A.S. Seeks Opinion on Campus Smoking Policy
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Aug ROCKING THE GAMES SPARTAN BASEBALL NOTEBOOK Cynically Optimistic Punk and alternative bands ON Surviving the ups and downs played to small crowd after mg( of life with the help shot put event of strong friendships A&E 4 SPORTS 5 idA OPINION 2 VOLUME 120, NUMBER 18 SERVING SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1934 SPARTAN DAILY WWW.THESPARTANDAILY.COM TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18,2003 A.S. seeks opinion on campus smoking policy Measure W could be on March election ballot By Wendy Lopez 90 percent of San Diego State University students showed there Daily staff Writer was a need for stronger smoking The Associated Students Board of policies, Tsai said. Directors debated Wednesday Similar to SDSU, SJSU should be whether Measure W, a policy regu- given a chance to voice their opin- lating campus smoking, should be on ion, she said. the 2-003-2004 election ballot. Allowing students to vote on the Ballot results will verify a student smoking policy is an option for stu- need for an enforced campus smok- dents, Lee said. They should not ing policy, said Alice Tsai, A.S. have their options taken away. director of student rights and Students not participating in the responsibilities. ballot process cannot complain about "The reason why I want to put it on the outcome of Measure W, De Alba the ballot is so students can have an said. input," Tsai said. Out of approximately 30,000 stu- The current policy prohibits smok- dents enrolled this semester, 3,000 ing within 15 feet from campus will vote, Lee said. buildings, said Alfonso De Alba, "On average, 10 percent of the stu- A.S. executive director. A policy not dent population votes during elec- enforced by the school, he said. tions, Lee said. Measure W, if passed, would revise Tsai said there is a need for smok- San Jose State University's current ing_policy enforcement. policy, according to the A.S. election "Cost is not something to worry ballot. about, " Tsai said, "Education and if the measure does not get on the government codes will cover costs." bsaalidlo. t, students do not get their California State University repre- input with Academic Senate," Tsai sentatives have told CSU presidents that, factually, smoking is harmful Currently, the Academic Senate and smoking problems at all cam- does not have enough student opin- puses need to be fixed, Tsai said. ion, a reason why the smoking policy Former A.S. Vice President Akbar is an advisory vote, Tsai said. Shetty, a transfer student studying The purpose of an advisory vote is marketing and economics, said SJSU to collect a student's point of view, officials Should not tell people they she said. cannot smoke. Once votes are tallied, the senate On the A.S. ballot, Measure W considers student voice in policy offers smoking bans 5, 15 and 25 feet decision-making, Tsai said. A signa- away from campus buildings. One ture from SJSU President Robert option completely bans smoking on Caret determines the final resolu- campus. tion. Students wanting to participate in "We will never statistically know if the election need a student identifi- we never throw it out there," A.S. cation card with a current transit Controller Alice Lee said. sticker, De Alba said. Students should be given the Measure W will appear on the opportunity to show that there is a March election ballot. Elections typ- Vicki Thompson Daily Staff need, Tsai said. ically take place one week prior to Nick Rotsko, a philosophy major, enjoyed his cigarette Monday afternoon outside of the San Jose State University Faculty Offices building. In a similar movement. more than spring break, according to A.S. Proposed Measure X would provide students with social time By Veronica Mendoza said Alfonso De Alba, the Asso.iated The purpose 111 the measure is to 1 he idea began as a suggestion campus like, but that it was denied for very complex, and it would be diffi- Students executive director. provide an hour in the middle of the from the Campus Climate Advisory several reasons. cult to re-arrange the classes to imple- Daily Staff Writer Measure X, also recognized as day, between noon and 1 p.m., in Committee. The committee is a The main reason it was denied was ment the university hour. "University Hour," will appear in the which no classes would take place, group that comes up with ideas to because of budget problems, Brent Deveza said the measure was almost This spring, San Jose State Spring 2003 ballot as an advisory Deveza said. improve campus life at SJSU, Deveza said. thrown out all together, but said he University students will be given the vote. Deveza, who proposed the measure, said. He also said that the university hour decided to propose the idea to the opportunity to vote on a measure that