Spartan Daily Vol. 151, Issue 25

Wednesday, 10.17.2018

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Smith returns to campus SJSU Twitter

page raises free food awareness

By Paul Hang STAFF WRITER

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Fifty years after raising his fist in protest of systematic racism at the 1968 Olympics, former SJSU athlete Tommie Smith came to his alma mater on Tueday to reflect upon the monument made by artist Rigo23. Smith, John Carlos and Harry Edwards as well as other panelists will appear at Words to Action: Landmarks and Legacy of Athlete Activism at the Event Center from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. today.

With hopes of increasing student awareness, San Jose State University Associated Students Director of Internal Affairs Mykel Jeffrey created a new Twitter handle.

Jeffrey created @SJSUFreeFood to raise awareness about free food resources on campus.

The account currently has more than 1,200 followers and continues to grow.

Senior Student Affairs Case Manager Ben Falter said the Twitter account is a component of the Student Hunger Committee.

The committee was designed to rectify the food insecurity on campus for SJSU students to help them focus on their studies.

“The goal is to really end student hunger,” Falter said.

“That’s a pretty large goal, so we have a lot of different partners we’re collaborating with to help accomplish that.”

The Just In Time program is another resource the committee has set in place to counteract student food insecurity. The

program is a mobile food pantry where students are offered fresh fruit, vegetables and groceries at FALTER no cost. The pantry stations at the SJSU Event Center once a month.

Students can qualify for this free service if they have an annual income below $24,280.

All the food is donated and supplied from the Second Harvest Food Bank.

Justice studies sophomore Sarah Carpenter said it’s great that there’s a program like this for students who are in need.

Carpenter said her income doesn’t meet the requirement for the free food service, but she mentioned she would most likely take advantage of it if she was eligible.

“I would definitely go. The opportunity is there, so I would take it,” Carpenter said.

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85-year-old barber just won’t quit

By Vicente Vera STAFF WRITER

There were five hours until closing time on Friday afternoon when business at the Spartan Barber Shop began to slow down for the first time that day.

Orange cones and construction vehicles lined Fourth and East William streets making parking around the shop virtually inaccessible.

The 85-year-old shop owner, Frank Annino perched himself on the barber chair closest to the entrance in anticipation for his next customer.

His eyes weren’t fixated on the door, they were focused on the people outside the shop trying to figure out how to use a parking meter.

Annino press e d

one finger against his cheekbone to keep his head in place. The other hand held one of the many newspapers he had stacked on a waiting room chair, yet his eyes remained glued to the scene playing out in front of the shop.

He blinked for a brief moment, lifted his blue San Francisco Giants hat and wiped the sweat off his forehead.

“One question reporters have asked me over the years that I don’t know the answer to is when I’m gonna retire,” Annino said. “When they carry me out feet first, then I’m retired.”

Annino has been cutting hair at the Spartan Barber Shop for 60 years without any additional VICENTE VERA | SPARTAN DAILY

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Frank Annino, owner of Spartan Barber Shop thinks about his retirement plans, “I have none.”

A&E

Opinion

Sports

Film touches on prevalent issues in today’s media

Counterpoints: Purchase music o or stream it?

Women’s soccer freshman shines on field for Spartans

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NEWS

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 17, 2018

Event highlights ‘Strikes in China’

By Myla La Bine STAFF WRITER

As of Oct.15, 37 strikes have occurred in China in this month alone, according to the China Labour Bulletin strike map.

Chinese dissident and author of “Striking to Survive: Workers’ Resistance to Factory Relocations in China,” Fan Shigang, discussed labor struggles for factory workers in China to students and faculty on campus.

During the event, Shigang presented labor issues and details about his book in six parts.

He focused on the Pearl River Delta, which is in South-Eastern China.

According to Shigang’s presentation, as of 2017, the area has 14 industrial cities and 30 million migrant workers.

Shigang stated during the presentation that strikes for overtime hours are common in China because many workers cannot make a living off their wages.

He also mentioned issues with work safety,

stating that many of the machines used in factories are outdated and injuries are extremely common.

Shigang shared that a doctor he spoke with compared the hospital he worked in to a battlefield because of the high amount of factory injuries.

