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A participant holds up a sign outside of city hall during the Interfaith Vigil of Solidarity Against Hate on Tuesday. The vigil was to show solidarity with victims of Saturday’s shooting at Tree of Life Synogogue in Pittsburgh.

District 5 County Supervisor Joe Members of the Jewish community, gogue in Pennsylvania,” Liccardo said. By Ben Stein Simitian said. elected officials and several interfaith “Today, Pittsburgh is the center of the The Jewish Federation of Silicon leaders spoke on the mass shooting and world,” he added. Eleven candles, representing the Valley set up the Interfaith Vigil of how everyone was affected, not only The speakers described their emo- 11 Jewish men and women killed in Solidarity Against Hate in sup- the Jewish community in Pittsburgh. tions and shared their thoughts follow- Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Congregation port of the Pittsburgh community. San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo ing the attack. Instead of placing shame synagogue on Saturday, were lit in Congregation Shir Hadash Cantor explained that when a tragedy occurs, on the suspect and other anti-Semitic front of the more than 500-person Devorah Felder-Levy led the group in the entire world pauses, not only the incidents, they offered solutions to crowd outside City Hall on Tuesday. “Gesher Tzar Meod,” a song that trans- affected community. make the world a better place. “We say each of their names so lates to “The whole world is a very “[The attack] has violated the sanc- “We can send cards and letters of they do not become just a statistic, narrow bridge, the important thing is tuary of holy places, whether it’s they will forever be remembered,” to not be afraid.” a church in Charleston or a syna- VIGIL | Page 2

Search for permanent UPD chief continues

By Vicente Vera tive recruitment services,” STAFF WRITER said Regan Williams, senior vice president of Bob Murray & Associates. San Jose State University The firm will review the has been without a per- credentials of officers who manent University Police submitted an application Department chief of before Oct. 19 and create police since Peter Decena a short list of the most retired from the post qualified personnel. seven months ago, but In a brochure compiled now the hunt for a new by the firm, the qualifi- chief is breaking into its cations for the ideal chief final stages. of police includes a bach- During the summer, elor’s degree in a field recruitment firm Bob related to police science, Murray & Associates business administration or began conducting a public administration. national search for The candidate must potential candidates on also have a minimum of behalf of SJSU. The uni- five years experience at versity worked with the the command level of a firm in the past for the police department, and a 2010 UPD chief of police Peace Officer Standards search that resulted in the and Training certifica- hiring of Decena. tion completed in the “For the past 18 years state of California. we have been a private “SJSU is seeking a law company contracting with enforcement professional VICENTE VERA | SPARTAN DAILY government entities and University Police Department Sgt. Carlos Garcia, who worked with former chief of police Peter Decena, said he agencies to provide execu- POLICE | Page 2 is excitedly anticipating the selection of a new chief of police.

