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SERVING SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1934
Buildings to be demolished for Sparta student housing
A&E
By Vicente Vera NEWS EDITOR
Downtown San Jose resident Mary Cruz spends most of her day walking around the neighborhood with her grandson while his father works at the gas station across the street from the house she is renting. They stopped at the light and once it turned green, her grandson crossed the street to meet his father at the end of his shift. On her way home, she walked over to a set of development proposal signs that were placed on the corner of her street. She pointed at the signs. “The city’s been wanting to build this thing for a few years now,” Cruz said. Ho r i z o n Real Properties Holding purchased land on East Santa Clara Street, which included Cruz’s backyard, to establish Sparta Student Housing. The 86 room student housing complex would hold up to 271 residents. According to Michael Hopek of the Bay Area real estate publication The Registry, the developers of the land plan to house 171 San Jose State University students. Cruz has been living in one of the smaller
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A notice of development proposal sign sits on the corner of 11th and East Santa Clara streets next to the buildings that are planned to be demolished.
houses behind the proposed development for the past 20 years on a fixed income. She said she is afraid her house could one day be sold and demolished, though the city has made no plans to facilitate the removal of any existing residential housing. Although the city council had not officially adopted a development plan in that area until last October, it approved the demolition of three commercial buildings along East Santa Clara Street almost two
It’s especially important for these kids to have housing nearby since their main focus should be school, not struggling to find a place to live. Paul Gooch Neighborhood resident
years ago. The buildings still stand. However, they could be demolished as soon as Horizon Real P ro p e r t i e s Holding obtains a
building permit. Sparta Student Housing was allowed to be developed ahead of an official development plan because the city classified it as a
“signature” project. According to the Envision San Jose 2040 General Plan, a “signature” project serves as an example for future developments in San Jose. The buildings set to be demolished were home to five separate small businesses which include a Chinese takeout restaurant, a drug store and a nail salon. Cher yl Wessling, communications manager for the San Jose DEVELOPMENT | Page 2
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A.S. house wheels off to other side of campus By Jana Kadah MANAGING EDITOR
The 200-ton Associated Students House has found its new home on the edge of campus near the Boccardo Business Center. The 20th century building, also known as the Scheller House, has been restored and moved repeatedly over the past few decades to make room for San Jose State renovations. This time it was to make space for a new science building set to be built in front of Duncan Hall. “This building is being moved so that we can celebrate the past but really enhance the future by putting our new science building on this location,” said SJSU’s Vice President of Administration and Finance Charlie Faas. “It’s going to be a stunning new building and we get to preserve the beauty of the old building.” After more than a year of planning with Associated Students, Pacific Gas & Electric and the city of San Jose, SJSU faculty paid attention to every single detail. “A.S. has worked with the university and the Preser vation Action Council through this
I think it was very important that [the school] preserves the house rather than destroying it.