Shigang explained that many hospitals in China have deals with factories where they pay for workers’ injuries once a year, rather than each time there is an incident.

Political science junior, Kemitha Santhirakulasingam, was familiar with the topics Shigang spoke about during the presentation.

“I grew up in a working class [family], so I could totally understand his point of view,” Santhirakulasingam said.

She said she discussed labor issues in her class, but hearing Shigang speak helped her fully understand the reality of Chinese workers.

Shigang, who was a factory worker in Southern China, was humble about

SOURCE: CHINA LABOUR BULLETIN, INFOGRAPHIC BY MYLA LA BINE

the fact that people came to hear him speak. He said he’s always surprised by the amount of questions he gets from students after events.

“I don’t know why people want to listen to what I have to say,” Shigang said.

He said that he decided to write “Striking to Survive” for Chinese factory workers.

He wanted to write down

their stories and produce a book in order for them to learn from their experiences.

Shigang said he thinks it’s important for Chinese workers to look to union members in the United States as examples. “[Factory] workers [in China] can learn how to organize strikes from their own experiences, but they

don’t have the experience to build networks, or something [similar to] a union. It’s very important to learn from other countries,” he said.

Gifford Hartman, labor activist and organizer of the event said he decided to help organize a week of events for Shigang to speak in the Bay Area, because he

wanted people to understand Chinese workers’ struggles.

“I wanted to bring some awareness for people to understand that the working people in the United States have common interest with the working people in China,” Hartman said.

Hartman believes that after President Donald Trump was elected, people in the U.S., especially in Northern California, started to care more about worldwide issues.

He also thinks it’s important for young adults, specifically college students, to hear what Shigang has to say about the working conditions in China.

“People in China face the same dilemma [of trying to] make a decent living. Sometimes [the way to achieve that] is to fight against conditions that continue to grind down and make our lives miserable. It’s a common struggle and I think students [can relate to] that,” Hartman said.

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TWEETS Continued from page 1 Animation sophomore Andre Huang shared similar thoughts to Carpenter when learning about the Student Hunger Committee.

“It’s a pretty good program for those who need it,” Huang said.

L i ke C ar p enter, Huang doesn’t meet the income requirement to attend events like the Just In Time program or any free food events.

But, Huang believes it’s something he would attend to if he doesn’t have the finances.

Falter said he utilizes the Twitter account to highlight or preview any exciting events that the Student Hunger C ommittee plans to provide.

SJSU Free Food continues to raise free food awareness by giving out information of the food giveaway locations, times and the quantity of the food.

The goal is to really end student hunger.

That’s a pretty large goal, so we have a lot of different partners we’re collaborating with to help accomplish that.

Ben Falter student affairs case manager

Second Harvest Food Bank has partnered with the committee permanently, Falter mentioned.

According to its main website, Second Harvest Food Bank is one of the largest food banks in the nation and has provided food and resources to more than a quarter of a million people in local California counties like Santa Clara and San Mateo.

“Second Harvest Food Bank really helps us with a lot of food that we giveaway monthly for the Just In Time program,” Falter said. “We just did our 19th program session last Monday.”

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“That number is actually 200 percent of the federal poverty line. It was created by the federal government for food programs in the United States that are distributed to people who are in need,” Falter said.

“We’re hoping to open this Spartan food pantry: the permanent pantry pretty soon,” Falter said.

Falter hopes the permanent pantry will be opened by the end of the term.

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Frank Annino lines up the hair of a 26-year customer, former San Jose State baseball pitcher Dave Sick.

BARBER Continued from page 1 help from anyone, except for one part-time employee that Frank fired almost as soon as he hired him.

“Yeah, he showed up late all the time and partied a lot,” Annino explained.

“He usually only showed up on time for payday.”

Annino’s career as a barber started when his father suggested that he take up the occupation as a means of “bringing home the bacon.”

He attended barber college and achieved a license to cut hair as soon as he could.

Annino cut through his first pieces of hair as a professional at a shop on Willow Street, but it was short-lived.

He was drafted by the U.S. Army from the active reserves in 1955 to serve an 18-month tour in Chatellerault, France.

This major shift forced Annino to close his first shop within two-years of opening it.

