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Volume 146 • Issue 5 Serving San Jose State University since 1934 Wednesday, February 10, 2016 Melissa Hartman discusses Riana Byrd joins elite A&E P4: The EVOLution of Future OPINION P5: Flint Michigan water crisis SPORTS P6: history LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS CAMPUS IMAGE Clubs off er range of interests By Yousif Kassab Staff writer Th e bi-annual Clubs and Societies Day took place Tuesday at Tower Lawn from 10 a.m. to mid- aft ernoon. Nearly all the clubs and societies were out campaigning to passersby in full force. Th e Spartan Starleague, a gaming club established in 2012, was one of the tabling clubs. Th e club meets every other Friday from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Th ey focus on games such as Hearthstone, League of Legends, Starcraft 2, Counter-Strike: Global Off ensive, Super Smash Brothers and Super Smash Brothers Melee. Th e club started with Quincy Bouldin | Spartan Daily Starcraft exclusively, but branched out from there. Takeshi Young (second from right) walks through choreography with Spartan Mambo in the dance “It’s really about everyone coming together and room at the Sports Club Fitness Center Tuesday evening. forming a close bond as gamers,” said club president Chadra Basu. He further explained when he fi rst transferred to TRIAL DAY SEVEN SJSU, it was diffi cult to make friends similar to those in high school. Aft er joining the club, he immediately found friends. Th e club has attended tournaments including CSL Defendant didnʼt think (Collegiate StarLeague) and IvyLoL (Collegiate League of Legends) for Star Craft 2 and League of Legends respectively. swastika off ends blacks Th e Pokemon Club was another club looking to snag new members. By Raphael Stroud Compared to others, the club is relatively new in Contributing writer attendance as they started in fall 2015. Th e group started with 12 members and quickly Logan Beaschler, one of three former SJSU students feathers” (aft er catching himself from saying he meant swelled to over 100 members. charged with committing a misdemeanor hate crime took to off end people). Th e idea was that the fl ag would be an Th ey meet at 1 p.m. every Friday at BBC 320 the witness stand Tuesday. “outlandish” sight to see in the predominantly liberal Bay where they battle and host “Bad Movie Night” and Beaschler has been repeatedly described through trials Area. However, he did say that he had “some idea” that it tournaments twice a month where the winner wins as having an uncommon sense of humor, which he would be off ensive to blacks. badges or any number of memorabilia. described as “dark,” “irreverent” and “sardonic.” In his When questioned by prosecutor Carolyn Malinsky, he The Pokemon Club takes part in multiple opinion, that meant any subject is “fair game.” said that he wanted to bother people in the context of the mediums in the Pokemon franchise, boasting He listed “Candide” by Voltaire and “A Modest Proposal” fl ag representing states’ rights and not slavery. members that play the Nintendo 3DS games in by Jonathan Swift as examples of works that infl uenced During the trial, he attempted to dispute the nature addition to the card game. his humor. He also mentioned comedian Stephen Colbert of the Th ree-Fift hs Compromise with Malinsky, With Pokemon celebrating its 20th anniversary as another inspiration for his satire. having a disagreement on the semantics of whether the and having a high-profi le commercial spot during While Colbert is an independent liberal, Beaschler is a compromise counted blacks as three-fi fths of a “vote” or the Super Bowl, the group hopes to see another surge professed libertarian with conservative leanings and an three-fi fths of a “white man.” in membership soon. interest in history. He also has some anti-establishment While he thought the flag might offend blacks, he did Another group in attendance was Spartan Mambo, views, which led him to deface a student government poster not believe Nazi imagery would be as offensive to black a performance salsa dancing team at SJSU. with an image of Adolf Hitler. On an Eastern University people, despite being aware of Neo-Nazis and white Th e club has been around since fall 2011 and started poster, he replaced the S’s of “Serious Social Justice” with supremacy groups. with 12 members, growing to 40 members. Nazi lightning bolts and drew a swastika on a man’s forehead. When questioned on the word “n---a” written in a lyric He hung the Confederate battle fl ag where the SJSU CLUBS PAGE 2 campus could see it because he wanted to “ruffl e some TRIAL PAGE 2 FOOD FIGHT Students campaign for free food options By Yousif Kassab Staff writer