Grace Ping Director of external affairs for Associated Students
FAAS process,” said Grace Pang, director of external affairs for Associated Students. “I think it was very important that [the school] preserves the house rather than destroying it.” A team of engineers created computer models of the move. Light fixtures were rotated, the Boyce gates were temporarily removed and trees were trimmed to ensure the 6,500 square-foot house could set sail on the streets of downtown. “Literally there was
four inches on either side of that house as we were moving it down San Carlos on our campus in between those palm trees,” said Faas. “It was very tight.” The move cost nearly $1.5 million according to Faas, but it was incorporated into the budget for the new science building. Faas said he worked closely with the MIKE CORPOS | SPARTAN DAILY Preser vation Action Council of San Jose to The A.S. house, also known as the Scheller House is taken off its foundation to be ensure there were no placed on wheels and driven to the east side of campus on 10th Street. ruffled feathers over the house from 1905-15. buildings on South First Jeremy Fogel granted the move. “It didn’t work 20 years The home is one of the Street, according to the an injunction to halt the demolition of the ago with the historical last remaining early 20th Mercury News. When then-SJSU Scheller house until its folks in San Jose,” said century residential works Faas. “So we made sure according to research by president Bob Caret tried historic value could be they knew what was going the Preservation Action to level the house in determined, according to the early 1990s to make the Mercury News. on, how it was being Council of San Jose. The house was space for a new science Rather than conduct done, the care that was happening, so everything designed by architect building, the Preservation an expensive historical L e n z e n Action Council of San survey, Caret decided came together frankly for T h e o d ore who also designed the Jose was quick to call to scrap plans for the new a huge success.” The house takes its old City Hall that was it a violation of state science building and the Scheller House stayed in name after early San Jose initially at Plaza de Cesar preservation law. In 1994, Santa Clara District Attorney, Victor Chavez. He also crafted MOVE | Page 2 Scheller, who lived in the Security and Letitia County federal judge
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MOVE Continued from page 1 its current location. A few years later, Associated Students and alumni organized and invested nearly $3 million to restore the house and move it 90 degrees so that the entrance faced Paseo de San Carlos. “This is the right thing to do, to take an asset or a gem on campus – which is used by Associated Students today – but is a gem to the campus, retain it and keep the history that has been in our community, alive,” said Faas. In 2000, Associated Students made Scheller House their home and have been there ever since. “[The move] enabled the Associated Students to be closer to the rest of the offices
This is the right thing to do . . . retain it and keep the history that has been in our community, alive. Charlie Faas SJSU vice president of administration and finance
in the Student Union and aligned it with somewhat similar houses along that street,” said Faas. “It is more appropriate sitting on that 10th street corridor than it would be in the middle of our campus.” The house should be ready for staff to reoccupy in June. Follow Jana on Twitter @Jana_Kadah
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The gate located at South Fourth Street and San Carlos Street was lifted up to make room for the A.S. house
City has no policy to aid displaced businesses By Vicente Vera NEWS EDITOR
During a hearing held between the San Jose Planning Commission and representatives of Horizon Real Properties Holding LLC, commissioners from the city were free to ask any relevant questions. Commissioner Peter Allen asked developers of the new student housing building if they have a policy for the displacement of commercial spaces. They replied that they did not. The city of San Jose has no policy on business displacement either.
Three buildings are planned to be demolished to create space for the Sparta Student Housing project on South 11th Street and East Santa Clara Street, and with that, a total of five commercial businesses in the area will not be preserved either. “The city does not currently have a policy to protect businesses from displacement due to redevelopment,” Allen said. “But I have consistently advocated for such a policy.” According to Allen, a displacement policy would provide protection for locally owned businesses forced to move out or close
The city does not currently have a policy to protect businesses from displacement due to redevelopment.
Peter Allen San Jose Planning commissioner
because of demolitions and redevelopment. Common protections include guaranteed space and rates at new locations, relocation assistance and financial compensation packages known as buyouts. These remedies for displacement are similar to the ones offered to renters