An advisory vote means that stu- said the time would be used for After the suggestion was made, it would take place at a popular time for A.S. to appear in the general election could change the campus from a com- dents can decide whether they want organizations to schedule meetings, was taken to the SJSU Senate students to schedule their classes. in March. muter school. to pass the measure but the ultimate for events to take place on campus Executive Committee, which is part "Those are prime time hours for "I saw the potential for the idea and If passed, the measure would pro- decision to implement the idea would and for students to have an hour to of the SJSU Academic Senate. classes," Brent said. "The budgetary I don't see why we don't have it on our vide an hour in which no classes have to come from the SJSU presi- interact with one another. James Brent, chair of the Academic implications would be quite large." campus," Des-era said. would take place, and students could dent and provost, said A.S. Alice- "It would allow for creating a better Senate, said the committee agreed Brent said another problem with the participate in events and activities, President, Lorenzo Deveza. campus atmosphere," Deveza said. that it was a good idea to improve idea is that the schedule of classes is See HOUR, page 6 P. .. BLACK HISTORY MONTH UPD, SJPD continue Field Vision investigation of brawl Portrayal of By Tony Burchyns nection with the fight So far Tran has evaded % it % blacks in music Daily Stier Writer "We'll pick him up," Dixon said. Neatly four weeks after two rival San Jose Ci \ 11 'SI I) \MIII I -I State University fraternities met at Flickinger to be discussed Park for a midnight brawl that left one SJSU For now, SJSU students involved in the student dead and othersinjured, campus offi- deadly rumble may still come to class, even cials have not yet initiated judicial proceedings By Wendy Lopez though SJSU President Robert Caret has cut Writer in the matter. all university ties to their organizations, said Daily Staff First, San Jose police must be allowed to Angela Harper, Greek Life coordinator. Americans in complete their investigation, said St. Saffold, "The students are still part of the campus Idealized representations of African associate vice president for campus life. the media will be addressed in "Images of African community, unless they have chosen to volun- Issues in Sexual Health" Wednesday "Upon the conclusion of that investigation, tarily not be," Harrier said. Americans and the San Jose Police Department will commu- in the Student Union. With a fellow student dead, a murder inves- This is a hot topic students will be interested in, nicate its results to the University Police tigation hanging over their heads and probable Department, which then will communicate said Megan Anderson, administrative support coor- criminal and civil court proceedings in their dinator for the Mosaic Cross Cultural Center. them to our judicial affairs office," Saffold futures, those who convoyed to -Flickinger JaShong King / Daily Staff said. "That springs us into action, if you will." Music videos will be played on a muted television Park last month may be too stressed to attend Cristobal Salazar, serving as goalie, leaped to catch a speeding ball as he comments, In the meantime, a university police detec- classes now, Harper said. screen. Lyrics may be played to support tive functions as a liaison with the city's homi- and his friends played soccer Monday afternoon on Tower Lawn. said Jen Styles, nutritionist for the Student Health Lowe. "There is some obvious concern for how Center. cide unit, said UPD Capt. Bruce they are dealing with something as difficult as "We hope to get names from San Jose police Featured panelists will cover how music videos this," Harper said. community with in two to three weeks," Lowe said. Some of the fraternity portray the African American Dixon said releasing names brothers have phoned regards to drugs, sex, alcohol, body image, race and SJPD Sgt. Steve and e-mailed the Mosaic Cross Cultural fall." said. prematurely would jeopardize criminal justice 'If I don't social class. Center for advice and comfort, said The unprecedented magnitude of this school "One of the assumptions may be, Guest speakers include Ruth Wilson from the proceedings. Coordinator Hyon Chu Yi. this semester then judicial affairs case to the district attorney's tragedy and the uncertainty of the SJPD's take classes African American studies department, Marlene "We'll give our "We know that they're afraid and that they investigation -- means the university may not can't do anything to me,' which is not true," Yi office, and they will tell us what names we can Coach from the College of Social Work and Ramon feel isolated in part because a lot of them know how and what to communicate to the said.