A&E Sports San Jose Wind Ensemble SPECIAL SECTION Sharks defeat Devils performs music about climate 6-2 at SAP Center change in Hammer Theatre EXPLORING OUR ROOTS Tuesday night INSIDE Page 4 Page 8 Serving the San Jose State University community since 1934 Volume 150 No. 25 Thursday, March 22, 2018 SPARTAN DAILY sjsunews.com/spartan_daily UPD Chief of Police resigns BY JACKIE CONTRERAS to give municipal policing and the Bay Area. on as chief of police COPY EDITOR a try.” According to Faas, have revolved around Decena’s last day on SJSU is more inclined to sexual assault. After serving San campus will be March search for a replacement In 2014, 13 cases Jose State for 37 years, 30 and will begin his within a regional range of unwanted fondling University Chief of Police appointment at the Los because Silicon Valley’s were reported. That Peter Decena has resigned. Gatos-Monte Sereno Police high cost of living would number jumped to 15 in Decena announced his Department on April 2. make it difficult to recruit 2016, according to the resignation on March 19, As of now, SJSU has not an outsider. university’s 2014-2016 stating that after serving named an interim chief of At the moment, it is Clery Crime Statistics. The as UPD’s chief of police police, but will have one unclear when SJSU can same report also shows for eight years, he was by the time of Decena’s expect a new chief of four rapes were reported accepting the position departure. police. Decena said he in 2016. of chief of police for the Charlie Faas, Vice hopes whoever fills the Faas said UPD has worked Los Gatos-Monte Sereno President of Administration position is committed to hard to incorporate more Police Department. and Finance, said the the SJSU community and safety measures for SJSU PHOTO COURTESY OF UPD “I’m looking for a new university will most likely the cases the university and he said Decena was very University Police Chief Peter Decena is leaving after challenge,” Decena said. “I search for a new chief of investigates. involved with the process. serving the university for 37 years. Decena has accepted still got a couple years left police within California Decena said the most the position of chief of police for the Los Gatos-Monte in me, so I just wanted State Universities, San Jose impactful cases he worked 37 YEARS | Page 2 Sereno Police Department. FOLLOW-UP DREAM BIG Police report: Venegas choked, Blaine Vess teaches SJSU students how to sexually assaulted student victims be web entrepreneurs BY SARAH KLIEVES EXECUTIVE EDITOR BY ALEX MARTINET Vess and his co-founders New details have STAFF WRITER ran Student Brands out of his emerged in the case of Luis home until 2011, when the Venegas, the San Jose State San Jose State alumnus company moved out to Los student who was arrested Blaine Vess gave tips Angeles to set up its office, by the University Police on how to be a web according to Hollywood Department (UPD) on entrepreneur to students in culture website WEHOville. March 5 on suspicion of the Student Union Theater According to Los Angeles sexual assault. Wednesday night. Business Journal, Barnes Court documents The event was put on by & Noble acquired Student obtained by the Spartan the Silicon Valley Center Brands for $58.5 million in Daily detail the charges for Entrepreneurship, a August 2017. Venegas faces, including nonprofit helping to support two counts of assault with startups in the Silicon Valley. intent to commit felony, two Thirty-two students counts of oral copulation by listened to Vess talk about It doesn’t matter an intoxicating, anesthetic, the struggles behind or controlled substance and establishing a startup. if you’re a student one count of felony false THOMAS SOARES | SPARTAN DAILY “It was good to hear . if you really imprisonment. Luis Venegas appears in front of Judge Socrates Peter Manoukian inside a other people talk about their courtroom of the Hall of Justice on Hedding Street for a bail hearing on March 15. The court documents experience to see if I am want to make also detail a violent on the right path and what it happen, stop altercation between officers that “Venegas The document refers while he was unconscious difficulties he had building Venegas and a victim grabbed his genital area to the second victim as that night.” a startup,” economics junior making excuses. on March 3. Officers twice and Venegas tried CV-2, or confidential The same victim also Ricky Maldonado said. responded to a call about to choke him out.” victim 2. described to officers an Maldonado transferred to Blaine Vess a verbal argument in altercation with Venegas Silicon Valley in order to web entrepreneur Campus Village A (CVA) in fall 2016 where pursue what the area has that night. “Venegas got angry, to offer. He came