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Tuesday, Volume 152 Feb. 12, 2019 No. 8 SERVING SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1934 WWW.SJSUNEWS.COM/SPARTAN_DAILY Offi cers bid for SJSU ON THE ISSUES: Community policing FONG: “The key to a police chief position successful police chief in particular is solid Three candidates shared their career experiences communication.” with students in a series of open forums on campus WILLIAMS: “[Offi cers] BY KUNAL MEHTA & MAURICIO LA PLANTE, STAFF WRITERS police up to the levels the community allows.” DI NAPOLI: “We’re not here to put you in [jail], we’re here to help you avoid that.” ON THE ISSUES: Public trust JOHNSON FONGGINA HAYES DI NAPOLI ELVIA P. WILLIAMS FONG: “Public trust is ohnson Fong was the first ina Hayes di Napoli was the he last candidate for UPD all we have. It’s called candidate for the San Jose State second candidate for UPD police chief, Elvia P. Williams, police legitimacy, it J police chief to speak at the G police chief to speak at the T spoke at another open forum Feb. 5 open forum. The San open forum on Wednesday. Along on Thursday. Williams worked as means, why should the Jose Police Department captain with her time as a Lieutenant in the Chief of Police in Richton Park, has served the department in the Sacramento Police Department, Illinois and described herself as [public] believe you.” narcotics, SWAT, investigations she has raked up over 38 years of having 31 years of “progressive law and administration. policing experience. enforcement experience.” Fong leads the SJPD Southern She shared a story illustrating how Before serving in Illinois, Williams WILLIAMS Division and has served the her principles of community policing said she was hired by the Eugene, : “I have department for 29 and a made her a unique candidate. Oregon, police department to alleviate half years. Shortly after arriving in Sacramento, the public’s concerns about race body cameras for my “I believe all police officers, if di Napoli said she took time to comfort relations in the city. people. I love them.” they ever want to be chief, should a homeowner after responding to a Williams said she revamped the have an understanding of the four burglary at their residence. She made internal affairs process. She instituted major cornerstones of policing,” sure the homeowner could get the an online form that members of the said Fong. “They should understand door fixed and had company to public could fill out to complain about DI NAPOLI: “The public patrol operations, special operations, feel more safe. an officer and receive an update on investigations and also administration.” “I’m just doing community what the result was. are the police and the FONG | Page 3 DI NAPOLI | Page 3 WILLIAMS | Page 3 police are the public.” Pride Center seeks safety through art By Roman Contreras STAFF WRITER San Jose State’s PRIDE Center I want my art to debuted its new series, QuArtz, on Feb. 7. inform the Western QuArtz, or Queer Arts Talk world about the Series, aims to provide a safe space for students to showcase unknown general and discuss their queer-related art Asian homophobia ROMAN CONTRERAS | SPARTAN DAILY that helps shape and identify who The North America Tsinghua Dance Team performs “Kite Umbrellas in Pear Garden” choreography. they are. and misogyny and The talk began with resistance-art ignorance. guest speaker Juan Carlos Rodriguez, Calvin Lee SJ captures Lunar New Year a lecturer from Puerto Rico. He was Art senior visiting the Bay Area to teach at By Roman Contreras the California College of the Arts you haven’t presented to a new STAFF WRITER Chinese New Year Gala. engineering sophomore in Oakland. group of people, so it makes me The event was held at the Ken Zheng. “Every time I talk, especially when a little bit anxious but it’s really SJSU Morris Dailey Auditorium The Chinese celebrate the new it’s for people I don’t know, I want exciting,” he said. The Year of the Pig has arrived with an attendance of about year for fifteen days, with each them to see there’s a possibility of The message Rodriguez aims to and celebrations are underway. 