Spartan Daily Vol. 159 No. 8

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Lyft rides offered through SJSU Students can get picked up, dropped off on campus

By Myenn Rahnoma STAFF WRITER

San Jose State has launched a new transportation service for students through the ride-hail company Lyft, offering students an alternative to pre-existing shuttle and escort services.

The new SJSU Lyft Evening Ride program is a partnership between Associated Students (A.S.) Transportation Solutions, UPD Parking Services and Lyft and also offers three free rides up to $10 every month.

Tiffany Rodriguez, Transportation Services

program manager, said she’s grateful for the partnership.

Rodriguez said in an email that the ride program is a better adoption for people who require more travel accommodations, specifically with “the flexibility of the Lyft ride for travel distances, tracking option, shorter wait times and extended service hours.”

She said there are some restrictions, however.

The services are available for use from Mondays through Fridays from 7 a.m. to TRANSPORT | Page 2

Program details The SJSU Lyft Evening Ride program is a partnership between Associated Students Transportation Solutions, UPD Parking Services and Lyft.

Students are eligible for three free rides up to $10 every month. If the ride price exceeds $10, students have to pay the difference.

SJSU-affiliated center levels up student businesses

By Rainier de Fort-Menares STAFF WRITER

San Jose State has expanded its entrepreneurial opportunities for students through the Silicon Valley Small Business and Development Center.

The center opened on Jan. 3 as a part of the university’s strategic plan, Transformation 2030.

“We are expanding our mission beyond the university walls and we’re going to the community,” said Mohamed Abousalem, vice president for research and innovation. “By doing this, we’re bringing resources and opportunities from the community by connecting them with our students and faculty.”

One of the goals of Transformation 2030 is to connect and contribute to the larger Silicon Valley community, Abousalem said.

There are 62 Small Business Development Centers in the country, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration website.

Abousalem said historically, those centers have been hosted by community colleges, but larger

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Mohamed Abousalem, San Jose State vice president for research and innovation, has a conversation with two SJSU students during a Silicon Valley Small Business Development Center event in 2019.

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BUSINESS Continued from page 1 universities can create larger opportunities for student entrepreneurs.

The Silicon Valley Small Business Development Center is funded by federal and state governments, making its services free for SJSU community members, according to the center’s website.

Michael Cohen, Silicon Valley Small Business Development Center director, said the program is unique because of its location in Silicon Valley.

The center helps businesses ranging from restaurants to daycare centers, according to its website.

“There is just a wide range of smart people doing really smart things,” Cohen said. “I mean there is just an endless flow of smart people with fantastic ideas and that’s our purpose here is to help them get to where they want to go.”

The Silicon Valley Small Business Development Center connects with tech companies more than other centers around the country. Those high-growth tech companies require different levels of expertise.

Cohen said the program has a group of contracted advisers for various fields to work one on one with student clients.

He said most commonly, people need help with getting money to kick start their businesses.

“They have a really strong technical understanding of whatever product or service they are bringing to the market, but they are not typically experienced business people,” Cohen said.

The center’s purpose is to help clients with the business side of their companies, which are usually looking for equity financing or similar forms of investments.

Cohen said investors are successful in their fields with access to large amounts of capital.

He said they typically invest in several companies with hopes that one of them becomes successful and gives them substantial returns.

“We know that they are not all going to succeed but everybody deserves to have a chance to succeed and that’s where we’re kind

TRANSPORT Continued from page 1 2 a.m. and the rides must either start or end within the border area of SJSU’s main campus.

Students are also expected to cover the price difference for any trips that exceed the $10 limit.

The SJSU Lyft Evening Ride program is now one of three transportation services.

The other two services are the Safety Escort and the

of coming from here,” Cohen said.

He said the clients he and the Silicon Valley Small Business Development Center advisers work with are at varying levels in their businesses.

Some only have entrepreneurial ideas that they are looking to pursue while others have prototypes and are looking to get their products out in the market, Cohen said.

He said from the prototype stage, there are various steps of investment and grant opportunities.

Cohen said having the Silicon Valley Small Business and Development Center dealing with tech companies is in line with the SJSU’s goals toward being recognized as a research-oriented university.

Apart from the center, SJSU has other

There is just a wide range of smart people doing really smart things. I mean, there is just an endless flow of smart people with fantastic ideas and that’s our purpose here is to help them get to where they want to go.

