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%odium- 105. Number 31 PARTAN Published for San .lisse State I niyersity since 1931 DAILYWednesday.I kiiiber S. 1991 I A.S. proposes additional fees Initiative to fund campus recreation By Charlene Cook Spartan Daily Staff Writer if A special election is being held There is no way today and Thursday at SJSU on a recreation fee initiative. Currently, campus rec could function campus recreation is funded by Associated Students. If this initia- in its current form. the passes, the fee will hind cam- pus recreation independently or Jodi Halbert with minimal aid from A.S. Interim campus recreation "There is no way campus rec manager could function in its current form." said interim campus recre- PP ation manager, Jodi Halbert. The budget for campus recreation has turning in for 1996-'97 is expected been cut from $112,000 in 1994- to be more than $120.000. Halbert '95 to $109,000 in 19,35-'96. The said the special election is being budget the program intends on See Elections, page 5 Youths arrested for bike theft By Ken McNeill ol the suspects on the lawn by the PHOTO BY Micisik DAA SPEC AL 1, / THE DAILY Spartan Daily Mall' Writer Seventh Street garage, one witness Partiripnnts r1c, cs k" cc concerning garment factories in a workshop held in the Women's Conference in Beijing China. University Police utticers took reported. six juveniles into custody Tuesday Police recovered tint e bicycles, on suspicion of hike theft after a valued at $1,000, and stopped one theft it, progrc.s 4 Ink,: Win% brief foot pins. 111.11 Clidtd h, Lig to p.o Anderstin a riminal jus- the hot dog si.,..ils I, lc SJSU women journey to China dce ni1or atm rere.,ily mined to San Carlos and Santis( Iteach The youths ied of from Lagnm "I'm glad ((Ptil w.is Mere." using bolt la( WI II. h: les around Bruce Anderson said. "I always see them Lowe of the Uniyetsity wound." Women's conterence Workers at the jazzland Cafe on Anderson saw the incident as a Paseo de San Carlos called 911 lucky break. in Laguna Beach you participants speak out after seeing the group approach a can just throw your bike down and go to class.... They're lucky I did- bike rack with a pair of bolt cut- By Barnhart!) fluynh ters. OHO ers, who we already in n't come out first," he said. su mid not release ans Spartan Daily Staff Writer A picture the area for a disturbance at the UPI) un suspects: how- postcard rep- Event Center, responded to the infOrmattuu the Lowe said he beh, \ resenting, call. ever. -friendship," The juveniles, ranging from 15 are eithei students trom I q uality, development, peace and (ase ii I to 17 years old, took off running in high school or runaways. 'Hie one of the four investigation. different directions, Lowe said. is still under friendship woe the themes at this themes at the Officers tackled and arrested one Women's year's Fourth United Nations Conference in Bejing, China Conference of Women held in Beijing, Among the throngs of people who She said she attended a talk ROTC to end in 1996 China, from Aug. 26 to Sept. 14. attended the 1995 Women 's given by U.S. Secretary ot Conference, were three SJSI' women. Education Maureen DiMarco. Air Force program fails due to enrollment For two weeks, China was home to In the following text (hes share their who spoke of giving women, girls experiences and thoughts during their and minorities access and equality By Danthanh Huynh gram was the fall 199.", semester. about 46,000 women from all parts of slay in Henrik China. in education. Gomei said Spartan Daily Staff Writer The Air Force ROTC will be leav- confri m it'd Di Marco about ing SJSU no later than May 1999, SjSU's Air Force ROTC faces the world to share their life experiences, crepannes" in her statements. when the '95 class is expected to Cheri Gomez the same fate as the Army ROTC, Coordinator Women 't Resource Center Gomez felt the Americans who which was deactivated on this cam- graduate. Winston said the university is concerns and knowledge. were at the conference wanted to pus because of low enrollment. Gomez said she attended the give the impression the 'United "We've (Air Force ROTC, currently working on accomoda- tions for Air Force ROTC students Women's world conferences similar to conference to find ways to States had no problems." Detachment 45) been asked to improve women's lives. "The people in power wanted leave in May of 1999 by San lose after May, 1999. In the past, Army the one held in Beijing have been held "I hoped