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The Big Split

SJSU called to divest from companies "profiting" from Israeli occupation The Associated Students Board of Directors officially signed the resolution calling for divestment from several companies accused of profiting from Israeli occupation of Palestine on Friday. The passing of the resolution was announced on Nov. 18 and while A.S. voted in favor of divestment, it would still need to be approved by the SJSU Tower Foundation board of directors to actually go into effect. Divestment is the reduction of some kind of asset for financial, ethical or political objectives. According to Abid El-Miaari, president of Students for Justice in Palestine, the resolution was initially pitched on Oct. 21, and that many student groups were involved including the Black Student Union and MEChA. “We first went around to student organizations and explained the situation in Palestine, and why we wanted to pass such a resolution,” El-Miaari said via email. Palestine and Israel...

Quakes score thrilling late equalizer on College Night

Photo by Jovanni Arroyo-Camberos The San Jose Earthquakes(2-2-2) are no stranger to late goals and in this game they needed some more of that magic as they drew 1-1 against FC Dallas (3-0-2) on Friday night. The Quakes celebrated a late equalizer in front of a crowd comprised of fans and students from colleges around the Bay Area for College Night. “I thought we played some good stuff [in the] first 30-35 minutes” Said San Jose Earthquakes head coach Dominic Kinnear. “I thought we looked pretty sharp moving the ball well, second half we came out and I thought we looked a little lackadaisical and they were getting chances because of that.”   The Earthquakes began the game with most of the possession. San Jose had several opportunities to get the ball into the back of the net but could not capitalize on their chances. In the 18th minute FC Dallas goalkeeper Jesse Gonzalez denied the Earthquakes the first goal of the match after forward Chris Wondolowski struck...
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