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FEMA runs first ‘Presidential Alert’ text

By Melisa Yuriar NEWS EDITOR

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) tested delivery of its Wireless Emergency Alert system nationally on Wednesday by sending a “Presidential Alert” message to a majority of cellphone users at 11:18 a.m.

The nationwide test was conducted by FEMA in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The test date was originally planned for Sept. 20, but was postponed until Oct. 3 because of ongoing response efforts to Hurricane Florence, according FEMA. Cell towers broadcasted the wireless test for approximately 30 minutes, beginning at 2:18 p.m. EST. Televisions and radios broadcasted test alerts two minutes later.

During this time, wirelessemergency-alert-compatible cellphones, televisions and radios that were on and within range of active cell towers were able to

receive the first presidential alert.

Some cellphones were not able to receive the test message and those whose phones were able, only received the message once.

The message read: “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed.”

Prior to the wireless emergency alert test occuring, officials said they believed it would reach 75 percent of roughly 225 million cellphones in the United States, though they hoped the number would be much higher.

The nationwide message alert system was criticized on social media, for fear of receiving President Trump’s tweets to their cellphones.

Biomedical engineering junior Ekaterina Azrapkina said she doesn’t think the alert system should have been tested during Trump’s presidency.

“Next thing you know, Trump will be sending us polls to gauge if he can start a war with Europe or Syria, and I don’t think people would like to see that appear on their phones,” Azrapkina said.

I feel that it’s somewhat an invasion of privacy to have the president send messages to everyone.

Anirudda Prabhu software engineering senior

However, FEMA has stated that the wireless alert system will only be used to warn the public about dangerous weather, missing children and other critical situations through alerts on cellphones.

In case of a nationwide catastrophe, the president would be able to send an alert and FEMA would script the message and send it out.

“I feel that it’s somewhat an invasion of privacy to have the president send messages to everyone. Those kinds of messages can be construed by the public,” software engineering

rabhu senior Aniruddha Prabhu ming said. “I see where it’s coming from, though . . . If theree is a ent or genuine issue that a president the administration needs to get across to the public then this is a quick and easy way to do so.”

According to the New York nation Times, the test was a culmination tween of many years of work between the federal government that developed the system and encies numerous government agencies that script the issued alerts. mited The messages are limited ill be to 90 characters, but will uture, expanded to 360 in the future, the Times reported.

All alert messages sentt will use the same unique tonee and relesss vibration as current wireless sages es emergency alert messages MBER ER currently use, such as AMBER g. gs Alert and Tornado Warnings. o opt Users cannot choose to s. out of the presidential alerts.

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Brown vetoes abortion bill Jeff Bezos

raises wages, people

By Huan Xun Chan STAFF WRITER

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By Winona Rajamohan STAFF WRITER

On Sunday, Gov. Jerry Brown took action on a fleet of bills passed by the California Legislature this term, including a move to veto a measure calling for public university student health centers to provide abortion medication by 2022.

According to his veto message, Gov. Brown returned the bill without his signature on the basis that “services required by this bill are widely available-off campus” thus making the bill unnecessary to be put in place.

“The average distance to abortion providers in campus communities varies from five to seven miles, not an unreasonable distance,” the governor said.

The bill, SB 320, was introduced by Senator Connie Leyva (D-Chino) in February 2017 aiming to provide students in need of early pregnancy termination to obtain health care services on campus.

“College-aged women should not have to wait additional time or travel long distances when they may have already decided to end their pregnancy,” Leyva said in a ABORTION | Page 2 newsletter released by her office.

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Amazon, which recently became the second company in the world valued at $1 trillion, announced on Tuesday its plans to raise the minimum wage of all employees to $15 an hour.

T h e increase w a s praised by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) BEZOS and San J o s e Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA), both of whom introduced legislation on Sept. 5 informally called the “Stop BEZOS Act,” named after Amazon Founder and CEO, Jeff Bezos.