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POLICE President of Administration “It is our hope that known among the student and Finance Charlie Faas the new police chief will community. The VP Continued from page 1 said. “Alan knows how this be creative, interactive, specifically stated that the campus works.” It is our hope that the new police chief engaging and an asset to new chief should lead the Cavallo said he was the SJSU community while department in making with high energy and honored to take the role will be creative, interactive, engaging cultivating key partnerships campus police more integrity to provide the vision of interim and has worked and an asset to the SJSU community with external community approachable to students. necessary to successfully hard to keep the department members,” Nash said. “If a fraternity close to lead the University moving in a positive while cultivating key partnerships with Accounting information campus is having a late Police Department,” the direction. He also put forth external community members. systems senior Oscar night party and things go brochure stated. his desire to be rehired Romando Nash Guerrero said he would like awry, [the university] wants Since Decena left for the as the permanent chief Associate Vice President for Student Services to see the new chief of police them to feel comfortable Los Gatos-Monte Sereno of police. increase UPD’s presence on calling UPD for assistance.” Police Department, UPD “I am looking forward Committee and filled it the committee are campus to deter crime. The committee has yet Captain Alan Cavallo to competing,” the former with students, faculty and representatives from the “I don’t want UPD to to receive the short list of has temporarily overseen captain said. “I have not community members. justice studies department, become militarized, but candidates, but it expects campus law enforcement as decided what I will do The committee will make the university library I hope the new chief can to make a recommendation the interim chief of police. should I not be selected for a recommendation to Faas and the division of find the right balance and for a new chief of police in “When Peter decided that the position.” based on the candidates student affairs. is willing to test out new the spring semester. he was going to retire from After assigning Cavallo named on the short list Associate Vice President techniques,” Guerrero said. here, Alan was the second in his temporary post in compiled and provided by for Student Services Faas expressed his command, so he took over March, Faas put together Bob Murray & Associates. Romando Nash is leading desire to hire a chief that Follow Vicente on Twitter day-to-day operations,” Vice a Police Chief Search Among those on the search team. will make their presence @VicenteSJSU VIGIL Continued from page 1 [The attack] support, we can say has violated the Kaddish for the victims and certainly we can support sanctuary of those families,” District holy places, Attorney Jeff Rosen said. “However, we need to stand whether it’s up here and come together a church in to ensure nothing like this happens here.” Charleston or a Kaddish is a Jewish synagogue in prayer that is usually recited to mourn the dead, though Pennsylvania. mourners also say Kaddish Sam Liccardo to show that despite the San Jose mayor loss, they still praise God. As the sun descend- “We at the NAACP stand ed, attendance continued with the Jewish people, for to grow and the circle of we have all been through mourning community tough times,” Moore said. members grew larger. Though the speakers dis- San Jose Unified School cussed positivity, they were District Board President forced to face the facts. Susan Ellenberg, described “There has been growing up in Squirrel anti-Semitism for a long Hill, the neighborhood of time and unfortunately, I Congregation Tree of Life, don’t think it is going away,” and explained why it is Liccardo said. important to stay strong. However, Jewish “I am afraid of a lot of Federation of Silicon Valley things, but I am not afraid CEO Jyl Jurman said she to be Jewish. As a Jew, I will finds solace in the inter- continue to stand up for faith relationships that minorities,” Ellenberg said. have been strengthened BEN STEIN | SPARTAN DAILY Additionally, Muslim, in San Jose. Ann Sorger (covering face), daughter of two Holocaust survivors, mourns the lives of 11 Jews with a close friend Christian and Sikh leaders “I don’t know if we can who wishes to remain anonymous. explained that in times of ensure this doesn’t happen trouble, it is more import- again, but we can be there ant to stick together than to for our other faith-based point fingers at others. communities and they can “Hate crimes affect be here for us,” Jurman not just the families but said. “The relationships the groups and religions we have worked together of those people. We must are incredible. It is a really have a zero-tolerance pol- good relationship that we icy for anti-Semitism,” have worked very hard over Community and Civic the years to develop.” Engagement Manager At the end of the night of the Islamic Network Ellenberg read the names Group Raania Mohsen of the 11 men and women said. “This country was who were killed. With built on religious freedom. tears in eyes and an over- As Americans we cannot all sense of sorrow, the stand for bigotry.” night ended with everyone San Jose Silicon Valley joined together to recite NAACP President, Pastor the Kaddish. Jethro Moore offered his condolences to the Jewish Follow Ben on Twitter BEN STEIN | SPARTAN DAILY community. @thereelbstein San Jose mayor Sam Liccardo speaks in front of the crowd with his elected oﬃ cials standing behind him.

