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Attendees hold candles in memory of Palestinian victims of the conﬂict between Hamas and Israel on Thursday night at Tower Lawn on San José State University's campus.

Students mourn Palestinian lives lost

By Dylan Newman STAFF WRITER

Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) held a candlelight vigil on Tower Lawn last Thursday with over 100 San José State community members in attendance honoring the lives lost overseas in Gaza amidst the Israel-Palestine conflict. SJP is a campus-based non-profit organization that advocates for the human rights of Palestinians, according to the group’s Instagram. As of Oct. 30, more than 8,000 Palestinians, mostly children and women, have been killed since the war began on Oct. 7, according to an Associated Press article published on Monday. A member of SJP, who asked to remain anonymous, said they were pleased with the amount of people who came to pay their respects at the vigil. “(The vigil) gives students an opportunity to mourn the loss of either loved ones from their families, people they know in their country or just to show their support,” they said. Members in attendance were each given their own candle to light and hold while SJP’s speakers led them through

moments of silence. The vigil lasted about 30 minutes, starting at dusk, growing dark by the end of the ceremony after numerous emotional speeches about losing Palestinian lives in the conflict, leaving nothing but candlelight illuminating the circle of people around the fountain on Tower Lawn. One of the speakers who identifies herself as Nicole and is a member of SJP spoke out, crying while sharing words directed towards the people of Gaza. “I am sorry that the world doesn’t give you the compassion and sympathy that you deserve,” she said. “I think about the martyrs every waking moment of my day and I dream about them at night. I dream that they were able to carry out a life with their loved ones . . . and can exist in a peaceful state with no occupation or apartheid.” Apartheid is a policy that is founded on the idea of separating people based on racial or ethnic criteria, according to a Cornell Law School webpage. The people living in Palestinian territory, including the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, are separated by walls, roads and

checkpoints, while having very little rights, according to a 2022 article published by United Nations News. “How come I get to have this life and they don’t?” Nicole said. Donna Wallach, community member and former resident of Gaza of 15 years, said the Palestinian people living in occupied Palestine have very little rights on a human and civil level, and are not allowed to leave the confines of the borders. “The only thing (Palestinians) can do freely is breathe and sometimes they can’t even do that,” Wallach said. “What war criminal, apartheid, colonial terrorist Israel has been doing since they got illegally established in 1947 is commit war crimes. Crimes against humanity and crimes against peace on a second by second basis against the Palestinians.” In 1947, the U.N. adopted Resolution 181, which divided Palestine into two states, one Jewish, and one Arab, according to a it’s webpage. Since then, the territory designated for Arabs or Palestinians has progressively shrunk, through a major displacement event known as the Nakba in 1960, where

over 750,000 Palestinians were forced out of their homes by Israel, according to another U.N. webpage. Wallach said in 2008, she raised money with 44 international volunteers, to head to Gaza on two fishing boats. She said seven of them stayed with her in Gaza to provide humanitarian support. Wallach said she and her colleagues named their actions as the Free Gaza Movement boats, where members of the International Solidarity Movement accompanied Palestinian fishermen into international waters. They did this to keep the fishermen safe while they fished, according to a 2008 San Francisco Bay View article written by Wallach. “We would accompany the fishermen on their boats, witnessing and documenting the Israeli Navy coming and shooting at Palestinians who are just trying to fish to provide food for the people of Gaza and to have a livelihood,” Wallach said. She said many Palestinian fishermen were shot and killed when they were trying to do their job. Wallach said she watched

Israeli soldiers target farmers and fishermen while they were not, as she and other volunteers were protected internationally. She said she recalled a particular instance where she witnessed a Palestinian farmer receive open gunfire while sowing olive seeds. “He was just throwing seeds out onto the ground and that’s what we were doing to help,” Wallach said. “The Israeli soldiers came and started shooting at us.” Maryam Ayadi, business administration senior and president of the Muslim Student Association at SJSU, led the group in a prayer for protection and healing to come to the Palestinians. After the vigil, she said the amount of people that showed up meant a lot to her. “(The turnout) means that there are people that are supportive of this cause and especially in an area where you feel like speaking out can cause some negative backlash or anything of that sense,” Ayadi said. “It definitely feels good to have that support.” Follow the Spartan Daily on X (formerly Twitter) @SpartanDaily

