San Jose State University

San Jose State University is located downtown San Jose, where there are substantial amount of crimes that happen weekly. San Jose State campus has numerous amount of homeless people wondering around our campus night and day. Students come to this campus to purse their dreams and become successful. What they did not come for nor expected was the lack of safety our school provides. San Jose State students did not take out loans to come into an environment, to worry if they will be attacked. The issue of students becoming victims of sexual battery, robbery, and hate crimes should be voted as one of the topics for the take a stand project. San Jose State students are at risk of sexual battery each time they are walking home on our campus. There have been several incidents regarding students becoming victims of sexual battery. For instance, on May 1, 2015 approximately 2:00am a young lady became a victim of sexual battery. She was walking between Sweeny Hall and Macquarrie Hall, when three male suspects on a bicycles passed the victim and one slapped her on the buttocks. The suspect was described as a white male adult with curly hair and a tye-dye shirt. The investigation is still open and no suspect have been arrested (SJSUalert). This could have been any female from San Jose State that was walking back from the bars, event or a friend’s house. Women should not be violated and taken advantage. San Jose State must…

On any given day while passing by the campus side entrance of Martin Luther King Library, the main library of San Jose State University, one can hear loud, upbeat music playing, and if one were to look for the location of the music they would notice a group of 3-10 people rhythmically moving to the music or loudly chattering. After spotting this same activity, the group always consisting of what seemed like different people yet always in the same location, I realized that it was not a…

I was born and lived in San Jose, California up to the age of thirteen years old. Right before high school my parents decided to relocate to Modesto, California. While living in Modesto, my mother was diagnosed with diabetes. I remember how it was difficult to watch my mother go through the symptoms of diabetes. She was losing weight, she was always tired and her vision started to deteriorate. It made me feel so helpless. I recall going with my mother to her doctor appointments, and seeing…

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option for Howell is to coordinate with Brad Smith, the San Francisco division manager, to determine staffing requirements at the San Francisco division. Through collaboration, Smith and Howell can determine which departments at the San Francisco facility are short on staff and which departments are overstaffed. Once manning levels at the San Francisco facility are determined, Howell can determine which employees at the San Jose facility need to be retained. A collaborative approach is the best…

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Jack Benny was an American comedian that performed in vaudeville, radio, television, and motion picture. He was known as the leading American entertainer of the 20th Century. His main character portrayal was a miser that played his violin badly. Ironically, he was actually very good at playing the violin. Jack was known for his perfect comedic timing. His career spanned over 50 years. Jack Benny’s birth name was Benjamin Kubelsky. He was born on February 14, 1894 in Chicago, Illinois. Both of…

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