Fullerton to Open Fund-Raising Post Spartan Shops Net $423,492 for Year
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4011=1 SJSU Spikers to play host Something to NCAA first-round action to sneeze at Spartans get rematch with Purdue Thursday night How to fight an allergy ' SPORTS PAGE 6 HEALTH CORNER PAGE 8 DAILY Volume 83, No. 57 Serving the San Jose State University Community Since 1934 Tuesday, November 27, 1984 Missions Just for kicks Fullerton to open and goals fund-raising post task force New director to increase money begins for engineering expansion By Mike Di Marco By Mike Di Marco Daily staff writer Daily staff writer To attract more money to SJSU, Academic Vice President John President Gail Fullerton has put out Gruber returned to his former role as the call for a director of fund devel- a teacher last week to lead the first opment. meeting of the Mission and Goals Task Force. The director raises funds to fi- nance capital and equipment im- force, which was com- The task provements, as well as money for missioned by SJSU President Gail other university projects. Fullerton, is trying to assemble de- finitive statements on the .universi- "We are primarily looking for ty's mission and goals. someone who is both experienced and successful at fund raising for non- "A mission statement is some- profit organizations, such as a uni- thing like a preamble for a constitu- versity," Fullerton said at a press tion it addresses students' con- conference last week. cerns; it addresses an institution's goals and it's objectives," Gruber She said she is hoping to find said, adding that the goals are like a someone who can help with both constitution's amendments. major capital-raising campaigns and Gail Fullerton with annual "giving" campaigns. The Nov. 19 meeting in the Tower . wants news position Hall conference room was an attempt SJSU's most pressing capital- to "try and articulate who we are, raising venture, Fullerton said, is the Staley said the director would who we serve and how we serve $32 million expansion of the Engi- be "principally responsible for fund them," he said. neering Building next year. raising and community relations ac- Gruber's classroom techniques The trustees approved the pro- tivity." included a slide presentation, a ject Nov. 14. If given final approval The manager would then be rs. homework assignment and the split by the state, construction is expected sponsible for internal campus publi- up of task force members into to begin as early as June 1986. cations, public information, news re- smaller groups. :eases, media inquiries and Although the state would fund public inquiries. The groups will examine degree most of the project, Fullerton said programs, SJSU's students, the com- SJSU will have to provide about $10 Two months ago. Ernie Lopez, munity served, the university's "de- million in new equipment. SJSU's director of community rela- livery systems," and it's faculty. tions, left to take a job with Univer- "Each group is essentially going She said an annual giving cam- sity of California President David to ask, 'Who are we?' " Gruber said. paign, in which alumni, local compa- Gardner. His position, which in- nies and individuals are solicited for For the members' first "in- cluded supervising alumni and public donations, was tried several years class" assignment. Gruber handed relations, as well as university publi- ago, but failed. out a survey to gauge their percep- cations, is still vacant. tions of the university. Participants "It was not as well planned as it In the search for a director, an were asked to evaluate about a dozen should have been," she said, "and not advertisement has been placed in na- statements as highly significant, as well funded as it needed to be. It tional publications for the job, includ- moderately significant or insignifi- was noticeably not very successful." ing the Chronicle of Higher Educa- cant. She said most universities have an tion. Highest priority was given to annual fund-raising drive and it "is maintaining a balance between em- something we need to do." Qualification include a bachelor of arts or bachelor of science degree ployment -oriented curricula and tra- Staley, public informa- Richard and "an understanding of the needs ditional liberal arts and sciences in- relations, ton manager of community of higher education." struction. The committee members Steve Capovilla - Daily staff photographer said the search for a director is part also placed heavy emphasis on an in- of a reorganization of the Community Applications for the position will creased faculty role as student men- Watch out Bruce Lee. SJSU junior Enrique near the fountain yesterday. The Korean Relations Office. He said current du- be accepted until Jan. 15. tors and advisers. Maciel takes a break from classes to brush craft could come in handy for the criminal ties of the office will be split between Fullerton said the director of The task force's 24 members up on his Tae Kwon Do at the workout area justice major when dealing with thugs. two individuals, the director of fund fund development would be paid par- were divided into five subcommittees development and a public informa- tially from state funds and university so that each group can focus on one tion manager. money. specific aspect of the final statement, Gruber said. The subcommittee in charge of degree programs is to ex- amine the types of programs cur- Engineering receives robotics software donation rently offered, he said. "There are ( programs) we do By Margaret Connor puter science, and a software engineer for ideas for improvement, students also provide The donated software includes more than better than competing universities, Daily staff writer Silma. contacts with companies they eventually work just software. First, the package has the pro- like (University of California at) Ber- Engineering students interested in robotics When asked why Slime would give such a for, Posner said. gramming language, LISP, which is based on keley and Stanford," Gruber said. He aren't restricted to Lincoln logs anymore. Now, gift, Posner said he and two other faculty mem- He and members of the robotics club are ex- the University of Utah LISP. It is the best lan- cited SJSU's engineering and busi- they can simulate automation on a computer, cited about the new software. guage for experimentation, Posner said, be- ness schools as examples. using recently donated software. 'We were anxious to make Classes will be exposed to what's going to cause it can be used for step-by-step program- Gruber said the subcommittee The computer program enables students to happen in the future, said Jim Farquher, a gen- ming. It allows the user to test during a responsible for studying the universi- visualize a sequence of movements through this type of work available eral engineering senior and president of the ro- program, rather than waiting until the program ty's students will enable the task graphics on a screen, rather than lifting wooden botics club. Students can see ideas work and use finishes before receiving results. force to address students' needs and logs with a remote-controlled robotic arm. to students.' the computer for class projects, he said. The package also includes SILL, which is concerns. SJSU Robotics and Automated Manufactur- David Posner "When students are doing a project, they an extension of LISP used for high speed appli- "It will be interesting to see the ing Club helped get the $30,000 software from can simulate a (robot) arm," Farquher said. cations. LISP tends to be too slow for some ap- percentage of women coming back to Silma Corporation, a Los Altos based company. hers have been at SJSU for a long time and thus The School of Engineering cannot afford to plications. Posner said. school, the number of ethnic minori- "Silma donated, installed, debugged, pro- have personal reasons, buy a robotic arm, when a medium -size one Also included is ROBOCAM, the Silma ties here and the number of older stu- vided the manuals and has offered training to "We were anxious to make this type of work costs about $125,000, he said. software that contains geometric models of four dents coming back to school," he professors and students interested in learning available to students," he said. Now students can create a work-place situ- robot arms. Each arm varies in size and can be said. the system," David Posner said. Posner is an Silma is also benefited by having students ation using a computer program without actu- used for different applications. Users may ex- continued on page 4 associate professor in mathematics and corn- work with the program. In addition to giving ally having to purchase an arm for testing. continued on page 4 Safety council to hold Spartan Shops net $423,492 for year tear gas course tonight A tear gas training course will are received. To enroll in the Bookstore sales increase, food services decre ase be offered at SJSU at 7 p.m. today class, call (415) 893-2013 or (415) In the range classroom in the 524-5065. By Eric Rice Spartan Shops' Earnings After operating expenses, food serv- basement of MacQuarrie Hall. The National Safety Council Daily staff writer ices made $69,341. The fee for the course is $25. stresses that California law pro- Although Spartan Shops Food Overall, Zant said the year was a Services did not have as good a year good one, but that the profit for food The two-hour class is being hibits the use of tear gas for any- Fiscal year Gross conducted by the National Safety thing other than self-defense. as hoped, Manager Ed Zant said it services was off.