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  • SJSU veterans share stories of service

    by Peter Fournier | Nov 9, 2011
    Mark Pinto holds his art piece, "My Flag", the cyanotype depicts his journey through the Gulf War. Pinto is working towards his masters in fine arts for photography.

    Veteran students at SJSU have stories of duty, honor and remembrance that are often left unshared. They are anthropology majors who manned machine guns, photographers who piloted helicopters during search and rescue missions and linguists who stood guard at embassies in the Middle East. According to the SJSU Veteran’s…

  • Faculty protests unfair contract in front of King library

    by Peter Fournier | Nov 9, 2011
    Herlinda Aguirre, president of students for a quality education and senior art history major, joins the California Faculty Association demonstration outside of King Library on Wednesday morning.

    SJSU faculty picketed in front of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library Wednesday morning to protest what they believe to be California State University Chancellor Charles Reed’s refusal to honor their contracts from 2008 to 2010. Faculty carried signs that showed Reed’s salary increases, wishes for…

  • SJSU and city experience recent rise in graffiti

    by Nic Aguon | Nov 9, 2011
    Graffiti adorns the walls surrounding the wheelchair ramp leading to the lower level of Joe West Hall.

    Since the beginning of 2010, graffiti and tagging reports have increased nearly 40 percent in San Jose, from 20,285 to 40,505, causing an issue of concern, according to Neighborwebsj, an online news site. According to an article from Protectsanjose.com, 278 SJPD police officers were laid…

  • Student demonstrators continue to stake out Smith-Carlos lawn on SJSU campus

    by christina.molina | Nov 9, 2011

    In the second week of protests on campus on the Tommie Smith and John Carlos Statue lawn, Reclaim SJSU discussed the organization of a walk-out Wednesday. Meanwhile, Occupy SJSU reached one week of demonstration in the same space. For their second meeting, Reclaim SJSU organizer…

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  • Coach Mac Corner: Spartans have backs against the wall in bowl hunt

    by Ron Gleeson | Nov 9, 2011
    Idaho senior safety Quin Ashley (No. 12), junior cornerback Aaron Grymes (No. 6) and senior cornerback Matthew Harvey chase sophomore wide receiver Chandler Jones (No. 89) of SJSU along the Spartan sideline during Idaho’s 32-29 upset over SJSU last Saturday at Spartan Stadium. Photo by Vernon McKnight / File Photo

    If there was any game SJSU could have circled as a guaranteed win, it was last weekend at home against Idaho, and the Spartans didn’t get it done. As the Spartans’ hopes and chances of reaching a bowl for first time since it won the…

  • First national primetime UFC bout could go either way

    by Wesley Dugle | Nov 8, 2011
    Junior Dos Santos celebrates his heavyweight victory over Fabrico Werdum during a bout at the Ultimate Fighting Championship 90 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois, on Saturday, October 25, 2008. (Jim Prisching/Chicago Tribune/MCT)

    This Saturday, the Ultimate Fighting Championship makes its first debut on national primetime television when San Jose’s Cain Velasquez (9-0) looks to defend his heavyweight title against the challenger Junior Dos Santos (13-1) on Fox. Whether this fight lasts the full five rounds or 10…

  • Today the NFL is still tough

    by Jeremy Infusino | Nov 1, 2011

    Some think that the National Football League has gone soft, but it is still a league that is as tough as nails. Fans argue that recent rules instated by the NFL rules committee have restricted players from playing to their full potential because of penalties they will receive for playing hard….

  • The NFL isn’t what it used to be

    by Nick Celario | Nov 1, 2011

    It seems like every game of every week, more flags are being thrown and fines are being handed out like Halloween candy. Three weeks ago, USA Today reported that three players — linebacker James Harrison, safety Brandon Meriweather and cornerback Dunta Robinson — were fined…

  • Women’s basketball team dominates CSU East Bay in exhibition opener

    by Angelica Valera | Nov 7, 2011
    Freshman guard Ta’rea Cunnigan (#34) and senior forward Brittany Johnson (#24) apply heavy pressure to Pioneer freshman guard Hege Blikra (#20) during the Spartans’ 70-53 win over Cal State East Bay on Sunday at the Event Center. SJSU collected 34 turnovers in the victory, including nine steals from senior guard Sara Plavljanin. Photo by Vernon McKnight / SJSU Athletics.

    The SJSU women’s basketball team defeated the Cal State East Bay Pioneers in an exhibition game with a final score of 70-53 on Sunday in the Event Center. The women Spartans’ defensive approach and turnovers from Cal State East Bay paved the way to the SJSU victory. “The…

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  • What happened to Thanksgiving?

    by Brittany Patterson | Nov 8, 2011
    Brittany Patterson

    Last weekend I was on the hunt for Thanksgiving-themed merchandise. My ultimate goal: two-dozen cupcake liners with cute cartoon turkeys pasted on the side, and maybe a pilgrim or two. Instead, I was assaulted with candy canes, mistletoe and cinnamon-scented pine cones. Don’t get me wrong,…

  • A little bit of insight: Video games have lost their way

    by Nate Morotti | Nov 8, 2011
    Nate Morotti opinion mug

    Ever since I was a child, video games have been a major part of my life. From the Super Nintendo my grandparents bought for me to play while they babysat me to the hand-me-down Xbox 360 I got for Christmas 2010, video games have always…

  • The 99 percent are at the losing end of the argument and the 1 percent knows it

    by Jeffrey Cianci | Nov 7, 2011
    Jeffrey Cianci

      Protesters of the Occupy Wall Street movement in Chicago have a fan in the Chicago Board of Trade building. Over the past couple of weeks someone has been sarcastically taunting protesters from the eighth floor of the trade building in Chicago, the world’s oldest futures and…

  • The NBA Lockout makes me sick

    by Scott Semmler | Nov 7, 2011
    Scott Semmler

    The NBA lockout utterly disgusts me. For people who are not aware, the sport of basketball has been put on hold while selfish rich people try to decide how to make themselves richer while showing how selfish they are. I think you can guess where…

  • The fondest memories have Mustangs in them

    by Jackson Wright | Nov 1, 2011
    Jackson Wright

    For my 15th birthday my parents bought me the biggest gift I’ve ever received, a 1965 Ford Mustang. The rainy night I first saw the car was a few weeks before my birthday, when after a meeting I had with my boy scout troop, my dad started taking different…

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