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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

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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

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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. slew of other artists took Following this, Consul the stage to showcase family when I was Yang Zeng, from the their acts. Performances back in China. Chinese Consulate in San ranged from musical Francisco, gave a short acts to comedy shows, Yang Zeng speech about celebrating Chinese martial art Consul from Chinese Consulate the new year away demonstrations and in San Francisco from home. ROMAN CONTRERAS | SPARTAN DAILY traditional Chinese “Every year at this Chinese students from San Jose State, De Anza College and Foothill College dances involving swords like this one was difficult, moment, I feel very collaborated to emcee the New Year Gala on Saturday at Morris Dailey Auditorium. and umbrellas. but Jiang found it nothing emotional because I April Jiang, computer but rewarding in the end. celebrated the new year provide better lives for stands behind the other “We want to make this science sophomore “My favorite part is with my family when I their families back home. and speaks actions for show because we hope and president of the the whole thing,” Jiang was back in China,” said The gala featured a the individual to act out that this traditional art SJSU Chinese Student said. “Watching all Zeng. “I have not been variety of performances in front. will not be lost,” said Association, coordinated the performances and able to go back because of ranging from traditional Another Chinese Liangle Song, one of two the whole event. everything come together work, although this is the to modern Chinese traditional art, Xiang performers in the act. Jiang chose acts that is great.” time that we miss home entertainment. Sheng, or crosstalk, has Bay Area-based she knew would represent the most,” he continued. One of the featured come to overshadow Chinese hip-hop artist, both traditional and Zeng praised students performances was Shuang Shuang Huang as a Xiaochuan Yang, modern Chinese art. for their bravery in leaving Huang. It is a traditional more preferred form of known under his stage The process of putting their native country to Chinese performance comedic performance in name Chino Yang, also together an event as jam- Follow Roman on Instagram further their education to where one individual modern-day China. performed at the gala. packed with performances @roaminroman_52 QUEER Continued from page 1 the Latinx diaspora in the U.S. and for us to start EXECUTIVE EDITOR GRAPHICS EDITOR ADVERTISING DIRECTOR creating in order to protect NICHOLAS ZAMORA MELODY DEL RIO NICOLAS SISTO our culture and create a MANAGING EDITOR CONSULTANT CREATIVE DIRECTOR movement of resistance JANA KADAH SARAH KLIEVES MARCI SUELA to colonization.” Art senior Calvin Lee said EXECUTIVE PRODUCER SENIOR STAFF WRITERS ADVERTISING STAFF KAYLA FLORES JACKIE CONTRERAS NABIHAH BURNEY he is thankful for QuArtz. GABRIEL MUNGARAY RICKY ISIDRO CARDENAS ROMAN CONTRERAS | SPARTAN DAILY “It’s a community NEWS EDITORS NORA RAMIREZ ZHUO CHEN Members of the Pride Center created a banner by that I wasn’t able to VICENTE VERA JUAN DE ANDA making illustrations they felt represented them. HUAN XUN CHAN STAFF WRITERS JOSEPH MAYEN find until now and it’s MAURICIO LA PLANTE JAZLYN KAY REYES a very safe space for me,” where people can share their and the intent behind my A&E EDITOR JAILEANE AGUILAR DANICA SAMANIEGO Lee said. Through his art, work amongst peers, is how artwork without fear of EDUARDO TEIXEIRA ALYSON CHUYANG CAROLINA ZEPEDA ROMAN CONTRERAS Lee wants to tell the Western this seed was planted.” being judged,” said Rebrukh. OPINION EDITOR CINDY CUELLAR world what it’s like to be Alder also discussed her “I want my artwork to inspire HUGO VERA VICTORIA FRANCO CONTACT US queer in Asian countries. own art and the places she and showcase that people JOZY PRABHU SPORTS EDITOR CALEB RAMOS “I want my art to inform finds inspiration. aren’t alone out there and LINDSEY BOYD COURTNEY VASQUEZ EDITORIAL the Western world about “I have always found people are making content JAVIER VELEZ the unknown general Asian inspiration from the queer you can identify with.” PHOTO EDITOR CORA WILSON PHONE: JOHANNA MARTIN OLIVIA WRAY (408) 924-5577 homophobia and misogyny community, and that is the For the future of the series, ADAM YOSHIKAWA and ignorance,” said Lee. place where I feel my artistic Alder hopes to see it become MULTIMEDIA EDITOR KUNAL MEHTA EMAIL: Lark Alder, digital media practice lives and is kindled something healthy for queer KELSEY VALLE JONATHAN AUSTIN SPARTANDAILY @GMAIL.COM art lecturer and PRIDE by that energy,” she said. individuals. SPECIAL PROJECT EDITORS PRODUCTION CHIEF Center faculty fellow, is the Technical writing senior “We’re going to have WILLIAM DELA CRUZ MIKE CORPOS