i'm saushe young live on campus.... san jose state students want to keep control of the student union....i'll have a live report. students voted to make s-j-s-u a smoke free campus...what does this mean for student smokers? and social media is becoming a source for news...but is that always a good thing? update news starts now. hello and welcome to update news... im chris chandler. and i'm tiffani tofani... thanks for

joining us. with the future of the student union unclear.... s-j-s-u students stated their stance this week. update news reporter saushe young is live on campus with the story...saushe? theres a big debate going on on campus right now about who should control the student union, and other non-profit entities known as auxliaries. and this week some students made their feelings known. "

"" vice president of student affairs bill nance spoke to a.s students after the meeting who still felt they did not have completes answers about the decisions being made. "we want to make sure the students provide the input, the guidance, the direction into what kinds of programs, what kind of services you want." even without a decision associated students plan to continue to voice their concerns. j jeffery - "student representation and student advocacy is the main goal, why we're here. we are supported by student fees and we need to be advocating for them."" >>" president qayoumi says he will consider a request to postpone the discussion until the end of the fall semester. live on campus...sausche young...update news the san jose state budget forum was held earlier this week, as high ranking school administrators outlined the current progress of the

upcoming school budget. " the panel, led by san jose state president mohammed qayoumi and chief financial officer shawn bibb, layed out the current budget proposal. the figures were based off of the 250 million dollar budget allocated to the c-s-u system by california governor jerry brown. some in attendance expressed concern that san jose state was engaged in wasteful spending, and that the university needed to be held more accountable. however... bill nance, vice president of student affairs: "the really overriding misperception is the funding that's sitting, whether it's in a.s., whether it's in the student union, whether its in any of these auxiliaries, as we go through these budget things on the state side and the state keeps cutting more, hey wow, look at that huge pile of money sitting over there, let's go do something else with that. that is not, not what this conversation is about." based on the current proposal, 9.4 million would go to backfilling this year's tuition fee rollback. another 1.1 million would go toward accomodating increased enrollment in the future. 2.7 million would be for mandatory upkeep costs. what would go to the rest remains to be seen. incoming associated students president nick ayala found the university's proposal promising, but stressed more success can come with more collaboration.

nick ayala, incoming a.s. president: "i think the responsibility lies on everyone. you can't just rely on the president and his cabinet to make the decisions that are going to affect 30,000 people. i think overall, the more people that are involved in the decision making itself, it'll lead to a higher approval rating." and students and faculty will be able to do just that, as the budget debate will continue on into the summer." the next milestone in the budget process is the may 10th revision by governor jerry brown. a finzalized budget is due no later than june 30th. social media for some has become the primary way to get daily news.. however, update news reporter brittany cohen says twitter and reddit have become controversial because of recent news events.. " boston marathon bombing captivated the nation.. twitter went viral with the breaking news..

but was it a trustworthy source of the story.. it seems like everybody wants to tweet now.. and yet there are some ramifications as the result of that we haven't really addressed what those are.. people were tweeting pictures of the incorrect victims and stating misinformation that one news station happened to use as a reliable source.. on twitter or on the internet or all these crazy websites if you put something out there and if you're wrong so what.. ya know a bunch of people read it, you misinform a bunch of people but you're not working for anybody you're working for yourself following the boston marathon bombing.. the associated press' twitter acount was hacked.. a tweet went out reporting that the white house had been attacked and the president was injured.. people actually had to go with that for some time as a news item when it was completely wrong and completely result of a hacker i think shows us that we're putting a little too

much faith into what's on just anybody's twitter site.. the number of people who use social media increases daily and these people do not realize the serious impact that it can have on our world.." tech companies are looking for new ways to fight cyber attacks, and that could involve giving your personal information to the government. companies such as at&t, verizon and comcast are supporting a proposed law that would allow them to share digital information with the u.s. government. the cyber intelligence sharing and protection act, or cispa, is meant to protect cyber security. but critics of the bill say it doesn't do enough to protect privacy. " "honestly speaking, our online activities, our wireless activities, have all been constantly scanned and recorded. private companies are doing that."" cispa has already passed the

house of representatives, but president obama said he would veto the bill because of privacy concerns. the senate is expected to write its own version to address these issues. smokers beware....the days of lighting up on campus may be numbered. update news reporter jonathan lester has the story. " the associated students is pushing to make san jose state a smoke-free campus. the current policy on campus is no smoking within 25 feet of doors or windows but that may be changing due to an initiative by the sjsu academic senate which pushed for a smoking ban on all csu campuses which includes any and every property that the university owns. leeta-rose ballester has been a smoker since she was in middle school says that as long as there is a vote and that the majority wants a smoke-free campus she wouldn't fight it. "if it's something that the larger population agrees upon it shouldn't be just an overnight thing then hey no more smoking but if everyone wants to take a vote i guess it's democracy here." but not everyone is ready to say goodbye to smoking on campus. non-smoker jessica leedy said that while something should be done banning smoking all together would be a little extreme. "i like the idea of it but i don't know if i'd want to get rid of the whole thing but i think we should have an area they can smoke." the center for disease