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DEVELOPMENT Continued from page 1 Department of planning said no concerns about business displacement have been expressed to the city council or planning commission. This project came as a result of the city’s goal to expand housing and commercial development areas that it has listed as “Urban Villages,” which are transit-friendly neighborhoods. Since 2011, there have been over 60 spots in San Jose that the city categorized as Urban Village areas in the Envision San Jose 2040 General Plan. “I think it’s important that students have some new housing,” said Paul Gooch, a veteran who lives across the street from the future housing. He shared the place with his roommate Janetta Hills, a retired nurse’s aid who lived in a separate part of the house. “Before I got my housing voucher from the department of housing and urban development, I used to be homeless up in Northern California,” Gooch said. He has been living in the house for less than six months. He continued, “So I think it’s especially important for these kids to have housing nearby since their main focus should be school, not struggling to find a place to live.” Other neighbors had worries about the development. “My real concern over the proposed
height is that it sets a precedent of going over the recommended height,” stated in the public record of an email sent by a neighbor to Leila Hakimizadeh, the planning project manager. “I do not wish to have a six or more story building glaring into the backyard of my home.” Hakimizadeh responded that the building was proposed as seven stories to make room for new businesses on the ground floor. The city requires buildings developed in Urban Village areas to keep the ground floor as a retail space. Buildings are also allowed a 65-foot height limit. Hakimizadeh also added in the email that the project was “not representative of East Santa Clara Urban Village,” but this statement contradicts the classification of a “signature” project, which is the brand that Sparta Student Housing is developing under. “A Signature project clearly advances and can serve as a catalyst for the full implementation of the Envision General Plan Urban Village strategy,” lawmakers state in chapter 7 of the general plan. “It [needs to] be an example for subsequent other development within the village area.” Hakimizadeh did not respond to request for comment. Two years after the San Jose City Council approved of the demolitions, the proposed building remains in its planning stages and developers have yet to obtain a building permit. Follow Vicente on Twitter @VicenteSJSU
of apartment buildings in the city under the recently updated Tenant Protection Ordinance. “Such a policy for businesses would also benefit the city as a whole,” Allen said. “Unlike large corporate entities, the owners and employees of small businesses tend to live and
spend their tax dollars locally.” Communications manager for the San Jose department of planning, Cheryl Wessling said community notices were sent to all businesses within 1,000 feet of the project. “No communications from the existing businesses about displacement or other concerns were made to our staff,” Wessling said. IDOL Karaoke and LVA SPA Massage Therapy were ran out of the walkway lined with multi-colored glass windows and small plants in the center of the three buildings. They were both managed by Owen Allbritton.
For the past five years, Allbritton said he has been making investments of his own in the building to keep up with San Jose’s municipal codes. He described having to pay for repairs on the entrance to LVA SPA Massage Therapy. “Of course it’s disappointing that we’re going to have to tear all of this down and relocate to some other place,” he said while he reached into his car for a cigarette. “Massage places already have a bad reputation, it’s not gonna be easy to open up another one.” Follow Vicente on Twitter @VicenteSJSU
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
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30 Years Later ‘Stone Roses’ Still In Bloom By Eduardo Teixeira
album review
A&E EDITOR
Thirty years ago, The Stone Roses released their self-titled debut album. It was met with massive critical and commercial acclaim. However, the majority of the band’s success was exclusive to English fans. While other English indie bands such as The Cure, The Smiths and Depeche Mode have enjoyed consistent success and relevance in the U.S., The Stone Roses have faded into obscurity, which is something they most definitely did not deserve. When I discovered this band my freshman year of college, they blew the back of my head right off. I had never heard music like this before. They mixed the intensity and attitude of punk bands with the melodies and bright, jangly guitars of 1960s psychedelic bands. I was in awe. Their debut album is truly my favorite album, and I want to take the time to look back and appreciate the album for what it is — a masterpiece. The album opens with the track “I Wanna Be Adored.” As singer Ian Brown sings “I don’t have to sell my soul/ He’s already in me,” you can feel his emotion as he admits to the listener that the devil is living inside him. All the song’s narrator wants is to be loved, which is a brilliant and powerful concept to open an album with. The following song is not only my favorite song on the album, but my favorite song of all time. “She Bangs the Drums” is a shimmering guitar-fueled indie rock masterpiece.