to the UPD Capt. Alan Cavallo placed his hand on event to seek advice before While Vess was building said last week officers There’s a possibility that there CV-2’s neck and began to starting up his financial Student Brands, he also conducted additional could be other survivors out there. choke him,” according to software business. started an airport concierge interviews and “developed the documents. While Vess was a student business company in 2016 information that the Alan Cavallo The documents also at North Central College in called Solve. case was definitely more University Police Department Captain noted the second victim Illinois in 1999, he launched According to Fortune, the serious than just a physical told officers he “believed his first business venture company provides airport altercation . that there that Venegas might have known as Student Brands. services such as expedited was an allegation of sexual Cavallo said the March According to the court been under the influence It is a website for students immigration, transportation battery, an allegation 3 altercation led officers documents, the second of methamphetamine to share information such as and baggage assistance to of false imprisonment to contact a different victim told police that or suffering from drug class notes and, sometimes, international travelers in and an allegation of victim. The police report Venegas admitted to him the withdrawal symptoms at term papers. 500 airports. attempted rape.” shows that victim had two had gotten “blackout the time.” Soon afterward, he moved After 15 years in the Police reports now interactions with Venegas drunk” during fall 2014 and Both victims requested to California and graduated competitive startup field, reveal that on the evening in fall 2014 when the two that Venegas “admitted he from SJSU with a degree in of March 3, the victim told were roommates. had given CV-2 a blow job DOCUMENTS | Page 2 marketing in 2004. STARTUP | Page 2 Sixto Esparza Sandoval, Program Coordinator Office Location: Sweeney Hall #443, San Jose State University Phone: 408-924-3660 Call, or come by, for an interview. !! Nos vemos !! Email: [email protected] sjsunews.com/spartan_daily A2 THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2018 NEWS Club juggles for over 30 years BY CHIOMA LEWIS the shape of an hourglass. It is STAFF WRITER spun on a string attached to two sticks held in the hands of the Mathematics and statistics individual performing. professor Bradley Jackson has Members also have the been tossing rings into the air opportunity to attempt other circus three times a week for over 30 acts. They meet on the lawn outside years. With a passion for juggling of the Associated Students House and skilled eye-hand coordination, or near Duncan Hall if it is raining. Jackson brought the sport of Equipment is also provided and EXECUTIVE EDITOR juggling to San Jose State. lessons are free. SARAH KLIEVES Jackson started the SJSU “I’ve been in this club ever Juggling Club in 1984. He created since my second semester of MANAGING EDITOR the club to give students a chance freshman year,” computer THOMAS SOARES to learn how to juggle and have a science junior Areeb Yaqub said. CHIOMA LEWIS | SPARTAN DAILY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER place to practice. “I gravitated toward this club Mechanical engineering sophomore Bryant Wu and Juggling Club MARCI SUELA Throughout the years, Jackson mainly because I do Chinese said the club had many members yo-yo and from that, I kind of supervisor Bradley Jackson practice passing juggling clubs with each PRODUCTION EDITOR and he taught hundreds of people wanted to expand what I wanted other near Duncan Hall on March 15. NICHOLAS GIRARD how to juggle. to do and what I could learn.” coming back and improving.” has over 100 members. On NEWS EDITOR “It’s been great fun just juggling Members of the club have The club also participates in the occasion, the club performs at SJSU WILLIAM YAP by myself, but also having the different levels of experience, act of passing while juggling, which or nearby events. other students learn how to as well as time spent in the is the act of juggling between two Practice times and locations can be A&E EDITOR juggle,” Jackson said. “It’s a good club. Some members are more or more people. Members pass with found on the club’s website. Students JOSE F. GOVEA activity to get away from school advanced, while others are still in balls, rings and mostly juggling clubs. can also join the club’s mailing list to OPINION EDITOR once in a while.” the beginning stages. More experienced students and be notified when and where a practice JONAS ELAM The club meets Mondays, “I joined last semester and Jackson assist in passing the items.