Spartan Daily
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
SPARTANS IN ACTION: SEE ALL VIDEOS AT SPARTANDAILY ON YOUTUBE SJSU MARKETING ASSOCIATION APPLE’S IPHONE 7 Volume 147. Issue 7www.sjsunews.com/spartandaily Wednesday, September 14, 2016 SOFA STREET FAIR SHUTDOWN Camera Cinemas closes its doors Twelve years after its opening, Camera 12 says goodbye to downtown San Jose BY RYAN BARNHART people independent and mainstream STAFF WRITER fi lm,” Regalia said. Since the closure of the movie theater After 12 years Camera 12 Cinemas, was fi rst announced moviegoers have located on Paseo de San Antonio been messaging the crew at Camera in Downtown San Jose, shut down Cinemas to their thoughts on how following its last screening on Thursday. important Camera 12 was to them. A big draw for moviegoers looking to “We’ve gotten so many emails from watch a wide array of fi lms, Camera 12 downtown residents broken up about was the only movie theater in Downtown [it],” Regalia said. TAYLOR JONES | SPARTAN DAILY San Jose to play both independent fi lms Residents of Downtown San Jose share Children frolic in celebration at the SoFA Street Fair in Downtown San Jose along San and big-budget movies. a similar heartbreak with the closing of Salvador and First St. The closing of Camera 12 had an effect Camera 12. See BUBBLES page 3 on those who had been working there for “Whenever a new movie came out that so long. I wanted to see I always went to Camera “It was a big part of my life,” said Ron 12,” said William Bunker, a Downtown LITTLE BLUE SOLDIER Regalia, the co-offi ce manager of all San Jose resident of over 10 years. Camera Cinemas who has been working “Now with it gone, I would have to go a INSIDE for the company for about 20 years. bit out of my way just to watch a movie,” Th e fl ag, “I was really exciting when Camera 12 opened because [we] were able to give MOVIES the fro, the See page 2 freedom KAVIN MISTRY | SPARTAN DAILY SPORTS JEREMY CUMMINGS Meet Kristen Amarikwa COLUMNIST Find out more about the star freshman defender who has made an When I see the American fl ag, I’m reminded immediate impact. of my time in Boy Scouts. We raised the P. 6 fl ag and pledged our allegiance to open our meeting every week. I participated in multiple OPINION retirement ceremonies for fl ags that had KAVIN MISTRY | SPARTAN DAILY reached the end of their lives. The fl ag I wore Camera 12 Cinemas in downtown San Jose closed down after 12 years of business on Thursday. on my pack during an 11-day backpacking trip is still hanging on my wall. I have overwhelmingly positive feelings KH9JL9F<9ADQK associated with the fl ag. However, I also have enough empathy to understand that not DRINK everyone sees Old Glory in the same light. For military families the fl ag symbolizes the valor and bravery of their friend, sibling or OF THE What’s the buzz? child. When a family loses one of their own to WEEK war, the fl ag becomes one of the only remaining This week’s drink: P. 4 links to the memory of that individual. ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Unfortunately, there are others who only see No Flex Zone the fl ag on the arms of police offi cers who Rappers under the radar harass, arrest or kill them and their loved ones; As the summer comes to a close, people who live with the well-founded fear I wanted to drink something super Up-and-coming artists are on the rise to that they might be slain because they are in the refreshing and energizing. As a barista, the top of the charts. wrong place looking the wrong way. The huge diversity of opinions on the fl ag’s I love to experiment with drinks, and P. 3 meaning is why there is so much controversy that is how I created the “No Flex Zone” around Colin Kaepernick’s decision to protest drink. I wanted to do my own take on during the national anthem. People cannot Starbuck’s sunset drink, the “Sunset CAMPUS separate their own vexillological sentiments Refresher” and how the second drink from the intention behind the protest. layers the whole drink, giving the drink a The intention of the protest is not to disrespect marble-type of look. military service members, law enforcement offi cers or fi rst responders, but to bring national So to make the drink, you want to grab attention to what many Americans would DJUHHQWHDDÁDYRUHGWHDDQGÁDYRUHG agree is a serious problem. Kaepernick worked energy drink. For this drink, I used Sobe hard to reach a level of national attention and Green Tea, Sobe Strawberry Banana BY RAYMOND BALTAZAR Campus voices: it’s fully within his right to use that station to