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Volume 148, Issue 40 www.sjsunews.com/spartan_daily Thursday, May 4, 2017 SPARTAN DAILY SERVING SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1934 GLOW-IN-THE-DARK YOGA GIVE FEINSTEIN A BREAK #spartanpolls See full story on page 3 See full story on page 5 Is a suicide-prevention net necessary for the Golden @spartandaily Gate Bridge? 62% Yes 38% No 94 votes - Final results FOLLOW US! @SpartanDaily @spartandaily/spartandaily /spartandailyYT ASSOCIATED STUDENTS Gala highlights students’ efforts BY TIANA WALKER Staff Writer The sixth annual Student Leadership Gala was held on Wednesday. The awards ceremony took place in the Diaz Compean Student Union Ballroom. There were a variety of award categories including Advisor of the Year, Excellence in Collaboration, Outstanding Service Program Award, Student Organization of the Year and Student Organization President Award. This event was presented by Student Involvement, Associated Students and the Solidarity Network. The Solidarity Network is made up of the A.S. Cesar Chavez Community Action Center, Gender Equity Center, Mosaic Cross Cultural Center, Wellness and Health Promotion and PRIDE Center. The nominees were recognized for their volunteer work in the community and school, as well as their leadership with clubs on campus. “Students who are engaged in a campus community by research are known to be more successful academically, personally and professionally,” said Associate Vice President of Campus Life Sonja Daniels. The Associated Students 55 Award recognized students in the student government. Not only were fellow TIANA WALKER | SPARTAN DAILY AWARDS | Page 2 Dr. Reginald Blaylock, Vice President for the Division of Student Affairs, speaks at the sixth annual Student Leadership Gala on Wednesday. JAZZ CHOIR INVESTIGATION UPDATE SJSU student confi rmed Spartan Shops form dead after disappearance new food safety plans BY ISABELLE THAM, Stephanie Fabian said BY JESSICA STOPPER ASHLI LETT & management came together to Staff Writer SARAH KLIEVES generate new product procedures Staff Writer & after the article was published. Kevin Redrico, a San Jose Update News Reporters “We looked at them and we State University junior, was saw some gaps that we wanted to confi rmed dead Wednesday Spartan Shops is implementing fi ll,” Fabian said. afternoon in Vallejo. new procedures in its eateries Previously, employees took one The news broke on the on campus following a previous day a week – usually Friday, the “Search & Rescue Kevin investigation published by slowest business day on campus Redrico” Facebook page that Update News and the Spartan – to go through and fi lter out has been ran by his older Daily. In the April 13 issue, it products that should not be on brother, Jonathan Redrico. was revealed that some of the the shelves. Kevin Redrico was last Spartan Shops locations were Fabian said they have phased seen by his family on April 5 selling products beyond the sell- in a daily checking procedure and was reported missing the by date. that involves student employees following day. “I just think like, especially signing off on what items they Witnesses saw him on April 6 being in a college campus like checked and their longevity on in Benicia, Calif. walking away PHOTO COURTESY OF JONATHAN REDRICO this where I’m sure we make the shelves. from his parked car. Kevin Redrico was found dead on Wednesday in Vallejo. He was 23 years enough money to get food “I think it’s something we While the body of Kevin old and studied music education at SJSU. that isn’t expired and the fact really need to be cautious of Redrico was found on music education junior Cody and continued on to SJSU that they sold it, it’s kind of just because we do serve many Wednesday, it is confi rmed that Scott said. “It’s pretty devastating. to study music education. disappointing,” said pre-nursing students,” said history senior he died on April 6. He was a light in this department According to Jonathan, he tried freshman Cassandra Gonzalez. Sofi a Hernandez. “I don’t think there isn’t a and loved by everyone.” to live the life of his father, who “You would expect better.” Fabian added that over 700 person in this building that he Jonathan Redrico said Kevin Spartan Shops director of hasn’t touched in some way,” pursued music at a young age MUSICIAN | Page 2 marketing and communications CHANGES | Page 2 CONSERVATION Photo exhibit highlights importance of preserving water BY SELINA RAMIREZ reading a single caption,” Falk Adams said. author, Falk Adams said her father-in-law that may not be there for future generations Staff Writer The collection of 117 black and white was precocious and a misfi t in school. The to see. photographs intend to capture the essence San Francisco native spent