hello and welcome to update news... im jayme sy. and i'm brandon castillo. after one year and twenty eight days... mohammad qayoumi is now officially president of s-j-s-u. he was appointed president more than a year ago -- but officially inaugurated last week. maya gonzalez is live on campus to tell us more. maya? the inauguration was a historic event that attracted dignitaries from around the state and around the world. " faculty members in full regalia -- marched in procession through the event center. it was all part of an elaborate inauguration ceremony to recognize the son of an afghan carpenter who has risen to become president of san jose state university. the afghan ambassador to the u-s ... attended the ceremony to honor mohammed qayoumi. "dr. qayoumi you are a source of our pride. we wish you the best of everything. our prayers will stay with your and our support will be with you for ever." california state unversity chancellor, charles reed, also attended the ceremony and officially installed qayoumi as president. "i hereby invest you with the office of president of san jose state university with all the honors, privileges, and responsibilities there and to pertaining. congratulations president qayoumi." in the audience were members of the bay area afghan community ... proud to see one of their own rise to such success. during his speech -- qayoumi talked about his own personal history and how it is part of america's legacy of opportunity "for where else can a son of a carpenter with only an elementary school education from a war-torn country like afghanistan become the president from such a historic vibrant university." qayoumi is san jose state's 28th president -- and the first afghan born president of a university in u-s history. after the ceremony ... he talked to update news about the significance of the day. "in this nation anything is possible as long as we put our minds at it, as long as we work hard because this land truly is the land of great opportunity and that basically is what the american spirit is all about" -qayoumi after ceremony" the president said one of his priorities is to prepare students for the global challenges of the 21st century. live on campus, maya gonzalez, update news. members of qayoumi's family attended the ceremony ... as did a childhood friend from afghanistan. paris maxey has their reaction to this historic moment. " people made there way to the event from far and wide in support of their friend, colleague, and family member it was evident this event had special meaning not just for qayoumi but for everyone who attended. mohammed ayoutsay has known qayoumi since they attended the same elementary school in afghanistan. "his humble origins from a war ravaged country such as afghanistan and has come all the way to become president of san jose state university, i think it was a wonderful moment to be here and to share that celebration with him, i couldn't miss it." after the inaugural ceremonies qayoumi attended a lunch in his honor outside the event center mingling and taking pictures as the official president--- his family couldn't be more excited about what he has accomplished so far. his sister says it's a great thing for their entire family. "i am too much proud and very happy. i cannot tell you how happy i am. this is the biggest moment for me." foreign language professor romey sabaluis (sab-ah-los) says after speaking with qayoumi's family members ... they all agree on one thing. "he had it in him all along to become leader and obtain a position of leadership so it is not a surprise to anybody. ever body seems to be rather proud." this is not president qayoumi's first time as president of a c-s-u institution but with a budget crisis plaguing s-j-s-u hopefully there is an exception to the rule and the second time will be the charm live on campus, paris maxey, update news" c-s-u professors have been working without a contract since 2010 ... which has triggered a labor dispute with administration. here is a look at what's behind the conflict. " (nat sound: strike rally) protesters made noise outside the event center last week during the inauguraion of sjsu president muhammed quayomi. they wanted to get the attention of c-s-u chancellor charles reed -- who attended the event. student herlinda aguirre helped organize this protest to support faculty members. herlinda aguirre:"going on strike is the mode of action they have to do to get a fair contract for everyone. and the thing is its not gonna be like a full on strike, its gonna be a two day rolling strike." the union representing faculty members initiated a strike vote after contract negotiations stalled earlier this month. the contract with the union expired two years ago and union members say they've been left with stagnate wages and an increased workload. jonathan karpf: "they want to have self support classes where the students pay more and the faculty teaching those classes get paid less, and don't have benefits and the only thing stopping them from doing that is the cfa." the administration declined to comment on the recent actions of the faculty, but vice chancellor gail brooks said: " the csu remains committed to the negotiation process as the best way to resolve the issues that remain on the table to reach an agreement." the california faculty association, represents professors, librarians, coaches, and counselors at csu campuses. union members voted on campus for two weeks on whether to go ahead with a strike. english professor gloria collins, says a strike may be inconvenient but the outcome will be