ÁDYRUHGWHDDQG0RXQWDLQ'HZ/LPHDGH speak out for a cause he supports. Kickstart. Start off by pouring a splash of Parking at San Jose State Univeristy. The American fl ag, like any fl ag, is just a O`Ylkafka\]7 your prefered energy drink to the bottom patterned rectangle upon which we project Limeade meaning. Conservatives who say there is only of the cup. Add your green tea about Kickstart one acceptable interpretation of what the fl ag halfway of the cup and then add your ice. Green tea represents are just as bad as the politically /HDYHDERXWDTXDUWHURIURRPLQWKHFXS Sobe correct liberals they so fervently despise. DQGVORZO\SRXU\RXUÁDYRUHGWHDRQWRS Saying that certain political statements are of the ice. If you do it correctly, you will wrong is just another form of policing speech, have your very own sunset drink. Strawberry Campus voices: a fundamentally unconstitutional activity. banana Sobe Find out where to relax in Santa Cruz. See OLD GLORY page 5 INFOGRAPHIC BY KAVIN MISTRY Wednesday, September 14, 2016 MOVIES According to Camera Cinema’s website, Camera 12 fi rst opened back in 2004, Continued from page 1 giving residents of Downtown San Jose THIS WEEK IN SJSU HISTORY the opportunity to watch big-budget One of the main reasons behind the movies for the fi rst time in almost half BY DANIEL REEDY Brett Melendy. Also according to Mays, closure of Camera 12 was because of a century. MANAGING EDITOR On Sept. 15, 1980, Bernadette Machado, years of revenue loses. It was one of a series of movie theaters Spartan Daily staff nutrition freshman at the “This summer alone we had to spend built in the built in the Bay Area by Over three decades ago, writer Tom Mays time, said she didn’t feel over $170,000 in repairs that we didn’t NyBlom and his colleagues Jim Zuur and many of San Jose State published an article the increase interfered expect,” said Jack NyBlom, one of the Dennis Skaggs. University’s students titled “New students with her major at all. three founders of Camera Cinemas. While Camera 12 no longer around, had to meet some of the face stiffer general “I think students According to NyBlom, most of the Camera 3 located on 2nd Street by Psycho same general-education education demands.” would benefi t from the loses were due to the fact that Camera Donuts will continue to show fi lms in graduation requirements The new regulations courses,” Machado said. 12 was an old building, originally the Downtown San Jose. that students do today. were met with mixed “They could always United Artists 8-screen cineplex, with Camera Cinemas also has Camera 7, Thirty-six years ago, opinions from Spartans. challenge the courses if many parts of the building frequently a high end movie theater that features the students of SJSU According to Mays, they feel it would be a breaking down. both mainstream and independent fi lm, learned that they would occupational therapy waste of time.” “We didn’t really have the funds we located at the Pruneyard Shopping be “required to take major Susan Somaduroff, The purpose of needed to keep it going. We tried our best Center in Campbell. additional general a junior at the time, said additional requirements to make it work,” NyBlom said. It is uncertain at the moment which education courses and the profi ciency test would was to increase students’ Despite the closure of Camera 12, venue will be able to host San Jose’s continuing students be unfair. knowledge and ability NyBlom’s vision of bringing fi lm to yearly fi lm festival Cinequest, which runs must pass an English “I don’t think they (the in communication and Downtown San Jose lives on thanks in part from the end of February through March profi ciency test in order school) should require critical thinking. to Camera 3, located on Second street. next year. to graduate,” according us to take one test to Follow Daniel on Twitter “We do really well with Camera 3,” Follow Ryan on Twitter to the former dean of determine if we graduate,” @patrioticreedy NyBlom said. “So we’re gonna do some @ryanabarnhart undergraduate studies Dr. Somaduroff said. stuff there that is different.” The Sparta Guide September 14 - September 18 WEDNESDAY Transfer Student Mixer: at the A.S. Rec LawnL n from 4 p.m.pp. - 6 p.m.m THURSDAY Study Abroad Information: at Clark Hall 547 fromomm 10 a.m.aa.m - 11 a.m. FRIDAY Introduction to Adobe Lightroom: at Clark Hall 118 fromf om 100 a.m.m. - 11 a.ma.m. SATURDAY Launch Day Freshman Coherts: at SJSU Main Campusmpusus 547 fromf 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.m SUNDAY Viva CalleSJ: by Mineta Transportation Institute from 10 a.m.