Sd REMEMBERING CANDLESTICK WITH A BEATLE NEWS 2 SPORTS 6 Uchida Hall remodel Jared Leaf steps pulls an iconic SJSU onto the gridiron building into the to continue his modern era. recovery. Volume 143 | Issue 2 Serving San Jose State University since 1934 Wednesday, August 27, 2014 Campus Image Brandon Chew | Spartan Daily A smiling President Mohammad Qayoumi poses with students for a selfi e in front of the new Student Union Tuesday, Aug. 26. The appearance promotes his welcoming address Wednesday, Aug. 27 at noon in the Morris Dailey Auditorium in Tower Hall. Carpenter’s#SJSUPROTEST union protests on campus No response to SJSU communication reported By Jessica Schlegelmilch According to the flyer, “SJSU has division also working at the Ask Me information given in the letters. According to Brown, all @JessieSchleg failed to require Sundt Construction booth said the workers have a right All three letters state contractors contractors affiliated with the Students may have seen the and all of its subcontractors to to be here. affiliated with the university university are required to pay brightly colored flyers plastered pay the Carpenter Area Standard “From what I understand, the are required to pay “prevailing minimum wage and the university with an ominous grim reaper Wages and Benefits and to provide message is a little misleading – they wages in accordance with the examines payroll records to holding a bag of money and a Training and Apprenticeship are mad with SJSU for something governing Labor Code and Code of confirm laws are followed. blade reading “profit.” The figure requirements on all projects all the that the construction company Regulations.” Brown said the group has not has Sundt, one of the construction time.” did,” she said. The letter also stated the responded to any of the letters. companies working on the SJSU Joshua Little, SJSU alumnus and According to Little, the Ask Me university does not have control “They’re not interested in campus, written across the black the current case coordinator for booth has had no interaction with over wages given in projects not working with us,” Brown said. cloak. student conduct, works at the Ask the protesters aside from answering related to the university. Brown said he doesn’t mind they The flyer reads “shame on Me booth located near the Student students questions regarding the The letter dated Aug. 2014 from are protesting and believes people SJSU & Sundt.” Other billboards Services building at the Boyce Gate protesters presence. Brown written to Mr. Tim Litton, desiring fair pay is not a negative held by protesters read “Sundt entrance to campus. Three letters were sent regarding titled as field representative of thing. The problem, he said, lies in Construction Hurts Workers, Hurts Ask Me booths are set up on concerns on what Christopher Carpenters Local 46, stated “you’ve how they are “greatly misinforming Families, Hurts Community.” campus during the first week of Brown, associate vice president requested that we disallow them the public.” An anonymous affiliate of school to address student questions of Facilities Development and [the construction company] from Brown said he has no intention of the group said the group cannot and concerns. Little’s booth is Operations, claims as false bidding on our work if they do not further attempts in contacting the comment because it is not a part located directly behind one of the information being distributed by pay prevailing wages on ‘all’ their group. “At this point it’s just a waste of their protocol. However, they protester’s main locations. the protest group he called “the work, even non-university work of paper, a waste of breath,” he said. said all the information about the “I think it’s an eyesore for new Carpenter Union.” The flyer calls that has nothing to do with our You can read the entirety of all awareness campaign can be found students entering the campus for the group Carpenters 46. university. As we’ve previously three letters on the Spartan Daily written on the flyers. the first time,” he said. The letters are dated Sept. 2013, stated, we have no legal authority website. They also said the information on Astrid Davis, member of the April 2014 and Aug. 2014. to ban them from bidding based on Jessica Schlegelmilch is the the flyer is factual. SJSU administration and finance Brown said he stands behind the this criteria.” Spartan Daily Executive Editor. facebook.com/spartandaily @spartandaily @spartandaily @SpartanDaily WEDNESDAY 2 NEWS AUGUST.27.2014 Sd YOSHIHIRO UCHIDA HALL 2. Brandon Chew | Spartan Daily 1. English professor Jonathan Lovell admires the architecture of the newly reno- vated Yoshihiro Uchida Hall on Aug. 26. 2. The newly renovated Yoshihiro Uchida Hall opens for the Fall semester. The building includes intricate architecture. 