Hi: 70o CAMPUSC VIDEO: Suicide Silencence reignsreigns Lo: 47o at Th e Catalystlyst Spartans Got Talent Thursday, VISITV SPARTANDAILY.COM PAGE 5 February 19, 2015 Volume 144 • Issue 12 Serving San Jose State Universityy sisincence 1934 Student Union CSU seeks students for board of trustees SONYA HERRERA applications are due March 27 at 5 p.m. was defi nitely less than fi ve.” @Sonya_M_Herrera According to LooLoo Amante, A.S. She serves on the California State unplugs video California State University is now director of communications, fewer Student Association’s Initial Review accepting applications from students than 30 students from all 23 CSU cam- Board of CSU student trustee appli- who wish to help represent their peers puses applied last year for the Student cants. One of her duties is to promote on the system’s Board of Trustees. Trustee position. the Student Trustee search across game club State legislation that took eff ect last “My goal for San Jose State is to at campus. year waived tuition fees for the duration least get 10,” Amante said. “I don’t BY HENRY NAVA R RO of Student Trustees’ two-year term. Th e know how many we had last year ... It SEE BOARD ON PAGE 4 @manof2moro A group of San Jose State University students who formed a small gaming community called the Ranbats were told to cease its Th ursday gaming meetups in an unexpected fashion. In previous semesters, the group would congre- gate in the arcade next to the bowling alley in the lower level of the old Student Union. Aft er the lower level closed, they found a vacant Mosaic Cross Cultural Center and moved there temporarily. Th is semester, the group used a section of the fi rst fl oor in the Student Union as its new hangout spot where they would eat, socialize and play video games. To get the best viewing experience possible, the group rented monitors on carts from the Instruc- tional Resource Center and rolled them to the Stu- dent Union. They’re not even an organization. They’re just sort of a group of people and they’re encouraging more people “to show up and watch Terry Gregory Student Union Associate Director” Th e Ranbats’ new playing area wasn’t taking Brandon Chew | Spartan Daily much table space since it had separate chairs lined Pitcher Turtle Kuhaulua rockets a pitch at an opposing hitter during the Spartans’ home win against the up theater-style in front of the monitor. University of San Francisco. The Spartans won 11-8 after scoring 8 runs in the 7th inning on Tuesday. Student Union Associate Director Terry Gregory saw the space as an obstruction to the eating tables and pathways to and from the exits. Rollercoaster comeback for Spartans “Th ey’re not even an organization,” Gregory said. “Th ey’re just sort of a group of people and they’re BY JONATHAN WOLD these games are going to mean a lot.” Instead, the ball bounced off Sina- encouraging more people to show up and watch.” @jonathanwold Senior center fi elder Andre Mercu- tro’s glove and extended the inning Gregory, members from food services and the rio started the Spartan rally with a one- with two Spartan runs coming in. event services staff collaborated and revised the pre- A victory at San Jose State base- out triple in the bottom of the seventh. Freshman Josh Nashed was credited vious policies that were in place in terms of using ball’s home opener appeared to un- “Any big inning just needs to get with the victory. the Student Union. ravel before the Spartans’ eyes when started with someone getting on base,” SJSU’s record now stands at 1–3 on One of the new rules prevents any outside audio- the University of San Francisco Dons Mercurio said. the season. visual equipment, including the Instructional Re- scored six runs in the top of the sev- Four walks, a hit by pitch, a single, a Th e Spartans had 10 hits in this source Center monitors the gamers use, from being enth inning on Tuesday night. strikeout and an error later, Mercurio game, aft er only recording 17 in fi rst brought in on Th ursdays. But the Spartans fl ipped the script was back at the plate knocking in two three games of the season. According to Gregory, the new rules were put and rallied with eight runs of their own runs on a double. All nine batters in the Spartan start- into place at the beginning of this month and were in the bottom of the seventh to win Mercurio was only able to hit a sec- ing lineup reached base in the game. made to accommodate the need to have a safe and 11–8 at Municipal Stadium in San