The Act, formally titled the “Stop Bad Employers

by Zeroing Out Subsidies Act,” would, if passed, have allowed the government to tax big companies for the amount of money its employees collected in federal assistance.

Rise in wages is good for employees because it increases their purchasing power.

Vivek Agarwal Marketing and Decision Science lecturer

When the pay raises were announced, Khanna responded on Twitter writing, “Today is a great victory for workers at Amazon and the Fight For 15 [Movement]. Although the establishment did not take Sanders and I seriously with this initiative, I am glad that Jeff Bezos and Amazon did and gave their workers the raise they deserve.”

Pay increases will go into effect Nov. 1 and applies to 350,000 full-time and seasonal AMAZON | Page 2

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AMAZON Continued from page 1 locations will benefit from the new policy as well.

Amazon Pickup locations work similarly to post offices. The stores secure packages ordered from its site to combat “porch pirates,” people that steal packages shipped directly to a customer’s home.

Courtney Bojorquez, a part-time campus associate at Amazon Campus on East San Carlos Street, said that pay increase is overall a great thing.

“Who doesn’t love a raise?”

Bojorquez asked. “It’s good for me, but I think the people that work a lot of manual labor in the factories deserve it the most.”

Amazon disclosed to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission that the average Amazon employee made $28,446 in 2017.

“We listened to our critics, thought hard about what we wanted to do, and decided we want to lead,” Bezos stated on the company’s blog.

The company also stated that its public policy team will be lobbying lawmakers in Washington to increase the federal minimum wage. It currently sits at $7.25 an hour according to the United States Department of Labor.

Bojorquez acknowledged that the pay raise would be substan-

In the long-term, distant future, the impact may get diluted because of Amazon possibly raising their prices to accommodate the raises.

Vivek Agarwal Marketing and Decision Science lecturer

tial for those who have worked under California’s current mandatory hourly rate of $10.50.

San Jose’s minimum wage is currently $13.50.

“For me, the increase isn’t going to make that much of a difference since the rate in San Jose is going up to $15 next year anyway, but this will be really beneficial to a lot of Amazon workers,” Bojorquez said.

San Jose minimum wage will increase to $15 in January 2019.

Vivek Agarwal, a lecturer at the SJSU Department of Marketing and Decision Science, said that the Amazon wage increase may pressure other big companies to follow suit, and give employees more independence.

“Rise in wages is good for employees because it increases their purchasing power. It also increases their ability to save

ABORTION Continued from page 1 The Mercury News reported that implementing the bill would cost $9.6 million in private funding in order to provide a $200,000 grant to all public universities.

“My initial thoughts were I believed the service should be accessible to all students, and according to the governor [its current accessibility] the reason why it passed on not being mandatory,” psychology senior Kayla Harper-Alvarez said.

“It’s not saying that it should not be allowed but it’s more so saying that it’s not a big priority of the government to have that right now.”

The grants would have been provided to all the 35 University of California and California State University systems for student accessibility of abortion-inducing medication as well as 24-hour telephone patient support for recipients of the medication.

“Most UC and CSU campuses are within walking distance and short time public transit distance from an abortion facility, for example, the nearest abortion facility from SJSU is at about a 10 to 15 minute bus ride,” Spartans for Life president Ricky Silva said. “The governor is right in saying that lack of access is not an issue.”

San Jose State’s Spartans For Life held a demonstration on campus in April to garner support against the bill from the campus community.

It’s not saying that it should not be allowed but it’s more so saying that it’s not a big priority of the government to have that right now.

Kayla Harper-Alvarez psychology senior

Members of the group disagreed with the idea of students having access to the abortion pill, RU-486, on campus.

According to the U.S. Food and Drugs Administration, as of Dec. 31, 2017, 22 women have died from ingesting the pill since the drug was approved in the year 2000.

The first pill is taken by women in the clinic, while the second pill is taken at home where women can induce embryo expulsion in the bathroom by sitting on a toilet.

