Ad Hoc Committee Interviews Five Applicants for Vacant A.S. Position
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Spartan Daily ser,iiig the San jost Sint.. I nix ersits 'IN Since 193 I Volume 87, Number 35 Friday, October 22, 1976 Phone: 277-3181 City tables Ad hoc committee interviews five parking lot applicants for vacant A.S. position price raise Five persons have applied for the Jonathon Fil, political science the Law Club. Fit has not been active in campus He is interested in "expansion of SJSU students who park in the A.S. attorney general's position that senior; Steven Moritz, liberal He said he would seek more stu- politics since coming to SJSU but the office and in getting students dirt lots at the east end of campus will be left open by the resignation of studies senior; and Scott Soper, dent input to the attorney general's would like to work in student govern- involved." He said he would "a ork have been given a temporary Perry Litchfield. business junior. office and the Speech and Communi- ment. with council committees such as the reprieve. A special ad hoc committee inter- The applicants were questioned cations Department might offer "I'd like to provide effective AFC, to make sure that students are The San Jose Redevelopment viewed three applicants Wednesday by the Daily about their views of the credit for assisting the attorney service to the students and make the represented and heard." Agency yesterday tabled a and will interview two more today. attorney general's office. Following general. office open and responsive to student As a dorm student, he said he motion to raise the 25-cent fee to The committee is expected to is a summary of their responses. He said he would like to see a needs," he said. would be able to give special at- 75 oents. present a candidate for council Crawford-Drobot was narrowly "codification" of rules and regula He would like to see administra- tention to dorm students' needs. Art Hormel, chairman of the confirmation Wednesday. defeated by Litchfield in last year's tions affecting students at SJSU. tive policies more flexible and relax Soper has not worked in A.S. but city parking advisory authority . Under consideration are Ronald attorney general election. He was "There are students attending the policy toward "administrative has worked with the Office of suggested the agency consider Beaman, speech and communica- chairman of the Academic Fairness the university who are not aware of F's." Leisure Activities and has been the matter after the increase is tions senior; Robert Crawford-Dro- Committee (AFC) last semester and rules they could possibly be violat- Investigation is "most impor- involved in campus service projects. discussed with the university. bot, administration of justice senior; has been treasurer and president of ing," he said. tant," he said. Any attorney general If appointed, he said he would fol- Hormel said raising fees at has "resources at his disposal to low the lines Litchfield has set for this time would put pressure on employ in ways he feels necessary to the operation of the office. the university when discussing their (the student's) cause." "The office of attorney general possible solutions to the parking Moritz at one time served on the has changed," he said. "It used to be problem. AFC and was an assistant on the un- the attorney general acted as a law- The two lots, bordered by dergraduate curriculum committee. yer to the A.S. Judiciary. Now he is Third, San Fernando, Fourth and He is also president of the English more of a trouble shooter for the San Carlos streets, are owned by Club and was an assistant to 1974-75 students," he added. the Redevelopment Agency. Attorney General Mike Roberts. "A lot of the job is going to in- They are leased to Ampco, a He sees the job of the attorney volve investigation," he said, citing private firm, on a day-to-day general as "trying to interact with council spending as one of the things lease. the council, the executive and the that could be closely scrutinized. about The lots, which hold administration as a student rep- The Daily was unable to contact 1,000 cars, are part of the future resentative." Beaman in the time provided. San Antonio Plaza project. Councilman Joe Colla recom- mended the increase at a council meeting last month. Colla said he requested a Insured rights not study on the fee increase "on behalf of some constituents in the downtown area." Stanley Twardus, head of the utilized by students economic development depart- ment, said the staff recom- By Dean Cheatham then with the dean of the school con- mended raising the fee to 75 It was not until 1969 that the cerned. cents. Supreme Court ruled students do not "If the student believes that the However, Councilman Al leave their constitutional rights problem has not been resolved at Garza said the extra revenue behind when they enter college. these levels, he may submit his would not be significant to the Even though students are no grievance to the Academic Fairness city. longer treated as children in the Committee." "Students are going to need control of a "parent" university, One of the problems the com- parking," he said. "As it is, their understanding of their rights mittee faces is an inability to view parking is already bad in that has not matured as fast as the rights some grade books. area." themselves, according to members "There are some cases where of the Academic Senate's student af- faculty members have refused the Into every campaign a little rain must fall. This isn't a dale, as he reacts to demonstrators outside City Hall fairs committee. Academic Fairness Committee high point for vice-presidential candidate Walter Mon. while Mayor Janet Gray Hayes looks on. "Students don't know what rights access to their grade books, they actually have," said Dr. Daniel although usually professors are Unruh, committee member. willing," Graham said. "There are some areas where He said most of the problems are Mondale verbally attacks Republicans students don't really exercise their with temporary faculty who leave rights," said Allen Graham, com- the university and take their grade mittee chairman and student books with them. Another problem is verbally senator. "Either they don't know grade books with incomplete in- demonstrators attack Mondale about or don't want to exercise those formation on how grades were deter- Almost 1,(5011 spectators, some running mate. posters were slogans which read the same. We won't play your elec- rights." mined, Graham said. Neating Carter-Mondale buttons Mondale wasted no time in "Welcome Fritz," "Fritz is a tion game," and "We demand jobs, A detailed statement on student He said the Student Affairs Com- ind others holding unfavorable lashing out at Ford, reminding those mellow cat" and "Bury Jerry." not air." rights and responsibilities drafted mittee is working on a proposal that )anners and shouting anti-election at the rally about Ford's debate But posters that Mondale did not But in an effort to divert the by the Academic Senate in 1971 is would make grade books the tlogans, greeted Sen. Walter statement that Eastern Europe is recognize in his opening remarks people's attention from the pro- available in the Student Services property of the university rather 'Fritz" Mondale at a rally Wednes- not under Soviet domination. were those being held up by the testors to himself, Mondale said, office. than the property of the professor. lay afternoon outside San Jose City Mondale, 48, told the audience Revolutionary Student Brigade from "That's all right. When you're on the The right to challenge a grade is Students also have the right to -fall. that if Carter and Mondale carry SJSU. outside and you are wrong the only one that many students may invoke serve on Academic Senate, AS., and What the crowd heard was 20 California, they will win overall. About a dozen protestors from thing you can do is to act un- in their college career, yet students departmental committees. minutes of lashing of the Republican In the beginning of his speech, the brigade stood throughout the civilized." may not be aware of the details "Years ago, students fought for iarty and a plea for Californians to Mondale noted the posters that rally holding up banners and shout- The Minnesota senator told the involved in this right, according to more say in university government tote for Jimmy Carter Mondale's greeted him. Among the many ing slogans like "Ford, Carter, Both crowd today's unemployment rate of John Brazil, committee member and service on committees and now more than six per cent is the highest and lecturer in the Humanities De- it's difficult to get students to serve rate since the Great Depression of partment. on the committees they fought for," the 1920s and '30s. The Statement on Student Rights said Don DuShane, Student Services He -accused the Ford admini- and Responsibilities reads in part: administrative assistant. "I think stration of not knowing "how to put "If a student believes his rights that's unfortunate." America back to work." have been denied in a classroom A.S. has been working for student Mondale spoke about inflation (including prejudiced or capricious rights involving the A.S. budget, and how many republican politi- assignment of grades), he should according to Steve Wright, A.S. cians do not think it is so bad. He first make every effort to resolve the public information officer. The said for the rich in this country that matter with the professor involved.