control estimates that there are approximately four hundred and forty three thousand people die from smoking a year as well as another forty-nine thousand deaths from second hand smoking. and for business major danielle green the health risks are reason enough to keep smoking off campus. "i think it's great that we're going to be a smoke free campus i mean it's not good for your health anyways, it's really bad for you, it's a bad habit and it doesn't help our environment and it doesn't help the reputation of our school. some students might be a proponent of having designated smoking areas the smoking ban put before qayoumi would prohibit smoking everywhere on campus. (standup)a although the initiative does have the support of the associated students president qayoumi has to ok the measure before it can go into effect. i'm jonathan lester....update news." coming up...san jose state celebrates earth day on campus... and an annual gathering brings celebrating bay area students to santa cruz...but first we asked students if they think birth control should be over the counter or perscription? " "no i definitely think you need a prescription for it. just because you don't know what kind of birth control you'll need and so,

you may get an allergic reaction to it as i have seen before." "i absolutely think so, you know besides the fact that it will help decrease the rate of teen pregnancy. i think just as a girl, offers a lot more benefits than that just with, you know, cramps and periods and everything like that, it definitely helps that."" "i think it depends because birth control is something that i should probably...you should think about it. your doctor should probably prescribe something that is appropriate for you and your body and all of that...i think maybe it should be prescription but i can see both sides of the argument."" there is a new system designed to better evaluate professor performances.

gonzales lets us know whaty students at san jose state are saying. " before students at san jose state university get ready to close their books and say hello to summer... they must first fill out teacher evaluations. these evaluations are required at the end of the semester from every student. "the evaluations let me know how i performed, as a professor, throughout the spring course" before this semester students were required to take time out of class and bubble in a worksheet but now things have changed... in order for a student evaluate their professor they must log in to their my-s-j-s-u.... after being logged in they will answer a few short questions about their professors "i think its convienient and doesn't waste our time in class... especially when we are so close to finals" but the convenience does not benefit all students "i can barely remember to get all my homework done... what makes you think i will remember to take an evaluation"

students have from april 30th to may 13th to complete the evaluation if students do not complete it within the time frame their grades will be withheld for almost a month. "the fact that they are going to hold our grades ransom... its like blackmailing students... it don't get it" the chair of student evaluations, james lee says that if students choose to opt out of the evaluation they must still sign on and choose that option in order to recieve their grades on time. "we want to give students a variety of options so that the evaluation process is much more efficient... its something new... so we are trying it out" professors all over campus are urged to emphasize the importance of completing the evaluation... so that students do not have to have their grades withheld. in san jose... melody gonzales... update news" people flocked to porter meadow on u-c santa cruz's campus last saturday for 4/20, a national holiday in support of legalizing marijuana.

" the smell of marijuana was potent through ucsc's campus as pot smokers lit their joints, pipes and other marijuana filled devices for 4/20... "there's just a ton of people and like everyone shares which is nice, um ya that's about it, it's just like a big get together." this student was one of the few people at the event willing to talk on camera, most walked away as we approached... although this event is in support of marijuana use, some college students not at the 420 event were opposed... "if we legalize marijuana i feel that as a society as a whole, our production level will go down dramatically." 4:20pm was the climax of the day that attendees called the ignition... the ignition is the moment of the day when everyone smokes marijuana at the same time... it began on april 20, 1971

when some marin county high school students gathered to openly smoke marijuana... disabled veteran james burtnett says he attended this year's event because he is a huge supporter of marijuana use... "well i truly believe in medical marijuana and i use it myself and it has saved me from a liver transplant." according to the national organization for the reform of marijuana laws, otherwise known as norml, possession of one ounce or less of marijuana in california is an infraction that can result in a fine of up to one-hundred dollars... this non-sanctioned event has been happening for several years on the santa cruz campus and attracts students and non-students... police were there to keep the event peaceful and safe, and enforce the law... ucsc chief of police, nader oweis, said "the officers are not there to stop the event because it has grown to such a large size and we have a limited amount of resources"..." chief oweis (pronunciation???) says the university spent about fifty-thousand dollars on officers for that weekend...

and now we have monique coble with a fun filled arts and entertainment... we had a lot happen on campus this week so lets get started. earth day was this week and on tuesday the san jose state campus commemorated the holiday with a celebration of it's own. update news reporter bobby dupree gives us a look at the festivities. " the environmental resource center in part with spartans shops and associated students put on the annual san jose earth day event to celebrate and support a green life. "this event is put on campus to really bring the campus community together to celebrate the earth, to celebrate green living, and sustainable practices, so we bring out all our eco friendly vendors, you get to learn some stuff, play fun green games, win some reusable mugs, or get some yummy food, made with local produce, seasonal produce, free-range organic chicken. so it's really here to celebrate a green life." the festival included native american drum and dance performances, live animals, and the night concluded with the annual trashion fashion show. megan lomazzi spent the past few weeks diligently putting together each part of her recyclable dress.

