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CFA demands lactation spaces on campus By Melany Gutierrez STAFF WRITER

Amidst ongoing bargaining with the California State University System (CSU) and the recent authorization to strike, members of the California Faculty Association (CFA) are calling for the creation of safe spaces that can cater to their physical and mental needs as working parents, specifically the need for lactation spaces. Lactation spaces are rooms that allow mothers to pump and collect breast milk privately and enables them to tend to their physical needs, such as self clean up after lactation processes, according to a website by Purdue University. The room should contain comfortable seating, a work counter, electrical outlets for breast pumps and a sink within accessible distance, according to the same website. Ray Buyco, San José State University chapter president of CFA and history senior lecturer said the call for lactation spaces was based on a bargaining survey that went out to all CSU campuses. He said it was one of the more popular bargaining subjects selected in the survey by CFA members. Buyco said that the lack of spaces available to professors as parents is an institutional issue and is the product of the culture established around that institution. He also said it’s part of a developed notion that faculty and their necessities are labor costs. “The issue with the notion of lactation spaces is that there’s a cost to it,” Buyco said. “It is this notion of not recognizing one’s humanity despite the fact that an educational institution should be devoted to recognizing the humanity of the people and the community that are associated with it.” Susana Gallardo, women, gender and sexuality studies assistant professor, said she believes that this call to recognize parental needs and

motherhood is a smaller part in a long-standing feminist battle of trying to make the workplace more accommodating for women. “Childcare and lactation rooms are two of the things that make it really feasible and reasonable for a woman to go back to work when she wants to,” Gallardo said. She said the negligence to acknowledge the importance of parental responsibilities comes from workplace culture in the United States. “We (in the U.S.) do not value domestic labor or reproductive labor,” Gallardo said. “Our attitude is that if you’re going to have a kid, it’s your problem and your responsibility and we (the government) don’t have anything to do with that.” Sabrina Pinnell, CFA chapter secretary and political science senior lecturer, said this issue is important to all faculty, not only women, but parents who generally have busy schedules and full days of back-to-back classes. “Even if we’re not bringing our children to campuses, we have people who express milk throughout the day. We have people who need to be able to store it (their milk),” Pinnell said. “So if we’re not teaching from home, obviously we’re on campus, we need facilities to do that and we need them within reasonable distance and access.” Pinnell said the CFA’s call for lactation spaces emphasizes the necessity for them to be clean. She said that lactation spaces are usually not abundant and the lactation spaces she does see are not in good condition and are often unsanitary. “When it comes to lactation spaces, we’re talking about the need for separate spaces where people can go, close the door, have some privacy, perhaps spaces to store milk,” Pinnell said. “That is rare, comparatively speaking, but this is for the people who can’t leave campus often for hours, who have to do this within the space of a few minutes in between classes.” Pinnell said the idea of having a

readily available lactation space in each building on campus should not be an unrealistic standard. Gallardo said, in her experience, every working mother has a story about her bra showing a big wet spot from lactation when she’s at work. She said when this happens, it evokes feelings of embarrassment for women even though it’s a normal byproduct of lactation. Gallardo said lactation processes and breastfeeding is something women are recommended to do for up to six months or even a year after giving birth. “I dealt with these kinds of issues myself when my daughter was born,” Gallardo said. “There was nowhere on campus for me to do self care.” She said she went back to work one month after giving birth and had to deal with the pain caused to the breasts because of breastfeeding and she struggled to find places to pump breast milk. “I remember being in Clark Hall in the bathroom, looking around trying to find a place to do this (pump breast milk),” Gallardo said. “I came this close to sitting on the floor next to an electrical outlet to use my breast pump and then I ended up going back to my office, a shared office, which was also awkward because there’s no way to wash up after.” Gallardo said the ideal goal in this call for reform would be receiving more support, from the government or workplaces, enabling women to take care of their family needs and still be able to work. Buyco said this request for lactation spaces will not be an exorbitant cost to the CSU, which is why he believes it is a no-brainer kind of decision. He said so far the CSU board has not been open to discussing various problems like these during bargaining sessions and are not making attempts to engage, work through these issues and problem solve. Gallardo said she also believes

