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San Jose State University was alive with inspiration on Th ursday in the wake of recent civil rights protests making their way to San Jose. “Th e tragic irony of this week is that current events has done more P.R. for the day’s event than we could have ever done,” said William Armaline, director of the human rights program at SJSU. “We are very dedicated to bringing these organizations together and creating an environment where the university can Brandon Chew | Spartan Daily play as conduit between the commu- A set of performers dance down Post St. in San Francisco to celebrate the Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival on nity scholarship and activists and Sunday. organizers such that we can solve reasonable social problems together UP FOR DEBATE in reasonable ways.” Armaline’s program off ers an interdisciplinary minor in human rights for students with interest in A.S. candidate international law, human rights ad- vocacy, reporting and organizing and also off ers human rights scholarship. debate draws few Armaline moderated the panel “Sharing Experiences in Struggle,” where organizers from Ferguson, BY ANATASIYA RAKOVA questions addressed to the can- Missouri, Chicago and the Bay Area @ssupstace didates by event organizers and discussed their involvement in re- audience members alike were viving the civil rights movement. A small fraction of San Jose fi red off . Rosa Jasso | Spartan Daily Page May, a Chicago-based activ- State’s student community at- Th e SJSU Student Election Business student Galina Owens and ﬁ nance student ist, spoke about her experiences with tended the candidate debates Commission and audience Eric Rudawski answer questions as candidates for the We Charge Genocide, a grassroots for the Associated Students elec- brought up crucial points re- Director of Business Affairs during the A.S Election De- civil rights campaign to end police tions, the polls for which offi cial- garding candidates’ potential bates in the Student Union Ballroom on Thursday. violence in Chicago. ly opened at 3 p.m. on Th ursday. future goals for the student body. out the debates. According to Matthew Diwata, “It’s not just about the shootings,” Th e audience count started Budget, student involvement, First, the issue of establishing May said. at about 10 students, but quick- transparency and accessibility a balanced budget was directed ly rose as a series of concerning were recurring themes through- toward the candidates. SEE DEBATE ON PAGE 2 SEE RIGHTS ON PAGE 2

IF YOU BUILD IT GROUND FLOOR Lego Day allows all to play Startup Weekend picks winners BY RAV EN SWAYNE trepreneurs to build teams and said. “Just the fact that we that Visit spartandaily.com @itsRavenDawn potential business ideas. we can bring all the students for video coverage Peter Lee, a senior interna- in our community together to BY DARBY BROWN-KUHN Entrepreneurs from around tional business major and the fi gure out how to start com- @darbk5352 the Bay Area came to San Jose man responsible for bringing panies is something I’m really State this past weekend to meet Startup Weekend to SJSU, felt excited about.” On the third Th ursday of every with fellow businessmen for it was important to host this Lee said none of this would month at the Mountain View Public the fi rst ever Startup Weekend event at San Jose aft er hearing have been possible if it weren’t Library, adults and children build at SJSU. about a friends experience at a for Professor Anuradha Basu colorful objects such as cars, boats Startup Weekend, pow- previous Startup Weekend. and four other students who and houses from a pile of rubble. ered by Google, is an organi- “Th e businesses that are helped organize the weekend Th e monthly event is called Lego zation that holds weekend or started here aren’t just for the event. Day, an event created by staff librar- weeklong events to create an competition they actually be- ian Emily Weak, who got the idea environment for aspiring en- come business aft erward,” Lee SEE IDEA ON PAGE 2 from working at other libraries that had Legos for kids. “I saw how popular they were with kids and knowing this area, knowing the types of engineers we Rosa Jasso | Spartan Daily have, knowing that adults are in- Todd Frey, a homemaker, Right to record improves transparency terested in all the same things that builds a deck for his pirate kids are interested in,” Weak said. island made out of Legos BY LAUREN HERNANDEZ cord” bill, was introduced by Sen. Ricardo Lara “Th ey just need to be secret about it provided by the Mountain @LaurenPorFavor in hopes to clarify the ambiguity of penal codes or don’t get the chance.” View Regional Library for 69 and 148, which refer to obstruction charges Th e event originally started as a their Lego Day event. Th e California Senate approved legislation oft en used against citizens who video record lunchtime venue for adults that en- that would clarify the right to photograph and police offi cers. couraged them to network and re- kind of the meanest thing that you video record police offi cers last Monday. Th e bill is a reminder of an individual’s lieve stress, but frequent appearanc- can do so we decided to do a second What does this mean for Californians who First Amendment right to record an offi cer in es by younger visitors made Weak hour that’s for everybody.” are eager to pull out their cellphones when they a public place and incorporates an amendment reconsider how it was structured. Lego Day is hosted in a small see a police offi cer in the midst of performing stating the act of recording does not “consti- “Kids kept coming to the adult room adjacent to the front entrance their duties? tute reasonable suspicion to detain a person or program going ‘But can’t I come of the library where tables are ori- Th ey can do so, without deterring the offi - probable cause of arrest.” into the adult program? Please? ented into a large square that sits cer of course, without fear of fi ne, detainment Although recording police in public has Please?’ and I have to tell them no,” over 20 people. or arrest. Weak said. “And to me, telling a Th e legislation dubbed “Th e Right to Re- SEE POLICE ON PAGE 5 kid that he can’t play with Lego is SEE LEGO ON PAGE 2 2 NEWS Tuesday, April 21, 2015

LEGO Th e set is housed in a 30-gallon tub for a participant is what they want is easy to manipulate. ments you can snap them together. FROM PAGE 1 that nearly spills over when at full to build. “You don’t have to be good You can do all sorts of unexpected capacity and is mainly comprised Mountain View resident at it to just snap them together,” things with them if you work at it Th e Lego bricks come from a of Lego sets from the ‘90s. Todd Frey, who built a desert is- Frey said. “Like clay, I can’t make enough.” single set donated from a son of a With so many pieces to build land getaway at the library, said anything out of clay, it looks like Darby Brown-Kuhn is a children’s librarian staff member. with, the only determining factor Lego bricks are an art form that nothing, but this you just have ele- Spartan Daily staff writer.

