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MUSIC TO MY EARS Future musicians perform at SJSU

By Kavin Mistry with contributions by phasis on 11th and 12th graders in the fi elds Andrew Cypert of choral band, orchestra and composition.” @kavinm95 Th e department sent representatives to @audaciousgreen Santa Clara County high schools and talk- ed to music directors at each school. High Th e rhythmic sounds of trumpets cou- school juniors and seniors got a chance pled with crashes and pounds of the per- to perform with SJSU’s music majors and cussion section fi lled the music theater graduate students. yesterday aft ernoon. “We have some students that have trav- San Jose State’s music department hosted eled from as far south as Fresno, and as the “Be a Music Major For a Day” event for far north as Redding to come for the day,” high schoolers to come and experience a Herrera said. day in the life of an SJSU music student. Students who participated were able to “I love ‘Be A Music Major Day.’ A couple play composed music that was selected by years ago before I started going here, this is the director and sit in on classes through- what got me into San Jose State,” said Aman- out the day, allowing them the opportuni- da Cien Fuegos, trumpet performance ju- ty to fully immerse themselves in the SJSU nior. “It is really cool to see all these young music culture. people interested in music in college.” Herrera said that in order to get into the Not a lot of majors off er this kind of op- music degree program, students have to portunity to prospective students. Mem- audition. bers of SJSU’s music department hope stu- “I hope that with the occasional remind- dents will take full advantage of the chance ers of technique from participating in to shadow as a student in high school. clinics today will help give me really good “Th is event is designed to give the future motivation to go out and practice and get music majors of the state of California, and better,” said Westmont High School senior | Spartan Daily some outside, a chance to look at what we Evan Frangesh. “It is defi nitely going to be Kavin Mistry can off er them,” said Paul Herrera, graduate Hector Ponce, junior from Overfelt High School, plays a stand up bass as conducting associate. “We have a higher em- see MUSIC on page 2 a part of “Be a Music Major for a Day” on stage at the music department. FUN STRIVING FOR GREATNESS FACTS ALMAS de SJSU aims to help students

By Andrew Cypert here,” Cruz said. 50%OF AMERICANS @audaciousgreen Th e group encourages non-Latino peo- DECORATE THEIR Halloween YARDS FOR ple to join too. HALLOWEEN IS THE HALLOWEEN Latino students of the group Academic “It’s kind of hard when [students] think CONTRACTION OF THE Leaders and Mentors Aiming for Success that ALMAS is a Latino-based organiza- PHRASE “ALL HALLOWS have put together a new project called tion,” Cruz said. EVE.” HEAVIEST PUMPKIN IN 2015 ALMAS Plus Aid El Salvador. Students from the group promote re- = 1997lb= “(El Salvador) is a really bad place to be sources for other students like upcom- Witch and live in. Th e crime rate it’s just crazy ing scholarships and benefi cial cultural

Animals over there and one of our founding mem- workshops for Latino and non-Latino A pumpkin in Oregon would have weighed one ton if only it were 3 Lbs. heavier. That is approximately the weight of a great white shark. bers who is an alumni now, he is over students, according to Camarillo. Th ey Batman there for the Peace Corps,” said Co-Chair also break into committees that help oth- Zombie and founding member of ALMAS Clar- ers with success. PROJECTED issa Camarillo. One of the committees goes to high Star Wars SPENDING 524 3 1 She said the students of ALMAS have schools to talk about what college is ON $2.1billion TOP ADULT COSTUMES 2015 HALLOWEEN been raising money to help people in El like. According to Cruz the fundraising CANDY IN Salvador through bake sales and various committee raises money for the group THE U.S. THE AVERAGE AMOUNT IN 2015. fundraisers. through clothing and food drives to be AMERICANS “One of our main goals … (is) we strive able to help people from El Salvador and WILL SPEND to represent all of the underrepresented to help the group grow. ON CANDY, $74.34 PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF COSTUMES FRESH PUMPKINS IN THE U.S. minorities,” Camarillo said. Cruz said he joined the club for this AND DECORATIONS. ALMAS supports many individuals reason among others and has met a lot of 4.2lbs through help with academics and social people during his membership. events, Camarillo said. “Coming into college, you usually think “Th e people are all nice. Everyone’s ‘I’m going to try to make a diff erence ... easygoing, down-to-earth and easy to branch out and do other things, meet oth- talk to,” said communication sophomore er people’... I’ve grown some strong forti- Ismael Cruz. tude with people here,” Cruz said. Cruz said the group helps all Latinos, According to Cruz, the club likes to but it is trying to expand to be more have fun. At their last meeting in the Boc- multi-cultural. cardo Business Center on Monday night, “We have a variety of members that are the students gathered for a potluck and not Mexican, they’re Hondureno, Sal- vadoran—diff erent kinds of ethnicities see ALMAS on page 2 Information from statisticbrain.com and cnn.com Infographic by Vasuki Rao TRICK OR TREAT OPINION Offensive costumes ruin the spirit of Halloween