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By Huan Xun Chan album STAFF WRITER review NAMANANA! Now, that “Namanana” may sound like gibberish to you, but it is the name of Rating: Chinese singer-producer Lay’s newest album. This is Lay’s third solo Artist: album and marks his of- Lay Zhang ਴ࣳצ -ficial debut in the Unit Release date: ed States. Carrying on Oct. 19, 2018 the theme of his previ- Genre: ous two albums, he de- M-pop picts his view on “M-pop” in “Namanana.” To him, “M-pop” does not only mean Mandarin pop are included in all the but also is a mix of pop mu- remaining tracks. sic from diff erent cultures. Th ough lyrics are not the The album has 22 most important element of tracks, 11 Chinese tracks music, it is something that and 11 English versions of can’t be ignored either. those tracks. As one of the most pop- As the producer of this ular idols in China, Lay is album, Lay handled all of known for his good person- the music arrangement ality and idol image. and music composition. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS However, his audience Listening to each song, Chinese singer-producer Lay Zhang released his third solo album “Namanana” and made his oﬃ cial debut in is still limited to his own I could clearly see the ef- the United States. This English-Chinese album contains 22 tracks in total and depicts Lay’s view on “M-pop.” fan base. fort he put into his music Ordinary listeners who arrangement. He really did sibly producing a movie catchy intro. spicy broad bean paste. any purpose or message in are not his fans could a great job. soundtrack in the future. For instance, the intro Writing a song about a the lyrics other than mak- hardly accept and appre- A horn instrument be- Whistling starts off the of “Hold On” immediately traditional Chinese dish is ing the words something ciate some of his music gins the expedition and title track “Namanana,” gives a hallucinating feel defi nitely an interesting idea. for him to sing. production because of the features in the intro track which visualizes the scene with a buzzing sound that Nevertheless, I don’t see I found the lyrics in “Lay low-quality lyrics and the “The Assembly Call.” The in a rainforest setting. leaves a strong impression any point of writing it as a You Down” to be the worst. similar themes in the songs. 85-second track is a great Th e whole song presents on the audience. The beat love song with vulgar lyr- “Just tell me what you want I respect the hard work use of different musical in- a very energetic and light- for “Thing For You” brings ics like “You got me going and I’ll give it all to you / I he put in and his potential struments and shows Lay’s hearted atmosphere. a very pleasant feeling. inside you got me feeling love the feeling that you’re in producing his own style musical ambition. Lay hoped that “Nama- However, other than alright / All in my brain giving to me / When it feels of music. Though this is the only nana” could be a brain- the top two tracks, I felt girl make you my main so right it can never be Nonetheless, if he could instrumental track, put- washing line that deliv- very disappointed in the girl” and “Girl like Mapo wrong / Don’t be afraid just produce more music with ting it as the first track ers a positive spirit and other songs because of its tofu hot like Mapo tofu.” give in to me / Girl I wanna diff erent themes that are was a wise choice. could be said in whatever low-quality lyrics. The lyrics of each song lay you down I wanna lay more suitable to his own I see “Th e Assembly situation. He got this in- Many people recom- do not stand out or tell you down / Girl I just wan- image, I believe his music Call” as the top track of this spiration from the phrase mended the track “Mapo a different story. When I na lay you down lay you will be as well-accepted as album because it depicts “Hakuna Matata” from the Tofu” on social media be- saw these lyrics, I ques- down.” It simply does not his idol image. strong visualization and film “The Lion King.” cause it is a popular Chi- tioned if there was any deliver a meaningful mes- imagery of the adventur- The highlight of this nese dish from Sichuan difference in the lines of sage at all. Follow Huan Xun on ous journey. It makes me album is that all of the province. the different tracks. Interestingly, the Twitter look forward to Lay pos- tracks have an extremely It is tofu made with I could not understand words “baby” and “girl” @Huanxun_chan

