Blog #2: Getting away from the hectic school work
SJSU students more than likely realized early on that the SJSU campus is situated right in the heart of the downtown area.
All within walking distance of campus, students can break from the sobriety of class work — tests, papers, annoying teachers — and occupy themselves with a little fun.
Located just blocks away on Market Street is the San Jose Museum of Art.
If you need some quiet time, this is definitely the place to visit.
Full of contemporary and modern art, the museum currently has Ansel Adams’ work on display, photography depicting a naturalist state of mind, which is actually kind of ideal considering the closest thing to nature in the area is the ivy overgrowth stretched across the side of the museum’s building.
Blog #2: Get outside and discover these fun places in San Jose
With the increasing student fees and not to mention the current prices for movie tickets, the last thing you want is spending a fortune on a fun filled weekend in downtown San Jose.
Rather than spending your Saturday’s and Sunday’s at home in front of the TV or slaving over your homework for hours, take a break and check out these five free San Jose activities.
1) If you enjoy modern art and are interested in environmental issues, stop by the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art for their upcoming Afterlife exhibition. Starting November 7th, visitors can admire a series of recycled objects that have been transformed into artwork. 560 South First St.
Blog #2: San Francisco trumps San Jose
Let’s not kid ourselves—there’s nothing good about San Jose. It’s frankly not worth the effort to try and dream up fun things to do in this running sore of a town.
Let’s just talk about San Francisco.
I love San Francisco.
Here’s a list of fun things to do there:
The Mission/SOMA
-Dog Eared Books (I cannot recommend this enough.)
-X21 Modern (It’s a treasure trove of oddities, B movie props and effeminate Elvis paintings.)
-McSweeney’s 826 Valencia store (Watch their mascot/leader, Karl, in the viewing station.)
Hard boiled over tuition
Furlough day anyone … anyone?
No thanks.
I’m pretty sure I’ve paid for a desk and a lesson plan.
My tuition costs are climbing and I’m expected to be giddy about two class days a month where absolutely nothing is happening.
I better be getting a refund check somewhere in that illogical mess.
And while we’re on the topic of making cents, as in being nickel and dimed, I logged into the MySJSU Web site and did a once over of all the fees being assessed — what the hell is an IRA fee? Read more…
Changing the state of mind
In 1968, Walter Cronkite addressed the nation concerning his experience in Vietnam.
“It is increasingly clear to this reporter that the only rational way out then will be to negotiate, not as victors, but as honorable people who lived up to their pledge to defend democracy, and did the best they could,” Cronkite said.
That night Cronkite tapped the most powerful aspect of journalism, stimulation.
He engaged the public and, while certainly stating an opinion, he also cultivated much needed dialog. It is through dialog and conversation that minds are change and minds are opened. Conversations at the bar or at the water cooler about Cronkite and his opinions led to discussions and an eventual swing of public opinion. Read more…
SJSU turns away future Spartans
With the recent $594 million California State University budget cut for the 2009-2010 school year and increasing student fees, I was surprised to discover that SJSU will not be accepting any prospective freshman for the spring 2010 semester.
According to the Santa Cruz Sentinel, that by closing spring admissions, CSUs hope to pull through the 20 percent decrease in state funding.
This is happening all too quickly — I was still trying to grasp the fact that this past July, CSUs decided to turn away 40,000 incoming students over the course of two years — but now zero within a few months.
However, it won’t stop here.
Let’s do something about it
“Let’s talk about it.”
What does this theme mean to me?
One of the major flaws that our generation has is not standing up for what they believe in. Maybe it’s because we feel inferior to some of the challenges we’ve seen over recent years — war, a spiraling down economy and the right to an education being slowly taken away.
So many young voters felt compelled to vote during this last presidential election to evoke change, but have yet to follow through and take action.
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