spartan Daily Th e “Do You Believe In Rolan?” cam- name and persona will defi ne the campaign. level, but some students did not appreciate staff writer.

Samson So | Spartan Daily In addition to the new pools, a recreation area with a climbing wall, basketball courts and a yoga and Pilates room will also be built for public use.

POOL the cost of membership will not increase. FROM PAGE 1 Th e Aquatic Center was recently updat- ed in 2011-12 with new fl oors in the locker students are out here to hang out and jump rooms and stainless steel doors. Some tiles in the pool so I am excited to see we will be on the pool surface were replaced but the getting a pool designated for our meets and pool will be completely torn out. Th e cost of practices,” Lam said. this project is still not determined. Th e club team is not sure where practices Courtney Kreitner is a Spartan Daily will be held during the construction but hope staff writer.

WAGE SJSU students working small businesses to gradual- FROM PAGE 1 minimum wage jobs also ly phase in, according to San have diffi culties making Jose Inside. students came up with an ends meet. For some SJSU students idea and brainstormed Although Gandhi said the wage hike has been more about a policy they want to he is happy the wages are benefi cial. change. not as low as $8 anymore he Before the start of her “Th at was really the be- said he still has to work two freshman year in Fall 2014, ginning of what became jobs in order to aff ord rent Rena Wu, biological science known as Measure D cam- and groceries, and he relies major, said she moved in paign,” Myers-Lipton said. on his parents in India to pay with her family members in San Jose voters approved tuition. San Jose in order to not pay the measure by 58 percent, “Rent is increasing,” rent and bills. according to raisethewagesj. Gandhi said. “We used to “I don’t pay for housing com. pay 1,800 bucks six months or anything, but I pay for gas Araceli Lorenzo, a work- before, and now we pay and just anything that I need er at Togo’s, said she bene- 2,300, so in six months it to buy for myself,” Wu said. fi ted from the rise in mini- went up 500 bucks.” “It depends on my fi nancial mum wage in 2013, but soon Th e minimum wage in- circumstances, but for me I aft er she realized prices for crease also aff ects business think it’s enough for what I other commodities began to owners, although accord- need. I just pay for some of rise as well. ing to San Jose Inside data my tuition, my books, gas.” “My rent rent did not go is mixed as to whether there Myers-Lipton said unem- up for fi ve years, but ever has been a negative eff ect on ployment has dropped from since the rise of the mini- restaurant employment. 6 percent to 4.6 percent. mum wage I’ve had to pay Mayor Sam Liccardo ini- Estefany Sosa and more and more rent every tially voted against Measure Marissa Trigos are Spartan year,” Lorenzo said. D because it did not allow for Daily staff writers. Wednesday, March 11, 2015 A&E 3 Seeing circles at Seeing Th ings