UPD talks safety and responses By Lamar Moody STAFF WRITER

San José State’s University Police Department (UPD) and the SJSU community discussed crime trends, department updates and issues affecting the campus and surrounding area on Thursday in the Campus Village Two Multipurpose Room. Housing Security Officer Benny Leung said the purpose of the meeting was to hear concerns from the community. He said law enforcement and the community aren’t currently on the best of terms, but these types of meetings are aimed to help rebuild that relationship between the two sides. “Every month we host these types of meetings with the purpose of building a relationship with the

community, hearing their concerns and fixing them as best as we can,” Leung said. “Most UPD officers are current or used to be students at SJSU.” Leung said during events like this, campus police are able to explain services the department provides and are able to go into more detail about classes that can help with self defense or saving someone’s life such as the “Stop the Bleed at UPD event.” He said these services can provide safety knowledge for students to use on their own and beyond the campus environment. Leung said these events also help UPD interact with students and create an overall feeling of comfortability. “The more familiar the officers are with the campus and the atmosphere of the students can

help officers better serve the school with a new found confidence,” said Leung. UPD Administrative Captain Michael Santos said the monthly meetings are usually held at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library, but moved Thursday’s meeting to Campus Village Two to make it more convenient for students to attend. Santos said the meeting was focused on housing issues and disturbances happening in the residence halls, as there has been a regular report of incidents around the area. “Hopefully we can come up with a better way to get responses from the students, so we can tailor our services to what the community actually wants,” Santos said. UPD Sergeant Chris Zonsius said there has been a trend of

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University Police Department's Sergeant Chris Zonsius introduces two other oﬃcers during the event on Thursday afternoon on campus

homeless people walking through campus attempting to enter various housing buildings. Zonsius said there have been many occasions where housing staff members would report incidents

of people “who don’t look like students” walking through the dorms. He said most of the suspects they catch trespassing have records SAFETY | Page 2

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NEWS

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2023

Palestine supporters march at City Hall By Alina Ta

ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

Protesters walked and chanted on the streets of Downtown San José to show their support for Palestinian residents against Israel's air and artillery strikes. Omar Khoury, who is Palestinian, and a member of Silicon Valley for Palestine and the Palestinian Youth Movement, said the purpose of the protest was to call for the violence to come to an immediate ceasefire, and advocate for Palestinian residents to be able to access humanitarian relief. “We’re protesting today against the 75 years of occupation of the Palestinian people against the brutal genocide that the people in Gaza are occurring,” Khoury said. Many Jewish immigrants traveled from Eastern Europe to Palestine after the League of Nations established a settlement for them during World War II, according to a webpage from the United Nations. By 1947, Palestine was divided into two separate and independent states, an Arab state and a Jewish state, until a year later when the Israeli government declared independence and captured 77% of the land that was originally designated to the Palestinians, according to the same source. Palestinian residents were forced to become refugees and immigrate to Gaza and the West Bank, land that was still under the control of the Arab state at the time, and is now referred to as the “Nakba” or “(the) catastrophe” according to the same webpage. “They have now faced 16 years of a brutal occupation in which Palestinians can’t leave from the sea,” Khoury said. In 2000, after a series of unsuccessful peace negotiations, bomb attacks began and Israel built the West Bank separation wall, a wall mostly built within Palestinian borders and was ruled illegal by the International Court of Justice, according to the

SAFETY Continued from page 1 once they run a background check. UPD Cadet Benjamin Smyers said watching your surroundings is the first step and easiest way of being aware of people who might cause harm. He said a housing-oriented safety meeting is important because students need to feel safe at all times, especially in their homes. Smyers said students can be extra careful by keeping up with crime logs because

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Omar Khoury guides Pro-Palestine protesters in chants through the streets of Downtown San José in front of City Hall on Sunday afternoon.