this should be a no-brainer decision and she does not understand how there could be hesitation in resolving this problem. “It’s such a simple thing to do, just to provide an additional space to enable faculty to be better parents and to accommodate them in the workplace,” Gallardo said. She said this seems like a simple move for the CSU to make in providing a more accessible workplace for parents. “If evolution and change is part of college life, then what’s wrong here?” Pinnell said. “This has to be considered, this has to be implemented. We’ve got female students, we’ve got women who are teachers and staff, this would be something that most people would think of as basic.” She said mindful spaces like these were probably not considered essential 60 years ago or at whatever time these CSU universities were established. “It’s the 21st century, it’s time to come around,” Pinnell said. Pinnell said the next steps in the process are waiting to see if the creation of clean and safe lactation spaces is approved by the CSU board in the contract and then the implementation process could begin from campus to campus. Buyco said this matter relates to the fact that faculty and professors, in his opinion, go above and beyond for their job and students. He said they (professors) make many sacrifices, sometimes involving their own health. “This is a recognition that we don’t want to sacrifice our own children,” Buyco said. “We want CSU to recognize that we have children and we want to be able to provide happy and healthy lives for them.”

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NEWS

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2023

SJSU’s Lisa Millora sets departure date By Navin Krishnan STAFF WRITER

Lisa Millora, Vice President of Strategy and Institutional Affairs & Chief of Staff, will be leaving San José State University after a five-year tenure to advance her career at San Francisco Bay University in Fremont as its chief operating officer. Millora started working at SJSU in January of 2019 and served as chief of staff and Vice President for Strategy and Institutional Affairs. SJSU President Cynthia Teniente-Matson said in a press release that Millora left with a sturdy reputation and was appreciated for her excellent leadership. Millora’s tenure will end on Dec. 1, according to the same press release. “I’m leaving because an opportunity dropped out of the sky for me to build a new model of higher education,” Millora said. She said her departure has to do with some of the challenges that drew her to her new job involving solving climate change, fixing the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in a digital society, providing critical services to

mental health, childcare for students with children and other basic needs. Millora said she came to SJSU because she believed in the university’s educational goals, its commitment to public social justice, its diversity and its impact on Silicon Valley. “I believe that public universities are one of the last bastions of diverse democracy, playing a critical role in creating access to the full benefits of democracy, such as social, political and economic,” Millora said. Millora left SJSU with a positive impression on everyone around her, according to SJSU alumna Laura Gomez. “My first impression of Lisa was very welcoming,” Gomez said. “She always had a huge smile on her face and listened to everything we had to say without judgment.” Gomez said Millora’s personality has been emphasized by her work with the Student Homeless Alliance. She said the shadow of Millora’s personality and likeability made her a campus-wide favorite. Gomez also said Millora’s

heart of gold always shined, even when it came to serious matters such as diversity, equity and inclusion or giving back to the SJSU community or the city of San José.

She came across as exceptionally approachable and amiable, and our conversation involved a productive exchange of ideas. Harish Chander staﬀ council chair

“Lisa has impacted students by supporting their goals and aspirations towards social justice and equity,” Gomez said. Harish Chander, staff council chair, said his first encounter with Millora occurred during a “Coffee with the President” event, organized partially by Millora.

“She came across as exceptionally approachable and amiable, and our conversation involved a productive exchange of ideas,” Chander said. He said Millora’s work ethic and humility combined with her impressive memory intrigued everyone around her. Chander said Millora had a strong personality and an affinity for people and teamwork. He also said she always made her work environment better than it was before with her ability to overcome obstacles and identify issues. “She garnered widespread popularity among the staff and left a profoundly positive impression on them,” Chander said. “She consistently participated in staff council social events, engaging in vibrant discussions with the staff on various subjects.” Chander said Millora’s accomplishments at SJSU cannot be recognized with a trophy and that her impact on the SJSU community from faculty members to students is deserving of respect. “I have experienced a new

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Lisa Millora, one of SJSU’s vice presidents, is leaving the university on Dec. 1 after a five-year tenure.

