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Replacement Tower Card price rises By Lamar Moody STAFF WRITER

The fee to replace a lost, stolen or damaged Tower Card has risen from $5 to $20 according to San José State’s website. A Tower Card is an SJSU student’s identification card. Tower Cards not only verify a student’s status as a member of SJSU, but also gives students access to academic and studenthousing buildings on campus according to the same website. This includes access to a variety of services available specifically to students such as the Spartan Recreation

Aquatic Center, dining commons and camera rentals, according to the SJSU website. User Experience Head Michael Condon, said SJSU requires all students to have a Tower Card, because they are essential in accessing library services such as renting books, computers and printing out assignments. “The Tower Card raise puts students in a tricky situation, especially the students who don’t have extra cash to purchase a second or third Tower Card,” Condon said. “Is it really necessary to raise the price on (Tower Card)?”

I n c o m i n g undergraduates, freshmen and transfers, are asked to submit a photo via SJSU’s online portal, according to a website from the Bursar’s Office. Once the photo is approved, students receive their Tower Card during orientation for free. Political science junior Chima Nwokolo said it’s ridiculous that the price to replace a Tower Card rises every time a student loses their card. “I don’t think that’s suitable for students,” Nwokolo said. “Not everyone can afford that type of money to replace

something so important to us students.” Nwokolo said he thinks students should be able to replace their Tower Cards for free the first time they lose, but if it is lost multiple times, the university should just charge a flat rate of $5. “Twenty dollars is way too much money and going up to fifteen dollars every time is inconvenient for us students,” Nwokolo said. “I just don’t think it’s fair for us to have to pay for a Tower Card if we accidentally misplace it or if it gets lost or stolen.” Political science senior Alejandro Barajas said students shouldn't

have to pay for any additional Tower Card because tuition is already incredibly expensive. “As a student here, I imagine I shouldn’t have to pay for anything here that should be free,” Barajas said. “Even $5 is too much to pay. I would imagine shortcomings like that would be free.” Barajas said physical Tower Cards are nice to have, especially when they’re free, but if students lose it, they should be able to access their Tower Card digitally through their phone or some type of app. Business sophomore Riccardo Scarafia said he's

been fortunate enough to have never lost his Tower Card, but has soccer teammates who have lost their card. “I think it’s good to have a fee every time you lose the (Tower Card) because it keeps us students responsible,” Scarafia said. “I don’t agree with a $20 fee, but we should be charged about $5 every time we misplace it.”

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County begins preparations for special election By Nikita Bankar STAFF WRITER

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Jonathan Gomez (left), assistant professor of Chicana/Chicano studies, discusses the Filipino and Chicano farmworkers movement with Joanne Rondilla (right), assistant professor of Asian American Studies on Tuesday.

SJSU honors movement By Melany Gutierrez STAFF WRITER

The San José State community came together on Tuesday morning to discuss and honor the alliance of the Filipino and Chicano Farmworkers movement that started in 1965 when the United Farm Workers union formed, according to a PBS webpage.

The 1965 Filipino and Chicano farmworkers movement were a series of protests, rallies and boycotts demonstrated by both Filipino and Chicano farmworkers in an effort to demand better work conditions and raises in hourly wages, according to an article by the Asian American Education Project. The movement brought

awareness to the unfair treatment Filipino and Chicano farmworkers were undergoing, according to the same article. San José State’s Mosaic Cross Cultural Center hosted the event at the Student Union Ballroom. The Mosaic Cross Cultural Center is a resource center on ACTIVISM | Page 2

The Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters started hosting workshops on Oct. 2 and will continue through Oct. 26 in a variety of languages aimed at educating voters about the upcoming Nov. 7 special election, according to a post from its Instagram. The mission of the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters is to protect and ensure the community’s right to participate in fair, inclusive, accurate and transparent elections, according to its website. Paulo Chang, election

division coordinator of Precinct Operations, said the special election is not a county-wide election in the English Voter Language Workshop on Oct. 2. “Only a specific quantity of voters in a specific area will be eligible to vote, and that’s about over 70,000 voters,” Chang said. Chang said the San José-Evergreen Community College District and Los Altos School Districts are eligible for the election, and will be voting on a parcel tax measure. A parcel tax is a property tax levied VOTING | Page 2

