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Heavy metal Cycling preachers in motion Christian band rebels against satanism Helpful hints for motorcycle and bicycle safety H ENTERTAINER PAGE 4 & 5 FEATURE PAGE 4 815 86, No. 32 The San Jose State University Volume Serving Corn munity Since 1934 Thursday, March 13, 1986 Budget committee cuts groups' funding By Maria J. Gunter approximately $.184,1100. said Scott Davies, accept payments for Pacific Bell or other total amount requested, more than three take advantage ot that money,- trarg said. Daily staff writer budget committee chairman. local utilities, Smalls said. At present, the times its 1985-86 allocation of $4,375, the sheer He said some of the groups didn't use the After three hours reviewing budget re- The A.S. Business Office was the only business office accepts payments for PG&E. size of the increase would make it highly money last year and the funds were then quests Tuesday, the Associated Students group the budget committee recommended to The Women's Resource Center/ Womyn's probable that funds would he used in a less given to another ICS(' member group. Budget Committee cut a net total of $8,551 receive more than the amount asked in its Week budget request received the largest than efficient manner. The A.S. should have more control of its from amounts requested by four campus or- funding request. The business office's re- cut, down $7,917 from the requested $13,791. The Intercultural Steering Committee's allocations to the ICSC. Rose said. ganizations. quest was increased from $196,269 to $205,146 The budget committee recommended that funding request was reduced by $6,685 to The member groups should apply di- "The committee cut amounts of to allow for a 5 percent cost of living increase the group receive $5,874. $3,668. rectly for A.S funds on their own or go $1,000. $500 . which are very impor- for business office employees. "It's nice to see them ( Womyn's Week The ICS(' is an umbrella organization for through the special allocations process, Rose tant, but you've got to remember we have Timothy Smalls, member of the budget and Women's Resource Center programs) approximately 10 member groups. said. nearly $400,000 total cuts to be made," said committee, proposed that the business office expanding operations, but they're going to Dvesh Garg, budget committee member The ICSC has good potential for fund rais- Jim Cellini, A.S. adviser. start charging a 25-cent fee for cashing have to do it in degrees," said Larry Rose, said $4,500 of the ICSC's allocation request of ing with its fall and spring Food Bazaars, Total allocations of more than $800,000 checks. He also said the returned check the budget committee's faculty representa- $10,353 was to be passed to the member Rose said. have been requested by campus organiza- charge be raised from $8 to $10. tive. groups at a rate of $450 per group. However, he said the group listed an an- tions, but the A S anticipates an income of The business office might also begirt to Rose said if the center were to receive the "I know some of the groups didn't get to continued on page 8 Roaches Pinned down High-rise plague housing to obstruct By Lucy Santopietro Daily staff writer Residents at Spartan City have a transmitter hit of a problem cockroaches. "Cockroaches are nocturnal ani- mals, but they're out in the day at my apartment," said Ron Nash, liaison New building may force representative at Spartan City. Nash claims Spartan City has a KSJS to move its tower serious cockroach problem. In response to complaints from By Andrea F. Hamm some residents who are bothered by Daily staff writer cockroaches, a letter was sent out Construction of the 400-foot Paseo Mall high-rise on Tuesday morning to Spartan City res- the corner of Fourth and San Fernando sireets has KSJS idents asking them how widespread looking for a new location for its FM transmitter. the cockroach problem is in their The transmitter, currently located on the roof of Ad- apartments, said Bob Tattershall, missions and Records Building, will have its signal weak- apartment living coordinator at ened by Silicon Valley Financial Center's new office Spartan City and Spartan Village. building, said Bob Martin, Theatre Arts Department tele- The letter is to get an assessment vision eatglostsr. of the number of residents who want Paseo Mall. part of the their buildings sprayed, he said. Redevelopment Agency of the "We are trying to find out how City of San Jose's downtown 'Our signal has big the situation is. We would do ev- renovation plan, has been erything in our power to spray