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EDUCATION Students take learning to a new classroom

By Yasmine Mahmoud in the program, lives in the Washing- Washington Elementary, sees the stu- colar program assistant, has been in dren on the field, read to them or just @yasminehmahmoud ton neighborhood close to Washing- dents interact with the mentors often. the program for four years and men- sit and talk with them. ton Elementary School. His little sis- The school sometimes goes into tored for three years. “When I saw how Sebastian looked, Walking through Washington ter is a fifth grader at the school. “code blue” Kies and Cervantes said. “I’ve really seen the students grow especially with Ramsez, I didn’t want Elementary School on a Friday af- “I know the kids in the program,” Code blue, or “shelter in place,” is a in terms of reading and having the to bring the class in,” Kies said of a ternoon, you can see a sea of college Cervantes said. “They’re her class- low-intensity lockdown because of a confidence to read,” she said. mentee and his mentor. “He really students — clad in purple — shooting mates, so I want to see them succeed.” neighborhood situation that requires There are 35 SJSU students in the needs that one-on-one attention.” hoops with grade-schoolers, sitting Washington Elementary School everyone to get inside. Classes can program, mentoring third, fourth The students form bonds with with them at lunch tables and reading is in the Washington neighborhood remain in session, but staff and stu- and fifth graders, Faller said. their mentors, Baez said. aloud in tiny chairs at the library. of San Jose, which is known to have dents must remain indoors, accord- Many of the students are lower in- “It’s becoming closer, like a big This sea of purple is run by the San issues with gang activity Cervantes ing to Silver Oak Elementary School’s come, English language learners and brother and little brother relation- Jose State Cesar Chavez Community said. webpage, which is in the same district struggle with reading comprehension ship,” he said. Action Center’s Fuerza Escolar Ele- “I’ve heard that things get real as Washington Elementary. and pronunciation, Faller said. Mentors also help students with mentary School Mentoring Program. tough down there,” he said. “What made me join the program Students are chosen by their test reading comprehension quizzes. Students in the program go to an “We want them to succeed,” Cer- is wanting to help the community,” scores for reading, she said. “It’s nice having volunteers com- elementary school and help children vantes said. “We want them to be the said Ramsez Baez, a sophomore so- “A lot of these students, even if ing to the school who can give these with reading comprehension, offer best they can be at reading, so they are ciology major and volunteer. “I was they are third or fourth grade, a lot of kids guidance and the attention that support and partners to play with. not pushed out of the school system.” given the same help when I was in el- their levels are probably like a second they crave,” Kies said. Luis Cervantes, a sophomore envi- Shannon Kies, a substitute teach- ementary school.” or third grade level,” Faller said. Yasmine Mahmoutd is a Spartan ronmental studies major and mentor er who works several days a week at Bernadette Faller, the Fuerza Es- The volunteers play with the chil- Daily staff writer.

CLUB SPORT Dancing with the Spartans

Raphael Kluzniok | Contributing Photographer (Left) Left to right: Devin Davis, senior nutrition major, and Risha Rose, senior RTVF major, practice at the Spartan Complex in front of a small crowd Monday night. (Right) Risha Rose tightens her heels as she gets ready for practice Monday night inside Spartan Complex.