“The Stone Roses” Rating:
Artist: The Stone Roses Release Date: May 2, 1989 Genre: Indie Rock
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John Squire’s masterful guitar playing shines during the song. Squire weaves lines of lead guitar in and out of the rhythm he plays consistently throughout the song. The only thing more powerful than the riffs are the lyrics. Singer Brown sings “I don’t feel too steady on my feet/ I feel hollow I feel weak/ Passion fruit and holy bread/ Fill my guts and ease my head.” Brown conveys his
passion for a woman in such an interesting and intriguing way, he’ll have you listening to the song over and over trying to dissect each line in an attempt to find the hidden meaning. Moving through the album, each song has its own unique flair while still feeling uniform with the rest of the album. Songs like “Elizabeth My Dear” and “Shoot You Down” are excellent examples
of songs that rhythmically and sonically feel completely different from each other in every way, but somehow feel cohesive in the context of the album. The final song on the album, “I Am The Resurrection,” is an absolutely spectacular song to end the album. The song begins with a beautiful two-minute buildup of a repeating verse structure. As it progresses, the song
becomes more intense and complex as each member of the band slowly begins to complicate their respective instrumentation. The song finally breaks out into a massive chorus as Brown sings “I am the resurrection/ And I am the light/ I couldn’t ever bring myself/ To hate you as I’d like.” These are the final words sung on the album as the first part of the song
comes to a close. Once this portion of the song ends, the band breaks into a five-minute breakdown – one of the greatest instrumental pieces I’ve ever heard on a rock album. The Stone Roses move through rhythmic changes like it’s nobody’s business. Guitarist Squire, bassist Mani, and drummer Reni all show off their musical prowess in bringing the album to a close with a terrific and unified performance. The Stone Roses are, in my opinion, one of the greatest and most underrated bands to ever walk the Earth. In the years that followed, legal battles and poor management led to the eventual dissolution of the group. However, all of these problems cannot taint the absolute perfection that is their seminal debut album. “The Stone Roses” is truly an absolute gem I urge anyone and everyone to listen to. Follow Eduardo on Twitter @eduardo_teix97
Is Rock Music on the ‘Highway to Hell?’ Eduardo Teixeira A&E EDITOR
When you take a retrospective look at popular music after the 1950s, it’s pretty clear that rock music was a consistent driving force. Bands like The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Queen and Nirvana all had a significant influence
This begs the question: why? Well, rock music as a whole is moving in an unknown direction. This is interesting because at the turn of the century, it seemed clear where rock was headed.
“People are tired of bands rehashing sound from the past, yet they are also afraid to venture too far into obscurity.” in their respective decades of heyday fame, among the countless other artists who rose to fame alongside them. However, when you look at today’s music landscape it seems like there is a serious lack of rock music–or at least when compared to the second half of the 20th century. Most artists have abandoned the electric guitar in favor of synthesizers and drum loops. While these instruments have their place in music, it leaves a gap in the industry. At this point, however, the charts seem to reveal that people don’t really care about rock anymore.
Eighteen years ago, New York indie band The Strokes released an EP through Rough Trade Records that sparked a bidding war among record labels, the biggest for a rock band that the industry had seen in years. They were eventually signed by RCA Records, and people awaited the release of their first album. It truly seemed as though The Strokes would be the saviors of rock ’n’ roll. Eighteen years later, however, it has become clear that they were definitely not saviors of any kind, the hype surrounding them quickly fizzled out.
However, their music had a ripple effect that can be seen in bands like Arctic Monkeys, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The Killers who all claim to have taken major influence from The Strokes. At the end of the day though, The Strokes have had little to no mainstream radio play after the release of their first album. With each new release, people have forgotten the impact the band had at the beginning of the millennium. Nowadays, rock music is nearly absent from the mainstream. This is not to say there aren’t genuine rock bands around today; there definitely are. One recent example is Greta Van Fleet. The band made headlines as fans drew numerous parallels between Greta Van Fleet and Led Zeppelin. Both bands have music rooted in the blues, and lead vocalist Josh Kiszka has a voice that sounds nearly identical to Led Zeppelin lead singer Robert Plant. The main problem many people have with Greta Van Fleet and bands like them is that they really aren’t bringing anything new to the table. Their music often sounds as if they’re plagiarizing bands such as Led Zeppelin or Queen instead of creating anything new and exciting. There are, however, several bands who are putting out fresh ideas in the realm of