beneficial in the long run, not only for the professors, but the students as well. gloria collins: " i am sorry about that um but for me uh i think it is a good way to um hopefully bring about change and try to preserve the quality of education that we've known over the years."" the union hopes the strike could happen this fall and professors say it will have minimal affects on students. next semester, all of joe west will be exclusive to freshman. but, the top floor will be dedicated to another group of students. justin germono is live on campus with the story... justin? jayme... a new themed campus village community in the fall will celebrate diversity within the community itself. " the lgbt community on campus will have some space to share come next fall. the twelfth floor of joe west will be converted into the unity house... a community in the campus village for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered students communication studies sophomore amarissa mathews, will be the unity house's first resident advisor mathews: " i feel like it's essential for them to have this community in joe west because a lot of people, in particular, transgendered individuals will come to this campus looking to live in a space where they can feel like them selves." the new campus village community will provide resources and programs for all of its lgbt residents. mathews: "we're going to provide programs as well as actually, faculty and staff advisors, to help them out, kind of... give them any support that they need throughout the semester" the unity house will join the handful of other themed communities including arts and global village. the project has been in the works for several years and during that time staff members made sure that certain needs would be met. hubbard: "our transgendered students will be able to live with someone who understands what it means to be transgenered, or is open to the experience." the twelfth floor space will not be excluse to l-g-b-t students. straight students, or "allies", are also welcome to sign up. "we wanted it to, really be a unified community and recognize that people come in many different shapes, sizes, experiences and by being a part of this community they can get to know maybe more about themselves."" there áareá concerns that the unity house will be targeted for vandalism and harassment... but staff will be trained to handle those kinds of situations. on campus... justin germono... update news the white house is threatening to veto a republican bill that would keep interest rates on federal student loans from doubling this summer. president obama says he's against the measure because it would be paid for by abolishing a health care program. this week the president brought attention to the issue. keith bryant has the story. " tuesday night president obama took his message about student loan rates to the jimmy fallon show. the president played along with fallon in one of his classic "slow jams" to appeal to younger voters and discuss the topic. (natural sound of song) the president has been campaigning this week around college campuses to urge congress to renew the college cost reduction and access act. .the president's message resonates with san jose state student corinna mcnally. corinna mcnally "if i did not have the opportunity for those loans, um i probably wound be able to go to school it be too expensive and especially with tuition going up have the those loans makes it more possible for me to be here. stand up "if congress does not act before june 31st, interest rates for students will double and go from 3.4% to 6.8 % which adds 1,000 more on to a student's debt after they graduate." student loan debt is at an all time high -- even hgher than credit card debt. at s-j-s-u roughly 16,000 students rely on financial aid and 61-percent of them take out loans. according to the director of the financial aid if the legislation is not renewed it would put a huge burden on students. coleetta mcelroy "when they go into a repayment there will be a lot more in interest, so say for example a student roughly borrowed $11,000 in loans if the act goes into place they are going to pay a difference of 5,000 more. it's recommended for students to look to other resources before turning to loans such scholarships or work-study positions. however the battle for the affordability of college is not over as the cost of tution continues to rise and because of the possibilitiy of congress cutting pell grants. the president wants to make sure that an college education is a right and not a luxury. potus "your voice matters, stand up be heard, be counted and tell them the time it's not the time to double interest rates on your student loans." the presidential election is in full swing ... the g-o-p is trying to diffuse the issue by ..... a and that means... in the end college students could get a break thanks to election year politics. in san jose keith bryant update news." you can see fifty years of chinese tradition and culture in the m-l-k library's cultural heritage center. the chinese-american women's club of santa clara county is hosting the exhibit. the club was founded in 1962 by women brought together by the common thread of preserving chinese culture through educating their children. while their children attended chinese school -- the mothers would meet and discuss different topics which eventually evolved into the club. " linda crotty, reference librarian: i think students should be aware that...in any culture where the older generation supports the younger generation and vise