to learn lessons, to make it seem the U.S. had no State University," said ROTC Rom students from SJSU were transferred to Santa Clara strategies, to make the world a problems. No violence, no victim- instructor, Capt. Cathy Gorton. since 1975 and have provided a place Lathe Winston, SJSU public University (SCU). Winston said better place for women," she said. ization. ... They wanted to make affairs spokeswoman, said the she is confident the Air Force The most memorable part of it seem that the U.S. has good agreement to eliminate the Air ROTC students will go to SCU for people to discuss issues of interests, to the trip, according to Gomez, was women, fair climate a place Force ROTC is official. The last also, but details of the ti ansfers are the opening ceremony where where women had no problems." time students could enter the pro- See RCM, page 3 share experiences and ideas, and to net- about 6,000 children danced as Onnez said. women sang: "We will move for- "I asked her about funding for work and organize new groups. ward ... We'll raise our voices the StatiOrd Loans, cuts in welfare boldly for women's freedom ... ." programs. the very things minori- The goal of the conferences has been to Gomez said 10,000 balloons and ty women need." Gnaw/ said. 20,000 white doves were released "How equal can women he when Third party candidate visits advance womens' place and participa- as women embraced one another these programs are being cut?" Signatures collected for presidential campaign and cried. One of the differences Gume7 tion in the world-at-large. The conference gave Gomez an recognieed was the attitude of By Sarah Harvey-Li/tribal-do things %sink. opportunity to discuss an issue American women. Spartan Daily Staff Writer Hagelin said, one of the most Some of the issues for the 1995 confer- close to her heart: women in "There were sotne snobbish werty. American women. They were Natural Law Party 1991i presi- exciting things about the Natural ence included poverty among women, complaining dential candidate John Hagehn vis- Law Party is how ptipular the party "I have always lived in poverty. 1 about the bathroom has become in such a relatively want pet pie to know that poor the rain, stuff that you had no ited San _lose State University ()ppm nitle. , health Tuesday collecting signatures and short period of time. educational access Pet ple are not immoral or stupid. control over. They were whining. registrations for his campaign. "We already have about 110.00(1 Currently, right-wing GOP issues being spoiled little brats, and cat - The ballot drive began eight signatures," Hagelin said. "and by and services, violence against women, have a negative impact on ing more about shopping - months ago for the Natural Law next week we expect to have women. They have been attacking Gomez said. Party, a political party founded in 140,000. We only needed alunit and the girl-child. Medicare, education and welt are The conference featured mot e 90,000 to get on the ballot in April, 1992, which supports I)11- programs women need," she said. See Women, page 4 des that Hagelin said are more in harmony with the natural way See Hagoin, page 3
Law firm splits Ads target teens Bilingual education Three Strikes Law' The legal mamage between Of all the influences that can More students learning English The author of a voter-approved Jacoby and Meyers may be draw children into a lifelong as a second language are being Three Strikes And You're Out history now that Leonard Jacoby habit of smoking, cigarette transferred into mainstream pnson sentencing initiative said is suing Steven Meyers for at advertising is the most classes in Los Angeles Unified Tuesday he plans to target least $2 million persuasive, study says. School Distnct criminals who use guns Page 3 Page 4 Page 4 Page 4
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9 1% ethiestlay. october 18, 1995 OPINION San Jose State University SPARTAN DAILY Newsroom Voices Octobertest, one, two, three ... Stop. Be careful, I don't want the shock to be too great. Slowly lift your eyes to the top of this page. I went to the experts. Brown No. Slower. Not the cartoon. Skip that. It s not too funny anyway. I want you to read the date. Go on, and Bigelow manufacture take a look. What's it say? Exactly. That is what I'm talking about. What is all this bull about it being the 18th of October? The Daily has obviously made thousands of calendars every another mistake. It can't be October. And it really can't be only