Annino’s biggest concern wasn’t that he lost the shop, but rather the fear he would lose his craft after such a long period of not practicing it.

However, Annino ran into some luck.

“The captain called me into his office and saw in my record that I was

a barber, so he told me to send for my tools so I could cut hair in the barracks,” Annino said.

Not only did he find something to occupy his days in France but Annino also garnered great respect from his fellow soldiers.

“Guys at the barracks would point me out to their friends and say ‘don’t mess with that guy, he’s got a straight razor’.”

Upon returning to San Jose after being honorably discharged, he eagerly continued building his career as a barber.

In the fall of 1957, the widow of a barber who had just passed away inside of the Spartan Barber Shop bathroom sold Annino the place of business.

He decided to keep the name untouched.

“I used to work with the guy back in Los Gatos,” he said. “People didn’t go to the doctors too much in those days, he might have had a heart attack.”

To this day, Annino kept almost everything in the shop intact. The only major changes he’s made inside the place have been the addition of dozens of newspaper clippings that decorate the shop walls like wallpaper.

No picture frames were needed, as Annino constantly picked the articles from the wall to read them and reminisce the history of his shop.

He got up from his

chair to read a few old clips, but then a customer came through the door and stopped him dead in his tracks.

Former San Jose State University pitcher (’92’94) Dave Sick said that he and his teammates used to get their haircuts at Spartan Barber Shop during their time at the university.

“Frank’s great, he’s an old-school type of barber and he’s always right on his hours,” Sick said. “Plus, he already knows how I want my hair cut.”

Once he finished cutting the former pitcher’s hair, Annino sat back down in his chair, then started to read that morning’s newspaper.

The conversation with Annino simmered back down to the subject of retirement. He said he was adamant about staying at the shop until he physically couldn’t anymore, but didn’t have a set plan on how the shop would run without him.

Annino pointed to a picture in the corner of the room of him and two young men with their arms around his shoulder.

“Those are my grandchildren,” he said.

“Maybe they’ll take over the shop one day.”

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 17, 2018

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Give no ‘Hate’ to this film

By Hugo Vera

movie review

STAFF WRITER

“The Hate U Give” is a disturbingly relevant portrayal of racism and social injustice in present-day America.

Based on the 2017 book of the same name by Angie Thomas, the film centers around a young African-American woman named Starr Carter and her struggles against society’s most oppressive norms.

Playing Carter is Amandla Stenberg who is best known for playing Rue in 2012’s “The Hunger Games.” Stenberg expertly portrays Carter and brings the literary character to life as someone who is struggling to find acceptance and unity within two different groups of society.

Carter comes from the predominantly black and lower-middle-class neighborhood of Garden Heights with her father Maverick, played by Russell Hornsby, and mother Lisa, played

by Regina Hall, who own a local restaurant.

Carter attends a private school in a far more affluent and predominantly white neighborhood on the other side of town.

To her private school peers, she is celebrated, but often in a condescending way as she fulfills the “token black friend” role to many of her white friends.

When she returns to Garden Heights, Carter’s black neighborhood friends question her “blackness” and are conflicted about the pretense that comes with at-

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tending a private school.

The film’s central plot takes off in a tragic – but not surprising way – when Carter goes to a local house party with her friend Khalil.

On the way home from the party, Khalil is pulled over by the police, sheerly out of racial profiling.

During the altercation, Khalil reaches for a comb and is shot dead by a police man in front of Carter.

Carter then challenges the actions of the officers involved but is enraged to learn that Khalil’s killers won’t be prosecuted.

The once naive Carter then grasps the gritty and bigoted nature of police brutality when officers use excessive force on her father at his own restaurant during an investigation.

Carter then realizes that she has an obligation to her people to get justice for Khalil.

With the support of her friend, a Black Lives Matter activist played by Issa Rae and her friend King played

by Anthony Mackie, Carter goes on a journey of self-realization that results in a crusade against bigotry.

Opposite Stenberg are a wide variety of brilliant veteran actors.

Directed by: George Tillman Jr. Starring: Amandla Stenberg Genre: Drama

Hornsby, known from similar films such as “Fences,” excels in his portrayal of a selfless black father who defies the negative stereotypes associated with black fathers to become a mentor figure to Carter.