mastermind behind QuArtz. Jessica Rebrukh said the monthly talks starting spring MARCI SUELA ADVERTISING NEWS ADVISER “It’s hard as someone who QuArtz series has done its and hopefully it will grow into COPY EDITORS RICHARD CRAIG PHONE: teaches art to feel like it’s not job of creating a safe space something long-standing and MYLA LA BINE (408) 924-3270 possible to cultivate that space for artists to be free. student-run,” said Alder. WINONA RAJAMOHAN ADVERTISING ADVISER JESSICA BALLARDO TIM HENDRICK EMAIL: in classrooms,” Alder said. “So “[QuArtz] means that I Follow Roman on Instagram WILLIAM DELA CRUZ SPARTANDAILYADVERTISING thinking about how we as a can be in a space where I can @GMAIL.COM university can create space, really talk about my identity @roaminroman_52 sjsunews.com/spartan_daily NEWS TUESDAY, FEB. 12, 2019 3

profiling led to disparate Williams added. information with federal WILLIAMS treatment of African- Williams said she was DI NAPOLI agencies, including the Americans and Latinos. in favor of releasing body U.S. Immigration and Continued from page 1 Continued from page 1 The Eugene Springfield camera footage upon Customs Enforcement. NAACP and Eugene request, as long as an She said that in all of Human Rights Commission attorney confirmed that it policing like I knew it,” her years policing, she recognized Williams for would not interfere with an she said. had only needed to ask her efforts with their ongoing investigation. Her training officer about citizenship status Community Partnership She also said she is in scolded di Napoli for twice – once, when Award and Award for favor of officers being going the extra step. She a person was likely to DI NAPOLI Community Outreach. armed on campus. “[I said her training officer commit suicide and Williams said that an am] not going to wear a told her they were just a second time, when more concerned about educational background is uniform and not carry a supposed to collect the Homeland Security the safety of women important for policing on gun,” Williams said. facts and move on. was involved. rather than people of WILLIAMS college campuses, though After being asked, she “The police are In the U.K., police all genders. all of her law enforcement further explained that if she the public, and the weren’t armed. However, Oladotun Hospidales Williams emphasized positions have been didn’t have a gun, people public are the police,” di Napoli said, “In was one of the few community policing in municipal. She has been would treat her as security di Napoli added. America, there is a need students listening to di nearly every point she made. teaching courses in criminal rather than having the Di Napoli also reminded [for police] to be armed, Napoli’s open forum, While working as a police justice at the college level full authority of the law the audience that she because you have the and is a member of the chief in Maywood, Illinois, since 2002. behind her. too, was an immigrant. right to bear arms.” UPD chief of police she required patrol officers Williams also Williams summed up She moved from the In response to a search committee. to interact with the public in emphasized transparency, her community interaction United Kingdom. question about the Hospidales said he a non-enforcement capacity especially when it comes to by saying, “[officers] “Anyone who has gone National College Health disagreed with how on a daily basis, so they using force. police up to the level the through [the immigration Assessment showing that di Napoli felt about would be treated as “part of “I have body cameras community allows.” process], you have my students may feel unsafe the safety of campus, the community.” for my people,” she said. “I Nathan Vargas, treasurer sympathy,” she said. on campus, di Napoli said acknowledging that She reiterated this when love them.” of the Campus Village 2 Once she arrived in the that out of the students there might be areas asked about how to address After being asked by hall government, said he United States, she began she talked to, “nobody surrounding campus that the concerns of students Detective Paul Marshall attended the open forums noticing the language said anything about some students may feel who do not feel safe of UPD about how body to represent the student- differences when she feeling unsafe.” unsafe in. on campus. camera footage can be housing community and asked a professor for Di Napoli said she had “I’m an African- Williams suggested misinterpreted, Williams was one of the only students “a rubber” – actually spent the previous day American male, but I’m increasing officer visibility expanded her answer. in attendance. wanting an eraser. walking around campus, not tiny,” Hospidales on campus, so students “Force looks ugly – “I think it’s important that Di Napoli emphasized talking to students about said. “I don’t feel safe would be more comfortable no force looks good,” we have campus security, the value of sharing their experiences and how walking around