same webpage from the United Nations. In 2020, Palestinians who entered the 200 meter wide designation “seam zone” between Israel's West Bank separation wall and the 1949 armistice line would have been shot by Israeli soldiers, according to a March 1, 2022 article from the Guardian. “They’re (Palestinian residents) are not allowed to leave by air because of a massive border wall,” Khoury said. “Even if a Palestinian comes close to the border wall, they’re shot dead. So it’s an open-air prison in which 2.3 million Palestinians are trapped and facing an impending genocide.” On Oct. 7, a Palestinian militant group known as “Hamas” launched an assault on Israel and hundreds of gunmen infiltrated communities near the Gaza Strip, according to an article published on Sunday by the British Broadcasting Corp (BBC). In response to the

the logs indicate what’s happening on campus, in turn helping students navigate their safety. He said a department update that has been emphasized is tailgating because there have been suspects around the stadium on game day who disguise themselves as fans and crash tailgate parties. He said tailgating is an American tradition in which sports fans gather outside sports venues before a game and congregate before the game. “Lately we have been having suspicious people crashing the tailgates,”

attacks, the Israeli military launched air and artillery strikes, according to the same source. On Sunday afternoon, protesters gathered and walked from San José City Hall to Plaza de Cesar Chavez chanting along with organizers, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.”

Khoury said another purpose of the protest was to allow Palestinian residents to receive access to humanitarian aid. Israel cut off access to electricity, water, food,

people can have food, water, electricity and medical supplies and fuel,” Khoury said. A female protester, who asked to remain anonymous for her safety, said she

used to live in San José years ago and teaches at a Montessori school. “Well, I stand with my people, Palestine,” she said. “I live in America, this is the least I can do for my people because it’s genocide.” The protester said she still has family and friends who live in Palestine. She said her mom and sister returned from visiting her family’s home country around July. “Family and friends are so far good, (but others) they have no water, no electricity, everything is black out,” the protester said. A protester, a military veteran who was born and raised in San José who also asked to remain anonymous for his safety, said he went to the protest because he felt conflicted about attacks between Palestine and Israel. He said he joined the military when he was young to escape poverty and served for six years. “I put in six years in

Smyers said. “Get a good description of the suspicious person, get to a safe location, get in contact with UPD.” Smyers and Leung also presented the monthly crime log, forms, requests reports and emergency notifications. There are several different forms that can be filled out such as lost and found reports, crime reports and events on and off campus, according to UPD’s website. Smyers also said riding a bike can be a convenient and dependable form of transportation and he said there are several resources for bicyclists including bicycle parking on campus, bicycle

maintenance and general bicycle safety tips, which can be found on SJSU’s transportation site. “The main report that cadets take is bike theft,” Smyers said. “It’s important to get a good quality U-lock to reduce the chance that your bike will be stolen.” In addition, Smyers went over other services UPD provides such as the safety escort program; Run, Hide, Fight Training and Rape, Aggression and Defense Training (RAD), a women-only course that teaches realistic self defense tactics and is free to all SJSU students, according to

SJSU’s services website. Smyers said crime logs are not stressed enough because they help tell what, where and when crimes or emergencies have happened around the SJSU campus, according to the same website. “Reviewing crime statistics and reports on the regular can better educate a student when it comes to safety on and off campus,” Smyers said. “There’s an incident and crime map on SJSU UPD’s site that shows what is happening in real time.” Leung said UPD aims to be approachable, and anyone is welcomed to talk to UPD. He said these

“Even if a Palestinian comes close to the border wall, they’re shot dead. So it’s an open-air prison in which 2.3 million Palestinians are trapped and facing an impending genocide.” Omar Khoury

member of Silicon Valley for Palestine and the Palestinian Youth Movement

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the military here,” the protester said. “I’m proud to be American. But I’m also conflicted to see our resources in the United States are being used in a one-sided difference of opinion, if you will.” The protester said in his opinion that the root cause of the tragedy in the Middle East is the human condition and that people need to wake up. He said if most people did some self-reflection they would realize that they are like many Palestinian residents living inside or near Gaza. “None of those are who we really are. If we dig deep inside we'll find that we’re just like those people in Palestine,” the protester said. “People in Israel, people in the Ukraine, and all we want is peace, and to be able to live our lives in peace.”

meetings are supposed to make the community feel comfortable communicating with university police and these meetings help promote transparency while also keeping the public updated about events within UPD. “We don’t want to keep holding these meetings just to hear ourselves talk, we need the community to come out, learn and listen to what we’re doing to address the community issues,” Leung said.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2023