400 people. Tickets for the gala day holding a specific meaning creating art that actually challenges send is to use creativity to fight for On Feb. 9, the fifth day of the were pre-sold and available at and practice. Red envelopes what it means to be a human being people’s right to be who they are. Lunar New Year, San Jose State the door for $5. Each ticket containing money are a highly today,” said Rodriguez. “I mainly work thinking Chinese Student Association came with a raffle ticket for a recognized tradition in the Lunar For Rodriguez, debuting his about the Latinx community,” collaborated with the Association giveaway that took place between New Year. The amounts vary, queer-inspired statement art is a Rodriguez said. of Chinese Students and Scholars performances. but it is customary that the cash big moment. “So everything I create is to talk to at Foothill College and De Anza “It’s kinda like Christmas for “You have this precious thing College for the second annual Chinese people,” said aerospace GALA | Page 2 you have been talking about but QUEER | Page 2 Opinion Sports A&E Venezuela faces undue Spartans narrowly lose InstagramIns egg cracks American intervention to best team in the intoint streaming business after disputed conference with new show presidential election Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 sjsunews.com/spartan_daily 2 TUESDAY, FEB. 12, 2019 NEWS Teenagers explore science on campus By Mauricio La Plante there were not that many STAFF WRITER women in the room, and there were even less Latina The footsteps of over 300 women in the room.” San Jose middle schoolers That divide still stands echoed through the halls of today, as there are 11 female the San Jose State Student civil engineering majors for Union for the 20th annual every 47 male engineers, Science Extravaganza, according to the school of on Saturday. engineering’s Fall 2017 Members of Society of statistics. Latino Engineers, Society “At this point, I had two of Mexican American options, either one, I could Engineers and Scientists and drop out because I felt alone Mathematics Engineering and isolated, or two, I could Science Achievement use this to fuel me and drive Schools Program gathered to me push me to get good show youngsters the STEM grades,” Zamora-Solano said. pathways they could pursue “I chose the second at SJSU. option,” She continued. “I “It’s important to bring was determined to prove children to events like these,” that women, and especially computer engineering senior Latina women, could make Christian Lopez said in exceptional engineers Spanish. “If you’re the first MAURICIO LA PLANTE | SPARTAN DAILY in society.” generation to enter college Tony Rodriguez, a physics junior from Stanford University’s Astronomical Society shows students a special Zamora-Solano explained, like me, and didn’t have the telescope to look at the sun during the 20th annual Science Extravaganza on Saturday at San Jose State. for the students seeing their ability to come to an event first glimpse of the SJSU’s like this, when you come have that opportunity,” others made stomp rockets Disneyland, in Anaheim. for the extravaganza, science and engineering to college, it could be a Maria Elena Aceves, a mom or tested balloon propelled “I’m so excited to see many Zamora-Solano explained programs, it was their time big shock.” of one of the students, said mini-cars. different students coming to how during her start at to start taking those steps in The students performed in Spanish. After completing their this event and having the SJSU, she was one of the the future. science experiments under There was a different experiments in the makeshift opportunity to be exposed to few Latina students in her “I hope that they feel some the guidance of SJSU experiment for the laboratories, students got STEM,” said Zamora-Solano, engineering classes. motivation and inspiration students and scientists from youngsters to do in each the chance to hear from the keynote speaker of the “I remember sitting in a from my story that they can around the Bay Area. room used for the event. SJSU alumna Pennelope event. “They got to learn very large auditorium, and I see themselves in me and say “This is the best age Students flooded into Zamora-Solano who studied about my career growing up remember looking over my that ‘One day, I can do that that these girls can develop a demonstration by the in the Charles W. Davidson and different internships and right shoulder just looking too,’ ” she said. the drive to see what Santa Clara Valley Water School of Engineering roles that I’ve had and now at the students that were opportunities they have, District on depleted at SJSU. She currently my career at Disneyland.” sitting with me.” Zamora- Follow Mauricio on Twitter because many parents didn’t salmon populations, while works on roller coasters at During the lunch break Solano said. “One, I noticed @mslaplantenews Yang found his rise to GALA fame after competing in and winning the popular Continued from page 1 Chinese reality rap show Every year at this “The Rap of China.” inside is newly printed His addition to the gala moment, I feel very and of an even amount. provided a modernized emotional because The event, held look at Chinese culture. completely in Chinese, In addition to these I celebrated the began with a small two performances, a new year with my welcome speech.