Financial Aid Qualification
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FRIDAY Meet record-breaking SPARTAN DAILY Spartan placekicker Joe Nedliey. NKr 6 V01. 99, No. 30 Published for San Jose State University since )934 olicr 9, 1992 Congress eases financial aid qualification BY RICHARD ESPINOZA for the change on and off for the past ranan Daily Stall Writer 10 years. Lower income families gen- From the midst of the financial cri- erally qualify for financial aid even sis gripping California's universities with any home equity taken into comes a bit of good news for students account, and wealthy families usually from the federal government. do not need federal assistance, said Congress, in a reauthorization of Donald Ryan, director of student the Higher Education Act, made it financial aid at SJSU. easier for some students to qualify for Many middle-class homeowners federal financial aid and created a especially those in California, new type of unsubsidized federal stu- where real estate values have skyrock- dent loan for those who are ineligible eted over the years have built up a for guaranteed loans. considerable amount of money in The bill makes some changes to home equity over the years. But that the Higher Education Act, which was wealth often cannot be tapped. originally passed in 1965. A family may have several hun- Some students who were ineligible dred thousand dollars built up in for student aid this year because the home equity that until now has been value of either their or their parents' counted toward its wealth in federal home was figured into their wealth, student financial aid applications. may get federal grants or loans next "The problem is, that has not been year. Home equity will no longer be a a liquid asset': Ryan said. criterion for calculating wealth. If families could not refinance The middle class has been working See FINANCIAL AID, Page 3 PHOTOGRAPHS BY DAVID M MARSHALL SPARTAN DAILY Chng Seok Tin, left, and Millie Solomon discuss her latest work that will be cast in bronze in the "lost-wax" process. Speaker recounts battle against sexual harassment BY ERIK HOVE The "reasonable woman" refers to Spartan Daily Stall Wnter what constitutes sexual harassment. The subjects of sexual harassment Mitchell told of a friend who wanted and ethics in the workplace have been to comment on a co-worker's dress polarized since the Clarence Thomas jast on the basis of the dress itself, but Supreme Court hearings last year. idn't for fear of his intentions being The Institute for Social Responsibility misconstrued. Visiting artist sees with her mind's eyes presented some of the issues Thurs- Some ways to combat sexual day by inviting San Carlos Mayor and harassment in the workplace are to let attorney Sally Mitchell to speak. employees know they will be taken 'When one door is closed to you, another one will Mitchell's lecture, titled "Work- seriously and to offer counseling, open. A lot ofpeople cry and moan when thefirst places in the '90s: Ethics, Ethnics and education and sensitivity training. Sexists:' covered mostly sexual The lecture started with Mitchell door closes, and they don't notice that another one harassment and its issues because of discussing her own experience when has opened.' the one-hour time constraint. she tried to join the San Carlos Police Chng Seok Tin Approximately 500 to 550 students Department in 1974. Mitchell said SJSU distinguished visiting artist attended the event in the Student she had to tight just to get an applica- Union Loma Prieta room. tion, and after she submitted it, the BY SEAN COOPER Mitchell has her own law firm department instituted a physical Spartan Daily Stall Writer which specializes in sexual harass- agility test three days later. Art, understandably enough, is quite often discussed in terms ment cases and works with compa- The test consisted of carrying a of the visual appearance, image, form. SJSU distinguished vis- nies on how to deal with sexual 135-pound sand bag and placing it iting artist Cling Seok Tin represents a unique case. In 1988, the harassment and sensitivity training. on a table. She later found out the bag Singapore-born printmaker developed a brain abscess that left her The result of the Thomas hearings, actually weighed 147 pounds. with only 20 percent of her eyesight intact a stranger in her according to Mitchell, has polarized Mitchell, weighing 110 pounds, car- own world. the workplace. Since the hearings, ried the bag but failed the test It was then that a year-long exploration of the soul began, one complaints have gone up 1.5 to 2 because she carried it waist high that was to reveal a new language, a new approach, and some of times and have brought some inter- instead of chest high. the finest art of her career. esting implications to the workplace. The agility test was changed after Sitting