Michael Cohen Silicon Valley Small Business Development Center director

programs that support research and innovation on campus.

Students involved in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity can compete in a schoolwide research competition. The top ten students are honored at an annual event and are then qualified to enter a California State University-wide competition.

Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity is the Division of Research and Innovation’s term used to describe creative work on campus, according to the Division of Research and Innovation webpage.

It is also an inclusive term for all the

Safe Ride, which was originally called the Spartan Shuttle. Both programs provide police escorts between campus and students’ living accommodations.

The Safety Escort is specifically focused on escorting students to their on-campus dorms and is available 24/7, according to its website.

The Safe Ride programp program provides off-campus transportation within a mile radius, and is available

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Michael Cohen, Silicon Valley Small Business Development Center director, talks to an audience while on stage during an event on Aug. 18.

investigative, experimental and creative work students and faculty engage in, according to the same webpage.

Mohamed Abousalem said on-campus research opportunities are available to all students, allowing them to get real-world experiences while being trained by faculty members.

“We really pride ourselves in the opportunity that we’re able to give our undergraduate students to get involved in research,” Abousalem said. “That is very unique for universities when it comes to research and we’re very proud of this.”

Through Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity, the Division of Research and Innovation has a funding program that brings students opportunities to get further involved in different research areas.

“I mean, there’s no more real world experience to me personally than entrepreneurship,” Director of Innovation Abby Queale said.

Queale said entrepreneurship is where people are breaking the mold, which is why

during the Spring and Fall Semesters on Mondays-Fridays, from 7:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. It’s designed to safely escort students from their late-night classes and/or events, according to the SJSU Safe Ride webpage.

Students can also request an escort by utilizing any Bluelight Phone or elevator phone on campus, or by calling the UPD at 408-924-2000, according to the University Police Bluelight Phone webpage.

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student entrepreneurs need those resources because there’s no protocols.

She said the Division of Research and Innovation protects the intellectual assets of the university. When a student or employee comes up with a new idea or discovery, it is protected by the university.

As a part of Transformation 2030, the Division of Research and Innovation works toward increasing the number of research opportunities for students, staff and faculty.

The Silicon Valley Small Business Development Center also hosts workshops at the Martin Luther King Jr. Library once a month, in which there is free admission and a featured keynote speaker.

The upcoming workshop is expected to be held on Sept. 21 and will focus on intellectual property.

campus, according to the Bluelight Phone map.

Political science junior Georgina Jimenez expressed that she is relieved there are newer implementations and accommodations.

“I discovered the shuttle services just last semester. I quickly found out that finding parking around this time was impossible. So instead, I would Uber to school and my mother w would pick me up after,” Jimenez said said.

She said the SJ SJSU Lyft Evening Ride program and a other rideescort services have ha improved her commuting experiences. exper UPD Capt. Fra Frank Belcastro said he would advise advis students who are walking home at night to impleme implement the “buddy system,” wh which is walking in groups or pairs, remaining alert to your yo surroundings and avoidin avoiding shifting your focus elsewhere, elsewhe especially to phones.

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“If you see behavior that is suspicious such as someone trying door handles, acting in a manner that is dangerous to themselves or others, violent or harassing actions, or other out-ofthe-ordinary behavior, call UPD, ” Belcastro said in an email.

Eligible students for the SJSU Lyft Evening Ride program should have already received an email with information about the program but interested students can reach out to the A.S. Transportation Solutions in the Student Union.

“SJSU is an urban campus in the heart of downtown, and UPD works hard to protect our campus community. The more programs and services we have to do that, the better,” Rodriguez said.

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OPINION

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Protect the vulnerable and mask the fuck up

STAFF WRITER

As San Jose State’s masking policy is expected to move from required to “strongly recommended,” there is one aspect of this I can’t stand: how often people complain about having to wear masks.

After hearing that, I get a rush of blood to my ears and am overcome by the visage and sound of every kneehigh, red-faced, snot-shooting and crying baby that I’ve ever had the misfortune of looking after.

Assuming you’re not a child and are not in need of a nanny and sippy cup then we can have a real conversation about masking.

Masks are good and necessary.

Wearing one can be cumbersome, it can be awkward and it can even be sad after living a life being unmasked for so long.

Make no mistake, I’m not a robot. I love seeing the faces of my loved ones as much as anyone else.