"i had this idea, i had this old mirror that my mom was going to throw away so i felt like if i smashed the mirror and piece it together to almost look like sequins." lomazzi along with six other designers' constructed a piece for the show to symbole inability and promote green. the entire day's events brought a lot more attendees than planners expected. "a.s. events usually, well unfortunately not a lot of students attend, either because they don't know, or they don't have time, or tons of different reasons but the fact that students came out to this event, i think is because we also came to them. we did the leg work, we did the planning, but ultimately it was for the students, just like anything else associated students does." reporting from campus village, bobby dupree, update news." there's only one week left for student's to see some of beethoven's personal artifacts. there already is a beethoven collection at the ira f. brilliant center for beethoven studies at the martin luther king library.

the exhibit, "beethoven's vienna" currently on display has items such as beethoven's last quill pen, his music engraving tools and even his grocery list. the display offers a glimpse into what beethoven's life was like during his vienna years. " "we have these examples of keyboard instruments from beethoven's time, so we have an original english forte piano from 1823 and a viennese instrument from 1827."" on wednesday the center holds a mini concert to feature the historical keyboards. walkers... runners... bicyclists... all have a new path to travel in san jose. this week san jose city council members sam liccardo and kansen chu cut the ribbon that officially opened the six-point-seven mile guadalupe trail. the trail now runs along the guadalupe river's levees from interstate 8-80 to al-vee-so on the edge of san fransisco bay.

" "we've done a lot of homework... we've produced a great trail... and i'm so delighted that people are out here enjoying it and some are commuiting and making use of it on a daily basis"" the future goal of this trail is to extend the route to the los gatos trail. for now... it ends about 3 miles short. it was standing room only on wednesday for sjsu assistant professor of english, cathleen miller's discussion of her book, "champion of choice" at the martin luther king library... the book is about women's advocate nah-fees sah-deek, an indian woman who became the world's leading advocate for women's health and reproductive rights... miller discussed the challenges she faced during the twelve years it took her to write the book and how the experience affected her... she also read an exerpt from her book... " a black mole created a punctuation mark on the right side of her strong nose, but upon meeting nafis, all these traits receded into the background because the viewer was mesmerized by the cobra like quality of her hooded eyes."

the book quickly sold out before the presentation began... "champion of choice" is available in the spartan bookstore. wednesday, community members and students gathered at the music building to watch the new music south bay performances music professors and student came together to perform in front of the crowd. instruments included trombones, pianos, the 'cello and even the computer. musicians incorporated processed sounds, including from whales in the monterey bay. the selections were pieces from contemporary classical music. " "these are pieces that most people can never find anywhere. some of them are recorded, some might be recorded in the near future, but most of them are just heard live and for some of them this is their first performance, some of these pieces it might be their second or third performance, but their rare events. you just can't go out to your record store or go to itunes and find all this music, so it's quite unique.""

new music south bay is held every spring in the sjsu music concert hall. students came to the mosaic center in the student union to see a film about a mother and her child emmigrating to the united states. " (nat sound) 9sec amreeka-"i came from palestine, you know her? who? palestine. is that a jewish speaking country? no, arabic. i'm an arab. don't blow the place up!!"" the film is called amreeka. it is a fictionalized story about the challenges a mother and her child had to face. one student says she relates to the movie. " sharon singh/ sociology major senior- i remember my mom and i going to the grocery store and getting looks and feeling very unsafe after 9/11 happened." the assistant director of the mosaic center says the movie resonates well with many in the sjsu community because many are first generation immigrants themselves. and thats all we have for arts and entertainment this week...back to you guys.

when we come back...hawaiian natives visit san jose state campus this week. and local fans get to meet their favorite s-j-s-u atheletes ...but first we asked students if it is effective to have teacher evaluations online? " limiting it to the internet is going to be more detremental eventually then it would be helpful. online evaluations the students have more time to put there own input about what they think of their teachers. no, because are probably going to get lazy online, so i think if you do it in class people are more likely to do it in class. i think it will be easier, it's probably more critical and hard to do it when the teacher is right outside where as you're more likely to be honest with your opinion about the class if it's online evaluation.