Maverick wants to protect his daughter but also accepts that she must use her platform to expose police injustice, a mindset that is best articulated when Maverick says, “I didn’t name you Starr by accident.”

K.J. Apa and Sabrina Carpenter, who play Carter’s rich white friends from her private school, deliver a convincing performance of two well-meaning, but ultimately ignorant friends who come to the realization that “color blindness” is just fighting ignorance with more ignorance.

The film is a masterpiece that is faithful to the plot of the original novel but can also be celebrated as a stand-alone film.

“The Hate U Give” is a heartbreaking but ultimately uplifting story of overcoming prejudice, fear, guilt, and sorrow to use one’s platform for the greater good no matter what the cost.

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Amandla Stenberg stars as Starr Carter in Twentieth Century Fox’s “The Hate U Give.” The drama reflects the essence of today’s racially divisive America.

Monkees spread early holiday cheer

By Myla La Bine STAFF WRITER

It’s a bold move for any band to release a Christmas album, especially in early October.

However, The Monkees have always been a group that has pushed the envelope in terms of expectations.

Band members Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork and the late Davy Jones, formed as a fictional group of the same name on television in 1966.

After the success of their television show, the members became a real-life quartet, playing live shows and taking creative control over their own music.

Released Oct. 12, the group’s first-ever holiday album, “Christmas Party” features a mix of both new and classic Christmas songs.

The sound of sleigh bells open the first track, “Unwrap You at Christmas” which is a lively and upbeat pop song, reminiscent of the band’s early bubblegum releases.

Dolenz, who sang the band’s most famous single, “I’m a Believer,” sings the track with tremendous enthusiasm. It is quite remarkable how his voice sounds virtually the same as it did in the late ’60s.

The song sets the mood for the rest of the album and creates a fun and nostalgic listening experience. All four members, including

album review “Christmas Party” Rating:

Artist: The Monkees Release date: Oct. 12, 2018 Genre: Holiday

Jones, who passed away in 2012, get at least one track to themselves.

Dolenz sings a majority of the new songs, while the rest of the band take on the classics.

Nesmith’s soft and smooth vocals are absolutely perfect for the slow nature of “The Christmas Song” which is my favorite.

Though the song has been performed countless times, his rendition is incredibly refreshing.

The track is much more mellow than traditional versions, with a guitar quietly playing in the background.

The toned-down quality of the song works well because it focuses on Nesmith’s voice, instead of its arrangement.

Jones’ vintage recordings of “Mele Kalikimaka” and “Silver Bells” are delightful additions to the album.

Fans will be happy to hear his playful, sweet and swoon-worthy vocals on these two covers.

I love that the band decided to feature Jones again, just as they did on their 50th anniversary album, “Good Times,” despite his untimely passing.

The tracks help “Christmas Party” seem like it was released during the band’s prime, which is what I love most about it.

“Christmas Party” and “Good Times” are like snapshots in time because they both seamlessly fit into the group’s discography from the late ’60s.

However, I do have one slight issue with the album. Tork only sings one song, “Angels We Have Heard on High,” which is hugely disappointing.

While the instrumentation of the track is wonderful, it is overshadowed by the unnecessary auto-tune used on Tork’s voice.

He sounded great when I saw him perform live at the band’s 50th anniversary tour, so I’m not entirely sure why it was added to his voice.

The banjo playing in the background adds a unique twist to the song, which is why it’s a shame the auto-tune is such a distraction.

The track should have been one of the highlights, rather than the lowest point on the album.

That being said, “Christmas Party” is still enjoyable and will have listeners longing for the holidays.

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OPINION

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 17, 2018

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Should listeners purchase music or stream it?

Yes, purchasing is better Myla La Bine STAFF WRITER

Music streaming platforms have become a popular choice in recent years.

There’s Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora and Amazon Music Unlimited to name a few.

According to a March study by Statista, in the United States “49.5 million people

as long as you continue paying a fee.

For example, Spotify’s premium subscription is $9.99 per month.

While that price seems like a bargain at approximately $120 per year, it is ultimately worthless if you end up canceling the service.

