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Thursday, Volume 151 8.30.2018 No. 5 SERVING SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1934 WWW.SJSUNEWS.COM/SPARTAN_DAILY A&E Opinion Sports The Weeknd debuts radio No means no...and with it, fear Catching up with show, following footsteps of violent repercussions. Is this Alex Clewis, standout of Drake, other peers conversation long overdue? goalkeeper Page 4 Page 7 Page 8 SJ airport cuts down parking fee By Melody Del Rio check will be closer STAFF WRITER to the terminal, once the interim terminal Norman Y. Mineta is built, along with San Jose International access to Terminal A Airport (SJC) has security screening. NORA RAMIREZ | SPARTAN DAILY reduced the daily Travelers departing The San Jose State University water fountains were turned on after being off because of California’s drought. parking rate in Lot 2 by from Terminal B $6. The new daily flat will be able to take a rate will be $24. shuttle located at the The discount on the Terminal A ground lot, located at Terminal transportation area. A, will only be valid “[Our airport] wants for vehicles that arrive to cut down on the WATER FOUNTAINS after 2 a.m. Lot 2’s price amount of walking that reduction is to offer an our travelers do. That is alternative affordable why we are going to have option when Lot 1 fills. six new boarding gates. “When deciding We are taking a look at REVITALIZE CAMPUS the price point, our the airlines and placing team looked at various them closer together,” price points currently Barnes said. offered at our airport A new interim . .the lowest, being terminal building plan By Nora S. Ramírez university’s vice president fountains on campus. two years to get these $18 and the highest, has been announced. STAFF WRITER of administration, Charlie “There were some things up and running $30. We then looked for The SJC airport will Faas, the fountains bring ordinances with the city and going again because a medium and asked be breaking ground on San Jose State peace and make the that we weren’t even they’ve been dried for quite ourselves how much can an interim terminal University’s recreational university look lively. allowed to use recycled some time,” Faas said. “We we charge? That’s how building because of the water fountains have The Tower Lawn water water in these fountains,” use only recycled water in we decided on a price.” expansion of the airlines. rekindled the start of the fountain is around four to Faas said. “That’s why these fountains so it’s not SJC Public Information The airport will also fall semester. five feet tall, surrounded these things got shut down like it’s fresh water.” Manager Rosemary reduce 500 spaces in As of Tuesday, the by beautifully aged and and frankly some of the Some students claim Barnes said. Lots 5 and 6 in order Cesar E. Chavez Archway inviting benches. pipes were corroded and that the university doesn’t Lot 2, Terminal to make space for the and Tower Lawn Because of the there were some issues.” update them with what is A Garage, offers a interim terminal, which fountains have official- California drought, state Ever since he began changing or what changes conveniently covered will offer up to six new ly been turned on after and local regulations working for SJSU, Faas the campus implements. parking facility. boarding gates. three years of being were implemented in has wanted to see the “Just as this semester is Passengers departing According to a press inactive. order to preserve water, fountains on, he added. from Terminal A flights According to the which affected the water “I’ve been pushing for LIVELY | Page 2 who do not need bag SJC | Page 2 “Silent Sam” statue toppled By Jana Kadah officials are hesitant to STAFF WRITER question monuments that people set up in the past as Protesters at University a reflection of our culture of North Carolina- and history,” Mexican- Chapel Hill removed a American studies confederate monument professor Gregorio Mora on Aug. 20. Torres said. “Culture and The statue of the history change all the time “Silent Sam” Confederate and we need to rethink soldier was toppled by the value of a statue in protestors using a rope. modern times.” People gathered at the The incident was monument to protest controversial. Opponents SOURCE: FOXNEWS, INFOGRAPHIC BY JANA KADAH| SPARTAN DAILY white supremacy. Confederate statue “Silent Sam” was toppled by University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill on Aug. 20. “City and university HISTORY | Page 2 There are 30 confederate statutes that have been removed or relocated since 2017. sjsunews.com/spartan_daily 2 THURSDAY, AUG. 30, 2018 NEWS Senate passes ‘straw law’ legislation By Huan Xun Chan STAFF WRITER California’s Senate passed We don’t need legislation restricting single- use plastic straws in dine- feel-good in restaurants last Friday. legislation, we California became the first state