READ CCAMPUSAMPUS VVOICESOICES o ACCESS Hi: 66 AARERE FFANSANS ACCESS’ o AAFFECTEDFFECTED LAST Lo: 48 BBYY SPORTSSPORTS ISSUE IN A Tuesday CCRIMES?RIMES? TOMORROW’S Magazine May 12, 2015 PAPER May 2015 VISIT SPARTANDAILY.COM Volume 144 • Issue 41 VISIT SPARTANDAILY.COMANDAILYY.CCOMO Serving San Jose State Universityy sisincence 1934 CAMPUS IMAGE STATE OF AFFAIRS VP takes helm BY ANASTASIYA RAKOVA & MARQUERITE TUUFULI @ssupstace @journalist2fuli On June 1, San Jose State University will welcome a new face on campus. Reginald Blay- lock will be stepping onto SJSU territory as the new vice presi- dent for student aff airs. Blaylock is a Chicago native who grew up in San Diego. At a young age Blaylock moved from Illinois to Califor- nia to seek a better education. “I knew that there were more opportunities in California for Samson So | Spartan Daily higher education, more public Blaylock Michael Beaubien, Director of Marketing & Multimedia for SJSU Athletics, helped set up a education and more resources Spartan Balloon before the SAMMY Awards at the Student Union Ballroom on Monday. to support low income families,” combined annual budgets of Blaylock said. more than $20.4 million within Aft er graduating high school the division of student aff airs. HALF THE BATTLE in Los Angeles, Blaylock attend- Blaylock said taking on a ed San Diego State University leadership role to support stu- where he received his bachelors dents has always come natural. Raza Day challenges stereotypes and master’s degree in public “For me, it’s not a deliberate administration as well as his action and it’s not a choice,” Visit spartandaily.com III, a graduate student in Mex- not true,” Lara said of the event’s doctorate in educational lwead- Blaylock said. “It’s a calling.” for video coverage ican-American studies. “It’s a opposition to negative stereotypes ership. As a fi rst generation college soundtrack almost to like what surrounding these students. For over 27 years, Blaylock student, Blaylock understands BY RAIN STITES our communities go through ev- According to the event’s pam- has been a key role to SDSU’s the everyday challenges stu- @writeas_rain eryday.” phlet, Raza Day hoped to provide success. He has been committed dents face in college. Th is in- Raza, meaning race, is a term a safe space and a feeling of pro- to the Educational Opportunity spired him to implement free A high school student’s rhyth- used to express cultural pride tection for Latino and Chicano Program, or EOP, and Ethnic workshops to inform students mic words echoed throughout and is oft en associated with the communities, especially in the Aff airs at SDSU where he helped about fi nancial aid, college en- the Boccardo Business Complex unifi cation of people. wake of recent, unjust occurrenc- raise over $5.4 million to sup- trance exams and parent advo- quad as hundreds looked on. “Th ey’re constantly told in es across the country. port student programs. cacy. “He can’t take it anymore. He’s school that they’re inferior, that As the message “knowledge is According to Blaylock’s pro- At SDSU, Blaylock tired of running, tired of hiding they’re troublemakers, that power” radiated throughout the fi le on the SJSU website, he also SEE VP ON PAGE 2 and tired of living. Shh, can you they’re criminals,” Lara said of day’s events, Lara said Raza Day oversaw 10 departments with hear that?” the voice read. the students in attendance. offered insight to the support- Eduardo Rodriguez, a sopho- Organized by the students of ive community, an alternative PRIDE IN A CAUSE more at Yerba Buena High School, Movimiento Estudiantil Chi- to what many of these students recited his spoken word-esque can@ de Aztlan, Raza Day off ered are accustomed to. poem in front of the crowd last campus tours and social work- “We wanted to give our kids an Friday at the 46th annual Raza shops to students of surrounding experience of what it’s like to vis- Black Student Union raises Day held on the San Jose State high schools with high popula- it a high quality institution,” said University campus. tions of Chicanos and Latinos. Keyur Shah, the assistant princi- money at annual charity gala Rodriguez told the story of a This year’s theme, “Raza pal of ACE Charter High School. kid subjected to gang violence Lives Matter” aimed to teach “We tried to give them opportuni- and affi liation. His poem, he students within these commu- ties to see what college is like.” said, was inspired by his own nities of the importance and Th e workshops focused most- personal experience. power of knowledge. ly on empowerment and allowed “It’s a painting with sound, “This is important because SEE RAZA ON PAGE 2 right?” said Ismael Rey Lara they’re saying that’s false, that’s OFF