But have we become so lost in our pursuit of individualism and freedoms

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Not recognizing people who are medically different from you and refusing to help them is medical eugenics.

For people feeling uneasy about the U.S.’s more scientific institutions, the World Health Organization (WHO) also corroborates the scientific findings that masks are good.

Masks are a key measure to reduce transmission and save lives, according to WHO’s COVID-19 webpage.

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turn their exposed noses up at masks as actively harmful people with the intentions to kill.

In America, almost ten million people are considered “moderately-to-severely immunocompromised,” according to the Yale School of Medicine’s Clinical website and the most recent U.S. Census numbers.

Not recognizing people who are medically different from you and refusing to help them is medical eugenics.

Everyone has the right to life, no matter their medical statuses.

Ask yourself, reader: • Who are you in this piece?

If sheer numbers and a global scientific consensus isn’t enough for you, at this point, I can only assume you are actively participating in medical eugenics.

Medical eugenics was coined in 1883 by British explorer and natural scientist Francis Galton, according to Encyclopedia Britannica Online.

Galton, the sicko, is quoted as saying that eugenics would allow “more suitable races or strains of blood a better chance of prevailing speedily over the less suitable.”

I cringe and wince at the idea and word “eugenics,” but given the facts, it’s hard not to see people who scoff and

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• Are you unconcerned about the families of those next to you, the kids, the lives of your fellow countrymen?

Then you actively want people who have immune disorders, those over the age of 50 or any at-risk-health group to die.

Mask up, I strongly recommend it.

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that we no longer see the people around us as people?

I feel like we only see people as opponents, objects of obfuscation and barriers to the kind of world or perspective we want to have.

At the end of the day, it’s the only way for me to make sense of the visceral neglect and contempt we show for the people around us.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website, masks help prevent severe illness and strain on the healthcare system.

I’ll meet the unconvinced reader halfway, because I’m aware of the previous pointed fingers and aspersions at the CDC’s handling of coronavirus information.

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SPORTS

THURSDAY SEPT. 8, 2022

Spartan Racing team burns rubber

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By Alexia Frederickson STAFF WRITER

Tucked away in the College of Engineering lies a garage with two race cars that have been meticulously built, tested, driven and constantly improved upon

by San Jose State’s Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Formula team.

In Formula SAE, every team designs their own car, and creates most of the components in-house. Teams are given a specific set of guidelines on all aspects of the car, which can only be worked on, tested and driven by college students.

This year, the team is competing with both electric and combustion engine cars.

Ashwin Viswesvaran, a mechanical engineering senior, is the chief engineer of Spartan Racing and has been a member since 2019.

“I came to SJSU because a friend of mine said they have a racing team here,” Viswesvaran said. “I came out here, saw the shop, and thought it was the coolest thing ever. Right away, I knew I had to join.”

The team competes in the Formula SAE, a collegiate design series that dates back to the 1980s where schools from around the world build and race small Formula One

TOP: Ashwin Viswesvaran poses in a car Monday for a picture. ABOVE: Gabriella Khanitsky takes the car for a test ride. BOTTOM: (Left to Right) Kanishk Varun, Gabriella Khanitsky, Alyssa Froelich, Ashwin Viswesvaran, Kai Rehbinder and Aaron Hylton smile for a group photo in front of the Arch of Dignity, Equality, and Justice.

inspired cars.

Points are given based on both dynamic and static events that test both the design and capabilities of the cars, as well as the engineering and

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going to look, and working with the team to make sure we can execute everything correctly,” said Viswesvaran.

Spartan Racing is split into different teams with each person having a dedicated role for working on the cars.

There are about sixty members working on every aspect of the cars.

Kanishk Varun is a graduate student from India and chose to enroll in SJSU because of Spartan Racing.

“We basica l ly create everything that goes on the chassis, and make sure the car makes enough downforce so it sticks to the ground,” Varun said. “I saw that they had a good strong team, and I hoped that this could take my learning to the next level”.

Along with the cars, the team also manages the business side of racing, including sponsors, media relations and finances.

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project manager and has been a part of the team since last year.

“I am mainly responsible for making sure the team gets their act together and produces a good car,” Rehbinder said.

“At the end of the day, our job is to put a car on the ground and make it run”.

Varun said his favorite part of being on the Spartan Racing team was the social interaction he had with his teammates.

“Everyone in our clubroom has something special to offer.

It’s been a huge honor to learn from so many amazing people,” Varun said.

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