versa you form a stronger community." the collection of materials and artifacts includes awards, plaques and photographs of the first women to join the club. samples of past time games, antique china dishes, and a samples of traditional foods. the exhibit can be seen through june 5th. coming up on update news... we'll show you how some students played while getting valuable career advice. so you think you can dance? lots of people got to show their moves during national dance week. and we'll give you an inside look at a production that takes a walk on the dark side. but first... we ask student if they know how many units it takes to graduate. " i think its one hundred twenty i think twelve fifteen per semseter thirty four one hundred twenty one hundred fifty maybe one hundred twenty six for mine but i switched majors so i'm a senior with units but technically i'm a sophomore one hundred twenty oh no no no wait wait if your're a transfer student sixty but to graduate like with a bachelors if you started here one hundred twenty is that correct or thats a very good question actually. if i really had to guess like maybe over one hundred to graduate depending on the major. depends on the major so and i'd say over a hundred maybe" with thousands of students graduating next month ... one professor can say he's probably had many of them as students. after more than 4 decades, political science professor terry christensen is retiring this semester. " since 1970 -- terry christensen has taught generations of students that have reflected their political times -- from the vietnam war to the age of obama. (terry christensen) i guess what i'll probably miss the most is that i wont have new generations of students to connect to.. so that's going to dry up soon since i wont have students in the classroom or i wont be managing the internship program but i will have 42 years of students... many of them still around to connect to. christensen is not only a devoted professor ... he also directs communiversity... a service learning project linking san jose residents and university students. (tyler huffman)terry does a very good job with staying involved in the community and he really encourages his students to be involved. and many who know him well remember his leading role in moving san jose from at-large city council elections to district election back in 1978. (steve pre) one of the things i know terry is going to be known for when the history of san jose is written helping being on the vanguard of bringing democracy to city of san jose elections. i think we all owe a debt of gratitude to terry for that. the city council officially recognized and honored his contributions on tuesday. (terry christensen) my biggest legacy is the students i've encouraged to be part of local politics. the people who have served and elected office who are active with non-profit organizations who are active with just their neighborhood group.. with an environmental group or whatever. there are generations of students who are engaged in politics in their community. christensen may be leaving the university but he's not leaving his beloved city. (terry christensen) i don't think i'm saying goodbye at all because this network of alumni is still going to be there. i'm still going to be involved with them and communiversity, community projects. i live six blocks away so i'll still be around but i wont be teaching." christensen is a familiar face on update news ... making countless appearances on our newscasts commenting on political stories. we wish him the best. the campus career center hosted a fun way to learn about jobs and internships. students were invited to stop by their booth at the bar-b-que pit near the event center on tuesday. s-j-s-u students played baseball, hop scotch, and had water gun fights. it was a chance for the career center to give out information about internships and job openings. " i definitely encourage people to stop by and get involved and sign up for the career center cause definitely you're going to want these resources cause once you graduate they're not there or they come at a fee." the career center hosts career fairs every semester as well as resume workshops to help students find jobs. this week s-j-s-u held a mini job fair to help current and graduating students get their foot in the door of the job market thursday the art quad was taken over by the career center that hosted preliminary interviews so spartans and employers could meet face to face in hopes of getting an opportunity to find a career. aerotek , securitas, and randstad were among the companies that set up tables daniel newhell job development specialist for the career center says these opportunities are important for students " "when they have opportunities like this to meet face to face with employers, job seekers need to really embrace that. take advantage of it and make contact, bring resumes and just connect with the different companies that are hiring"" positions offer included clerical staff to security officers and ranged from thirteen to twenty-one dollars an hour jansey lagdeman is here with arts and entertainment... whats happening jansey? well brandon, there was a lot that went on this week... so let's get started. people are slipping on their dance shoes more than usual this week. i explored the different dances choreographed through out san jose for bay area dance week. " people are getting into the rhythm for national dance week. from april 20-29, dance studios through out the bay area have been opening their doors to the public to celebrate