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VOTING Continued from page 1 on owners of parcels, according to Ed 100. Unlike ordinary property taxes, parcel taxes are explicitly not based on the value of a property p p y or its use. The Los Altos School District proposal is for a $295 parcel tax — a renewal of the existing $223 parcel arcel tax and an increasee of $72 — for eight years, according to an Oct. 8 article from Local News ews Matter. Changg said on election day voting ing centers will be open from om 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., and willl be open through lunchtime, me, dinner time, break time and other meal breaks. eaks. “This is why we stock k our vote centers with a good amount of election officers, so they can take breaks, reaks, and theyy can help the voters ters as needed,” Chang said. Established lished by Senate Bill 450 50 (2016), the California nia Voter's Choice Act (VCA) CA) allows voters to choose ose the location and time me to cast their ballot by mailing one to every voter, according

to a website from the California Secretary of State. It also expanded in-person early voting and allowed voters to cast a ballot at any vote center within their county, according to the same source. q The law also required local counties to provide secure ballot drop off

locations throughout the county, according to the same website from the California Secretary of State. Gr a c e Su l l iv an , bi l i ng u a l el e c t i on specialist of both English and Tagalog, said voters can choose to vote by p p paper, touchscreen or audio in nine languages during the Tagalog Voter Language Workshop

on Oct. 10. “ T he l ang u age s available are English, Hindi, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog and Vietnamese,” Sullivan said. All voters will now automatically receive a Vote by Mail (VBM) ballot, accordingg to a website from the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters Office. Ballots will be mailed about a month before each election, giving voters time to mark and return their ballot when

it is most convenient for them, according to the same source. Chang said while the purpose of the workshops is to provide information about voting options, he hopes everyone attending becomes both a partner and collaborator in the p votingg process. Evelyn Mendez, Public and Legislative Affairs Manager at Santa Clara County Registrar of

Voters, said the county has been creating these multilingual workshops in 14 different languages, after following the Voter’s Choice Act in 2019. “We are required to have at least one meeting 10 days before an election and we provide assistance g g other than in languages English,” Men Mendez said. Mendez als also said having w these online workshops is important fo for the local community. community “Sometimes people are not as comfortable asking questions askin and in English E instead ask it instea their language, in thei which is why wh we have those workshops staff on thos who speak th those specific l a n g u a g e s ,” M Mendez said. “People need to get the current iinformation for ever y election, and we provide that.” AL

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garden and I’m very invested in farmworker rights and stories,” Continued from page 1 Mangoni said. “I want to be here to support the c ampu s prov i d i ng event and to learn more supp or t, advo cac y, for myself.” empowerment, and a safe Theresa Kodenkandeth, space for all students industrial and systems on campus, according to engineering freshmen, its website. said she wanted to use her Christopher Yang, free time to learn director of the Mosaic something new. Cross Cultural Center, said the event is a piece of representation for Filipino Farmworkers born out of student activism from last year. “Students for the Filipino Farmworkers movement made activism efforts last spring by hosting a rally, protesting under the Arch of Dignity,” Yang said. “They were the ones that really Joanne Rondilla spearheaded this.” assistant professor of The Arch of Dignity Asian American studies is an artistic structure located on Seventh Street Plaza, created in 2008 by activist and artist, “I had a lot of free Judy Baca, according to time and I just wanted to an SJSU webpage. learn more about Filipino Baca created the arch culture,” Kodenkandeth in celebration of the said. “I think these events farmworkers movement give you that kind of and honoring leaders like opportunity to learn more Cesar Chavez, Dolores about other cultures.” Huerta and Mahatma Jonathan Gomez, Gandhi, according to the assistant professor of same website. Chicana/Chicano studies Matthew Mangoni, and one of the speakers environmental graduate at the event, said all types student, said he wanted of ethnic studies should to attend the event because credit people from he wanted to expand different marginalized upon his knowledge of communities who fought Filipino farmworkers for justice in the past, like during the 1960s. Filipino farmworkers. “I work at the campus “Filipinos did not just

The most successful social movements are multi-generational, multi-racial and multi-ethnic.