two what weeks from November. year. If anybody knew It wasn't that long ago that I was sharing an It's-It with my girlfriend and the monkeys in the Happy the date truly was, Hollow Zoo on a bright, sunny, Silicon Valley summer day. Now you expect me to accept Christmas decora- tions in Payless? it would be them. It could be some sort of conspiracy. Agent provoca- teurs might have convinced my editors that it is raccoons in festive autumnal garb doing the ancient indeed October 18, 1995. I haven't been tricked. I garbage dance spinning through her head. know it's September. If I couldn't find the original days, maybe I could I must do my civic duty. I want to save the world buy new ones. I called the places that have always satis- from this misinformation. I want to make a differ- fied me in the past. ence. So I did what every good reporter does who The clerk at the Fruitdale Avenue 7-11 was wants to save the planet. I picked up the telephone as unsure of the truth as I was. "I don't know either," and made a couple of calls. he admitted, sounding frightened with his newly My first contact was a happy chap named Rex who discovered doubt. I asked if he sold October days. works (or worked before this column) as an operator He wanted me to call the California headquarters. for local information. The conspiracy had apparently I did. spread. He insisted it was October, citing "the change As had been the case in my earlier contacts, in the weather" as proof. "It's cooler," Rex said. It the higher up the ladder of control I climbed, must be October." the more sure everyone was of the supposed truth. Cooler? Rex was obviously misled by the air This was a conspiracy from the top. 7-11's California conditioning set at full-blast in his office. I had to headquarters was no help at all. Just more lies. But I go deeper. did find out that a Slurpee has eight to ten calories I went to the experts. Brown and Bigelow per ounce, if the receptionist can be trusted. manufacture thousands of styles of calendars every I also tried a more local approach to satisfaction. I year. If anybody knew what the date truly was, it would called my favorite ice cream shop, Sweet Retreat on be them. I called their Minnesota office, hoping that Cahalan in south San Jose. They can always make me the conspiracy had not spread that far across the happy. Maybe they could replace my lost days. But continent. Their helpful receptionist Michelle even they were buying into this October cover-up, answered. spouting about their special pumpkin ice cream. "It's definitely October," she said, as if it was obvi- There was nobody left to call. ous. Michelle, too, tried the weather thing. "It's I have failed the planet. -The tyuth is ail! out going to snow tonight. It has to be October." She there, somewhere, but I can't reach it. We'll could sense my doubt. "Let me go check with just have to play along for now. the plant manager," she said, her own confi- "It's October," we'll say to each other, smil- dence surely waning. But when she returned to ing in conspiracy. You'll Wink. I'll wink. We'll phone, her faith had returned. know it's September. "Nope. He said it is definitely October, too. The rest of the world can stew in its Thank you for calling." own ignorance. My fears were confirmed. The whole world was buying into this scam. I was doomed. I was desperate. I had to have those days Justin Carder is a back. Spartan Daily Newsroom Voices I checked with the local dumps. Staff Writer Maybe somebody had accidentally thrown away the first two weeks. But Leah at Guadalupe Rubbish Disposal Wisdom wears many different faces hadn't seen them. In fact, she thought I returned to school a week after my it was October also. When brother had died, my eighth grade religious He was trying to tell me that, "It's actually starting to get pretty studies teacher dropped what the class had up here," she said, poetic visions of been discussing and began a lesson on a certain para- yes, bad things happened in ble in the bible. .11 was the story of a vineyard owner who, preparing The Spartan Daily is actively recruit- mit your cartoons at the Spartan Daily to go on a journey, divided his wealth among three life, but God must have thought ing San Jose State artists interested in office in Dwight Ben tel Hall, room 209. assistants. To one he gave one hundred gold coins, to drawing political cartoons. the other he gave three hundred gold coins, and to Attention, Submissions should include the artist's Political