IDEA ness plans to four judges: Dave Hadden, an FROM PAGE 1 angel investor, Marc Phillips, managing director for Arafura Ventures, Arjun Buxi, cul- Th e event began Friday evening at Clark ture speech communications professor and Hall where attendees were greeted with an Dustin Yoder, Sureify founder. array of Mexican food. Th ey were then led up- After all teams presented the judges stairs to hear keynote speakers Mayor Sam Lic- chose their top three teams who would win cardo and entrepreneur Peggy Gibbs. the provided prizes. Liccardo and Gibbs spoke about the impor- The judges chose Red Hound as the tance of entrepreneurship and how useful it is first-place winner. to fi nd a problem and then a way to solve it. Red Hound, created by five teammates, Gibbs, who is the co-founder of Camp Bi- is a small alarm device that anyone can at- zSmart, a company that helps young people tach to their personal belongings. If their develop new problem-solving ideas, believes belongings are taken the alarm will sound, entrepreneurship is a very important skill for potentially scaring away the thief. all people to have. Anuj Agrawal, a member of the winning “Sometimes you’re presented with a prob- team and an SJSU alumnus, thought of the idea lem, other times you have to go out and fi nd when his own laptop was stolen last month. it but literally all around us, everyday, there “I couldn’t aff ord a new one and then we are so many problems that are worth solv- found this event online,” Agrawal said. “We ing,” Gibbs said. decided to make something to solve this is- Every person was given the opportunity to sue at this event.” pitch their business idea in one minute then all Agrawal and his team members are look- in attendance voted for the top ideas. Th e most ing forward to continuing their work on Red | Spartan Daily voted for pitches formed nine groups. Hound with the assistance of prizes they won. Courtney Kreitner Sunday evening participants gathered in Raven Swayne is a Spartan Daily staff San Jose mayor Sam Liccardo speaks to students about how Yoshihiro Uchida Hall to present their busi- writer. valuable it is to ﬁ nd solutions to problems and entrepreneurship.

RIGHTS Azeez began support- the injustices of our nation. tary confi nement cell in the all were invited to engage in words such as “inmate” and FROM PAGE 1 ing the Black Lives Mat- A scale model of a Peli- United States. Nothing more dialogue during the event’s “convict” on their own can ter movement by passing can Bay Security Housing than a sink and a garbage Talking Circle. create negative ideals about Nabeehah Azeez, a out water and snacks to Unit by Prison Hunger can occupied the room of Th e initial silence was a person or group of people. full-time community or- protesters in Ferguson Strike Solidarity Coalition blank, white walls. replaced with the steady Th e very language we use, he ganizer for Missourians marching through the late sat in imposing silence in Van Aken described the rhythm of a drum. Black, said, are an injustice. Organizing for Reform summer heat. the courtyard of the Stu- misconceptions surround- brown and white faces of all “If we’re gonna transform and Empowerment, spoke Azeez, a former pa- dent Union. ing this type of punishment. ages stared toward one an- the narrative, we gotta fi gure about her thoughts on the role officer, took first aid “Th ey vary in sizes, but “Solitary confi nement is other, as Maribel Martinez, out a way to use the com- nation’s justice system. and “Know Your Rights” most are the size of an aver- not for the worst of the worst director of Cesar Chavez mon day language,” La Fon- “The system isn’t bro- training courses. Her in- age American bathroom or like everyone says,” Van Community Action Cen- taine said. ken,” Azeez said. “The volvement continued to a parking space,” said Chel- Aken said. ter, circled the room with Th e culmination of the system is working exactly increase until she was able sea Van Aken, justice stud- Even minor infractions a drum in attempt to syn- day’s events was Angela the way it was designed to to resign from her job and ies graduate student. “Th at can land inmates in the Se- chronize everyone’s heart- Davis’ keynote lecture to a work.” work full-time with her is what they live in, for 23 curity Housing Unit. beat, she said. packed house in Morris Dai- Although it may be in- current organization. hours a day, for years.” “You could have any- ley auditorium. timidating to get involved Th e event extended be- Th e narrow yet tall box thing from $5 in cash on Davis focused her lecture in community organiz- yond the conference room that stood on display for the your person to nodding at The system is on the young people in the ing, Azeez advised stu- walls. Installation art was campus to experience was a someone ... because it’s all crowd, who fell into rapt si- dents to start small. used to evoke the realities of replica of the average soli- now about the gang affi lia- working exactly lence, waiting for her next tion,” Van Aken said. the way it was words of wisdom. However, today’s young “ “Th is is a very special activists are missing an im- designed to work moment,” Davis said. “Peo- portant aspect of communi- ple are going to be asking ty organizing, said Delorme Chelsea Van Aken you, when you get to be my McKee-Stovall, director of Justice studies age, … ‘What was it like, in the Santa Clara County Of- graduate student 2015, when the revolution- fi ce of Human Relations. ” ary movement got rekin- “What we in the old civ- dled?’ and so you’ll be able il rights movement want “Where is your heart to say—if you do the right is for you not just to be right now?” Martinez asked thing—that you are one of physical out on the streets, to the circle. the people involved in re- complaining about what’s Hearts were fi lled with kindling this revolutionary going on, but begin to do contrasting emotions. Frus- energy.” what we’re about to do tration, anger, hope and in- Following her lecture, next: start talking about spiration overwhelmed the Davis was presented with a what are the main issues,” room as attendees expressed lifetime achievement award McKee-Stovall said. their feelings toward sys- from the San Jose Peace and McKee-Stovall stressed temic injustices experienced Justice Center and the SJSU the need for marginalized by people of color. African-American studies individuals to speak about Manuel La Fontaine, an department. struggles in a strategic way. organizer with Legal Ser- Raechel Price and Rain Following the day of pre- vices for Prisoners with Stites are Spartan Daily sentations and workshops, Children, told the circle staff writers.