BY JEREMY CUMMINGS and to him Cir.Cu.Lar captures some- @JeremyCummings3 thing very important both to skate cul- ture and Seeing Th ings. Circles are all around us. “Th is is the essence of this gallery, More importantly they're all over the shows like this,” Siadat said. walls of Seeing Th ings Gallery in Down- Shots from every era of skating in the town San Jose. Bay Area were shown. Th e gallery hosted another art show Gritty street-skating shots and ren- for the First Fridays art walk featuring egade pool sessions from the '80s, con- the work of acclaimed Th rasher Magazine crete warehouse skate parks in the '90s skate photographer Bryce Kanights. and early large skate competitions were Kanights put together a show which all subjects captured by Kanights' lens. contained some of his old work with He preserved the raw and unique en- skaters but was more focused on his In- ergy of each vibrant scene, capturing the stagram-based project "#circularsunday." evolution of the sport and the environ- About 10 years ago, Kanights said he ments of the city where they lived. Top: Rick Black- started to notice circles everywhere he Many of his works fi t the general form heart, San Jose’s traveled and began to collect them. of the genre—intense action shots of skat- ﬁ rst pro skater, “My wife is like, 'You're crazy' because ers contorted in mid-air—while others describes the cus- we're walking and I'll just stop and I'm were more focused on the camaraderie tom eight-wheeled just shooting circles,” Kanights said, de- that drove the sport in the early days. skateboard he scribing his obsession. A shot of three skaters laughing hearti- invented for better Hubcaps, tractor wheels and road ly on a boat with a pile of empty beer cans pool skating. signs are just a few of the circular sub- at their feet as well as a collection of por- jects he presented. traits showed the wide range of content in Left: This Circular photos were all presented as Kanights' portfolio. composition four-by-four, or larger, square grids. Rick Blackheart, San Jose's fi rst pro features, from left Some of them had a unifying theme skater, was featured in one of the photo- to right, the rebels where one composition showed four de- graphs riding his custom eight-wheeled mantra, umbrellas, tail shots of a John Deere tractor. Others skateboard. He had access to a machine a bike wheel and were snapshots of places Kanights visited. shop back in the day and spent a lot of speaker cone. Certain photos had a less obvious con- time experimenting with diff erent skate Photos by Jeremy nection running throughout them, so hardware. Cummings | Spartan viewers were really pushed to think about Blackheart showed up to the gallery Daily the art and attempt to understand it. and spent most of his time reminiscing “Each one says so much,” guest Di- with Kanights about people they'd met ane Solomon said at the gallery opening. and places they'd skated in the past. Unlike many people who contact Tan- More circular pieces as well as Kanights' “You could blow up any one of them and Jai Tanju, owner of Seeing Th ings Gal- ju hoping to put on a gallery, Kanights other photography can be seen on his Ins- it would be a great work of art.” lery, said this show came together more knew exactly what he wanted to put on tagram page at instagram.com/originalbk. Kayvon Siadat, who curated last easily than past shows. display. Jeremy Cummings is a Spartan month's First Fridays show at Seeing Tanju did skate photography in the He has put together gallery shows in Daily staff writer. Th ings Gallery, stopped by to see the past and has known Kanights for about the past, but Cir.Cu.Lar is the fi rst time show. Siadat is a regular at the gallery, 20 years. he has curated his collection

Nicholas Ibarra | Spartan Daily Andre Nickatina smokes out The Catalyst club on Friday night in Santa Cruz. High times on Andre Nickatina’s birthday