A campus-wide survey conducted by the SJSU Student donations from Second Harvest Food Bank. Donations of being completely free to the university. All of the Hunger Committee last year showed that one in three would be doled out to students in need through an on- food, refrigerators, shelves and other supplies can be SJSU students skip meals because they can’t aff ord them. campus installation. Both of these options have their provided by Second Harvest Food Bank, one of the A group of students and faculty known as the SJSU Student strong and weak points. largest food bank operations in Santa Clara County Hunger Committee are trying to change this statistic. Th e biggest pro for the Tower Card option is that it dating back to 1974. “Th ere are two ways we could do this,” said campus requires very little eff ort compared to the latter. Th ere’s However, the biggest downside to this option is that community organizer and committee member Jerry Wilburn. no need for any kind of building to be made into a food it involves the extra challenge of deciding how much a Wilburn explained that one way is to simply add money pantry as the students will have everything they need on student would need. “How much money [will we need] to qualifi ed students’ Tower Cards, which they can use on their Tower Card account. campus to redeem meals. Th e other involves taking free The on-campus food pantry option has the distinction HUNGER PAGE 2 FEATURE The big game through a sharper lens Media personnel share experiences covering Super Bowl 50 By Kavin Mistry Executive producer Super Bowl 50 encapsulated the Bay go out to the global affi liates, including One of the biggest problems is a tight and fl esh out a story fast and well enough to Area for the past two weeks, and with here,” Gehring said. “But mostly it is constantly-changing budget. In order to get include all the details necessary to keep social media at its highest peak than any basically just reporting ‘day of news.’ Are the right video clips of interviews with pro- readers interested. previous Super Bowl, coverage was spread we talking about Cam’s leadership today?” athletes, they must use expensive equipment. “I wouldn’t say that aft er this presentation over numerous social platforms. Gehring said most of the reporting done Since allotted money for purchasing is steering me away from that career Fox Sports fi eld producer Dennis prior to the game is based on storylines that cameras is getting cut, reporters and crew choice, but it defi nitely makes me think Ackerman and Fox Sports VP of Events develop while they are in the Bay Area. members have to constantly adjust. “I had twice about wanting to go into it,” said and Productions Celeste Gehring came “I defi nitely think the hardest thing to go from a $180,000 budget to a $60,000 journalism graduate student Ali Lang. to San Jose State on Monday to talk to about my job is trying to reinvent ourselves budget for Super Bowl 50,” Gehring said. “Th ey kept saying ‘this has to be something graduate students about the process and develop a product at the same time,” During the Super Bowl, every story you absolutely want for your life and you behind covering the Super Bowl. Gehring said. “You have to love what you is under heavy crunch time before it “For us on this trip, we will get things that do and be really committed.” becomes untimely. Th e challenge is to SUPER BOWL PAGE 2 Thursday, January 28, 2016 222 NEWS Wednesday,Tuesday, February February 10, 9, 20162016 CLUBS from page 1 They meet at the multi-purpose room “Originally, we were just a club and, then in the Event Center on Tuesdays and the second year, became a club sport so Thursdays from 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. and that was kind of hard because they didn’t Saturdays 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Despite being take us seriously,” said club president around for a short time, the group has Gardenia Cabrera, a senior health science already amassed 16 trophies. major. “We had to continue winning to They won the trophies from competitions prove that we should be considered a club held in Los Angeles such as the CSC sport”. (College Salsa Congress) and CSO (College As for upcoming competitions, the Salsa Open) where they are undefeated. In group looks forward to the CSC and CSO addition, competitions were held in San competitions this April. Francisco and Miami. To fund these trips, the group throws fundraisers in addition to using their own money if necessary. Follow Yousif on Twitter @youuuusif Quincy Bouldin Spartan Daily Matt Casey (left), Lauren Doyle (middle) and Matt Regan (right) curate the club table for Spotlite Stage Company during SJSU’s club and societies day.