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Trend Feature Final - Mobile dating

            Trent Gallant chuckled with a slight grin on his face as he swiped left on his smart phone.               Gallant, an undergraduate of SJSU and part time personal fitness trainer, has found that the app has for the most part enhanced his experiences when using Tinder. “Personally, it’s worked great for me dude, it’s not as hard as you think,” said Gallant.   “I got it down to a science.”             He describes the whole experience for the most part convenient and much easier to talk to other girls without having to break the barrier of approaching them and breaking the ice.             Most people of the younger generation are familiar with the term of “swiping left,” basically translating to a “no thanks”.   This term is derived from the dating app Tinder and has been downloaded by over 100 million users.             Tinder started in 2012 and is known by many from its innovative swipe feature.   Tinder is a location-based social app that allows users to li
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SJSU's Best Class

Although most of the eight classes I've taken so fair were fairly enjoyable for the most part, the first class that comes to mind as the "best" would have to be my Mass Communications 105 class. The class was about diversity in the media and was taught by professor Bob Rucker. What was interesting about his class compared to my other classes is that he really stressed on class participation, which at first I was taken away from and had a more pessimistic view of the class. I normally I'm pretty reserved as an individual and usually keep to myself, though he taught me to become more outspoken to say the least. I also enjoyed the guest speakers he had throughout the course.  Most of which where past Alumni students and news casters in the field of journalism. Rucker's speeches had a great deal of soul and passion to them, and shined new perspectives into how I viewed nationality, culture, and religion. It was surprising to think I assumed the class was g
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SJSU commencement feature story

The clock is ticking for our soon to be graduates of 2018! Every year SJSU has it's new commencement speaker to inspire those soon to make a difference in our society and the world.  Carlos Santana, one of the greatest living guitarists of our time, will be speaking for the first time at our campus on the day of the 2018 graduation. "Carlos Santana has made breakthroughs with his music, and on top of being a long time resident of the Bay Area and having a built a good sense of the community after all these years we thought he would make a great candidate to share his words with the graduates", said SJSU President Mary A. Papazian.  Santana was born in Mexico, but since has immigrated with his family and lived majority of his life here in the Bay Area.  "The Bay Area has people from all walks of life and has definitely had influence in how it has shaped me into the musical man I am today!", said Santana. Santana is first most noted for his uproar in his roc
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Describe your dream job

What are you seeking the most in a career--salary, satisfaction? What means the most to you and why? What kind of career do you hope to have? How does the job that you wrote about today help you to get closer to that career? What kind of skills do you expect you will need to succeed in your chosen career? Do you feel like you've developed these skills at SJSU? If not, how do you expect to acquire these job skills? My dream job is to become a creative director and owner of my own advertising agency focusing on multimedia and film. I have always looked into the satisfaction of the job then the salary, although a good balance both would ideal. I have worked jobs in the past where I have gotten paid paid more that past jobs I've enjoyed and found it more energy consuming, depressing, and overall did not feel worth the time working there costing at my mental health. The career I hope to have would involve a great deal of creative thinking if outside of creative dire
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Speaker feature

After the showing of the documentary film "Then They Came for Us", an older woman with a warm and welcoming demeanor stood up and introduced herself.  Her name is Joy Sakai and opened up to share a great deal of her experience from her youth of growing up in and out of the Japanese internment camps. Though the film stated the harsh reality of the living conditions of the many Japanese who were confined during the prohibition such as "frequent dust storms", and "families being assigned to horse stables", Sakai shared a different take from her experience.  "I was born on VJ day of August 14, 1945 in Poston, Arizona, for those who don't know VJ day, it was when Japan surrendered in World War II".  This day held the utmost significance to the events of internment camps in the US. Sakai said "I guess I was one of the lucky ones", and then stated how shortly after being born in the internment camps with her brothers and father passi
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Student trend features to read

Identify the trend in each story? The first trend feature was about digital mobile tickets and how that has transitioned from physical paper tickets.  The second trend feature was about emotional support through animals, also going more in depth about dogs. Which story appealed to you more and why? I enjoyed the story about the digital tickets.  It really shows how far we have gone as a society in technological advancements.  I use technology almost everyday and this was somewhat of a wake up call and how more years down the line more advancements will come about. What is your favorite quote from each story? 1st story:  “When your tickets are on your mobile device, you always have them with you,” Thompson continued. “You don’t have to worry about forgetting the tickets in the car, at work, having them fall out of your pocket or bringing one for the wrong game.” 2nd story: "  “Animals give us a very different connection than other humans do,” Hernandez said. “Dogs in p
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My obituary

Jareed Larez, a multi-millionaire lotto jackpot winner, died last week in his sensory deprivation tank in his California beach front home at 111. The entrepreneur kept a fairly healthy lifestyle who prioritized his balanced diet and and weekly exercise regiments, and decided to die in peace in the comfort of his home in a state of deep meditation. A digital illustrator at a young age, Larez perused his education at San Jose State University and has spent most of his younger year traveling and freelancing for many different clients in the field of advertising. After winning the Super Lotto jackpot, he has donated a good some to multiple charities and has invested a part of his earnings into starting his owning advertising agency, while working as it's CEO and creative director.   With his career of designing, he also held a deep passion for researching into deep and taboo subjects as well. Outside of designing, he held astrology as a close passion and has assisted those in
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