DEBATE Lum said one way to create a stronger FROM PAGE 1 relationship between the two is to host informal meet-and-greet events, where a candidate for controller, the situation campus clubs and faculty can socialize is pressing. in a familiar setting. She said both par- “If you look at the budget from the ties can learn to communicate better with past six years, we’ve actually been run- each other and faculty can provide con- ning on a deficit,” Diwata said. nections to aid student organizations. With the $7 million A.S. controls, “Th ese will inspire to create a better stu- candidates discussed the idea that pa- dent-faculty relationship,” Lum said. rameters need to be established for Th is year a total of 30 candidates are in where budget is going. competition for 16 positions. In the height of Also concerning the budget issue, opening of the polls, over a third of them did Diwata’s opponent for controller, Bryce not attend to have their voices heard. Lewis, stated that a certain official foun- Absent candidates were: Jonathan Ma- dation and equal fairness throughout cias, running for president, Emmanuel the budget are important. Crisostomo and Sam Smith for controller, According to Eric Rudawski, candidate Brandon Do for director of communica- for director of business aff airs, addressing tions, Aaron Friedman for director of ex- and improving transportation solutions are tracurricular aff airs, Grecia Cuellar for di- needed. He said the Eco Pass system was a rector of faculty aff airs, Veronica Carrillo great step in reaching that goal, but the cam- for director of intercultural aff airs, Marco pus needs to be more informed about its re- Buelna and Malika Kaur for director of sources in order to take advantage of them. programming aff airs, Ismail Abukhdeir Students need to know the opportuni- for director of student resource aff airs, Ja- ties available to them regarding commut- skirat Singh for director of students rights ing, Rudawski said. and responsibilities and Nadim Sarras for “Once that gets addressed students director of university advising aff airs. will have one less thing on their minds,” Polls will be open for online voting un- Rudawski said. til 8 a.m. Th ursday. Winning candidates Joyce Lum, candidate for director of fac- will also be announced at 1 p.m. on the ulty aff airs, remarked on the transparency Tommie Smith and John Carlos Statue and accessibility of students and faculty. lawn on Th ursday. “One of my goals is to bridge the gap be- Anastasiya Rakova is a Spartan Daily tween students and faculty,” Lum said. staff writer. Tuesday, April 21, 2015 A&E 3 DillonREVIEW Francis, Nero and Bro Safari bring the beats

BY RAYMOND IBALE was dancing all crazy and eral top DJ’s in the world, @RaymondIbale the lights and lasers were like Flosstradamus, GTA, going all crazy too.” Yellow Claw and LOUD- Life Every day, or LED, Dillion Francis at PVCK. Th ese remixes brought in heavy hitting one point of the night blended into a fi lthy trap DJs Dillon Francis, Bro Sa- had the crowd spell out and bass set. fari, Henry Fong and Nero the F-word, for his song “Bro Safari was my fa- to San Jose State’s Event “What’s Th at Spell” off vorite because he played a Center for a star-studded his debut album “Money mix of diff erent songs that two-day event. Sucks, Friends Rule.” were upbeat and there was Bro Safari opened for Chart topping single a lot of bass,” said senior Dillion Francis on Friday “Get Low,” which has San Jose State public rela- and Henry Fong opened taken over radio rotation, tions major Katrina Porter. Henry Navarro | Spartan Daily for Nero on Saturday. as well as “All Th at” and “I like trap and bass music Bro Safari stole the show Friday night, the ﬁ rst night of LED’s two-day Dillion Francis, ranked “Set Me Free,” pumped up so that’s what ultimately festival. Dillon Francis headlined day one with a lackluster set. 54th DJ in the world the mood. drew me into Bro Safari’s according to djmag.com, Francis also included set the most.” Bro Safari came out, they was mostly a repeat of his show was longer. brought his I.D.G.A.F.O.S his remixes of Galantis’ MC Sharpness kept were my favorite,” said prior performance, which Los Angeles-born (I don’t give a f--k or s--t) “U & I” and “Masta Blasta the energy up, constantly SJSU alumnus Randy made the show predictable. DJ Party Favor and attitude to San Jose. His 2.0,” for variety. shouting in the mic for Nguyen. “Th e atmosphere Ultimately it could have electro-house DJ Mord rabid fans fed off his ener- Austin-based DJ Bro the crowd to clap and put was fi lled with friendly been a better show if he Fustang each played for an gy, raging until midnight. Safari with special guest their hands together, make people, which made the at- had featured other remixes hour prior to Bro Safari. “When Dillon Francis MC Sharpness had the some noise and put their mosphere 10 times better.” outside of his catalog. I was Th ey provided great music came out, I was so ex- honor of hyping up the middle-fi ngers up in the Dillion Francis’s rep- hoping his set would have and variety, switching cited, I was battling my crowd for Dillon Francis air. ertoire spans moobahton, included some Jack U (a from Party Favor’s twerk- way through the crowd to and they did not disap- Bro Safari did a better trap, through progressive collaborative super-group heavy music to Mord get to the front; he is one point. Th ey kept the crowd job keeping the crowd house; his hour and a half of DJs Skrillex and Diplo). Fustang’s head-bobbing of my favorite DJs,” said dancing and twerking for a engaged and wild than set satisfi ed the most basic Th is show was better electro-house set. Ohlone College student full hour. Dillon Francis. EDM concertgoer. than his November 2014 Raymond Ibale is a Christy Arteaga. “When Bro Safari’s set com- “Th e rave was exciting Dillion Francis failed set at the Oakland Fox Spartan Daily staff writer. he played ‘Set Me Free’ I prised of songs from sev- and fun, especially when to impress because his set Th eater only because this