here, talking to them. Williams said. and the people that are in information between they felt about police. and I’m probably the In Eugene, Williams She explained that body charge are qualified to do different departments, One of the students most intimidating figure worked with the University cameras allowed for the the job,” Vargas said. citing her time at New she talked to was Kameo in America.” of Oregon to address issues public to see what led up Scotland Yard, a major Quenga, Associated Follow Kunal and of racial profiling through to the use of force. Officers police department Students director of Follow Kunal and Mauricio on Twitter a program named “Driving should only be using the in London. co-curricular affairs. Mauricio on Twitter @legoktm While Black or Brown.” The amount of force necessary Then, she was Quenga said she told di @legoktm @mslaplantenews study showed that racial to make the arrest, questioned about sharing Napoli she felt UPD was @mslaplantenews

chat, I’m not trying to come policing and building trust broken by NBC Bay Area you know, he was part of a FONG at them like a dad, mom or among the public, he was in May 2018. culture there, then he might a guardian, but more like, named as a defendant in a “What happened was one not be the best candidate for Continued from page 1 ‘What did you study? Do racially charged lawsuit. of my staff officers made a the job,” said Walt Jacobs, you guys still drink after Officer Nabil Haidar joke and everyone laughed Dean of the College of Social As a child, Fong midterms?’ Because that’s alleged that Fong laughed about it,” Fong said. Sciences, who attended immigrated to the United what we did.” at a racist joke hurled The Gwilliam, Ivary, the forum. “Since the States with his parents in Fong’s work in the toward him, according Chioso, Cavalli, & Brewer litigation is ongoing, I don’t 1973 and grew up in San Narcotics Enforcement to a complaint filed with law firm filed the lawsuit on think that it should really Francisco. He eventually Team, SWAT, the Horse FONG the Santa Clara County behalf of Haidar and stated disqualify him.” graduated from SJSU with Mounted Patrol and Internal Superior Court. that he was in “disbelief, Oladotun Hospidales, a bachelor’s degree in Affairs took him to a investigations on fellow Haidar is Muslim and humiliated and shocked.” political science senior and justice studies. number of areas throughout colleagues of SJPD, for Lebanese. He has been an Fong claims that he is vice president of Associated “I have no interest to San Jose. Internal Affairs. officer with SJPD since friends with Haidar. Students, said he had not work anywhere else but “It’s cool going to all these “We’re dealing with 1996, according to the suit. “Like him, we’re both learned of the lawsuit here,” said Fong. “My different places, but what officers that have violated The suit alleges the immigrants, we understood surrounding Fong until the passion is here, at San is even better, is you talk the public trust, that racial slur happened the values of hard work and open forum. Jose State.” to the different community have committed wrongs during a briefing on family and I always had “We are very pursuant The police captain members to get their administratively, and Nov. 10, 2017 while Fong a very very good respect of eliminating that barrier explained that he had no perspective,” he said. sometimes criminally,” was honoring veterans. for that,” Fong said. “It’s between people and moving kids of his own. Because Through covert sting Fong said. “I’ve had to put SJPD Briefing Sgt. Robert unfortunate that incident towards being politically of this, he believed that he operations, Fong has worked handcuffs on a couple of LaBarbera interjected with, happened and I hope that correct and those types of could communicate with with different community police officers that broke “Captain, you forgot to he understands that I mean things,” said Hospidales. students in a different members to scout various the law, it’s a tough job, mention [Officer] Nabil no harm.” matter than a parent would. neighborhoods for gang I did it, I learned a lot [Haidar]. He is an ISIS The litigation is ongoing Follow Kunal and “I have a lot of cousins activity and drug dealing. about it.” veteran. He was with ISIS and has mixed opinions Mauricio on Twitter who are of college age,” In addition to patrolling However, despite being for two years.” from student and staff. @legoktm Fong said. “When I chit the streets, Fong conducted vocal about community The story was first “If it had been found that, @mslaplantenews California prohibits noisy vehicles