Bay Bridge Music.” In addition to the clas- Th e crowd went wild sics, Nickatina performed REVIEW when they recognized his several songs from his most BY TAYLOR ATKINSON hits, screaming and singing recent self-titled album, @haytayla along. which was released in 2013. Burttram said “Ayo For “Jelly (feat. Problem),” Th e air was heavy with Yayo” was a highlight of my favorite single from that the sweet smell of mari- the show because Nickati- soundtrack, was the most juana as Andre Nickatina na did not perform it at the exciting. Th e song grabbed performed for a sold-out last concert he attended. the audience; every single crowd at Th e Catalyst in “Yeah” and “My Rap person was absorbed by Santa Cruz on Friday night. World” took me back to Nickatina's presence. Th e stage was illuminat- crazier high school days. “Th at’s the only person ed with colorful lights and Quoting Nickatina, “It’s that got me out here," said what one might think was a a cold world, that’s why I Gabriel Sanchez, 25, San fog machine. p-p-p-party.” I felt like I Diego resident. “I drove Attendees came to see was 16 again ready to es- from San Diego at one in the Bay Area rap legend cape Reno's mundane sub- the morning and I’m here." kick off his 2015 birthday urban life. Th e San Francisco-born- bash tour. Bay Area artists “You can kinda relate," and-raised artist exploded Bobby Macavelli and DJ said Elias Lopez, 20, San onto the Bay Area rap scene Nima Fadavi opened the Jose resident. “I’ve been lis- in 1993. He changed his show, which began at 9 p.m. tening to him since middle stage name from Dre Dog I have seen a handful school… it kinda means to Andre Nickatina in 1996. of his shows in Reno, San- something.” Since then he has managed ta Barbara and now Santa In true Dre fashion, to stay relevant with each Cruz, but nothing com- Nickatina waited until the consecutive release, selling pared to Nickatina’s Friday audience was chanting his out shows and maintaining performance. name, impatient for the set a loyal fan base. “His set was more sol- to start. He hit the stage In 2005, Nickatina was id than the last time I was around 11:15 p.m. nominated for under- here,” said Jacob Burttram, Nickatina began with a ground album of the year 19, a CSU Stanislaus stu- cover of Th e Jacka’s “Glam- for “Bullets, Blunts In Ah dent. “I felt like he was on orous Lifestyle” telling the Big Bankroll” and won an stage a lot longer … he per- audience to put their hands award for underground formed a lot of older songs.” up for the fellow Bay Area artist of the year at the Bay Dressed in an oversized rapper, who was killed in a Area hip-hop awards. Th e white T-shirt, jeans and shooting in East Oakland hip-hop/rap visionary also Adidas, Nickatina stayed last month. runs his own record label, true to his underground He also paid tribute to Fillmoe Coleman Records. roots while performing a his late friend and part- Nickatina’s next show is healthy number of clas- ner Mac Dre with several at the Velvet Underground sics, including “Ayo For songs, asking the audience in Santa Barbara this Yayo,” “Yeah,” “Conversa- to point their fi ngers to the Friday. He will end his tion With A Devil,” “Killa sky aft er each one. birthday tour Saturday, Whale,” “Dice Of Life (Th e “Th ere’s always the trib- April 4, at the Knitting Fac- Battle),” “Jungle,” “Scot- utes to Mac Dre,” Burttram tory in Boise, Idaho. tie 15,” “My Rap World,” said. “But Th e Jacka—that Taylor Atkinson is a “Y-U-Smilin” and “4am– was pretty cool.” Spartan Daily staff writer. OPINION 4 Wednesday, March 11, 2015 Awareness is key for our keystone species Serving San Jose State Universityy sincesince 1934 Executive Editor an advocate for wildlife and sea stars, anemones, crabs, balance is thrown off and the Nicholas Ibarra Destiny Palacios Managing Editor endangered species. jellyfi sh, bristle worms, scuds, ocean suff ers in some way. Sea otters have been listed prawns, snails and brittle stars. When a keystone species Kristen Wirtz Executive Producer under the Marine Mammal Why does it matter to hu- is taken out of its environ- Lauren Hernandez Protection and Endangered mans? Well, a wide variety of ment, the whole system could A&E Editor Species acts since the 1970s. rockfi sh such as black rockfi sh, collapse. Keenan Fry Between 1700–1900 sea blue rockfi sh, olive rockfi sh For example, sea otters and Tech Editor otters were hunted for fur, and and kelp rockfi sh are found in orcas are suppose to coexist, Abraham Rodriguez when the fur trade ended in kelp forests—common fi sh for but according to a CNN article Opinion Editor 1911 only about 1,000 sea otters commercial fi shing. from 1998, “Killer whales Beverly Ukpabi remained in the entire North Also, sea lions and seals feed put Alaska sea otter at risk,” Sports Editor Follow Destiny Pacifi c Ocean, according to on fi sh that live in kelp forests. biologist Jim Estes said 40,000– Samuel Brannan Photo Editor on Twitter defendersofwildlife.org. Unfortunately, humans like 45,000 sea otters have died @heydesi to take matter into their own from killer whale predation in Samson So Online Editor hands and try to control the en- Alaska. Jerica Lowman Unfortunately,UnfoUnforr vironment, when the solution is An NPR interview with ma- Multimedia Editor According to the Nature simply to preserve nature. rine biologist Terry Williams Victor Guzman Conservancy organization, humansh like to According to BBC’s “Sea said orcas were eating otters Copy Editors ocean plants produce half of Otters: Guardians of the Kelp,” because the big whales they Brandon Chew the world’s oxygen and the take matter into Dr. M. Sanjayan, an American usually eat started vanishing Allison Yang ocean absorbs nearly one- conservation scientist, ex- due to commercial whalers in Production Editors third of human-caused carbon “their own hands plains that in order to control the 1950s. Linh Nguyen dioxide emissions. With every the amount of carbon dioxide When big whales become Patricia Lee breath we take, we are con- and try to control in the atmosphere scientists hard to fi nd, orcas switch from Staff Writers & nected to the sea. thought planting more vegeta- stellar sea lions then to medi- Photographers Th e mantra I live by is a the environment, tion would be the solution. um-sized seals, which causes Adrian Monroy quote from Sylvia Earle’s book However, species like sea the sea otter population begn to Anastasiya Rakova “Sea Change”: “Th ere’s plenty when the solution otters can naturally solve the decline again. Andrea Sandoval of water in the universe without issue. All living things are con- Arno Bryant life, but no where is there life is simplypyy to Last January, KQED’s “Otter nected and that includes Courtney Kreitner without water.” vs. Climate Change” revealed humans. Cristian Ponce Th e survival and sustain- preserve nature kelp forests sequester carbon Th e ocean’s ecosystem today Damien Percy ability of our oceans and ma- dioxide from the atmosphere is threatened by human activi- Darby Brown-Kuhn rine species is essential. through photosynthesis be- ties such as commercial fi shing, David Bermudez I remember the fi rst time I Fortunately its population cause kelp forests use energy to pollution and greenhouse gas Destiny Palacios laid eyes on a sea otter at the has increased since then. form its structure. emissions. Duy Nguyen Monterey Bay Aquarium. Sea otters are a keystone The video shared that kelp In order to sustain our envi- Estefany Sosa Henry Navarro I was mesmerized and species that play” an ecological forests that are protected by ronment, such as landfi lls and Jeremy Cummings captivated as I watched an otter role in protecting kelp forests, sea otters can absorb up to 12 oceans, we need to be aware of Justin Edrington twirl and fl oat above the water which help sustain the shore times more carbon dioxide how our daily activities and hab- Justin San Diego grooming itself. marine ecosystem. from the atmosphere. its can threaten various species. Jonathan Wold Something came alive in It is all a part of the marine Th is is only a microscopic Destiny Palacios is a Spar- Marquerite Tuufuli me at that moment—since food chain cycle—sea urchins example of the food web and tan Daily staff writer. You Marissa Trigos then I began reading about feed on kelp forests, and sea chain reaction in our oceans, Otter Know runs every other Raechel Price these creatures which led me otters eat sea urchins. but my point is when one Wednesday. Rain Stites to educate myself about our Kelp forests are a habitat type of creature becomes too Randy Vazquez oceans and suddenly I became for various species such as plentiful or scarce, the natural Raphael Stroud Raven Swayne Raymond Ibale Rigoberto Gomes Rosa Jasso Editorial Cartoon Stacy Torres Taylor Atkinson Vanessa Gongora

