Late Fee Payment Owed A.S. Will Prevent Program Funding EOP Frosh
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SJSU Meteorology Department Volume 66, Number 41 Thursday, April 8, 1976 Phone: 277-3181 Late fee payment owed A.S. will prevent program funding By Tom Tall the general fund which has not had any unexpectedly come in or unless the AS. probably will not receive an funds since Feb. 23. council voted to use money in the anticipated 820,000 in time to fund any Culligan said the general fund is operating reserve account. additional programs this semester, usually depleted by this time of year "I would be very opposed to that," according to Greg Soulds, director of rather than in February. Soulds said. student business affairs. "The reason a lot of the money was Soulds said Title V of the state Soulds said he assumes from the way spent was that the council was assured education code requires auxiliary the collection process has been going by the university controller's office that enterprises such as A.S. to maintain the money "probably will not be here the money would be coming in," adequate reserves. until sometime in May." Culligan said. Reserve not adequate The money is due from corporations "I think council would have been The $20,000 in the reserve account which pay their employes fees to attend more careful in allocating money if it now is not adequate, according to SJSU to further their professional had known the money wasn't coming Soulds. expertise and from state scholarships, in," she said. The A.S. Council removed $5,000 from Soulds said. Semana Chicana '76, the fifth annual the $25,000 operating reserve account to The money, due for the fall semester, Chicano culture week scheduled for help underwrite Black History Week, Barry Allen was expected to be received during the May 10-14, is one of the programs which held in February. semester break in December, Soulds may not be held. Because of the financial loss of Black Spartan Daily reporter Louise Ransil answers media questions concerning her story (see story page 12). said. Money requested History Week, that $5,000 was not Soulds said the corporations have The Semana Chicana Organizing returned to the reserve account. been slow in making payments because Committee SCOC ) which is coor- Culligan said there is a possibility for SJSU starts investigation they are probably involved in their own dinating the culture week, requested Semana Chicana to receive funding internal affairs such as closing their $19,360 in March to put on its activities. through reserves. books at the end of the fiscal year. The AS. Council voted to make "The money is there, it can be tap- Funding prevented Semana Chicana '76 a "high priority" ped," Culligan said. The slowness of the corporations in for funding if expected money were Soulds said another alternative to of campus porno industry making payments has prevented AS. received in time. fund Semana Chicana '76 would be to from funding several programs, ac- Soulds said it was "very doubtful" at get the University controller's office to By Kevin McCarthy University Police to gather evidence that. It was good." cording to Colleen Culligan, A.S. this point that Semana Chicana '76 release some $6,000 it is holding for SJSU Housing Director Cordell and that he would prosecute "if there "There's a free enterprise system treasurer. The collected money goes to could go on unless the money were to reimbursements and refunds. oland mgt with dormitory resident was a case." within this country, or so I've heard," (Ivisers Tuesday as part of the The normal charges for something said Greg Murphy, environmental iniversity's investigation following a like this would be prostitution and studies junior. "I can't see any harm in Effort made to limit probations vpartan Daily story oil pornographic pimping," Hoffman said. some indoor sports going on in the SJSU lint-making in campus dorms. Performing sex acts on film for dorms." When contacted, Koland said, "I money is prostitution and the hiring of Jerry Kopp, political science senior, lon't have any comment to make at this actors and actresses to perform the said, "It's nice to have decadence at EOP frosh get guidelines acts is pimping, according to Hoffman. SJSU." In a prepared statement released by Distributing illegal Dick Wooley, urban planning [antes Noah, university relations Hoffman also said making por- graduate, said, "I wasn't surprised at By Nick Baptista entire school year there is enough room another problem is EOP students lirector Tuesday, President John nographic films for private use is not all. I think it is a reaction to a still rigid The Educational Opportunity for students who need English 1A, but taking more units than they can handle. Junzel said, "The university is con- illegal but distributing them is illegal. set of mores in this country. I don't feel Program t EOP I has developed a way the department can't meet the demand The testing office indicated that 25 lucting an investigation into the Student reaction on the story ranged it should be banned unless it's found to help incoming freshmen EOP for one semester. per cent of EOP students on probation illegations reported in the Spartan widely. that there are some criminal dealings students avoid academic probation. EOP has proposed to the ad- carry 15 units or more. Reyes said, he /ally. Obscene behavior is clearly Jan Sowa, environmental studies accompanying it." The program would help freshmen ministration making it mandatory for would limit most students to 13 units. :ontrary to university policy. junior, said, "I was surprised it was All SJSU professors and staff con- develop the fundamental study skills incoming freshmen to pick up their The proposed EOP program for the 1ppropriate disciplinary action may be going on. I wasn't aware the Spartan tacted declined comment and some needed in college since it stresses lower schedules from the EOP office. incoming freshmen is: nitiated if evidence of conduct in Daily was getting into smethine like doubted the validity of the story. division courses. Alonzo Smith, EOP counselor, said 3 units in a skill building class iolation of university regulations is Bill Carter, EOP counselor, said EOP the intent would be to advise the 3 units of History (to fulfill general incovered." students need 12 units to receive students when they pick up the education requirements) D.A. action financial aid. During the walk through schedules. :3 units of English IA with a lab Bunzel also said the university would Porno makers react registration, he said, they often choose Gabriel Reyes, EOP director, said '3 units of an elective entact the district attorney's office to any class without much regard to the 'determine if it wishes to take any difficulty of the class just to fulfill the etion in the matter." to article descriptions aid requirements. William Hoffman, Santa Clara Consequently EOP students are BEOG aid authorized 7ounty chief assistant district attorney, The Spartan Daily story on por- nographic productions. He did not getting classes they might flunk, he aid Wednesday he had been contacted nography filmed on the SJSU campus sound worried. said. iy University Police Chief Earnest has brought mixed reactions from the Ile also declined to say whether tie Half of the incoming EOP students for release next week juinton on possible prosecution of the people described in the article. will continue to film pornography. participate in walkthrough eople involved. (hie student, identified in the article Another student, identified in the registration. By then ninny of the By Mike Peasland financial aids, at a conference this Out of town only as "Steve," the SJSU student article as "Don," said he was unhappy classes they need are filled each weekend at Lake Tahoe. Authorization for the Basic Quinton and his administrative of- turned porno film director and with being described in the article as semester, Carter said. Educational Opportunity Grant icer, Larry James, were both out of producer, said he felt the article was feeling "sexually inadequate." EOP counselors are also trying to Students should then recieve their Program BEOG should arrive at the week, own on business Wednesday. accurate and representative of his The other people in the article were make sure that the students get into the checks about the niiddle of next beginning of next week, according to However, Quinton issued a prepared pornographic productions and the not available for comment. general education classes. Pfaff said. Richard Pfaff, associate director of tatement before leaving. people involved in those productions. The story, which was published in Openings for EOP students in History financial aids. About 12 members of the Student "The department is investigating and When interviewed Tuesday by Tuesday's Daily, told of a group of 17A classes have been established in Revolutionary Brigade confronted working with the district attorney's telephone lie refused to comment on about 40 students who directed, filmed previous semesters, said Stella Nanez, Pfaff yesterday in an effort to find out ,ff ice in regards to potential criminal what effects he expects the article and and acted in pornographic movies that EOP counselor.