Spartan Daily Looks Back on 20 Years of a Local Reggae Band Is Adding to the Music Student Union History, from Its Style's Popularity in the South Bay
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The Student Union: 20 years of life As the administration plans a Inka birthday party, the Spartan Daily looks back on 20 years of A local reggae band is adding to the music Student Union history, from its style's popularity in the South Bay. opening in 1969 to today. See story on page 5. page 8 and 9 Spartan Daily Serving San Jose State University Since 1934 VOLUME 94, NUMBER 34 THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1990 Trustees investigate pay increases By. Rob Neill The hoard approved a resolution sion oustees reaffirms its overall policy take home permission for the six Daily staff writer stating that five trustees would re- 'We also feel a special obliga- to provide all employees compen- Ford Tauruses currently authorized LONG BEACH Responding view 'executive compensation tion to the governor, legislature sation and benefits, commensary for their use. to protests of recent actions taken and other related issues." and the people of California to re- with their responsibilities and com- They are now required to sign by the CSU hoard of trustees in Members of the board defended view carefully and re-evaluate both parable to that of other systems of the cars out of the university mo- 'We believe that it closed sessions, members formed a the pay increases. the process and results of recent higher education." torpool. Also, use was limited to is essential that committee Wednesday to deter- "We believe that it is essential executive compensation activites. The committee will make a university related business only mine whether they violated state that the faculty and the leadership We give assurances that the hoard complete report by the next trust- and any staff member of the CSL I the faculty and open meeting laws. in this system be adequately com- of trustees after personnel deliber- ees meeting on May 14 and IS. chancellor's office may use them. California State University trust- pensated for the important services ation in closed session will bring Lansdale said. The money for the six cars. the leadership in ees came under fire earlier this they provide," stated Marianthi executive salaries into open meet- The chairwoman also an- $99,998.30, came out of the sys- this system be year for approving pay raises of up Lansdale, chairwoman of the ing for appropriate discussion and nounced she directed W. Ann Rey- tem's employee compensation sal- to 43 percent for university exec- board, reading a resolution ap- vote. nolds, CSU chancellor, to rescind aries and dental and medical plans. adequately utives in closed session. proved by the hoard in closed ses- "For these reasons the board of the permanent vice chancellors* CSU legislative analyst Donna Olsson said in an earlier interview. compensated for The limit before an expense the must be reported to the state's gen- important Teacher eral services office of procurement services they is $100.000. Gail Pemberton. a representa- provide.' tive of the CSU Labor Council, a indicted; group for non-faculty employees, said,"We consider ourselves a great part of the CSU family we've Marianthi Lansdale, heard so much about recently. Board of Trustees chairwoman duties Pemberton said the council was pleased with the resolution because she thinks it solves some of the morale problems with the employ- change ees and the "credibility problems" the chancellor's office has been president (4' the First Amendment By Kevin J. Well suffering from. Association, said he asked the Daily staff writer "For employees it has been a board to release the minutes of its Professor Ted Balgooyen was rough year." There were no merit closed session on Nov. I. reassigned from his teaching duties increases in the budget for non-fac- Opotowski said that except for by President Gail Fullerton Mon- ulty staff members because of the opening remarks the whole text of day in the wake of a federal grand lean budget year. Pemberton said. meeting minutes is not covered by jury indictment for violating fed- While council members have no closed meeting laws. eral wildlife protection laws. quarrel with the chancellor's use of State open meeting laws state The removal of Balgooyen from funds to purchase cars." they do that "issues of budget priorities, his teaching duties is not a discipli- quarrel with wanting to take the comparable salaries paid to other nary action, stressed Dan Buerger, money out of the employee benefit staff members generally or compa- Fullerton's assistant. fund, she said. "We have still not rable job holders in other public "There is great potential for dis- been able to explain