Present Starts Bomb Scare

FRIDAY Spartans ;21 SPARTAN to play San Diego February 9, 1996 State Volume 106 I) Number 9 DAILYfor Sen Jose See page Published State University since 1934 6 . sm School a Present starts winner too Lottery funds to bomb scare Spartan Daily Staff Fteport But Smith said police were be split among not The University Police bomb called to the scene because of the squad and officers evacuated the box; instead, she said, police had 57 departments Business Tower at 2 p.m. Thursday responded to a silent alarm, which By Jeffrey Niese after suspecting an had been accidentally Spartan Daify Staff Writer unidentified box was a SJSU has hit the big spin and will cash in triggered when a faculty bomb. on a quarter of a million dollars. 44 member bumped into it. UPD In spring '95 the SJSU Lottery allowed faculty We were Smith said the and Committee allocated $235,000 to be divid- students back into silent alarm was accideti ed among the 57 academic depart:tier' is ,,1 the building around 3 all scared. tally set off about 1:40 the university. Kenneth Peter, .iss. 1.1 p.m. after they opened Flo Smith p.m., and that UPD professor for the department of political the unmarked box and clerical assistant arrived about 15 minutes science, said the funds will be spent on found two pieces of later. educating faculty about diversity issues. kfrican art, intended as "Since the police "The faculty is not trained for all the 99 a gift for a faculty mem- were here we showed diversity (on campus)," Peter said. ber. them the box," she said. The Lottery Committee was set up to Flo Smith, a clerical assistant in "They (UPD) told us how seri- find ways of improving education with the the marketing deparunent, discov- ous this money received from the California was," Smith said. er the unmarked wrapped box a Lottery. "We were all scared," Smith said. few hours earlier in her seventh The $235,000 distributed comes to Officers at the scene declined to floor office in the Business Tower comment about $3,000 per department; larger 'iii ts .11H1`. SIMElifil: -SPIN! iN DAn..v on the scare and calls to and thought it looked suspicious. departments will receive a little more than Flo Smith shows the box with the sculptures that was believed to contain a bomb. the UPD were not returned. smaller ones based upon their needs, Peter said. In spring '96, college coordinators of diversity workshops will be selected by the Faculty Enhancement Council for each department, he said. Peter said the $3,000 per department is FEBRUARY SPRING CLEANING not a lot of money, but, "we hope it kind of kicks things off." In fall '96, the selected college coordinators will work closely with their departments and by spring '97 every department on campus will hold a workshop, accord- ing to a proposal of the plan sent to the Lottery Committee. The proposal that outlines how the money will be spent has already been signed by SJSU President Robert L. Caret and unanimously recommended by the Executive Committee of the Academic Senate, Peter said. The main reason behind pushing this proposal was a November '94 SJSU accredi- tation report by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). "Despite the apparent diversity of its student population, SJSU is still at a very pre- liminary stage in addressing the challenges it poses," read the WASC report. The WASC report also said the current General Education Program both reflects and contributes to the "unfocused stage of diversity thinking at SJSU." The report also recommends the "university aggressively follow through on the academic senate res- olution to develop seminars to increase faculty skills in multicultural education." "SJSU is one of the most diverse campus- es in the world," Peter said. "Students come from all different groups, we're deal- ing with so much diversity we (faculty) need help to deal with it," he said. See Funds, page 4 Lin suit in mediation POOIO Ili SI tAl KI \\ - SPNRI 1.) \UV Spartan Deily mall report Taking advantage of the clear sky, brothers Javier and Jose Madriz clean the win- around the state Thursday, but a low pressure area sliding south along the Northern dows outside the School of Engineering building. Mild temperatures were recorded California coast is expected to bring plenty of clouds and cooler temperatures. The sexual harassment son tiled against Choate Lin, former profess/ it of foreign languages, is now in mediatit ni to prepare for trial after several months 01 litigation. The suit was filed by MS( xiiite professor of Black Recruitment Day displays continuing education choices foreign languages Narae Mochizuki on Oct. 8, 1994. She