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TUESDAY Meet SJSU linebacker Ray SPARTAN DAILY Bowles off the football field in a more tender role. 1 ol 99, No.27 Published for San Jose State University since 1934 October 6, 1992 PaKe 5 Gays criticize UPD for lack of response Campus police refused to file hate-crime report on homophobic graffiti, gays claim BY MARIA C. ROSE the UPD report stated. Spartan Daily Stall Writer According to the UPD report, The initial refusal of the Uni- the graffiti appeared to be old. versity Police Department to file When asked by officers if the a hate-crime report for anony- comments were specifically mous anti-gay graffiti found in a addressed to him, Johnson said Spartan Complex men's bath- no. room called into question the Another graffiti message read: way UPD decides to file reports, "Acting gaylike can decrease a university employee said. odds of having quality health, UPD was called to Spartan right?" according to Johnson. Complex Friday night when There were also other anti-gay members of GALA found anti- remarks. gay graffiti written on the According to the UPD report, restroom walls and stall. Officer Tan returned with a Kids, adults take off with Kevin Johnson, a staff mem- spray cleaner to clean the prll""no ber at graphic services, said the marked-up wall. graffiti violated his civil rights. Only when a Spartan Daily According to Johnson, Sgt. photographer and reporter 'Flights of Fantasy' Jim Renelle initially refused to arrived on the scene did the offi- file a hate-crime report when cers decide to take a report, PHOTOGRAPHS BY PAM EAGAN asked to do so by responding Johnson said. i . Officer Bach Tran at Johnson's "Initially refusing to file the Above: Tommy, left, and Jan Bednarz of Los Gatos practice to be future a C request. report and trying to make it dis- SJSU aviation students during Saturday's open house. Jan is fascinated - "Kill Gays" and "Death to appear are reprehensible John by planes and loves playing pilot in this helicopter. Faggot" were two of the com- Right: Gong Chen, right, a human performance assistant professor, and ments found in the restroom, See GRAFFITI, Page 6 his daughter, Carol, try out a cockpit simulator. Millic_ . a.i. 41111i I SJSU's political science department awards students with scholarships Open house launches Homecoming BY AMOS FABIAN Gerston said there are "few BY DEBRA MYERS helicopter. 1 lei rmann and it can excite and give them a Jakey, an aviation department Spartan Daily Stall Writer opportunities for students to Spartan Daily Stan Writer Beauchamp both agreed that vision," she said. alumnus who graduated in May. The political science depart- become immersed in the politi- Popcorn, parachutes and when they grow up they want to The flight simulators were a "I sit up front and answer ques- ment will provide $2,000 to two cal process the way this program paper airplanes are the stuff be pilots. What do they want to favorite attraction for lan Wil- tions:' Jakey showed off the but- students to attend the "Sacra- provides!' dreams were made of for some of fly? Jets, of course. son, 8, who said, "They're neat. It tons and switches in SJSU's Boe- mento Semester:' according to Stephen Van Beek, political the kids at Saturday's "Flights of SJSU alumna Jill Cody wa.s fun because I got to move ing 727 donated to the aviation political science Professor Larry science associate professor, said Fantasy" open house. brought her son and his best the stick around:' Wilson's sister department by United Airlines Gerston. the program runs during the "They let you go in the friend, both of whom are very Nora, 6, gave a big smile and last year. Jakey said the plane was He said the scholarships, spring semester from Jan. 27, planes:' said Steven Beauchamp, serious about being pilots. "For made a round-and-round built in 1964, was United's 15th known as the second annual 1993 to middle or late May. 8, after touring the antique them, at 10, to have this kind of motion with her finger. 