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Unfair assumptions? Nocturnal dwellings Nothing like the first The media's portrayal of the disabled was The pros and cons of San Jose's night club %AN( Freshman pitcher Dave Sick won his first the topic discussed in a panel Tuesday scene in our weekly pullout section game for SJSU in a doubleheader Tuesday See CenterStage inside Page 3 Page 4 SPARTAN DAILY Vol. 96, No. 41 Published for San Jose State University since 1934 Thursday, April 4, 1991 Copyright suit may raise prices at Kinko's By Jim Johnson said. "Professors across the coun- "This (ruling) is not going to classroom use. Daily staff wnter try depend upon Kinko's to help affect Kinko's. We have an internal Joe Wynn, owner-manager of Another attack on college stu- them provide up-to-date course procedure to deal with the new nil- the local Kinko's store, had no dents' ever-thinning vollets came materials for their students. Profes- ing and will continue to provide comment on the ruling. via a new federal copyright ruling sors and students who depend course packets," Kinko's national Since Motley's ruling is aimed affecting course photocopy pack- upon this timely material will suf- representative Adriana Foss said. at commercial establishments, ets. fer as a result of this court deci- "But it may increase the cost of there is some question as to how U.S. District Judge Constance sion." the packets because the publishers the decision will affect school - Baker Motley of Manhattan ruled Motley granted an injunction may expect more royalties. It may related institutions such as the A.S. that Kinko's, which owns 200 that bars the copying chain from also affect how quickly we can get Print Shop. stores nationwide catering to col- selling the packets until it gets the the packets to the students and A.S. Print Shop manager Paul leges and universities, has been publishers' permission and pays professors. The publishers vary in Lee said he was not aware of how infringing on the copyrights of royalties. She also imposed a the timeliness of their giving per- the new ruling will affect the shop. publishers by photocopying and $510,000 fine on Kinko's, adding mission to use the material," she Lee added that while the print shop selling excerpts of books to stu- that the copying chain had said. does copy textbook materials, the dents. "usurped" the copyrights and The ruling stemmed from an instructors are responsible for Representatives of Kinko's profits of the publishing industry. April, 1989 lawsuit filed by eight obtaining the publishers' permis- Graphics Corp. said students and Motley said that Kinko's major textbook publishers against sion and taking care of royalty professors will feel the brunt of the derived a large portion of its Kinko's. The ruling reinterpreted fees. March 28 ruling. Hillary Schein Daily staff photographer income from the sale of the pack- the "Fair Use" clause of the 1976 "We (the A.S. Print Shop) don't "This is a sad day for the educa- ets, which arc designed to meet the Copyright Act which allows facul- get involved with the publishers," Kinko's on Third and San Carlos streets is a vendor of SJSU course tional community," Kinko's vice reading requirements of specific ty members to make multiple Lee said. "We want to keep packet material. The it that parent corporation lost a copyright lawsuit. president and counsel Kurt Koenig college courses, copies of copyrighted materials for way." Pending contract Gimme the ball beneficial to CFA the number of classes professors Salaries may rank are required to teach. Academic counselors covered in top-25 percent by the new CFA contract once By Claudia Bramkamp their old contract with Academic Dad)' staff writer Professionals of California expires. Members of the California Facul- Barbara Renteria, CFA director ty Association throughout the state at SJSU, said that 47 percent of the are voting this week on whether to faculty on campus belong to the ratify the tentative contract worked union and 656 faculty members are out between the union and the Cali- eligible to vote for ratification. fornia State University system. The voting takes place in front If approved, the new contract of the staff and faculty cafeteria promises a number of new benefits near Spartan Pub and eligible for faculty contingent upon the members have until 2 p.m. today to availability of funding. Highlights cast their ballots. at. of the new contract include: Renteria said that the union is cur- The formula for deciding fac- rently working to change state law ulty salaries will be changed so so that all faculty will be required to that instead of salaries conforming pay union dues regardless 01 to state median. CSU