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Oakland fights to keep the Athletics in town By Nathan Canilao SENIOR STAFF WRITER

The gold and white Oakland City Hall chamber was filled with a sea of green. Chants of “sell the team,” echoed throughout the concrete walls as Oakland Athletics fans gathered on Tuesday to protest the team’s move to Las Vegas. The Oakland City Council passed a resolution stating that the A’s belong in Oakland and opposed the Major League Baseball’s vote to move the team to Las Vegas. A’s fans were joined by the Oakland 68s – an Oakland sports fan group – as well as Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and the Alameda County Labor Council. “Baseball belongs here in the city of Oakland,” Thao said. “We are not a part of one billionaire’s portfolio. We are urging the voters and the owners who are voting to do the basic thing and say ‘No.’ ” The A’s announced they had reached a binding agreement on April 21 to move the team from Oakland, where they have played since 1968, to Las Vegas, according to a press release from the team. At that time, the A’s and the city of Oakland were working to build a waterfront stadium at the Howard Terminal, according to an April San Francisco Chronicle article. Howard Terminal is a port in Oakland that is used for docking trucks and storage on the east

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Members of the Oakland 68s stand during a rally regarding the potential relocation of the Athletics on Tuesday afternoon.

side of the San Francisco Bay. The stadium would seat 35,000 and have different attractions such as hotels, restaurants and affordable housing. But the deal fell through over the building of affordable housing around the stadium. A’s owner John Fisher has taken a lot of criticism over the years for his lack of spending on the field as well as the refusal to invest in renovating the Oakland Coliseum. The son of The Gap Inc. founders Doris and Donald Fisher, John Fisher purchased the A’s in 2005 using the investment funds set up by the Gap. During Tuesday’s protest, speakers were vocal about their disdain at Fisher and A’s President David Kaval’s decision to leave Oakland for Las Vegas. “In 2018, A’s leadership

sent us a letter saying that they would definitely stay in Oakland, either by building at Howard Terminal, or if that didn't work out by building up the coliseum,” said Oakland City Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan. “They have thus far chosen to do neither.” A Nevada judge threw out a proposed ballot referendum that would give the voters a say in whether or not the A’s would receive public money to build their stadium, according to a Tuesday article from CBS News Bay Area. The state of Nevada held a special session in June to vote on if the A’s were to get public funding to build a new stadium. The legislature voted to give the A’s up to $380 million in taxpayer dollars. The A’s were allocated 50 acres of land to build a ballpark that included

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housing, businesses and more, according to the Port of Oakland website. Fisher and the A’s already switched sites multiple times in Las Vegas, but have recently settled on building on the plot of land where the Tropicana Hotel currently sits, according to an ABC 7 article. However, the proposed Tropicana site is only nine acres. Keith D. Brown, Executive Secretary-Treasurer for the Alameda County Labor Council, said the move will be a big blow to the Oakland community as thousands of residents work at the Oakland Coliseum. “Jobs are on the line,” Brown said. “Our workforce at the coliseum are people of color and many are African Americans. We heard case management promising the Las Vegas legislature that they

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will create thousands of new jobs and union operation jobs in their town of Las Vegas, but these are not new jobs, they’re our jobs.” Aside from the logistics and economics at play, A’s fans fear that the soul of the city is being torn apart. The Oakland Raiders jetted to Las Vegas in 2020, in part because the A’s blocked the Raiders from rebuilding the Oakland Coliseum, according to a 2014 SFGATE article. The Golden State Warriors left their home in East Oakland at Oracle Arena when the team moved to San Francisco in 2019, which left the A’s as the only professional sports team in Oakland for the past three years. Tyler Hogan, an East Bay native who showed up to Tuesday’s protest with his son, said he has been watching the

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A’s since they played the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1988 World Series. Hogan said the A’s moving to Las Vegas would be removing an intricate part of the East Bay community. “There’s just so much back and forth and we really just want this thing to get done,” Hogan said. “Getting Howard Terminal is the best solution for the A’s and the community.” The A’s lease with the Oakland Coliseum ends after the 2024 season. Oakland mayor Sheng Thao said Tuesday that if the team plans to move and wants to continue using the coliseum, there will be a price to pay. “I’m not allowing a lease extension for free,” Thao said. “There will have to be some assurances including an expansion team and keeping the team name in Oakland.” Jorge Leon, Oakland 68s lead organizer, said the fight to keep the A’s in Oakland will continue until shovels are put in the ground in Las Vegas. “The city of Oakland has great people and we’re not going to let this tradition die,” Leon said. “We’re not gonna let a billionaire dictate the end of professional baseball in Oakland. Not if I have something to do about it.”