727 and has flown more than 2.5 Tom Truax Scholarship Awards, Although it is open to all majors, planes and Boeing 727 on display experience is fabulous:' Cody Kids also learned different million passengers. will allow students to gain cred- only upper-division students at the aviation department's facil- said. "As a mother, I'm gathering techniques for making paper air- While showing kids the plane, its while working in state gov- may apply, he said. ity at the San Jose International information to help direct them!' planes with the help of students Jakey said that even five months ernment and attending CSU The students are selected by Airport. "I went in the big plane Cody earned a bachelor's in the Recreation Student Asso- after graduation, he is still look- Sacramento. Gerston, Van Beek, a past stu- and looked around:' Beauchamp degree in recreation administra- ciation. Once the wings, tails and ing for a job. "I got applications The scholarship is named dent participant in the program said. tion and a master's degree in cockpits were in place, the flight and resumes out all over the after Tom Truax, an SJSU gradu- and a representative from the Matthew Herrtnann, also 8, public administration and cur- contests began. world, but the market is dry right ate and a former California State Tom Truax Foundation, Van was excited about the hands-on rently works for the city of San On a piece of airstrip just out- now:' he said, citing the closures legislator, who was killed in a Beek said. experience. "We were just mov- Jose's recreation department side the department, several air- of Pan Am and Eastern. plane crash approximately two Van Beek said each partici- ing some gears." Herrmann said where she heard about the event. crafts were on display. "I'm the years ago, said Ronald Sylvia, pant works as an intern. Intern- his favorite part was riding in the "If you open this up to children, cockpit person," said Kevin See FUTURE FLIERS, Page 8 chairman of the political science department. See AWARDS, Page 8 College of Business struggles to adjust, find alternatives to SJSU's budget crunch BY MATT SMITH dents pay their fee increases this Spartan Daily Stall Writer week. In the organization and manage- "Typically, these cuts are ment department of SJSU's Business absorbed by the college Dean said. College, five faculty members were "These are additional expenses This is the seventh in it series of sto- laid off this summer. That would which have to be borne, and there- ries about how SIet. colleges are have closed nine sections of classes, fore to a student, are equivalent to dealing with the budget crisis. said Burton Dean, chairman of the canceled classes:' department. As with other colleges within the chairman of the department. But with money returned to the university, faculty members have Seniority is a factor in deciding department, loaned against the 40 been lost to more than just budget who will be laid off because of bud- percent fee increase, three instruc- cuts. The early-retirement incentive getary problems. tors were able to return. program, also known as the Golden One "very good temporary DAVID M MARSHALL SPART AN PAIL Y The net loss to the department Handshake, took one full-time employee" was laid off due to bud- About 20 people rode the six-mile route around San Jose Saturday to show support was two faculty members and three instructor and one part-time get cuts from the organization and for pro-bike legislation. The first annual rally was sponsored by the SJSU Greens Club. courses, Dean said. instructor from the organization management department who had The number of classes offered to and management department. less than six years of teaching expe- Campus Greens plan for 1996, discuss values students was reduced when SJSU's These two employees were not rience, Werbel said. colleges were informed in Septem- replaced. Werbel said part-time faculty BY RACHEI LUTHER majoring in environmental Campus Greens) basically ber that their allocations would In the department of marketing members, in addition to that full- Tartan Daily NI.1:1 ,ilet studies. "We gave birth to it, the same organization as last decrease due to an 8.8 percent bud- and quantitative studies, only one time faculty member, have been The SJSU Green Party and I was the midwife," he year's, but with a future get cut the entire campus has sus- employee was lost to the Golden hindered in their ability to serve the started last year along with said. focus:' Harshbarger said. "If tained. Expecting the 40 percent fee Handshake program. The employee students. the statewide petition drive, The local Green Party, we want to get elected in increase to pass, colleges took opted for the program about a week "It has been significant. We've but failed to stay in exis- along with the SJSU chapter, 1996, we need to start in money from funds that were ear- before classes started, but the classes had to cut back on our part-time tence. "We tried to revive it met on Saturday at Plaza 1992!' marked for other purposes, and she would have taught have been faculty:' he said. at the end of last semester:' Park in downtown San Jose they were able to reinstate classes covered by other instructors in the With the reduction in the said Mike Harshbarger, act- to discuss Measure A and ,See RALLY, Page and rehire employees who had been department.

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