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Opinion The most ridiculous lawsuits to ever reach any court system happen to be in the U.S. and it’s nothing to be proud of. Lawsuits are made up left and right and are made over the stupidest reasons. Americans need to stop, look, and listen to what the world is thinking of us. Last week, an aunt in Connecticut found out the verdict in a lawsuit she made citing her nephew for $127,000 dollars in medical expenses for a hug that went wrong. According to CNN, Jennifer Connell broke her wrist when her nephew jumped into her arms at his eighth birthday party at his family's home in Westport, Connecticut, causing her to fall. Connell’s attorneys said she filed suit after her nephew's parents' insurance company offered her $1 over the accident. This incident is not the only time a lawsuit like this has happened in the U.S. Just last year, the energy drink company Red Bull agreed to a settlement of $13 million for not promising its consumers wings. Th

Photos by Jovanni Arroyo-Camberos Junior defender Hayden Kelley battles for the ball in last Friday’s Mountain West match-up against the UNLV Rebels at the Spartan Soccer Field. T he San Jose State women’s soccer team split its weekend conference matches with one win and one loss when they hosted the UNLV and the University of Nevada. The Spartans lost their first matchup against the UNLV Rebels 1-0 in a tight played game that was mainly dominated in the middle of the field. “I thought they came out flat in the first half, a lot of players did and we didn’t start the day in sync and I thought our attack was not very threatening in the first half and we didn’t finish our chances,” head coach Lauren Hanson said. SJSU began the match dominating most of possession, having several chances to score but failed to capitalize on them. Senior midfielder Darlene Rodriguez had a one on one chance at the beginning of the game but was denied by Rebels goalkeeper, Jessie Clark

  The Student Services Center celebrated its 4th annual open house last Thursday . The event showcased a performance by the San Jose State marching band, food and interactive games hosted by different departments in the Student Services Center building. Enrollment Services coordinated the open house along with the 12 departments that put together their own booths with different types of games and activities for students.   “The open house started four years ago, it’s our new tradition and we wanted to be more connected with what’s going on, on campus because we are across the street,” said Enrollment Services Administrative Assistant Monica Martin. The open house featured an appearance by school mascot Sammy the Spartan, who took pictures and pumped up students, faculty and staff for Homecoming week and the football game against San Diego State last Saturday. “Our goal is to help share some of the resources and the services that are available in the student service

Wealth, glamour and prohibition is illustrated in the San Jose State University Theatre in an attempt to recreate an American Classic, “The Great Gatsby,” for the first time in the Bay Area. Despite its moderate portrayal of the story and the lack of production value, the show’s not far-from-perfect casting shows glimpses of the true classic.   The story of Jay Gatsby and the love of his life, Daisy Buchanan, is told with ambitious acting from students Spencer Greene (Gatsby) and Sarah Haas (Daisy). Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. He is famous for the lavish parties he throws every Saturday night, but no one knows his origins, what he does for a living or how he made his fortune.   Haas’ depiction of Daisy is accurate of a money driven, somewhat cynical, superficial character.  She is full of nonsensical momentary enthusiasms and leans toward unfulfilled  mannerisms through the second act.   Greene and Haas disp

Photos by Jovanni Arroyo-Camberos Mireya Wathen-Mayorga scored golden goal winner in overtime to defeat the Boise State Broncos on Oct.2 at the Spartan Soccer Field. The San Jose State women’s soccer team split their weekend homestand with a wild win over Boise State and tough loss to Utah State in consecutive conference matchups. The Spartans (5-5-4, 3-1-0 MW) opened the homestand by defeating the Boise State Broncos in a thrilling 2-1 overtime victory Friday afternoon. The game was a hard - fought match, which ended with the Spartans coming back from one down to score two unanswered goals, one in the second half of the match and one in sudden death. The Broncos dominated the majority of the first half by controlling and dictating the game with possession. The Spartans also put pressure on the Broncos, which led to them making defensive mistakes throughout the game. Head coach Lauren Hanson said the team knew coming into the game that Boise State w

Faculty, students and staff gathered in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library last Wednesday to listen in on the first presentation to kick-off the 13 th annual University Scholar Series. The presentation focused on economics professor Matthew J. Holian’s research on trends and relationships in California and India related to air pollution, regulations and economic growth. Holian travelled to India to compare the trends and relationships in air pollution and its effects the economic growth of both India and California.   "We downloaded air pollution data from monitoring stations that they (in India) have all of over the country and so we took the data and calculated city averages,” Holian said. “ And in some cities you have multiple monitoring stations and then we merged that air pollution data for cities to a bunch of other variables including income and literacy.” He said the key question is what happens to pollution levels as income rises, because if people have