bring themselves to the United States,” Gomez said. “They also brought ways of knowing, ways of being and ways of creating community that are so important to our own notions of justice now.” Joanne Rondilla, assistant professor of Asian American studies and the second speaker of the event, said two Filipino farmworkers who ignited the movement before Cesar Chavez were Larry Itliong and Philip Vera Cruz. She said though they are usually overshadowed by Chavez as he is one of the most prominent figures of the movement, they started off the plans to strike against farm owners and negotiate their contracts. “If you think a grape is so insignificant, think about how this movement dismantled the grape industry and made problems for other industries like wine,” Rondilla said. Rondilla also said part of the reason people don’t always credit Itliong and Cruz is because they don’t exhibit the same morally-pleasing and polished image as Chavez does. “Larry Itliong is not a nice person, he’s older, he smokes, he swears up and down,” said Rondilla. “He is not good for American television, he’s not polished.” She also said Itliong deserves the same kind

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of recognition as Chavez because he was less hesitant to start protesting against farmowners when Chavez wanted to wait two to three years longer to start the movement. Gomez said even though the event was about shedding light on Filipino farmworkers and what they contributed to the farmworker movement, the alliance, or coalition, between the Chicanos and Filipinos during the movement was a sign of strength. “A coalition is defined by an alliance for combined action and it usually takes place for a particular amount of time, in a particular place,” Gomez said. Rondilla said acknowledging the leaders of this movement also means recognizing they are human and taking them off a pedestal, as the leaders are not immortal but the movement they created is. She also said the movement was successful because it included people of different ethnicities, different ages, even people who spoke different languages like Spanish, Tagalog and other Filipino languages. “The most successful social movements are multi-generational, multiracial and multi-ethnic,” Rondilla said. “They also, like Philip Vera Cruz said, have to move beyond their leaders.'' Keana Pineda, public

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health senior and member of Akbayan, said she is happy to see representation of h i s t or i c a l l y - i mp or t a nt Filipino leaders. Akbayan is a cultural group at San José State providing a community for Filipino students and informing students about Filipino culture, according to their website. “It’s really good to see a space like this acknowledging that history,” Pineda said. “It’s important to share those conversations and acknowledge those struggles” Mangoni said he thinks this event is important because many students are invested and want to uplift minority voices. “Part of the reason why it’s so important to recognize the coalition is because it’s important for students to stick together and fight for the rights that they believe all of our communities deserve,” Mangoni said. Mangoni also said these stories of Filipino farmworkers are first-

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hand accounts of struggle left untold by the mainstream media and need representation. Chris Yang, director of the Mosaic Cross Cultural Center, said this event is important because people need to know the history of social movements, and the different people and aspects that played a role in it. “It’s important to remember as affirmation to people’s identities now and to know that the struggles have existed and the people have always been here,” Yang said. “I think it can be very easy to look at a sixth grade history textbook and not see your face in history and think, ‘Oh, until my generation we were never in the United States,’ but we were.”

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

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Students try out Filipino basket weaving 2

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#1: Graphic design freshman Megan Vinoya (left) and graphic design junior Hanai Muhammad (right) begin weaving together on Tuesday. #2: Guest speaker Rita Nazareno shows a video demonstration of weaving techniques to the student attendees. #3: Nazereno (right) shows different-colored weaving material to Masters of Fine Arts and spatial art graduate students Larisa Usich (left) and Mary Morse (middle). #4: Interior design seniors Aremi Montiel Torres (left) and Alyssa Toyooka (right) partner up and start weaving. #5: Interior design professor Eleanor Pries (left) watches interior design seniors My Nguyen (middle) and Kristy Thu (right) strategize their weaving technique. #6: Nguyen (left), Thu (middle) and interior design senior Daniela Guerrero (right) gather at Industrial Studies 233 table and practice weaving.