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COMPETITION Students encouraged to get creative Interested? Submit your design for the new Spartan By Brandon Chew “Home-run Hoopla,” located at the ones. She also said that they are going to Squad t-shirt! @bchewphoto Campus Village quad, Blower said. set up booths around campus over the Shirts have also been handed out at next few weeks to get more applicants for Contest guidelines: A sea of boxes filled with yellow other events or given away as prizes, she the contest. T-Shirts cover the floor of Associated said. Blower says that they want all types of Students events coordinator Bradyn “We’ve also done a trade-in a few students submitting ideas and designs. Must be current SJSU student Blower’s office. times, where students trade in unwant- “We made a pretty big point, especial- If you have been to a sports event, ed clothing for a Spartan Squad shirt,” ly on the Facebook event, that you do not Redesign front of shirt attended an A.S. event or just walked Blower said. need to be a designer to submit a design,” around campus you have probably seen Spencer Wong, a senior nursing ma- Blower said. Spartan squad logo not required the bright yellow T-Shirts that read jor, attended “Home-run Hoopla” and The original design was done by Dang “Spartan Squad” across the front. said he wore the Spartan Squad T-Shirt Nguyen, an A.S. graphic designer, Blower The shirt will remain gold These T-Shirts are being redesigned to set an example and hopefully get oth- said. Blower worked with Nguyen after Use only blue and white in design through a contest that any student can ers to show pride in SJSU as well. the shirt was designed and she found out enter. The deadline for entries is March A.S. had a booth at the event where that the idea for “Spartan Squad” was just 28. students could enter the contest. a fun playful idea at first. Blower said the “Where the redesign idea came from Blower said 47 designs were submit- idea has now transformed into a creative was that they did some student forums,” ted at the event. interaction students can be involved Blower said. Blower said that shirts with the orig- with. Deadline: Conversations in the forum led to inal design will be given out at sporting Blower said she hopes that the stu- the idea that a contest involving stu- events until there aren’t any left. dents will be enthusiastic and there can Friday, March 28 dents would be a great way to get stu- “Even if we have a new design I’m be a new T-Shirt every year. She also said dents to interact with the trending T- sure people would like to get a free Spar- that the winner’s name will be printed Submit to: Shirts, Blower said. tan shirt either way,” Blower said. on the back. [email protected] The most recent event where the Blower said the old T-Shirts will be Brandon Chew is a Spartan Daily staff shirts were being handed out was used to advertise the contest for the new writer.

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Raphael Kluzniok | Contributing photographer San Jose State alumna Lillian Luu and senior Christopher Li perform a tango routine during a showcase performance in Spartan Complex Monday night. Dancesport couples are competitors and characters

By Jessica Schlegelmilch sport until 2009. Ayers is currently the ball- Devin Davis, a senior nutrition major, and to be more serious about competing they have @jessieschleg room coach and Stacey Chuang is in charge of Rose are a couple on the dancesport team who to pursue the private coaching route. Davis the Latin dance group. specialize in Latin ballroom dancing. Davis said that working out and being physically fit Dancesport is San Jose State’s competitive “A lot of people don’t really realize that said that in the Latin ballroom dancing tradi- is also important to being any kind of athlete, ballroom dancing team that competes each (dance) is not only an art but it’s a sport as tion there are five different dances: cha cha, including a dancer. year in four collegiate dance competitions in well,” said Risha Rose, a senior theater ma- rumba, samba, jive and paso doble. Every member on the dancesport team the Bay Area and San Luis Obispo. jor and dancer on the team. “If you really Davis and Rose have been dancing together competes. The team’s president, Richard Tsai, Bud Ayers, SJSU professor and adviser for want to be a competitive dancer, you need to for a year. They have a personal coach indepen- a senior business major, said that because the team, founded dancesport in 2008, but realize that you’re going to end up being a dent from the dancesport team, Frank Flores. the team wasn’t officially recognized as a club competitive athlete.” Davis said that for any dancer that wants SEE DANCE ON PAGE 3 Wednesday, March 19, 2014 SPORTS Spartan Daily | 3