is accusing Lin of sexual By Jennifer Johnson sai I [he st u de tits see in ed in IC.111\ C111.5 lilt '',,,i hrtn ,i, itit sail, phis(' Ilic "I udents advances toward her, allegations he denies. Spartan Daily Staff Writer Un speakers and entertainment whole e st Ill. .e i now.est Ini hided local Another associate profe.ssor from the for- The eleventh amid 1 Black comedian ( :ad Rave. actor "That's ins i cssai d," Van said. "They've "the kids laughed a lot," Lovelace said. eign languages department, Michiko Recruitment I fay Thursdai k ii ked off the Vcr non Van. SIsl l pward Bound been moved." Lovelace also said there was natural ( .,oidinator High School stuiliaits Terada, had filed a complaint against Lin fitst of a sit CS of events that will take shaky', I dim., iglu and 'mai Silver (:1,,k reaction to some of the things that were hip gimp D.F...\ I II ( on Sept. 23, 1994, prior to Mochizuki's. plait in mg the month iii Ii lii 11,11N itt itganvantin Deshawn Kellum's and 1.1P.M I rusts said being said Ifs the speakers, hut the kids Mochizuki names both Caret and the celebration of hl,k II istoi s Mt mill "It 1\ .1, .11,1 ,ot 41Ms11 lo C.11111 'Molina- the event had a It of good inhumation were attending the event to leant and ( Board of Trustees in her suit because she "It was wondet lid.- sod 'mom, Mai tin, Min.- said is, in gnest Aarons a I't ',Icy She about sfening mitt sliege and that the wen. respei Mil i 4 ilic speakers. us _us alleges they did nothing to investigate the Black Recruitment Day iii said she (Nat( kills liked R.a%Ck nwli ail. 4 i liked the atmosphere of the day. Martin .iii admissions counselor ii', harassment and allowed Lin to resign last The event iitfi>riticil k.. I 11 \I1111 an al speech and , timmyntyd on the iii Mist', ss of Ceremonies Sherida mid said he (again/ill this scars event out December without being reviewed. high school students ol Olen options lot and ( i ihysiveness of the event. l a Ada, e said the atmosphere was relaxed of his iiflirt'. None of the parties winild comment on continuing their edit( anon Jilt., the "It is quite an asset," she said. and down to earth. She said students were "We it this exclusiyely tot black kids, the case. The suit is expected to go to trial graduate Van, who performed a one man skit on open to express their feelings because the but do not exclude ans Inn. vsh, wants to Martin said. in October. "We ins students .1 seat.- Martin the late civil rights leader Malcolm X. said sneakers let them know that they had tome.- Determining fat Behind the 8 ball Copyrights on-line Black church fires The SJSU department of The 24th Annual On-line service providers The Justice Department Nutrition and Food Science All-Campus 8-Ball say they shouldn't be is investigating fires at SPARTAN will offer a two-for-one Tournament will take held accountable if predominately black special to have a body place in the Student people using their services churches in Alabama and composition test to Union Bowling Center violate copyrights on the Tennessee for possible determine percent body tonight at 6:30 p.m. material they find in civil rights violations, fat. The special will start on cyberspace. Attorney General Janet SPEED READ Feb. 12 and end on Feb. 14. Reno said Thursday. Page 3 Page 3 Page 8 Page $ 2 Frida, Februars 9. 1996 11= OPINION San Jose State University SPARTAN DAILY Editorial The Internet should not be censored There once was a place of Internet censorship. where people could say The Internet In the United States, there has anything, express any feel- been talk of government legisla- ing, voice any opinion. And with- should be the last tion for the Internet to ensure it is out the inherent prejudices of kept "decent." Doesn't ensuring race or sex, these opinions and something is "decent" sound a lot feelings could be heard and haven for free like censorship to you? responded to by anyone. It was How would legislation go about the ultimate free speech forum. It speech. regulating such a medium as the was called the Internet. Germany's biggest Internet Internet? It is a medium that However, the Internet has come provider, Deutsche Telekom, requires users to seek out infor- under fire, and whisperings of the blocked access to a company that mation. It doesn't intrude upon need for "decency controls" have carries a World Wide Web site the user. been heard. because it contained the opinions And if a Web site is blocked and Some parents say that they want of a neo-Nazi who claims the unavailable to users who subscribe to insure their children can't Holocaust never happened.

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