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By Hugo Vera series review STAFF WRITER “Daredevil” Distributed by: While the Marvel Cine- (Season 3) Netﬂ ix matic Universe continues to Starring: dominate the box offi ce with Charlie Cox, hits such as “Black Panther” Rating: Deborah Ann Woll and “Avengers: Infi nity War,” Genre: Marvel’s Netfl ix series con- Superhero tinue to take major hits from fans and critics alike. Th is week, Netfl ix an- Along with sidekicks Fog- as a villain who uses not only nounced that it cancelled gy Nelson, played by Elden physical but psychological at- shows “Luke Cage” and Henson, and Karen Page, tacks to hinder Daredevil. “Iron Fist,” based on the su- played by Deborah Ann Woll, Bethel’s Bullseye is a perheroes of the same name, Daredevil and the legal team much-needed transition from aft er the second seasons of “Nelson & Murdock Pub- the laughable depiction of both shows received low au- lic Defenders” embark on a Bullseye played by Colin Far- dience rating scores. crusade of investigative jour- rell in the 2003 movie. Despite the supposed de- nalism that links the spike in Just as the Marvel Cine- cline of web series shows mafi a and supervillain activi- matic Universe capitalizes on based on comic book he- ty to one man – Wilson Fisk. the complexity of its inter- roes, Netfl ix’s third season of Veteran character actor twining storyline, “Daredevil” “Daredevil” shows that the Vincent D’Onofrio fl awlessly season three has no shortage blind vigilante won’t be taken reprises his role as Kingpin. of references to other heroes off the air anytime soon. Whereas the Kingpin we saw and Easter eggs that suggest Season three, released on in seasons one and two was a more team-ups such as “Th e Friday, picks up the Daredev- hulking tyrant who used sheer Avengers” are on the way. il storyline where it was left physical brutality to run his Th e show constantly off in 2017’s “Th e Defenders.” criminal empire. teases more appearances Attorney Matthew Mur- Th is refi ned portrayal of of classic heroes such as dock and his allies continue Kingpin learns to rule even Jessica Jones and Frank to defend the neighborhood within the confi nes of a pris- “Th e Punisher” Castle as of Hell’s Kitchen in New on cell. In addition, fans are further Marvel-Netfl ix York City, as the fan-favor- fi nally treated to a Kingpin projects hint at a possible ite villain Wilson “Kingpin” who wears the iconic white live-action adaptation of Fisk orchestrates a legal cir- satin suit that the villain has the “Heroes for Fire” comic cus to be released from fed- always worn in the com- storyline from the 1970s. eral prison yet again. ics and the 1990s animated “Daredevil” season three Daredevil returns to shows of my childhood. succeeds in ways “Luke Hell’s Kitchen physically Kingpin no longer puts Cage” and “Iron Fist” and emotionally exhausted. himself in harm’s way to failed. Th is season features Th e loss and resurrection of combat Daredevil but in- jaw-dropping action se- ts.sjsu.edu tssjsu his superheroine girlfriend stead enlists the aid of deadly quences and a fast-moving Bay Area Air Quality Management District turned rival, Elektra, makes marksman Benjamin “Dex” plot that keeps viewers on Student Union, Room 1800 [email protected] ts_sjsu Daredevil question his mo- Poindexter who moonlights edge for 13 episodes. SJSU San José State University Parking Services rality and motivation in the as the villain Bullseye. 408.924.RIDE (7433) ts_sjsu

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“When Mexico sends a demeaning way. That much hate in his heart. stead of mirroring what its people, they’re not is why I wouldn’t say I I will not categorize Trump preaches, which sending their best. hate Trump supporters. them as something is hate, be sure to show Melody Del Rio They’re sending people When I do have a less until they prove to them that love does tru- STAFF WRITER that have lots of prob- problem, it’s when me otherwise. ly trump hate. lems, and they’re bring- Trump supporters are For my non-Trump Don’t stoop down to ing those problems with labeled to be bad peo- supporters, I hope they Trump’s level. Instead, us. They’re bringing ple. That notion goes will try to continue the rise above it because Saying President University last Thurs- drugs. They’re bringing for anyone who belittles dialogue to understand hating Trump support- Donald Trump is a hor- day, he encouraged jour- crime. They’re rapists.” anyone. I do, howev- why people support ers would be a hypocrit- rible person because he nalism students to look Last year he tweeted, er, reserve the right to Trump and help sup- ical thing for anyone. promotes hate, while in- at all points of view, even “The FAKE NEWS me- question