Serving San Jose State University since 1934 Volume 145 • Issue 41 Tuesday, December 8, 2015 VIDEO OPINION SPORTS Akbayan students Kavin Mistry talks SJSU makes fi rst show their Ron Caragher’s bowl game since musical talents job security p.4 2012 p.6 YouTube.com/SpartanDailyYT A LITTLE OFF THE TOP TRANSFORMATION TUESDAY SJSU: then and now Courtesy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library Digital Collection Paul Dileanis | Silicon Valley Photography TOP: Aerial view from above Fourth Street of San Jose State University in 1958. BOTTOM : Aerial view from above Fourth Street of San Jose State University in 2010. By Kavin Mistry @kavinm95 San Jose State University is the oldest higher education public institution in California. Th e campus fi rst opened in 1857 as a part of the San Francisco school system. It was then destroyed in the Great Adolfo Oseguera | Spartan Daily San Francisco Earthquake in 1906. Th e Tower Hall that we see today Arlene Benson is one of the barbers of Herman’s Barber Shop & Supply who enjoys was built in 1910 to replace the buildings that were destroyed. cutting and trimming hair retro style. see CHANGE on page 2 Barbershop holds on OBSTRUCTION to retro traditions More obstacles SJSU to undergo further By Hailee Miguel shops that I remember as a a variety of vintage photos @Hailee_Miguel kid and put it in here,” owner on the walls ranging from construction in 2016 Phillip Benson said. photos of Benson when he was In the middle of an ever- The hospitality of the younger, to classic cars, to old- By Kavin Mistry Th e remodeling of parts of the changing city there is a little barbers, and the vintage style school barbershop images. @kavinm95 campus is not done. SJSU is still barbershop that has been is what is most appealing to “I started the barbershop in a state of upgrading facilities around since the 1930s, their clientele. because I felt there was a need Th e San Jose State University and pipelines around campus to keeping an old-school feel to “I like the atmosphere,” for a shop to be a traditional campus has been under ensure there is safe equipment is the barbershop profession and client Korbin Renaud said. “It barbershop,” Benson said. construction since 2010 and while running through campus. maintaining some tradition in has a very old-school feel to “I felt the traditional shops it has been an inconvenience for “I didn’t know about the new booming Silicon Valley. it and I enjoy that. They play were fading away as the older students since it began, those construction with the pipelines,” Herman’s Barber Shop is oldies [music], the chairs are barbers retired so I put this changes are fi nally beginning to said Shweta More, sophomore small but quaint, with three old school style, they’re really shop in trying to revive that a take shape. computer science major. “I stations and three chairs in friendly, always ask if you little bit.” From the days of not being think it’ll continue to be quite the waiting area. Employees want something to drink just Customers walk in, write able to get to your class because annoying because students want greet you as you walk in the really nice here.” their name on a piece of paper you had to dodge construction, the campus to have more of a door with a smile and are Oldies music isn’t the only and wait for the next available workers and green fences have college environment rather than quick to assist. classic ambiance to the shop. barber to go to work. now been starting to open up. a construction setting.” However, according to Daniel Projects to be completed in 2016 “It’s a tradition, I’ve taken a As you wait for the next HAIRCUT 2 little bit of all the successful available barber, you will see see on page No, associate director of include the new Student Union Planning Facilities Development renovation and expansion, which and Operations, there is more costs $89.6 million, according to A LOOK AHEAD construction still to come. SJSU.edu. Th e Campus Village “We have utilities projects Phase 2, which is the building that starting next year,” No said. “We is behind the aquatics area and DEC DEC NOV JAN 03 are going to replace old water 04 18 25 see BUILDING on page 2 Miracle on 34th Winter lines and sewer lines.” Street Wonderland Theatre on Amusement Park San Pedro Square Adjacent to Christmas in the park DEC OBITUARY DEC 12 08 Associated Students remembers Paul Lee, the organization’s Frank Sinatra’s America’s Got 100th birthday print shop manager of 29 years. Lee passed away peacefully on Talent auditions San Jose Convention Center Sunday surrounded by his family aft er a long battle with cancer. Lee is best remembered for his lifelong service to SJSU students. He built a legacy as a leader and as an advocate. His passing is a DEC DEC 13 17 loss to the entire Spartan community. Tivo’s Santa Run San Jose State Th e A.S. Print Shop motto is “here when you need us,” and Lee Silicon Valley Choraliers Plaza de Cesar Chavez Cathedral Basilica lived by that mission every day. of St. Joseph Infographic by Kavin Mistry Edilbert Signey is a contributing writer. 