the slated to be built on the park- already been buildings . ," Tattershall said. A ing lot located at Fourth and building would be sprayed even if San Fernando streets. The weakened by residents were opposed to the idea, proposed mall will have two he said. 400-foot towers connected by a other build- There are 10 buildings at Spartan small shopping mall. Con- ings that City, but Building 5 was the only one struction is scheduled to begin in the complex which has been in 1988 and be completed by have gone up sprayed completely in the past. 1990. Building 5 was sprayed last No- "FM signals don't bounce in the down- vember, and then sprayed again in off buildings like AM signals December to kill any new cock- do. The building will be so town area.' roaches hatched from the egg-in- close and so high that it'll dis- Bob Martin, fested walls, Tattershall said. Since tort the signal, and really Theatre Arts then, there have been no cockroach weaken the strength of it," Department problems in Buildings, he said. Martin said. "Our signal has Nash, who lives in Building 3, already been weakened by television engineer said he spot sprays his apartment other buildings that have gone every two to three months to get rid up in the downtown area. of cockroaches. But cockroaches still "The transmitter is 170 feel below average terrain," show up from hatching eggs, he said Martin said. "It's in the worst possible place to broadcast Not all buildings are affected. from that I can imagine. We are the only radio station in Tattershall said. the Bay Area not broadcasting our signal from a moun- "We've had people this semester taintop." who say they don't have cock- Martin stated in a memo to Theatre Arts Department roaches," he said, "and they don't Chairwoman Mina Garman that it would cost between live in Building 5." $43,000 and $70,317, depending on the quality of the new Some people don't want their transmitter, to place it on either Mt. Umunhum or Loma apartments sprayed because they Preita. This would include a microwave linkup between are afraid of pesticides, Tattershall KSJS's broadcast studio and the mountaintop transmit- said. ter. A person can die from a high- "The transmitter we have now is over 10 years old level output of pesticides, but the and needs to be replaced," said James Lefever, opera- tions manager for the Radio, TV, and Film Department. amount sprayed to kill roaches in Ken Lam Daily staff photographer Spartan City will not harm the resi- "With the recent repairs it could be our backup transmit- dents, he said, Nazy Amid carefully cleans up a jewelry pin after was an assignment for a jewelry-making class. ter in case of an emergency. but a new transmitter is It would cost 81,000 to spray the it was vacuum casted. The pin, made of bronze. Amid is a senior majoring in fine arts. needed." continued on pages continued on page 8 'Afoot' given the boot; actors pick 'Best little' 'Domino effect' By Andrew F. Hamm office appeal that 'Whorehouse' does Daily staff writer Reed said. causes flooding The Theatre Department has substi- "Our primary goal is to teach stu- tued "The Best Little Whorehouse in Play provides more roles for women dents," Reed said. "But we need to be suc- By Sten Hint/ Texas" for "Something's Afoot" as the cessfull at the box office. I think 'Whore- Daily staff writer final presentation of the University house' is a good combination between A minor oversight by an SJSU (7entral Plant em- Theatre this season. "Something's Afoot" is listed in the season has been good, but that Wednesday being a teaching tool and bringing in an ployee turned into a major problem Tuesday, forcing Donna Marie Reed, director of the University Theatre season ticket subscrib- and Thursday nights attendence has been audience." plant employees to pump water from an underground tun- musical "The Best Little Whorehouse in tion application. poor. Reed said that there will he a cast of 40 nel and ask the CSU for emergency funds to make repairs Texas," said that the change was made This is not the first time a play has " 'Somethings Afoot,' a spoof on Aga- for "Whorehouse" with over half of them to the campus' steam-heating system. after female actors of the Theatre Arts been substituted after the original list of tha Christie mysteries, is not as well women. Patrick Moss, utilities manager for Plant Operations, Department complained about a lack of plays were announced. In 1982, "Good known and quite a bit more sedate. We "We weren't expecting that many peo- said that a valve left open during the repair of a steam woman's roles in this seasons' plays.