Atlimo hosts its first Halloween Rave By Brandon Nicolas SENIOR STAFF WRITER

San José State students and guests danced the night away at a Halloween Rave on Friday hosted by Atlimo, a downtown venue on Second Street that features an actual limousine. The event welcomed costumes and dance moves as three DJs spun the tables, playing track after track while a projector displayed movie clips on a tarp. Strobe lights lined the walls of a black dance floor reflecting the lights on the faces of guests. Business and marketing senior Carissa Adriano goes by the DJ alias “Espurr” and performed a set of tracks that kept the audience moving. Adriano said she received a direct message from the Atlimo Instagram account that asked her to perform at the show. “I recently heard about the venue a few days ago,” she said. “I was like, ‘Oh, there’s this new spot!’ ” After talking with the owner of the venue, she said she was looking forward to performing because it was Atlimo’s first rave. Adriano said she recently performed at a club downtown where she felt pressured to perform well because it had a full DJ table. “We were having some technical difficulties at first,”

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Attendees of the Halloween Rave dance and party in various costumes at the Atlimo venue in Downtown San José on Friday night.

she said. “But once we got everything working, it was really fun.” Adriano said she felt more comfortable performing her set at Atlimo as opposed to downtown clubs because the venue felt more underground in comparison. After the first hours of the event, she said she noticed guests starting to loosen up and start dancing to the

music. “I put together a bunch of songs I’ve been liking,” she said. “I’m going to keep performing because it’s fun and I could be more experimental here.” Adriano said she got her start as a DJ at a downtown venue that recently closed, and was happy to hear there was a space nearby where she could continue to perform.

By midnight, the venue was full as students shuffled from the dancefloor to the limousine to snap a photo in the spacious ride. “The limo was real cool,” said information science and data analytics sophomore Rawle Workman. “It’s definitely a niche vibe, it adds a unique taste to the menu and it is definitely going to have people coming back.”

Computer engineering sophomore Jesse Olufade dressed as Tyler, The Creator’s Igor, a fictional character from the artist’s fifth studio album. Olufade said he heard about the event from a friend and was looking forward to experiencing his first rave. “My friend showed an Instagram post to me and I was like, ‘Oh, this is actually

happening pretty soon and I have my costume,’ ” he said. “I thought, ‘Finally,’ because all the frat parties are getting too packed.”

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Students learn to reflect on self love By Vanessa Real STAFF WRITER

Students learned how to teach themselves self love and self motivation at the Love Your Reflection event on Wednesday at the Smith and Carlos Lawn. The event was hosted by the César E. Chávez Community Action Center, the event focused on two workshops dedicated to helping students discover selflove and improving students’ overall relationship with themselves. The César E. Chávez Community Action Center (CCCAC) is a group that connects students at SJSU to civic engagement and educational experience within creating community service projects. Political science junior Ange Grate, who runs events and operations for the César E. Chávez Community Action Center, said her influence and inspiration for putting on the Love Your Reflection event was that October is the month of Eczema Awareness Month. According to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation in America website, Around 16.5 million adults and 8 million children

in the U.S. have eczema, and October is National Eczema Awareness month. Grate said that she had dealt with her own severe symptoms of eczema, she said the condition has put her in the position to learn to love and appreciate herself. She said she wanted to share that journey to selfreflection with the San José State community for students. “I was really inspired by Eczema Awareness Month so I wanted to hold a workshop surrounding body empowerment,” Grate said. “We also are passing out some resource cards to give more research to students surrounding body positivity and mental illness.” Grate said that the Love Your Reflection event was centered around body positivity and creating a positive outlook of oneself ’s self image for the community within San José State’s students and organizations. The event began with a journaling workshop, where leaders read prompts that asked questions surrounding the students’ experiences with self love and growth over the past years.

Sociology senior Jisel Mozo said her friend sent her a flyer for the event on Instagram, and that it looked exciting so she knew they both had to go. “I don’t really go to events that much at school, because I feel like I’m shy, but this event was encouraging and makes me want to go to more events,” Mozo said. “I’ve been trying to get into journaling so I like these small entries for inspiration for what to write about.” The second part of the event was a painting workshop with event organizers reading prompts to have the students focus on words and symbols to paint on mirrors provided by the César E. Chávez Community Action Center, to remind them of positive thoughts. Software engineering graduate Pravin Ramasamy Balachandra said that he’s been to many César E. Chávez Community Action Center events before, and has enjoyed the thoughtfulness behind each of them. Ramasamy Balachandra said that he really appreciated the event and the message surrounding it. He said this event in particular stands out in different ways from other

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Students gather on Smith and Carlos lawn to participate in the event.

community-led events on campus. “They make us think about ourselves and reflect about the good parts about ourselves,” Ramasamy Balachandra said. “I like how I spent just a couple of minutes today thinking just of myself, and all the good things about me and what I should be proud of.” Ramasamy Balachandra said that he looks forward to the César E. Chávez Community Action Center’s next event and what they have in store for the San José State community and

students. Students walked away from the Love Your Reflection event with a personal journal filled with reflections of their own selflove positivity journeys and with a handheld mirror painted and customized by them to remind themselves of their confidence.