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OPINION

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2023

ILLUSTRATION BY MELANY GUTIERREZ

Autumn is not my favorite season weather changes from warm to windy every 10 minutes, as it usually does during these dreary months. I hate pumpkin spice lattes with a passion and cinnamon-scented candles disgust me. They all make Melany Gutierrez me feel like I’m inhaling STAFF WRITER and swallowing the smelly Fall is intolerable, I dislike interior of a Michaels arts and it, it’s my own personal cause crafts store. for lunacy leaving me sad and Fall makes me sleepy and cold. lethargic, even my brain gets When the leaves turn to foggy, like a sign telling me to dark hues of orange and hibernate. brown, slowly detaching from I sometimes enjoy the the trees and falling off like cozy feeling of curling up in a a loose tooth, leaving all the blanket and having a lazy day, trees naked, exposed and but after three months of lazy looking sad, I can’t help but days, the novelty wears off. relate. After all, I am from I don’t hate fall, but it’s Southern California and can’t not my favorite season and go long without seeing the it definitely makes me feel sun without losing sanity. like a different, more moody Overall, fall makes me person. anxious and sometimes sad. The dark gloomy days Fall starts in late when I don’t see the sun September, precisely aren’t fun, even if it looks September 22nd when the aesthetically pleasing. Autumnal Equinox occurs. Those kinds of days make The Autumnal Equinox is me feel like I have to stay the time of the year when the inside, bored. Earth’s axis and its orbit line Rain and wet cement up so that both the Northern irritate me. Contrary to and Western hemispheres get popular opinion, I really don’t an equal amount of sunlight, think jumping in puddles is marking the start of Fall, enjoyable. according to a 2023 AP News To a middle-school aged article. me who ran out of class as Around this time I’m the bell rang then slipped and usually in school for the fall fell into mud after it rained, semester and am forced to the autumn season was no balance all the stressors of fun at all. school, work, my personal life Fall definitely owes me an and other responsibilities. apology for that. My stressors usually Wearing thick clothes consume me. I struggle with makes me overheat when I’m my time management and I walking around or when the rarely have time for myself or

to share with my loved ones. The start of fall signifies that my perfect summer is over. Summer is when I get a relaxing break filled with beach days, reading for fun, late night In-N-out runs and bright, blazing sunsets at 8 p.m. All my associations with fall are bad. There are ways I could probably change that, but why would I want to? Fall means staying in, scrolling through Instagram while in bed watching other people talk about how amazing fall is while rewatching “Hocus Pocus” and baking cinnamon rolls. Unfortunately for me, baking doubles as a therapeutic time consumer and a source of heat, as my heater hardly warms my entire house. Some good aspects of the fall season are the shows and movies people get to rewatch like the classic horror, slasher and psychedelic thriller movies. A24’s “Midsommar” happens to be my comfort horror movie. However, I hate that movies are my only escape from my house as the gloomy weather conditions in fall aren't conducive to my happiness. The best parts of fall are the TikTok trends, specifically the ones including pets. My favorite TikTok videos are of people dressing up their dogs like ghosts or puting empty pumpkins over their dogs’ heads and

placing them in front of a scenic setting with the spooky song “Oh Klahoma” by Jack Stauber playing in the background. Though I hate that scrolling through TikTok and seeing other people at pumpkin patches gives me the fear of missing out. I also love the fall outfit get-ready-with-me trend and the sweater hauls that make me want to spend all my money. There is a reason why I seek comfort foods, entertainment and comfortable clothes during this time. I have to endure through the cold harsh days of fall when I come home soaking wet from storms and what's left to comfort me is anything warm, physically or emotionally. In theory, fall sounds pleasant. It is supposed to make me imagine the crisp sound of crunchy leaves on the ground. Yes, fall has some good things, but overall I think I’m the Charlie Brown of fall. Not to mention, a lot of bad things happen to me during this time such as being tense, getting sick and sinking into seasonal depression. Seasonal depression, which is scientifically known as seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that occurs during certain seasons of the year, usually fall or winter, according to a John Hopkins Medicine webpage. The disorder is caused

by the shift of shorter days and less sun because of daylight savings and triggers a chemical change in the brain leading to depressive symptoms. This disorder tends to affect women more than men and usually starts during adulthood, according to the same website. My aversion to fall goes far beyond the fact that I don’t get to see the sun and my skin becomes a pale pasty vampire shade, it’s also because I then realize the holidays are right around the corner. Fall brings me one step closer to Thanksgiving and Christmas, which might excite others, but leaves me with the bland taste of indifference and bitter memories of unconventional family experiences during the holidays. I’ve always had a relatively normal Christmas and Thanksgiving, but I did grow up in a somewhat chaotic and unstable family environment so it was not always a happy time. I also didn’t have a stereotypically large Latino family to celebrate with, although I will forever appreciate the loving effort my mother and sister always put into making these holidays as joyful as possible, it was still far from whatever perfect time everyone else was describing. On top of that, there is always this pressure of buying people gifts and getting Black Friday deals.

