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Thursday, Volume 157 Sept. 2, 2021 No. 7 SERVING SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1934 WWW.SJSUNEWS.COM/SPARTAN_DAILY UPD responds to stabbing attempt By Samantha Herrera back to him and then he started of the students came [down from MANAGING EDITOR chasing me,” George said. his room] and they continued George said the knife-wielding their verbal argument,” Belcastro student chased him from the said.“It went into a shoving match Crime Blotter The University Police grass area between Campus and one student put his hand Department responded to a call Village C and Campus Village in his pocket. The other student Attempted stabbing around 2 a.m. involving a San B until he was forced to cross choked him out and when he Sept. 1, 2 a.m. at Jose State student with a knife, Tenth Street and take cover at got up, he did pull a knife and threatening three other students, Sammy G’s Pizzeria. brandished it at them.” Campus Village C in the Campus Village on George said as soon as he saw Belcastro said nobody was Student cited Wednesday. the student had a knife, he called injured from the incident and George, an SJSU business UPD and they responded to the the knife-wielding student, sophomore who prefers to go scene in less than five minutes. whose name hasn’t been released, by his first name for privacy UPD Captain Frank Belcastro received a misdemeanor citation. Campus Village to make sure his roommates,” Dehmoubed said. concerns, said the student with said the incident started when a Mechanical engineering friend was OK. “I then said ‘bro, do you still have the knife targeted him and chased student inside a Campus Village freshman Asha Dehmoubed said He said when he found his the knife on you?’ He said yeah him around Tenth Street. C suite started throwing ketchup when he and George saw the friends, the student with the and then I yelled ‘throw the knife “I looked at his hand and saw packets from their window at knife, they took off running in knife was standing calmly at the on the ground’ and he just did it.” he had a knife so I decided we three students who were outside different directions. scene with his roommates until should probably just leave, but down below. Dehmoubed said when he UPD came. once I started to back away into “[The four students] got into a noticed George was the one “He was like, slightly calm Follow Samantha on Twitter the grass area he told me to come verbal argument [and then] one being chased, he went back to and he was with one of his @sammiherreraa_ Campus Voices University community diff ers on How do you feel about Texas’ Newsom abortion ban? Page 2 recall vote By Estevan Lopez A&E STAFF WRITER San Jose State community members are at odds on whether California Governor Gavin Newsom should JAIME CABRERA | SPARTAN DAILY The Student Union operates midday on Aug. 18 in preparation for community return. be removed and replaced by an elected candidate in the Sept. 14 recall election. Under California law, voters can recall the governor if proponents receive a minimum of 1,495,709 valid petition signatures, according to the Student Union, Inc. California Secretary of State website. The recall efforts began as a petition that received Musical inspiration 2.1 million signatures by the March 17 filing goes beyond deadline, according to a Ballotpedia article, which generations bargains over budget was last updated on Sept. 1. Ballotpedia is a nonprofit, digital encyclopedia of American politics and elections, according to Page 3 its website. Business senior David Canoy said California Directors spar over fi nancial needs to go in a different direction to “see change.” Opinion Canoy said a new governor in office could possibly future, nonprofi t status change the current statewide unemployment and homeless crises. “I’ve appreciated what Newsom has done for California, but after the [coronavirus] pandemic there are things that could’ve been handled better,” By Saumya Monga & Christine Stevens Canoy said. “A new governor in office with new STAFF WRITERS ideas and a new agenda could bring a better balance to the state.” Th e San Jose State Student Union board Newsom began his term on Jan. 7, 2019. of directors diff ered on its new budget and Governors are elected by popular vote, hold office introduced leadership changes during a tense for four years and are eligible for only two terms, Walt Disney hybrid meeting in the Student Union and on It could be months before according to Ballotpedia. Company shouldn’t Zoom Tuesday. Those who want to recall Newsom feel he didn’t close its stores Th e Student Union, Inc. is a nonprofi t this gets resolved and handle the COVID-19 pandemic correctly, as well organization that operates the Spartan students need a voice for as the subsequent shutdowns of schools, businesses Page 