rit SPARTAN DA 1 LY Vol. 97, No. 17 Published for San lose State University since 1934 Wednesday, September 25, 1991 Balgooyen's fate at SJSU in limbo By Tony Marek Court records. reversal of the decision went to independent Lismissal is too strong a punishment, Daily staff wnter But the university could provide no com- arbitration earlier this year, Balgooyen said according to professor David Elliott, chair 'I feel the sanction the ments on the status of the case other than to Tuesday. of the department of communication studies Biology professor Thomas Balgooyen's confirm that Balgooyen is still a faculty Final arguments have been filed by the and a family friend who has been following university seeks to apply future at SJSU may be decided this week, member, according to Lori Stahl, public faculty union and SJSU with a professional the proceedings since federal charges were following Thomas according to sources at the California information officer for SJSU. arbitrator, Kathy Kelly. filed in April, 1990. Balgooyen's conviction is Faculty Association who asked not to be Following his conviction, Balgooyen was Balgooyen said he was unable to com- "I feel the sanction the university seeks to too severe' named. notified by the university of its intention to ment on the current status of his appeal but apply following Thomas Balgooyen's con- Balgooyen, a SJSU biology professor, dismiss the tenured professor as of Jan. I, did say that he would want to continue viction is too severe," Elliott said. "It does was convicted in June, 1990 of illegally cap- 1991. teaching at SJSU. not automatically follow that because a per- David Elliott turing and transporting endangered species Balgooyen has appealed his dismissal "I certainly enjoyed teaching here in the Gurrtmunlr atton studies depart men t ch1r across state lines, according to Federal through the CFA. The union's case for past, and that would be an auractive option." See BALGOOYEN, Page 3 OUCH! Recycling effort lacks campus help Volunteer collectors few in number as bins fill up By Kim Carter allocations for money to make Only staff writer S.A.F.E.R. a sustainable program. "S.A.F.E.R. is in dire need of money S.A.F.E.R., student affiliation for to get through fall and spring environmental respect, is an indepen- semester," Bastow said. The money dent organization that collects recy- needed will be used for new bins to cled paper products on campus, and is recycle newspaper and to pay students having a difficult time collecting for their pick-up service. paper material from paper bins due to Last year S.A.F.E.R. received lack of money and volunteers. money from the Associated Students The desk top recycling program to build newspaper disposal bins but pertains to anyone who has a desk did not get permission from facilities function. and faculty departments due to Faculty members and university. appearance and maintenance. employees put paper into recycled "The current newspaper bins are bins accordingly S.A.F.E.R. will old and not convenient," Bastow said. pick up white, computer, mixed color "We need updated bins in order to and newspaper. make the collection process easier." Paper recycling bins located in par- Bastow and Can have reorganized ticipating offices on campus are flow- the program to make the job easier. ing over because the material is not The collecting process only takes an being collected on a regular basis. hour as before it took two to three Two semesters ago S.A.F.E.R. had hours. 20 to 25 volunteers to pick up recy- The volunteer receives a sheet with cled paper products. a list of offices that need their bins to At that time only 50 offices partici- be emptied. pated. Presently, 200 to 250 offices The collector separates the recy- are participating and S.A.F.E.R has cled material into a cart depending on two volunteers. type. The absence of volunteers is relat- The recycled material is taken to ed to tuition hikes and the fact that Eighth Street and placed in large students are looking for jobs and have dumpsters. The paper is collected a Lynn Benson Only staff photographer less free time. couple times per week. Nadirah lhsan gets blood drawn by Janice Nara, a ity, Delta Sigma Theta, is sponsoring the program, SJSU students Jonathan Bastow S.A.F.E.R. receives $500 to $1,000 medical technologist from Student Health Services as which will be held today and Thursday in the Student and Mike Carr, co-chairmen of profit every semester. S.A.F.E.R. has part of a Sickle -Cell anemia testing drive. Ihsan's soror- Union. See related story below. S.A.F.E.R., presented a proposal