Spartan Daily, March 18, 2015

INSIDE ONLINE o MIND OF THE OFF THE STRAIGHT GARNET AND Hi: 73 MASTER & NARROW GOLD BOWL Lo: 48o Exclusive with All Lack of visibility for Spartans hit the That Remains bisexual community ﬁ eld to beneﬁ t Wednesday, is harmful to youth Team USA March 18, 2015 PAGE 3 PAGE 4 Volume 144 • Issue 23 VISIT SPARTANDAILY.COMANDAILYY.CCOMO Serving San Jose State Universityy sisincence 1934 BY THE BOOK FESTIVAL OF COLORS Book cart drill team takes over King Library Visit spartandaily.com for video coverage BY RAECHEL PRICE @rae_thecyborg Drums pounded, wheels rolled and bright green fl ashed as the King Library Book Cart Drill Team performed to cele- brate St. Patrick’s Day yesterday. Th e team performed on the fi rst fl oor of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library, which is “best viewed from the upper balconies,” according to its Facebook page. Staff and students lined the balconies of the upper fl oors to watch the short performance, which left audience members wanting more. Th e performance featured 12 library staff members dressed in bright green costumes spinning and dancing with empty book carts decorated with sham- rocks and shiny fringe. “I’ve wanted to do this for a long time,” Linh Nguyen | Spartan Daily said library staff member Laurie Willis. Vastal Patel, electrical engineering graduate student, inspects the vibrant color residue on his glasses during Th e team was started by University the Holi Festival on Saturday. The Indian Students Organization hosted the Hindu religious festival which Access Services Manager Julie Kow- celebrates the coming of spring, known as the season of love in their culture. alewski Ward last November. Ward said the team is a collaboration SEE VIDEO COVERAGE ON HOLI AT SPARTANDAILY.COM between public and university library staff to foster team building and commu- FINANCIAL WOES nity between the two groups. “Th ere was a wide staff involvement, which was really great,” Ward said. Loan burden weighs down students When Ward approached Willis about the drill team last Fall, Willis said, “Yep, BY RIGOBERTO GOMES I’m there.” @AskRigo be ‘better off ’ or ‘the same’ as for undergraduate students. dent has graduated or leaves According to an article in the New their parents,” states a recent Th ere are college loans that school, and there is no payment York Times, book cart drill teams were Many students are preparing Bank of America/USA TODAY do build interest throughout while the undergraduate is in popularized in the mid-2000s by Demco, to graduate this semester and Better Money Habits Millennial students’ college careers, which school. a book cart manufacturer who sponsored they have to deal with student report. “While two-thirds say can be more diffi cult for recent “I’ve taken out student loans the world championship competition at loan debt and the process of re- they have good fi nancial habits, graduates to pay off . that I eventually have to pay the American Library Association’s an- paying the loans they borrowed. large numbers still worry about San Jose State University of- back and I think it’s going to nual conference for several years. Every year some college stu- the cost of student loans/col- fers the Federal Perkins Loan, be hard at fi rst because it’s not Th e team’s inaugural performance was dents are forced to break the lege education (33 percent) and which off ers low-interest loans guaranteed you’re going to fi nd in December. bank for tuition, books, rent, spending beyond their means to undergraduate and gradu- a good paying job aft er gradu- It performed a holiday-themed piece, food and weekend activities. (36 percent).” ate students to meet the cost of ation,” said Isela Rodriguez, se- featuring carts decorated like gingerbread “College-age millennials Th e average amount of col- education. nior psychology major. (ages 18-25) surveyed across lege loan debt is $29,526 for Th e repayment of the loan SEE LIBRARY ON PAGE 2 the country believe they will graduate students and $17,629 begins six months aft er a stu- SEE LOAN ON PAGE 2 CRUDE REALITY TWINS AND PINS Trains will bring oil through Downtown San Jose Visit spartandaily.com for video coverage BY JEREMY CUMMINGS ic Railroad, will carry oil to the @JeremyCummings3 Phillips 66 refi nery in San Luis Obispo County and was pro- Despite growing public oppo- posed in 2013. sition to transportation of crude According to a draft of the oil by rail since serious accidents proposal’s environmental impact such as the Lac-Megantic crash in report on slocounty.ca.gov, up to 2013 a proposal to the