artists should have good the last he gave five hundred gold coins. The owner I could handle the pressure and name, address and phone number. drawing skills, keep up with current left it up to each worker what to do with the coins. The cartoons will be reviewed by Artists! events and have a strong position on The first worker invested his one hundred coins the enormous responsibility. Spartan Daily editors and artists will be and doubled his money. The second worker loaned issues. are out his three hundred coins, and made an extra two If you are interested in becoming a notified by phone if their cartoons hundred off the interest. The last worker, to whom I was asking Why me? Why my Spartan Daily political cartoonist, sub- to be published. the most money had been given, was fearful of losing the coins and angering his boss. So, he took the five family?' and Mr. Mathews was hundred coins and hid them until the owner came home. When the owner returned, he summoned his work- giving me the answer, Opinion ers. He was delighted at the success of the first worker, Spartan Daily and was impressed with the business savvy of the sec- ond worker. The third worker handed over his five subtly and quietly. page Editorial hundred coins and said, "Here is all your money. I Executive Editor Larry Lee protein count was low. Her doctor said there was a kept it safe for you." The owner flew into a rage said City Editor Roger Ramirez chance her baby could have Down Syndrome. policies "IA hy did you think I gave you the most money, and News Editor Jennifer Ferguson I had dinner with Candace and her husband the Fortes Otto Waldorf the most responsibility?" With that, he fired the third The Spartan Daily is com- F.dkor day after her amniocentesis, a test that can determine Sports Editor Dexter Manglicmot worker. mitted to sharing broad range with 99 percent accuracy whether her baby has Down Photo Editor Ken Statham Mr. Mathews spent a week on this parable. It was Syndrome. These were my closest and dearest friends, of opinions with the communi- Day Editors Tina Casalino, Ilene Meeks, because the worker hadn't done anything, hadn't and I had no idea what to say to them. What could I ty, and readers are encouraged Tim Schwalbach. used his talents and his wisdom to deal with the pres- say that could ease their worry, that could lessen their to express themselves on the Linda Taaffe, Blair Whitney sure the owner had put on him that the owner fired pain and fear? Though all of our conversations Opinion page with a Letter to Copy Editors Janet Blac.kbum, Lana Jang, the worker, Mr. Mathews said. I didn't realize it then, recently have revolved around the coming of "little Matt Tom, Kevin Valine but Mr. Mathews was teaching that parable for my the Editor or Campus Kyle," I changed the subject. Silently praying to God Columnists Chris MeCrellis-Mitchell, benefit that week. He was trying to tell me that, yes, Viewpoint. to give me a little bit of the "Mr. Mathews style," I Afshern (A.J.) Nomai, had things happened in life, but God must have A Letter to the Editor is a began discussing my old teacher and segued Jim Seimas thought I could handle the pressure and the enor- 200-word response to an issue into my favorite lesson of his, which just Chief Photographer Jeff Chin mous responsibility. I was asking, "Why me? Why my or point of view that has happened to be the parable of the vine- Etc. Co-editors Tina Casalino, Linda Taaffe family?" and Mr. Mathews was giving me the answer, Editor Christian Del Rosario yard owner and his three workers. appeared in the Spartan Daily. Etc. Picture subtly and quietly. Etc. Design Editor Sharon Miltis, Did Candace and her husband A Campus Viewpoint is a I have always been grateful to Mr. Mathews for Cartoonist Michael Rodriguez understand I v,te; trying to support them 300- to 500-word essay (two both his message and his style. Had he approached Reporter= Kristina Allen, Kamilah Boone, Justin Carder, Charlene without giving them the same speeches double spaced pages) on me alone and tried to tell me the message of the Cook, Danielle t:osta, I eslie Farmer, Julie Calvan. SilaNala Gtynn, Sarah they'd received countless times already? current campus, political or parable, I would have tuned him out. I was too proud Harvey-Lombardo, Sloan Hruby. Danthanh Huynh, Kei Koyania, I'll never know, but I tried to hand to to take advice and he knew it. But I was also too personal issues. Loretta McCarty, Ginger McDonald, Ken McNeill, Elaina Medina, them a