ONLINE INSIDE Hi: 81o o Campus groups take Twelth Turban Day Lo: 53 center stage at bridges cultural Spartan Showcase divide Thursday, PAGE 2 April 16, 2015 SPARTANDAILY.COM Volume 144 • Issue 31 VISIT SPARTANDAILY.COMANDAILYY.CCOMO Serving San Jose State Universityy ssinceince 1934 VOTEVOTE TODAYTODAY Associated Students Elections VOTE BEGIN Thursday, April 16 @3:30 p.m. END Thursday, April 23 @8:00 a.m. HOW TO VOTE ONLINE VOTE 1 Log on to your MySJSU account at my.sjsu.edu 2 Click “Vote” on the left menu 3 Choose carefully VOTE Candidate Debates VOTE Thursday, April 16 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Student Union Ballroom Declaration of Winners Thursday, April 23 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. at the Smith/Carlos Lawn BIG IDEA CANDLES IN THE NIGHT cording to the organization’s website. Th e lead coordinator for the event is senior Startups invited international business major Peter Lee, the for- Holocaust victims mer vice president of Associated Students. to pitch products “We’re really excited to bring an opportunity like this to campus,” Lee said. honored on campus Sponsored by the college of engineering, Lee BY RAPHAEL STROUD said Startup Weekend is an ideal event for busi- @randomlyralph ness and engineering majors. Lee said the college of business is supporting San Jose State University will be the site for SJSU’s Startup Weekend and Mayor Sam Lic- up-and-coming entrepreneurs during its fi rst cardo will be speaking at the event. Startup Weekend. Startup Weekend will allow “anyone with Lasting April 17-19, the three-day event any idea” to pitch their product or design to a will showcase the ideas of entrepreneurs in the panel of judges for one minute. hopes those startups can become legitimate Th e favorites of those ideas are chosen, and business opportunities. teams form to work on those ideas in order to Headed by non-profi t group UP Global, the present them to judges and possible investors. event has taken place in 112 countries in 568 cities with more than 100,000 attendees, ac- SEE STARTUP ON PAGE 2 STEALING THE SHOW Rosa Jasso | Spartan Daily Clean Bandit sweeps through SF Aviad Shani, a senior psychology major, attends a vigil held for BY RIGOBERTO GOMES Holocaust victims at Cesar Chavez Memorial Arch. @AskRigo Visit spartandaily.com Twelve million innocent lives More than 1,000 concertgoers for video coverage were taken in the Holocaust and on Monday night rolled into San their memory lives on in the hearts Francisco’s Regency Ballroom to BY ROSA JASSO of many Jewish people. pogo dance to electronic group @rosabjasso Members of Hillel of Silicon Val- Clean Bandit. ley, Spartans for Israel and the Jew- Internationally renowned Brit- Th e sky darkened, candles were ish Student Union came together to ish electronic band Clean Bandit lit, prayers were read and memories remember their ancestors at the vigil. crept onto the dark stage while of the Holocaust were released last Hannah Booth, a senior child and the audience awaited in anticipa- night at the Cesar Chavez Memorial adolescent development major, said tion. Tension built as the audience Arch. Holocaust Remembrance Day is an heard the steps of the group mak- Cristian Ponce | Spartan Daily Holocaust Remembrance Day is important event in Jewish culture. ing their way onstage. Grace Chatto, vocalist and cellist for Clean Bandit, celebrated worldwide every year in “I think it’s very important to performs in front of a packed audience Monday night respect of the men, women and chil- SEE BANDIT ON PAGE 3 at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco. dren who lost their lives 74 years ago. SEE VIGIL ON PAGE 2 A MATTER OF DEGREES states that already off er four-year “Over the past 20 months or 5,000 students in the first year. Community college checkup degrees through their community so, our faculty, working with The opportunities will be college systems. the faculty of the California available to students as early as BY RAECHEL PRICE to off er bachelor’s degrees. Provisions in the legislation, State University, have created Fall 2015. @rae_thecyborg Th e program approved 12 signed into law in January, require 1,600 new transfer degrees,” According to Harris, 30 per- new baccalaureate degrees, the new degrees to be unique to Harris said. “It’s a tremendous cent of all CSU graduates be- California Community Col- mostly technical and vocation- the community college system, not opportunity for our students to gan their academic careers at a leges Chancellor Brice W. Harris al degrees not off ered by CSU something already off ered by the smooth the pathway between community college. held a teleconference yesterday schools. Harris said three more CSU system. our institutions and the CSU.” “It’s really a fabulous oppor- to explain new initiatives, in- are being reviewed and are slat- Th e board is also working on Harris said 800 students tunity,” Harris said. cluding the pilot program which ed to be approved soon. improving transfer opportunities took advantage of the new pro- Raechel Price is a Spartan will allow community colleges California will join 22 other for community college students. gram in the first months and Daily staff writer. 