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Spartan Daily Serving San Jose State Volume Y2. No 19 University Since 1934 , I-chrtiar 19K9 Jobs Lucky number 13 Minor sports open at facility allege Board By Rob Lyon Daily staff writer Disgruntled students who are tired ignored memo of paying Rec Center fees now have a way to get some of their money By Shelby Grad back. Daily staff writer They can get a Rec Center job. Despite contentions to the cont- The Student Union Director's Of- rary, the Associated Students did re- 'I was sure either fice is currently accepting job appli- ceive notice of the minor sports cations for the Rec Center scheduled funding crisis. myself or Dr. to open March 27. A Nov. 1 letter from the Athletic A minimum of 50 student posi- Department to two A.S. officers said Hoffman would get tions are expected to be filled by the the travel schedule of minor sports opening date, said Patrick Wiley, as- could he "drastically cut" if the a response. Neither sociate executive director for the A.S. failed to release about $100,- Student Union. The exact number of 000 in frozen funds. one of us was positions will not be known until The letter was written by Asso- later, he said. ciate Athletic Director Mary M. contacted by Mark "It will be a little while," Wiley Zimmerman and addressed to Mark said, "because we're still doing our Murillo. A.S. controller. Copies Murillo or Terry thinking on how many we're going were also sent to A.S. President to hire. We're still developing the Terry McCarthy and Athletic Direc- (McCarthy); budget for it." tor Randy Hoffman, Zimmerman Some of the positions available said. are clerical, custodial, ticket office, Murillo said he received the Mary M. Zimmerman, cashier, maintenance, access con- memo; McCarthy said he didn't re- Associate Athletic Director trol, pro-shop, retail, and fitness and member whether he received it. recreation. A.S. officials have said in the past Most of the positions begin at $5 they were unaware the funding an hour unless the job requires spe- freeze was causing an acute problem The letter included a breakdown cific skills, Wiley said. Jobs that re- for the sports programs. Nearly 1(X) of exactly how the Athletic Depart- quire certain certification such as coaches and athletes stormed into an ment had budgeted the frozen funds CPR would pay more. A.S. Board of Directors meeting and concluded by asking for a meet- So far, the response from students Feb. 8 demanding that the money be ing with A.S. officials. has been favorable, said Lofi Taylor, released. "I would appreciate the opportu- an office assistant in the Student The letter would appear to cast nity to meet with you as soon as pos- Union Director's Office who has doubts on this explanation. sible to discuss this matter." Zim- been collecting the applications. "(The freeze) has and will con- merman wrote. "It's been real busy," Taylor tinue to place a burden on winter- After sending the note, Zimmer- said. "The students are taking a real /spring sports unless immediate ac- man thought A.S. members would interest in it. I would say we've ac- tion is taken," the letter states. respond to the memo and put the fro- cepted 200 applications, easily." "Additionally. the (athletic) divi- zen funds issue on the board agenda. Rec Center jobs offer students sion will be forced to dramatically "I was sure that either myself or flexible hours and an enjoyable work cut back on scheduling and travel in Dr. Hoffman would get a response. setting, said Ron Barrett, director of sports programs for the remainder of Neither one of us was contacted by the Student Union. Students can ex- the academic year if the Associated Mark Murillo or Terry," she said in pect to work under 20 hours per Students support is not forthcom- an interview. "There was no com- week. ing," Zimmerman's memo contin- munication. " "Their academic course load uer, See MEMO, back page comes first," Barrett said. Working for the Rec Center would be comparable to working at the Stu- dent Union, Wiley said. discuss work at to "Most of the people who Directors the Student Union will tell you it's a great place to work," he said. If all goes well and the Rec Center opens as scheduled, Wiley said stu- frozen athletic funds dents will begin training soon. "If everything goes the way we By Shelby Grad executive offices are likely to attend plan it," Wiley said, "all the train- Daily staff writer the meeting. ing will occur during spring vaca- This afternoon's Associated Stu- Jennifer Jo Kessler. current direc- tion." dents Board of Directors meeting tor of student rights and