Dance: Friendly competition From Page 2 dancesport is a collegiate team they focus on colle- about competitive dance. giate competitions, but there are internationally Other misconceptions are the amount of “be- ranked competitions that are open to the public. hind-the-scenes,” efforts that go into competitive Tsai said that dancers assume characters dancing. Serious competitive dancers, Rose said, when they get on the dance floor. He said the roles practice seven days a week, six hours a day, some- dancers play can range anywhere from happy, times more. sad, serious or romantic. Because Rose and Davis both go to school and In the paso doble dance the air is more serious, work, they practice five days out of the week and whereas waltz is graceful and romantic and tango try to get in at least 15 hours of dancing per week. is very intense, “like a love-hate relationship,” At the collegiate level, there are four levels he said. dancers can compete at: newcomer, bronze, silver “Some of the best dancers we have keep to and gold. Beyond those levels dancers can com- themselves, but when they are on the dance floor pete at novice, pre-champ and champ. Rose said it’s almost like a completely different person,” that the SJSU dancesport team members compete Tsai said. “They transform into the character that at levels from newcomer to novice. they assume when they’re dancing.” During the competition at UC Berkeley last Accoring to Tsai, the outfits dancers com- month, Davis and Rose competed in five different pete in also function to complete the character events at the gold level and placed in all of them. they assume. Since Tsai became president two years ago, he In ballroom dancing the uniforms are gen- said the team has grown in popularity and size. erally more elegant, evening gown and tuxedo Dancesport now has 40 members. style, while the Latin dancing uniforms are more Davis said that the team doesn’t really need festive and “saucy,” generally lending to more to go out and recruit members because the size skin exposure. of the team has allowed for a lot of people to see Tsai said that when dancers first start com- the team perform and get interested in what they peting at newcomer levels they cannot wear the are doing. fancy uniforms that dancers competing at higher Following and leading roles are not limited levels wear. by gender. Although the team does not have any “You literally have to earn the right to wear males who follow, there are female dancers who those outfits,” he said. lead instead of assuming the traditional follow- For a lot of dancers reaching the level in which ing role. Rose said that at the amateur level same you have the right to wear the elaborate costumes sex couples compete with the opposite sex couples. is very rewarding because it helps them fill that Tsai said he takes a business approach with character role. the dancesport team. Each year, the team must Raphael Kluzniok | Contributing photographer Tsai said that one of the differences between submit a budget proposal to SJSU. Funding from A pair of dance shoes that belong to dancesport member Devin Davis lay on the dancesport and other competitive sports teams SJSU helps pay for the team’s two coaches, their floor of the Spartan Complex during a showcase performance on Monday night. is that although the dancesport team trains to- physical conditioning coach, competitions, in- gether, like other sports teams, they compete surance and team apparel. Without the complex Tsai said that getting individually against every one, including other Tsai estimates that with all of these expenses, new members will become difficult because he couples on the SJSU dancesport team. dues should roughly be $200 a member each se- does not know where the team will train. http:// Tsai said this structure creates a kind mester. But because of funding and carrying over At the collegiate and amateur levels dancers youtu.be/ of “friendly rivalry” on the dance floor money from previous semesters, the semester don’t make a profit from competition. jVZ7oyp- during competition. dues for each member is only $45. The team also Tsai said a money pot “would dirty the com- The best feeling, he said, is when the fi- holds fundraising classes where students can petition,” because dancers could compete at lower DoZo nal round of a competition is full of SJSU come and pay a small fee to learn the basics of levels to win money instead of competing at the dancesport couples. ballroom dancing. actual level they should be competing at for their “We go under San Jose State’s name but when This year Tsai is pushing for more fundraising skill level. we compete it’s like for ourselves,” Davis said. because SJSU plans to remodel Spartan Complex, Their last competition for this academic year Check out the SJSU Universities host dance competitions but they a building where the team practices and trains in. will be held on April 26 at Stanford University. Dancesport team in action are not school versus school. Davis and Rose said Tsai said the construction will have a huge im- Jessica Schlegelmilch is a Spartan Daily staff at SpartanDaily.com this is one of the most common misconceptions pact on the team. writer.