them. porters understand why If anything, we need sisting you hate Trump the ones we struggle dia is not my enemy, it is I will question their he isn’t a good person to preach love, respect supporters plays into to accept. the enemy of the Ameri- morals because I do to follow. and kindness to pro- his hate-filled narrative. Though Trump has can People!” not think I will ever Let those Trump sup- tect its existence in I remember when stated his stand on According to the LA fully understand why porters know that you’re our society. Trump was running for women, people of color Times, a semi-truck they voted for someone better than the person driver from Florida who speaks with so they support. That in- Follow Melody on Twitter named Emmett Law- @ spartanmelody son said that he voted for Trump, not because Let those Trump supporters of his morals but for stay connected know that you’re better than the his political ideas. He stated that Trump is person they support. the business guy that FACEBOOK: INSTAGRAM: America needs. spartandaily @spartandaily This is the part that I try to understand but can never TWITTER: YOUTUBE: fully comprehend. @spartandaily spartandailyYT While I can fol- president and some of and the LGBTQ com- low Trump’s attitude my friends would say, munity, I still can’t bring and shut out opinions “If you support Trump, myself to say that I hate that differ from mine, unfollow me.” Trump supporters. I choose to listen. As Letters to the Editor may be placed in the I understand their He belittles every- long as a Trump sup- letters to the editor box in the Spartan Daily offi ce frustration. I’ve stopped thing I stand for – wom- porter does not have the in Dwight Bentel Hall, Room 209 or emailed to [email protected] to the attention of the looking at my Face- en empowerment, jour- same morals as Trump Spartan Daily Opinion Edtitor. book feed because I nalistic integrity and and supports people of Letters to the Editor must contain the author’s cannot see eye-to-eye Hispanic pride. color and the LGBTQ name, address, phone number and major. Letters with Trump support- His anti-Hispanic community, I don’t have become property of the Spartan Daily and may be ers. Coming from a prejudice is evidenced a problem. edited for clarity, grammar, libel and length. Only letters of 300 words or less will be considered for small town, there are a in multiple tweets. I understand we all publication. lot of his supporters on Trump tweeted in have different opinions. send a letter Published opinions and advertisements do not my feed. 2014, “When will the People are entitled to necessarily refl ect the views of the Spartan Daily, the During CNN’s Chief U.S. stop sending $’s to their own opinions. School of Journalism and Mass Communication or White House Corre- our enemies, i.e. Mexico My greatest hope is to the editor SJSU. Th e Spartan Daily is a public forum. spondent Jim Acosta’s and others.” that those opinions ar- visit to San Jose State In 2016 he said, en’t hurting anyone in

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more white models Claire Hultin appear on the web STAFF WRITER page before there was a model of another race. This heavily Earlier this month, black, 4 percent were contributes to Teen Vogue released Asian and just 3.8 per- the problem an article that Victo- cent were Hispanic. of the lack ria’s Secret was having In 1988, famous of diversity. its first Filipino model fashion model Nao- If girls participate in its annual mi Campbell broke do not see fashion show. barriers when she be- diverse There have been 23 came the first black women, consecutive Victoria model to appear in they will Secret Fashion Shows French Vogue. become in 2018, this is the first However, that was 30 close- Filipino model to walk years ago. We are just minded the runway. now breaking through to race. In the last 22 Vic- toria’s Secret fashion shows, There needs to be there has been some diversity representation of different races with black model so that all people recognize that like Jasmine Tookes, Chinese model Xiao beauty is not conﬁ ned to one Wen Ju and Sudanese ILLUSTRATION BY model Grace Bol. SPARTAN DAILY type of woman. However, the fact STAFF that young Filipino girls have never been This topic en- majority of white wom- able to look at the rages me. Specifically, shown more than any- en, but in the real world, fashion show and see in the United States, one. everyone is different This brings up a to feature one Filipi- a woman that they can many people say that As a young girl, I as- and young girls need sad reality that there no model in the Vic- directly