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Say you want a revolution Big-West team unveiled The documentary film, 'Berkeley in the Sixties' chronicles the Spartan center Mike Brotherton corrals All- turbulent events that shaped this period. Big-West Freshman Team honors. Page 4 Page 5 SPARTAN DAILY Vol. 96, No. 28 Published Since 1934 Friday, March 8, 1991 CFA, CSU reach verbal agreement on contract Bargaining atmosphere credited Sabbatical leaves to be provided Claudia Bramkamp However, it does add significant We're going to have to insist on a Claudia Bramkamp Daily staff writer improvements in salaries and ben- full partnership in the budget pro- Daily staff vmeer 'What's changed is the mode of replacing people A tentative verbal agreement on efits "if funded in the state bud- cess." Concern over the dwindling might be that those of us who a two-year contract has been get." Nichelson credited the improved prospects for professional devel- who have gone. It reached between the California CFA members will be asked to bargaining atmosphere that devel- opment of faculty and the are left will have to replace them and we will have Faculty Association and officials oped over the last two years ratify the new contract by voting decrease in money available to a speed-up in the workplace.' of the California State University on it the first week in April. If the between the faculty union and the replace faculty members planning Pat Nichelson, system, according to Pat Nichel- ratified, its new provi- state university for the ease at contract is sabbaticals was expressed at the president of CFA son, president of California CFA. sions will go into effect July 1, reaching the tentative agreement California Faculty Association Meeting with a group of about 1991. this year. meeting Wednesday. 30 local CFA members, Nichelson "The state budget is a mess, and The union agreed last summer If the tentative contract is adopt- explained provisions of the new there will be plenty of sacrifice," to help university administrators ed, sabbatical leaves will be pro- cedures. Faculty with six or more whether there is money in the bud- contract which calls for no roll- Nichelson said. "We had to scram- operate in Sacramento towards vided for all faculty when they years service will have their sab- get for their replacement, accord- backs or reductions in benefits to ble like crazy to make sure the sys- their mutual best interest, in become eligible for them through batical proposals considered by ing to the new contract. faculty from the previous contract. tem doesn't go into hysteria. See CONTRACT, back page the normal proposal approval pro- their departments, regardless of See LEAVE, back page Curious caveats Three new degrees approved by SJSU it's going to stay for a while," she List includes two explained. B.A.s in languages Carmen Sigler, an associate pro- fessor in the Foreign Language and a Masters degree Department, was more optimistic By Carolyn Swaggart about the two new foreign lan- Daily staff writer guage degrees, also sent to Long Three new degrees have been Beach. sent to the CSU Chancellor's The department has been inter- office in Long Beach after having ested in offering these for quite a been approved by SJSU. while," Sigler said. "About three The new programs, which con- years ago, we decided that the time sist of two B.A. degrees in Chinese was right to offer a B.A. degree in and Japanese and a Master of Arts Chinese and Japanese." she contin- degree in Creative Writing, must ued. now await approval by the Chan- Detailed proposals regarding the cellor before being implemented. curriculum for the programs had to With the current budget crisis, be written up last year, she said. such an approval may not be "Now we have to send these immediate. detailed proposals to Long Beach "It's a very long process of and the Chancellor's office," she approval that has to come up continued. If the Chancellor through the Chancellor's office, approves the degrees. Sigler said, and it could take years," said Vir- they will be implemented in the ginia DeAraujo, coordinator of the Fall of 1991. creative writing program at SJSU. She added that community sup- The new Masters of Arts degree port for the two programs came was first set in motion a year and a from "literally hundreds of people. half ago. a lot of support came from "It's gone through all of the Japanese and Chinese communi- campus committees," DeAraujo ties." said. "But we can't start offering it Also among the supporters for until the Chancellor authorizes it, the new degrees was Congressman and they're frozen down there." Norm Mineta (D-San Jose) and DeAraujo explained that any California Senator Alfred (D-San new graduate programs offered for Jose). approval to the