A&E Opinion Sports Musical about low-income Cows’ milk is not for Senior baseball star New York bodega Chris Williams takes draws huge crowds human consumption on leadership role Page 4 Page 5 Page 8 Serving the San Jose State University community since 1934 Volume 150 No. 39 Wednesday, May 2, 2018 SPARTAN DAILY sjsunews.com/spartan_daily MARCHING IN SOLIDARITY WILLIAM YAP | SPARTAN DAILY Delphina Rodriguez, also known by her Aztec name Xochipiloni, from the Aztec dance group Calpulli Tonalehqueh dances after the International Workers’ Day parade. BY SAVANNAH HARDING America have less rights by Out and Equal PHOTO EDITOR that they are aware of,” Workplace Advocates SEIU Chairwoman of the that one in four LGBTQ Police sirens, Native San Jose Chapter Rachel employees reported American drums and Subega said. “A lot of them experiencing employment call-and-response chants work in restaurants, and a discrimination in the last echoed through the streets lot of them don’t get paid a five years and in 28 states, of downtown San Jose living wage. A lot of them employees can get fired as hundreds of May Day are undocumented, so they just for being LGBTQ. protesters marched from are willing to work for less The Calpulli Tonalehqueh, Roosevelt Park to San Jose wages, which isn’t right.” whose name translates to City Hall. According to the Bureau “community of guardians According to Time of Labor Statistics, the who accompany the sun,” Magazine, May Day or median weekly earnings of led protesters down Santa International Workers’ Latinos 16 years and over Clara Street. Day emerged in the late in 2017 was $655. San Jose resident Pedro 1880s when thousands of This was significantly Perez, otherwise known by men, women and children less than the next less paid his Aztec name Aquihua, were suffering from poor group, African-Americans, said the dance group was working conditions and who earned $682. Asians there to “lead with medicine SAVANNAH HARDING | SPARTAN DAILY long hours. were the highest earning and good prayer.” JP Sanchez of Anakbayan Silicon Valley speaks about Filipino workers at the end of the Some unions believe minority group, with a According to history. International Workers’ Day parade. The protest was held outside of City Hall on Tuesday. 2018 is no different. On median weekly earning com, May Day is an official Tuesday, workers across the of $1,022. holiday in 66 countries. nation marched to bring Latinos are not the Marches and protests to awareness to workers’ only minority struggling commemorate May Day took Student workers concerned rights and demanded better in the workplace, place globally in countries working conditions. according to Gabrielle including France, Cuba, Billy DeFrank LGBTQ Antolovich, who serves as a the Philippines, Pakistan about Spartan Shops’ future Community Center, board president at the Billy and Russia. Services Immigrant Rights DeFrank LGBTQ Although May Day is and Education Network, Community Center. rarely recognized in the BY SAVANNAH HARDING jobs when a third-party unavailable to respond the Aztec dance group “A lot of people do not United States, President PHOTO EDITOR company takes over to the Spartan Daily’s Calpulli Tonalehqueh and want to hire someone who Grover Cleveland officially food service operations request for comment. other organizations were is openly gay,” Antolovich moved the celebrated day San Jose State students at SJSU. United Students in attendance. said. “Throughout the to the first Monday in and faculty gathered at As previously reported Against Sweatshops The Latino Caucus, 1970s I couldn’t get a job September, which is known Tommie Smith and John by the Spartan Daily, (USAS) and Spartan which is a part of Service because no one wanted to as Labor Day. Cleveland Carlos lawn on Tuesday Spartan Shops will be Shops student employees Employees International hire an openly gay person.” feared International to commemorate the replaced by a third-party held a press conference to Union (SEIU) 521, were Antolovich hopes to Workers’ Day would build May 1 International company on July 1. highlight the demands of at the May Day rally to partner with NOVA Job support for communism and Workers’ Day, otherwise Chief Financial Officer student workers. Subway, sign attendees up for Center to have a job center other radical causes, as stated known as May Day. Charlie Faas issued a Jamba Juice, Taco Bell union membership. inside the Billy DeFrank in Time magazine. The group stood in request for proposal to, and The Commons “A lot of Latinos that center to help LGBTQ solidarity with Spartan “enhance food service employees were among come from Mexico, South people get jobs. Follow Savannah on Twitter Shops workers who will operations at San America and Central It was reported @harding_sav have to reapply for their Jose State.” Faas was LABOR | Page 2 88 S. 4TH ST. Suite #150 408-971-1960 www.flameseatery.com sjsunews.com/spartan_daily 