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the San Jose State University Community Since 1934 Volume 88, No. 12 Serving cdoes(1,t . February II. 1987 SJSU may house Weather Service Peter F. Lester. chairman of the de- oi .1. proximity to campus. he said. Mc idea of co-locating was a
partment. II the Mid -Peninsula Regional aunt idea that came out of inlOrmal a year and a half Move likely if radar OK'd About 60 percent will go to the Open Spaces District turns dim n the meetings held about ago.'' Lester said. weather service and the department National Weather Ser% Ice request. the By "tom Dunlap he added to SJSr s can.0.1. w..ster The move will enhance SJSU's 'I would expect the rest. Lester said. sery ice w ill set up shop NOITICW here plan. said Bill Chatham. Cs1 s Mel will get the Daily staff writer else. Lester said department, the only degree program new building would of planning. Whether the new meteorology in meteorology in the CSU system. The forecast looks bright for The proposed building will oc- laboratory. estimated at $3 million, If and when those negotiations .ester said. certainly draw more are SJSLI's Meteorology Department cupy approximately 23,740 square feet will exist is tied to the outcome of a se- complete. SJSU still begin lease negotiations About 75 students are now weath- located adjacent to Duncan Hall, said ries of negotiations. Lester said w ith the weather ser% students, both The department may someday Es an. said. ering the department's curriculum. and share a new building on campus with Executive Vice President J. Handel The weather service is currently "I would expect the new building graduate and the National Weather Service, under Evans. negotiating with an organization that The SJSU Foundation --- an aux- would certainly draw more students. plans Mr a project approved by the The weather service will move its controls the radar station on Mount iliar.% organization that raises money both graduate and undergrailute." he undergradute.' California Stale University Board of regional center from Redwood City to Umunhum. 12 miles south of campus, for the university will "float a loan, said. Peter F. 1.ester, Trustees. the proposed building. Evans said. Lester said. lust like any business." for the con- struction of the building. Evans said Lester said he hopes there is some meteorology chairman The trustees gave their stamp of SJSU's Meteorology Department The weather service won't make decision on the project by the end of approval to the project at their meeting will share the proposed building with the move to SJSU unless it can place a The weather sers ice will e% en- the semester. so that construction can Iasi month ...lowing a new building to the National V., ...all., s 1e. said Ilek, 1.1k Lit ',tem on the peak he...,as.. irdlst(il-i. begin by the end iii the tall semester Asbestos Poet's house to be moved to Removal safety doubted old San Jose reconstruction by SJSU students, staff By Larry Aragon and Stephanie M. Nichols Landmark Daily staff writers SJSU students and eniplo cc, were concerned about their satiny dur- named after ing and after removal of a strip of as- bestos from the ceiling of an Engi- neering Building breezeway. S .J . poet 'I got a call Friday afternoon from a mechanical engineering staff By Deborah J. Kaplan member who voiced some concern Daily staff writer about the (removal),' said Stan Edwin Markham's "Greek Re- Vaughn, building trades supervisor vival" farmhouse is tieing moved to and division asbestos coordinator for the San Jose Historical Museum this Facilities Development and Opera- week, though many poeple aren't s tions. sure why. The staff member, who refused to Markham". house was claimed disclose her name, said about four stu- as a city and state national landmark dents came into her office and asked Qay ounii in the 1930s. hut before that it See ASBESTOS, ham -I, page irreihrreA dire. t, played a vital role on campus. From 1915-1925 it served as the infirmary for the San Jose Normal School, where Markham graduated from in Rush violations 1872. Markham's career as a poet began at Bailey Millard's New Year's Eve party. in 1898. being investigated Millard was the editor of Wil- liam Randoplh Hearst's San Fran- By Annie M. Belt cisco Examiner, and decided that all Daily staff writer of his guests had to tell a joke, an- Anticipated charges of a dry rush 'I understand the necdote. or make some kind of con- ..iolation were not presented at the In- tribution to the entertainment that raternity Council meeting Monday. president of the house evening. "There have been allegations of a who is making the Markham read his poem "A rush violation." said IF(' President Man With a Hoe" and Hearst was so Jim Knoll. "We thought charges charges isn't going to impressed by it he printed it in the 'PS would he filed but they were not." Examiner on Jan. IS. 1899. IFC Vice President Pete Crosier do it.' Markham received $40 for the said he and a president from another Jim Knoll, poem. traternity house both witnessed a dry IF(' president Med by the weight of centu- rush violation at the Spartan Pub Jan. ries he leans 29. Dry rush rules state that members Upon his hoe and gazes ill the Crosier said he expected the fra- ground. of SJSU's 13 fraternities may not buy ternity president to file charges at or consume alcohol with a rushee. The emptiness of ages in his Monday's meeting face, A rushee is defined as "a