Chancellor's office According to the proposal, only were being delayed because of the three CSU campuses currently budget crisis. offer the B.A. degree in Japanese. "Right now it's gone down to They include San Francisco, Los Chancellorsville, and that's where Angeles and Fullerton. Brian Woods, a senior sociology major, glances at tombstones that were placed outside the Leisure Act ivit ies office for Drug Awareness Week. The tombstones, found strategically placed around the SJSU ERC receives funds campus, convey messages about substance abuse and are used as a Judy . tool to get people's attention. The tombstones have the names of for commuter program famous actors, musicians and atheletes who died from drug abuse By Corey 'Desidder fliers and brochures. ERC will also written on them. The Prevention Education Program was responsi- Daily staff Walla promote the flash pass program, The Environmental Resource where passholders can ride for a ble for coordinationg this project. According to project coordinator Center received a grant Wednes- month anywhere in the county on Elaine Teneati, 'the tombstones get people to notice.' day from Associated Students to the light-rail or bus. Shunk said an fund its Altrans project a ser- ad will be run in a newspaper and IctiZ6%? vice that will help plan commute the first 50 guests to apply for tran- routes to and from campus via sit assistance will be entered in a public transportation. d.rt drawing for two free flash passes. (94 ci ak,*ol After two weeks of discussion Last week ERC presented a rYc) akraosei with the Special Allocations Com- revised request to Special Alloca- mittee. A.S. voted unanimously in tions which reflected a reduced Photos by favor of a $1,937.98 grant to ERC cost for the proposed newsletter. Hillary Schalit to operate and publicize the "We originally requested money Ahrens project. for an environmentally -sound, The only provision of ERC's pre- soy -based paper and ink for the sentation to A.S. that was not newsletter," Shunk said. "We com- approved was a request for salanes promised on cost and now will be Speaker aims to justify U.S. role in Gulf War for two directors. ERC was not using a petroleum -based ink and a given the salaries, according to com- lesser quality paper." By Precy Corrals The focus of his forum was enti- ation Council in 1981. Anthony 2. Anthony said. mittee member and A.S. Controller Shunk hopes to use soy -based Daily staff maw tled "America in the Gulf: Why said. Thc purpose of these small The United States would have Jennie Reyes, because Special Allo- ink and paper for next semester's he cries "No blood for oil" does it matter?" Anthony dis- countries was to deter aggression reacted the same way had it been cations expressed a reluctance to set newsletters. rang out in peace rallies before and cussed why the U.S. defended and defend their countries against another ally that was unjustly a precedent for funding salaries. but by a country with more Shunk was pleased as well with during the War in the Gulf Kuwait against the advancement of the aggressor, according to The invaded "It would have been nice to have military power, Anthem added. A.S. offering a grant for a non-tra- the ramifications in defending Iraqi military forces Presidents Report. a biannual salaries, because this project takes According to report: "When the ditional program. Kuwait were far more complicated Kuwait has been an ally of the report put out by the National time away from other programs we Stark was attacked by Iraq than a simple phrase. United States for many years Council, handed out at the forum. U.S.S. work on." said Stephen Shunk. head "Usually. Special Allocations on May of '87, it was Bahrain's This was the point John Duke Anthony said, combined with five These six countries spent 17 director of ERC. "But we're very will debate and possibly fund a that rescued American Anthony, former chief executive other small countries: Bahrain, years and billions of dollars, much navy pleased to have the funding. We're group's event if it is a new project. on sailors." officer for the National Council Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the of which was spent in the United satisfied with the allotment." like SAFER getting funding for a United States and Arab Relations, United Arab Emirates. States, for equipment, planning. In addition, Oman's coopera- recycling bin," he said. "Ahrans is made in his speech Wednesday at With the help of the United implementing and training of tion, played a big role, giving per- The grant from A.S. will fund a something we've been working on Washington Square Hall to a States, these six countries were troops in case of a military buildup mission to have emergency land- publicity campaign set up by ERC, for awhile.