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NHL Lockout: Impact on San José Businesses
In the eighty-six days since the current NHL lockout began, the league has been forced to cancel 422 games, which has cost an estimated $100 million overall. According to The Buffalo News, NHLPA...
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Women's water polo team on the rise, deserve greater attention from students...
Almost everyone surrounding San Jose State knew of the resurrection of the Spartans football team last fall, posting its best record in school history. However, the same cannot be said for the women’s...
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The magical world of San Jose State
While San Jose State’s bustling, urban campus is rarely confused with Hogwarts, the two may have more in common than you think. Inspired by the international-bestselling series Harry Potter, schools...
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International Students
International Students “Coming into a new environment is a big challenge. It’s not only about an unfamiliar place, but about the cultural barriers of daily communication,” said Sunday, an outbound...
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Some SJSU commuter students left out of campus life
According to SJSU administration, there are approximately 30,400 students enrolled at SJSU as of the Fall 2012 semester. It is considered by many to be a “commuter school,” meaning most of its...
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Sandi Frank: Teacher, Photographer, Visionary
With more then two decades of commercial photography experience under her belt and an authentic friendly personality it’s no mystery that professor Sandra Frank, or Sandi as she prefers, finishes the...
View ArticleA Cowgirl in the Heart of Tech-Town
"Miss California Rodeo Salinas 2012"> For many of the 30,000 students at San Jose State, their daily lives consist of school, work and extra curricular activities. For one wholehearted spartan, her...
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Do something. Do anything.
Mahatma Gandhi. Dr. Martin Luther King. Scott Myers-Lipton. The last name probably does not jump out as much as the first two, but the man behind the name believes in the same social justice that...
View ArticleYoshihiro Uchida
“Uchida believed in me,” is what Olympic bronze medalist Marti Malloy said when she was asked about her experience at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She mentioned the confidence Mr. Uchida and Dr. Bob...
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What's Your Higher Calling?
Sitting in their home in downtown San Jose, Gabe, 25 and Jessica Senbetu, 20, are not your typical students or married couple, but now both work for the on-campus Christian organization, Cru. “I was...
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Drugs on Campus
The use of drugs has been an issue for college campuses for decades, and San Jose State University is no exception. The school has certainly seen its fair share of drug incidents, as young adults come...
View ArticleSIDEBAR: Q & A with a Spartan Drug Dealer
"…it's become a social thing and walking into a room and seeing someone ripping a bong is as common as seeing someone crack open a beer." Marijuana is very much present in America's college campuses....
View ArticleAthletes: On the Field and in the Classroom
According to an NCAA report, San Jose State does the worst job of graduating its student athletes out of all 11 of the nation’s major football-playing conferences, with a rate of 53%. According to...
View ArticleSan Jose State Troubled by Coaches' Rising Salaries
As tuition prices soar through the roof and students continue to feel the effects of the budget crisis, students and faculty alike begin to ask if new head football coach Ron Caragher’s salary is...
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What is Really Happening to African-American Studies?
After weeks of inaccurate reports and poorly-written emails, students of the African-American Studies Department (AFAM) have been informed that this department will not be cancelled. Credit: Drea...
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Animation Illustration program shuffles around SJSU campus
"The university tells us. But they don't ask us." Alice Carter, who is a professor in the Animation/Illustration program addresses the conflict that is currently going on between the A/I program and...
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Sidebar: California Seismic Regulations of Construction
Living in a seismic zone, earthquakes are a fact of life in Northern California. Collapsed buildings actually cause the most death during earthquakes. To deal with the problem, some regulations and...
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Spartan Complex & Uchida Hall: Under Construction
Spartan Complex is a large and diverse building on San Jose State University’s campus. The building itself is 171,000 square feet. The construction expands from the Uchida Annex off Fourth Street and...
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Student Union Expansion: Where is our money really going?
"Why doesn't the university use our money for something more beneficial to us now? Why don't they add more classes with our fees instead of making some fancy new student union we don't need?" Such...
View ArticleSidebar: Hazed and Confused
Hazing did not start and does not end at San Jose State University. In a variety of ways hazing is seen as a ritual used in a way to build a stronger bond within sports teams, fraternities, sororities,...
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