By Adam Yoshikawa especially when you’re at STAFF WRITER home and you hear a car just buzzing through the street,” Car enthusiasts are I think the law on modifi ed cars should Alvarez continued. blowing a fuse about the new In 2018 and the years law passed this year in, and happen, but only for very loud cars. before, vehicles in California only in California. For example, going down the street at a that violated this law would The new law, California be issued a “fix it” ticket that Assembly Bill 1824, was normal speed shouldn’t sound enable drivers to fix their passed this January. It targets like gunshots. vehicle’s exhaust system and loud motor-vehicle exhaust Danny Nguyen provide proof within 30 days systems that are built and Criminal law senior to avoid paying the fine, added by its owners. according to the bill. No one, under the new engineering sophomore with hundreds of car clubs However, according to the PHOTO COURTESY OF ARTHUR YOUNG passed law, can modify their Kendall Ayson. “I don’t really according to California Car California court’s Uniform BMW Weatherford technician Arthur Young drives with exhaust system of a vehicle hear too many loud [cars], Clubs. California Car Clubs Bail and Penalty Schedules, large twin exhaust pipes extending out of his BMW. in order to amplify the noise but since this law has passed, is an online site listing many all California registered emitted by the motor. Motor I can see how it can annoy different types of car clubs vehicles, with an exception wishing the law will be a BMW that has come a long vehicles weighing under [modified car owners].” in California. to motorcycles, must obey revoked so they may way from its stock version and 6,000 lbs, other than Ninety five dBA is an The car scene contains all this law or face an immediate drive without having has worked years on building motorcycles, cannot equivalent of the sound types of cars ranging from citation of at least $25 and as to look constantly over it from its original state. have a sound level over of a subway train around muscle cars, lowriders, much as $1000. their shoulder. Young first learned how to 95 A-weighted decibels, 200 feet away or a blender foreign, domestic and classic Petitions on Change.org “I think the law on modify his car from YouTube according to Vehicle three feet away, and constant cars, which are being affected have been building steam modified cars should happen, and later took classes to Code 21751. noise at that level can cause by this new California law. with one petition titled but only for very loud cars. become a car technician. In other words, all cars serious pain or hearing loss, “I feel like they should “Nullify Fines for loud For example, going down He is a target for a ticket and motor vehicles, except according to Occupational not [keep AB 1824], mufflers: AB 1824 in the street at a normal ,considering the new law and motorcycles in California, Safety and Health especially since I personally California.” The petition had speed shouldn’t sound like exhaust systems. Yet, now must be equipped with Administration website. like the sound of revving 259,839 signatures on Feb. 10 gunshots,” said criminal law he may have to undo years a muffler. Any exhaust Police officers will be able cars,” software engineering out of its requested 300,000. senior Danny Nguyen. of work. modifications designed to determine the loudness freshman Sebastian This petition was started Many car builders learn “It’s a very unfair law to increase the exhaust of an exhaust based off their Alvarez said. on Dec. 28 and has hopes how to modify their cars considering they’re grouping noise must not exceed own judgment, instead Alvarez added that he of revoking the new law, from YouTube. Some of them enthusiasts and inconsiderate 95 dBA. of using a decibel meter, could see why some people believing this new law is are technicians who put a lot people together,” Young said. “I don’t think [AB 1824] is according to the bill. find loud exhausts disturbing. “wasting law enforcement of time, effort, sweat and love necessary, but I get people’s California has a large car “I have heard cars with resources,” according to the into their cars. perspective on cars being community that has grown really customized exhausts petition website. BMW Weatherford Follow Adam on Instagram loud,” said mechanical over the last five decades and it just sounds really loud, Car enthusiasts are technician Arthur Young has @yoshi_kawa_ sjsunews.com/spartan_daily 4 TUESDAY, FEB. 12, 2019 OPINION Venezuelan crisis echoes imperialism

votes, promising starv- rights grounds. ing Venezuelans food But since when has Kunal Mehta in exchange for support the Trump adminis- at the ballot box. tration had a strong STAFF WRITER They used state re- affinity for human sources to run cam- rights abroad? paign events, which was Speaking of rights, a violation of the agree- American intervention Nearly two centuries he declared himself the ment signed before robs Venezuelans of ago, President James interim president. the election, per a Unit- their right to self-de- Monroe introduced his But this foreign inter- ed Nations report pub- termination – one of doctrine of preventing vention reeks of failed lished on Jan. 26. the United Nations’ European imperialism American interven- Before the election crucial principles. in Latin America. tion around the