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SPARTAN DAILY It Friday, April 3, 1992 Vol 9h, No. 50 Published for San Jose State University since 1934 A.S. ELECTION RESULTS WERE NOT Senate support heavy for 40% AVAILABLE BEFORE Becky Morgan, R-Menlo Park and Gary Han, D-Santa Bar- Sean Garrett. public affairs assistant for Gov. Wilson. a WENT TO bara, in favor of the 40 percent increase, the Senate's version What was needed to pass the Assembly's version was THE DAILY 10% package voted of the state budget is expected to carry the recommendation two-thirds vote. Gar- PRESS. RESULTS for the increase in student fees. "We knew the Republicans wouldn't pass it," said The dissenting vote in the Senate's subcommittee is rett. of the proposed $61 billion budget, a WILL BE POSTED IN down in Assembly Nicholas Petris, D-Oakland. With the demise The next step in the process is for both the Senate and trailer bill proposed by Assemblyman Thomas Hannigan, D- Assembly to come together in a conference committee and Fairfield, also died. THE WINDOWS OF By Les Mahler a come up with some form of compromise. Hannigan's bill, AB 2275. would have made permanent Daily staff writes THE STUDENT SER- Last Monday, the Assembly's Ways and Means Commit- 10 percent surcharge, as well as add an ackiitional 10 percent When the state Senate subcommittee on Budget and Fis- tee approved a budget package that included only a 10 per- fee increase. the governor, getting a vote in favor of the 40 percent VICES OFFICE AND cal Review meets Tuesday morning in Sacramento, it's cent fee hike. For will be easier in the senate. expected to have enough votes to recommend a 40 percent But by Thursday, on a 44-30 vote, the Assembly voted increase THE A.S. OFFICE. student fees to the joint conference committee. down that package. hike in CSU See BUDGET, Page 3 With two out of three committee members, Senators "The Republicans had enough votes to block it," said Students, activists strike out against homelessness It) Adele (allucci I )ally staff wniet The Rev. Frank Selkirk is distressed by what he calls a "bully" who picks on the wealc, helpless and hopeless. Selkirk of the New Jerusalem Baptist Church was referring to Gov. Pete Wilson during his keynote address at a town hall meeting Wednesday evening. He and dozens of others assembled at the First Unitarian Church in San Jose to voice concerns over the governor's budget proposals. The event was sponsored by the Campaign for a Fair Share of Santa Clara County. "April fool, Pew Wilson, April fool," Selkirk said. "Pete Wilson you need to get on the ball." Panel discussions on Wilson's proposed welfare cuts and CSU fee increases were held throughout the course of the evening. SJSU's Student Homeless Alliance was scheduled to lead one of the discussions, hut was not able to send a representative. It could not participate due to a day-long protest at San Jose City Hall over the City Council's failure to find alternative, viable See HOMELESS, Page 3 Photos by Scott Sady Daffy staff photographer LEFT: Student Homeless Alliance President Scott Wagers is ABOVE: When told that he would be arrested if he refused led away from City Hall after pitching a tent city on the to leave Wednesday night, a homeless man known only as lawn and refusing to vacate Wednesday night. Wagers, an Darrell, just shrugs. Members of SHA choose to go to jail to SJSU student, and about a dozen other students and protest San Jose's treatment of the homeless after the City homeless people were arrested shortly before 9 p.m. Council turned down a shelter proposal lbesday. Department of Justice warns students: Gays, lesbians, bisexuals want to reach out to campus community drug convictions can mean loss of loans By Mike O'Reilly comfortable with gays and lesbians. In his opinion, fines Darly staff writer "Everyone still has fears, but it is the By Stacey Goggin and jail terms are enough fear of the unknown," Reynolds said. Daily staff writer for drug convictions and 'If it's a law, it's okay with me. It's a The Gay Lesbian and Bisexual "The more you are exposed to some- it is not appropriate to Alliance of SJSU invites the campus to thing the less peculiar it becomes." If students are convicted of drug violations, deprive people of an edu- pretty good penalty for doing come out and meet gay and lesbian stu- GALA staff adviser Kevin Johnson the U.S. Department of Justice wants to remind cation. something dents during Gay Pride Week which said the purpose of Gay Pride Week '92 them that they stand to lose all federal student stupid.' begins Monday. is to present serious information, have loans. The Department of The group's "pride booth," which fun and to give gay, lesbian and