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Spartans Snap, Sip and String with A.S. By Brandon Nicolas STAFF WRITER

Boba, snacks and strobe lights filled Student Union meeting rooms one and two as students experienced a taste of rave culture Tuesday afternoon. “Snap, Sip and String” was an arts and crafts event hosted by Associated Students (AS), in which students participated in making kandi bracelets, taking Instax photos and frame decorating. AS events assistant Jennifer Rocha said it is because of events like “Snap, Sip and String” that she wanted to be a part of the campus organization. Rocha said the event was the first of its kind for AS, which gave students a space to partake in unique crafts, build upon existing relationships and find new ones. She said she pitched the idea for the event during her interview for AS and was excited to see her vision come to life. “I feel like, especially here in the Bay Area, it’s really popular to make kandi bracelets,” she said. “I try to think about

what’s trending in my community and city, and a huge thing in the Bay are raves.” According to a rave blog, kandi bracelets are traded amongst friends and strangers at festivals to symbolize Peace, Love, Unity and Respect, as well as friendship. Data science junior Truong Nguyen is an avid rave-goer and said the event was a great opportunity to make colorful bracelets for his friends. “Events like these are good for someone like me, an international student,” he said. “It’s hard for me to connect with other students so this is a good time for me to relax and connect with others.” AS advertised the event on Instagram with a flyer calling for Swifties, ravers and crafters to enjoy boba and build relationships with other students. Rocha said she wanted the themes of the event to align with PLUR, an acronym synonymous with rave culture that stands for Peace, Love, Unity and Respect. “That’s basically what these bracelets represent,”

she said. “Why wouldn’t I want to spread some of that on campus as well?” Students took to crafting kandi bracelets the most as tables around the room were filled with cups featuring an array of colored and lettered beads. Rocha, who also had a hand in organizing SJSU’s Homecoming Fire on the Fountain event, said she was pleased with the turnout of the event and felt that students took advantage of the resources offered. “I’m really happy because I feel like it also symbolizes unity and community,” she said. “Being in there and meeting some new people at my table and meeting new people around is what the event represents.” The event, which lasted from 1-4 p.m., was planned to allow students to participate before or after class to better fit student schedules, Rocha said. Communication disorders and sciences senior Jackie Nieves said she was able to stop by the event in between classes to make bracelets for her

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Communication disorders and sciences senior Jackie Nieves makes a kandi bracelet.

friends. “You’re meeting new people and feeling more united in the community at San José State,” she said. Nieves said the event gave her a much needed break from school work, acting as a stress reliever amidst the semester’s assignments and exams. Nursing junior Anna Freiling said she heard about the event from the Associated Students Instagram page. “It was really nice,”

Freiling said. “I was able to make some bracelets with new people and they were so friendly.” After grabbing herself some complimentar y popcorn and boba, she said she went straight into making a purple bracelet inspired by South Korean boy band BTS. Freiling said she appreciates events such as “Snap, Sip and String,” because it offers a place to meet fellow students. “I’m not good at

communicating with people and I just stay home watching social media,” she said. “It’s really nice to get out of my comfort zone and enjoy the college life.”

