A&E Opinion Sports Battle royale games ‘PUBG’ Florida students are ignorant Playoff bound Sharks and ‘Fortnite’ pushed to when it comes to gun are in midst of a center of online gaming map control and the NRA four-game losing streak Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Serving the San Jose State University community since 1934 Volume 150 No. 28 Thursday, April 5, 2018 SPARTAN DAILY sjsunews.com/spartan_daily TUITION MEMORIES Demanding more funding SJSU library photo CSU students and faculty protest at California State Capitol exhibit honors MLK BY DOMINOE IBARRA of the civil rights movement. STAFF WRITER An active minister beginning in the 1950s, A small bell was rung 50 King founded the Southern times on the second floor Christian Leadership of the Martin Luther King Conference in 1957. Jr. Library Wednesday He used nonviolent afternoon to commemorate resistance to overcome the day civil rights icon injustice, continuously Martin Luther King Jr. was worked to end segregation assassinated. laws and become a main The chimes began at 3:45 figure in protests. p.m. and ended at 4:01 p.m. The event at the library, PST for the exact date and hosted by journalism and time in 1968 when King was mass communications struck at the Lorraine Motel in professor Michael Cheers, Tennessee. King was visiting also featured a photo the area to rally support for exhibit. Several San Jose the sanitation workers’ strike. State and high school The event was open to the students traveled to public and several prominent different landmarks in the community members were South with Cheers over present. spring break. Photos taken “Dr. King was more on the trip were on display. ALEX MARTINET | SPARTAN DAILY than a dream,” Rev. Jethroe “This has been in the Cal State Los Angeles student Antionette Saddler (left) confronts CSU Chancellor Timothy White (right) at Moore II, San Jose/Silicon works for two years,” a protest in Sacramento Wednesday. Students are asking for more school funding and higher teacher pay. Valley NAACP, president Cheers said. “I knew that said. “So often we leave him in 2018 it was going to BY ALEX MARTINET announced tuition hike. Brown’s 2018 to 2019 San Jose State, said she is in ‘I have a dream’ and that be the anniversary and I STAFF WRITER In a recent meeting, budget, released in January, currently $45,000 in debt. was it. But he prophesied started working on it and CSU trustees requested an allocated $92 million to She attended the rally to about excessive racism, putting it together and Nearly 2,000 California additional $263 million in CSU campuses, leaving continue the possibility of excessive militarism and this is it.” State University (CSU) state support to fund student what many students and going to college for the rest materialism and all those The group first visited students and faculty programing, according to a faculty fear is another of her family. things and words that are Ebenezer Baptist Church members gathered in front press release by Elizabeth tuition hike. “If tuition increases, there affecting America today in Atlanta, which was of the State Capitol in Chapin Hetherington, CSU Psychology junior is a possibility that my little and it’s tearing our country King’s church. Sacramento on Wednesday Public Affairs Manager. Isabel Contreras, a first- apart.” to protest the recently California Gov. Jerry generation college studentat RALLY | Page 2 King was seen as a leader DREAM | Page 2 HOUSING Homeless alliance seeks to shelter students BY KRISTEL RODRIGUEZ San Jose Homeless Census homelessness. STAFF WRITER Survey, a total of 4,350 Since then, the university people were experiencing and surrounding area Social action is a San homelessness in the city on have consistently hosted Jose State sociology course any given night. homeless encampments that blends the classroom Sixty-seven percent of in their neighborhoods so and community by creating respondents in the same that encampment residents student-lead groups to fight survey cited the high-cost can avoid violating city various social injustices in of rent as the primary ordinance which requires San Jose. obstacle to securing encampments to move The Student Homeless permanent housing. every three months to city- Alliance (SHA) began in the These statistics mimic approved locations. social action course of fall conditions experienced in The San Jose Mercury 2017 and was revived this the community surrounding News reports that Caltrans spring by sociology senior Seattle Pacific University crews did a massive sweep of Gigi Bolanos. (SPU) in Washington state. encampments alongside the SHA is dedicated to According to the Seattle 101, 280 and 680 in San Jose finding sustainable housing Times, homeless residents at the beginning of February. PHOTO COURTESY OF SUSIE GARCIA solutions for homeless San in the area were displaced The