REVIEW Chris Tomlin brings the good news

BY ANASTASIYA RAKOVA Immediately aft erward, while the @ssupstace audience was still entranced, the band turned a 180 with “Losing,” bursting On April 14, the San Jose State Uni- with creative energy and raw rock ‘n’ roll. versity Event Center quickly fi lled up Th e jolt whipped the crowd back up, and with all kinds of people—small children, people were dancing again. college students and couples young and I was so overwhelmed by the positive old. Many wore black T-shirts with the feelings and sheer excitement I was expe- message “Love Ran Red” in bright red riencing by this point in the night, but the print on the front or back. main surprise was yet to come. Tonight, contemporary Christian rock At roughly 9 p.m., Tomlin rose onstage star Chris Tomlin would build his follow- and welcomed the audience with a sav- ing of fellow believers in an unforgettable ior-like presence, his arms outstretched night. and a smile playing on his face. Audience Samson So | Spartan Daily Th e fi rst note ignited the stage, as Irish members wearing the “Love Ran Red” Chris Tomlin connects with the followers of Christ. His musical congrega- band Rend Collective opened the show tour shirts burst into delighted cheers and tion focused on unity, without deﬂ ating the esteem of another belief. with its hit “Burn Like a Star.” Chris applause. Llewellyn grasped the microphone as he Tomlin led a series of songs popu- gasped for air repeating the chorus, “Burn larized by K-LOVE 87.7 FM, including like a star, light a fi re in our hearts.” worship gem “How Great is Our God,” to He bounced around with his guitar, the gentle and melodic “Waterfall.” Th e introducing more elements into songs crowd sang along with Tomlin as projec- such as bagpipes. Th e audience mirrored tions of graceful waterfalls cascaded on him, with arms wrapped around neigh- the wall behind the singer. bors’ shoulders. Amped up, both devoted Tomlin intended to transform the believers and those who recently entered space into a church and the audience into the faith raised their arms in worship. his congregation, and he truly reached his Following Rend Collective, Tenth Ave- goal that night. nue North hopped onstage. Tenth Avenue Th e show wrapped up with Tomlin’s North continued to feed off the positive uber-uplift ing dance anthem “God’s energy of the audience, soaking up their Great Dance Floor.” By this time the vibes. entire Event Center wildly shook singing Christian rock station K-LOVE 87.7 “I feel alive, I come alive/ I am alive on FM heavily plays “Stars in the Night,” God’s great dance fl oor.” Strobe lights Tenth Avenue North’s smash hit. Th e fl ashed with neon signs, as arms fl ailing band played the song mid set and sprin- in joy and all. kled the fi rst bit of magic dust that night. I sang to lyrics I knew, swung from Frontman Mike Donehey instructed side to side to melodies I didn’t, and kept the audience to raise their phones to the my head lift ed and my arms wide open. sky. Th e screens lit up one by one while Rainier Mendoza traveled all the way the overhead lights dimmed. Soon I was from Los Angeles and had just celebrated fl oating in a glowing sea among thou- his birthday in San Jose. Th e joy couldn’t sands of LED stars. be hidden on his face. Donehey lulled me into a dreamworld “I am more in worship, more in praise while singing the chorus to “Stars in the before the Lord,” Mendoza said. Night,” crooning “Your love will leads us Anastasiya Rakova is a Spartan Daily through the fi ght like stars in the night.” staff writer. 4 A&E Tuesday, April 21, 2015 FAT TUESDAY Ascending into cupcake heaven

BY DARBY BROWN-KUHN Th e fi rst stop was Sprin- Th is vegan “red velvet” cupcake was the better door to when you fi nish the cake I’ve ever had by a @darbk5352 kles Cupcake Factory in lived up to the hype, which looking of the two, but it last bite. wide margin and in case the Stanford shopping cen- makes me wonder what was merely a chocolate One fl avor that caught red velvet fans are still For this week’s Fat Tues- ter, one of eight California the regular tastes like.Th e cupcake with vanilla frost- my eye was a chocolate reading, Frost’s version of day, I shall deviate from locations for the dessert frosting had just the right ing adorned by sprinkles. I cupcake called the “salt n’ the cupcake has a swirling entree-style dishes to sink chain. sweetness with a hint of found the black and white sweet” which looked like a white cap of cream cheese my sweet tooth into one of Sprinkles off ers 24 va- coconut, which added ad- dry and lacking in fl avor. donut at a fi rst glance. frosting that beckons to be America’s favorite pastries, rieties of cupcakes and the ditional fl avor that sadly If you’re looking for Th e middle was a cir- consumed. the cupcake. best-seller of these tennis- isn’t found in brand store a more badass cupcake, cle of golden caramel sur- Aft er sampling both I traveled to two of the ball-sized delights is the cupcakes. Campbell’s Frost Cup- rounded by a layer of choc- bakeries in the same day I best cupcake locations in “red velvet.” Th e cake was perfectly cake Factory is a place you olate ganache, sea