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McFadden, Trippi in runoff election By Erin A. Hallissy vote, while Greenback's slate with tatives from the Academic Senate Medina S.F.A. ), Kiran Majithia The A.S. election has resulted in Mike Dutton for president received after missing three consecutive ( P.S. ), Stu McFaul P.S.), Alice a runoff between S.F.A. candidate 143 votes, or 6 percent. meetings or accumulating four Adams ( PSI, Karen Bluth P.S.1, Nancy McFadden and P.S. can- There will also be a runoff absences per semester passed with Chris Gustafson (S.F.A. ), Carol didate Joe Trippi. between P.S. 's Anthony Van and 115 percent approval. Magnuson S.F.A..( Carol Bland McFadden's slate received 877 S.F'.A.'s Ceilo Lucero for attorney (S.F.A. Kathy Peterson I S.F.A. votes, 38 percent of the total, and general. The S.F.A. won a majority of and Dawn Gandy ( P.S. ). Trippi's slate received 796 votes, 35 graduate council seats and a slight Lower division winners were: percent of the total. A little less than 10 percent of majority of upper division seats, Ken Schott ( P.S. ), Rebecca the student body, 2,458, voted in the while the P.S. got a majority of the Graveline ( P.S. ), Garnell Howard Because neither candidate election which ended yesterday. lower division seats. ( P.S. ), Mary Cox (S.F.A.) and received a majority of the vote, as A measure calling for' the Candidates winning graduate Leonard Wooling ( P.S. ). required by the A.S. Constitution, a withdrawal of holdings of the CSUC division seats, and their party's, runoff election will be held April 18 from all companies dealing in South were: Frank Craddock (S.F.A. (Sue Academic Senate winners were: and 19. Africa and Rhodesia passed with 68 Karnes ( S.F.A.(, James Delgado Mark Hogle ( P.S. ), Dave Machoado Bacardi and Coke party's slate percent approval. (S.F.A. ) and Debra Pioske (P.S.. (P.S.). Chris Green (S.F.A.(, Ann with Jim Stephens as president Another measure authorizing Upper division winners were: Younger S.F.A.(,( Vicki Thurman received 309 votes, 14 percent of the the removal of student represen- Jeff Hoffman ( S.F.A. Michael ( P.S. ) and Kenneth Shea ( P.S. ). Spartan Daily Volume 72, Number 46 Serving the San Jose State Community Since 1934 Friday, April 6, 1979 photo by Shannon Leso Joe Trippi and Nancy McFadden Bookstore battles back-order bottleneck Math profs to get 'proof of process' By Chuck Heorikson book selection. edition, whether the paperback or that time what classes they will be A letter to the Academic Senate As a result of the meeting bet- hardbound edition is wanted, or if a teaching as many instructors have from the Mathematics Department ween the bookstore and math mistake was made on the order. not even been hired yet, Wineroth expressing concern with textbook department representatives, the ALso, there may have been said. resulted in math faculty is being asked to changes the instructor is not aware ordering practices has Late orders are processed in its com- a list of mathematics and of. such as, a new edition, or the the bookstore improving submit three days and are usually handled reference books for a recent availability of the munication with instructors. science text in over the bookstore's Telex or by by bookstore. The letter, initiated possible section in the paperback. telephone. Mathematics Department Chair- In explaining the time table for The orders are then compared man John Mitchem, said that orders ordering textbooks for next fall, with current bookstore inventories "We rack up one hell of a big for textbooks were not being Wineroth said they ask for orders and used books bought back from phone bill," Wineroth said. We will processed "in an efficient and from the faculty to be in by April 1. students at the end of the semester. be spending over $12,000 for postage timely manner" and noted that There are almost 2,000 in- Several large used book wholesalers and freight and $8,000 for telephone some books ordered early in the fall structors ordering textbooks each are also contacted. calls next year." were not available for the spring semester, he said. "It takes time to All the orders that have been Wineroth said the textbooks semester classes." assimilate all of that information." received by that time, which start arriving about two or three The department was not notified Often the bookstore staff must amounts to about 75 to 80 percent of weeks after they have been ordered of the delays. go back to the instructor for more the total textbook order, are sent out unless problems like bad weather or "We have taken steps to correct information which may not have by June 30. the current Teamsters strike in- the problem that existed with the been on the order, such as: the Many instructors don't know by terfere with shipping. math department," said Harry Wineroth, bookstore