When you buy digital albums off of iTunes, it instantly becomes yours and you get to keep it forever.

used the Apple Music service.” Spotify was a close second, with 47.7 million users, followed by Pandora with 36.8 million.

Despite its growing presence in the music industry, I do not think streaming music is worth the price compared to purchasing music.

I prefer to purchase my music either digitally on iTunes or physically, depending on the album.

I am aware that this is unorthodox for someone my age, but I don’t like the unpredictability of streaming services.

When you buy digital albums off of iTunes, it instantly becomes yours and you get to keep it forever.

Subscribing to a music-streaming service is like renting a textbook; it only belongs to you

Not to mention the fact that the fee will most likely increase over time, just as Netflix does quite frequently.

I would much rather pay a higher price for an album if it means that I won’t have to “return” it later. Sure, it may seem like I’m not saving money now, but I believe it will be beneficial in the long term.

Another reason I do not care for streaming services is because they rely on an internet connection.

I know Spotify allows users to download music in order to listen to it offline, but if you forget to do that or have bad WiFi, you can’t access the music you want to play.

When you download an album off of iTunes, it begins downloading

right away.

After that, you don’t have to worry about it and can listen to the album whenever.

The same is true when you buy an album physically; you can either pop it into your laptop and put it on your phone or place it in your car’s CD player immediately.

Last month, Pitchfork reported that a Spotify spokesperson stated the company had “increased the number of offline tracks per device – from 3,333 on three devices to 10,000 tracks per device for up to five devices.”

Restrictions such as this make streaming services useless.

The only thing stopping me from downloading that many songs is my bank account and the amount of iTunes storage I have on my laptop.

Though not everyone may agree, I actually like having physical albums on my shelf.

CDs and vinyl records usually come with an album booklet that you cannot get if you download an album off of a streaming service.

Flipping through these booklets feels personal, as you get to read the artist’s thank you’s and see exclusive pictures taken for the album.

I have to say there’s nothing like opening the top of a record player, placing a record in the center and watching the needle drop as music begins blaring through the speakers.

You simply don’t get that experience when you stream music.

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No, streaming is easier Claire Hultin STAFF WRITER

Buying music is now a thing of the past.

Streaming music has become more popular and is much better than paying for each song or album that an individual wants.

A study done by Statista states that in March, 247.5 million people streamed music.

The trend is picking up and purchasing music is outdated.

While some like to have a physical copy of their music, like an album or CD, streaming is much more convenient.

With streaming, you can merely access music from an app on your phone or computer without having to pay for each song or album.

Spotify, Apple Music, SoundCloud and Pandora are just a few of the popular music streaming websites and applications that people often use.

While buying music guarantees that you will have your music forever, streaming music is still more cost effective and overall a better option, especially for college students.

College students get a student discount on Spotify. They only have to pay $4.99 per month with a plan that includes access to Hulu and Showtime.

Showtime was added to this package deal recently, so now college students can stream music and watch television and movies from multiple websites for the price of about $5 per month.

When people buy music, they are

spending a lot more money. On iTunes, each song is about $1.29. Albums vary, but are usually around $12.99.

However, on Spotify, you can download as many albums as you want for just

With streaming, you can merely access music from an app on your phone or computer without having to pay for each song or album.

$5 a month.

With a subscription to a website and streaming music allows listeners to store up to 3,000 songs in an “offline playlist,” which grants you access to the songs even when you are not connected to the internet.

In addition, streaming music does not take up as much memory on your device.

With streaming, you are only using the memory of an app, whereas buying music takes up memory for each song and each album purchased.

With applications that stream music, you can listen to more songs while taking up less

storage on your phone or computer.

I love the fact that streaming music is less expensive. As a college student, I do not want to have to pay for each song.

I am also incredibly indecisive with what I like to listen to and usually switch my music preference.

If I have paid for music and a few months later decide I do not like the music anymore, I would have paid for something I am no longer using.

Streaming music means I can switch my music taste whenever I want and do not have to worry about investing my money in something that I do not like anymore.

Streaming music nowadays is also connected to social media, which is a big reason that many people have caught on to the trend.

On Spotify, for example, you can follow your friends’ accounts and see what they are listening to, connecting each other and your music tastes.

You are able to see who likes the same type of music and you can connect to an artist’s social media to find new music with just a click of a button.