By Jovanni Arroyo-Camberos ing an uptick in the amount of Halloween panic male wearing a sombrero, mustache response from the administration,” Perez @Jovanniarroyo10 costumes that are culturally off ensive and and poncho, riding a donkey. said in Th e Huffi ngton Post article. inappropriate for their target audiences. And if that isn’t off ensive enough, the cos- Racist Halloween costumes are now part Wearing a sombrero and a mustache In a recent video published by BuzzFeed, tume is under the funny costumes category. of a larger problem. Instead of the holiday is defi nitely off ensive, it portrays the ste- Native Americans tried on costumes that Costumes might not be made to make fun being about trick or treating, we are now reotype and makes fun of people who do were made to portray Indians. of someone but this should not be consid- seeing many incidents of racism around not look like that at all, however not many Many of the people interviewed in the ered funny and should not be on the shelves. this holiday and the costumes that are be- people see it that way. video saw the costumes at fi rst glance and According to the Huffi ngton Post, Vi- ing made to add more controversy to it. Halloween costumes have become more looked disgusted. Th ey were asked to try cente Perez, a University of Chicago stu- Adults are not the only group to be tar- distasteful in today’s society and we need on the costumes and one person even said, dent, confronted another student last year geted by these problematic costumes. to morally know what’s right and wrong. “I feel like I really need a big shower aft er because they were wearing a controversial According to an article on Refi nery29’s Costumes have changed throughout the wearing this crap.” Halloween costume that depicted a stereo- website, a Walmart representative con- last several years. Instead of seeing scary On the Party City website you can buy type of Mexicans. fi rmed that the company took down a masks, Teenage Ninja Turtles and prin- a costume labeled, Adult, “Hey Amigo,” “I don’t feel comfortable being on this cesses roaming the streets, we are now see- Mexican Costume, which portrays a His- campus and I’m not comfortable with the see COSTUMES on page 4 2 NEWS Thursday, October 29, 2015

MUSIC Disney, or “anywhere from page 1 where I can just play and SHOW YOUR STUFF, do it for a living.” a challenge, but I am go- Aft er speaking to TWEET US YOUR COSTUME! ing to be enjoying what Frangesh, it was appar- I’m doing.” ent in his voice that the Th e event was geared event had a positive ef- toward giving prospec- fect on his music career. tive music students a He was excited to talk peek into what it would about what he was able to take to be a music major accomplish at the event. and the work and com- Th e music depart- mitment involved. ment hosts this event “It is busy. Every single every year, around the AIL day you have a rehearsal time college applications ND RTA to go to, something to are due as a means of SPA practice or something recruitment for future @SPARTANDAILY@ you can get better at,” SJSU music students. Cien Fuegos said. “You “Today there are 151 are stressed, but you are people, last year we had also really happy because 98 and in the previous you are doing something years we had around 40 ALMASLM like having people …. I that you love.” students so every year can connect with,” Ca- Th e students who gave it has gotten bigger and from page 1 marillo said. feedback on the event bigger,” Herrera said. ice-breaker games. Th e ALMAS meets every said they can see how “A lot of people that members got to learn more Monday night in BBC much work it will take to come to this event actu- about one another, laugh 326 at 6:30 p.m. All stu- pursue a major in the fi eld ally end up coming here and have fun. dents are encouraged to of music, but because (to SJSU).” Th e bond these stu- at least stop by to check Kavin Mistry | Spartan Daily they have a passion for it, dents have is strong. out the meetings. High school students and SJSU music major section the work should be fun. Kavin Mistry and “It’s like a second leaders play a piece in front of other high school Cien Fuegos said aft er Andrew Cypert are home, like my second Andrew Cypert is a students that were attending the “Be A Music Major she leaves SJSU she wants Spartan Daily family here because I’m Spartan Daily For A Day” event yesterday. to hopefully record for staff writers. not from here. So I really staff writer. San Jose: Man was sent away by jail while trying to surrender for murder of ex-girlfriend