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Jessica Jayson video was released showing a Even when President Kevin Connell bus full of University of Okla- we grew up being Barack Obama ran for office, Rebecca Ahrens homa Sigma Alpha Epsilon he was accused of getting to Samantha Mendoza members cheerfully chanting taught that it’s his position due to affirmative Tuan Nguyen a pretty racist song about action and had his nationality Wilfred Caidoy how “There will never be a “wrong, racism is and religion questioned. Yu-Hsi Liu (N-word) in SAE.” We can say racist things Th e other jaunty lyric to something we don’tdon without actually being racist, Letters to rhyme with the fi rst was “You and we can have beliefs fueled the Editor can hang him from a tree, but have to worryrrryy aboutabouabou by racism without knowing he can never sign with me,” all we’re wrong. Letters to the Editor may be placed Follow Raphael to the gleeful tune of “If You’re I’m sure everyone who said in the letters to the editor box in the on Twitter Happy and You Know It.” Almost every year you hear “ ... for a black guy” when Spartan Daily offi ce in Dwight Ben- @randomlyralph Stories like that can’t be about some fraternity that speaking to me didn’t mean to tel Hall, Room 209, sent by fax to brushed off as stupidity, thought it would be cute or be offensive and intended to (408) 924- 3282, emailed to It’s easy to understand why because it’s more than just funny to use someone’s” cul- compliment me without real- [email protected] or written people would think racism is a saying a bad word at the ture as a theme for a costume izing what they were saying. to the Spartan Daily Opinion thing of the past. wrong time. party, only for it to blow up in I won’t be cynical and say Editor, 1 Washington Square, San We’re taught that racism is What they did was in pri- their faces when it goes public. racism will always be a prob- Jose, CA 95192-0149. Letters to the something overt and enforced, vate, where they didn’t think That’s the real problem lem, because we’ve made prog- Editor must contain the author’s signified by burning crosses, they’d be seen or punished. with racism today: It isn’t ress from where we were, and name, address, phone number, sig- segregation and slavery. Those are college students nearly as obvious or even in- we continue to progress when nature and major. Letters become We’re taught that Dr. Mar- who are our age, not old, rich tentional as it used to be. we’re exposed to incidents like property of the Spartan Daily and tin Luther King Jr. and others white guys stuck in the past. You can’t go around lynching the fraternity’s chant. may be edited for clarity, grammar, fought hard and even died to Those were 20-something people unless you want to spend But acting like racism libel and length. Only letters of 300 wipe racism from American year olds who grew up reading the rest of your life in a cell. isn’t a problem enables it to words or less will be considered for law, leading to the better soci- about racism in their history For most people racism grow under our noses and in publication. Published opinions and ety we live in now. books. isn’t even filled with the same our minds until the next bad advertisements do not necessarily It’s an understandable view, If anything, this video just malice as it was before. incident causes us to have this refl ect the views of the Spartan but it’s flawed. shows an ugly truth too many If anything, it’s become conversation all over again. Daily, the School of Journalism and We think because we people are unwilling to accept: dangerously subtle, casual to Raphael Stroud is a Spar- Mass Communication or SJSU. Th e grew up being taught that it’s Racism can still grow even in the point where most will say tan Daily staff writer. Spartan Daily is a public forum. wrong, racism is something our time. “Yeah, that’s racist, but it isn’t we don’t have to worry about. It wasn’t exactly a long time ‘that’ racist.” Wednesday, March 11, 2015 OPINION 5 Connecting to one’s soul is a beautiful thing Taking pride in yourself conquers the physicality of beauty