dance and express their passion for the art. national dance week is one of those wonderful ideas because as a dance community i mean people who love to dance of course always find a way to dance. however there's like this huge divide between people who seek it and actively you know believe they have to dance and seek it and the general majority where most people think "yeah i would like to dance, but i can't or i'm not a good dancer or i don't have the body or i'm too old or all these excuses people have," when in fact dance is accessible to everybody. the annual festival is presented by the dancers' group organization and will include over 600 events... such as free dance lessons in local studios. the hope is that you know out of the general public we will get more interest and more exposure and more appreciation for the work we do. the ten-day celebration promotes "fun and fitness" in everyday life. some say dance should become a bigger part of physical education in public schools. school in general places a lot of emphasis on the basics which i think are math and english and those apply to the business world. and so i think there's a lot of emphasis placed on that rather than any extra curricular anything dance or sports related. according to the bay area dance week website, the bay area has one of the most thriving dance communities in the country. i think a lot of times expressing our emotions isn't something socially acceptable and i think dance gives us that opportunity to really be able to express the way that we feel in a way that's acceptable and a way that's productive." the closing event for dance week in san francisco was hosted by dancing pioneer anna halprin, who is 91 years old. a new production by the theatre arts department delves into the dark world of insanity ... and mental illness.. "proof" debuted in the hal todd theatre friday. the story focuses on a young-woman out to prove her worth after spending the last years of her life taking care of her brilliant, yet schizophrenic father. she also struggles to determine whether or not ásheá is insane. director jacquelyn montellato (mon-tel-ah-to) says the inspiration to direct the play came from reading the book. " "i just, i got really excited about it, cause when i was reading it, when i got to the big turn in the book, i was like... what?! like, i was going crazy, so i was like, i couldn't imagine watching it on stage."" performances will continue in until may 5th. general admission is twenty dollars, student tickets are fifteen dollars. an sjsu professor decided to teach the skills he uses in the classroom to a different audience. after taking a professional leave to work at dreamworks animation studios a year ago, physic's professor alejandro garcia shared his experience at the final university scholar's series of the semester held at the king library this past wednesday. he talked about the scientific and artistic sides in the animation industry by showing how physics plays a key role in computer animation in feature films. " i especially liked when i had some suggestion i took it to the head of character animation and then a few day s later i saw the change actually in the film." garcia worked at the artistic development department at dreamworks animation as a physic's consultant on the upcoming film madagascar 3: europe's most wanted. here at sjsu, garcia teaches physic's and helped develop the physic's in animation class. when people think of an art exhibit they usually dont think of a fully restored 1971 vw bus. but that's exactly what rolled up onto campus this week. athena sanchez has the story. " s-j-s-u graduate student julia weber and her beloved mr. orange came to share their unique art and stories with students this week. the focus of this moving art exhibit ... are photos weber has taken of people and their v-w buses ... all around the country. weber sound byte: i've been photographing v-w buses for probably the last four years, together we try and capture the spirit of the v-w bus. weber began this project out of pure fascination for vintage buses and wanted to grasp the essence of what is to own a vehicle with so much character and history. h her custom printed photos are attached to the van like refrigerator magnets so the art can be displayed at all times. weber sound byte: i think that's the most fun out of the whole project is to actually get the word out there and to have that dialogue with people and i really like it if it triggers some sort of memory. mr. orange peaked students interest as they came to see what all the buzz was about. weber shared her story while premiering yet another interesting feature about mr. orange. yes mr. orange also has his very own movie theater built right in where you can watch some of his adventure's first hand. ryan orpeta, political science senior: it something i wouldn't have thought of and its also something i've never really seen, i've never seen a project done on them before. students also made themselves at home at the listening station -- hearing stories of people from all walks of life that weber has recorded. hocheol yu: there some people that actually want, still drive these buses around and there must be and them coming together and making it a big thing will make a different somehow. end stand-up: with inspiration and passionn julia weber has taken art exhibit to a new level now wherever she goes she can continue to share mr. orange's stories through this unique mobile art. athena sanchez update news." that will do it for arts and entertainment.. back to you guys. next