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WAC basketball roundup see Sports p. 3 77 years... and counting Monday SPARTAN DAILY March 12, 2012 Jazz festival hits San Pedro Square see A&E p. 6 Volume 138, Issue 23 SpartanDaily.com Meatless 'Paradise' in Event Center Mondays now at SJSU Student organization NEAT promoting a once per week meat-free diet during March by Samantha Clark Staff Writer Th e Nutrition Education Action Team, called NEAT, is leading a Meat- less Monday campaign during March to encourage students to refrain from eating meat one day a week. According to its website, Meatless Monday is a public health non-profi t initiative that aims “to help end chron- ic preventable disease by off ering a weekly prompt that can support peo- ple in starting and sustaining healthy behaviors.” Today is the second Monday of the event, and NEAT is planning on walking around campus to share in- formation and take student pledges to go meatless from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Leanne Sapad, event coordinator, said NEAT believes “the Meatless Monday campaign has been an eff ec- tive program in creating change on other campuses.” Hip-hop artist Drake, also of “Degrassi” fame, performed at the Event Center Saturday during his 2012 Club Paradise Tour. His show in San Jose marks the second She added that cutt ing out meat to last show of the tour. Photo by Raphael Kluzniok / Spartan Daily once a week hopefully could serve as a “baby step” toward a healthy di- SEE A&E PAGE 6 etary change and that change takes place in “small, gradual steps.” NEAT is the student nutrition peer Th e SJSU International House was a fun way to get closer and a dian dance, led by Hargun Hansrao health education group at SJSU and hosted its semiannual Pancake good way to share my culture.” and Villy Bhatia, invited every- a part of the Student Health Center’s Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, which featured Cecil Robert, one of the student one to dance to Bhangra music and Wellness and Health Promotion of- entertainment and breakfast food coordinators, said the International the song “Mindiyan Ton Back Ke,” fi ce that works to improve nutrition from around the globe. House expanded the diversity of the which means “Beware of the Boys” on campus. breakfast Th is semester’s event served food buff et for more variety. in Punjabi. Felix Navarro, a second year nurs- from Hong Kong, Korea, Australia “Other people volunteered to Other performances included a ing student, said he thinks Meatless and the Middle East. make food not of their culture, Persian dance led by Farima Berenji, Monday is a great goal but “not realistic Students enjoyed cha ye dan, and all residents cooked together,” bagpipes by Tyler Hsieh, a Hawai- because no one will do it.” cooks up which are hard-boiled eggs cooked she said. ian dance by a member of SJSU Pride He said meat is too ingrained in in tea; handmade Saudi-style hum- She said the theme for this semes- of the Pacifi c and a cultural fashion our culture, therefore too diffi cult to mus, a chickpea purée; lamingtons, ter’s pancake breakfast was “Love show modeled by residents of the In- give up. a coconut-topped Australian sponge Unites.” ternational House. “Meat is convenient,” he said. “It’s cultural cake; and kimchi jeon, spicy Korean “Music, dancing, and food bring Phyllis Simpkins, an alumnus who everywhere in the Student Union: cabbage. people together,” Robert said. donated the house and co-founded Panda Express, Subway, the burrito Jeff Lee, a fi rst year business ma- Yaling Yao, a fourth-year math- the program with her husband in bar — the salad bar is the most ex- experience jor from South Korea, said he showed ematics major, said Sunday was the 1978, said the pancake breakfast pensive … a salad is more expensive others how to make the kimchi jeon fi rst time she saw Indian dancing started as a way to meet the students than a burger.” the night before. outside of the movies. living in the house. by Samantha Clark “Th ey tasted it, and they wanted Toward the end of the event, a SEE MEATLESS PAGE 2 Staff Writer to know how to make it,” he said. “It group of students performing an In- SEE PANCAKES PAGE 2 ‘Hip Hop For Change’ entices students to promote social change by Angelisa Ross Th is year, the program is collabora- communities?” Kwist said. Staff Writer tion between SJSU, University of San Salamanca explained the theme Francisco, Mills College and Santa of the conference, which consisted of While people were lining up to see Clara University, according to Kwist. three components: resist, revolt and Drake, hip-hop was already at SJSU