salt and strongly recommend not the Bay Area, one a nation- Th is awesome mini- moist; it was easy to chew should go. caramel drizzle. eating four cupcakes in al chain in Palo Alto and cake sells because it also like ice cream while look- With nearly 30 varieties, Once the fi rst piece is a four-hour span, but if the other an impressive es- comes in a vegan form ing like it hopped out of including a daily random- removed from the cake, the you’re looking for a cheap tablishment in Campbell, made with soy milk, coco- a cookbook photo shoot. ly chosen fl avor made glu- caramel slowly spreads out delicious dessert you can’t and sampled two of their nut milk and tofu-based Despite its taste the pre- ten-free, it’s impossible to but still maintains its con- go wrong with either es- best-selling cupcakes to see cream cheese as well as a sentation was surprisingly fi nd a fl avor that you won’t sistency ensuring that it’s tablishment, though Frost which bakery was the best. sugar-free and gluten-free duller than expected. like. in every bite. Cupcake Factory is uncon- Th e criteria was based version. Th e frosting wasn’t Coupled with slight- You can taste the choco- ditionally better. on a one-to-fi ve point sys- I was recommended to shaped into a design; it was ly larger sizes and artis- late in the cake and the top Darby Brown-Kuhn tem consisting of four cat- try the vegan “red velvet,” I evenly coated over the cake tic frosting designs, Frost layer of ganache drizzled in is a Spartan Daily staff egories: presentation, vari- also ordered the “black and with a small candy garnish Cupcake Factory’s cakes caramel enhances the core writer. ety, frosting fl avor and cake white” cupcake that looked on the top. look more appetizing from in balanced harmony. moistness. very attractive. Th e black and white when you fi rst open the Th is was the best cup-

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Infographic by Darby Brown-Kuhn and Keenan Fry Tuesday, April 21, 2015 OPINION 5 FINGER TO THE PULSE Police need training, not technology Serving San Jose State Universityy sincesince 1934 Executive Editor department’s origins, according jko, the Arizona police offi cer just policing, though. Prisons Nicholas Ibarra Jeremy Cummings to a 1939 report by local law fi rm who rammed his patrol car are a crucial part of the system Managing Editor Atherton and Dunn. Th e report into a suicidal man, could have but there is no drive to improve Kristen Wirtz Executive Producer revealed numerous instances of found a better way to handle the them in the ways that we im- Lauren Hernandez police taking bribes or payoff s situation. prove police departments. A&E Editor from criminals in exchange for I expected Rapiejko to face Conditions in some pris- Keenan Fry turning a blind eye to their oper- some consequences for such a ons are notoriously awful. Tech Editor ations. More recently, a scandal barbaric action, but he is being Overcrowding runs rampant Abraham Rodriguez dubbed “Fajitagate” rocked the hailed as a hero by the police throughout the country. Th e Al- Opinion Editor SFPD in 2002. Fajitagate in- chief for his handling of the abama prison system operates at Beverly Ukpabi volved a street brawl over fajitas incident, according to a report nearly twice its prisoner capac- Sports Editor between three offi cers and two by USA Today. ity, according to data from the Samuel Brannan Follow Jeremy citizens, a subsequent cover-up Police have a hard job. I can- Justice Reinvestment Initiative. Photo Editor on Twitter and the resignation of the acting not repeat this enough. Many prisons, such as Cali- Samson So @JeremyCummings3 Online Editor police chief at the time. Th ey have to make hard fornia’s Pelican Bay State Prison, Jerica Lowman A police department can have choices every day and sometimes excessively employ solitary Multimedia Editor all the technology in the world those choices have dire con- confi nement as a means of pun- Victor Guzman Advanced technology at its disposal and still run into sequences for people. It would ishment. Copy Editors does not lead to improved law problems. A 2011 FBI investiga- seem that better training for Prison guards in a San Fran- Brandon Chew enforcement. Too many people tion into SFPD revealed enough offi cers would come before high- cisco jail were recently exposed Allison Yang think new gadgets such as body misconduct that 57 criminal cas- tech equipment. aft er forcing inmates to fi ght Production Editors cameras will improve the quality es were dismissed by the district Richmond, California, each other in gladiator-style Linh Nguyen of policing in this country, but attorney, according to an article overhauled their police depart- matches. Th ese guards defi nitely Patricia Lee the real key to improvement is in the SF Weekly. ment and drastically reduced the could benefi t from some better better training for offi cers. More technology won’t solve number of murders and instanc- training. Staff Writers & Th e San Francisco Police De- these problems. Better trained es of police violence throughout Instead of pouring money Photographers Adrian Monroy partment employs sophisticated offi cers and more accountability the city. Chief Chris Magnus into police departments’ tech Anastasiya Rakova digital surveillance technologies within the administration will, didn’t accomplish this by giving budgets, maybe some money Andrea Sandoval including controversial Stingray however. his offi cers surveillance drones can be put toward getting better Arno Bryant phone trackers and a sophisticat- Instead of pouring money and body cameras. He