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 ...b

i'm jessica melcher live on campus....r last sunday two sjsu students were robbed at gunpoint on campus. i'll have a live report. who will control the s-j-s-u student union? president qayoumi will join us live. the spartans reached out to the victims of the boston marathon bombings. update news starts now. hello and welcome to update news... im kate loewen. and i'm victor guzman... thanks for joining us. university police are still looking for the two men who they say committed an armed robbery on campus. jessica melcher is live on campus with the report. jessica? thanks. there has been some concern on campus since the robbery occurred early sunday morning right in the campus village quad... ">>>the robbery occurred at around four a-m when two male suspects pointed a gun at the victims and demanded their cell phones, wallets and cash. they then fled northbound. an s-j-s-u alert informed students of the incident and since then, some students have felt less safe living on campus. "it's not surprising. we always get robberies or someone getting pointed at a gun [sic someone's always in dan

"just a piece of cloth," was directed by sjsu professor rosemary henze. it concentrates on the topic of muslim women who chose to wear, or not to wear a veil, also known as the hijab. ">>>the documentary is based on four different muslim women, with very diffefrent beliefs of why they choose to wear or not to wear the hijab. the two guest during the viewing were arwa abushariefeh originally from jordan and mahsa modirhazadeh orignially from iran. both women answered questions from the audience regarding their culture. "i feel like i have to represent muslim women, and i have to take it all on me to represent them the best way i can." the documentary also concentrates on the stereotypes that many of the women had to deal with after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. abushariefeh said she was called a derrogatory name as she was walking home from school. she continues to wear the hijab despite being stereotyped and dealing with trying to fit into a western society. professor henze says this film was created to educate people on the culture of islamic women. so tha

sjsu professor karthika sasikumar has a different perspective "i think the severity of the threat is really what a war could do to the international economy, which is just beginning to recover from a recession." doctor sasikumar believes that a full scale war would be costly not just due to military spending. "but also because east asia is a very big market for us goods and east asia is also a very big supplier to the us of low cost. items over there, there are disruptions in shipping. from asia to the us then that's going to lead to huge shortages of goods, price hikes, and a loss of jobs as well."" president obama says quote "nobody wants to see a conflict on the korean penninsula" however "the united states will take all necessary steps to protect it's people and to meet our obligations under our alliances in the region." the bay area is home to one of the biggest korean american communities in the country. live on campus elliot alagueuzian update news. two campus organizations are expressing concerns about the ethnic diversity on campus. update news' reporter tiffani tofani says

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