rock music. Bands like The Growlers and The ve Voidz have own their refreshing sounds which have become moree popular he indie-rock in the scene.. The Growlers strut a sin lo-fi aesthetic while singngly pop songs song ngs that ing jangly ch make kids in checkered nd cuffed jeans je swoon. vans and hav ave a noisy and The Voidz have w toes the gritty sound which tween n psychedelic bliss line between aotic punk nonsense. and chaotic ile both both these bands While have been pushing the envelope, they’ve theyy’ve pushed it far enough h to where w a mainstream audiencee won’t wo be able to consume ume their music. ic It’s hard to tell where rock music is headed, though ugh it’s clear the genre is heading into some unknown n territory. Peoplee are tired of bands ands rehashing sounds of the past, yet they are also afraid to venture too far into nto obscurity. This would lead one to believe there here is some sort of sweet spot in the middle that takes inspiration from the past and moves it forward. Hopefully, there’s here’s a band out there that will hit that sweet spot soon because we need it badly. Follow Eduardo on Twitter @eduardo_teix97
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OPINION
THURSDAY, JAN. 24, 2019
Political Tug of War Government shutdown
ILLUSTRATION BY KAYLA FLORES | SPARTAN DAILY
Vicente Vera NEWS EDITOR
The federal government has been shut down for a total of 34 days with no compromise in sight for President Donald Trump. The Democratic leaders of Congress, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer don’t appear any closer to reaching a deal either. But make no mistake, the pressure is surely being felt — just not by these politicians. While
hundreds of thousands of federal workers have yet to receive a paycheck in the new year, the salaries of top political leaders remain untouched. The pay of politicians should not be handed down until they reopen the government. Most of these furloughed federal workers featured in news pieces across the country share a common trait — none of them are politicians. If they
were, they would still be getting paid right now. Even tenants of government subsidized housing are facing uneasy situations. The New York Times recently reported that the property manager of a low-income housing complex in Arkansas run by the Department of Agriculture attempted to pass government fees onto his tenants. “Until the government opens again, you are responsible for ALL of your rental amount,” the manager’s letter said before federal officials promised to cover the payments when the government reopens. There are very few partisan issues that are worth putting the
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financial security of so many Americans on the line for, and a wall on the southern border of the U.S. is definitely not one of them. Prolonging this shutdown any further can set a terrible precedent for future presidents and leaders of Congress. There should not come a day in which workers expect a shutdown every year. But as the adults in the room, Pelosi and Schumer should broker a compromise that will ultimately work in their favor. Not only would they be seen as the party that ended the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, but they could also strike a deal
on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. In Trump’s Jan. 19 address, he offered to restore Temporary Protected Status to 300,000 people and allow 700,000 Dreamers to keep their protections for three more years in exchange for his border wall. Of course, most Democrats would find it ridiculous to compromise on protections Trump himself took away, but if they show the president they are willing to come to the negotiating table, they might walk away with the better deal. Schumer described Trump’s proposals and refusal to open
the government as “hostage taking.” It is time for Schumer to prove he is willing to negotiate with the president instead of just playing talking point tennis with him. “We’re happy to debate border security with the president and our Republican colleagues, happy to, but let’s reopen the government,” said Schumer before Congress on Thursday. Only in closed-door discussions, where the media is not scrutinizing the politicians’ every proposal, can serious work be done to benefit both sides. Follow Vicente on Twitter @VicenteSJSU
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OPINION
THURSDAY, JAN. 24, 2019
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Sen. Kamala Harris is no progressive Jana Kadah MANAGING EDITOR
If you told me last year I would not be supporting a woman of color running for president, I wouldn’t have believed it. But that is because I would never have believed a woman of color would have supported and enacted policies that put more black and brown people in prisons. The self-proclaimed progressive prosecutor, Kamala Harris, is anything but progressive when it comes to prosecutions. However, before I get into her flawed policies, I will give credit where it is due. Harris opposed the anti-gay Proposition 8, opposed California’s “Sodomite Suppression Act” ballot initiative which called on the death penalty on the basis of one’s sexuality, supported undocumented immigrants’ bid to practice law with a license, helped defend Obamacare in court, created a website that made police misconduct more transparent and sponsored legislation that increased transparency regarding websites’ data collection. She appears to be a great candidate. Her aforementioned actions
are all things that I fervently support but it does not excuse the rest of her track record as San Francisco’s District Attorney and California’s Attorney General. For every positive and progressive step Harris took forward, she took a couple back. Upon assuming office as San Francisco’s District Attorney in 2004, Harris was adamantly against capital punishment but later actively worked to protect it. In 2014, she appealed a judge’s decision that deemed capital punishment to be unconstitutional. When the Supreme Court ruled that the overcrowding of California prisons was considered cruel and unusual punishment because of the harsh conditions it created for inmates, Harris fought to release a minimal amount of prisoners. When Gov. Jerry Brown announced his $730 million plan to move inmates into private prisons and vacant county jails, she stayed silent even though the California Senate had a better plan that focused on getting inmates mental health and drug treatment.