world, even took place, the It is the right of Last week, President and has no indications Organization of Amer- the Venezuelan peo- Trump surprised the of helping. ican States and the ple to determine their world by recognizing The crisis in Vene- European Union an- own political struc- Venezuela’s opposi- zuela has been steadily tion-acting President growing, even before Juan Guaidó. President Hugo Chavez The most surpris- died in 2013. It is the right of the Venezuelan ing part about this? The economy has This was a very by- all but collapsed and people to determine their own the-book intervention, nearly 90 percent of but nothing about it the population live political structure, without felt “Trumpian.” in poverty. undue foreign interference. It’s rare when we There are massive PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS get real news from food and medicine Centrist opposition leader Juan Guaidó assumed the a White House an- shortages, while the Venezuelan presidency on Jan. 23 and was recognized nouncement and not a government repressed as its head of state by the United States. Twitter account. the opposition, add- nounced they would ture, without undue After two years of ing to the human not honor the results foreign interference. The newly appointed their recognition of foreign policy shake- rights crisis. of the election, calling A free and fair gov- special envoy to Vene- Guaidó, we can avoid ups including partici- The incumbent Pres- for new elections to be ernment created by zuela is Elliott Abrams, getting further entan- pation in negotiations ident Nicolás Mad- scheduled in a fair and the Venezuelan peo- who was part of the gled by not providing with Kim Jong-Un and uro won Venezuela’s free manner. ple themselves will be Reagan administration. financial resources or the Taliban, or treating 2018 presidential elec- The United Nations stronger than any gov- Abrams helped in- military support. Russia as an ally, Unit- tion, however it was and other election ernment propped up by stall General Efraín We should only act ed States intervention widely denounced monitoring agencies the United States. Ríos Montt as lead- in accordance with the in Latin America is a as fraudulent by the did not even bother We certainly don’t er during a 1982 coup United Nations. familiar theme. global community. sending election mon- need to give Maduro in Guatemala. The U.S. must take The United States According to Deut- itors to observe the and his supporters any Montt would later be its hand out of Venezu- toppled governments sche Welle, Venezue- Venezuelan election. further reasons to ques- found guilty of com- ela, before the situation in Brazil, Guatema- la’s National Electoral It was a surprise to no tion the legitimacy of mitting genocide by a further deteriorates. la and Haiti during Council disqualified one that Maduro won Guaidó’s rule. United Nations truth If we think the cur- the twentieth cen- most opposition par- the election with the It certainly doesn’t commission – all the rent situation is bad, tury, while failing ty candidates, leaving lowest voter turnout in help that this in- while being propped a civil war will be in others. no real challengers Venezuelan history. tervention is being up by the United even worse. And now, the Unit- to Maduro. American opposition perpetrated by the States financially. ed States has backed Maduro’s campaign to him is seemingly same people who did While the United Follow Kunal on Twitter Guaidó the day before reportedly tried to buy well justified on human it previously. States cannot take back @legoktm Off-campus security needs prioritization

image many SJSU stu- dents have already devel- Roman Contreras oped about the area. According to the 2018 STAFF WRITER SJSU Annual Security Report, the two most common crimes off campus include assault For the students of with not only students and burglary. San Jose State, housing and other residents, With over 6,000 crime is a large issue dealt with but homeless people reports per 100,000 yearly. Students, like and people in halfway people in the area, ac- myself, are constantly on houses, makes walking cording to Areavibes, the hunt for reasonably home from classes when those around me and priced housing in a it gets dark, scary,” said I are fi nding it diffi - safe setting. public health junior cult to lead a normal We want to stay out Karina Quezada. “college” life. late with our friends and I have found this Late nights spent enjoy our youth, but we to be the case with studying at the library are constantly watching many other students as turn into brisk jogs to our backs while walking well. As a community, get home as quickly down the street in fear of we have decided that as possible, to avoid someone attacking us. willful ignorance of prolonged time outside. In light of the recent our surroundings Although the univ- homicide that occurred is bliss. eristy off ers shuttle ser- just one block away from According to urban vices to the surrounding campus – on the corner statistics site AreaVibes, areas, they shut down of 10th and William St the area surrounding operation at 1 a.m., es- in downtown San Jose – SJSU has a livability sentially leaving us to I’ve begun to seriously index of 55 out of 100. fend for ourselves. question the safety of A livability index re- A large student pop- my neighborhood and fers to how “livable” an ulation in the down- those surrounding area is, factors like noise, town area should urge the university. crime, schools, etc. are all the city to make safety Too oft en I walk taken into account when a bigger priority, but down the street and calculating this number. such downtown safe- am approached by a Th is is consider- ty seems to be taking a random stranger off ering ably lower when com- back seat. me drugs or asking pared to cities just a few We see new road and for money. minutes away. housing developments, My female friends Factors like crime and but no real eff ort to en- expressed their constant the cost of living received sure that the residents fear of random men an “F” in their grading and us students, feel safe asking for their phone scale when rating down- and secure while try- numbers or cat calling town San Jose, as com- ing to navigate our way them as they are simply pared to a “C-” when rat- through the city. trying to make their way ing crime in San Jose as to and from campus. a whole. Th is only feeds Follow Roman on Instagram “Living in downtown further into the negative @roaminroman_52 sjsunews.com/spartan_daily SPORTS TUESDAY, FEB. 12, 2019 5 Spartans keep up with the Broncos

By Mauricio La Plante point behind, 39-38. STAFF WRITER The ride would not last for long though. The San Jose State wom- Despite standing up to en’s basketball team went the reigning Mountain from an 18-0 comeback to West Conference cham- a fourth quarter heartbreak. pions, fatigue set in for The Spartans lost 83-69 the Spartans. to the Boise State Broncos “The difficulty is you at home in the Event Center can defend well and still on Saturday. get scored on, like, if a The Broncos put the kid hits a shot, you can’t pressure on early with an really do anything about 18-point run less than five that,” said head coach minutes into the game. A Jamie Craighead. “This is lone free throw by sopho- Boise State, they’ve been more forward Cydni Lewis in the NCAA tourna- pulled the Spartans out of ment the last three years the gutter. i n a r o w , t h e y ’ v e w o n “I think we were able to our conference.” just kind of breathe, set- Craighead contin- tle down when [Lewis] hit ued, “When we go on a that free throw and buckle run, they’re not going to in,” said sophomore guard back down.” Danae Marquez. The Spartans took the The Spartans kept the lead at the start of the momentum going and second half and weaved closed the gap on the through the Broncos’ Broncos, trailing by only defense to gain a brief five points at the end of six-point lead, but with the quarter. more than a quarter left “I think we just kind of the game, the visitors of kept it play by play,” closed in. said junior guard Analyss “We were just late on Benally. “We finally scored, rotations, giving them and we just had to know we threes, they were attack- MAURICIO LA PLANTE | SPARTAN DAILY h a d t o g e t s t o p s a n d w e h a d ing the paint, getting Freshman guard Raziya Potter looks to drive through Boise State defenders in the Event Center on Saturday. to score.” easy buckets inside,” Benally led the charge Benally said. play time exhausted her over 23 times.” don’t give those up, I think “We haven’t seen this on offense, scoring two To Craighead, the key players. The lead slipped away it’s a different game,” said team yet, we’ve seen Boise three-pointers in the first offense got slogged and “I think that Raziya for the Spartans going into Craighead. “In that fourth before, so we have to quarter to help the Spartans gave the ball away too [Potter] … I wasn’t really the fourth quarter. The quarter, I think those were really mentally prepare,” regain their footing. She many times as Boise pulling her out for fatigue, Broncos scored 25 points kind of like back-breakers a Benally said. ultimately drained four State kept pressing SJSU. it was just some defen- over the Spartans who only little bit for us.” shots from behind the arc “Turnovers were our sive lapses that she was netted 15 points. The score The point gap was too and totaled 17 points for the achilles heal today,” said having,” said Craighead. was at 64-53 by the end of much for the Spartans as UPCOMING entire game. Craighead. “That meant [Marquez] the third quarter. the Broncos pulled out GAME The Broncos had little Craighead believed had to play too many min- It was an uphill battle for a 16-4 run in the fourth room to breathe in the first she overplayed some utes and too many long the Spartans the rest of the quarter to beat SJSU half after the Spartans found of her roster so that she long stretches, because she game. Boise State kept find- 83-69. New Mexico vs. SJSU their energy. The teams could have better defen- knows the defense. ing the net as SJSU struggled The Spartans face Feb. 13 @ 7 p.m. scored back-to-back and sive players on the floor. She continued, “Maybe to hold them off. New Mexico, the second– SJSU kept up with Boise, But she said it came at if we weren’t as fatigued. “They hit two threes at best team in the confer- Follow Mauricio on Twitter ending the first half one a cost because the extra Maybe we don’t turn the ball the top of the key, and if we ence, next. @mslaplantenews