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OPINION

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2023

I love celebrating my birthday on Halloween

Vanessa Real STAFF WRITER

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dress up feeling confident and cute around me. I’ve always flourished and felt my happiest thinking of being surrounded by other baddies wearing their baddie costumes. A baddie for reference is a bad bitch or a confident girl who carries herself high and loves to dress up and be cute, according to me. I usually make the countdown to my birthday pretty obvious. Whether it's telling my friends through a private story post on Snapchat, or a close friend's story reminder on Instagram, my people will always get a reminder that my birthday is coming up, even if they already know. The last four years I have gotten so sidetracked and busy during October, that I am not

always fully conscious of how much longer it will be until my birthday. Junior year of high school I stressed over college admissions, senior year of high school I was busy trying to keep my grades up and waiting to hear back from colleges. And once I became a freshman in college I was still adjusting to the environment of university life and new friends, then my sophomore year in college was also its whole other little journey. Now that my junior year has approached what feels like completely out of nowhere, I have not had the time to be as extravagant as I wanted to be with my Halloween costumes this year.

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emotional going down that rabbit hole of time, I then ground myself by remembering why I love my birthday. My special Halloween birthday. I’ve always treasured the Halloween decorations my dad put up around the house. I love the festivities of planning outfits surrounding the themes and ideas of my birthday. Overall, I love that others get to celebrate with me and I get to feel so loved during my favorite time of the year. I will forever love and flex my Halloween birthday, and I will continue to treasure every tradition and memory it has given me.

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I am turning 21 this year, and I believe that 2023 has been my most confident year since becoming a young adult. Not having the costumes that I envisioned sends me down a rabbit hole thinking that my life will continue to get busier and so many other important things will get in the way of doing the little fun things like buying a costume for myself. I don’t have much planned for my birthday, which I don’t have a problem with necessarily, but it lets me reminisce how much time I spent wanting to grow up. I’ve always thought about turning 21, turning 18, 15. It feels like I hadn’t always let myself enjoy being a kid and having the fun I had in my elementary school years. When my head does get

Saturday and Sunday. All the rest are weak-days.

Halloween and my birthday in one day? Definitely no better combination. Having my birthday on Halloween every year meant that growing up I had candy and cash in my basket, and I wouldn’t want it any other way. Being a Halloween baby is easily one of my biggest flexes other than being a fun, mysterious and flirty Scorpio. When I was in elementary school I loved to go trick-ortreating in my neighborhood because I really was the neighbors favorite kid. I’d stop by the houses of my close family friends and they would always slip in an extra dollar or $5. Almost no one forgets that it’s my birthday either, I’ve never had a friend hesitate to reiterate the day I graced this world with my presence. As I’ve gotten older I’ve been able to use the excuse to dress up as a Birthday Girl for my Halloween costume if I didn’t have anything that year. This outfit was usually a black body con dress, with a sparkly, pink birthday girl sash, shiny tiara and three-inch heels. As someone who’s always adored dressing up and feeling cute, I love the dramatics of Halloween and dressing up for it. While I got to be cute, glittery and the center of the attention, I loved watching other people

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SPORTS

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2023

FOOTBALL

Canilao’s Commentary: Spartans’ defense steps up in win By Nathan Canilao SENIOR STAFF WRITER

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San José State running back Kairee Robinson carries the ball in the Spartans’ win against the Rainbow Warriors Saturday.

SJSU beats Hawai‘i in third-straight win By Nathan Canilao SENIOR STAFF WRITER

C h e v an C ord e i ro completed 16 of 26 passes for 251 yards and two touchdowns in San José State’s 35-0 shutout road win over the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa on Saturday night. Spartans’ (4-5, 3-2 MWC) running back K aire e R obins on rushed for 146 yards and two touchdowns. Junior wide receiver Nick Nash caught six passes for 86 yards and two touchdowns. Saturday’s win was the first shutout win in the Brent Brennan era and was the first time Hawai‘i (2-7, 0-4 MWC) has been shutout since 1998.