empha- facilities, guard training and Courtney Kreitner ed database for logging crimes into equipment and technology sized non-lethal training and regulations for prisons. Cristian Ponce and off enders. However, SFPD for police forces, money should rewards for community involve- Jeremy Cummings is a Spar- Damien Percy has a vibrant history of corrup- be spent on training offi cers how ment, among other things. tan Daily staff writer. Finger Darby Brown-Kuhn tion and police misconduct. to eff ectively enforce the law. Th e grand scheme of law to the Pulse runs every other David Bermudez Corruption dates back to the Surely Offi cer Michael Rapie- enforcement extends beyond Tuesday. Destiny Palacios Duy Nguyen Estefany Sosa POLICE more time, I’m gonna lock your ass up,” tunately, injustice invariably follows. Henry Navarro FROM PAGE 1 Jeremy Cummings Wilson said before arresting Arman for Lack of accountability oft en fuels these Justin Edrington failure to comply. unjust decisions, especially in the case of Justin San Diego When offi cers willfully disregard the law, the New York Grand Jury’s decision not Jonathan Wold it reinforces the importance of exercising to indict Offi cer Daniel Pantaleo over Eric Marquerite Tuufuli one’s right to record police misconduct. Garner’s chokehold death in July 2014. Marissa Trigos Lauren Th e legislation came on the heels of na- Garner is seen in witness footage as Raechel Price Hernandez tional protests of the April 4 killing of Wal- visibly upset at offi cers attempting to Rain Stites ter Scott by South Carolina offi cer Michael detain him for suspicion of selling untaxed Randy Vazquez Slager, who claimed he shot Scott during a cigarettes, saying “Don’t touch me” before Raphael Stroud struggle over a Taser. Pantaleo wraps his forearm around his Raven Swayne Raymond Ibale Follow Lauren on Twitter Th e footage suggests otherwise. Scott throat and pulls him to the concrete. Rigoberto Gomes @LaurenPorFavor fl ed on foot following a traffi c stop for a Garner managed to gasp “I can’t Rosa Jasso broken taillight. breathe” several times before going limp on Stacy Torres Slager, who joins the ranks of white the sidewalk. Taylor Atkinson SometimesSomSo even police offi cers claiming to have “feared for One would be safe to assume that when Vanessa Gongora his life” in the fatal shooting of a black man, a human life is taken on fi lm, consequences footageti is not enough to fi red several shots into Scott’s back as he would be quick to follow. sprinted away. Despite the fact that a medical examin- Production chief ensure the law is carried Footage provided by a witness shows er ruled Garner’s death as a homicide by Tim Burke Manager “ Slager yelling “put your hands behind your chokehold, a restraint that is banned by the Deborah Briese out and unfortunately, back” to Scott, who was leveled by the bul- NYPD, only one man related to the incident News Advisers lets and lying face-down in the grass. was indicted—the man who recorded the Richard Craig injustice invariably When the footage is slowed down, Slager struggle, Ramsey Orta. Scott Fosdick is seen dropping a Taser beside Scott’s mo- Although my confi dence in the justice Mack Lundstrom followsoowsws tionless body—the Taser he claimed Scott system consistently deteriorates with each Design Adviser ripped from his hands during the struggle. of these events, I know that as citizens con- Tim Mitchell Granted, Slager was promptly fi red tinue to exercise their right to record police Multi Media been protected by the First Amendment shortly aft er the video surfaced and now conduct, transparency will increase. Adviser in the United States for years, there are faces murder charges, but it’s not unreason- Now, go ahead and press record on your Kim Komenich instances where offi ” cers ignore and outright able to assume the footage was the defi ning phone the next time you encounter police Advertising Adviser Tim Hendrick prevent this from being performed. factor in how the case was handled. conduct that you view as unfavorable or ex- For example, during the arrest of Mike Th erein lies the importance of taking cessive. Just make sure to do so “peaceably” AD Director Arman in Ferguson, Missouri, Offi cer advantage of this right to ensure transpar- and not interfere. Timothy Lamascus Darren Wilson, the offi cer responsible for ency and that police offi cers are accountable Lauren Hernandez is the Spartan Daily Creative Director Michael Brown’s 2014 killing, told Arman for their actions. executive producer. Sergio Camacho he could not record him during a 2013 It’s diffi cult to argue the validity of a wit- Assistant Creative confrontation regarding derelict vehicles on ness’ account when there is video evidence, Read the full text of the “Right to Director Arman’s property. but sometimes even footage is not enough Record” bill at http://bit.ly/1GeB- Th o Giang “If you wanna take a picture of me one to ensure the law is carried out and unfor- MJK Advertising Staff Aleksandra Karichkina Allison Ghimenti Ashley Bare Brian Houts Guns in the hands of students are not the answer Jessica Jayson has said that it is a “God-given” William McRaven. Defense training, a class designed Kevin Connell Raven Swayne right for self-defense. McRaven wrote a letter to to teach women real-life defense Rebecca Ahrens I agree with the right to lawmakers advising them to tactics. Th e course is taught by Samantha Mendoza self-defense but I’m almost posi- not pass this bill because it will campus police certifi ed Rape Tuan Nguyen tive that on the seventh day God make college campuses less safe, Aggression