identify with we have “come so far” pired to look like that to be exposed to that in is an obvious lack toria’s Secret Fashion is unacceptable. in the world in regards when I saw those girls fashion advertisements. of diversity in the Show, one of the most Many different types to race. in magazines. There needs to be modeling industry. famous and most inter- of people from various Clearly, we haven’t Children should not representation of dif- In fact, in a study nationally broadcasted backgrounds watch if we are just now see- grow up thinking that ferent races so that by the website The runway shows. this fashion show and ing the first Filipino skinny, white girls are all people recognize Fashion Spot, found When you browse purchase items from model in a worldwide the only girls that can that beauty is not that in the spring of Victoria’s Secret’s web- Victoria’s Secret. fashion show. be models. confined to one type 2016, 78.2 percent of site, a picture of a tall, It should only be fair Growing up, I never Young girls should of woman. all models featured in white, blonde-haired, that the audience sees paid much attention to grow up knowing that fashion advertisements blue-eyed model shows all different kinds of fashion models, but I beauty comes in every were white. up on the front page. people represented in did notice in catalogs shape, size and race. Only 8.3 percent of Upon scrolling down modeling and wearing that the pretty, skinny, In the modeling Follow Claire on Twitter models in ads were the page, I found three its products. white girls were always world, there may be a @ClaireHult

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By Winona Rajamohan STAFF WRITER

San Jose State University ushered in the opening round of the women’s soccer Mountain West Conference tournament with a 2-1 victo- ry against rival Fresno State on Tuesday night. After three back-to-back shutouts, with one coming against the Bulldogs on Friday, the Spartans ended their scoring drought at home and advanced to the semifinals for a show- down against Boise State Thursday night. “All season long we’ve said ‘Let’s try and score some goals because BULLDOGS we know we have a fantastic 1 defensive team’ and so that was one of the SPARTANS goals this game,” GABRIEL MUNGARAY | SPARTAN DAILY head coach Spartans forward Jamilecxth Becerra dribbles by two Fresno State defenders in the team’s 2-1 win Tuesday at the Spartan Soccer Complex. 2 Lauren Hanson Amarikwa said. foul was called after the ball playing with so much pas- said. The pace continued to was played. sion it just kind of natural- SJSU is hosting the cham- pick up in the second half The players’ frustrations ly falls equally. It just takes pionship for the first time when Bulldogs’ freshman When both teams are playing with so were evident on the field as that one moment to push in university history and the Robyn McCarthy scored much passion it just kind of naturally the match saw an increase through and put that goal Spartans kept the pressure on an equalizing goal three in physical contact between away,” Amarikwa said. their opponents’ defense in minutes later. falls equally. the two teams and less shots The Spartans are the thrilling opening round. The Spartans’ leading Kristen Amarikwa on target. headed into Thursday’s As the game inched into goal scorer, junior forward junior defender “When we kind of got into semifinal to face off its first 10 minutes, the inten- Jamilecxth Becerra was a con- a rat race back and forth, against conference leaders sity was already at an all- stant threat to the Bulldogs, ly wanted to win,” Becerra the Bulldogs to get out of that’s when things got hairy Boise State. time high as the Spartans and bringing the ball into the box said. “Once halftime came a 1-1 score. for us and so hopefully in “We’ll go out, we’ll be very Bulldogs exerted constant multiple times. around, I took a big breath Simoneau, who has made the future, we try to avoid organized like we always, be pressure on both sides of As shots kept firing in at and calmed down and I felt Mountain West history with that sooner better than later,” defensively solid and look to the field. the goal by both teams, con- like that’s when we could all eight shutouts in this year’s Hanson said. get a shutout and score a goal,” The Spartans took the heat tact on the field increased really play together.” conference play, managed to Finally, the Spartans shift- Hanson said. of the moment to their advan- as well with more players Both teams continued get three saves in the game. ed the tides completely in tage when junior defender