THE STREETS STARTING PITCH ‘Provocative Business plan competition Lecture’ tackles calls for teamwork, innovation prostitution BY COURTNEY KREITNER judges deliberated and decided Arno Bryant | Spartan Daily @Courtney_SJSU on the fi nal eight teams who will Mariah Miller gives a performance of ‘Priaz Mime’ during the BY STACY TORRES get to present in front of a panel the Black Student Union Charity Gala at the Student Union @Stacy_Towers Th e Silicon Valley Center for of seven judges on Th ursday. ballroom Saturday night. Entrepreneurship held its 11th Judges of the competition are Th e accidental legalization annual Silicon Valley Business members of the Silicon Valley BY ARNO BRYANT of indoor prostitution in Rhode Plan Competition at the San Jose workforce including bankers, @MrArnoBryant zation, said the gala was import- Island decreased rape against State Boccardo Business Com- investors, lawyers, product spe- ant for a number of reasons. women as well as gonorrhea cases plex on Friday. cialists and professionals in the A mime, a singing trio and a “It’s an event for students to according to associate professor Th e semi-fi nals of the com- tech and medical industries. step act were among the enter- come together and celebrate the of economics at Baylor Universi- petition were held last Friday, Th ey evaluate how well each tainments at the BSU Gives Back end of the year,” Donald said. ty, Scott Cunningham. which allowed SJSU students and team addressed questions about charity gala. “It also gives us a chance to give During the last presentation alumni of any major to submit its product or business plan. Saturday evening marked the back to the community.” of the David S. Saurman Provoc- a business plan and a chance to Each team is evaluated based on third annual event hosted by San He described his pride in the ative Lecture series held at San present it in front of a panel of demonstration of research and Jose State’s Black Student Union, achievements of the group in- Jose State University last Th urs- judges. Th is Th ursday winners in analysis, problem-solving abili- or BSU, with its nearly 60 attend- cluding the organization of a day, Cunningham explained how the fi nal round are awarded cash ties and team members’ passion ees dressed in formal attire. college readiness summit and a he came across a Rhode Island prizes. about their idea. Held in the Student Union voter registration party. law that legalized prostitution More than 70 teams of four to Anuradha Basu, professor at Ballroom, the event raised $300 Donald said the group was from 1980-2009. fi ve group members submitted SJSU and director of the Silicon for the Young Women’s Christian open to students of all ethnic Cunningham wanted to esti- their business plans and presen- Valley Center for Entrepreneur- Association of Silicon Valley. backgrounds not just those of mate the causal eff ect of prostitu- tation slides through an online ship, has been on board with The Black Student Union’s color. tion decriminalization on social submission. Th ey were reviewed the Silicon Valley Business Plan mission is to “unite, educate Lafaye Butler kicked off the problems such as violence against by judges to narrow it to 17 teams Competition since 2004. and enrich students of color on entertainment by reciting “Poet- women and sexually transmitted to compete in the semi-fi nals. “It encourages innovation, SJSU campus and within the ic Stickup” by Carvens Lissaint. diseases but had diffi culty con- Th e teams presented their entrepreneurship, and new community.” Th e poem began by demanding ducting a randomized ideas for potential business ven- venture creations in the San Alexander Donald, current the audience put their hands on tures in front of three judges. president of the student organi- SEE LECTURE ON PAGE 3 Aft er all 17 teams presented, the SEE PLAN ON PAGE 2 SEE GALA ON PAGE 2 2 NEWS Tuesday, May 12, 2015 PLAN FROM PAGE 1 Jose State community from all across campus,” Basu said. “Students can take the Venture Lab course to help guide them through the business planning process.” Venture Lab is a class that specifi cally helps students who participate in the business plan competition to turn their ideas into future business ventures. Th e competition receives submissions from students in many diff erent majors across campus such as biotech, biomedical engineering, economics, fi nance, computer science and business. Costa Bakouros, a senior business major, presented a product he in- vented called the Storsh case, a phone case designed to create backup stor- age for your iPhone. It was an idea Bakouros came up with aft er his mom ran out of mem- ory storage on her phone when she took too many photos on their va- cation.