Side effects of taking the pill include hemorrhaging, expelling blood clots, nausea, and vomiting.

“We feared that [the expulsion on the toilet seat] would have been going on in campus dorms and that women would not be able to get to the ER in time to survive,” Silva said.

According to a report

by UCSF research group, Advancing New Standards in

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Amazon packages that students living on campus order are delivered to the Residential Mailroom in Joe West Hall.

thereby increasing the standard of living,” Agarwal said.

Though in his opinion, Agarwal could not predict what the real long-term effect could be.

“In the short-term, near future, it’s a good move for the economy. In the long-term, distant future, the impact may get diluted because of Amazon possibly raising their prices to accommodate the raises,” Agarwal added.

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Reproductive Health, distance, cost barriers, and delays in scheduling an appointment are the key barriers of college students seeking abortions.

The report found that more than 51 percent of students across the UC and CSU systems come from lowincome backgrounds.

The figures indicated that students paying for abortions at a provider that does not accept student health insurance or students that do not wish to use insurance coverage in order to keep the procedure private would be financially strained.

The report also found that an estimated 62 percent of the UC and CSU student populations are more than 30 minutes away from the closest abortion provider via public transportation.

The research group concluded that among the key findings from the report is a projection that there would be roughly 519 medication abortions each month across UC and CSU campuses if the procedure was offered at student health centers.

“Going to a health center on campus is different than going into a Planned Parenthood where there’s a lot of perceptions and misconceptions,” HarperAlvarez said.

Senator Leyva said on her Twitter account that the veto was a “setback to a woman’s right to access abortion” and that she plans to reintroduce the bill in the next session.

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Correction

On Wednesday, Oct. 3, in an article titled “Female engineers break stigma,” Alpaha Omega Epsilon was misidentified.

The Spartan Daily regrets this error.

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(TOP LEFT) 5 Seconds of Summer guitarist Michael Clifford and lead vocalist Luke Hemmings light up the crowd during the band’s concert at the Event Center Wednesday.

(BOTTOM LEFT) Lead vocalist Luke Hemmings shifts gears to a more intimate tone with the song “Lie to Me” from the band’s new album “Youngblood.”

(ABOVE) The band’s guitarist Michael Clifford soaks up the atmosphere.

Poetry book filled with ‘Flux’ of emotions

By Melody Del Rio STAFF WRITER

Orion Carloto’s poetry book “Flux” is the perfect remedy to mend a broken heart.

The book, as Carloto wrote, “is best read with a warm cup of coffee in hand.”

I first found out about Carloto through my Tumblr feed.

She posted a poetry piece and I instantly clicked the follow button.

After that, I found out she was also known for creating content on YouTube. She is also an Instagram influencer with 532,000 followers.

She describes herself as an “admirer of art, in all of its strange forms.” “Flux” is her first published work as an author.

When I found out she released a new book, I knew I had to read it.

Once I did, I started to recommend it to my close friends.

In the second page, you’ll find a letter from Carloto to her readers.

She encourages readers to indulge in the words printed on the pages as if they were meant for them.

Though the poetry book isn’t like your traditional Robert Frost works, it still resonates with the readers.

It makes the readers interpret and reflect on what is written in between the pages.

“Flux” is a good exam-

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Author: Orion Carloto Genre: Poetry

ple of modern-day poetry.

While looking at the cover and in between the pages, you’ll notice a pleasing minimalistic aesthetic.

The book is an example of modern-day poetry or in other words, a collection of thoughts printed on pages.

I say a collection of thoughts because this type of poetry isn’t what comes to mind when you think of poetry. Instead, it feels like her public diary.

It explores the vulnerable side of Carloto’s inner thoughts as she experiences love and heartbreak.

Some of the pages contain photos of her diary entries while some are filled with smudged ink because of her assumed tear drops splattered on the page, which makes the readers feel closer to the author.