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SONG REVIEW

Final Beatles song should stay shelved By Alexia Frederickson A&E EDITOR

English rock band The Beatles released their supposed final song titled “Now and Then” on Thursday. The song was made using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to take the vocals from a 1977 John Lennon demo tape recorded before his untimely death in 1980. Though the song is being hailed by the remaining members of the band as a “last hurrah,” in reality its execution falls flat on its face, creating a disappointing final note for the band. It feels like every other conversation relating to technology these days relates to some sort of

generative AI - whether it be ChatGPT- written articles, deep fakes of politicians spreading misinformation or humorous generated images of celebrities in comical situations. “Now and Then” started life as a demo cassette tape by Lennon in his New York City apartment, and was one of three demos that the remaining three band members worked on in their 1994 reunion according to a Nov. 2020 Independent article. The remaining members of the band Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starrended up finishing two of the demos releasing them as singles the following year. The “Now and Then” demo was ultimately shelved after one day of

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Artist: The Beatles Release Date: Nov. 2, 2023 Genre: rock

the remaining members working on the song. Harrison died of lung cancer in 2001, seemingly jeopardizing the song’s chance to ever see the light of day. It was only when remaining B eatles members, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, were informed about AI software that allowed the band to separate his vocals from the piano in the track. McCartney and Starr used the acoustic guitar tracks from George Harrison’s 1994 recording for the song, according to a Nov. 2 USA Today article. “Now and Then” feels like the most anti-climatic ending possible to the history of one of the most important bands in the history of music. Though it’s not a full-blown disaster by any means, it feels like a song that’s not supposed to exist. The track is simply all over the place. Despite being the focus of the song, Lennon’s vocals get buried in the mix behind almost every other instrument, of which there are an absurd amount.

It’s hard to hear what he’s singing behind the barrage of pianos, strings and guitvars that never give the song a moment to breathe. For a song that is dedicated to Lennon and Harrison, their additions are unfortunately the quietest parts. All of the elements of the song feel thrown into each other and they don’t mesh at all. It’s crazy that at no point of the recording nobody asked why the song needs so many damn instruments. It’s almost as if the band realized that the AI-separated vocals sound really bad, and they decided to keep making the song louder and more complex until they decided people wouldn’t notice. As a musician, something feels gross about taking a friends’ demo and making it into a full song after their death. If someone were to take one of my unfinished demos, slap a ridiculous amount of overdubs on it and call it my final song, I probably wouldn’t know because I would be dead, but if I did know, I would

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be horrified. It makes me more sad that they felt the need to “finish” the song, instead of letting it be, because “Now and Then” feels like an attempt to finish an idea that was never meant to be. Despite the focus of the song in most articles being about how the Beatles used AI to it, the reality is that the song’s release wasn’t to showcase AI, or end their legacy with a bang – it was to give Mccartney and Starr closure and celebrate

their bandmates. It doesn’t matter that the song is a mess, because it was never about the song or technology. It’s really about two bandmates finishing a song for the last time. That doesn’t make this song any better though.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2023

MOVIE REVIEW

ILLUSTRATION BY JOANNA CHAVEZ

Scorsese’s most mature film yet

By Bojana Cvijic

SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR

One of the most striking images from legendary director Martin Scorsese’s latest epic, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” is a scene of men from the Osage Nation in Oklahoma dancing among the discovery of struck oil in their land. However, what most people are tending to forget while discussing this scene, is the scene prior to it. The Osage leaders are together, mourning the collective loss of their people and culture, warning that their culture will be further lost as their people are forced to assimilate into the standards of Western American culture. That scene sets up the entirety of the film and what the audience is about to stand witness to. Written by Scorsese and Eric Roth, “Killers of the Flower Moon” is based on the bestselling nonfiction book by journalist David Grann. In the book, Grann explores the history of the quest for oil in Osage County during the 20th century, where the Osage experienced a profound rise in wealth after the discovery of oil on their lands. In stark black-and-white vignettes reminiscent of 1920s silent films, Scorsese paints a picture of how profoundly wealthy many Osage were during this time, with stills showing the latest and greatest of 1920s automobiles, posing with their furs and jewelry. Even in this wealth, financial power within the Osage was still suppressed by courtordered laws targeting their finances.

movie review “Killers of the Flower Moon” Rating:

Directed by: Martin Scorsese Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro Genre: Western Drama

The Osage were required to have court-appointed guardians to manage the money of “full-blood” and “halfblood” members, assuming full-blooded members as “incompetent,” according to an Oct. 20 article by the Guardian. In 1906, The Burke Act was introduced by Charles Burke, who called Indigenous peoples “half-animal,” he also led the Bureau of Indian Affairs. This act authorized the secretary of the interior to decide whether a Indigenous person was “competent” enough to manage his or her lands. That also meant blood quantum laws, a system in place by the federal government to limit citizenship to tribes, controlled how much power an Osage had over their wealth.