male at- And on his /mei, the burden uf However, no charges were pre- tending SJSU who is not an initiated sented Monday See FRATERNITIES. had, page the world The poem was a scoop for the Examiner, and it brought national at- tention to the newspaper. Markham A.S. distributes funds became a symbol of the reform gov- ernment of the 1920s. After he became successful, he to club requesting aid moved from the Bay Area to the East By David Barry which is due this May Coast and wrote another popular Daily staff writer The pre -Dental Association vs ill poem called "Lincoln, Man of the Associated Students Special Allo- use its mime) to fund a pair of guest People cations Committee gave money to one speakers. said Ten Cooper, A.S. di- This commemorated the first club while asking another to return to rector 01 sponsored programs. Lincoln birthday of the 20th Cen- the committee at a later date. tury. One speaker will he Irom the Uni- At Monday's meeting, the com- versity of CaldOrnia at Los Angeles; Hundreds and thousands iii Brad Manair Daily staff photographer mittee voted to give the SJSU pre- the other from The California Dental people heard the poem, as it was one 1 In hi lllll of poet t thi inlark ham sits in parking landmark is scheduled to he moved to the San Jose Dental Association $110 for this se- Association. Cooper said. of the first poems to he read for such tot lnfiimmuf 5.151 f tilts Building. The historical Historical Museum in Kelley Park. mester. The pre -Dental Association's re- an occasion. The Turkish Folklore and Tou- quest was approved Monday because it rism Club was asked to come hack on was for under $2181 Feb. 23 with more complete informa- tion for their request. The club re- Groups wishing more than $200 Historical landmark to leave SJSU quested $1.890 from the A.S. commit- must he approved by the allocation tee. committee and then voted on by the By Deborah J. Kaplan tion for his poem A Man With a plan. We arranged a deal with The club had planned to use the A.S. Board of Directors. Miramontes Daily staff writer Hoe." SJSU to acquire the house and 'Our plan is to money for sets and costumes for their said. bring it to the museum. Muller The poem that put Edwin The two-story structure is lo- shows. Not every group is eligible to re- said. reconstruct what San ceive money. Cooper said Markham's career on the move was cated on two-thirds of an acre of Last year, the club received a written in a house on Eighth land just behind the SJSU Dining 'We wanted the house hea- S900 loan from the AS.. all of which "In order to receive money, they Jose might have regular Street which is also on the Commons. It will be moved to the cuse our plan is to reconstruct what was paid hack. Then, in the spring, the can't already he in the bud- move. site of the San Jose Historical Mu- San Jose might have looked like at looked like at the turn club requested $2500 to attend and get." she said seum at Kelley Park as soon as the turn of the century.** she said. perform at the World's Fair in Van- Eighty percent of the group also weather permits. said Kathy Muller of the century.' couver. British Columbia, Canada. must he SJSU students The house was designated an Markham. a San Jose Normal of the San Jose Historical Museum. KathyMuller, said Gabriel Miramontes, A.S. con- Groups requests funding have to School alumnus, was a struggling historical landmark in the 1930s in troller. he approved by a majority vote of both official who national atten- museum on a $1.- poet finally got "This has been a longstanding SO' MARKILAA1. buul, MI 0. The club finally settled the allocation committee and the A S. 500 allocation and a MO loan which hoard. , Forum Wednesday. February II, 1987/Spartan Daily
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Editorial Dry rush more trouble than it's worth
Interfraternity Council obviously cannot the fraternities at SJSU, their national chapters and The enforce dry rush and should abandon the rule. the members of IFC who are required to investigate Spring '87 dry rush began on Jan. 26 and any violation of IFC rules. ended Feb. 4, but WC Vice President Pete Crosier witnessed a violation of the rule on Jan 29. He also Instead of improving the image of the fraterni- said he had been notified of at least one other viola- ties On campus, the rule is adding pressure to each tion and that the fraternities needed to learn they fraternity and to the IFC to maintain proper discipli- would not get away with these violations. nary actions.
Supposedly, dry rush was initiated to enlist No rule is effective if it creates more problems new fraternity members without the use of alcohol than existed without it. Now fraternity members and the problems it brings. must watch for violations so they can report within Last semester Alpha Tau Omega was fined a specified time to the IFC. No longer fraternity $150 and placed on probation for violating dry brothers, members are expected to turn each other rush. Sigma Chi charged that ATO had supplied in if the rule is broken. pledges with alcohol during rush. Instead of creating animosity between fraterni- inci- melop4 Publicity generated from both of these ties who are required to turn each other in, individ- ca.A.f.fehii:V.A70717 dents suggests that the rule is merely a public rela- ual fraternities need to sponsor their own dry E COMMITTEE tions tool to improve the rowdy images of the fra- rushes. In this way, NO SM01,