In fact, Harris actually argued in court to keep an innocent man in jail because he did not file his petition on time! A woman who claimed to be against mass incarceration actively worked to try to keep Daniel Larsen, who was proven innocent during his sen-
Harris is anything but a progressive when it comes to prosecutions.
tence, incarcerated over a simple technicality. It is important to note that this is not an isolated incident either. On another occasion, Harris tried to dismiss a lawsuit brought by California inmates over solitary confinement by lying and claiming California prisons did not have solitary confinement. While she rallied against Proposition 8 and the Sodomite Suppression Act, she failed her LGBTQ constituents when put to the test later on. In 2015, Harris tried to block a transgender inmate’s request for gender
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reassessment surgery. There was also the case of a Sikh man who was denied from working as a prison guard because of his religiously mandated beard. Harris claimed the beard prevented him from being fitted properly with a gas mask even though California’s corrections and rehabilitations regulations allowed guards to keep beards for medical reasons, according to CBS Sacramento. For a woman who said she sought to reform the justice system, she did far more to keep things going the same way. She resisted attempts
to hold police officers accountable for fatal shootings on two different occasions. Harris opposed legislation that called on her office to investigate fatal police shootings and refused to endorse statewide regulations on the use of police body cameras. She justified these decisions by claiming local agencies were better equipped to enact the use of body cameras or investigations instead of the state. She enacted more ‘tough on crime’ type policies which is the antithesis of progressive ones that counter
mass incarceration. In fact, the felony conviction rate in San Francisco rose from 52 percent to 67 percent in three years while she was the city’s District Attorney – the highest in a decade, according to The Atlantic. She promised to be a changing force for the criminal justice system during her previous positions and failed. So I can’t help but call BS when Kamala Harris says she will be a progressive force for the nation.
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SPORTS
THURSDAY, JAN. 24, 2019
Men’s team races to uphold legacy By Lindsey Boyd and Huan Xun Chan SPORTS EDITOR AND NEWS EDITOR
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After a 31-year hiatus, the men’s track and field team competed at the Dr. Martin Luther King Collegiate Invitational meet on Jan. 18 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Athletes’ morals compete with performance Hugo Vera OPINION EDITOR
As Major League Baseball announces its 2019 Hall of Fame inductees, the decades-old debate has resurfaced – whether or not an athlete’s political and social actions should be taken into consideration when deciding their legacy. It’s a fair point. It was brought up on Tuesday, when it was announced that former San Francisco Giants left fielder Barry Bonds would not be inducted into the hall because of his usage of performance enhancing drugs. Critics of the decision have claimed a double-standard is at play here as the league won’t induct Bonds but has inducted outspokenly racist players. While the MLB has not expressed any intentions to remove racist deceased players from their hall of fame, the point has been made that perhaps we should stop judging athletes solely on their performance and hold them accountable for their actions off the field as well. On Jan. 19, boxing fans were treated to the long-awaited World Boxing Association welterweight championship fight between Filipino boxer Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and American boxer Adrien Broner. Outside the ring, Pacquiao serves as a senator in the Philippine con-
