and i'm jessica melcher... thanks for joining us. black history month is over and it ended with a bit of a controversy on campus. an opinion piece in the spartan daily questioned whether the annual event is redundant. update news reporter victor guzman is live on campus with a recap of the uproar that followed. this is the article that upset many on this campus. and yesterday a large crowd gathered at the smith-carlos statues to express their feelings. ">>>--nat sound "black and i'm proud"-- the black thursday rally at the statues of tommy smith and john carlos had already been planned before the offending article was published some demonstrators held the

on campus, this is jessica melcher, update news." a lot of events on campus this past week....and our arts and entertainment editor ashley cunha has a recap of all the activities. ashley........ thanks, carla. let's get started. students partied their way to wellness at 'spartapalooza'...an event held to raise student awareness regarding their health and well-being. the sjsu health center held the fair in the student union ballroom on thursday... featuring around 50 interactive booths that showcased various ways for students to stay healthy. laurie morgan is one of the founders of this six year old event... and says this spartapalooza is different from other on-campus fairs. ">>>morgan: we aim to create booths that are very interactive. so it's not a passive process where students can come and they pick up a brochure, they actually come and booths are charged with something that is going to engage participants, and it teaches them about maybe a new behavior." students were encouraged to visit each booth ... even being rewarded with p

and i'm jessica melcher... thanks for joining us. black history month is over and it ended with a bit of a controversy on campus. an opinion piece in the spartan daily questioned whether the annual event is redundant. update news reporter victor guzman is live on campus with a recap of the uproar that followed. this is the article that upset many on this campus. and yesterday a large crowd gathered at the smith-carlos statues to express their feelings. ">>>--nat sound "black and i'm proud"-- the black thursday rally at the statues of tommy smith and john carlos had already been planned before the offending article was published some demonstrators held the article as they silently marched through the campus. and it was at the statues where they loudly voiced their objections. emerald green, african american student leader" "we all know we have a library, martin luther king library, right? it's been here since 2003. it's 2013 now, that's a ten year--ten year time gap, time gap from that right? and it's black history month. why hasn't t