little bit of the wisdom proud to let my brother's death interfere with Submissions become the Rowena Millado, Chris Morris, John Woo, Eddie Zacapa my grades. I was going to prove I was a survivoi given to me. I wish them the property of the Spartan Daily Photographers: Michael Andrews, Frank Cava, Jay Clendenin, Carlos best. by keeping my grades up, and Mr. Mathews and may be edited for clarity, Gonzalez, John Stubler Advisers: Mack Lundstrom, Jim McNay knew that also. So, he hid his advice inside an grammar, libel and length. Sarah Harvey-linnhardo is assignment. a Spartan Dai4 Submissions must contain the Advertising That parable was tucked away in memory author's name, address, phone Stall. {Niger Advertising Director Kazuhiro Aoki until a scared and tearful friend asked, 'Why number, signature and major. me?" the other day. Candace and her hus- Art Director Tiffanie Moyano Submissions must be typed Retail Manager Jeni Angileri band were ecstatic when they found out she or submitted on a 3.5" disk was pregnant. It would be their first child. National Manager Kenton Morimoto using Microsoft Word on the Etc. Manager Mark Fazzio \,e ck t cher k-up showed Candace 's Macintosh. Always provide a Marketing Manager Jennifer Nelson printout of the piece. Co-op Manager Erika Patton Submissions may be put in Downtown Manager Robert Shields Letters Downtown Account Executives Sonja Combs, Karl Leong the Letters to the Editor box at mind is 'Why did we have this spe- election within 15 days. Does that Retail Account Executives June Espinoza, Brian Lou, the Spartan Daily office in Student elections cial election?" mean it is possible to have an elec- Edward Wilson Elections can cost anywhere tion every 15 days? Yes! Do you Dwight Bente! Hall room 209, Etc. Account Executives Tim Granshaw, Nelson Lopez, deserve student from $4000 to $10,000. There are think there may be a better way to sent by fax to (408) 9243237 or Anton Rotshtein two parts to this cost: the operating operate? mailed to the Spartan Daily Art Adam Barker, Kathleen Cruz, support cost of an election and revenue According to the SNAPS Forum Editor, School of Dave Larson Advier Jack Quinton sharing. Revenue shi g permits (Student Needs Assessment Are you paying attention? I am Journalism and Mass Graphics Specialists Jim Butler, Dave organization Priority Survey), Karigaca purposely writing you this letter to a recognized club or 66% of you do Communications, San Jose each voter dur- not know what let you know we, the students, are to receive $1 from Associated Students State University, One News Room (408) 924-3280 $2 from is. That having an election. I do not know ing Special Elections and probably means at least Washington Square, San Jose, Fax 924-3282 voter during the regular 66% of you won't vote. More than the results. You either voted to each CA, 95192-0149. Advertising 924-3270 Spring Election who selects them. often, student elections draw no raise our fees by $6 or not. It is not are written by, and Classified 924-3277 cost is paid by you from more than 10% voter turnout, but Editorials the issue on the ballot that con- This fee, and accord- the results effect the entire student are the consensus of the cerns me as much as the fact that your A. S. activity Spartan Daily, (USPS # 509-480), is published every school day for (full Bylaws, we are population. Spartan Daily editors, not the you probably let just a few of us ing to our A. S. academic yr.) $25 (ea. sem.) $15. Off-campus price per copy, 15 cents, have an election if we Can you really afford to allow staff. make your decision. mandated to by San Jose State University, One Washington Square, San Jose, CA, Published opinions do not When you head to the cashier to re else valid student signatures your politicians to go "political 95192-0149. Mail subscriptions accepted on a remainder of semester sport fishing" while you get basis. Second-class postage paid at San me, CA. POSTMASTER: Send pay your school costs and you start from 25% of the last General necessarily reflect the views of 11 address changes to Spartan Daily, San we State University, One to complain maybe their question Election voter total. hooked once again? the Spartan Daily, the School of 9514 just had was Washington Square, San Jose, CA 2-0149. should be: "Did you vote?" The This election we Journalism and Mass Marilyn Chard] other big concern that comes to called by less than 500 students. Communications or SJSU. We are also mandated to have an A. S. President