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BOOK REVIEW Buddhist advice columnist provides counseling for the generation no one understands

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ultra-conservative card and criticize Obama for promoting himself in this way. ’s In fact, I think Obama’s ap- TThat’shat proach is refreshing to the same- old boring suit-and-tie approach. It allows citizens to see him as a “real” person and to get to know t their president beyond politics. WWhatha Americans can like their presi- dent on levels beyond politics, even if that doesn’t mean they will get their vote. SSchlegchleg The problems arise when uncon- NCAA pays the price scious voters use media and enter- tainment appeal as the only basis for giving a candidate their vote. for not paying athletes SSaidaid Obama’s image as a hip, progressive dude is a tactic used The NCAA’s back is sale on the NCAA web- by his campaign to charm young against the ropes, its face site. Interestingly, the Obama is God’s GIF people, especially the voters who is bloodied and its legs jersey had no mention of wouldn’t vote for the Republican are shaking like jelly. Manziel’s name, thus gar- stiff but might be talked into College sports’ nering Manziel nothing to American politics voting for Obama if he appeals to governing body is one for his image or likeness. their cool radar. haymaker away from a Although Manziel Voting is serious ism embargo against the However, this image is not knockout and the punch is projected to be a first business and should country, he said “I’ve got completely void of politics. is ready to be thrown. round pick in this year’s not be dictated by 99 problems and now Jay Obama’s ideas about gay mar- Ed O’Bannon has NFL Draft and make Follow Austin on some GIF you saw on Z is one of them,” a refer- riage, for example, appeal to many launched deafening millions of dollars, how a blog that makes the ence to Jay Z’s song “99 Twitter young people. blows at the NCAA since @AustinBelizzle is it just for any person’s president seem like a problems.” I give Obama props for being 2009 when he filed a image to be used and chill dude. While campaigning, the first American president to class-action antitrust lawsuit sold without them profiting? Chill dudeness is not Obama discussed get- openly support gay marriage. against the organization to do Without the athletes, there would a credible reason for ting rid of “the dirt” in However, young voters often away with restrictions preventing be no college sports, no March Mad- putting someone in the Washington while Jay Z’s use his stances on issues such as athletes from profiting from their ness, no late nights spent watching White House or sup- Follow Jessica on “Dirt Off Your Shoulder” gay marriage to substantiate vot- name, likeness and image. Sports Center for highlights from porting his or her bills. Twitter played in the background. ing for him without looking at the A federal judge green-lit the the day’s exciting matchups. If I wanted chill @jessieschleg Obama said, “That’s all whole picture. suit in February to proceed to trial Currently, NCAA policy re- dudes running my you got to do,” as he coyly His campaign teams know his on June 9, four and a half years quires players to sign a waiver for- country, I’d vote for Paul Rudd or brushed the dirt off his shoulders “cool guy” persona will get the after the suit’s inception. feiting any right to make money Jason Segel. like a pop artist in a music video. support of people who are too lazy Already weakened by a nega- off of their likeness as NCAA President Barack Obama was GIFs and photos of Obama with to look into his policies and ac- tive public perception, the NCAA athletes. This needs to change. recently featured on actor and co- funny phrases and slogans are tions taken on those issues. is about to step into the ring with The first major blow to the median Zach Galifianakis’ Inter- plastered all over Tumblr, Face- Obama can say awesome things a new contender, this time in the NCAA came when Electronic Arts net comedy show, “Between Two book and other social media sites. and his words can be turned into form of sports labor attorney Jef- and licensing company CLC settled Ferns,” to promote and encourage GIFs on Tumblr, but conscious