By Robert Salonga At one point, Castro reportedly On Tuesday, the county appoint- tro said he strangled Barlas and he killed her, according to Smith’s Tribune News Service passed the civilian staff er a note ed a blue-ribbon commission led stabbed her, the statement said. statement. Police did not disclose @RobertSalonga stating there was a dead body at an by former San Jose Independent On Monday morning, Castro a motive for the killing, the city’s address on Th ird Street. Eventual- Police Auditor and retired judge went to the jail with the hand-writ- 25th homicide of the year. On Monday, Hugo Ernesto Cas- ly, the deputy told Castro to report LaDoris Cordell to head a top-to- ten note disclosing the location of Police have said only that Castro tro walked into the Santa Clara the body to SJPD. bottom audit and massive reform Barlas’ body, and was sent to SJPD, and the victim were in a “prior dat- County Main Jail to make a con- “If the initial fi ndings are true, eff ort to address voluminous al- where he gave the same note to of- ing relationship,” which friends of fession. In his hand was a note then the Custody Deputy failed to legations of inmate mistreatment. fi cers there. Another set of offi cers Barlas corroborated to this news- disclosing the whereabouts of the meet the expectations of the de- Internal investigations have al- went to the condo and found Bar- paper. body of his former girlfriend. A partment and we’ll take appropri- ready yielded two arrests of depu- las on an upstairs bed with several According to Nevada state re- deputy listened to Castro, then told ate action to deal with the deputy,” ties for unrelated misconduct. visible stab wounds on her front cords, in 2009 Castro was sen- him the case was not in the jail’s Smith said in her statement. Meanwhile, the 28-year-old Cas- torso, according to police. tenced to three years at a Carson jurisdiction. Th e deputy has been reassigned tro is now being held without bail Barlas, a San Jose State University City work camp aft er a conviction Miraculously, Castro then fol- pending the outcome of the inves- at the same Main Jail where he ini- alum, was pronounced dead at the for battery with a deadly weapon lowed the deputy’s instructions to tigation, Smith said. tially tried to surrender. scene. When she was killed was not against another former girlfriend. walk unaccompanied to San Jose Th e snafu comes amid height- According to a statement of facts immediately clear. Neither Castro Deputy District Attorney David police headquarters, where police ened scrutiny on the county jails written by San Jose homicide De- nor Barlas lived at the condo, po- Boyd said that crime would factor arrested him. Th e jail deputy who in the wake of the August fatal tective Wayne Smith, Castro told lice said. into Castro’s sentence if he is con- turned the confessed murderer beating of mentally ill inmate Mi- police that he and Barlas agreed Once Barlas was found, Castro victed in Barlas’ death. out on the street has now been chael Tyree, allegedly at the hands to meet Friday at a condo at Th e was arrested and interviewed by reassigned, sources said, marking of three correctional deputies who Globe complex on Th ird Street. At Smith and Detective Sgt. Rick Yu, Robert Salonga writes for the another black eye for the already have been charged with murder. some point over the weekend, Cas- during which he told them that San Jose Mercury News. beleaguered jail system. On his second surrender try, Cas- tro was interviewed by San Jose homicide detectives and directed offi cers to a downtown condomin- ium where they found the reportedly strangled and stabbed body of 27-year-old Alessandra Barlas. Castro, who has a prior conviction for assaulting another ex-girlfriend in Nevada, was arraigned in a San Jose courtroom Wednesday on one count of murder with a knife enhancement. He is scheduled to return to court Nov. 16. Responding to an inquiry by this newspaper, the Sheriff ’s Offi ce said it has launched an internal investigation into why the deputy failed to detain or otherwise keep Castro close until San Jose offi cers could take him into custody, which police experts say is routine among police agencies in such instances. “Once they leave, who knows what’s going to happen next,” said Jim Dudley, a criminal-justice lec- turer at San Francisco State Uni- versity and retired San Francisco police captain. “Maybe they go the two blocks and turn themselves in. Or maybe they have second thoughts, or go home and destroy evidence.” “You’re not going to spoil someone else’s investigation by making a detention of this guy,” Dudley added. “Th ere’s a huge downside if you let him go and he jumps on the next train out of town.” According to a statement from Sheriff Laurie Smith, Castro walked into the Main Jail lobby and told a civilian staff member that he wanted to “turn himself in.” Af- ter fi nding no active warrants for him, the staff er spoke with a correctional deputy, who asked Castro what he wanted to turn himself in for, prompting Castro to request a more private conversation, according to the statement. Infographic by Kavin Mistry Thursday, October 29, 2015 A&E 3 Editorial review: The big DC TV round up