Santa Ma- fi ve 80-car trains will run to the ria Planning Commission might Mesa refi nery a week. bring a crude oil train directly Th e commission has the fi - Raechel Price | Spartan Daily through Downtown San Jose. nal say on whether or not the oil Darren Tang whips the Jill and Jack Sardegna, two trains will run, a decision which ball toward the pins at 4th concerned San Jose natives who will impact some citizens’ lives all Street Bowl on Thursday, live close to the train tracks, throughout California, according Feb. 26. worry about pollution and other to Council member Ash Kalra. risks the trains could bring. San Jose’s “We didn’t think that this was Safety risks of oil trains a possibility here, and certainly Bowling Bros not through a residential area,” Complete safety cannot be BY ARNO BRYANT Jill Sardegna said, “But here it is.” guaranteed when transporting @MrArnoBryant San Jose State is in the po- oil by rail, according to Francisco tential impact zone of fi res that J. Castillo, director of corporate Sibling rivalry has a long his- could result from a derailment relations and media at Union Pa- tory of breeding sporting success. O downtown, according to blast- cifi c Railroad. From Venus and Serena Williams zone.org, but the school’s ad- Castillo said although oil by to Peyton and Eli Manning there ministration is unprepared at rail arrives safely 99.99 percent of aren’t many stronger motivations this point to respond to such an the time, there is a risk associat- than outdoing your kin. Broth- event, according to SJSU Chief ed with this shipping method as ers Darren and Michael Tang, of Staff Stacy Gleixner at a press there is with any other. bowlers on San Jose State’s third- conference with student media In July 2013 an oil train de- ranked team, are no exception. last Wednesday. railed in Lac-Megantic, Que- Last week Darren Tang, a se- “I don’t think we’ve given bec, Canada, killing 47 and nior mechanical engineering stu- thought yet to what kind of pre- causing significant damage to dent, won a regional bowling title cautions we might need to have the city. at the Professional in place,” Gleixner said. Th e train, run by Union Pacif- SEE OIL ON PAGE 2 SEE BOWLING ON PAGE 6 2 NEWS Wednesday, March 18, 2015 makes sense to add to the poetry by cre- LOAN Another option is fed- uate and which will make Summer camp ating a short fi lm,” Goss said. “Th ere’s FROM PAGE 1 eral work study jobs for it easier for me to pay off kind of a growing subculture of people eligible students depend- these loans I ranked up who are more and more familiar with There are occasions ing on their financial aid throughout these four gives females how easy and fun it is to make these. when a student might not package. years,” Putnam said. You get addicted to them.” be able to repay their loan A part-time job will The length of time it a creative voice Goss said Perez had the idea to make for certain reasons and allow students to be- takes to repay student the camp specifi cally for teenage girls the Bursar’s Office tries come more aware of their loans is different for every BY TAYLOR ATKINSON because women and girls are not equal- to assist. spending habits and cre- college student. @haytayla ly represented in technology fi elds. “We work with stu- ate a budget plan toward “For a standard repay- She said the camp combines poetry dents with regards to their expenses. ment plan, this is gener- A San Jose State University alumna and video because the two formats be- repayment options, es- “We recommend to ally 10 years if a borrower and the Los Gatos Poet Laureate is start- long together. pecially if they indicate look into scholarship op- chooses to change their ing a poetry and fi lm summer camp for “From a fi lmmaking standpoint—I’m that they are having dif- portunities as an addi- repayment plan,” McElroy teenage girls scheduled to begin in July. a scriptwriter and I make fi lms—I think ficulty in repaying this tional funding source,” said. Alumna Erica Goss, with the help that’s just a really innovative outlet for loan,” said SJSU Bursar said Coleetta McElroy, di- McElroy said the re- of poets laureate David Perez of San- artists and people who are interested Meg Deiss in an email. rector of financial aid and payment plan varies based ta Clara County and Jennifer Swanton in poetry and multimedia technology,” “There are several types scholarship office, in an on the amount of debt and Brown of Cupertino, created Media Po- said Lauren Serpa, a graduate student in of deferments for which email.

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