On some pages, you’ll find one-line pieces that will have you reminiscing about your own personal

past experience.

For me, the oneliner that is my favorite is “Character Development.”

It reads, “Progress is dancing to the same song I use to cry to.”

Though it isn’t a long poetry piece, it’s a piece that I could relate to my own storyline in whichever way I like.

While some of the full page one-liners did work, I did feel as if there might have been too many.

The longer pieces, however, were a great addition because of the details.

It really feels like I am in someone else’s thoughts instead of my own.

“Flux” explores the vulnerable side of Carloto’s inner thoughts as she experiences love, heartbreak and the stages in between.

Which seems fitting considering the cover is an illustration of the “Love” tarot card.

The book makes you believe that love and heartbreak is a tangible thing that can be formed in the shape of a poetry book.

“Flux” has raw emotions and if it’s in the hands of someone who has not known heartbreak, this book is not for you.

For the ones who have, the book serves as a reminder that you’re not alone and what you’ve felt, others have felt as well.

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Some youth felons deserve second chances Winona Rajamohan STAFF WRITER

Gov. Jerry Brown signed bills on Sunday that would limit how young people would be brought to trial for criminal charges.

According to the Sacramento Bee, the governor put two bills into action – Section Bill 439 and Section Bill 1391.

SB 439 would institute the minimum age for prosecution in juvenile court to be 12 years of age, unless a minor younger than that age has committed crimes such as murder or rape.

SB 1391 will remove the possibility of a defendant below the age of 16 to be trial as an adult and susceptible to being sent to prison.

Prosecutors could previously request for the transfer of individuals aged 14 and 15 to an adult court if they were being put on trial for murder, arson, robbery, rape or kidnapping.

Under SB 1391, youth below the age of 16 who face conviction will be

held in locked juvenile facilities and not prisons.

The jurisdictions of this bill has been garnering the most questions.

In the governor’s message signing the bill, Brown said the decision was taken with the consideration that young offenders should be given “attempts to reform” and that sending these young individuals to adult prison would mean “their likelihood of becoming a lifelong criminal is so much higher.”

The decision has raised big arguments from those who support the idea of young offenders being given a second chance to change.

However, it has also sparked uproar from advocates and families who believe that some young perpetrators of grieve crimes like murder and rape cannot simply be rehabilitated, but must instead be kept

away from the public.

I strongly believe that all young people, especially those who have made mistakes, should have an opportunity to grow up into better adults.

They should be able to grow up into adults who have learned from the poor decisions of their teenage years.

They should be able to become adults who know better than to submit to peer pressure and they should

tions are all that it takes to create a brand new individual out of a troubled young kid.

The decision was not taken well by the family of Madyson Middleton, an 8-year-old who was raped and killed by her 15-year-old neighbor, Adrian Gonzalez, in a Santa Cruz apartment in 2015, according to

CBS News.

The public Facebook group, Remembering Madyson Middleton, was flooded with comments expressing disappointment over what the bill would mean for Middleton’s attacker who has not been charged.

KION News reports that if Gonzalez is now found guilty, he would be sent to the Department of Juvenile Justice and could be released at the age of 25, instead of being sentenced to life in prison.

I once read an article about a killing in Fairfax County, Virginia, that was inflicted by several members from the international criminal gang, MS-13.

The victim was a 15-year-old girl who was stabbed 13 times as a form of payback for her involvement in the murder of another boy.

It was an act of revenge, but from the lens of a 17-year-old who viewed revenge in a much more brutal light than many who feel it.

NBC reports that a total of 10 suspects were arrested in connection with the murder, with three of them being juveniles below the age of 18.

According to NBC, Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Ray Morrogh said that “Some kids are prodigies at the violin and some kinds are prodigies at violence.”

Morrogh’s statement came to mind when I thought about how the bill might leave no room for exceptions when it came to sentencing young individuals, even if the individual has done crimes more brutal than many adults already in prison.