getting slid into or tackled. with a back-and-forth tug on The Spartan Soccer their favor with a beauti- Kristen Amarikwa scored the Becerra received the its offense and defense as the Complex erupted into cheers ful goal in the 67th minute Follow Winona on Twitter first goal of the night in the first of four Spartan yel- match moved into its second when freshman defender by Becerra. @winonaarjmh 13th minute. low cards in the match half. Haleigh Wynne jumped over With slightly 20 minutes “Usually throughout the during the 26th minute of A ball straight into the Bulldogs’ goalkeeper Nicole left on the clock, the Bulldogs UPCOMING season we’ve had difficulty the match. hands of senior goalkeep- Theroux to knock the ball kept the pressure coming GAME scoring goals early on, so it “We were winning and er Paige Simoneau in the into an empty goal post in with almost equal posses- felt really good to be able to then we got that goal [by 49th minute was the start- the 53rd minute. sion time but failed to find a put that in early and bring Fresno State] and I just got ing point of a fierce battle However, the goal was scoring opportunity. SJSU vs. Boise State, that energy in the first half,” frustrated because I real- between the Spartans and called backed because a “When both teams are Thursday @ 7 p.m. Harris takes Spartans to new heights

By Myla La Bine have known each other with 1,733 minutes. STAFF WRITER since high school. “It feels really good to know Mathews said the two played that my coaches think of me as Soccer has always been a huge against each other on rival someone who’s consistent and can part of San Jose State University teams, Mountain View and play for that amount of time,” women’s sophomore forward Santa Clara. she said. Natasha Harris’ life. She start- Harris assisted Mathews Harris said she looks up to ed playing in the American on her game-winning junior midfielder Gabriela Youth Soccer Organization at goal against UC Davis on Herrera the most. 3 years old. Sept. 9. “She is [the team’s] constant Harris grew up in Mountain “I was just in a daze when it energy. No matter how much View and committed to the happened . . . I was like ‘what’s she’s playing or where she is, she’s Spartans early, during her sopho- going on?’ I actually just ran always that light at the end of the more year of high school. around [afterward],” Mathews tunnel,” Harris said. “I really liked the family atmo- said. “I didn’t even go up to As the Spartans near the sphere and the coaches. They [Harris], which I felt really bad end of their season, Harris said made it really easy to adjust and about. After the game, she was she’s looking forward to the they made me feel comfortable,” like ‘Hannah!’ and I was like, ‘Oh Mountain West Women’s Soccer Harris said. my God! Natasha, that was such a Tournament, which will be played Harris shared that her favorite good ball!’” at SJSU’s Soccer Complex at part of playing with the Spartans Mathews said previously south campus. is the family aspect. knowing Harris has been helpful “Some games haven’t [had] She said her teammates bring to her adjustment to the team. the results that we’ve wanted, but her up when she’s down, and she Harris said the moment I’m hoping that we can bring it does the same for them. Mathews scored was a key all together for the tournament “I just know they have moment for the team early on in and [for] the next few years since my back for everything,” the season. it’s such a young team . . . [hope- Harris said. “That win made us realize our fully] we’ll just keep growing,” Head coach Lauren Hanson potential and that when we really Harris said. credits the 5-foot-1-inch Harris try, we can work hard and win,” The Spartans’ earned the as one of the key players in the Harris said. No. 4 seed with a conference team’s success. When asked how she feels record of 6-2-3. “We’ve set a lot of records with about having the third-most SJSU defeated Fresno shutouts and she’s been an inte- playing time, Harris laughed State in the first round gral part of that. She’s a fantastic because she was unaware of Tuesday night 2-1 in the first defender and really plays very the stat. round of the Mountain West hard and aggressive for her size,” Harris currently has Conference tournament. PHOTO COURTESY OF SJSU ATHLETICS Hanson said. 1,703 minutes of playing time just Spartans sophomore forward Natasha Harris has the third-most playing Harris and teammate, fresh- behind junior defender Kristen Follow Myla on Twitter time this season on the team with 1,703 minutes. man defender Hannah Mathews, Amarikwa who leads the team @mylalabine25