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San Jose's Japantown came alive on Saturday as community members got together for the second Spirit of Japantown festival, centered at Fifth and Jackson streets, in preservation of the city's Japantown and the history of Japanese-Americans. After its 118-year history, the recognition of Japantown is still not what the community expects, said Kathy Sakamoto, executive director of the Japantown Business Association and the organizer of the festival. (0) comments
Students gathered on campus Thursday night to watch the first and only vice presidential debate between Sen. Joe Biden and Gov. Sarah Palin. In Dwight Bentel Hall, students watched the live debate on CNN and participated in an open forum discussion. Many students were in media majors, while others came out of their own interest. (0) comments
It was a packed house Thursday night at the Barrett Ballroom inside the Student Union as Akbayan, a Filipino-American student organization at SJSU, hosted its eighth annual Maboohay Talent Showcase in celebration of Filipino Heritage Month. Adrianne Dizon, Akbayan's cultural chair, said the club sold more than 600 tickets and estimated that the event raised more than $5,000. (0) comments
For decades, Hollywood has educated societies that slaves were responsible for building the magnificent pyramids of Egypt. The auditorium in the Engineering Building was filled on Thursday as Dr. Craig Smith explained that the slaves did not built the great pyramids but rather that it was a core group of workers who were paid in beer and bread. (2) comments
SJSU's symphony orchestra started off the year with an Oktoberfest concert on Friday. A crowd of about 515 people filled the Concert Hall in the Music Building Friday night, according to Emily Lane, a graduate student in teaching. There were many students in the crowd as well as many locals, some of whom brought their families, all of whom came to enjoy the music. (0) comments
On Oct. 2, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library hosted SJSU Students Tread in Unity for a Difference program "iLead2008: Be the Change" campaign, which is affiliated with the Art of Living Foundation. The campaign, which began on July 26, hopes to instill nonviolent attitudes in students by hosting Youth Empowerment Seminar Plus (YES+) programs every semester. (1) comment
Dark skies and scattered showers did not stop the inaugural Luna Chalk Festival from taking place Saturday. The Luna Park Business Association sponsored the event. Dolores Webb, a Chalk Festival volunteer, said the event brought 200 to 300 spectators. "If it wasn't raining, I think there would be a lot more," she said. (0) comments
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