Having a physical copy of music is something that I grew up loving.

Buying new CDs at the store was a favorite activity of mine.

However, now that streaming music has become so inexpensive, convenient and easy, it gives me an even bigger reason to love music and to listen to a wider variety more often.

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OPINION

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 17, 2018

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Economic disparity hinders diversity in sports Winona Rajamohan STAFF WRITER

The struggle for diversity in professional American sports came hand-in-hand with overcoming streaks of racial disparity nationwide in the early 20th century.

After World War II, a shift in attitude emerged among AfricanAmericans, alongside the strengthening in roles of organizations such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to help the community demand for its rights.

As the nation took on a new outlook of integration and unity, pressures increased on society, public institutions and the political world to embrace equality.

The pressures increased on professional sports organizations as well, with diversity breaking through in the 1940s.

The names of this line of firsts ring through the community not just as athletes, but social icons that had spearheaded a wave of hope across a new form of American life.

Professional baseball player Jackie Robinson broke a 55-year racial

wall in 1946, when he became the first AfricanAmerican player in the modern era of Major League Baseball.

According to Bleacher Report, limited integration was a running framework for how the NFL drafted its players. The NFL banned African-Americans from its league in 1933.

The NFL was only reintegrated in 1946 with the signing of Kenny Washington and Woody Strode for the Los Angeles Rams that year, giving rise to a wave of black athletes who are now shaping the forefront in the professional realm of sports.

Though Chuck Cooper was the first AfricanAmerican to be drafted by an NBA team in 1950, the first African-American player to play in the NBA was Earl Lloyd, whose first game was one day before Cooper’s.

The racial makeup of the NFL and NBA today are a stark contrast from what they were more than 50 years ago. It’s a difference that is visible to anybody who turns on their TV screens to catch a brief glimpse of a game.

African-American players make up the largest racial population in the two professional leagues.

The Atlantic reported that both the NFL and NBA teams were playing with more than 60 percent of its athletes being African-American.

One may assume that these figures represent a successful progression, and the shaping of an

and NBA, an unbalanced progress sweeps across sports like tennis and golf, which are still struggling to conquer the implicit discrimination against athletes of color who choose to pick the sport.

A report by John Walter of the American Studies Resource Center, painted me a picture of how the strides made in the golfing world during the 1960s do not

It is the lingering effects of societal oppression that have stopped many people of color from being economically advantaged enough to afford more expensive sports like tennis and golf. impartial platform for professional athletes to be observed from the lens of what they could bring to the table and not what they looked like as they walked to it.

However, I believe that the higher commercial success and value of basketball and football lead to a tainted belief that equal representation in sports has long been achieved.

As African-American players hold significant dominance in the NFL

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have much difference from the way professional tournaments are run today.

If you’re catching any sort of glimpse of a golf tournament on TV, you’re are more likely to not catch a single person of color making his or her way through the course.

Tiger Woods was the glimmer of hope that many felt to be the steps toward a fully integrated golfing stage.

Yet today, he remains

as one of the figures in a tournament that rarely extends to more than two people of color on a regular golfing tour.

Reuters reported that the entry sheet for the PGA Championship this year shows Woods being the only AfricanAmerican golfer in a field of 156 men, joined by less than 20 Asian golfers.

“I think we would all agree, or most of us would agree, that the face of this game has to change if it’s going to grow,” PGA of America chief executive officer Pete Bevacqua told media during a press conference on Aug. 8. “It needs to look more like the face of America.”

The same shadow is casted across professional tennis, where non-white players have struggled to make waves through tournaments without being thrown under the label of being just another black player.

Serena Williams and her sister Venus Williams have spent the last two decades collecting a string of singles titles and trophies to their name.

Yet again, having women of color in the forefront does not mean that color is spread across the racial makeup of the rest of the players.

As Vice Sports reported drastic numbers in the 91-year history of tennis Grand Slam

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events – with only two black players and one Asian player having ever won the title - the site said that “it’s more likely you’ll get into Harvard School of Law than see a male black or Asian player win a Slam in your lifetime.”

It’s a strong sentence that reflects how the world’s fourth most popular sport is presenting a harsh reality that we are still struggling to conquer.

