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Open hearing today Council reaffirms its on proposed garage opposition to garage by Brian Wirth result in about 26,000 individuals." by Ron Regalia and Boni Brewer Coleman said Wednesday that if the new hearing on the Environmental The A.S. Council reaffirmed its op- parking garage is not built, the university A The EIR predicts that from 1981 to Report ) EIR ) of the proposed position to a new SJSU parking garage will go to the city to have the area Impact 1985, the FTE will increase to 18,700, but Street parking garage will be Wednesday night following an hour-long rezoned to all-commuter parking again. Fourth with the impact of Proposition 9, the to the public today at noon in Morris debate with SJSU President Gail Fullerton said another 1,000 spaces open income tax-cutting initiative, and Dailey Auditorium. Fullerton in the Student Union council will be lost if the city builds on the dirt declining enrollment, the F'TE figures chambers. lots between Third and Fourth streets "will be inevitably smaller," according The council, however, modified the west of campus within three years. Anyone interested in expressing to Foote. "In fact, by the end of the resolution it adopted on Feb. 12 after She said a 120-space portion of the opinions on the project or in submitting month they will be smaller," he said. documents to be included in the final EIR nearly two hours of revision, hinting it lots may be used as a temporary staging may do so at the hearing. "The Chancellor's Office is in the may support a garage if the need arises. site for construction of federal and state process of readjusting the figures, The proposed garage would be built on buildings on the site of the present Bank An expected topic of interest at the because with Prop. 9, the figures will not Fourth Street between San Carlos and of America building on San Carlos Street. hearing will be the disputed accuracy of be realistic," he added. San Salvador streets The EIR report states that the state some statistics presented in the report, A.S. Attorney General Michael and federal buildings will be constructed namely the accuracy of future SJSU The FTE figures in the EIR are "the Medina will submit the council's on the dirt lots, but Medina said the enrollment figures compiled by the official documentation figures," Coleman resolution to the campus planning report is inaccurate. university and the California State said, "because it was easier for them committee today for inclusion in the $5.85 The state and federal buildings will University and Colleges Chancellor's ( theChancellor's Office ) to calculate million garage's Environmental Impact be constructed between Second and Third office. when dealing with 19 ( statewide) cam- Report ( EIR. streets arid will have their own parking puses." Fullerton insisted the new garage is lots, Medina said. needed now because of a "parking It is possible that students could use "There's no way those figures can be Coleman said the figures were shortfall of 2,500 spaces" in the SJSU state and federal parking at night, accurate," said John Foote, dean of originally arrived at through forecasting academic planning, in reference to the by the Chanc,Alor's Office and the draft of the EIR's projected average university. s enrollment statistics. ,!.. But the new FTE figures, Coleman Are you opposed to or in favor of the proposed Fourth The EIR on the proposed Fourth said, which the university is forecasting, ,’:(,;... Street parking garage? Street garage, presently available for will be 18,000 for the next two years, with In either case, you are invited to attend the Environ- public inspection, predicts an increase of or without passage of Prop. 9. mental Impact Report Hearing today in the Morris Dailey enrollment at SJSU of 700 students over the next five years. If Prop. 9 passes, Coleman said he Auditorium at noon. does not know how much enrollment will "On the whole, enrollment will go decrease. down," Foote said. "We know that from simple demographics. Those figures are Foote said the FTE figures came out not accurate. However, they are still our of negotiations by the university and the area. Fullerton said, but possibly at a high official numbers. Chancellor's Office with "analytical SJSU lost i ,50u parking spaces when price. speculation by someone. I don't know the streets east of campus were closed to San Jose City Councilman Tom Foote was referring to the full-time who because I have nothing to do with non-residents in the fall of 1977. McEnery said no developing will be done equivalent ( FTE ) statistics in the EIR. it." Residents complained to the San Jose on the dirt lots for 10 to 12 years, Medina One full-time