Their names and ages are given, with flashes of their accidental “deaths” implying murder, adding “No investigation.” It’s very obvious where this movie is heading and what happened to actual members of the Osage nation, as their wealth was seen as a problem by the white people in the area and the U.S. government. Watching the film doesn’t feel like a slow burn, at every turn there’s something to worry or be suspicious about, waiting for the brutal history of these events to unfold. In the film we’re introduced to Kyle and her family; her mother Lizzie (Tantoo Cardinal), and her sisters Minnie (Jillian Dion), Rita (Janae Collins) and Anna (Cara Jade Myers).

driver for the Osage, as he becomes Kyle’s main driver where he’s able to court her into marriage. This is all a part of Hale’s larger plan where he plans the murders of multiple Osage members, including Kyle and her family. All of this because if Burkhart marries her and she so happens to pass away, Burkhart is able to attain more of Kyle’s headrights – her land and wealth. The backstory behind this movie matters more than the movie itself. With a runtime of three and a half hours, Scorsese is unwavering and unflinching in portraying the brutality of the white people behind the murders of Kyle’s family and other Osage members. While Leonardo Dicaprio

He masterfully guides the audience through the history he transports back in time to, telling us through the experiences of the characters how wrong this is and we have to sit, watch and fester in the injustice.

This meant guardians empowered by the act would also take advantage of the power they had over the Osage, which meant they could write themselves into their wills and documents, allowing them to take over their finances, according to the same article. The film doesn’t shy away from how casual this is the 1920s, it places us into their reality and what they face, yet it feels all the more relevant. He masterfully guides the audience through the history he transports back in time to, telling us through the experiences of the characters how wrong this is and we have to sit, watch and fester in the injustice. Right after the vignettes, Scorsese, in Scorsese fashion, cuts to the murders of members of the Osage Nation, with the character Mollie Kyle, played by Lily Gladstone, narrating over the clips of the dead bodies on screen.

We’re also introduced to William Hale, played by actor and frequent collaborator with Scorsese, Robert De Niro. Hale is a cattle owner and reserve Deputy Sheriff who aims to create warm relations with the Osage Nation, speaking their language, getting to know their families and becoming close with the members of the tribe, with an insidious agenda. The audience is then introduced to Ernest Burkhart, played by actor and also frequent collaborator, Leonardo Dicaprio. Burkhart, just returned from World War I, is Hale’s nephew and he arrives to live with his brother and uncle. His uncle, on the underlying hand, has a plan for Burkhart in the making. A suggestion to Burkhart is to court Kyle and her family, to become Kyle’s driver and have her fall in love with him. Burkhart takes a job as a

is the lead in the film, Lily Gladstone plays the central soul of “Killers of the Flower Moon.” We watch Gladstone viscerally portray a woman who is losing her family one by one, a community member working with other members of her tribe to try to figure out who is orchestrating the murders of her tribe. We also watch her lay witness to the tragic deaths of all of her sisters, Minnie first, the murder of her sister Anna next and in the most brutal scene on screen, the murder of her sister Rita and brother-inlaw Bill. Scorsese does not give you a moment to breathe, even in the moments where we see love and care between Burkhart and his wife. We know something suspicious is happening, we know what’s about to happen and who will be affected by this. He does not let you forget