to the to pay $25 a ton to haul mixed paper Associated Student's board of special See S.A.F.E.R., Page 3 Promotion tries to sway commuters Back-up Bad air hangs around Bay Area beaten sent a health risk to people with respiratory prob- of the SJSU b meteorology department. Smog warning issued, lems, young children and older people. The warm, heavy -air weather pauem San Jose But there has been no increase in smog -related has had lately caused an inversion layer to form free light no illnesses yet reported cases in the SJSU health center, according to Dr. high over the Santa Clara Valley. Warm air rises, -rail Robert J. Lana, head of operations in the center. then begins rides to cool and slow, trapping smog Each year about 15 days are considered to be beneath. By Traci Deguchi As for riders, one San Jose resi- By Jason Rothman above the maximum government standard of air "The inversion layer acts as a lid keeping the Only staff wnies dent, mechanic Frank Amrin, stood Only staff writer quality. If there are more than nine parts smog for smog in the area," MacKay said "I was on Mt at the Santa Clara station transit every million parts of air, it exceeds the govern- Hamilton over the weekend and I could see the The sky was cloudless, the pave- mall stop waiting for the light-rail. Traffic keeps building, the air thickening with ment standard. top of the smog. It was about 1,000 feet high." ment was burning and the smog He had been riding frequently since exhaust that chokes Santa Clara County residents, Cars release hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxide Only 25 percent of emissions released into the reading was already expected to 8 a.m. Tuesday and didn't notice an and still we remain attached to our cars. into the air, and the weather pattern in the Bay air daily come from cars used by people getting exceed 100. overwhelming increase in alternate For the past week and a half, the smog level in Area acts as a lid keeping the emissions close to With the early morning commute transportation. Santa Clara County has been high enough to pre- the ground, according to Ken MacKay, chairman See SMOG, Page 3 beginning to crawl on the snaked "There wasn't that many more roads around San Jaw, it looked like people. I could still see people driv- a perfect day to begin commuting. ing with only one person in the car," After months of marketing, pro- Amrin said, "people are lost without INSIDE motion and advertising, Beat the their cars." Free Sickle-Cell Anemia testing Back -Up day commenced Tuesday One SJSU student who could morning, with the goal to get Bay only be bothered for a few minutes SPORTS Area residents to participate in alter- before the bus whisked her on her offered in Student Union to all nate transportation. way, was another transit regular. Golfer swings away: As an incentive to get people into 'I usually take the light -rail," disorder traced to most it is also found in ethnic SJSU 's Tracy Hansen gives the swing of things, the Santa Clara said Vera Bridges, a linguistics Deadly groups originating in Southern something back after leading County Transportation Agency let major. ethnic groups, not just blacks Europe.The trait is found in the Spartans to the top. light-rail riders from 5 to 10 a.m. have a car, but there's no place one in 10 African -Americans, Page 6 ride free. to park, and it's much more of a has- By Dade Reis Early detection of the dis- in one in 90 Hispanics, and According to public communica- sle to drive anyway,." he said. Daily staff *num ease is difficult because there one in 200 Caucasians, accord- tions spokeswoman for SCCTA, Lill For light -rail operator Eddie are often few symptoms and ing to the Santa Clara Health Smith, the free ride offer on light - Apostle, students have been a big September is National because the disease itself Department. FEATURES rail pulled in and estimated 10,000 part of the increased ndership, aside Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness closely resembles many other "The first dilemma in trying Stevie Nicks goes back to additional riders which is an 80 per- from Beat the Back-Up. month. In accordance with diseases. to address sickle cell disease is the past: Her new album, cent increase in their morning com- "Ever since school started, stu- boosting awareness of the "Sickle cell masquerades a that when it started, out health mute from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. dents are really taking the light - sickle cell disease, SJSU is number of other diseases, care professionals said that this "Timespace" covers her best.