--,, SPA RTAN DA LY 141 Vol. 98, No. 57 Published for San lose State University since 1934 Wednesday, April 22, 1992 Charges filed in 1990 bombing serious," he said. comment on the incident. next to the Central Classroom Building. Former SJSU The blast also damaged a storm drain pipe, After the bombing, phone calls had 'Fhe pipe bomb caused a delayed reac- according to Richard Staley, University been made to the Spartan Daily newsroom tion two years ago. student indicted Police Department spokesman. and to then-President Gail Fullerton's voice The explosion caused little damage and Activating a bomb is classified as a mail in which the caller said he was "tired was overlooked for a day. for campus felony, according to UPD investigator, of current administration and wants more Groundskeepers found the remnants of blast Brian Garrett. progressive change," according to Staley. the bomb and storm drain and, thinking it After a two-year investigation conduct- If convicted, Bauer faces a maximum was vandalism, put the pieces in a box. By Stacey Coggin ed jointly by Garrett and the Federal penalty of 10 years in federal prison and a Later, when the investigation began, Daily staff writer Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and fine of $250,000 for each count, according Spartan Daily staff photographer Kelley Firearms, Bauer has been charged with two to a Department of Justice press release. Chinn and reporter Kevin Well were threat- On Thesday, the eve of Earth Day 1992, counts of illegal possession and use of Keane, the attorney prosecuting the ened with arrest and jail by UPD officer the Federal Grand Jury at San Jose handed explosives. case, said it was "not likely that he will get Robert Noriega and all film was confiscat- down an indictment against former SJSU The first violation is "damaging by that much (time)," but he was unwilling to ed. student, James Bauer, 23, for the campus explosives property of an institution receiv- speculate on Bauer's possible sentencing. Footage from Update News was also pipe-bomb explosion which occurred Earth ing financial assistance" and the second As of Tuesday. Bauer had not been noti- requested but denied. Day 1990. violation is "possession of unregistered fied of the indictment by either the prose- Bauer graduated with a bachelor's On April 17, 1990 at about 2 a.m., a firearm," as is written in the indictment. cuter's office or the ATF's office said degree in art. January 1991, said Lori Stahl, pipe bomb went off in SJSU's Seventh This is considered a serious crime, said Keane. Street Plaza which was newly landscaped SJSU's public affairs officer. Assistant United States Attorney William He will be served with a summons to for the Earth Day celebrations. The statute of limitations on a case like Keane of the United States Attorney's San his May 7 arraignment within a few days, this is five years, said Keane, and a two- 2i! ,a The explosion blew a 50 to 75-pound office. Jose he said. year investigation is not an unusual amount landscaping rock approximately 25 feet Daily file photo making a gouge in the cement walkway Phone calls were made claiming credit Bauer, unaware of the indictment, said of time. for the bombing which "makes it pretty he had been advised by his lawyer not to Fragments of the exploded pipe bomb in 1990 Evans plans for another year at SJSU By Mike O'Reilly In the shadow of last March's failed presidential search attempt, J. Handel Evans. SJSU's interim president, said it is time to look toward the future. "I'm here for next year," said Evans in a press conference Tuesday. Evans will remain at the helm for one more year. The presidential search is scheduled to resume during the next school year. From out of the ashes of this first search attempt comes a gleam of hope, said Evans, because the presidential search committee will be more cognizant of the concerns of all interested in determining who will be the next university president. "Everybody put their bean and soul into the presidential search), and that is proba- bly the reason why it hurt so much when it failed," Evans said. "I think that all will go into the search with a different attitude," Evans said. Evans sees the need for finding candi- dates who best characterize the institution as a whole, and not just someone who has an answer to one specific problem. Other problems that face Evans and SJSU are the ominous fee hikes and budget cuts. "For anyone who thought that this year was easy, next year is going to be even harder," said Evans. The next president will face even more drastic budget problems in the future. Evans said. "There