frey Kessler. with O’Bannon and the rest of the young people to sign up for health voters and citizens will actually Kessler filed a suit this week plaintiffs for $40 million last No- Obama’sObam against the NCAA and five of the vember, ending EA’s exploitation care online. look into those issues and make an largest conferences alleging that of players through its football and A good portion of the “inter- imimageagg as a hip, assessment of whether or not what capping player compensation basketball video games. view” promotes Obamacare and he says is congruent with things progressive at the cost of a scholarship is an Now, the NCAA must defend Obama’s sense of humor. he does in office before they cast antitrust violation. the principles of amateurism that In the interview, Galifianakis dude is a tactic their vote. While not related to the they’ve championed for years and said “It kind of stinks that you can’t Do I think Obama is awesome? Yes. used by his O’Bannon case, the most recent at- defend their right to bring in bil- run three times,” to which Obama Do I think Obama is a “cool” tack on the NCAA is meant to bring lions of dollars at the expense of replied “That would sort of be like president? Yes. campaign to the collegiate behemoth to its knees. young men’s lives. doing a third Hangover movie. Seeing GIFs and funny photos “We’re looking to change the I’ll admit, I love NCAA sports. Didn’t work out very well did it?” charm youngng on Tumblr can convince me that Conservatives have criticized system,” Kessler said in the suit. I don’t watch basketball reli- people ... he is a rad dude. “That’s the main goal.” giously like some fans, but I’ll be Obama for going on the show, say- But I won’t be giving any candi- ing it is “unbecoming” for a presi- He is an expert at using pop The system is broken and ready filling out my bracket tonight in date my vote until their actions for a monumental overhaul. hopes of winning Warren Buffet’s dent to promote himself politically culture in a way that makes it convince me that they are some- through that kind of outlet. politically relevant. This strategy Kessler sees the NCAA as noth- billion-dollar gamble. one I want running my country, ing more than a cartel, placing a On Saturday mornings, college Obama appears often in enter- appeals to young voters in an not just someone with whom I tainment media and is not beyond unprecedented way. ceiling on the compensation that football is the only remedy for my want to go to happy hour. may be paid to athletes for their NFL withdrawals and never fails using pop culture to his advantage. At times, his identity as a presi- Jessica Schlegelmilch is a Spartan services at zero. to excite. During a speech about the dent is eclipsed by his status as a Daily staff writer. “That’s What According to the suit, the NCAA But I’m an educated sports controversy of Jay Z going to major American media symbol. Schleg Said” usually appears the first and five power conferences “earn fan. I know that there’s more to Cuba while the U.S. has a tour- I’m not going to pull the and third Wednesday of the month. billions of dollars in revenues each the game than athletes pitting year through the hard work, sweat, themselves against one another and sometimes broken bodies of on a field or court. top-tier college football and men’s There’s money switching hands basketball athletes.” from television executives to the Even with its broken bodies heads of the PAC-12, ACC, the Big and egos, the NCAA is doing little 12, Big 10 and the SEC and being more than proposing a stipend pocketed without hesitation. along with a scholarship for col- The latest suit, filed by Kessler, lege athletes starting this year. may be the NCAA-killer we’ve Sadly, this proposal only comes been waiting for. I sense a 12th- after the suggestion that the round knockout coming very soon NCAA give a $2,000 stipend based with the NCAA flat on its back on need was rejected in 2012 by al- and struggling to pull itself off most half of the NCAA’s Division I the mat. member schools. Austin Belisle is a Spartan Daily I smell a little greed in the air. staff writer. “Column Like I See Last year, Johnny Manziel’s ‘Em” usually appears the first and number two jersey was listed for third Wednesday of the month.

