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Silver ball Student pinball addicts: competition, technological interest By Jan Greben hail" type game. and 21 special effects wizardry ill For seine it is the competition. Others are in- films, such as "Star Wars." have whetted 'Merest trigued by the electronic gimmickry. electronic gadgets. Whatever the reason, a student strolling by the At the SJSU pinball center, there is an almost west side of the Student Union can't help but here the caste-like separation of the talented players from tht dinging and donging of pinball machines. To many, the novices. sound is infectious-so much so that the campus pinlia I -I don't even think those beginners shou.d bt center is almost constantly in use. allowed in during certain Gilles." said Tom St v el.e. math major who calls himself "a true master" of ttk there. Some fanatics spend much of their day sport. regardless of classes. "I'd say I'm here four to six hours a day." said a "All they beginners i do is come in and use up al computer science major as he herky-jerked the the machines so a 4uy who's really into It has to war "Captain Fantastic" machine. "When I'm hot one da:. around. What people have to realize is you have to pay and winning replays, then I figure. what the hell. Fl. our dues it: this thing." skip class. In jazz, perhaps, but pinball "The technology in these things is just as in- Nevertheless, it is readily evident what players teresting as my classes. anyway. know what they're doing. An experienced student of the game will a most -Now, would you mind." he requested. "I'm trying dance with the machine. to finish my game." Left alone, he appeared consumed by his im- His feet balancing or: his toes. the -master" will mediate world, a blinking pinball machine, and the aggressively but gracefully maneuver the flippet cigarette dangling out of the corner of his mouth. buttons, the bats controlled by the player to keen the bail His concentration symbolized the immense growth in line, keep a stead alp on the macture. in popularity pinball machines have enjoyed in the past most importantly, learn just how far he can go in five years. shaking the machine unti. his game is voided. Pinball players suggest two possible reasons for Many pinball players stressed that once they. the increased use of the mechanical marvels: I. figured out the proper -shake" on the silvet balls used Allen Sco,, franchised arcades, like San Jose's Time Zone, have in the machines, they could win replays faith often Yeti Ling Liu is entranced by his match with a blinking, clinking pinball machine. improved the image from the former idea of a poo. I Continued on back page' VolumeSPARTAN 69, Number 67 Serving the Sal) Jose State Community Since 1934DAILY Friday, December 9, 1977 Police to press charges against bomb suspect By Chris Georges discovery of an explosive device in Duncan cording to Frank Perrone of the San University Police plan to file a com- Hall Monday. Francisco office. plaint today in the Santa Clara County Suite is also charged with threatening Suite's parents, when reached at their District Attorney's office against SJSU to blow up that genetics class if a home in Paradise, Calif., would not student Larry Suite, who was charged scheduled exam in it were not cancelled. comment on their son's arrest or the Wednesday with a series of bombings and University Police Sgt. William Correll, charges. bomb threats on campus. in charge of the investigation, said The seven felony counts leveled Once the evidence found in a permissive search of complaint is filed, Suite, who against Suite include: two counts of is in Suite's car and house at 146 N. 16th St. Santa Clara County Jail pending planting an explosive device with intent to $30,000 preliminary bail, will face an "would tend to support our conviction" that Suite is linked to the bombs. injure, four counts of falsely reporting a arraignment date set by the district at- bomb and one count of threatening a torney's office. The Campbell office of the FBI is currently examining both devices for university official. Suite was arrested in his Wednesday clues. The charge of planting an explosive morning genetics class by University Once the local office finishes its device applies to both the Duncan Hall and Police and charged with seven felony examination, the bombs will be sent to the Keady's Business Tower office bombs, counts. They stem from the explosion of a San Francisco office, where they will be even though the Duncan Hall device did bomb in religious studies Professor packaged and delivered to department not explode, according to Univesity Police Richard Keady's office Tuesday and the headquarters in Washington, D.C., ac- Chief Earnest Quinton. But critics lack alternative