ye, yu have a little bit more time to fill out information and you're not rushed into class." and now we go to sports with bobby dupree...bobby i hear we may have some spartans in the nfl draft... thats right chris...it will be exciting to see how they do. the two-thousand-thirteen nfl draft is returning this week ... at least five sjsu spartans are looking for the chance to showcase their abilities in the nfl.. tight end ryan otten is excited to embark on this new journey and put himself to work " to figure out where i'm going so i can get out there and get back to work and get back into routine, but more excited than anything and just ready for this weekend to be here" notable prospects are cornerback ronnie yell, offensive tackle david quessenberry, defensive end travis johnson and last but not least.. tight end ryan otten.. hundreds of fans gathered in san pedro square to

celebrate the forty-niners draft selection. [nat sound 7 seconds it was a sea of red and gold at "this" party. the niner faithful watched with excitement as the nfl draft played out on giant tv screens. fans had the chance to win prizes and get autographs during the biggest off-season event of the nfl. " "i'm glad that they had it outside, instead of like, you know, in santa clara, you know, where they used to have it, and it was kind of inside. now that, you know, basically summer's here, the sun is shining, blue birds, not a cloud in the sky, yeah it's really great."" the forty-niners traded up to draft safety eric reid out of louisiana state. reid will replace dashon goldson, who left the niners as a free agent. the second annual field day was held this saturday at spartan stadium. update news reporter monique coble has more on the story. " children ages 5-12 participated with the athletes in all kinds of events from football drills, tumbling with some of their favorite gymnasts and kicking balls with soccer players.

(soundbite from athlete) i really liked it there was so many different kids and they were super excited to play all the different sports and they were just really excited to see us like they thought we were these big players and it was just really cute to see them all playing and they were all different ages so that was fun. student athlete advisory committee created field day to bring togerther the athletes and the local community. it also gives the children a chance to interact with the athletes they see playing on the field, court or in a pool. eally want to expand our community service options, let's host something that will tie athletics and the community togef our teams. the only reason why the four other teams weren't there was becausthey were competing that day. juding from it's previous success, the athletic department hopes to make field day an annual event. i'm monique coble at spartan stadium, update news."

an sjsu professor feels asian american baseball players have been overlooked and underappreciated for decades. update news reporter elliot alagueuzian says that professor is fighting to change that image. " the hawaiian travelers was baseball team made up of japanese, chinese, and native hawaiian players. "they were coming into communities where white supremecy was sjsu history po"they were able d stereotypes, win a bunch of games, and actually have a good time while they wprofessori was one of the few states which accepted asian americans into sports. "in hawaii it tended to be based upon class so that allowed people of different ethnic groups to mingle together and interact on the basis of common interest like baseball." sjsu librarian ralph pearce says baseball connected japanese americans throughout california. "but both generations had a love for baseball so this brought generations together. and they would

also travel, made great efforts to travel to other japanese american communities throughout the coast and so there was a bonding effect between communities." pearce says baseball became a way of life for certain asian american players despite no money and no fame. "so it wasn't taken lightly but it was a very important form of social bonding and entertainment for everybody involved." this lecture was meant as a precursor to asian pacific american heritage month in may and professor joel franks hopes to continue spreading awareness about the hawaiian travalers, on campus elliot alagueuzian update news...." the movie 42 has recieved raved reviews and has been a smash hit at the box office bringing in upwards of fifty-three million dollars in just two weeks. fourty-two is the number that dodger first-baseman jackie robinson wore. update news reporter ryan silapan gives us a review. " actor chadwick boseman, plays the legendary jackie robinson. harrison ford plays branch rickey the dodgers general manager who hired robinson breaking the color barrier for major league baseball.

(nat sound of ford) ford stole the show in his depiction of rickey who was responsible for bringing in robinson into the dodgers organization but in the movie he wasn't a saint. rickey brought robinson in to make money and a big reason he chose robinson is because he felt he had the character and fortitude to handle the pressure and immense criticism in being the first african-american in major league baseball.b boseman did a decent job of playing robinson but it wasn't a home run performance. more of stand-up double. (clip of boseman) director and writter brian

helgeland did a good job of focusing on robinson's inaugural seasons with the montreal royals and dodgers but giving the audience a feeling of what robinson had to endure during his entire playing career. the movie fourty-two keeps you entranced from beginning to end. it tells an incredible story of an american hero who will forever be remembered as the man who broke the color barrier in major league baseball.the the story alone i give four stars add in an incredible performance by harrison ford this movie was a grand slam four stars." and that about covers sports for this week...back to you guys. and be sure to check us out on facebook by searching s-j-s-u update news...we'll see you again next week.

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