2 WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2018 NEWS Student organization reduces barriers to HIV testing BY LOVETTA JACKSON AIDS, or acquired immune because both of those ideas with their patients about their STAFF WRITER deficiency syndrome. It is The idea of can be so stigmatized,” sexual health. mostly spread through bodily Jules Balibrera, SJSU to “Not put people in A grant from Getting to fluids and shared needles. getting tested Zero health educator, said. boxes, not make people Zero Silicon Valley allowed its SJSU to Zero was one for STIs can be “The idea of getting tested uncomfortable, use San Jose State chapter, SJSU of four organizations that for STIs can be really scary. inclusive language and also to Zero, to allow students to received a mini-grant. The really scary. We do understand that and acknowledge that there’s a get free HIV testing during group was awarded $20,000 we want to work with that really complex social factor the month of April. out of the $71,489 grant, Jules Balibrera and work with that kind of that determines how easy it SJSU to Zero provides according to a press release SJSU to Zero educator vulnerability.” is for someone to get sexual students with resources and by Silicon Valley to Zero. Balibrera said the screening,” Balibrera said. workshops to gain a better The purpose of the mini- organization is excited about Johal said more than EXECUTIVE EDITOR SARAH KLIEVES knowledge of their sexual grants are to provide financial specifically PrEP and PEP.” changing the narrative 85 percent of students health. It is part of larger assistance to help each PrEP is pre-exposure around HIV through responded positively to SJSU MANAGING EDITOR organizations, Getting to organization achieve its goals prophylaxis, which is used modern technology because to Zero when asked if they THOMAS SOARES Zero and Getting to Zero of combating HIV stigma. when a person is at a high it is different from what it was help get rid of the stigma Silicon Valley. Students are able to get risk for HIV to lower his or 30 years ago. surrounding HIV. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MARCI SUELA SJSU to Zero creates more tested for sexually transmitted her chances, according to the SJSU to Zero believes it is “Just us being comfortable avenues for students to have diseases (STDs) in the Centers for Disease Control important to inform students talking about sexual health PRODUCTION EDITOR healthy conversations for Student Wellness Center. and Prevention. HIV is treatable and that makes other people feel a NICHOLAS GIRARD health in general. There However, after April, there is PEP, or post-exposure people can live just as long little more comfortable too,” are other components that a fee of $12 for HIV testing. prophylaxis, is used when of a life as those who don’t Johal said. “I think creating NEWS EDITOR WILLIAM YAP could increase chances of Jennifer Johal, a SJSU to a person thinks he or she have it. that environment that’s safe sexual infections. Zero health educator, said may have come in contact The group focused its to speak about things is A&E EDITOR HIV stands for human Getting to Zero’s mission with HIV during sex or last workshop on stigma really important.” JOSE F. GOVEA immunodeficiency virus. is to prevent new HIV shared needles. reduction. An example There is no cure for HIV, The virus attacks the body’s cases and decrease stigma In addition to speaking of this is the term “risky but Johal said if you get OPINION EDITOR JONAS ELAM immune system, specifically around HIV. to students on Seventh behavior” because it contains treated early you can suppress T cells that help the body “The way that we kind of Street, the organization a negative connotation – the levels of the virus to the SPORTS EDITOR fight off infections, according incorporate that into what we puts on workshops to but it doesn’t have to be if point where it’s undetectable JESSICA HOWELL to hiv.gov. do is we do a lot of student educate students. students are educated. and greatly reduces the risk There is no cure for outreach,” Johal said. “We’re “We’re just trying to kind Balibrera suggests that a of transmission. PHOTO EDITOR SAVANNAH HARDING HIV. It can be controlled out on Seventh Street every of invite students into the health professional’s role in with medication and, if left week and we’re talking about conversation about HIV destigmatizing sexual health Follow Lovetta on Twitter MULTIMEDIA EDITOR untreated, can turn into HIV prevention medication, and sexual health in general is to have open conversations @Lovettaajackson OMAR PEREZ MULTIMEDIA REPORTER DAISUKE EGUCHI According to the City demanded, “guarantee full- unreliable, they’re late, they transparent,” sociology LABOR of San Jose’s website, the time employees, keep all of don’t show up.” senior Briannah Drew ONLINE EDITOR current livable wage for a the benefits provided by According to USAS’ said.