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UPC accuses Dumke of doing poorj. b new Faculty union wants chancellor out; 1980 wave Entertainment: disregard for campus issues charged re page 5 by Tom Mays faculty tenure; his -weak stand" plus,' Kessler said. tory." Kessler said. 403 A statewide faculty union wants against Proposition 9; and the He added that Dumke wants Kessler said he views the California State Universities and decline in enrollment throughout the salaries to awarded on a dif- chancellor's faculty salary proposal rather his stands on post-tenure le Colleges system ( CSUC) Chancellor CSUC system. ferentiating merit system, and Glenn Dumke out of office. "He's just taking a dive on the than an automatic system, in order reviews to be "the last straws." issues," Kessler said. "He has failed to save the state some money. Claiming that the CSUC He said these positions were to advocate the needs of the :ion chancellor is "unwilling to meet the Chancellor Dumke earns $81,825 direct attacks on the tenure system system." needs" of the 18,000 faculty mem- a year and lives in a state-subsidized could actually harm the The chancellor's office had no itself and bers he represents, the United mansion. He is currently the second- careers and aspirations of faculty comment regarding UPC's charges. ... see Professors of California (UPC) highest-paid government official in members. wants the CSUC board of trustees to Kessler also said that Dumke's California. complete review of failure to meet system needs may Kessler said that a certain conduct a According to Kessler, Dumke's have directly affected the SJSU amount of disagreement between Dumke's performance. "disregard for faculty consultation campus. the chancellor's office and faculty is page 4 result in his on matters and his disrespect for our "This should "The decrease in SJSU normal, but the CSUC faculty has Kessler, ( faculty professionalism have been replacement," Warren enrollment could have been caused had "chronic disagreements with the prime forces in driving most of UPC president, said. Dumke." by lackluster and unimaginative the faculty in the system to seek The CSUC board of trustees did administration at the state level," collective bargaining," which would not bring up the topic during Kessler said. "We need a chancellor who is provide faculty representation works constructively with yesterday's board meeting. Kessler said that the biggest open and during contract negotiations. he said. "He is not an crime committed by the chancellor the system," Some of the reasons UPC is leader or a person of was his new faculty salary proposal He added that Dumke has academic asking for Dumke's dismissal, and vision, which presented at this week's board of repeatedly headed off the faculty's principle according to Kessler, include: his needs in this position for trustees meeting in Long Beach. collective bargaining plan instead of California A net "disregard" for faculty consultation working with it. the '80s." on matters; his "disrespect" for "His idea to come up with a faculty professionalism; his new cheaper salary scheme was to deal "He wants to pretend that he's Kessler said that Dumke has smasher faculty salary proposal; his views on with the depletion in the state sur- the owner of a 19th Century fac- just been around too long." Sports: page 7 Smog plan offered Spartan Daily in effort to save Volume 75, Number 18 Serving San Jose State University Since 1934 Thursday, September 25, 1980 ar e: SJSU grad replaces Garza on council 00 government grant no An SJSU graduate was appointed by the San Jose City Council Tuesday Gonzales, acting chairwoman of the SJSU Mexican American Graduate by Michelle Waugh to fill former city councilman Al Garza's unexpired term. Studies program Thirteen million California motorists may be required to have yearly Robert Perez, an attorney and former city hall employee, has been Three of the five council members who appointed Perez Tuesday were appointed to fill the seat vacated by Garza's resignation. int tune-ups in order to renew their vehicle registration if the Legislature passes emselves originally appointed to office. a plan proposed by a Bay Area regional agency. The appointment will expire at the end of the year when the newly- Susan Hammer is presently serving an interim appointment for the seat A plan of some kind must be adopted by the state before the end of the elected district council takes office. vacated last month by Jim Self. Garza resigned from office after being indicted by the county grand jury year to avoid the loss of $850 million in federal highway and sewage system council seat of now-county for perjury, bribery and violation of state income tax law. Iola Williams came into office to fill the funds, said Teresa Lee, information officer for the district. supervisor Susanne Wilson. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District, responsible for all He has pleaded innocent to these charges. stationary forms of pollution in the nine Bay Area counties, has proposed an Perez was nominated by councilwoman Susan Hammer. He received the Tom McEnery was originally appointed to fill the seat vacated by David inspection and maintenance plan that affects all 1970 or newer automobiles. unanimous support of the council after being opposed on the first vote by Runyon's resignation. These federal funds for the state are now being frozen, a San Jose councilpersons Tom McEnery and Iola Williams. Both McEnery and Williams, as well as Councilman Jerry Estruth, won Mercury-News article stated, because of California's inability to come up Among the six other applicants interviewed by the council was Sylvia election to their district seats last June. with a smog equipment inspection and maintenance plan in compliance with the Clean Air Act of 1977. The act requires that those states which do not meet air quality stan- dards must design a smog control inspection program by 1979. The program must begin by 1982. "California is the only state left that hasn't adopted a plan," Lee said. "The other 28 affected states all have plans down in the books." Sixteen other inspection and maintenance plans have been proposed, but none were passed by the Legislature. Ted McHugh, also of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, said "the Legislature is reluctant to propose a program to California D's invade motorists that would be unpopular." Under the district's plan, Lee explained, "no car 1970 or newer could be registered without a certificate of compliance with emission standards." Business There would be two ways to obtains certificate: Go to a blue shield service station (official smog stations identified by a blue and gold emblem in the station's window) for a basic tune-up. Tower area Here, a certificate would automatically be given with the tune-up. Do your own tune-up and take your car to an official DMV testing Nancy Thompson, marketing station for a free smog control check. If the car met the emissions standards, a certificate would then be issued. junior, enjoys a snack amidst "The inspection and maintenance program would be paid for by a $5 a garden of blue, foam surcharge on vehicle registration of cars 1970 or newer," Lee said. rubber sculptures. The Several DMV testing stations would be set up in each city and would be sculptures are miniatures of open seven days a week, Lee sal, to keep waiting time at a minimum. the large sculpture in the The certificate program would reduce Bay Area hydrocarbon emissions by 14 percent and carbon monoxide by 7 percent, according to district center, representing a three- figures. dimensional "D." The "If you don't tune up a car regularly, the smog control device becomes sculptures were designed by completely inefficient," she said. an SJSU art class. The district's proposal was submitted to the governor last Tuesday. Agency officials have received no response as of yet, but are hoping the governor will call the Legislature back into session to consider the proposal. photo by Roger Woo Former student moves in political fast lane by Brian Wirth schedule, Reed works for the ahead of time and suggest that the Reed through one of Reed's friends Special Page* Editor president's campaign on a part-time president concentrate on that topic. and wanted Reed to attend SJSU. It's not every day that an in- basis only. As a full-time job, he The paper would then go to his staff, "It was one of those twisted dividual has the opportunity "to promotes fundraising for the who would decide whether to accept quirks of fate," Reed said. "I'd make sure the president (of the University of California at Santa my suggestions. never known Mr. Davies before he United States) has adequate press Cruz. When he goes on a campaign "Often we write briefing papers called me, but I'll always be grateful coverage before and during a swing, Reed takes a leave of ab- on mundane things," Reed said. "I to him. speaking event." sence. remember in Beaumont, Texas, I "I liked Davies because of the However, Steve Reed, a 1969 "Four years ago," he said, "I wrote a paper instructing the quality of his instruction. He was a SJSU graduate in public relations, started out with a Mondale trip to president's physician to spray insect great teacher. has that responsibility as White San Jose prior to election time. Then repellent on the president's legs in "The Secret Service people are House press advance man for I was steadily assigned to work on order to fight off the mosquitoes, amazing to work with," Reed said.