By Raphael Stroud “Lois and Clark” to Adam West’s Th e positive debut adds another to the list of DC proper- @randomlyralph “Batman” to Th e CW’s “Smallville,” DC has always had a ties including “Arrow,” “Th e Flash,” “iZombie” and “Go- presence on cable television, but in recent years that presence tham.” If “Constantine” were still around, DC would have If you ask what the best comic book show on TV is, sta- has been as expansive as Marvel’s presence in the movies. a total of six shows on television compared to Marvel’s 1 tistically the answer will probably be “Th e Walking Dead.” Monday was the premiere of “Supergirl,” starring Melissa ½ (“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” and “Agent Carter,” which is a But if you ask which comic brand dominates TV, then Benoist as the titular hero. It had the highest viewership short series). With many of the company’s shows in their it’s going to be DC Entertainment. ratings of any new 2015 Fall show, and even while the criti- sophomore seasons, I think it’s time for a roundup. It’s not like the brand is particularly new to this. From cal reception wasn’t glowing it still received good reviews.

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Although the costume was removed, Barack Obama to Donald Trump. COSTUMES it still does not dismiss the fact that Th e Trump costume has even To the Editor: from page 1 these costumes are being made and become the most demanded costume starting to be sold for Halloween. of the year, according to the Interna- In response to your article, children’s costume called “Little Th is is not the fi rst time an incident tional Business Times. LETTERS TOO “Presentation Addresses Amigo” from it’s website for violat- like this has occurred at Walmart. According to an article on the Racked THE EDITOR Racial Tensions in Israel,” I ing the store’s prohibited products Just last year Walmart called their website, the Halloween retail industry would like to point out that policy. plus-size costumes “Fat Girl is worth more than $7 billion. A neither Palestinians nor Israeli Jews are “races” Th e Walmart representa- Costumes.” recent survey by the National Retail in the American sense. Among both Israelis and tive told Refi nery29, “Th e “Th is never should Federation reported the average Palestinians are individuals we would call “white,” item you mentioned was have been on our site. spending cost per consumer is $77.52 “brown” and “black.” Ethnic diff erences in Israel sold by a third-party It is unacceptable, each Halloween season. are based on what we would call religion—Jewish, marketplace seller, and and we apologize. Halloween Costumes should go Christian, Muslim—though these distinctions are it obviously had no busi- We worked quickly to back to being fun and childish. We not based on belief, but on birth. ness at all being on our remove this,” Walmart should not give companies the idea of Th e article quotes Abid El-Miaari, who heads site based on our Prohibited tweeted in response to the making off ensive costumes. the Students for Justice in Palestine: “European Products Policy.” costume posting. As a society we need to steer away Zionists … came and colonized the land.” Th e costume illustrated a Hispanic Aside from the off ensive costumes from these negative costumes that Th is is almost literally a half-truth. More than boy wearing a serape, a straw hat and out in the market, we are also able are not only having a negative impact 50 percent of Israeli Jews are Mizrachis, whose a mustache. Th e listing also featured to see the impact pop culture has on on many cultures but also becoming families came from Arab states—Egypt, Iraq, its description of the costume, “let costumes. more evident in Halloween stores. Yemen, Libya and Syria—and from Iran. Over the fi esta begin for your little one in Some are funny and some should just 750,000 Mizrachis were driven, oft en brutally, our ‘Little Amigo Costume!’” Th e remain in the factories. Pop culture Jovanni Arroyo-Camberos is a from these countries during the 20th century costume fi t children who were ap- has delivered its many forms of con- Spartan Daily staff writer. and found refuge in Israel. Conversely, many proximately three to six year olds. troversial costumes, from President Palestinians are the descendants of people who came to Palestine from neighboring countries in the 30 years between 1917-1947. It is the Mizrachis who are most hostile towards Southern California is “hella” “Arabs,” by which they mean the Muslims and Christians who persecuted them out of their homes. Th ey are the main supporters of the Israeli different from NorCal right wing. Th e descendants of European Jews tend to be more liberal, though increasing hostility By Adolfo Oseguera “For Southern Californians derives from continued terrorist attacks by @aosogordo in particular, hella represents Palestinians, including recent stabbing incidents. a crucial shibboleth separat- Th e fact is that Israel remains that for all of its “Th at’s like rad, dude!” Chloe said. ing the two major regions of the fl aws not a “colony,” but a Middle Eastern Jewish “Th at’s hella cool!” Jacob said. state. (People) tended to identify state. Th e ethnicity and ethnic relations, of Israel, Most people from California will know Chloe is from hella overwhelmingly as a Northern like its