with Seok Tin within the stark white walls of the Fong "There has been a tremendous Mitchell started a lawsuit. The experi- and Spratt Gallery on First Street in downtown San Jose, walls backlash, and some men are afraid of ence also helped her decide to lined by many of her works, the visual seemed dominant to the being accused of harassing; then. become a lawyer. point of comic. Seok Tin immediately broke the awkward tension there are those who are harassing "I had nine lawyers, and I was by responding to the photographer's apologies that his constant everybody:' Mitchell said. doing all the work," Mitchell said. "I motions may prove distracting, with a wry grin and a characteris- Two aspects of sexual harassment figured this wasn't too hard, and I Seok Tin's loss of vision has forced her to rely on are considered in a lawsuit, Mitchell could get paid for it." Students are invited to her sense of touch to "see." See BLIND ARTIST, Page 3 said. The first is creating a "hostile The irony of the situation is that meet her at 3:30 p.m. today in the Student Union. environment" for a victim. The sec- when Mitchell became mayor, she ond is the "reasonable woman:' became the police chief's boss. More than 140 employers expected to visit SJSU's 20th annual Career Exploration Day Computer Music Festival comes to SJSU, BY DON MCGEE alumni to explore career options available Spartan Daily 'rail Writer in today's job market, Wilkes said. Get those resumes ready. Wilkes called the event a great opportu- professor to send music into outersp ace SJSU's 20th annual Career Exploration nity for students to chat, in a very relaxed Day will be held Wednesday from 10 a.m. setting, with representatives from various BY BRIAN WACHTER Strange said. The free performance on on in the memorial from 10 a.m. to 4 to 3 p.m. in the Event Center. organizations about current and future `Tartan Daily Stall Writer the knoll behind Morris Dailey Audi- p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. The event, which is sponsored by the career trends. "All students should feel free SJSU will be cast into deep space on torium will be of the experimental Concerts will be held at 1 p.m. and Career Planning and Placement Center, to walk in. The people they meet will be Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. offerings of the International Com- 8 p.m. in Morris Dailey Auditorium will feature more than 140 employers repre- networks in (their) field," Wilkes added. The surface measurements of an puter Music Conference to be held at each day of the conference except Sun- senting the areas of business, industry, gov- Participating organizations include the area centered on the campus will be SJSU starting Wednesday. Strange is day. ernment, education, health and human ser- California State Department of Health Ser- digitized and processed into sound. the chairman of the conference. "You're going to see a wedding of vices. vices, California State Department of Water The sound will then be converted into Composers, performers, high technology and new-age atti- Margaret Wilkes, career counselor and Resources, City of San Jose (local govern- microwaves and broadcast into deep researchers and engineers from more tudes:' Strange said. Artists will com- coordinator of this year's job fair, said the ment jobs), Clark County School District, space toward the constellation Cygnus than 20 countries will participate in bine electronic sounds with folk center's ability to get such a high number of IBM, INTEL Corporation, Lockheed Mis- directly overhead. conference presentations, panel dis- instruments such as the Japanese employers, considering the current eco- siles and Space Company, Peace Corps, Not NASA, but Allen Strange, SJSU cussions and concerts around cam- shakuhachi flute, the Mexican chamu- nomic conditions facing California, was Palo Alto Police Department, Price Water- music professor and computer-music pus. la harp and the Australian Aboriginal encouraging. house, San Francisco Utilities Engineering eminence, is behind this extraterrestrial "Earthbits 1l1'also on the knoll for didjeridu, a iesonating tube. "(With that many) organizations com- Bureau, Tandem Comppters and United excursion. He is co-creator of "Earthbits free, will transform wind into song Composers performing Oct. 17 ing, it speaks well for San Jose," Wilkes said Airlines. II: The Cygnus Deep Space Site Transmis- electronically at 10 a.m. Thursday. include Eric Chaslow, Roberto adding that more than 5,000 students Admission is free. For more informa- sion" with Michael Heivly. "Earthbits L" another topographical attended last year's event. tion, call the Career Planning and Place- "It is a sort of sound sculpture:' sound representation, will be turned See COMPUFER MUSIC, Page 3 The fair is open to all SJSU students and ment Center at 924-6010.