in san jose, lexy nuno, update news." rashida gilmore is here for arts and entertainment...hows a&e going this week rashida? theres a lot of great stuff this week tim... theater students are going back in history this fall by performing a classic play ... that the director says is still relevant today. ">>>nat sot up full cast member are busy rehearsing "to kill a mockingbird". which opens on october 5th in the university theatre. the play set in the 1960s is the story of an african-american man in the deep south wrongly accused of raping a white woman ... and the white lawyer who passionately defends him. director laura long says the message of the classic novel and play still resonates today. laura says: "were in an interesting place in this political season, weve seen racially motivated issues come up with blocking the vote, or the attempt to block the vote in certain swing states, we've seen people denigrate our president because he's african american, although they wont really admit to racism." the actors spend four hours a day monday through friday crafting their perfo

and i'm lexy nuno... thanks for joining us. san jose state students who are feeling the effects of massive budget cuts this semester will be hit by even more in the spring. the university administration has announced 250 more sections will be eliminated next semester ... even if a tax measure that would help fund state universities passes on election day. students need to be planning now, and not wait for the end of the year to get their schedules prepared. this week ... the number of people applying for unemployment benefits nationally dropped to the lowest point since july. the u-s labor department says jobless claims decreased by 26-thousand nationally. the turnaround in claims may be a good sign for san jose state students looking for jobs when they graduate. update news pedro garcia is live on campus with more on what the job market is looking like. you. are. hired. three magic words students want to hear when they graduate sometimes getting an employer to utter this phrase can prove to be difficult. ">>>last semester abou

and i'm lexy nuno... thanks for joining us. we begin with developing news..... campus police are telling us that at 1:15 this morning, a man was walking here near the student union when four or five men dressed in all black approached him, demanding money.... one of the suspects pulled out a pocket knife. the victim suffered an injury to his left hand after the group of men beat him. the suspects were seen running south on south-tenth-street toward east-william-street. update news amanda del castillo is live on campus with more on the story. (live interview) back to you. in the meantime ... two female students were attacked on campus earlier this week. these attacks are raising new questions about campus safety. ">>>the attacks on tuesday morning -- happened in broad daylight on a busy walkway near maquarrie hall and the seventh street garage. "homeless man ronald kimball walked up to one female student and struck her, then walked up to another female student and struck that student and then was scared away by other members of the community who flaged down a uni