for a second. Most of the film is taken up with the setup of the events of what’s happening to the Osage, with Scorsese interspersing moments of action and inaction one after the other. However, the moments of inaction are necessary and I feel as though the movie could have been even longer considering the breadth and depth of the history behind “Killers of the Flower Moon.” The brutality we watch on the screen is so unwavering, that when federal law enforcement arrives to investigate the murders, it still doesn’t feel like we’ve been relieved or justice has been done, because there is no justice or peace to what happened to the Osage Nation nor to any of the Indigenous peoples of the nation as a whole. The Scorsese epic has all the feelings and structures of a Scorsese epic, but without the glamour of his other films, it is a stripped down and raw portrait of the evil of what the American project was in its destruction and genocide of the Indigenous peoples of this territory, what we call the U.S. During the film I felt nothing but pure rage and grief. I felt immobile with the amount of emotion pent up inside me, not knowing what to do with what I was watching, knowing that this history has happened and how unfair it all is and how it continues to happen to Indigenous communities not only here, but elsewhere in the world. It’s a stark reminder of this country’s evil and greed and the people who are affected by it. The film’s ending, a selfreflection on the film itself, reckons the limitations it has on the story and its place in current history. It's as though we’re watching him take a step back, diving into something he has never done before in his movies. It’s Scorsese’s most mature and realistic statement yet, in how serious the tone is which leaves you feeling breathless and devastated, but with a semblance of hope. Follow Bojana on X (formerly Twitter) @bojanacvv

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SPORTS

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2023

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Canilao’s Commentary: Spartans’ offense succeeds without Omari Moore By Nathan Canilao SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Spartans poach Anteaters in season homer opener By Nathan Canilao

defeating the University of California, Irvine 72-64 on Tuesday night. The San José State men’s Trey Anderson led basketball team won its the Spartans with home opening game, 19 points, shooting seven of nine from the field. Tibet Görener added ANTEATERS 17 points, shooting three of four from behind the arc. The Spartans have won every home opener since 2016. “It was a great win for our team,” said SJSU head coach SPARTANS Tim Miles. “Tibet Görener and Trey Anderson saved the day for us. They were excellent today and that’s what we needed.” Myron Amey Jr. was the

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Spartans’ offense in the first half as he initiated shots for himself and others. He ended the first half as SJSU’s leading scorer with eight points. Solid defense kept the usually high-scoring UC Irvine offense at bay. SJSU held the Anteaters to 40% shooting from the field in the first half and forced eight turnovers. At the half, the two teams were tied 24-24. The Spartans came out of the second half firing on all cylinders. SJSU went on a 24-13 run to open the first eight minutes of play and took a 50-37 lead. The Anteaters cut the

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deficit to as little as six points, but the Spartans controlled the pace to come out with the win. “I think we just played physical,” Anderson said. “We set the tone early on the rebounding side and on the defensive side. That was the biggest thing I was proud of.” The Spartans will be back at home at 8 p.m. Thursday when they host B ethes da University who lost to the University of San Francisco 128-59 on Monday.

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SJSU forward William Humer looks to pass against the University of California, Irvine in the Spartans’ win Tuesday.

After being an Omari Moore-centric offense last season, San José State will have a new way of scoring this season. In the Spartans’ 72-64 win over the University of California, Irvine on Tuesday, four players scored in double digits – Trey Anderson (19 points), Tibet Görener (17 points), Myron Amey Jr. (12 points) and Alvaro Cardenas (11 points). SJSU head coach Tim Miles said this season, scoring will be more by committee rather than having a single player take majority of the team’s shots. “This is going to be a balanced team,” Miles said. “It’ll be good for us to understand how we have to adjust. And it’d be good for me to understand schematically.” A big question for the Spartans coming into this season was if they could replace the production of Moore, who averaged 17.4 points per game last season. Anderson looks to be taking Moore’s spot at small forward, but the scoring will be spread around the court this season. “I know that the guys need me to score it and you need to be more aggressive,” Anderson said. “I think it was just my mindset coming into the game. I need to do more. I need to be here for my guys.” The Spartans were missing two of their projected top scorers on Tuesday. Sophomore guard Garrett Anderson and junior forward Robert Vaihola are out with injuries, but are on track to return later this season. “I think what’s fun to see is integrating some of those newer players into the system,” Miles said. “They accept tough coaching, and I believe in them and you could see that translates into winning basketball and that permeates into these younger guys too.”

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