The History of Our School

            For this blog assignment I have decided to write about the history of Sjsu. It took a while to actually find the rich information that I found. And it came from one of the most unlikely sources. Wikipedia. I know that this at times can be not the most reliable information, but as this assignment is harder than I expected I have turned to this.

            San Jose was founded in 1862, and has had over seven name changes. If you were to look a school that has been around for so many years you would expect it to be rich with cultural and historical information. I have found Wikipedia to actually be a helpful source in finding some of this out. I have found why many of these buildings on campus have been named and the history behind them. For example: In 1942, the old gym (now named Yoshihiro Uchida Hall, after judo coach Yosh Uchida) was used to register and collect Japanese Americans before sending them to internment camps. Ironically, Uchida's parents and siblings were among those processed in the building.

There is so much history behind this school that can continue to be uncovered with just a few clicks of a button.