in sports... edwin wise tells us why phys-ed may get phased out of s-j-s-u. and we'll show you how the s-j-s-u baseball team fared this week... but first... as the n-b-a playoffs start this weekend... we ask students who they think is going to win the championship. " being a laker fan obviously it's going to be the lakers and bulls. i have no clue ok excellent. i really don't know. i don't watch basketball. i have no idea. i dont even watch sports ok. i'm gonna have to give it to miami heat and okc oklahoma city all right cool excellent" edwin wis is here with sports. edwin... whats going on this week? coming off a win against rival hawaii, the spartans were feeling pretty good about themselves and were hoping to bring that momentum into tuesday's affair with fresno pacific. however that just wasn't the case. the sunbirds took control of this game early and often. the spartans only threat was a three spot in bottom half of the 5th bringing them within one. however fresno pacific essentially put the game away with a six run sixth. the sunbirds would go on to win the game 14-5. a frustrated sam piraro says his team was taken out of their game. " the type of game we like to play is, being able to bunt the ball, play situational baseball...but when you get back by a lot of runs, that takes away from you and they did a good job of taking that away from us." the sunbirds had plenty of contributions up and down the lineup, as six players had multi-hit games. as for san jose state, they'll look to get back in the win column, as they take on conference foe sacramento state this weekend at municipal stadium. this year the department of kinesiology here at san jose state is celebrating its 150th year of existence. but budget cuts now threaten the program, and as a result, san jose state may soon become the only csu without physical education. " (nat sot up full) every semester students from all majors come together in classes such as this, to not only fill out a requirement for graduation, but to get some exercise, and have a little fun. but with san jose state struggling with a budget crisis, the administration is reportedly considering eliminating physical education...something tenured kinesiology professor gong chen can't believe. (gong chen) "do we really want our students to get a big head and very small limbs? who can read but can never be able to move...is that the way we do things here?...it's not american way." according to the surgeon general, it is recommended people get 30 minutes of moderate activity on most days of the week. and with classes lasting at least 50 minutes, department chair shirley reekie says the classes are highly beneficial. (reekie) "there is no doubt that regular physical activity helps with a myriad of possible issues to do with health. and among those for most are weight control, stress management, students are very stressed out, they regard these classes as a stress outlet, diabetes...there are just literally dozens of issues that physical activity can help with." the proposed cuts would leave sjsu as the only csu to not have physical education...not just as a requirement, but simply offered in general. with tech savvy colleges such as cal tech and mit still putting emphasis on physical education and actually require more units than sjsu...reekie see's san jose state would be making a grave mistake. (reekie) "if technological institutes get the value of physical activity for their students, who are really focused in technology, you'd like to think that san jose state would understand the value of a liberal education too." other supporters of physical education say the proposed cuts are misguided because pe is more than just extracurricular physical activity. (royce agustin) "i believe it does give them a break from the hardcore studying that they have to do, and the other classes that they have to take. and i do believe that activity courses are an integral part of their education. if the cuts were to go through, students would have to exercise on their own. (jeff brass senior kin) "i actually do personal training on the side...there are a lot of people that as it seems if they weren't coming to these classes, they probably wouldn't be exercising outside of school, which is really unfortunate. and i think one of the biggest reasons why we should keep the classes."" reekie says she has emailed the provost office about the potential cuts...but has yet to hear back. regardless...members of the kinesiology department, have put up a petition online at change.org in order to save the classes. in just over two weeks the petition has already gained over 3,000 signatures. throw, catch, pull... all actions necessary when playing flag football. the s-j-s-u intramural sports program organized its first flag football tournament indoors áandá even better... on the main campus! last week...the program introduced its first four by four arena flag football tournament in the spartan complex. students formed teams for just twenty-eight dollars per team. organizers say the flag football league is such a popular intramural sport that they wanted to bring an indoor tournament on the main campus. " the one thing that we look for is if a lot of teams sign up... and there has been and it seems like everyone has been enjoying it so far... because everyone loves football." this last tournament consisted of nine teams total. that will do it for sports... back to you guys. that's all for now... thanks for watching. don't forget to check us out on facebook by searching 's-j-s-u update news.' we'll see you next week.