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By Jozy Prabhu Diaspora] Exhibit looks STAFF WRITER from the past to the present, to the future,” On the fifth floor of Awazi said. “So in the the Dr. Martin Luther beginning [of the exhibit], King Jr. Library is the we start with famous African Diaspora Cultural African Americans we all Exhibit in honor of Black know, you might see some History Month. you know.” Environmental studies Awazi then pointed to a graduate student Ashari photo of a man from the Taylor-Watson shared oldest dynasty in Africa her excitement for all the standing with African- events taking place on Americans partaking in a campus over this month. renaming ceremony. “[I’m] humbled by “So [in this picture], the African Diaspora [these African-Americans Exhibition, to see the ones are] regaining their power who fought for me and aft er all these years,” my generation, shows the Awazi said. “[Th e African- resilience of my people,” Americans] want to go Taylor-Watson said. “It back. It’s a part of their is so important for me healing, and they wanna to learn my history and go back and connect remember those who with their people over JOZY PRABHU | SPARTAN DAILY fought for me to even there, and see where their Audience members dance as African-American studies lecturer Akubundu Amazu-Lott plays the drum. attend San Jose State, ancestors came from.” they paved the way for my Akubundu Amazu- African youth, and then dreams.” Lott, SJSU lecturer in we’ll use different clips Dental teacher for African-American studies from different eras and Carrington College, also organized a section of different films and just Pamela Farley also the exhibit. try to engage [people],” expresses pride over “Th e political theme we’re Amazu-Lott said. “It’s a the exhibit. looking at is from Black film and dialogue series. “Some of my artifacts Power to Pan-Africanism,” So we really want to from home are in that Amazu-Lott said. emphasize the exchange case over there,” Farley Pictures of Malcolm X of ideas and dialogue.” said as she gestured to the and Kwame Nkrumah, The next event for glass display with different African drums and the the African Diaspora types of African dolls. Black Panther Party Ten- Exhibition will be on Farley heard about the Point plan are among the Saturday, February 16. exhibit from Patience other artifacts displayed. The African Diaspora Awazi, African-Atlantic Further in the back is a exhibition is open from 8 coast culture and glass room where Amazu- a.m. to 9 p.m. on the fifth cuisine expert. Lott hosts documentary floor of the Dr. Martin Awazi had contacted events throughout the Luther King Library. Farley and many others month. to organize the exhibit, “[During these events,] as well as plan the we’re taking on themes. JOZY PRABHU | SPARTAN DAILY exhibition’s opening day. Like last week was Follow Jozy on Twitter Many of the attendees, such as Ashari Taylor-Watson (pictured above), took their “[The African history, this week will be @PrabhuJoanna time at the exhibit to refl ect on and admire the history of the African diaspora.

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He said, “could Th e egg’s owner, Egg Melissa Vargas, SJSU Godfrey works for an agen- something as uni- Gang, said “Th is is mad- Chicana and Chicano stud- cy called Th e&Partnership versal as an egg ness, what a time to ies graduate student said, which, according to their be great enough to be alive,” according to “It’s kind of weird [an egg website, is a holding compa- beat that record?” Who Th e Verge. addressing mental health] ny where the owners are also would’ve thought that it Kylie Jenner took to Ins- but I feel like if that’s the the founder and partners of would only take ten days tagram and posted a video outlet that people in this individual businesses. later be the current record some- holder. thing to be Each HUMANITIES, COMMUNICATION, MATH, ENGLISH Aft er being asked taken serious- year, mil- ANTHROPOLOGY, MATH, MUSIC, MEDIA STUDIES by Times Magazine ly and if anyone [even an lions of people why he chose an egg, egg] can help then that’s around the world struggle ENGLISH, ACCOUNTING, HUMANITIES, MUSIC Mr. Godfrey explained, “an good,” computer engi- with mental health and COMMUNICATION, MUSIC, MATH, ANTHROPOLOGY egg has no race, gender, or neering sophomore Jeff ery “crack under the pressure.” Second Spring religion. 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