Beverly Ukpabi custom makeup applications, one of found “low self-esteem, low confi- hear ‘I want to feel beautiful.’” the first clients who sat in my chair was dence and high levels of anxiety lead to This poem was shared to me and celebrating her 40th birthday. increased makeup usage; and increased the rest of my co-workers. Reading it She eventually came to tears because makeup usage ... negatively correlates to hit home for me and reminded me why my co-workers walked by, compliment- likeability, morality and competence.” I have days when women are afraid to ing her dress and the colors I chose for I’ve learned this condition is very approach me for assistance, even when I her deep, dark skin, saying she looked common from a young age which is why lend a helping hand. beautiful. Something magical happens pageantry, modeling and acting some- Though I don’t believe anyone should when a woman is told these words. how correlate with employing the most rely solely on their looks as a means of Of course, I have heard stories of beautiful candidates. self-esteem, looking your best is in the women crying, rejoicing the moment they I used to believe that makeup was same concept of owning yourself. realize they are beautiful. makeup and those who wear it overex- We are all brought to this world for a Follow Beverly aggerate the techniques and tools they different purpose. on Twitter can use to create the same looks. As an individual, we should not @cheerbev09 You can say I always had an abstract comply with beauty standards and try ThereThere is not one companionship with makeup—I loved to look like every other person, woman it when I first got into it, but I never or man. I have a lot to be thankful for when person on this Earth thought people should allow it to boost There is not one person on this Earth it comes to working in the beauty their self-esteem. Instead, they should who can replicate who you are—person- industry. who can replicate use it for fun, like I do. ality, mindset and appearance. I’ve had the honor of playing with who you are— Till this day, it’s hard for me to con- Take advantage of how beautiful you new products, educating my beauty “ sider myself a makeup artist because I are, and most importantly, how beauti- junkie noggin from different brand merely enjoy trying new tricks without ful life can be despite all of the mishaps. representatives and passing my knowl- personality, mindset having a rhyme or reason. The next time you wake up and edge onto others. I have a gift with my hands that before you get out of bed, ask yourself I’ve done it time and time again in and appearancerranceance cannot be taken from me and I get to what is the one solitary thing that you the crazy retail work environment for help women express their individuality love about your appearance. almost four years now. through the use of colors, brush strokes Discover something somewhere in Sometimes it’s hard to imagine and pronouncing features. your physical being that you can feel how much time has elapsed and I often It reminded me of when my mother A poem I read from Natalie Patter- proud of and fierce about even if others question whether I still have the passion told me I used to repeatedly ask her son titled “Wake Up Call” said clients consider it a flaw. for what I do. whether I was pretty” as a child. who walk into a makeup store, “Who Beverly Ukpabi is the Spartan Daily It’s hard working part-time in cos- I have no recollection of this memory walks in brave enough to ask for help is opinion editor. Alluring Essence runs metics retail in a high-volume store, and hearing it confused me because I’m counting on you being there on pur- every Wednesday. while going to school full-time. so used to people giving me compli- pose, is counting on you recognizing But I do it. Why, you may ask? ments rather than receiving them. your authority, she’s hoping you have an Read the complete poem from I give women and young girls gifts Virginia Commonwealth University answer to the questions she may choke Natalie Patterson’s “Wake Up Call” every single day. researched the psychological factors and to ask. Her throat may swallow the at bit.ly/1KUUOay. When I became certified to complete effect of makeup usage, and its studies words, but listen closely and you will