gress and is Chair of the Philippine Senate Public Works Committee. In 2016, Pacquiao was under more criticism after making a homophobic social media post that likened homosexuals to animals. Though Pacquiao issued a public apology for the post, the controversy only escalated when the senator campaigned for wouldbe Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. According to figures reported by Al Jazeera in early 2018, Dutertesponsored anti-narcotics paramilitary groups such as the Davao Death Squad have killed over 20,000 people in over 100,000 documented drug raids with the majority of them being civilians. “I felt like he shouldn’t have started a campaign against [LGBTQ rights], because all of us are different,” Filipino-American Cal State East Bay computer sciences major Ivan Baradi said. “Pacquiao shouldn’t be in a seat where he has the power to change laws that can hurt his community, let alone any community.” His support of Duterte should impact his fans because he supports something that can change what fans see in him as a person,” Baradi said. Pacquiao isn’t the only athlete to have both his successes and political contro-
versies resurface in 2019. On Friday, Swiss-born Turkish New York Knicks center Enes Kanter opted out of flying with his teammates to play a game in London. This was in response to being listed on an Interpol ‘red notice’ issued by the Turkish government. The veteran NBA player took to social media to criticize Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after the head of state imprisoned thousands of journalists and political dissidents who opposed his agenda. In a 2017 Tweet, Kanter called Erdogan “The Hitler of our century.” In response, the Turkish government accused Kanter of affiliating with a terrorist group and then demanded that American authorities allow for the extradition of Kanter. “The Turkish government is very famous for hunting down people who talk about the government and Erdogan. That’s why I was scared of his long arms – that my life would be in danger,” Kanter told CNN. Despite the witch hunt, fellow NBA players and basketball fans from all over the world have expressed their admiration and support of Kanter with hashtags such as “#FreeKanter.” When it comes to the legacy of boxers, basketball players and all athletes in general, we should and must judge them by the content of their performance as well as their character. Follow Hugo on Twitter @HugoV_II
Zipping up a San Jose State University men’s track suit has weight. It’s like putting on Michael Jackson’s glove or wearing Chanel No. 5. Jay-Z even dressed like Olympic gold medalist and former SJSU Spartan Tommie Smith for Halloween. Now, after 31 years, the track t e a m is reinstated and 24 HUFF new athletes are training to bring back the historic team’s legacy. “We are Speed City and we are back,” team captain and senior distance runner Craig Huff said affirmatively. The iconic suits stem from SJSU’s black power athletes who were coached by Bud Winter from 1941-1970. Under his guidance, the Spartans broke 43 world records and gave the SJSU men’s track team the nickname Speed City until the program halted in 1988. “It’s a lot of fun going to meets. You see people from other generations
We might not have facilities like other schools but that doesn’t mean we can’t compete at the same level they do. Craig Huff team captain and senior distance runner
and they say, ‘San Jose State – that’s Speed City,’” Huff said. The indoor team officially returned to competition on Jan.18 in Albuquerque, New Mexico and faced today’s national champion runners. For Track and Field Director Kendra ReimerGonzales, reinstating the program has its ironies. “You have all this history and alumni and all these great figures, but then at the same time you have all these new guys that haven’t competed at college before,” ReimerGonzales said. According to ReimerGonzales, it was most of the athletes’ first ever indoor meet. Junior Jose Pina finished sixth in the mile and despite falling after getting tripped, Huff placed eighth amongst more than 20 other runners. “We might not have facilities like other schools but that doesn’t mean we can’t compete at the same level they do,” Huff said.
Freshman Jeffrey Page finished first in the 600 meter race, but the team’s two co-captains agreed most of the other event times could be improved. “They weren’t at the level we would have liked them to be, but you have to start somewhere,” Huff said. His fellow co-captain, junior sprinter Aidan Jordan, said it all starts with the team’s mentality. He said the coach preaches the “Three C’s” – character, community and champions. Jordan believes with the “Three C’s” and the team’s drive to live up to the Speed City legacy, the season in the Mountain West Conference will turn around. “I wanted to be part of something great like this, especially when the reinstatement happened,” Jordan said. “To make a name for San Jose State again.” Follow Lindsey and Huan Xun on Twitter @lindsboy3 @Huanxun_Chan