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cl)/_\\IffirAci 19 Serving the San Jose State University Community since 1934 Volume 79, No. 41 Tuesday. October 26, 1982 Policy Another rainy day comes to San Jose reviewed ...J.,;.im."- Major is jeopardized i;;111711111'aelt1.4.14 ./,,,...., By Dudek Moran Questions about a provision in -4010:01,0, SJSU's policy of terminating a department's major are being raised on the eve of the review of the Afro-American Studies major. The review, to be conducted by a five-member committee headed by Brett Melendy, associate academic vice president for undergraduate 411erellir41.’ affairs, is scheduled for sometime 4E1 Yf* this week. Part of the reason for the review, according to Gerald Wheeler, dean of the School of Social Sciences, was that the Afro. America n Studies Department failed to graduate at least 10 majors per year. System -wide policy 1.4*..44111 Wheeler, who ordered the review, said that the figure was set by California State Colleges and University system policy. The policy, which pertains to undergraduate programs, determines Parking wasn't the only problem for students Monday as two commuters, shown hare, try to locate their cars while avoiding puddles on the roof of the Seventh Street garage. whether departments should grant bachelor degrees. Carlene Young, chairwoman of the Afro-American Studies Department, has maintained that no such policy exists, and said that although the CSU "recommended" that such a guideline be used in City parking meeting moved determining if a department should be allowed to have a major, such a limit was never made a part of of- at Council rescheduled afternoon ficial CSU policy. Evening discussion for A memo from the vice chancellor's office seems to dispute this By Rosanno Alejandro Students who want another chance to SJSU President Gail Fullerton had He added that the City Council has been Ward believes the City Council is in- The Feb. 22, 1979 memo, ad- defend their parking rights at the San Jose requested last week that the report be read considering canceling the meeting even tentionally scheduling the SJSU parking dressed to the presidents of all 19 City Council meeting tonight are not going to during the evening session so students could before Fullerton made her request. report for the afternoon session so students CSU campuses, states that get that chance. attend. The afternoon meetings are difficult According to Margie Cornehl, council will not be able to attend. He says he will programs which can be reviewed for The report on SJSU parking alternatives for students to attend because of classes and liaison, holding a meeting for just one item continue to go the the council meetings until a possible termination are those that is scheduled for today's 1:30 p.m. City Council jobs. "costs a lot of money." decision is made. "have not averaged 10 graduates meeting. She made that request as soon as she was Some students, however, think the City The delays first began when the City per year on the undergraduate Students who attend the afternoon notified by Boggini two hours before last Council is "playing games" and that the Council voted Oct. 12 to delay a decision on level." meeting in the City Council Chambers at 801 Tuesday's 1:30 p.m. meeting that the parking council is intentionally delaying a decision on parking alternatives for SJSU until a report N. First St. will not be able to voice their report would be deferred to today's meeting. SJSU parking alternatives. by the city and SJSU could be done. That junior No magic number views -- as can be done during the evening Boggini told the council that afternoon of Brian Ward, a political science report was to be presented last Tuesday. session during public forum Fullerton's request, but the council decided to who attended last week's evening session But the Council then decided to defer the Anthony Moye, associate vice Tonight's 7 p.m. meeting was canceled cancel the meeting anyway. only to find out it had been deferred, was report and decision again because of the chancellor for Educational last week by the City Council. "Nothing was Boggini later said the council thought it upset by the council's actions. He was even absence of Mayor Janet Gray Hayes, City Programs and Resouces of CSU, on the agenda for that night," said Deputy was in the best interest of the public that the more upset when he found out that tonight's Manager Francis Fox and two other Council said the 10-major figure is "not a City Manager Dave Boggini. evening meeting not be held for one item. meeting was cancelled. Continual on pp magic number." Its purpose, he said, is to signal a declining enrollment in a department. The purpose of a review is to "look behind the numbers" to find out why New computer system the department is having trouble Committee to recommend with its enrollment, Moye said. to be operational by 1983 The number of majors that a department has is a "minor con- two groups get A.S. funds sideration" in determining the Admission time could be reduced quality of a program, Moye said, adding that enrollment numbers By Dan Nakaso could be deceiving in determining The Associated Students special vice president and chairman of the requests made next semester, By Jacquie Toth quality. "Some programs with small allocations committee will A.S board of directors. "I don't Spargo said. Students who apply for ad- optiona I scanner, he said. enrollment are good ones, while recommend tomorrow that the think A.S. should be a welfare Groups with events planned for mission to SJSU in fall 1984 may be Because of the time involved in some programs with larger remaining $299 in the general fund state." spring will then have opportunity for notified of acceptance up to a week keypunching or coding data, the enrollment are bad ones," he said. be allocated in two groups. A.S. Controller Robin Sawatzky some funds, he said. earlier than those who applied this admissions and records office The committee unanimously said the lack of money in the general semester because of a new com- receives updates applicant in- The $6,000 will come from an puterized admissions system. formation only once a week. Limited voted yesterday to recommend to fund has forced groups to raise their budget A.S.-funded ne which was never "Right now, it takes from Chambers said. !IIEINIMMIIME11111111 Noting that the memo was published, Sawatzky said. seven to ten days from the time an And if that information is written the same year that 'Any groups that want money will have to A.S. funded the magazine last applicant's file is complete to get keypunched or coded incorrectly, Proposition 13, the tax-cutting year. It was intended to be a soft - notification in the mail," said it takes another week to make a initiative, was passed by California wait until next semester. I don't think A.S. bound version of a yearbook. Edgar Chambers, director of correction, he said. voters, Moye said that a limited should be a welfare state' -- Rick Spargo admissions and records. "This In addition to the weekly state budget dictates that money "People were really en- ( the new system) should cut that printouts, the present computer must be spent on programs that are thusaistic about it in the spring," time down to three or four days." also provides student mailing a major role in CSU universities. "It the A.S. board of directors that $150 own funds. Sawatzky said. "But when last Last semester, SJSU's slow labels and more code cards or doesn't make any sense to keep be given to the Association of "To tell you the truth," she said, summer came and the work had to notification process was blamed by forms for future updates, he said. programs that aren't enrolling that Computing Machinery and $149 to "I haven't had people knocking be done . Dean Gerald Wheeler of the School By comparison, the SIMS many students," Moye said. the Pre-Law Association. down my door for the money." The special allocations com- of Social Sciences for causing admissions software is an on-line Melendy said that the 10-major A.S. officials said the general mittee will adjourn until some impatient applicants to enroll at system which will utilize the CDC minimum wasn't the only reason for fund probably will not have any Sawatzky said A.S. officials are money is added to the general fund, other schools. Cyber 170 computer scheduled to reviewing the Afro-American more money this semester. expecting about $6,000 to revert to she said. According to Chambers. the replace the CDC 1350 in August Studies major. "Any groups that want money the general fund sometime this The committee acts as a sub- new admissions system is part of 1983. The number is a "warning flag" will have to wait until next semester. committee for the A.S. board the "Student Information According to Paul Tsao, cediriwrimimio semester.- said Rick Spargo, A S But that money will go toward Ceraured in page B Management Systems" developed associate executive vice president by the CSU's Division of In- of information systems and formation Systems in Fresno. computing, the new computer will SJSU will become the thir- be purchased as part of a CSU Rain fells teenth campus in the 19-campus systemwide procurement to system to use, the system when it provide updated computers to all is installed here in November 1983, 19 CSU campuses.

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