Though I stand for young offenders having the opportunity to reconstruct their lives as they step into adulthood, I do believe that the bill should be more reflective of the nature of the case and the crime that was being committed.

Sometimes, there are people who are just simply dangerous and must be taken away from even the slightest possibility of harming a member of the public.

Sometimes, these dangerous minds unfortunately start at a young age.

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Latino communities, and they had witnessed themselves how harsh criminal laws had affected children of color.

“Our correctional system and its resources must be dedicated to corrections and rehabilitation, not incarceration,” Mitchell said in a statement released by her office in April.

However, I also believe there are exceptions to an ideal outlook where all rehabilitation and behavioral correc-

I do believe that the bill should be more reflective of the nature of the case and the crime that was being committed. have the opportunity to see the world beyond the sometimes irrational lens of one’s younger days.

These were the reasons why Senators Holly Mitchell and Ricardo Lara created SB 1391.

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College years are not the best years of your life Paul Hang STAFF WRITER

They say college is the best years of your life, but did you know there has been a rise of depression among college students?

According to an annual report by the Center for Collegiate Mental Health, there’s been an increase in mental health problems for college students.

The 2016 report, in which information was collected from 139 institutions, found that 26 percent of students who sought help inflicted self-harm. In addition, 33.2 percent of students considered suicide.

There are a wide variety of mental illnesses students will face. According to Best Colleges, the top five mental problems students face are depression, anxiety, suicide, eating disorders and addiction to drugs and alcohol.

I understand why some students feel depressed because of grades.

I hated studying so hard for a test only to fail it. Knowing a friend who barely studied for the same test passing made things worse.

Even in college, things haven’t changed. I still hate it when I get a quiz or test because I know I’m going to do bad no matter how hard I study.

It also doesn’t help that students must get a certain grade per average to go to top universities such as

UCLA or Princeton.

Basically, society is using the grading system to rank the student’s performance, which I believe can lower student’s self esteem.

During my sophomore year of high school, I started to feel suicidal because

I think it’s a place that makes you feel miserable and makes you feel like you’re not going to succeed in life.

I wasn’t performing as well as I felt I should.

No matter how hard I tried to succeed, I always ended up disappointing myself, only becoming more frustrated.

My family was known for being academically successful and I was the opposite of that. I started to feel like a burden to them.

Sometimes, I contemplated suicide so that I wouldn’t feel like a burden to my family. I felt there was no purpose for me to live at times because I thought being a journalist would make me happy,

but it doesn’t.

It hurts to be forced to go to college when you never had any desire to go, but you have to or else your dream jobs are never going to be a reality.

I almost wanted to drop out and give up last semester because I wasn’t enjoying anything at all. I had never felt so depressed as a college student. I hated how so many of my classes were too heavy of a workload. I had no control over my life.

As much I want to put myself out of misery and end all this pain, I do know there are friends and family members who do want me to succeed. I also want to see how I’m going to succeed.

I also live for two favorite hobbies of mine – playing video games and listening to music.

James McGonigal from Slate Magazine did a study on how video games can help you fight depression.

“Video game play is literally the neurological opposite of depression,” McGonigal said.

I always loved listening to music as a kid and I do have some skills of playing various instruments too, but I mostly prefer to listen.

I personally don’t think college years are the best of your life.

If you are having a great time being a college student, more power to you.

As for me, I think it’s a place that makes you feel miserable and makes you feel like you’re not going to succeed in life.

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Retail workers deserve more respect Myla La Bine STAFF WRITER

Everyone goes to the store to shop for products they need. For many of us, that means a weekly trip to the grocery store is a necessity.

Sometimes we go to different retail stores to purchase clothes, electronics or shoes.

The local mall tends to be a popular place to shop for items we want, but don’t necessarily need. It’s also a place where workers are usually mistreated and expected to deal with unruly customers, all while earning a low wage.

As of May 2017, the national mean hourly wage estimate is $13.20 for retail salespersons, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

I experienced this first hand, as I worked my first retail job this past summer at a clothing store.

