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Budget crisis stories below SJSU 10, Louisville 10 Features Maintenance faces $21 million repair Two blocked field Chinese take-out for students backlog with shoestring funds. The owners of Peanut's restaurant on San Staff positions are open but money goals halt Spartans in Fernando Street open a Chinese take-out that's is needed to fill them. the final seconds just right for students time schedules and Budget cuts eliminate 140 classes. Page 6 A united SJSU team hung tough pocketbooks against favored Louisville Student or soldier? Spartan defense keys win 'After Dark, My Sweet' Fans return for home opener Professors say a draft is unlikely, but many The movie, based on the novel The Killer Inside See stories, Page 4 students would go if called. Page 9 Me," may be one of the year's best Page 6
Weather: Published for the University and Sunny with some afternoon University Community by the clouds. Highs to the mid-80s to department of Journalism and Mass lows in the mid-50s Communication since 1934. SPARTAN DAILY National Weather Service VOLUME 95, NUMBER 4 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5. 1990 Nursing shortage nets SJSU $270,000 By Susanna Cesar The 'reagle Foundation. a "We're thrilled to have the A nursing shortage has emerged that require more nurses and experienced LVNs. that may not Dalt), staff writer private foundation established in opportunity to expand." Saylor in the last decade for many home-care nursing is becoming a have the time to complete the fall A $270.(XX) grant was awarded 1944. traditionally funds higher said. reasons, according to Sharon popular option for patients. Hogan course due to family and work to SJSU's nursing department this education. It awarded the grant to The new curriculum will offer Hogan. advanced placement added. obligations. according to Hogan. fall in an attempt to help mend a SJSU because the department an accelerated alternative to coordinator for the department of The new program will accept In addition, the students will nation-wide nursing shortage. already had an unusual retention obtaining a bachelor of science nursing. up to eight LVNs per semester for receive a 55(10 scholarship to help SJSU was one of six schools to program that employs personnel degree in nursing. which Women are entering other the next three years. ease financial burdens. receive a three-year grant that will for counselling and tutoring of traditionally takes four years. professions and technology has A close tracking of students, LVNs already have about one finance an innovative program that students. said Coleen Saylor. Instead, the grant -funded created a greater demand for learning modules and tests that and one-half years of training will train licensed vocational associate dean of the school of program will enable LVNs to fly nurses. Hogan said. More difficult will waive certain nursing courses from a vocational school or nurses I LVNst in become full- applied arts and sciences and through in approximately five types of surgery are being will make the time-consuming community college. said Hogan. fledged registered nurses MN,' nursing staff faculty member. selliesters. periormed. such as transplants process less strelltiotis tor See GRANT. page N Campus repairs are backing up Only urgent projects being considered B.v !taus( .Miii maintenance. Qayoumi agrees Da, it writ. with a 1984 study by the Carnegie SiSt Facilities. Foundation tor the Advancement Development and Operations of Teaching. which points out the department has been stifled again importance ol campus aesthetic in its fight to maintain the appearance to incoming freshman. appearance and reputation of the When asked what factor weighed campus. the most when choosing a four- The department faces a S21 year college. (12i4 of the freshmaii million backlog in repair orders cited the appearance of tht. with a S190.000 budget this year. campus. The backlog is a result of this The reputation of the campus year's and previous years' stands to suffer considerably in the budgetary consii-alfits. future, according to Qayoumi. MO QiiN MIMI. Director of despite the departments attempts Facilities. De t elopment and to maintain the highest possible Operations. said of the X7 projects standards. on the departments hooks, five or Possible adverse effects of a W., %ill he met this year. The few worsened reputation include projecis that will he attended to, decreased enrollment, and PC Squires Daily staff pnorourapi considered urgent. include safety increased difficultyto attrat and environmental concerns, i.e. desired faculty. according to CSU Inspector Hal Still and foreman Mike McCarthy tour the under construction since last year. Facilities. Development asbestos removal and earthquake Qayourni. main lecture hall in the Old Science Building that has been and Operations faces a $21 million backlog in repairs repair. Qayounfi hopes that state "Instead of priori umg what we legislators realiie the importJe can do. we end up prioritiiing of higher education and I. what we can't do." said Qayounti. campus budget constraints upon Budget cuts felt across Qa oumi loresee a domino universities before a domino effect effect of problems on campus of further problems persists. Classes canceled to reduce costs $12 to $18 added to student fees from delayed repair protects. "We're mortgaging the future.' fly 11iiii irkc.ilaiol. the B.% It if, 111111 Ic slits IIIstudents gave the hypothelical example of a said Qayoumi. Daily staff yv, projected savings is tll he S5814.2116 Dl. The extra fee is due by Sept. 21 roof leaking for a several days and jobs in the The future of several Budget t tits will mist' SJSU to out of a budget that needs to be It paying tees. buying books and if it isn't paid. students may eventually ruining the rooms' appear department would eliminate 140 classes for the spring trimmed by more than 55 million. and starting a new semester wasn't face "disenrollment." according to equipment. uncertain if recent track records and tall semesters of NUL enough stress, students are now Despite just starting out the tall the notice. Plus they will I, The departments budgetary are any indication. according to Arlene Okerland. asked to hand over more not he to semester. Okerland does not see charged another S20. restrictions will confined -WC\ e lost inure I hall 50 academic v ice president. registration tees. he "felt this measure as drastic. All Cahlorma State t niversity a particular area, hut will custodians in the last III years. Noinially during ihis time. "It seems like they hit you across the hoard." "This should he the worst case. students have to come up with the almost 40 percent of the pi olessors are hired to teach coming and going." said Erik Short-term ti feels of the cuts At least I hope it is.