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By Tiffani AnaIla residents did not listen to calls to California Department of Forestry The fire, which was caused by Joe West was cement," Ramirez fire discussing the danger of not evacuate Joe West Hall. and Fire Protection, has no sus- an accelerant, a kind of fuel, could said. "Otherwise, it would have lit leaving the building when the fire DAIL) SI 11T ii1)11012 The fire, which remains under pect, said Cpl. Amado Ramirez of have caused millions of dollars of' up pretty good." alarm is pulled, Hansen said. An April 18 fire ignored by investigation, destroyed two the UPD, but the department damage had the fire broken the Because of the failure of resi- Those who failed to evacuate dozens of Joe West Hall residents benches, a fence and electrical con- knows that the fire was started basement window and entered the dents to evacuate the building, the Joe West Hall on April 18 must was apparently caused by an duits at the walkway between Joe between 4:20 a.m. and 5 a.m. building endangering those who Residential Life Staff, which con- perform community service by arsonist, a San Jose State Univer- West Hall and the Dining Com- The UPD will look for arsonists did not evacuate, Ramirez said. sists of Resident Advisers and Res- talking to other residents about sity official said Tuesday. mons, Hansen said. who are on parole in the local area "We're lucky it (the fire) was ident Directors from different Res- the dangers of not evacuating, University Housing Services The University Police Depart- who could have committed the outside and that the bridge con- idence Halls at SJSU, has been Director Susan Hansen said 100 ment, which is working with the crime, Ramirez said. necting the Dining Commons to conducting workshops since the See JOE WEST, Page t, Energy, Lifting their spirits higher A line of cheer hope- money fuls stay in sync during a tryout routine. The women were just a few of the 43 who tried out for the San Jose State woes University cheer squad. Twenty-one women and five men made the final team that will represent continue San Jose State Universi- ty in the 2001-2002 sea- son. By Erik Anderson Y SI \ 1012 SI 01- WRI IT It See story and A new energy fee for students may not happen photos, Page 5 after all. Instead, it may be the academic programs on campus that will feel the axe if alternative solu- tions for an estimated $3 million shortfall this year are not found, university officials say. The results could be devastating, they add. University President Robert Caret said plans are being made to roll this year's $3 million into next year's budget. A combined two-year deficit could reach levels as high as $7 million to $9 million, he said. 'That's the big chunk of money we are looking at," Caret said. Don Kassing, vice president of administration and finance, said the amount represented nearly 5 percent of the university's total general budget of $184 million. "That is substantial," he said. A normal utility bill for the campus run, about $4 million out of an operating expense bud- get of $31 million, Kassing said. The $9 million energy deficit brinp the total utility bill to $13 million. He said that the remaining $153 million of the total general budget goes toward faculty and staff salary and benefits. tar K ,, Ina ),///1 f ill "That really wrecks the capacity to do any- thing else," Kassing said. One solution suggested by Caret last week at his monthly press conference would be to spread the costs among the university's four divisions