bisexual The department is embarking on a nationwide Justice feels differently. John Bradbury will be by the Student Union Monday. students the opportunity to be who they campaign to heighten college students' aware- Jimmy Gurule, assis- Asociate director, financial aid office does just what the name implies accord- are out in the open. "Through this week ness of this little-known law, which was made tant attorney general in ing to the event organizer, Scott the students will try and show that being possible through the Anti -Drug Abuse Act of Reynolds. gay, lesbian or bisexual is not only not a the Office of Justice Pro- Ted Savas, legal counsel for students through the 1988. grams said in a press release, "Most drug offend- "The pride booth is set up so that stu- handicap," Johnson said, "but something Associated Students. dents can come over and just meet a gay to be proud of." Technically, anyone convicted of carrying a ers never serve prison terms and simple proba- tion or fines are often not sufficient as punish- But he feels it could be harsh, depending on or lesbian student," said Reynolds. "It is SJSU Professor Wiggsy Sivertsen marijuana joint could lose any of 450 federal there so that we can say, 'We are here!" said the awareness week offers gay and benefits, including contracts and pilots' and ment." how it is implemented, referring to minor misde- meanor charges. The importance of events like the lesbian students the chance to develop a physicians' licenses. So, since Sept. 1, 1989, courts can decide Gay Pride Week is to educate both gay sense of community among themselves. But a "minor misdemeanor", such as posses- which benefits to revoke on a drug conviction. State laws do differ, so Burrows said it and straight communities on campus, "It also allows the remainder of the cam- depends on the nature of the crime and the dis- Reynolds said. pus to learn what the gay community is sion of less than an ounce of marijuana, is For students, that could mean losing much- "unlikely" to end in lost federal benefits, accord- cretion of the court. Reynolds said a vast majority of the about," Sivertsen said. "A lot of the cam- needed federal financial aid. straight community at SJSU is still not pus does not know who we are." ing to Brenda Burrows of the Sachi & Sachi In California, possession of less than an public relations firm which is working for the With drug possession, a person is ineligible ounce of marijuana is a misdemeanor and carries government. for benefits for one year for the first offense, and fines up to $1,000 and up to 10 days in county for five years for subsequent offenses. And so far, no SJSU student has lost federal jail. Gay Pride Week Calendar of Events: benefits because of a drug conviction, according With drug trafficking, the ineligibility lasts for Possession of more marijuana or other drugs to John Bradbury, associate director of the finan- five years on the first offense. 10 years for the like cocaine, heroin, PCP or LSD are all felonies April 6-10: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Pride Booth: Meet with gay and cial aid office. second offense and permanently on the third and carry fines over $1,000 and over one year in lesbian students, Student Union Art Quad offense. state prison. Tuesday April 7: Sexual Awareness Day: A pilot test program in Rhode Island last year 10 a.m. Safer-Sex film and discussion, S.U. Costanoan Room in 97 percent of 229 defendants resulted being Once ineligible, names go on a debarment In addition, the transportation, importation or Noon Gay folk music concert, S.U. Amphitheatre denied all federal benefits. list, which is a published document. distribution of drugs such as marijuana, cocaine. 4:30 p.m Leather and Alternatives Today, Costanoan Room Fifty-three percent of these convictions were All federal agencies consult this list before heroin, PCP or LSD are all felonies and carry 6 p.m. Spring Fling Talent Show, The Roost for drug possession, as opposed to dreg traffick- granting loans or licenses, according to Burrows. state prison terms of two, three or four years, Wednesday April 8: ing. according to Officer Todd Cleaver from the All Day Condom Coop, Student Union Social Security is one federal benefit which is Santa Cruz Police Department. Noon Spencer Nutting, Former Boy Scouts of America, The federal government is trying to send col- excluded from this program. S.U. Guadalupe Room lege student a strong message: use drugs and So, the power to deny federal benefits is Thursday April 9: The actual wording of this law states that any another tool the courts have to punish drug you'll lose federal financing.

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