3. A couple of students discover a outside patio on to 2nd floor of the newly renovated Yoshihiro Uchida Hall on Aug. 26. 4. A yoga student makes his way around the pre-exsiting stairwell that is now incorporated into the newly renovated Yoshihiro Uchida Hall on Aug. 26. #SJSUKINESIOLOGY Kinesiology welcomes new chair By Jasmine Leyva success in a variety of ways (and) finding ways “They were a super group of students and fun @leyvaleyv3 around the sometimes extraordinary red tape that to work with,” she said. is sometimes the CSU,” she said. Reekie said returning to teaching and The former San Jose State University In August 1982, Reekie came to SJSU to serving as associate chair to the department will department chair of kinesiology Shirley Reekie, teach undergraduate and graduate sport history allow her to have more time for things she enjoys Ph. D. will return to teaching and will serve as and activity classes, specifically sailing. such as rowing and sailing. associate chair for the Fall 2014 semester. “If you have ever taken an activity class at During the summer, Reekie raced her dinghy Reekie stepped down effective on July 1. SJSU, you have Doctor Reekie to thank in no small in the United Kingdom as she does every year. The new kinesiology department chair is measure,” Masucci said. During the Fall semester, Reekie will teach Matthew Masucci, Ph.D. Reekie continued with teaching kinesiology sailing, rowing and kayaking while supervising Masucci said he was fortunate working with department writing workshops, a graduate a student teacher and seeing through the Reekie and will continue working with her. international sport class, research method classes renovation of Yoshihiro Uchida Hall and the “I am exceptionally fortunate that Shirley and various teacher education classes. Spartan Complex. is going to be serving as the associate chair in my Masucci said Reekie was passionate for Projects Reekie was involved in will continue first two semesters on the job since the wealth physical activity on campus. under the guidance of Masucci. of knowledge and campus and community During her time at SJSU, Reekie coached “Among the projects that we will continue relationships she has built over the years would San Jose State’s Spartan Sailing Association when to work on are the Timpany Center and SJSU be impossible to replicate,” Masucci said. it was revived back in 2004, according to Spartan Research Foundation and Santa Clara County After evaluating the eight years she served Daily reports. partnership,” Masucci said. as department chair, Reekie decided to go back to Reekie said many of the sailing team Reekie said she looks forward to spending teaching. members started in her beginning sailing class. more time with students directly. “I found I was often working more than She said she coached the team for about 10 years. As for Masucci, he said he will support 12 hour days, and often seven days a week and I “We were, by far, the least experienced and student success and hopes to create more resources couldn’t do it any longer,” Reekie said. least coached team and we sometimes reckoned for students to become engaged in the university Reekie said despite the busy days, she our finish position from the back,” she said. and the San Jose community. enjoyed her time as chair for two main reasons. Reekie’s highlight of her experience Jasmine Leyva is the Managing Editor of the “Firstly, being able to help students achieve coaching was when the team competed in Hawaii. Spartan Daily. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM @SPARTANDAILY FOLLOW US ON TWITTER WEDNESDAY SdAUGUST.27.2014 A&E 3 #CONCERTS Music icons heat up summer with unforgettable concerts By Philip Beadle and pected source of his fame, he the moment and almost McCartney in the audience Jason Reed described an incident while everybody in the crowd was and asked if he would tune @Beadlebeat going through customs in holding onto somebody else. his guitar. which he was questioned The show pumped back McCartney laughed, From heavy metal, all- about his occupation. He up from there with rowdy saying he politely refused day noise-fests, like Vans said, “I’m a musician ... I play renditions of “Gypsies, and told Hendrix to tune it Warped Tour and Mayhem, in a band called Primus.” Tramps and Thieves” and himself. to festivals that spanned When the customs agent “Welcome to Burlesque.” He continued playing all days and stages like Outside- was unresponsive, Les added She finished off with “If I the hits, and emotions ran lands, there was no short- “I did the South Park theme Could Turn Back Time” and high when he played tributes age of musical acts rolling song,” at which the agent a danced-up version of “Be- to John Lennon and George through San Jose and San immediately stamped his lieve” before performing an Harrison.