Over the two months I worked there, I witnessed customers leaving clothes on the floor, making a mess in dressing rooms and purposely knocking down shelved items.

Though I enjoyed the people I worked with, I did not like being treated like a servant.

I understand a retail worker is expected to help pick up after customers, but many are not respected

simply because they work at a store.

I noticed while I was working that customers thought they were better and smarter than many of my co-workers.

This was particularly noticeable during disagreements, especially if it was over an exchange or return.

Retail workers are hardworking individuals who deal with a lot of difficulties.

I had multiple customers tell me I had no idea what I was doing when I attempted to do exchanges for them, even though they failed to understand the store’s policy of the items having to be the same brand and price.

I got used to being treated this way after a while, but I was appalled at how some customers seemed like they didn’t care about the fact that they treated workers as if they weren’t human.

The absolute worst moment I had was when a customer yelled at me for

not completing her return right away, even though my co-worker had just fallen.

Child and adolescent development senior David Escalante recalled a moment where a customer reported him to a manager when he worked at Walmart.

“This lady got so upset with me because my tone was slightly off because I was tired the day before. I told her I was sorry and she said she [was going] to report me for not treating her well,” Escalante said.

Escalante said he decided to speak up and tell the woman he didn’t treat people well if they give him attitude.

“She left and ended up calling my manager . . . Even though I was in the right, I was still in the wrong because the industry I [work] in always [says] the customer is right,” he added.

A survey by The Center for Popular Democracy last November stated that among 1,100 workers “57 percent of all front-line retail workers had physical symptoms associated with stress or anxiety.”

I would not be surprised if this is attributed to dealing with rude customers and being paid a low salary.

Despite what some may believe, retail workers are hard-working individuals who deal with a lot of difficulties.

Next time you decide to shop, remember to thank the person who rings up your items. I promise they’ll appreciate your kindness.

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THURSDAY, OCT. 4, 2018

SJSU turns to ‘three amigos’ for defense

By Vicente Vera STAFF WRITER

In the Spartans’ last home game versus Hawaii, the team lost a heartbreaker in five overtimes 44-41 after San Jose State University senior kicker Bryce Crawford missed a game-tying field goal.

Coming up short by such a tight margin made the team even hungrier to get its first win of the season in the upcoming match against Colorado State this Saturday.

With 451 yards, quarterback Josh Love racked up more yards in the Hawaii game than in his first two games of the season combined. He also had 28 pass completions, compared to just 15 in the previous game.

Love is now considered SJSU’s starting quarterback going forward.

“I think [Love] is the main guy going forward,” head coach Brent Brennan said. “He’s performing at a level that shows he wants to be that guy, he showed some real toughness in the last game, so I’m really proud of him.”

He expressed optimism not only toward his offensive players’ drive in the last game, but the defense as well.

The Spartans’ defense also had more total tackles than Hawaii, as was the case for the game against Oregon too, proving that the defense has stayed consistent in executing its defensive plan.

“In our first two games, we still lacked in some areas, but once we got to Oregon, we started follow

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Senior defensive tackle Bryson Bridges (far left) fights to get past freshman offensive lineman Robert Crandall (65) during Wednesday’s practice.

through on the details,” defensive tackle Sailosi Latu said.

Latu is a senior at SJSU, and said that the Hawaii game was the first time he has ever played a five overtime game in his college career.

“I think the fact that we went on overtime for that long shows how bad we wanted [to win],” Latu said. “At the end of the game I saw that more and more players were buying into being hungry.”

Many of the players on the team’s defense described feeling “hungry” after coming so close to winning that

You just want to leave a good legacy and make as many plays as possible because of that sense of urgency.

Boogie Roberts senior defensive tackle

last game.

Senior defensive tackle Bryson Bridges sacked Hawaii quarterback Cole McDonald for a loss of six yards in the last game.