- she said. extra money because ol the positions." said Qayoutni. who addifional classes. [low et cr. "At classes Say le, senior molecular science cto, yv ill he in the general aesthetic At this time. the evact seemingly endless budget painfully acknowledges this as this nme. 14 positions will be held major, after receiv ing the pink mainienance of the campus. i.e. that will he cut is not known from the state legislature. counter-productive in combating vacant in the area of teaching." "We never make a decision for postcard requesting the money. ('St the painting ol clay sictions and trustees :wows ed growth pressures. Okedand said. spring semester until we know Students who have already paid increase this summer hoping to v., aching of windows. causing the the Set eral workers' lobs were She said that cutting 1411 the enrollment for the fall $471 for six or more units are now raise 512 million to mitigate the of the campus to **appearance unstable. according in a campus classes was a decision based on semester." said Marilyn Radisch. being asked to pay an add ittonal most recent rum id ot budget cuts. decline". according to Qayoumi. cusiothan w liii ref used to he arithmetic. She evplamed that if of admissions. "For Sf Connie Sauer. Xssociate Possible long-term eliects SIM director said identified. He said three carpenters each teacher handles like classes. department. Ls(' ill be Notices have been mailed Vice President of on the rising growth our Executive center had been laid off iii the last six then 70 classes would he cut tor 111, . the . or 5010 requesting the SIX or SI2 for 6 Finance pressures not heing met with the handling Business and months. and doublet! they're the spring semester and the same , page /I units or less and SI per umt for FEES. page s t ing for See necessary und See MAINTI INCE, page N .11111,11111 it t,11111 lx' 111 1,1 the Lill 10th Street fire may have been arson, officials say Female resident suspected of igniting bed in halfway house blaze She is in this facilit.% because By Bryan link! it'd frame were removed from the house Nall Jose Police Officer Robert Obos house."( )hos said residents of she has no other place to go Dady staff writer as firefighters used a large Ian to clear unit es plained that the woman whose bed The officer reported that no A mattress fire occum , cad) not capable of house were injured. how cv et. the fin. the streets and tlw the smoke. burned "is legally the except Thursday morning at a hall St l\ house lure department officials did not know committing a crime because she can't woman was taken to Valley Sledical law says she must stay in this across from the 111th Street Garage, the exact number of residents living in the lormulate the intent." Residents of the Center in San Jose lor observation. house' according to residents of the house. Residents were allowed to enter house are mentally ill according to Oho'. "Taking a person to the non-emergency neighborhood. the house at 2:30 a.in. Obos said that the woman. whose name part of the hospital is standanl procedure." The San Jose Fire Department Arson is the suspected cause of the lire. was not released, is not considered to he Ohos said. Robert IlboA. responded iti 64 South 10th Street at according to fire officials. "That will he dangerous. Arne, confirmed that the woman was San Jose Police officer approximately. 1:10 a.m and put out the up to the courts in decide ii ut was "She is in this fat lilt because she has not arrested. However. he said. "She was fire in Aim 21 minutes. intentional.- arson investigator John no other place to go evcept for the streets arrested in that she has lost most nt her The mattress, the hoxspring and the Arne/ said. and the law says she musi slay in this freedom for the tune being."
4 page 2. SPARTAN DAILY, September 5. 1990 FORUM OPINION AND LETTERS EDITORIAL N.E.A. YUNDED ART Get rid of the bike policy EVIINT elements of a good law are students switched to bicycling, but Its The several fold. A law must be doubtful if they will when they have for the good of those it to walk their bikes on campus. protects, and not for the good of those To be fair, there are arguments for who made it. It must also be the policy. The original premise, enforceable. safety for pedestrians, is a valid one. The bike policy directive, which is But the present status of the policy, to be enforced by the UPD, is none of enforced in name only, is a mockery the above and the police are the first of the original idea. to admit it. have crafted a policy that They The policy was enacted last is as impractical as it is semester in response to complaints unenforcable. Students are -/ about bike riders on campus rolling unabated across campus, the endangering those who walked. Now UPD is going about its business of potential bike commuters have to ignoring the law, and students are walk their bikes across campus or ride having a good laugh at the school's around the outside. expense. The arguments against the directive Arguments about the validity of the are many. In a crowded school like law aside, it's time for the powers that ours anything that can be done to be in the school to realize what is encourage alternative forms of going on. The spirit has been transportation should be a high overshadowed by the reality of the priority. Parking problems and law, but no one is willing to recognize environmental concerns would be It. CANCEL 'lcfCFbnj sharply reduced if a large number of Get rid of the bike policy.