Jose. ond time in the inning thanks to a cost- Each one had a hit except for Brett obstacle-free environment in the Student Union. “With all these young kids, it’s not ly error by USF left fi elder Matt Sinatro. Bautista, who had a walk, and David Th e gamers hadn’t known of the rule change easy to see your way through to bat- Spartan right fi elder Dillan Smith Campbell, who had two walks. which is why on Th ursday, Feb. 5 Gregory told the tle through games like this,” Assistant hit a fl y ball out to Sinatro that should Campell was also possibly robbed Coach Tom Kunis said. “Th is is what have ended the seventh inning with an SEE RANBATS ON PAGE 3 battle-tested is, and when you get to May, 8–7 USF lead still intact. SEE COMEBACK ON PAGE 10 Associated Students provide primer for potential presidential possibilities BY JUSTIN SAN DIEGO Victor Hernandez, Director IATED STUDEN SOC TS ES @incrediblejsd of External Aff airs Lourdes AS G N DAT OVERNMENT ELECTIO Amante and Controller ompiled by J u s t i en tion c n S Nguy orma a & Linh With the Associated Stu- Brandon Marquez facilitated Inf n D icia Lee i eg o Infographic by Patr dents elections approaching, yesterday’s sessions. Start Accepting the A.S. board members pre- Th e amount of work var- Applications Orientation Sessions Applications Endorsement & for Candidates Due Campaign Begins sented the fi rst of three in- ies, according to Hernandez, START formation sessions yesterday who has held his position for Feb. 23, 26, 27 March 13 March 19 Feb. 6 from 9-10:30 a.m. in the A.S. two years. House to educate all poten- “Eight hours a week is tial candidates of A.S. and mandatory just for meet- Open Forum Candidate Meet the Submit Bio each position’s responsibili- ings. To be eff ective and un- (Q&A) Debates Candidates with Position ties. derstand issues, time varies, April 16 April 9 April 2 March 20 A.S. is electing 16 posi- but I would recommend 9-15 tions including 13 directors hours (outside of meeting Runoff which cover specifi c depart- time) each week,” Hernan- Voting Results ments and boards, president, dez said. Period Results Runoff Campaign FINISH vice president and controller. Candidates will have four April 23 April 24-30 April 16-23 April 30 All candidates running opportunities to attend one of for an A.S. position next se- the four required candidate mester must attend one of orientations between Feb. three information meetings 23-26. Th e fi nal application is POSITIONS 1. President 9. Director of Student Resource Affairs and one of four candidate due Friday, March 13. 2. Vice President 10. Director of Community & Sustainability 3. Controller Affairs orientations. Students can receive and ? 4. Director of Programming Affairs 11. Director of Extracurricular Affairs Th e next sessions will take submit an application from 5. Director of Business Affairs 12. Director of Student Fees Affairs place today at 2 p.m. and to- the A.S. House or online FOR 6. Director of Communications 13. Director of University Advising Affairs morrow at 4 p.m. in the A.S. through as.sjsu.edu. 7. Director of Internal Affairs 14. Director of Faculty Affairs House. ELECTION 8. Director of Intercultural Affairs 15. Director of External Affairs Director of Student Rights and Responsibilities SEE VOTE ON PAGE 2 2 NEWS Th ursday, February 19, 2015 Spartan Mambo dances around the competiton toward TV BY MARQUERITE TUUFULI bright costumes. But yeah, @journalistfuli there was a lot of waiting.” Th e club opened opportu- Spartan Mambo, the salsa nities for many students in the club on campus, recently audi- group including Kosuke Okamu- tioned for one of the country’s ra, a sophomore jazz studies ma- most popular television shows— jor. Okamura landed the fi nal “America’s Got Talent.” spot with Avex, a popular dance San Jose State alumnus company in Japan. Takeshi Young is the co-found- “I’m very thankful that I joined er and head coach for Spartan because I actually auditioned for Mambo. a Japanese company and I’m a fi - Young founded the club five nalist,” Okamura said. “Th anks to years ago while he was still a Spartan Mambo, my salsa experi- student at SJSU. ence got me far.” With the goal of teaching The club has accomplished students the appreciation for many things, including a vic- the dance, Young held week- tory win at the College Salsa ly rehearsals, which developed Congress in 2011, where they into a well-rounded and suc- competed with over 25 other cessful group over the years.