VOLUME 1011, NO. 43 THURSDAY tottp://www.sjam. duidally APRIL 3, 1997 ENTERTAINMENT ENTERTAINMENT Artist's persona comes Pr4,1 SJSU student goes through in exhibit 0.441 star-gazing at Oscars 4140 ;.4, Page 6 Page 7
Serving S se State University Since 1934 SPARTANjo DAILY Library Springing into action concerns discussed Committee unhappy with new library site options By Dennis Knight The site for the library has been Spartan Daily Staff Writer narrowed down to one of three spots on campus, according to Don An advisory committee made tip Kassing, SJSU's vice president for of administrators, librarians and administration. SJSU alumni held its first meeting The least favorite of the three sites Wednesday to discuss the proposed is the administration building. The university/city library venture. city favors a South Fourth Street site The committee was formed to where the Wahlquist Library North ensure that the university's concerns and Wahlquist Library Central are about the project Are heard by the located. city. Another committee recently The third site under consideration formed by San Jose Mayor Susan is Hugh Gillis Hall and Dudley Hammer will decide the details and Moorhead Hall, located just east of logistics of the project. San Jose City the Wahlquist buildings, along San Council Member Charlotte Powers Fernando Street. will chair I lammer's group. Alan Freeman, director of space A statewide educational bond management and facilities planning issue for the California State for SJSU, said preliminary estimates University system needs to be for the size of the library are as high as approved by voters before ground can 450,000 square feet. Freeman said be broken for the proposed library. these are "very preliminary" esti- Hammer said she plans to have the mates. In comparison, Clark library ....icstie on the November 1998 ballot. is about 220,00(1 square feet, Linda Bain, SJSU provost :and aca- Freeman said. demic vice president, led the meeting, Freeman said that tip to 100,000 which focused on the preliminary square feet of the 450,000 Square- plans for the library and the hopes foot "model" could be used for non and fears of committee members library functions, such as administra- about the project. See Library, page 10 Act calls for compliance S. Crime stats to be more accessible PHOTO BY DAVE LUCHANSKY Spartan Daily The football team embarked upon its first spring practice session Wednesday at the practice field at Simpkins Center Head reach Dave Baldwin will By Aaron Williams of 1990)," said Mark (ioodman, guide the team into the 1997 season. See story inside on page 8. Spartan Daily Staff Writer from the Student Press 1.:1W Center in Washington, D.C. "A lot of (univer Crime is a fact of life in America, sines) provide inaccurate stats or but the truth of how widespread it is none at all. This would force more on university campuses could soon compliance." come to light. The provisions of the bill are the Neighbors face slippery slope 'Hie "Accuracy in Campus Crime following: Reporting Act of 1997," which Was Andiew Adelman, chief building It would require all schools The city to find out why homes are slipping into creek official for the city of San lose said introduced to the }louse of receiving federal funds to maintain Representatives in February, will seek that's too all I lir outside part since the houses were built on private and provide public illteSS 10 a crime By Puna Nair to make colleges and it that Spartan Daily Staff Writer of his house, patios, found.' property there WAS nothing the city of log detailing the "nature, time, date "The city cannot use San Jose could do. receive federal hinds report more and general location" l each inc ident mins and part of the street start- AIX What do you do when the house "Abe landslide happened on pri- 'irately and honestly about the reported to the school's se( linty ed to slip toward the creek 111.it public money to repair types and numbers of (rinses that you nisi bought is falling apart and runs below ( ill/t11.111'S house. Vale grounds and is the owner's prob- department. It would als(i require sinking into the nearby reek? Move lem," Adelman said. lite city cannot OCCUr. that names and addresses of those Cowman. who bought th, private property." Introduced by Congressman John out and stay out. 1101Ise lull November, was told use pull It money to repair private charged with a Crime he nu luded, Duncan (11 -Tenn.) and Charles That's what the ( 'iv .1 San lose th, to lute a geologist 1,, property. except when laws ext hide them or has ordered (ails ( Ina to , lo. In die meantime, some of the Schumer (D-N.Y.), the act would when naming them would jeopardize my, ii the damages arid pay for Andrew Adelman, San Jose (;i1/111.01.% 111,111, II liii 111 two neighbors ate .ingry about Guzman's close the loopholes and prevent an ongoing investigation. rtvalr Work 1111111 his OWIl licat k cheif budding official schools from hiding campus crime 114,111C, Ill the Naglee neighliothood of cr. and Jalle's situation. It would require that uniform San lose that has %tatted to slip into One neighbor, who would only information in police logs that are standards he set up using the guide Kit kird Jalle's home Was the nearby :Or/IC ( :reek. give his first rianie, "Phil," said he ohen inaccessible to the general pith- lines used in slate, local and federal .1110 Ali:lied but did not have us much been ordered to move. lit About two weeks ago, the walls on damage as (. ltizman's. falle's rear Lun- lioth (4E/man and Jaffe t mild not lived in Oakland heftily moving to law enforcement to report crimes on Gunnan's house started to split and San Jose 30 years ago. lie explained think this legislation is needed cam pus. dy room sunk six inches, taking a wall be reached. Ac, onling 1t sondra to fill in the loopholes of the 1990 his toilet krked itself a hill two inch- with it. Talk has lived next to Corday the fall( 's neighbor, the that Oakland WAS more concerned It would reqUire that campus legislation ( :11111111% Security Act es up from the no lilt floor. And ( lot 20 years and has 11,11 lallc's %vete mit 41t 11S Ii See Crime, page 10 See Homes, page 10