EDITOR'S FORUM MARK SMITH Voting for the Giants Another election is just around the corner, and the people of Santa Clara Now is the time for County will determine the fate of the San Rut, f spea-rAw DAILY Francisco Giants. the true fans of the An initiative on the upcoming ballot will Haul Dominguez Spartan Daily ask the citizens of this county if a baseball- peninsula to show only stadium should be built around the their allegiance Great America area, and if public funds EDITOR'S FORUM ADAM STEINHAUER should be used. Since the city of San Francisco has back on the Giants, it is This prospective stadium would already turned their Joe Alumni's misplaced gift hopefully house the disgruntled Giants, up to the major fan base in South "I get a little hit but there's not who are not happy with their Bay/Peninsula to keep the Giants in the The weather was uncomfortably hot And then Joe looked at me. "You enough financial aid to go around." accomodations at their current home in the Bay Area by passing the current stadium and the football game was have a bright future, my son." Joe was silent for a few minutes. frozen tundra of Candlestick Park. initiative (Santa Clara county Measure G. uncomfortable to watch. "Thanks. Joe. If I ever graduate. I "Joe?" The apathetic citizens of San Francisco to be voted on this November). Bored with the game and sore from hope to be as good a middle manager "Yes?" have already expressed their disapproval of Lurie has expressed this is the last the hard wooden benches of Spartan as you are "Have you ever thought about doing a downtown stadium in the city.. twice. chance for the Bay Area to keep his team in Stadium. I decided to take a walk. "I'm sure you will." Joe said. with. your donation Now it is time for the true fans of the the area. After his lease with Candlestick is And on my way through the "Oh, don't be to sure. Joe. The office something different peninsula to show their allegiance and vote up in 1994 he will be looking elsewhereifir ---likitsive "gold section" scats on the of ,Admissions and Records just lost money?" for a new stadium, no matter what the cost. new stadium is not under construction. other side of the stadium. I ran into my my transcripts. My academic standing He gave me a very strange look. This stadium can not be exclusively funded Seeing the Denver Giants on a box score old friend-Joe Alumni. is in limbo." "What's a better cause than the football privately, so the public sector must pitch in would be the saddest thing in the world. "Come on. Spartans!" Joe screamed. "How did that happen'?" program?" to make the Giants stay. If Santa Clara County lets the San "Let's go Spartans! G000000!" "It's happened before. Joe. The Francisco Giants get away, it would be a "Joe!" I said. "You've got to get a University has no money to hire "I don't know. Maybe give it some Bob Lurie. the current owner of the great loss for the Bay Area and all of grip on your self, old man, or you're enough of their own bueracrats to push other part of the University. Maybe you Giants, first prevented the team moving to Northern California. not going to make it through this their paper. And more and more can commission Joe Alumni Hall. Or Toronto back in 1973, by gaining majority Mark Smith is theA gate Editor (lithe all of game." students/beuracrats-in-training keep maybe you can establish the Joe ownership of the ball club. Spartan Daily. "Excuse me." Joe said. "I guess I just enough of their own bueracrats to push Alumni Scholarship for the School of get carried away. That Spartan football all of their paper. And more and more Middle Management. team just makes me so proud to be an students/beuracrats-in-training keep "...You know. Joe. these games are SJSU grad that I just can't control enrolling. More and more paper get fun. But money for the program doesn't Forum page policies myself sometimes." lost." really help me. Maybe you should do "You must be a very happy man, something for students." "My God, Adam. I'm so sorry...Well The Spartan Daily provides a daily issues. Submissions should be well Joe," I said. Joe stared at me for a long time. anyway, how are your classes right Forum page. Contributions to the page are researched. "I am," Joe said. "And did I tell you? "...But Adam," Joe said. "11 it weren't words now." encouraged from students, staff, faculty, Letters to the Editor: Up to 200 I just donated $100 thousand to the for the football team how would you be articles, or "I don't know yet Joe. I'm going to others who are interested in the University responding to Spartan Daily Spartan football program." able to take pride in San Jose State." at large. calling attention to a particular issue or have to add all my classes next "Joe?" I asked. "That's a lot of cash. Any letter or column for the Forum page point of view. Monday." What do you do for a living anyway" 1 don't know if we won the game or must be turned into the Letters to the Editor "They gave me a few of the classes I "I'm glad you asked me that, my not. I had to leave early to go to work. box in the Spartan Daily newsroom. WLN Other articles which appear on this page asked for hut they gave times v. hen I boy!" he said. "I hold a managerial Joe kind of made sense in a was. 104, during office hours. Submissions may include: position within the beauracracy of a have to work." With or without his help. I'm sure also be mailed to Forum Editor, The Reporters/Editors forum: Opinion large South Bay corporation." "You have to work?" SJSU will go on doing what it is alway Spartan Daily. Department of Journalism. pieces written by Spartan Daily staff "So you hold a middle management "I've got to get through school. Joe." has for a long time to come. San Jose State University. San Jose. 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