He described the art of sacking as being the product of much hard work.

“How do I feel about getting that sack? I mean you seen my celebration!”

Bridges said with pride.“It took 90-something snaps to finally get that one sack, and I missed one earlier in the game so I knew I had to redeem myself and it was a good feeling.”

Senior defensive tackle Boogie Roberts echoed many of the topics that his teammates touched on, but added another reason for

him to keep pushing his limits for the next game.

“As a senior, every game means that you’re getting closer to your time being over,” Roberts said. “You just want to leave a good legacy and make as many plays as possible because of that sense of urgency.”

Roberts’ aggressive attitude allows him to take charge of the team’s defensive detail.

This defensive strategy was most evident when he forced a fumble at the beginning of the third quarter in the Hawaii game.

Roberts, Bridges and Latu have been labeled as

the star defensive players of the Spartans since the beginning of the season.

Coach Brennan refers to them as “the three amigos.”

“Obviously the three amigos, Boogie, Bryson and ‘Losi’ are kind of setting the tone and helping our new players grow and develop,” Brennan said. “I think the future is really bright for all of them.”

The Spartans’ upcoming game against Colorado State will take place at CEFCU Stadium this Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

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Spartans are ready to ‘Set The Expectation’

By Melody Del Rio STAFF WRITER

The San Jose State University football team is teaming up with the SJSU Beyond Football program and the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) Silicon Valley for Saturday’s game against Colorado State for Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

“It just made sense that the football team works with Brenda Tracey to bring awareness this month regarding the topic,” director of SJSU Beyond Football, Tobruk Blaine said. “Our young men can be factors of changing the view of stereotypical football players when it comes to when they engage with women.”

This is part of the Set the Expectation campaign started by Brenda Tracy, a woman who was gangraped by four football players in 1998.

Tracy came forward with her story in 2014.

In 2016, she started working with football programs to educate them on sexual violence. As Tracy traveled around the country, she realized the coaches were on the same page and did not tolerate sexual assault.

“Our coaches have a lot of guest speakers come and talk to us about domestic abuse,” senior defensive tackle Bryson Bridges said.

“As a team we have conversations, so it’s on our mind a lot. If guys go out, we are

As men, we have a responsibility to bring awareness to violence against women and to be part of the solution.

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aware and if we see something, we do something.”

According to the SJSU Institute for the Study of Sport, Society and Social Change in 2017, Tracy presented a petition to the NCAA requesting organizations to ban violent athletes from participating in collegiate sports.

On the same day, NCAA’s Board of Governors voted to convene the Commission to Combat Sexual Violence. In the same year, the Stanford football team became the first university in the country to sign the Set The Expectation student pledge.

This year, SJSU is taking the pledge.

The Set the Expectation game is to bring awareness around sexual assault and physical violence. The football team is dedicating the game to support communities by coming a part of the solution through engagement on college campuses.

“I think it’s very important for us football players to be proactive about raising awareness because it is a

huge issue in our country,” senior quarterback Michael Carrillo said. “We play a large role in that, as men, trying to be the 90 percent instead of being the 10 percent of men that are abusive. I think it’s important to make a stand.”

On Tuesday, the YWCA received a commendation from San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo for recognizing and addressing domestic violence in the Silicon Valley community.

The organization is dedicated to empowering women and eliminating racism in the Silicon Valley.

In March, the SJSU’s football team participated in the A Mile in her Shoes event hosted by YWCA. Tanis Crosby, CEO of YWCA of Silicon Valley, stated in an interview with SJSU Beyond Football that the men on the team served as role models and that “these are the kinds of guys that I want my sons to look up to.”

T-shirts with the hashtag #SetTheExpectation will be available on Saturday’s game for $15. The proceeds will go to the YWCA of Silicon Valley to help survivors.

“One of our core values is to treat women with respect,” head coach Brent Brennan said. “As men, we have a responsibly to bring awareness to violence against women and to be a part of the solution.”

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