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“This was an awesome win for our football team coming over here,” said SJSU head coach Brent Brennan. “We made some big plays, throwing and catching the ball. I thought Chevan was brilliant. It was a fantastic win and we feel great about it.” Cordeiro threw his first touchdown pass with 5 minutes left in the second quarter on an 8-yard throw to Nash in the left corner of the end zone to put SJSU up 14-0. After Robinson punched in a two-yard rush on the Spartans’ final possession of the second quarter, SJSU went into the halftime break up 21-0. Robinson struck again in the third quarter when he took a handoff 52 yards to the house to put the Spartans up 28-0. The third quarter touchdown was the longest touchdown rush of Robinson’s career. With the lead already secured, Brennan inserted the team’s backups on SJSU’s final drive of the game. Saturday’s game marked the first time Cordeiro played in Hawai‘i since transferring in 2022. Cordeiro’s family bought upwards of 30 tickets to celebrate his return to his hometown.

San José State’s defense was a major issue to start the season, but the unit has slowly become the team’s biggest strength during the Spartans’ three-game winning streak. The Spartans held Hawai‘i to 198 yards of total offense and no points during Saturday’s 35-0 road win. “The energy is always there from the defense,” said SJSU junior cornerback Kenyon Reed who had a game-high six tackles to go along with a sack. In the first six games of the season, Spartan opponents averaged 33 points a game. Through those six games, SJSU had the second-worst rush defense in the country as they gave up over 230 rushing yards per game. During the Spartans’ last three wins, opponents are averaging just 15 points per game and 284 yards of total offense. SJSU’s rushing defense has still struggled over the last three weeks, but the Spartans have forced seven turnovers in the last three games. Head coach Brent Brennan has credited the improvement of the defensive line as to why SJSU’s defense has improved. “I think it took a little while for that young defensive front to get settled in and get used to the game plan,” Brennan said. “But you can see the strides they are making. When we play complementary football, we’re a really good football team.” Sophomore linebacker Jordan Pollard has come into his own during the team’s winning streak. He’s totaled 26 tackles, two interceptions and a forced fumble over the last four games. The Spartans will need their defense to continue to wreak havoc on opposing offenses for the team’s final three games. After the bye week, SJSU is scheduled to host Fresno State (7-1, 3-1 MWC), San Diego State (3-5, 1-3 MWC) before finishing the season on the road against the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (6-2, 3-1 MWC). Fresno State and UNLV are both in the top half of the conference in total offense. Fresno State quarterback Mikey Keene has led the Bulldogs near the top of the Mountain West Conference and is in the running for MWC Player of the Year. Reed said he believes SJSU’s defense has all the tools to finish the season strong. “I feel like our team is on a roll right now with the last three wins,” Reed said. “I feel like the momentum we have right now is good. I think I speak for all of us who are just trying to build on that.” Follow Nathan on X (formerly Twitter) @nathancanilao

SUMMARY SJSU................7 14 HAWAI‘I........0 0

7 0

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TEAM STATISTICS Chevan Cordeiro gets set to throw in his return against his former school at the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex.

“When I come home for break, I really only get to see my parents, grandparents and my two brothers,” Cordeiro said. “I never really get to see my other family and it was good just playing in front of them like the old days. Growing up in Hawai‘i, family is everything, and knowing that this is my last time playing here, it was emotional for me.” Robinson also scored two touchdowns closer to breaking the SJSU single season rushing

touchdown record held by Johnny Johnson (1988) and Deonce Whitaker (2000) who each had 15. SJSU will have a bye week before the Spartans are scheduled to play Fresno State on Nov. 11 at CEFCU Stadium. The Bulldogs defeated the University of Nevada, Las Vegas 31-24 on Saturday and gave the Rebels their first loss since Week 2. Follow Nathan on X (formerly Twitter) @nathancanilao

SJSU HAW FIRST DOWNS................ 22 14 RUSHING.......................... 217

PASSING............................ 251

146

TOTAL YARDS................. 468

198

AVG. YRDS. PER PLAY... 6.6

3.5

PENALTIES-YDS............. 5-41

5-40

TIME OF POSSESSION.. 35:11 24:49 3RD DOWN CONV......... 11-16 5-15 PLAYS................................ 71