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Insurance Education Project campus coordina- Niblett said this may help the Student Health However, Jackson said that if everybody is tor and certified Covered California educator, in Center combat students with more serious health The U.S. government shut down for the first covered, the cost of health care will go down. an email. concerns. time in nearly two decades, due to healthcare and Insurance companies will be able to provide Nguyen and Simmons are both masters of Nguyen stated, “2.6 million people in Califor- budget debates. coverage to people who traditionally can’t get public health graduate students at SJSU. nia will be eligible for financial assistance pre- “This is a really sad day for democracy,” said coverage, such as people with pre-existing condi- The health insurance education project team mium assistance and cost-sharing to help pay for Melinda S. Jackson, associate professor of political tions, Niblett said. includes Anji Buckner, health insurance educa- health insurance through Covered California, the science. “The right wing of the Republican party is The act is not the standard fully private health tion project representative for Northern Califor- state’s health insurance marketplace.” using this issue as an excuse to try to shut down the care, nor is it the government-run health care nia CSU campuses and part-time lecturer in the According to Niblett, the act will give these government.” offered in the U.K. It is more of a hybrid model, department of health science and recreation. insurance companies the tools to provide people The Affordable Care Act is based upon a Jackson said. “There are many reasons why students are who usually cannot get insurance, maybe due policy concept known as an individual mandate “One night in the hospital could cost a student uninsured,” Simmons stated. “Many students are to pre-existing conditions, the care that they in which the pool of people who are insured is about the same (or more) as one semester’s full tu- working as hourly, part-time, or temporary em- need. increased by requiring individuals to purchase ition at SJSU,” stated Van Nguyen, a health insur- ployees with no benefits.” The marketplace provides a side-by-side com- insurance, said Cole Niblett, sophomore political ance education project coordinator, in an email. However, “approximately 3.1 million more parison of the different insurance options, so science major and director of student fee affairs Health Insurance Education Project is a “CSU- young adults in the U.S. now have health insur- consumers can more easily compare the choices of Associated Students. wide initiative funded through the state’s health- ance thanks to the provision of the ACA that ex- “Republicans talk about the individual man- care exchange, Covered California, to educate the tended the age young adults can stay on their par- SEE INSURANCE ON PAGE 4 CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE Students react to graphic images Students craft animated film in 24 hours By Michael Chen @MichaelGChen More than 70 animation students settled down in SJSU’s Art Building and braced them- selves for an all-nighter in a nationwide com- petition to create 30-second short films in 24 hours on Friday. SJSU registered 15 teams from the anima- tion program with five people per team in the race to beat nine other art schools and win ani- mation-industry prizes from industry sponsors. “Students are going to be taking over many rooms on the second floor” said David Chai, ani- mation/illustration professor and coordinator, prior to the event. “It will be an intense sweat- shop in the art building.” Animation professor Aubry Mintz of CSU Long Beach, who has set up the event for the last six years, said that the challenge’s initial purpose was to build culture at the school. Now Mintz said it has turned into a nation-wide com- petition for animation students. “Animation is collaborative by nature,” he said. “Students are learning toward working to- gether in teams.” This year’s theme was “What would you do Tanya Mutz | Spartan Daily if you only had 24 hours left to live?” which was A student reacts to a graphic sign displayed on the Paseo de Cesar Chavez posted by Project Truth, a pro-life organization. announced by Mintz using Google Groups. The theme was announced more than 20 By Tanya Mutz “We’re out here to dialogue with the stu- While some found the images offensive, minutes late because of technical difficulties, @Tmmutz dents who are being receptive and want to talk Don said he believes that they are necessary be- according to a Facebook post by Chelsea Bryan, about it,” Don said. “Even if they’re on a differ- cause many people don’t know the facts about the 24-hour event organizer. Yesterday between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., Proj- ent side than we are, we’re very civil to them.” abortion. Bryan stated the deadline was extended to ect Truth, a Northern California pro-life orga- Many of the students passing through Diana, an activist with Project Truth for the 5:30 p.m. instead of 5 p.m. on Saturday because nization, set up images of bloody fetuses and Paseo De Cesar Chavez had an uncomfortable last four years who refused to release her last of technical difficulties. passed out fliers with abortion information in reaction to the pictures that Project Truth dis- name, said she believes “that in order to change According to an online update post by Mintz, the middle of campus. played. a society, we need to show the graphic images further technical issues and user errors prevent- Don, a pro-life activist with Project Truth “I was immediately offended by those im- of it.” ed the scheduled screening of the films and the who refused to release his last name, said that ages,” said Ashley Song, an undeclared major Project Truth and protesters will be set up winner announcements were postponed until they have been traveling to different schools to who protested for pro-choice across from Proj- on campus again from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today. share information for about 10 years. ect Truth’s booth. Tanya Mutz is a Spartan Daily staff writer. SEE ANIMATION ON PAGE 4 SECURITY sphere” for bike thieves, according to Laws. Campus organizations fight bike theft at SJSU Laws said that UPD figures out what areas are being hit the most and By Jeff Gonzalez UPD studies what areas are being down here,” Tran said. “It’s San Jose, I statistics,” Laws said. “Almost never plants bait bicycles around campus @JeffVGonzalez hit the most and adjusts patrolling have no hopes of ever finding it.” are (bikes) stolen by other students.” accordingly. accordingly, Laws said. She said that even though she People who leave their bikes Bait bicycles are bikes that are left Three bicycles were reported sto- He said that bike theft frequency doubts she will find it, every time she locked to objects or areas not des- intentionally vulnerable so that they len over three consecutive days last changes from location to location— walks by a bike rack on campus she ignated for bike storage are much are stolen, Laws said. week, according to University Police one week it could be the library that looks to see if her bike is locked up more susceptible to theft, Laws UPD then tracks the bikes with Department records. is impacted, and another week it among them. said. “different technologies” that Laws Around 80 to 90 bicycles are could be the student housing areas. “They stole a bike with no seat Most bikes are stolen when stu- said he preferred not to disclose. stolen on campus every semes- “Bike theft has a significant im- and a flat tire,” she said. “I have no dents lock them up to benches, traf- UPD also tries to enforce bicycle ter, according to Sgt. John Laws of pact on our university,” Laws said. idea what they were thinking.” fic signs, trees, rails or other places policies that require students to lock UPD. Junior nutrition major Cindy Usually bike thieves who steal on the university has not approved for their bikes to designated bicycle ar- “In urban cities, (bike theft) is Tran said her mountain bike, which campus are people who are addicted bike parking, according to Laws. eas, such as bicycle enclosures and a reality we have to live with,” said was a gift from her brother, was sto- to drugs, homeless people or persons Undesignated areas don’t get pa- bike racks, Laws said. John Brazil, bicycle and pedestrian len three weeks ago from the bike rack with prior criminal histories who trolled as often as bike racks and bi- Students who lock their bikes to program coordinator of the depart- outside of her apartment complex.