It honestly makes me feel pressured to buy into the whole jolly Christmas vibe, and if I don’t wholeheartedly jump on the bandwagon I’m suddenly the Grinch. Seasonal depression is not a joke, it’s something I actively try to not let define me. But I might as well be the one hiding in an empty pumpkin head until fall is over. Since my childhood, I’ve made many efforts to make my holiday seasons and fall better for myself. Trips with my boyfriend, carving pumpkins even though I hate eating or smelling them, jumping on crunchy leaves and buying adorable beanies to match my fall outfits. But in the end I think my resentment towards fall will be eternal. Others may tell themselves as they await nine long months to smell cinnamon and pumpkin that fall will come again. What I tell myself is if I suffer through fall and winter (I don’t hate winter as much), spring will come again. The dead trees and flowers will eventually bloom again, exhibiting bright colors and those sluggish, depressive feelings that seem neverending will leave. I may change with fall, but it’s momentary melancholy. Follow the Spartan Daily on X (formerly Twitter) @SpartanDaily

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SPORTS

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CANILAO'S COMMENTARY

Brennan does not need to be fired SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Brent Brennan is not on the hot seat, but the seat warmers have definitely been turned on. After San José State squandered a 20-point road lead to Boise State on Saturday night, and a mob of Spartan fans have called for Brennan’s head all over the team’s social media pages. “Absolutely pathetic,” said SJSU alumnus Jack Bowers on X Saturday. “The gimmick ‘#ClimbTheMountain’ slogan from 3 years ago is really becoming a ridiculous irony as this team is only sliding downward. Our coach got his big payday after 7-0, then let this thing go back to the bad old days.” “Coaching change is needed. This is Fitz Hill territory this team is wading into now,” said X user @flux_capacitors. While criticism of Brennan for how this season has played out is valid, let’s pump the brakes on the idea that he should be fired. There are many factors into why firing the secondhighest paid coach in the Mountain West would be a bad idea. Money Probably the biggest reason why firing Brennan wouldn’t be a good idea is his school buyout price. Brennan has two

years left on his contract that pays him just over $1 million a year until 2025. If SJSU were to fire Brennan before the contract expires, the school would have to pay him a $4 million buyout fee upfront. For a program that is already struggling with maintaining its own practice field, coughing up $4 million would be a hard sell to donors who just helped pay for a new $70 million athletic facility – one Brennan has been pushing for since he arrived on campus in 2017. If the school is willing to part ways with $4 million, that money should be spent elsewhere to fund other things that would make the program better. A better practice field, NIL opportunities and more money to fund recruiting trips would be other places SJSU can spend that money, rather than firing its head coach. Well-liked figure Aside from the financial ramifications of firing Brennan, cutting ties with him would cause ripple effects around the team. Even with a 1-5 record this season, there is no inclination that Brennan has lost the locker room. During this losing streak, players have said that Brennan has been the reason the team hasn’t lost faith in returning to

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San José State football head coach Brent Brennan answers questions from a reporter at halftime during the Spartans’ 59-3 win against California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo on Sept. 9.

the postseason. And if Brennan were to be let go, it isn’t inconceivable that he could get a job elsewhere pretty quickly. After the a won the Mountain West title in 2020, Brennan received a job offer from the University of Arizona. Last season, Brennan was also rumored to have been in the mix to become Stanford’s next head coach. If Brennan were to be fired and get a job elsewhere, there’s good reason to believe that he can take a few of the players and coaches with him, gutting the program

even further. Who replaces Brennan? One of the biggest issues in making a sweeping change at head coach is who would the Spartans hire if they were to cut ties with Brennan? Cutting ties with him would almost certainly mean that the program would have to chase someone who is cheaper. After buying out Brennan, SJSU’s athletic department would need to find the money to bring in a coach at a similar or slightly lower

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With the financial troubles SJSU’s athletic department has historically had, putting itself in a position where the football program could be set back financially is not a good move. Are there other highlevel coordinators or head coaches that could be available this offseason? Sure, there always are. But at what cost and is it worth starting the program over entirely? I say no. Follow Nathan on X (formerly Twitter) @nathancanilao

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SUDOKU PUZZLE Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively.

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cost than Brennan. But what has made SJSU struggle with stability in the past is going the cheap route with coaching. In 2000, SJSU fired head coach Dave Baldwin after a contract dispute despite Baldwin leading SJSU to its first winning season since 1992. Baldwin’s agent told the Spartan Daily that SJSU was only willing to give Baldwin a three-year extension at $160,000 per year – the lowest contract of a head football coach in the Western Athletic Conference at the time.

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