in “We believe that hip-hop binds all re-create. the Student Union. of our communities,” Kwist said. “Learn, get your degree, work real- According Salamanca, each school SEE HIP-HOP PAGE 2 ly hard, stay awake but be a part of the has its own budget that helps con- changes,” said Sabrina Kwist, a prior- tribute to the event and this event ity facilitator of the event and director was funded by a one-time fund grant Spartan Daily of engagement and inclusion at Mills through student aff airs. Serving San José State University since 1934 Volume 138 / Issue 23 College. According to Kwist, 200 people reg- Kwist said she helps to create vari- istered to att end this event and around ous programs that promote learning 80 were present. and empowerment for students. Salamanca described the confer- Th e fi fth annual Hip-Hop for ence as a day that academics, practi- Change conference was hosted by tioners, the community and students SJSU for the fi rst time on Saturday. come together and analyze hip-hop. According to Caz Salamanca, in- In her own opinion, Kwist said she terim assistant director at the Mosaic believes it’s important to be able to ad- t Twitter: @spartandaily 63˚ Cross Cultural Center, the program dress issues at school such as tuition f facebook.com/spartandaily 46˚ att empts to fi gure out how activism fees. and social change can utilize hip-hop “If we don’t address these things View exclusive stories and multimedia at DJ Vex One educating students on the fundamentals and history of disc jockeying. to create social change and awareness in this environment, how will be able spartandaily.com Photo by Angelisa Ross / Spartan Daily in the community. to be the change makers in our own 2 NEWS SpartanDaily.com Monday, March 12, 2012 PANCAKES: Annual breakfast a hit Reshaping of gender roles FROM PAGE 1 “You get to meet a lot of alumni,” he said. “(Th e breakfast) is an experience,” she said. “I talked to a few today.” “I enjoy seeing all the kids and guessing which Simone Jeger, an alumnus, said people from investigated by students countries the costumes come from.” diff erent backgrounds came together and House residents wore cultural costumes while interacted. by Ty Hargrove working the event. “It feels like you’re a part of a community Staff Writer Ladia Záliš, a senior psychology major from — the world gets smaller, and I wish the world the Czech Republic, wore a Dutch sailor cos- would be this way,” she said. Th e idea of changing gender tume, and Marilyn Lowman, a senior hospital- Jeger said she used to live at the house when roles in today’s media was dis- ity major from central California, wore a Native she studied abroad in the U.S. from Switzerland, cussed by students in a work- American costume. and came to the breakfast during her spring shop hosted by the Mosaic Freshman Winston Phillips said he came break from the University of Southern Califor- Cross Cultural Center and ad- alone and would come to the next breakfast and nia, where she is a graduate student, because it’s dressed the topic of aggressive the Tuesday coff ee nights hosted by the I-House. an important event. wives and lazy husbands and “I wanted to come because I heard how great Kristen Pendleton, community opera- how these role dynamics aff ect it is to learn from and meet people around the tions manager of the International House, said society. world,” he said. 70 students from 23 diff erent countries live On Th ursday, Samantha Students were seated a long tables and at the house. Plescia lead a discussion with parities were mixed, spurring conversation. “Th e event is unique and really refl ects the student participants about the Att endee Allen Shen said the breakfast is a students who put it on,” she said. “Diversity how men are being portrayed Students participate in a group discussion about sexism in today’s great networking opportunity. (here) is so deep on diff erent levels.” in the media at the expense of culture at the Switching Sexism event last Thursday at the Mosaic women in the media gaining Center. Photo by Derik Irvin / Spartan Daily power roles. discuss a series of questions, how it has an aff ect on us a said Lauren Bartlett , a Mills Hip-Hop Political Convention; “It is important because I such as how does this impact humans. College ethnic studies senior. Adam Mansbach, author of “An- am beginning to notice it and I you? Or how does this make “We are not seeing the HIP-HOP: Bartlett went on to say con- gry Black White Boy;” Shamako wanted to know who else was you feel? point because humor seems ferences like this allow college Noble, executive director of the noticing it too,” Plescia said.