2015 Mountain West Women's Basketball Tournament

#8 SJSU 64–55 #8 SJSU #8 SJSU 99–65 #1 CSU Tonight at 6 p.m. ? #9 USU #4 BSU 64–46 1st #4 BSU Round Bye #5 UNLV Friday ? 12 p.m. Women's Champion

#2 UNM #7 SDSU 57–56 #2 UNM 70–48

#7 SDSU Tonight at 8:30 p.m. #10 UNR ? #6 Fresno State 70–63 #6 Wyoming #6 Fresno State 70–48 #6 Wyoming #11 Air Force Infographic by Samuel Brannan

SJSU records in Women's Mountain West Tournament

1 Most points scored in single game - 99 (MWT Record) 2 Most points scored in a half - 59 (MWT Record) 3 Field goals made in single game - 36 (MWT Record) Courtesy of NCAA Photos 4 Field goals a empted in single game - 86 (MWT Record) Senior forward Rebecca Woodberry drives in for a layup last night in the 5 3-pointers made in single game - 14 (MWT Record) Spartans’ 64–55 win over the Colorado State Rams in Las Vegas. WIN compete at the same level.” 6 3-pointers a empted in one game- 35 (MWT Record) Senior forward Rebecca Woodberry FROM PAGE 1 also fi nished with double fi gures in points, 7 Most points in a season - 2,380 points (SJSU Record) Athletics. “I feel we can match up with ev- along with 12 rebounds and her fi rst dou- eryone. Th is is a tremendous win for our ble-double of the tournament. 8 Junior center Riana Byrd - 157 career blocks (SJSU Record) program and our university in only our "I have never gone into a locker room at second year in the Mountain West." halft ime and talked about how great our 9 Senior guard Ta’Rea Cunnigan - 120 games played (SJSU Record) Th e Spartans and Rams played each defense was playing before today," Craig- head said to SJSU Athletics. "It was such Information compiled from SJSU Athletics Infographic by Samuel Brannan other twice in the regular season, ending both times with a win for Colorado State. a battle for us defensively. We knew the Aft er scoring 99 points in back-to-back shots would start to fall in the second half." games, the Spartans were slowed down of- Th e Rams stepped on the gas in the sec- fensively by the Rams who held the Spar- ond half with 37 points scored, but could tans to 64 points, but it was SJSU’s defense not keep up with the Spartans who put up that stepped up to take its fi rst win against 39 in the second half. Colorado State this season. Colorado State managed to shrink SJ- Th e Rams were held to just 29 percent SU’s lead to seven points with three min- shooting from the fi eld and 18 points with utes remaining in the second period but a seven-point Spartan lead going into half- Baker hit a key jumper to kill the Rams' time. run and seal the game for the Spartans. It was senior guard Ta’Rea Cunnigan, "Our main goal was the championship," who broke the all-time Spartan basket- Baker said to Mountain West Network. ball scoring record earlier this season, and "We weren't stopping because they were teammate sophomore guard Aniya Baker the No. 1. We were playing together, hard who led the team with 17 and 18 points re- and having fun." spectively in the win over the Rams. Th e Spartans have a chance to continue “It’s magical right now,” Cunnigan said their Cinderella story against Boise State to Mountain West Network. “Th e game tonight at 6 p.m. in the Mountain West plan was to keep playing hard and to not semifi nals. look at the numbers. Th ey’re a regular Samuel Brannan is the Spartan Daily basketball team just like us so we want to sports editor.