responsibili- Wiley said the job training could may be a good place to see some ties, is the presidential candidate on be later if the Rec Center didn't meet A.S. candidates in action. the REAL slate; Ron Lynch. exec- its opening date because the contrac- The A.S. is scheduled to discuss utive assistant, is their vice presi- tor wasn't finished, all the equip- the release of about $100,(XX) in fro- dential candidate; Mimi Amutan, di- ment wasn't received or they hadn't zen funds to minor sports. rector of Intercultural Affairs, is the hired enough employees yet. Last week, the hoard reached an candidate for controller. "I think we'll have the employees agreement with SJSU President Gail Several other independent candi- and I think we'll have the equip- Fullerton on a sport team elimination dates who currently sit on the board ment," Barrett said. "So we're still policy but could not decide how of directors include Jim Walters, di- Mark Studyvin -- Daily staff photographer confident on that date." much money it would allot the sport rector of academic affairs. Beckie Wiley said that management is SJSU'S Ron Matkins embraces catcher Kevin Tan- ford. Tannahill hit a game-winning single in the program. Six. director of community services, still in the process of deciding how nahill after the Spartans' 7-6 victory over Stan- 10th -inning to improve SJSU's record to 13-0. All three Responsible Alliance and Scott Santandrea, director of See JOBS, back page (REAL) party candidates running for See FUNDS, back page Sickle cell misunderstood Missing youth believed victim of gang harassment Disease hits alumnus Nephew of local vendor Museum at the corner of Naglee and Park avenues at 2 p.m. could be in hiding The two boys, who are next- By Elizabeth James door neighbors. had left their Daily staff writer By Daniel Vasquez homes at about II a.m. and Bill Wadley has a bachelor's degree in marketing from SJSU and a mas- Daily staff writer walked to the museum Saturday. ter's degree in business administration from Stanford University, but he can't A reward of $5.000 has been of- Yohannes' friend left him in the get a job. He has sickle cell anemia. fered for information leading to the museum lobby for only two min- Because spending time in the hospital is commonplace for Wadley, regu- return of a 14-year-old San Jose utes to use the restroom, according lar work is virtually impossible. He works at home, though, as a personal youth missing since Friday af- to Yohannes' uncle, Beyene Abra- business consultant. ternoon. San Jose Police believe ham. It was the last time anyone Wadley was diagnosed with sickle cell anemia when he was six. He suf- he is wanted by a youth gang. saw the youth, he said. fers "crises," when red blood cells clot and there is internal hemorrhaging. Zeraye Yohannes was last seen Police believe Yohannes is hid- The alumnus said he experiences about six major crises each year. with a friend at the San Jose Rosi- ing out at a friend's house. said These episodes result in blood transfusions and hydration at a hospital. crucian Planetarium and Science Sgt. Douglas Bergtholdt. who is in Each of Wadley's hospital stays last from three days to a month. charge of the missing persons de- Wadley's memories of SJSU instructors include what he believes were tail for the San Jose Police Depart- "ignorant and uncaring" attitudes toward his disease. ment. Stress and even the common cold could bring on crises, according to "We have interviewed his Wadley. The normal stress associated with mid-terms and finals could cause sfraiied6ds, but no one's talking," he attacks. Wadley tries to live a normal life, but when he has an attack he can't do Yohannes is the victim of peer anything. intimidation, Bergtholdt said. A "I try to take it day to day," he said. group of children at Hoover Mid- Sickle cell associated with blacks dle School. where Yohannes at- trait and anemia are often wrongly staff photographer only. tends school, have been harassing Lisa Isaacs Daily various students, including the Abraham and his wife Abrehet While sickle cell trait is not a disease, sickle cell anemia is. The disease missing boy. Hot dog vendor Beyene afflicts blacks, bat can also strike many minority groups and some whites, according to a pamphlet prepared by the Advisory Committee for Sickle Cell "He's probably just a run- organization for the prevention and The youth was wearing a gold Counseling of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. away." said Bergtholdt, who recovery of missing children, who cross, a blue jacket, white shirt.

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