Defense instructors. Wilfred Caidoy didn’t say, “and let there be guns,” according to texastribune.org. Colleges and universities Yu-Hsi Liu so the argument to this being a “Th ere is great concern that throughout the United States “God-given right” is absurd. the presence of handguns, even need to create a system that Letters to Birdwell also said, “It’s time if limited to licensed individuals would ensure the safety of all the Editor we don’t imperil their safety.” age 21 or older, will lead to an students. It could be as simple as So does that mean we should increase in both accidental shoot- more lighting on campuses. Letters to the Editor may be placed imperil every other student’s ings and self-infl icted wounds,” Off ering free self-defense in the letters to the editor box in the safety by allowing guns in class- McRaven said. classes is a great opportunity for Spartan Daily offi ce in Dwight Ben- Follow Raven rooms? Th ere are more than 10,000 students and faculty because they tel Hall, Room 209, sent by fax to on Twitter San Jose State has been deal- gun homicides in the United will learn the proper way to de- (408) 924- 3282, emailed to @itsRavenDawn ing with this issue for years now, States annually, according to fend themselves instead of having [email protected] or written but to think that allowing guns heedinggodscall.org. the possibility of “jumping the to the Spartan Daily Opinion Texas seems to believe the on a college campus would solve My parents bought me gun” and shooting a man who Editor, 1 Washington Square, San answer to crime and gun violence anything is ridiculous. mace that includes a loud siren scared them in the dark. Jose, CA 95192-0149. Letters to the is more guns on the street. More than 30 people are shot whenever activated aft er my Adding guns to the current Editor must contain the author’s I recently read an article about and killed by fi rearms in America sophomore year when there were gun problem in America won’t name, address, phone number, sig- how Texas is in the process of each day and half of them are be- back-to-back reports of crimes on solve any issues, it will just create nature and major. Letters become passing a bill for it to be legal tween the ages of 18-35, accord- campus. Th ey felt it was import- more. property of the Spartan Daily and for students to carry concealed ing to heedinggodscall.org. ant for me to have some sort of If university offi cials want may be edited for clarity, grammar, weapons with them on college It can be unsettling walking self-defense. to really help students feel safer libel and length. Only letters of 300 campuses to “protect themselves.” through campus at night on the Fortunately, I’ve never had to maybe they should spend more words or less will be considered for Th is bill would only apply to path from the library or by the use it but it makes me feel safer money on university offi cers to publication. Published opinions and public universities. Private uni- ATM machines because there are whenever I’m by myself at night. patrol the campus around the advertisements do not necessarily versities would be able to enforce a few dark patches. SJSU is moving in the right clock. refl ect the views of the Spartan their own rules. Some university offi cials direction with assisting students Raven Swayne is a Spartan Daily, the School of Journalism and According to the Huffi ngton have strong feelings against this with self-defense. Daily staff writer. Mass Communication or SJSU. Th e Post, Republican Sen. Brian Bird- bill such as the Chancellor of Th e University Police De- Spartan Daily is a public forum. well of Texas, author of the bill, the University of Texas System partment off ers Rape Aggression 6 SPORTS Tuesday, April 21, 2015 Sharks ‘mutually agree’ to split with McLellan Complete coaching staff makeover for 2015-16 season

BY JONATHAN WOLD that Wilson and McLellan were @Jonathan Wold not on the same page in regards to the rebuilding direction of the Aft er seven years, the Todd franchise. McLellan era is over in San Jose. James Mirtle of the Globe In a conference call and press and Mail in Toronto reported in conference Monday morning at January that Wilson had to put SAP Center, the Sharks announced veteran winger Adam Burish on that they agreed to part ways with waivers to keep McLellan from Head Coach Todd McLellan this using him in the lineup over off season. He still had one year left rookie options Chris Tierney and of his contract. Barclay Goodrow. “Th is team is clearly in a re- Assistant coaches Jim John- build,” McLellan said in the press son and Jay Woodcroft and video conference. “With one year left , coordinator Brett Heimlich were and heading forward, I had to also let go. Associate coach Larry analyze where everything was Robinson already announced he going, and I felt with some of the was retiring from coaching and is answers I got that it was time.” taking on a full -time role as di- McLellan is the Sharks’ lon- rector of player development with gest tenured and winningest the team. coach in franchise history. Wilson said the organization Jonathan Wold | Spartan Daily Under McLellan, the Sharks is still paying him and the other went 311–163–66 in his seven coaches until they fi nd new jobs Sharks former Head Coach Todd McLellan discusses his future with the team at the seasons as head coach. He had a with other teams. By NHL rules, Sharks annual locker clean-out last week before parting ways with the Sharks yesterday. 