this to our agencies can and must be dis- ruption for classes not being at members." cussed, if at all, in public." tended," Buerger said. "We felt it Mel Opotowski, speaking as See MEETING, hack page was in the best interests of the stu- dents he's teaching." Balgooyen had been attending his classes until March 7 when he called the president's office saying he could not attend. Interaction is "Somebody will he taking over for his classes, but that person has not been determined," Buerger said in a telephone interview. A.S.,IRHA goal "The department chair will proba- bly make that decision." Balgooyen will report directly to By Harry Mok Daily staff writer Alan Ling, the dean of the school In an effort to increase commu- 'I accept full of sciences, for his duties. Bal- nication, the Associated Students gooyen may work in the school of and the Inter-Residence Hall Asso- responsibility for sciences' internal library or as an ciation agreed to have representa- aide in the Science Education Cen- not letting people tives on each other's executive ter. the Mercury News reported boards. at IRHA know the Tuesday. Ling was not available for com- The agreement was struck dur- argreTro: Daily staff photographer out meeting was ment and all questions regarding ing a meeting Monday to "find could better Balgooyen have been directed to Charlotte Chan, left, a freshman advertising major, and how the two groups canceled.' A.S. Vice Presi- the president's office. Hazel Gamatero, a freshman international business work together," Jim Walters, Runnin, dent Jim Walters said. After surrendering to authorities Wild major. conditioning class. pound the pa%einent during A.S. vice president . See INDICTMENT. hack page Miscommunication between the A.S. board and IRHA prompted the meeting Monday. The board had scheduled its sec- agenda and could communicate in- ond meeting of the semester to be formation between the two groups, Large turnout held in Joe West Hall, but it was A.S. President Scott Santandrea for SJSU blood drive cancelled and IRHA never re- said. I age. "I didn't feel any disconiton at all." ceived an explanation. Lane said, "Whit we would be Thursday is final day The process, which takes about one A verbal altercation between doing is forcing the director of to donate on campus hour, includes registration, medical his- A.S. Controller Patrice Fusenig community affairs to sit in on tory, the actual donation, and time in the and Scott Lane, director of aca- IRHA meetings." canteen, which is the juice and cookie area. demic affairs, during the first The A.S. would ammend its By Barbara Langley Free cholesterol testing and blood typing meeting of the semester prompted rules and procedures and write in Daily staff writer are some of the benefits of the doantion, Walters to move all meetings back this duty as part of the director of Number 190 sat quietly in a chair near according to Maureen Roskoph. the volun- to the A.S. chambers. community affairs' job descrip- the end of the crowded refreshment table. teer supervisor from the blood bank. "Because of the events that oc- tion. She looked pale and tired as she nibbled on "Everybody should do it, that is able cured during the A.S. meeting. I "If the person sees it's part of a cookie and regained her strength. to, ' Leever added. didn't think it was a good idea to their official duty they are more For her participation she received a When the blood bank comes to a cam- go public." Walters said Monday. likely to dolt." Santandrea said. complimentary T-shirt from the event pus. it goes to several places so that more As vice president. Walters is The director of community af- sponsors, along with the satisfaction of people have the opportunity to give blood. chairman of the board and sets the fairs serves as liaison to commu- breaking a record. Roskoph said. Joe West Hall is on the agenda, time and place of meet- nity groups such as residence halls. Amy Leever was the last of 190 peo- blood bank's schedule for next week, she ings. Greeks and other on- and off-cam- ple to donate blood Tuesday for the Stan- said. SJSU. Santa Clara University and "I accept full responsibility for pus organizations, according to ford Blood Bank's four-day blood drive Stanford University are the schools that the not letting people at IRHA know ' A.S. rules and procedures. this week, unofficially the biggest one-day Stanford blood bank visits each year. the meeting was canceled," Wal- IRHA would also have to amend total ever in the blood bank's I2-year his- The annual drive involved about 25 ters said. its procedures to create a new posi- tory. blood bank staff members and numerous As part of the agreement. the tion for the A.S. "I just happened to be the last person volunteers from both the Arnold Air So- A.S.