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT A New Government A.S. growing new branch Current Government By Nick Ibarra a six-person ad hoc committee, co-chaired by

@NickMIbarra Peter Lee and A.S. Vice President Aaron Miller, that is tasked with figuring out the logistics and The current A.S. government is comprised of three executives The largest proposed change to Associated implementation of the senate, Lee said. and a 13-member Board of Directors. Students in more than a decade would create a Miller said the committee expects to present

new branch of student government: a 25-mem- an ironed-out proposal to the board by the end of ber Student Senate. the semester. A.S. President Nicholas Ayala said the Sen- Initially, Miller and Lee said they expect the ate would function “to senate positions to be broaden the scope of filled by appointment, { A.S. so that A.S. can be partly because it would knowledgeable on what’s Eventually,Eventu we want be difficult to generate going on on the campus, enough interest to hold but also on the flip side theth model to be that meaningful elections. the campus gets to know That’s not their final 16 more about what A.S. is student senators vision, though. doing.” “Ultimately we want Peter Lee, a junior run just like direc- this process to be as business major and A.S. tors do. transparent and open vice president, said the as possible,” Lee said. student senate is “an “Eventually, we want open democratic forum -PeterPeter LLeee the model to be that stu- in which students of all dent senators run just parts of campus can par- A.S. vice president like directors do.” ticipate.” Ayala, Lee, Miller He said it would be comprised of representa- and Vargas each separately emphasized that at tives from housing, student organizations, each this point nothing is set in stone, and this is a college, graduate students and international stu- process that is likely to take some time. Proposed Addition dents. There are a lot of logistical hurdles to con- According to Cheryl Vargas, A.S. executive tend with. The proposed addition would add a 25-member Senate with rep- director, the basic notion to create something Bylaws still need to be created, Vargas said,

resentatives from housing, student organizations, each college, such as a student senate has been floating and “the government structure itself needs to be around A.S. for the last three years, Lee said that modified.” graduate students and international students. part of the reason the idea is coming to fruition She predicted that the student senate won’t this semester has to do with last Fall’s hate crime. be fully implemented until the 2016-2017 aca-

Students came to A.S. from all over campus demic year. asking to have their voices heard, and the infra- The ad hoc committee will meet Friday at 6 structure wasn’t in place to take the diversity of p.m., in the A.S. house boardroom where, among perspectives into account, Lee said. other things, a more concrete timeline will be { “Here we are, a board of 16 members that discussed. are trying to make decisions that affect 30,000 “It’s an open meeting,” Lee said. “We’d love to students,” he said. “The biggest problem we face have people come out.” is how do we accurately represent what the stu- Nick Ibarra is a Spartan Daily staff writer. 25 dents need and what the key issues are.” Another benefit of a student senate, Ayala Follow us on Twitter! said, would be to allow senators to get their feet wet, learn how A.S. works, start really knowing the other side of San Jose State and eventually prep them up to where a board of directors have a little more in depth knowledge than previously. Earlier this semester, the A.S. board created Infographic by Jessica Barajas

MEDAL OF HONOR Obama honors slighted heroes

By Michael Doyle decorations that may have been improperly McClatchy Tribune withheld from Jewish or Latino soldiers. The review subsequently expanded to include Uncommonly brave men and their loved others, as well. ones gathered in the White House for belated In each case, the Army examined records recognition Tuesday, as President Barack of those who had received the Distinguished Obama presented the Medal of Honor to 24 Service Cross, the military’s second-highest standout soldiers. medal. Three medals were presented to living “It’s exciting to know he’s finally getting recipients, two Texans and a Floridian, who recognized after all these years,” said Reed- fought in the Vietnam War. The other 21 ley, Calif., resident Dominga Cano Perez, the honors, the nation’s highest for martial val- daughter of the late Army Pvt. Pedro Cano. “I or, were presented posthumously for deeds was 9 years old when he died, so there is not going back to World War II and the Korean much I can say about him personally, much War. less about the war.” There was a reason, though not a very good A native of Mexico recognized for his one, why some of the medals came so late. World War II service, Cano was one of six “This is long overdue,” Obama said. “Some Medal of Honor recipients Tuesday to have of these soldiers fought and died for a coun- been born outside of the continental United For late-breaking news & real-time offers try that did not always see them as equal.” States. Four were born in Puerto Rico. The Army usually imposes a three-year “This is the single largest group of service limit for the Medal of Honor. In 2002, members to be awarded the Medal of Honor though, Congress used a defense authoriza- since the Second World War,” Obama said. tion bill to order re-examination of older “Their courage almost defies imagination.”