Profs' grievance forum labeled inefficient By David Koenig whole is unfairly administered. of his promotion, then the burden is The faculty grievance process takes Sasseen said it is too early to tell if the rightfully placed on him," Sasseen said. up too much time, effort and expense for procedure is working, because the new Robert Duman, director of concurrent all involved. procedures have been in effect only. one enrollment, has run the gamut of the That is virtually the only point of year. grievance process twice-and won twice. agreement between several previous A major break in opinion is where the He went to court in 1971 to gain tenure grievants, and Dean of Faculty Robert "burden of proof" should lie in a hearing. after Chancellor Glenn Dumke refused to Sasseen, who tries the cases for the "The burden of proof should not be on grant it. Last year he went to arbitration to university. a faculty member," said Tom McNerney, gain a promotion that had been vetoed by And no one has an alternative to the who won a fight for retention this summer. Bunzei. often tedious quasi-judicial hearings. -Once he's hired, the burden of proof The greatest weakness in the process, If a faculty member is turned down for should be on the administration to show he Duman said, pertains to cases settled by retention, tenure or promotion, he can file should be fired." arbitration. The arbitrator should be able for a grievance hearing, at which a panel Such an approach, he argued, would to subpoena witnesses, request more of three full-time faculty members decide be consistent with practices in government evidence and make a decision other than whether the employee's RTP bid was and teaching positions up to the univesity those reached by the panel and president, treated fairly. level. he said. The panel makes a recommendation to Sasseen said it is up to the grievant to Now, the arbitrator can find for the SJSU President John Bunzel. If the prove a university error. grievant, agree with the president or send president disregards the panel's recom- "When somebody alleges a wrong of the case back to a panel for recon- mendation, the grievant may call for an some thing, the burden is always on the sideration. outside arbitrator to make a final ruling. one alleging the wrong," he said. "If the "He is restricted to literally being an According to veterans of the process, university wants to discipline somebody, umpire," Duman said. "The ad- it is arbitrary, discriminatory and the then the burden is on us because we are the ministration has tied the hands of the panels don't know what they're supposed accusing person. arbitrator." to do. The faculty members, both winners "Conversely, when the grievant says process as a and losers, said the promotion something went wrong during the process (Continued on Page 61 S. African apartheid protested UPC votes against investments to cause The United Professors of California Out of $9 billion in PERS investments, ning about developing "strategies investments" with state council voted last weekend to try to $1.2 billion is invested with corporations PERS to divest its do business in South end Public Employees' Retirement that do business in apartheid South Africa. corporations that System investments in South Africa Six percent of that money comes from Africa. outspoken through University of California Regent SJSU employees. Henning is "extremely Kessler against" investing in South Africa, Kurz- Jack Henning, State UPC President Warren said they would be conferring with Hen- weil said. go through Henning The UPC will By going to the labor unions, UPC Scoff Allen California Labor since he is head of the hopes to generate the broad-based sup- Lining up over the shot, op- AFL-C10, according to Federation, port, Kurzweil said. porently one into the side assistant professor of engineering Jack Farm deadline "We're confident something can be Eight ball, pocket, is Hall Mix, who hopes Kurzweil, campus UPC president. done about it," Kurzweil said. to teach a billiards class at SJSU PERS, through the California State Today is the last day for students to According to Kessler, membcrs of the forms. next semester. For a story and University and Colleges system, deducts turn in their Advance Registration UPC state council were "deeply disturbed side pocket pictures of this -sport of gen 15 percent of faculty payroll checks fcr the Forms must be signed and turned in by 5 discover the South African problem has to tlemen,- see Page 4. investment fund. p.m. infested our own lives." Page 2, December 9. 1977 DISTRACTIONS Letters lab," you quoted John Glam, SJSU enrollment English Department chairman, remarking abut the university's Editor: compensatory writing lab.

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