manager. "Some of our communication Self-sustaining campus pharmacies procedures were not as complete as we thought." Normally notices are sent to enable trustees to cut $2 off instructors to inform them when a fee book has arrived or if there are By Debbie Huosinger 1979-80 governor's budget proposals. amended sections of Title 5 of the problems in the order. CSUC students will be attending Among recommendations was California Administrative Code "We've not been as efficient in school for $2 less starting this that the chancellor check into dealing with commercial tran- that area as we want to be. We will summer. alternatives available to make the sactions and advertising on campus be now though," Wineroth said. The part of the Student Services strident services program self- buildings and grounds. Wineroth and textbook manager fee going for materials and supplies supporting. Included in this is a provision Donald Kobald met with math will be $72 per academic semester This could result in either a that the publication, sale and Professors Robert Wrede and Bob for students taking 6.1 or more units drastic cutback in student services distribution of term papers and Pruitt to discuss the problem. and $57 for those taking 6.0 units or next year or an increase of $20 to $45 other material to be submitted for Kobold said the severe winter less. a semester in the student services academic credit are prohibited. delayed many orders from the East. This fee is part of the total fee, fees, according to Maryanne Ryan, Previously each campus in the He noted that one supplier couldn't which for the academic semester is A.S. president. CSUC system set its own policies for Ship textbooks because a 30-inch currently $105 for students taking 6.1 "I think this will have to be solicitors and advertisers and this layer of snow collapsed the roof of its units or more and $92 for those argued in the legislature. I am sure establishes a systemwide standard. warehouse. taking less than 6.1 units. the students will be fighting this According to amended sections, Another math department The CSUC board of trustees one," Ryan said. "commercial transactions," selling complaint was the lack of reference approved the fee reduction at its It was also recommended that and/or purchasing by any person in books available in the bookstore. March meeting in Long Beach in a the application fee for enrollment in the course of employment, and the "fairly routine" action, according to a CSUC campus be increased from display of property or services for photo by J.L Sousa Ed Ludwig, the former head of the general book section, where Boyd Horne, assistant chief of $20 to $25, resulting in a $1,354,175 sale on a campus is prohibited ex- A ray of sun, a plash of fountain ahh! reference books are kept, was very budget planning and administration reduction from the general fund. cept by written permission from the ill and has recently retired on a in the chancellor's office. Another recommendation was campus president. "On a clear day rise and look around you" -- The view from Tower disability, according to Wineroth. Two years ago the fees were that students scoring above the 50th One reason such permission Hall is typical of many areas on campus where students take to Wineroth said the new head of that increased by $2 to help finance the percentile on the Scholastic Aptitude shall be granted is if the proposed the outdoors when spring arrives. section is very experienced and is addition of pharmacists to campus Test be exempted from taking activity aids educational objectives improving the general and reference health centers. It has since been English placement tests, resulting in of the campus, does not discovered that the pharmacies are a projected $206,762 reduction from "unreasonably" interfere with the self-supporting so the reduction in the general fund. operation of the campus and is not fees was recommended. The report also suggested that prohibited by law. Revolutionary party, independence It was considered possible to the California Postsecondary Within these limitations, the lower the fee by $2 and still achieve Education Commission examine the selling of published materials is also the funds necessary to the health Joint Doctoral program and that allowed provided they are not are goals of emerging ideology center program, Horne said. faculty positions in that area be available from the campus In addition, the trustees also reduced by 50 percent. This would bookstore and the selling is con- By La Rosa Carrington of our energies are organized under Themba explained the concept heard, but did not act on recom- mean an additional $193,015 ducted according to conditions set Describing what he called an one ideology and one body." of Pan-Africanism as being the mendations from the Office of the reduction from the general fund.