politics, are complex. Southern California and Jacob is from Northern Califor- California slang term, and its appearance in other re- Th e situation of Palestinians in the West Bank nia because of the way they portray each region’s slang. gions of the map drops dramatically from north to south, and Gaza is diff erent from that of those who Th ere is a diff erence in the way people speak, dress, act according to the Journal of English Linguistics from are Israeli citizens. Th e real suff ering of these and the lifestyles of both regions of California. It is strange Duke University. Palestinians will not be solved by pretending they that people only notice it when they visit the other region. As for the way people dress, it depends on the weather. In are in the same situation as minority groups in the As a SoCal native transplanted in the Bay Area, I’ve Southern California, it is always sunnier and hotter than U.S. It will come from a political solution, through experienced the variety that California off ers. Southern Northern California, which is usually on the colder side. negotiations and talks, not through boycotts and California has a more cohesive culture whereas Northern According to the Western Regional Climate Center, one-sided presentations. Th ose interested in this California off ers a wider variety of lifestyles and social Los Angeles receives an average of 14.91 percent of rain; subject may wish to take my History of Modern climates. whereas in Eureka, California, rain averages 39.45 percent. Israel course in the Spring Semester. Southern and Northern Californians both diff er in their Th e Western Regional Climate Center’s website shows use of common slang words, using silly words such as the temperature in coastal Northern California such as Jonathan P. Roth “hella” or “hecka” and normal expressions like “dude” or Point Arena rises from 56 to 65 degrees between January Professor of History “like.” Other diff erences include the use of “the” before and August. names of freeways in Southern California. In Southern California coastal areas such as Newport Beach Harbor, the temperature rises from 63 to 73 degrees. Society itself is diff erent. The lifestyles in both regionregions are completely differ- Gay culture is more welcomed in the north since San ent because they each attract a certain set of skills and Francisco, a hub of gay culture, is located there whereas work opportunities. LGBT tolerance is more of an issue in the south. Southern In Southern California, HollyHollywood attracts people who California is more traditional with the exception of West want to be in the fi lm, music anand fashion industries such Hollywood, which is another hotbed of homosexuality. as Lauren Conrad and ChanniChanning Tatum. SoCal also has According to the Williams Institute, San Francisco Which part of many beaches, which attract the surfi ng lifestyle. holds the highest rate of gay, lesbian, and transgender California do In Northern California, SiSilicon Valley attracts those residents at 14 percent while LA houses 3.9 percent. you prefer? who want to become big in the technology world Northern Californian cities tend to be more liberal over- such as Steve Jobs. all because of their diversity whereas Southern Californian Napa Valley,Valley, whichwhic is also in Northern cities can be conservative because there is less diversity. California,California, attraattracts wine fanatics with its Southern and Northern Californians both take pride many vineyards.vineya It is also known for is in being part of California, and are subject to the same the EmeraEmerald Triangle: Mendocino scrutiny and stereotyping from outsiders. County, Humboldt County and Californians are oft en stereotyped with images we Trinity County, the largest associate with Southern California: surfi ng, Hollywood cannabiscann producers in the US. and Disneyland. Many people outside of the state can’t Th e lifestyle is fast paced even conceptualize the diversity of Northern California, ini Southern California, reducing the region to cliched images of the Bay Area. hence,h LA traffi c and As a Californian who has lived in both regions, South- “bad” driving. Northern ern California seems to be the one that holds the key to California is more laid my heart. back and calm. Nice hot weather and nearby beaches include Newport In 2011, the entertain- Beach, Huntington Beach, Long Beach and the list goes ment industry employed on. In NorCal the beaches seem a lot more limited due to nearly 162,000 wage colder weather and distance. and salary workers in As a gay man, the conservative aspect of Southern Cali- SPARTANS Los Angeles County fornia is seen as a challenge to my eyes, a challenge I take and 85,000 freelance on and hope to change with the help of my generation. SPEAK professionals and other Some might say the traffi c is horrifi c and annoying and OUT independent contract the lifestyle is too fast, but that’s what makes Southern workers. With a com- California the way it is. bined total of 247,000 If you can’t take the heat, stay out of Southern California. workers, it is one of the largest industries in the Adolfo Oseguera is a Spartan Daily staff writer. county, according to the Infographic by Adolfo Oseguera, Kavin Mistry Hollywood Chamber of and Jeremy Cummings Commerce.

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