A reality where there are some grounds where the color of your skin still holds the upper hand.

The lack of representation does not merely reflect an institutionally driven discriminatory problem, but it is the lingering effects of societal oppression that have stopped many people of color from being economically advantaged enough to afford more expensive sports like tennis and golf.

Growing up, those sports were labeled as elitist sports that you couldn’t just jump right into if you didn’t have the ability to spend money on the more expensive equipment and classes.

Unfortunately, our society is still stuck under a subconscious understanding that elite has a color.

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SPORTS

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 17, 2018

Wynne delivers wins for Spartans

By Huan Xun Chan STAFF WRITER

San Jose State University women’s soccer freshman defender Haleigh Wynne was named Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week by the conference on Oct. 8, after scoring two game-winning goals in one weekend earlier this month.

“She has stepped up especially for the last two weekends,” head coach Lauren Hanson said.

Wynne, who scored her first career goal in the game against Nevada, had five shots on goal for the weekend of Oct. 5.

When Wynne learned that she was honored by the league, she was very shocked, but excited. She called her family immediately and shared the news.

“My family is my biggest support system. They have always been there. My dad, my mom and my brother come to every game,” Wynne said.

Being far away from her hometown of Canyon Lake, her family has become the force that helps keep her going.

“I think she deserves the two goals that she got and game-winning goals make it more special,” SJSU junior midfielder Gabriela Herrera said.

Herrera said Wynne told her she was frustrated with her limited playing time. She played for 40 minutes or less in each of the first four games of the season.

No matter what is happening on the field, I know I can make it and go through it.

Haleigh Wynne freshman defender

PHOTO COURTESY OF SJSU ATHLETICS

Spartans freshman defender Haleigh Wynne dribbles past a Santa Clara defender in the team’s loss on Aug. 17.

“For her, to get those game minutes in and be able to perform really well with the amount of time she got to play in the field was absolutely awesome,” Herrera said.

Wynne started playing soccer when she was 5.

“I’ve played soccer for almost all of my life, I have always loved soccer,” she said.

Soccer has taken up a lot in her life. She said she wouldn’t go anywhere else if she has a game to play.

“It has been a huge part of me growing as a person and a player. It has really shaped me as a person,”

Wynne said.

Wynne is learning to become a leader on the field by improving her communication skills. Wynne said she is “super competitive” because of playing soccer.

When asked if she was passionate about anything other than soccer, she said, “Just soccer.”

“My whole life is soccer,” Wynne said and later added, “and family.”

Hanson described Wynne as a very confident and strong player on the field.

“She is very physical and she plays with a lot of passion,” Hanson said.

Hanson said the most important thing for a freshman is consistency.

“Obviously she has gotten some confidence now, so continuing to consistently put that together for all 90 minutes, for every single game, is something that I really look forward to,” Hanson said.

She said Wynne has a charismatic personality off the field that is contagious to the team.

“Right now, I think I would be one of the attacking forces of the team. But we definitely work altogether. We are all a little piece of a big puzzle,” Wynne said.

When Herrera first met Wynne, she thought Wynne was reserved and kept things to herself.

“She doesn’t really make much effort to meet new people, so I had to go to her,” Herrera said. “I was talkative so it’s easy to break the ice.”

After she actually got to know Wynne, she realized Wynne was actually outgoing and talkative.

“We joke around all the time. We know when it comes to game time, we have to be serious. When we have practice, we try to have fun,” Herrera said.

Hanson mentioned

a moment that depicted Wynne’s humorous personality.

“Before I had to go into a game, I had a little notepad with her name written down,” Hanson said. “She looked at it and I was telling her what the instructions were and what to do on the field. She just interrupted me and she said ‘my name is spelled wrong, it’s H-A-L-E-I-G-H.’ ” Wynne wants to pursue her undergraduate degree in communication studies with a business minor.

She hopes to get an internship with the San Francisco 49ers or San Jose Earthquakes her senior year. Eventually, she wants play for any professional team but preferably for clubs in Southern California.

“No matter what is happening on the field, I know I can make it and go through it,” Wynne said. “So, I take that into life if I am going through something. I just have to work hard and keep going and eventually I will go my way.”

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