faculty will whether or not they belong to the be paid what the top 25 percent of union and create a closed shop. teachers in the state arc paid. "All of the teachers get the ben- New disability income and efits of our bargaining and our lob- accidental death insurance plans bying," she said. "Why should will be paid for by the University. only half of them pay for it'?" Improved dental insurance. Last year a similar law was passed Elimination of funding barrier by the state legislature but was not for sabbatical leaves. signed by former Gov. George A new affirmative action hiring Deukmejian, so this year CFA is try- and retention program established ing to float a new bill, called the for under-represented women. Agency Fee bill, past Gov. Pete Wil- Jeanette Glicksman - Daily sten photographer minority and disabled faculty. son.April 9, the CFA plans to lobby Alternative retirement program legislators in Sacramento to pas.s the Tony Garcia, II, and Malt Morris, IS, son of Dr. Morris of the tures in the mid-70s brought live times as many people to the for newly hired faculty. Agency Fee bill and also to remind physics department, play water basketball in the Aquatic Center Aquatic Center. As the weather warms up, the Aquatic Center Workload reallocation begin- state legislators of their commit- pool Wednesday. According to lifeguard Steve Mealiffe tempera- pool can expect to entertain many more students. ning in 1992 to gradually reduce ment to education, Renteria said. 'The main reason is to voice my complaint stating that the A.S. student government, in regard to SJSU custodian dies after 17 years of service racism and nothing in Sam Serchia, a maintenance didn't respond," Javinsky said. Fred Najjar. Director of Univer- We always joked around with harassment issues ... do mechanic at Allen Hall, died Javinsky ran out and called 911, sity Housing Services, could not him, and he would joke around regards to them.' March 22 of a heart attack. He was then told a worker in the hall office be reached for comment. The with me. I would sometimes call 68 years old. to contact a resident adviser. Allen Hall residential advising him Sam the Man." remembered His body was discovered by Serchia was taken to San Jose staff indicated that they could not Rudy Martinez, a maintenance Student dissatisfied Bob Javinsky, a resident of the Medical Center where he was pro- discuss the matter. worker in the hall. hall. Javinsky had just dropped off nounced dead from cardio-pul- Serchia had worked for SJSU "He was always talking about a letter in the mail slot and then monary arrest at 10:26 am. Car- for 17 years. He was originally a retirement. He loved his job. He gone into the restroom. There he dio-pulmonary arrest is defined as maintenance mechanic for Spartan was 68. I would have retired a long with A.S. response found Serchia. unconscious. when the heart and the lungs have Shops, Inc. and then transferred to time ago," Martinez continued. By Robert W. Scot* SJSU president Gail Fullerton "I asked if he was okay, and he stopped functioning. the Housing Services in 1978. Carolyn Swaggart Daly staff writer and the committees then wrote him Juan Hero told the Associated a letter of apology. Flaro said, Students Board of Directors which stated that he was stopped Noxious fumes emanate from fouled chemical mixture Wednesday that he still is dissatis- because of his clothing. fied with the response that he has That didn't satisfy Hero so he added. By Precy Correus cleaning material and based on that, received from the A.S. and the Stu- went to the A.S. Daly staff writer It was just She did not experience any dent Grievance Committee. A.S. then told him to go to Floor cleaning products were The we didn't think it was necessary to evacuate.' headache or nausea nor did the He was stopped and detained for grievance accidently mixed in a sink by two the student committee. Zohreh Pierow, janitors complain of any reactions. about 20 minutes on June 14, One problem, he said, is that it janitors on Wednesday, Mar. 20 specialist Pierow said. 1990, by John Moffitt, then a uni- closed his case without trying to a noxious odor in the SJSU hazardous materials creating The two chemicals contained versity police department officer. contact him other than to say that Library Central Build- Wahlquist hydrochloric ac id and Moffitt was fired in October after his case was closed. ing. incident it says to: "Immediately involved," said Zohreh Pierow, butoxyethanol ethanolamine, he was accused of excessive use of "They had his phone number, The fumes were caused by the evacuate the arca and call 9-1-1 for SJSU hazardous materials special- according to a material safety data force in another incident.