time hiking “A lot of us take it for granted,” said Jeanne Falk Adams spoke about the of water and encourage dialogue about near the Golden Gate Bridge and Yosemite photography senior Deanna Erickson. “We crisis facing the earth’s oceans and environmental conservation efforts. National Park, where he would eventually need to actually be conscious of what is the importance of preserving the vital “He [Ansel Adams] is one of my produce some of the world’s most famous happening with it, how we’re using it and resource at the San Jose Museum of Art role models and my inspiration in my nature photography. how much is being used.” on Wednesday. photography,” said photography senior “Ansel photographed what he felt and Falk Adams used Brooks’ photographs The daughter-in-law of famed nature Irery Aguirre. “Because of him I decided expressed that poetically in the prints that of coral to remind the audience that photographer Ansel Adams curated to do landscape and travel photography.” he’s known for,” Falk Adams said. acidifi cation and warming waters are a “Fragile Waters,” a photography exhibit While a slideshow with some of Adams’ The conversation eventually shifted threat to coral reefs. She added that oil dedicated to the importance of water famous prints played behind her, Falk focus toward conservation efforts. fracking in California is a threat to both and its preservation after the Deepwater Adams shared details of her father-in- A photograph titled “Winged Wall” by marine life and the quality of water. Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico law’s life and the inspiration behind his underwater photographer and climate- Oil fracking is a controversial method in 2010. iconic work. change activist Ernest H. Brooks showed a “You can enjoy “Fragile Waters” without In addition to being a photographer and curved wall of ice in the Antarctic Ocean LECTURE | Page 2 2 NEWS Thursday, May 4, 2017 CHANGES in, fi rst out. The product gets sold in the order it Fabian explained that expired products don’t go to waste. is received. Spartan Shops is partnered with nonprofi t organization Continued from page 1 “Some people were saying well, it’s really hard to reach the Peninsula Food Runners, which collects the product and then back so we’re looking at, do we need to change fi xtures so distributes it to three homeless shelters within the community. it’s easier to FIFO and not have to reach too far in the back,” The expired products are protected by the Good Samaritan Spartan Shops employees will be trained in the Fabian said. “There’s a lot of things that we’re making sure that Food Donation Act, which states that food donated in good new procedure. To ensure a quality inspection, the our students are looking at in terms of training.” faith cannot be held against the donor. student employees who carry out the additional Fabian said the April 13 article was brought up at a “All the day old breads and pastries we don’t use get donated checks will also be overseen by full-time supervisors recent employee training session required for Spartan to students on campus facing food insecurity,” Fabian added. and managers. Shops supervisors. The food goes to free breakfast tables at the Wellness Center Product is fi rst checked when received at loading docks at “I want these discussions to happen,” Fabian said. “We sat and Student Services Center. the Student Union or Dining Commons, and then again once it down together to talk about how this article affected us. A lot gets to a retail location. of our supervisors said we felt we wanted to do better and we Follow Isabelle on Twitter Employees follow a procedure called FIFO – fi rst felt responsible.” @isabelletham LECTURE National Park. MUSICIAN top six of the competition after having formed only Audience members also a month before. Continued from page 1 wanted to know about Falk Continued from page 1 Students at SJSU remembered Redrico’s face and Adams’ plans on taking her talent from the show and admired him. environmental conservation “I knew about him beforehand so I was like, ‘Oh my of extracting gas and oil from message into the political also was a musician. God, he’s like this famous person from ‘The Sing-Off,’’” shale rock, in which a water realm. “Kevin started playing the piano at the age of six and said dance senior Zen Llado. “All it took was actually mixture is injected into a rock In 2002, Falk Adams sent he kept going from there,” Redrico said. talking to him and I suddenly knew how genuine he was.” at a high pressure legislators information about Scott said with talent and determination, Redrico held Redrico was also a member of an on campus a This causes gas to fl ow out to the importance of water auditions on his own and created what is now known as cappella group, Pitch, Please! for one year.