2 NEWS Th ursday, April 16, 2015 STARTUP FROM PAGE 1 Turban Day celebrates Sikh culture, values According to Lee, more Visit spartandaily.com than 50 participant tickets for video coverage have been sold so far. Participants are divided BY ANDREA SANDOVAL into three categories: techni- @axsand0val cal (engineering), non-techni- cal (business) and design. The Sikh Student Association of San While this is the fi rst time Jose State University hosted their biannual Startup Weekend has been Turban Day Wednesday. held on campus, it has been Turban tying, live Bhangra performanc- done in the Bay Area before. es (Punjabi Dance), free food and awareness “I went to Santa Clara, and of the Sikh culture and heritage brought to- it was just an awesome event,” gether students spanning the spectrum of Lee said. race, gender and denomination. Lee and others linked with The Sikh Student Association is a stu- the organizers of the Santa dent organization that enables SJSU stu- Clara University event and dents to learn about Sikh beliefs, culture learned more about the coordi- and history. nation of Startup Weekend. The word “Sikh” in the Punjabi lan- Lee submitted his appli- guage means “disciple.” Sikhs consider cation for lead coordinator themselves the disciples of God who follow in early May 2014. the writings and teachings of the ten Sikh Andrea Sandoval | Spartan Daily “Th e way it works is that gurus, according to Sikhs.org. Jashanpreet Singh ties a turban on another student as a projective identity while Startup Weekend hap- Founded in 2003, Sikh Turban Day is an of royalty, grace and uniqueness. pens all over the world, each international campaign to raise awareness event and the planners are sort about the Sikh turban. trated sugars and other Indian spices, of autonomous,” Lee said. Both men and women wear turbans as a EveryEvery semester, we get a lot quenched students’ thirst. While Lee is the lead coor- head covering for their unshorn hair. of people, and we try to attract One of the snacks they offered was Pa- dinator, senior management The turban is an important part of the kore, which is made up of fried vegetables information systems major Sikh psyche that resonates with their val- them“ with the free food, music and ketchup. Tawan Suttamitr and CSU ues and realizing the nobility and divinity and informational posters Param Bhatia, a freshman software en- East Bay alumna Emily High- within every individual. gineering major, shared that the Sikh reli- street are also organizing the About 2,000 students showed interest that show our historyiistorystory gion is the worlds 5th largest religion and event with him. in the event said Ravlen Pabla, a recreation originated in India. Highstreet in particular therapy major. Ravlen Pabla This day is important to him and the was an organizer for the CSU “Every semester we get a lot of people, Recreation therapy major Sikh community because Vaisakhi is a Sikh East Bay Startup Weekend. and we try to attract them with the free festival which is a transition into spring. Along with campus spon- food, music and informational posters that Singh said, “but the standard time it takes He described it as a harvest festival, a day sors, Startup Weekend has show our history,” Pabla said. me I’d say would be 20 minutes.” where the religion was started and where it garnered support from local The posters had various pictures of Alam Panna described tying a turban received its identity. businesses as well. Sikhs who fought in the World War, as well as a person being a Sikh: When he puts it Th e Sikh Student Association wants to Pacific Workplaces is giv- as the ones who worked on the railroads. on he puts it on as a sign of respect, Pan- bring awareness to the community. Th ere ing out office space for the Jashanpreet Singh, a computer engi- na said. He said he keeps his head high, are a lot of misconceptions and a lot of peo- best startups, while promo- neering major, was there to celebrate Tur- doesn’t bow down to anyone else, cannot ple are uneducated about the religion, so tional site Descriptify will ban day by offering free turban tying. tolerate injustice and always stays peaceful. their goal is to bring diversity to the campus. make a half-minute video of “It can take me anywhere from 15-45 Rooh Afza, a refreshing Indian drink Andrea Sandoval is a Spartan Daily the top products.