30–32 record with the team in the if another team signs McLellan, playoff s. the Sharks would be compensat- the decision from a shortened are split among players on San Jose over the years.” Th is announcement comes ed with a third-round draft pick pool,” Wilson said. State’s ice hockey team. Others think McLellan’s time just months aft er another South in one of the next three seasons. Reaction on social media “I think McLellan was a good ran its course and that it’s time Bay sports franchise, the San “I’m a coach, I want to coach, seemed to side heavily in McLel- fi t for the Sharks,” Spartan goalten- for some new blood. Francisco 49ers, said they had “ McLellan said. “I’d like to keep lan’s favor over Wilson. der Mario Retana said. “McLellan “I think it’s good for both par- mutually agreed to let go of their going and do what I do.” On campus at SJSU, reactions hasn’t gotten any help from Wilson ties,” said Nicholas Matejovsky, head coach, Jim Harbaugh. Multiple NHL teams have Spartan forward and captain. Sharks general manager Doug head coach openings to fi ll this McLellan’s Career with Sharks “I think he became a little stag- Wilson said it was “completely off season, including the Edmon- nant. Th ere’s plenty of coaches inaccurate” to equate the two sit- ton Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs Season Team GP W L out there who could do an equal uations. and Philadelphia Flyers. job as McLellan or better.” “Todd came to me in the lat- McLellan will be coaching 2008-09 SJ 82 53 18 Whoever takes over as head ter part of the year, came to me Team Canada in May for the world 2009-10 SJ 82 51 20 coach, Wilson believes the team and shared it was probably time,” championship tournament. 2010-11 SJ 82 48 25 will be able to make the playoff s Wilson said in a press confer- Th e Sharks, meanwhile, have again next season. 2011-12 SJ 82 43 29 ence. “I concur with that.” not yet approached any candi- “We’re trending up,” Wilson McLellan also backed that this dates for the job. 2012-13 SJ 48 25 16 said. was a mutual agreement. “Th ere are some coaches who 2013-14 SJ 82 51 22 Time will tell whether or not “I participated in the decision, will probably become available that’s true. 2014-15 SJ 82 40 33 I defi nitely did,” McLellan said. in the next little while (aft er the Jonathan Wold is a Spartan Rumors persisted this season playoff s), so I don’t want to rush SJ Career 311 540 311 163 Daily staff writer. Spartan soft ball team sweeps Utah State

Spartans Aggies two-run homerun in the third inning. Th is was her 11th home run of the season and Game 1 5 2she leads the team in this batting area. Senior pitcher Madison Fish pitched all Game 2 10 0 fi ve innings and shutout the Aggies’ off ense. Fish earned the win and improved her sea- Game 3 5 4son record to 13–4. Sunday’s game was a much closer, as the Spartans won 5–4. BY ADRIAN MONROY & ESTEFANY SOSA “I think we didn’t come out as intense as @iammanr0y we did in the last couple of games, but we @Estefany_scs went in there and we got the job done,” Mar- tinez said. Th e San Jose State soft ball team won all Th e Spartans took the lead 3–0 in the three games in the weekend series against fi rst inning. the Utah State Aggies. In this inning, the Spartans had the Th e fi rst win of this series for the Spartans bases loaded. Martinez hit into a fi elder’s was on Friday when they won 5– 2. choice and Madrid scored from third to In this game, the Spartans were down score the fi rst run of the game. 2 –0 aft er three innings. During the fourth With two outs, Rodriguez batted a two- inning, the Spartans scored three runs and run RBI triple aft er an Aggies’ right elderfi took the lead. unsuccessfully dove to try to catch the ball. Another two runs were scored by the Th e Aggies got closer to tying the game, Spartans in the fi ft h inning. as the pitcher scored two solo home runs Th e Aggies did not retaliate in the rest on Fish, one in the second inning and an- of the two innings that remained. other one in the fourth inning. Senior pitcher Allison Lang pitched In the bottom of the fourth inning, the the whole game and got the win. Lang im- Spartans made the score 4–2 in their favor proved her season record to 11 –8. when senior utility player Nicole Schultz Th is was the 13th time Lang pitched a scored off an RBI single from sophomore complete game. She is one win away from infi elder Anissa Pinedo. beating her own season record, which was Fish ended the game by striking out the 12 games last season. last batter. She earned her 14th win of the Junior outfi elder Jessica Madrid, senior season and improved her season record to infi elder Sharon-Renae Estrada, and ju- 14–4. nior infi elders Alyssa Martinez, Erin Ro- SJSU Head Coach Peter Turner said his driguez and Taylor Purdy, each had a hit. team could have played better, but he was Estrada was the only Spartan with an extra satisfi ed with the result of Sunday’s game. base hit, as she hit a double. Turner also had some words about Fish. “We’re just taking one game at a time “I’m happy with Fish’s performance right now, we know we have to win every coming back to back because she hasn’t game but we’re not looking ahead right done that in a while, she looked good,” now,” Rodriguez said. Turner said. On Saturday, the Spartans won 10–0 in Th e Spartans are scheduled to visit the fi ve innings, due to the NCAA run rule, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Rebels on which ends a game when a team is winning Friday as part of the three -game weekend by eight or more runs aft er fi ve innings. series. Th e Spartans scored 9 of 10 runs in the Adrian Monroy and Estefany Sosa are third inning. Spartan Daily staff writers. Junior infi elder Jessie Hufstetler hit a