4 Recreation and Aquatic Center, Event and enforcement of mask mandates, according to a Center, the Student Union and ATM facility, the use of their fees and Sept. 1 New York Times article. according to its website. dollars. The recall ballot will contain two questions. Sports Th e buildings are operated by the The first question will ask individuals to vote Student Union board’s 12 members, which Sonja Daniels “yes” or “no” regarding his recall. is composed of fi ve students and seven associate vice president for campus life The second question will ask voters, regardless of faculty members. their first answer, who should take Newsom’s place Th e newly appointed Student Union as California’s next governor. board chair is political science sophomore If voters only answer question one, assuming Isaiah Andrews and the new vice chair is executive director, said the Student Union they vote to recall Newsom, the candidate with advertising junior Joshua Reyes. Th e fi nance, is currently negotiating its operating the majority of the votes will be selected even if a audit, facilities and programs committee agreement with Patrick Day, vice president majority of voters skipped the second question, chairs were also announced. of student aff airs. according to the California Voter Guide. Because the board is a nonprofi t, the “We have moved through some phases of More than 40 candidates are running against Deshaun Watson money used to operate its facilities comes agreeables, there are some areas that are still Newsom, according to an Aug. 31 CNN article. deserves to play until from the $381 Student Union fee every within negotiations,” Burke said during the Five republican candidates have emerged as guilty verdict student pays with tuition, according to the meeting. “I have met with [Day] as to our the frontrunners including John Cox, Larry Elder, SJSU Bursar’s Offi ce website. Page 5 Tamsen Burke, Student Union, Inc. STUDENT UNION | Page 2 RECALL | Page 2 Homecomingo NOMINATION DEADLINE: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH Royalty2021 TINYURL.COM/HOMECOMINGROYALTY2021 sjsunews.com/spartan_daily 2 THURSDAY, SEPT. 2, 2021 NEWS CAMPUS VOICES What is your reaction to Texas Senate Bill 8? Senate Bill 8 includes the ban of abortion after six weeks and incentivizes the public to police abortions. “[In the] culture I grew up “It’s a right that I should “I don’t believe that the “I think a lot of women are in, abortion’s not okay but have to be able to have an heartbeat is giving someone going to die in the process I understand. I really feel abortion.You don’t know the a life, no that’s not true. of trying to go somewhere like the extreme that they’re situation that person is going I think the brain has to else to get an abortion or do going to to punish abortion through, you don’t know if develop and then that’s it themselves.” is wrong.” that person can fi nancially when it starts becoming support a baby.” more of a baby.” Reem Farhat Leticia Perez Lizeth Villarreal Mikayla Whitmire psychology senior human resources senior radio, TV and fi lm sophomore sociology junior REPORTING BY DON LE RECALL Continued from page 1 Kevin Faulconer, Caitlyn Jenner and Kevin Kiley, according to Ballotpedia. Alumna Bianca Hernandez said recalling Newsom would be a “terrible idea” because the new governor would likely be a Republican candidate. “[Electing a Republican governor] will negatively affect education rights, reproductive rights, increasing taxes for us lower-income people and not the wealthy, and more negative impacts to our environment,” Hernandez said. Newsom pushed the largest economic stimulus to help Californians with housing, debt relief, education and broadband during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to CalMatters July 21 article. Yes, Newsom has done some wrong that has upset me PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY NICK YBARRA developing the AB1460 bill. Yountville, Napa Valley, at the height 33% of California voters, according to such as the French laundry AB1460 requires California State of the pandemic, ignoring COVID-19 a survey by the Public Policy Institute bill, but the good he’s done University undergraduates who intend California guidelines that prohibited of California. to graduate in 2024-25 to take an ethnic group gatherings, according to a The Public Institute of California is for the state of California studies course, taking effect fall 2021, Dec. 2, 2020 Newsweek article. a nonprofit, information website for shouldn’t warrant a recall. according to an Oct. 2, 2020 SJSU The restaurant is an exclusive outdoor public policy, according to its website. blog post. culinary experience starting at $450 per Mail-in ballots were delivered to Sharmin Khan Sharmin Khan, SJSU California person or a “White Truffle and Caviar eligible voters beginning Aug.