city’s Homeless After Seattle Pacifi c University students advocated for a more permanent housing Jose residents and Spartans. by unemployment, high cost Census also reported that solution for the homeless, these homes were built near the campus in Washington. “We have three demands,” of rent and growing income 643 people were seen living Bolanos said. “Get the city inequality. in these encampments. potential solution to student break to tour SPU’s campus support for the encampments,” of San Jose to sanction Knowing this, the Sociology senior and homelessness at SJSU and in order to see which Garcia said. “But also the affordable encampments, more fortunate residents SHA member Susie Garcia the surrounding area. ways the community’s amount of support the decriminalize homelessness of the community and was born and raised in Garcia, Bolanos and encampment model can be encampment residents gave and get affordable dorms for SPU advocated for a San Jose and views SPU’s sociology junior and SHA incorporated at SJSU. to their communities.” SJSU students.” better solution – to positive treatment of member Juan Marrufo “I was surprised at the According to the 2017 change the culture around homeless encampments as a visited Seattle during spring amount of community TINY HOMES | Page 2 A.S. BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTIONS 2018 CONNECT WITH CANDIDATES t! for Student Governmen Candidate Debates Monday, 04/09 5pm-7pm Student Union Room 4B FOR MORE INFO, VISIT AS.SJSU.EDU/VOTE sjsunews.com/spartan_daily 2 THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2018 NEWS These ‘Toys R’ done in America EXECUTIVE EDITOR SARAH KLIEVES BY WILLIAM DELA CRUZ MANAGING EDITOR R Us Chairman and Chief THOMAS SOARES STAFF WRITER Executive Officer, said in a statement that he is very EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Toys R Us will be closing disappointed with the result MARCI SUELA or selling all of its stores in but they just no longer have PRODUCTION EDITOR the United States and Puerto the financial support to NICHOLAS GIRARD Rico, according to a press continue the company’s U.S. release by the company. operations. NEWS EDITOR After filing for Amy Von Walter, executive WILLIAM YAP bankruptcy in September vice president for Toys R Us’ A&E EDITOR 2017, the company Global Communications and JOSE F. GOVEA announced on March 14 it Customer Care, attributes would close all U.S. stores, the company’s shut down to OPINION EDITOR according to CNBC. changing times. JONAS ELAM Founded in 1948, the “Customer preferences SPORTS EDITOR toy company is the largest are evolving rapidly with JESSICA HOWELL specialty retailer in the convenience and price at world, according to Bizfluent, the top of the list,” Walter PHOTO EDITOR a website that provides said via email. “No question SAVANNAH HARDING information on business. that the growth of online WILLIAM DELA CRUZ | SPARTAN DAILY MULTIMEDIA EDITOR Many people, including has impacted brick-and- OMAR PEREZ San Jose State students, mortar retailers.” A Toys R Us and Babies R Us in Fremont displays a “going out of business” banner are sad to see it go Online retailers are taking on its storefront. The company announced on March 14 that all U.S. stores will close. MULTIMEDIA REPORTER because of the memories over the market as more than DAISUKE EGUCHI they have of going to the 75 percent of U.S. shoppers on the other hand, it’s sad. It’s announced its shutdown of Toys R Us gifts cards can ONLINE EDITOR store as children. said they will do most of their nostalgic in a sense where I operations in the U.S. exchange them at Bed, Bath KELLY BURNS Child development junior holiday shopping on Amazon, went in knowing I worked “There have been many & Beyond for a reduced Kat Jimenez remembers according to CNBC. hard for something or finally sad moments for Toys R Us eGift card, according to COPY EDITORS going to the toy store as a kid Communication studies saved enough.” in recent weeks and none CNN Money. JACKIE CONTRERAS NOE MAGANA during the holiday season. junior Ranelle Sanchez Sanchez said that children more heartbreaking than CNN Money stated that “My mom and I would go said she shops online nowadays have it much news about the passing of a $20 Toys R Us gift card STAFF WRITERS to Toys R Us on Black Friday over stores because of the easier than children used to. our beloved founder Charles can be exchanged for a $12.84 KAEL BENITEZ-AUSTRIA and stay in long lines to be convenience factor. “Not every kid is spoiled, Lazarus,” Walter said. “He Bed, Bath & Beyond gift DIANA AVILA able to get all of my cousins “In today’s culture on but the accessibility for visited us in New Jersey card. A $100 gift card can be WILLIAM DELA CRUZ ANDREW GLENN presents for Christmas,” consumerism, we’ve grown entertainment is so simple just last year and we will exchanged for $64.20.