equivalent student is equal City Council about students using parking added. to one student taking 15 units. Foote said the FTE figures should spaces in front of their homes. The city Medina also said SJSU is "losing not be taken as a projection but as rezoned the area between 12th and 17th students faster than parking spaces. fr Presently there are about 18,000 FTE "conceptual speculation. The difference streets and San Fernando Street and "It would be a shame if we built this students attending SJSU, according to may be political," he said, but he would Iv Julie Levy Interstate 280 for residential permit garage and only had two floors of each Executive Vice President Jack Coleman. not elaborate. parking only. garage full," he said. The EIR states that 18,000 FTE "will -continued on back page SJSU President Gail Fullerton Executive Vice President Jack -continued on back page Spartan Daily Volume 74, Number 36 Serving San Jose State University since 1934 Friday. March 21, 1980 'Summer Job Fair' gets mixed reviews feature by SJSU students Competition for 'Dear Abby' by Carla Alvarez have recruited from." Wagner said. SJSU students will have no "I wish they would have had this problem finding jobs this summer if when I went to school here." the success of Wednesday's Job Fair Hewlett-Packard's represen- is any indication. tative, Chuck Cheshire, a SJSU The fair, the first one of its kind alumnus, handed out 299 ap- Male graduate gives advice at SJSU, was organized by the plications before he ran out. Some Career Planning and Placement students left resumes with Cheshire. by Brian Wirth Center. It featured representatives Even if Proposition 9, the state "A lot of women give advice, from about 83 employers from the tax-slashing initiative passes, jobs why not a man?" Bay Area and beyond, according to with the various city park and These words ring optimistically Celia Orona-Anderson, coordinator recreation departments will still be of the fair. from the mouth of William John, or open, according to the city Approximately 5,000 students "Dear John," as he hopes soon to be representatives. known. attended the fair, according to Jerry The San Jose Parks and Brody, Career Planning and Recreation Department needs 40 John" is a pen name "William Placement director. The fair was recreational leaders for the sum- Rumph, who is em- for William held in the Student Union Ballroom mer, but the department is currently goal to become a barking on his from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. under a hiring freeze. Represen- advice columnist. male Most of the students who at- tative Debbie Figone handed out "You won't find a male advice tended the fair were satisfied with about 200 applications. columnist," he said. "At least, I the information they received from "We are not under a testing haven't found one." the representatives, but some had freeze," Figone said. "The students Rumph has been experimenting complaints. I have talked to are aware that there with the idea of becoming an advice Some of the representatives did is a hiring freeze." columnist for about a month. He has not seem prepared for the fair, Sunnyvale's Parks and received 85 letters, with more according to Jim Kilroy, a real Recreation Department had ap- replies from women than men. estate major. "The program i the proximately 40 summer openings for "However, I have received fair) is good," Kilroy said. "But playground leaders. Representative some interesting comments from some of the representative that I Donna Anttila talked to about 250 men," he added. have encountered didn't seem to be students during the fair. Some of those who have sent him very knowledgeable about their "We are already budgeted for letters "have real problems," ac- summer programs. the summer," Anttila said. "Even if cording to Rumph. People have Barbara Morrison, a marketing Prop. 9 passes, we won't be affected asked for advice on how to deal with major, found that most of the until after the summer." a heart attack, pregnancy and a mo- representatives were looking for The city of Santa Clara had few ther-in-law. graduates for permanent em- summer openings. "We were really "The biggest thrill was ployment. "I don't think they should here to recruit for permanent receiving the first letter," Rumph have called it a summer job fair," positions," said Joanne Hollender, said. "The first phase of anything she said. representative for the city. "We you do you always remember the Many of the companies were have never had to lay off anyone. most." looking for graduating seniors to fill Prop. 13 didn't bother us at all. Rumph, 32, has lived in the San permanent positions, as well as "We didn't talk to very many Jose area for 26 years.