to ban straws. The bill need legislation will prohibit full-service that makes an restaurants from offering plastic straws to customers obvious and unless they request them. immediate Juan Sandoval, the manager at the restaurant improvement to Grande Pizzeria, said our environmental that the restaurant would follow the law and stop condition. providing straws once the Bruce Olszewski law implementation begins. Director of the Center for “We [used to] give Development of Recycling them the straw and the cup both at the same time. SOURCE: OCEANOGRAPHY JOURNAL, INFOGRAPHIC BY HUAN XUN CHAN | SPARTAN DAILY However, what we’re going Bruce Olszewski, said that Plastics account for 80 percent of marine debris while the remaining 20 percent is other materials such as metal to do now is hand them a simply implementing a cans and cigarette butts. cup, and if they ask for a straw ban would not help straw, [we will] give them much in environmental recently gone viral on the be needed. “The industries herself to volunteering “He [the student] one,” Sandoval said. protection. “Does it really internet. should be responsible for with community service would need aid for hand The bill states that any solve a problem or is it Olszewski then the problems their products organizations that work movements. He lacked full-service restaurants merely a political expedient expressed his worry, “If have made,” Olszewski said. with people with special strength so I definitely think that violate the law will be to make somebody a feel- there is enough motivation Olszewski emphasized needs. She has worked that he wouldn’t be able to charged $25 for each day. A good legislation that is in from the public to the government’s with children with various drink at a restaurant without maximum annual total fine fact ineffective?” encourage legislators responsibility to enforce disabilities, such as down a straw. Even with a straw, has been set at $300. Olszewski added, to actually pass this the manufacturers to be syndrome, autism and somebody would be holding According to the “We don’t need feel- legislation, people would responsible for “the end of physical disabilities. up for him, only then could California Coastal good legislation, we need believe the problem would the life of their products,” Kring said that the he drink on the straw.” Commission, “the primary legislation that makes an be solved. Where in fact, it such as paying the costs restriction on offering The law states that source of marine debris is obvious and immediate could be far from so.” for recycling and waste- straws in restaurants restaurants should only urban runoff.” Plastic straws improvement to our Instead of having a straw- cleaning processes. would not be considerate provide straws upon are among the top 10 items environmental condition.” banning law that wouldn’t Aubrey Kring, president of people with disabilities. request. “I think it’s an extra collected during the annual The director said that resolve much of the of Speak Out, a community When Kring worked as embarrassment on them California Coastal Cleanup one of the main reasons the environmental problem, service organization at a teaching assistant at a and could make them feel Day since 1984. straw ban gained traction, Olszewski suggested SJSU, said the straw law was high school, she recalled isolated,” Kring said. Director of the Center for was an image of a turtle that in order to solve the not being friendly to the that there was a student Development of Recycling with straws protruding problem from the source, special needs community. who had cognitive and Follow Huan Xun on Twitter at San Jose State University, from its’ nostrils that had institutional change would Kring has committed physical disabilities. @Huanxun_chan HISTORY According to CNN, the rights violations. The contentious debate some type of genocide,” The debate over reasons for the last arrest “I think it’s very important about history and race sociology freshman Ximena the removal of statues Continued from page 1 have not been released. to correct history,” Mexican- reached San Jose earlier this Ramirez said. highlights a struggle within The article also states that American studies professor year similarly, in regards to However, others argue minority communities the University of North Julia Curry-Rodriguez said. the Christopher Columbus that Columbus is an integral to reclaim the narratives and supporters of the Carolina-Chapel Hill will “Some people would argue, Statue that stood in San part of the nation’s history. taught in American History, statue falling gathered remount the statue within no, this is not correcting Jose City Hall. According to History.com, the professor said. on Saturday, where the 90 days, in accordance with the history, this is a point of San Jose City Council he helped exchange various “It doesn’t make it OK statue once stood, to voice university policies.