will he even bigger cuts in the future," said Evans. "If we do not get more money into the system we are looking at fewer classes and students having to spend even more time in school, and there is nothing we can do about it." Evans said the situation looks brighter for the Ford Ord initiative, which would Mareio J. Sanchez - Daily staff photographer convert the military establishment into a new, major state university. Jim !arson, left, and 'Bobby Bible' get into a heated debate over the execution of Harris. Protesters were verbal, but there was no violence at San Quentin. "The progress is moving quickly, but not easily," he said. According to Evans, a number of things have to fall into place before the start of a new state university can begin. Execution brings out wrath, sorrow "The first thing that must happen is the governor and legislation must agree to talk By John Perez After 'Angstrom and her son, I loward, walked the mile as protesters and media people alike gathered around the about it." he said. !laity staff waiter from what she had parked her gray Volvo, she stopped at the wheelbarrow to buy what they could. Evans said he has recently received a edge of the crowd of nearly 1,0(10 protesters and just watched. Along the path to the gates of San Quentin are houses that letter from Gov. Pete Wilson in which the Marjorie Lingstrom was watching a news story on televi- The event took on the atmosphere of medieval executions television stations from around the country used as make-shift governor stated he was in favor of a new sion when she decided to see for herself what the whole thing with people bringing the whole family and vendors selling studios with everything from cellular phones to microwave CS11 campus at Fort Ord. Evans said the was really all about. food and wine to the crowd while they waited for the execu- ovens. real importance behind the letter is that the !Angstrom turned off the television, herded her 8-year-old tion. As darkness began to fall, the flood lights of the army of governor is saying he wants to get serious son into the car and drove the 500 miles from Ins Angeles to One vendor Tuesday night, who had hot dogs and sodas in television trucks framed the crowd in a gold and white light about the new campus site. San Quentin. She didn't know how she felt about the morality his wheelbarrow, shouted above the crowd "Come and get that was brighter than the street lights. In the mass of people The prim tag for converting the fort to a inci the rightecaisness of sending Robert Alton !tarns to death your free sodas." People gathered around only lobe told that were spots of light from camera crews fanning out through campus will be about $200 million dollars, in San Quentin's gas chamber for killing two teen-age boys the word "free" meant people were free to come and pay for the crowd. Every time a group, either for or against the execu- and will hold its first class on the site by and eating their hamburgers afterwards. the drinks and focal. tion, wanted to get their views heard, they started by shouting the fall of '94. Evans said. So !Angstrom decided logo to the correctional facility on "Why shouldn't I sell food here? This is where the people Evans speculates that a new CStI cam- Fuesday and decide. are and where their are people there is money," said the man See EXECUTION, Page 5 pus may provide a relief valve fca students and faculty who fell on the wrong side of the budget cuts. INSIDE Theatrics and music prevail at Munitz, fee hike rallies "accessible education" pinned to him, SUAE SUAE uses mock gas President Juan Ham stepped into the chamber SPORTS: Environmental group blasts CSU policies chamber to make point with a textbook and feigned death as dry ice Spartan golf teams By Monika Jung mental issues. fogged around his knees. Daily staff writer Julie Jakolat, a senior speech communication By Christal Niederer Tuesday's execution of Robert Alton Harris are winners major, said Chemey made her think about specif- Daily staff wetter was used as a parallel of the "cruel and unusual Page 4 With posters scattered on the walls of the Stu- ic decisions Munitz was involved in. She said she punishment" Wilson is inflicting on students, dent Onion Amphitheatre Tuesday blasting the never knew the extent of his involvement. As the gas chamber began to fill with liaro said. environmental and financial policies of CSI "I did not know a lot about his participation in smoke, both the victim and the crowd shouted "('SO students will be executed if the fee Chancellor Barry Munitz, Darryl Cherncy and the Bighorn Sheep incident and the redwoods angrily.