2NEWS Tuesday, December 8, 2015 the inner quad and areas around Tower Second Harvest Food CHANGE Hall were demolished which left Tower Bank estimates it serves 250,000 people from page 1 Hall the last remaining part of the early campus structure. each month, which is roughly 10 percent of 1944-1955 Campus maps 1995-2015 Campus map the total population of Santa Clara and San In 1944, the campus expanded and Nothing major has changed with the Mateo counties. added the library building, which is campus between 1995 and 2001, but Among the list of most the building at the top of the map. Also updates and expansions have become needed items are added was the health building at the a regular occurrence over the past 10 meals in a can (stew, bottom and various other classrooms years. In 2005, the new Campus Village chili, soup), tuna and around Tower Hall, which created the buildings were added to the corner of other canned meats, inner quad. In 1954, the campus took 10th street and San Salvador to help with peanut butter, canned over another block of land to the right of consistent population growth at SJSU. fruit and vegetables, Tower Hall, which included the addition Th e past fi ve years have also brought big and 100 percent juice of the Music and Engineering buildings. changes to campus life, as SJSU is under in boxes. 1960-1970 Campus maps various renovation projects. Th e biggest of these is the new Student Union building. Some of the biggest growth of the campus came between 1960 and 1970, Kavin Mistry is a Spartan Daily when the school boundary extended to staff writer. between 4th street and 10th street. Also, Infographic by Raechel Price students might have to expect similar ob- BUILDING stacles around campus. from page 1 “Look wise it won’t look too pretty,” said Jon Lucero, a sophomore math ma- 1960 adjacent to the Event Center, costs $126 jor. “Other than that, probably more traf- 1944 1995-Present million and will be fi nished in July 2016. fi c around the school which is not good Campus Map Campus Map Campus Map Th ese plans all began in 2001 and are for anybody. I just wish the construction currently not planned to be done until would be done so I can fi nally see SJSU at Infographic by Kavin Mistry the end of 2018 which is when the plans its full potential.” for the new Student Recreation and However, despite all the ridicule of the shop, also owned by Benson, where he Aquatic Center will be complete. Th at construction projects going on, some stu- HAIRCUT spends most of his time helping custom- project is not set to break ground until dents are happy with the product of all from page 1 ers. He goes from shop to shop greeting August 2016, according to SJSU.edu. these remodels. clients that he knows on a fi rst name basis “I feel like they are trying to do too “I do like the changes around campus,” “It’s a great place,” Vince Barrios said. as they wait for a trim or shave. much at once,” said Melissa Medeiros, a said Sravanthi Kuchibhotla, a sophomore Barrios has been going to Herman’s for As you walk through the doors of the fourth year business/fi nance major. “It business major. “Th ey beautify the cam- three years on a regular basis. supply shop, you are greeted with a vari- is closing off many diff erent walkways pus and make it seem a bit more grand Although there are only three stations, ety of vintage barbershop signs, chairs, around campus and makes it diffi cult for and sophisticated. Th e campus is an old barbers rotate work because there are more razors, creams and supplies on display all students to get around. Considering SJSU one and though some of the construction than just three barbers working there. the way up to the cash register. (this reads has over 30,000 students, closing down remains true to the antiquity, the new “As soon as I walked in the door, I was like an intro graph) multiple diff erent walkways and areas construction adds a nice contrast.” like this is for me,” barber Juan Lopez “I think barbershops are an asset to the around campus makes it almost impossi- It remains to be seen or heard when all said.