Spartan Daily, November 25, 2003
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NOTE TO OUR READERS SEASON REVIEW The next issue of the GOOD CHARLOTTE The ups and downs of Spartan Daily will be Punk band rocks SJSU Event 5. 2003 for men's soccer published on Tuesday. uld Center last Friday Dec. 2 A&E 8 ing SPORTS 5 the SERVING SAN JOSE STATE UN I VERSIT \ SINCE 1934 the he her, the xne fly's s, a col- SPARTAN DAILY VOLUME 121, NUMBER 62 sada WWW.THESPARTANDAILY.COM TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25,2003 he r Graduating senior prepares Crowley she for real world .ther By Veronica Mendoza me, kids, Daily Senior Staff Writer to stay Graduating senior Carlos Trujillo itay- says se as he will miss college life but is excited about graduating for three rting reasons making money, spending until June more time with his family and paying off emic his debts. "All the debt that I have, it's school- By Jenny Shearer dur- related," Trujillo said. "It was either rent, or books, or just things that Daily Staff Writer Ian," Kelly A DAY !NNE LIFE OF Interim President Joseph Crowley will remain at San Jose State ivid CARLOS TRUJILLO University until a new president is selected in 2004, according to a state- spot Graduating political ment released Monday by SJSU science senior Public Affairs. ,did "I'm happy to stay and I'm enjoy- be a ing myself and enjoying the institu- come up here and there." tion," Crowley she The political science major will be said during er graduating this semester and is in the Monday's ,hter. process of beginning a new phase in Academic She his life. in1.Senate meet- Preparing for life said after college: California State University On Thursday afternoon, Trujillo Chancellor could be found at the Career Center Charles B. getting advice about his resume, Reed asked him which he will send out to prospective to consider ,ghest employers as well as to the 12 law staying at SJSU CROWLEY ys to after Fast week's .or the schools he is applying to for the fall of 2004. announcement that none of the three law- presidential candidate finalists were stitu- Trujillo visited the Career Center the previous week for some advice selected by the CSU Board of gay about his resume and Trustees. sling. has since made "I will be with you for a while nncy, the recommended revisions. The senior said he was not happy longer, until the process is complet- C-SCX Photos by Yvonne Rogue / Daily Staff ed, presumably until a new president adage, with the changes they asked him to make and decided to get more feed- Carlos Trujillo, a senior majoring in political science, listens to his Introduction to Political Thought professor in the Boccardo Business is installed, assuming that the back. Complex Monday night. process is completed by no later than Adrian& Ramirez, a peer adviser for the end of the academic year," he to help Left: Trujillo, said. the Career Center, sat down Crowley also said that he had Trujillo with his resume. running late learned from last week's board of "This is an updated one but I really to his political trustees meeting that it's unlikely a don't like it," Trujillo said, laughing. science class mid-year budget reduction will Trujillo complained that his resume, occur. which is tailored for law school, is too on the second floor of the The financial forecast for the 2004- plain. 2005 fiscal vear may likely include an "Put some lawyer lingo in here," Boccardo $11 to $13 billion statewide shortfall, Ramirez suggested. "Try to write in Business Crowley said. their language." building, on "It's a very similar situation at which Ramirez also advised Trujillo to ask we had looked this year," he said. his professors to look at it since they Monday night. Ways for the CSU to cope with would be more qualified to help him the projected revenue shortfall incorporate the right wording needed include fee increases, different pric- to impress law schools. ing levels for undergraduate and "I think your best bet is to ask an graduate students and sliding fees expert in your field," Ramirez said. based on a student's ability to pay, "That makes sense,"Trujillo said. "I he said. didn't think of that." Enrollment reductions are another After the meeting Trujillo headed proposed solution, Crowley said. down to the Dr. Martin Luther King Above: Carlos Trujillo, right, receives missed assignments from his sociology "We were informed that almost cer- Jr. Joint Library to rent out a laptop lecturer, P. Terry Macdonald, during office hours in Dudley Moorhead Hall See TRUJILLO, page 3 Monday night. See CROWLEY, page 3 Custodian accused Holidays raise concern over road safety - - By Ron Pangrac down a window to get a blast of cold air or drinking coffee, may help tem- Daily Staff Writer porarily, he said. of harassment sues When traveling during the holidays, It may be safer to take a short nap, people need to watch out for their however, no matter how close the des- own safety and the safety of others. tination is, he said. By Janet Pak Espinoza also said the university "The roads are crowded. Give yourself "At the end (of a trip) is often when didnt conduct a proper investigation Daily Staff Writer plenty of time," said Les Bishop, public it happens someone is thinking into the sexual harassment charges affairs officer for the San Jose office of 'I've only got 20 minutes more,' A university custodian and lawyers filed in 2001 against him by Portales. the California Highway Patrol. Kearney said. for San Jose State University will He also said those allegations were "Remember even if youre running He cautioned against trying to hearing on Dec. 1 in a San false and that Portales had eaten lunch late, the goal is to get there (alive)." ignore the need for rest. He said he attend a with him every day and had often Jose U.S. district court over claims of Safety is an important issue while knew a person who, after working a discrimination made against the uni- called his wife at home about the traveling, whether during the long shift, was driving home when he versity, according to several officials. weather or how she was doing. Thanksgiving weekend or the upcom- thought he saw a stagecoach traveling Frank Espinoza, a custodian with Andrews didn't return phone calls on ing semester break. next to his car. Facilities Development and Monday. People need to avoid factors that might "Anybody that works a shift where Operations, said he is charging the Espinoza also said management at interfere with their driving, said Dlr. you work all night the body is not with age, nationality and Facilities wouldn't allow him and Steven Harris, director of San Jose State set up for that," he said. "If you stay up department employees to speak Spanish on gender discrimination. other University's Student Health Center. studying, it's the same thing." also said sexual harassment the job. "Don't drink and drive," he said. One thing that may help is for peo- Espinoza Betty Luna, director of Facilities charges made against him will be "Don't be distracted by talking on a ple to carpool, Kearney said. Management, said she couldn't com- cell phone." "They can take turns driving," he addressed. on the hearing. John Shupe, a lawyer for the univer- ment Police and other emergency service said. "Another person can keep an eye expects the university to She said the department doesn't workers see many problems linked to on the driver." sity, said he really have a policy about speaking file a motion for summary judgment. hazardous drivers. One safety factor at all times is said the charges of sexual other languages on the job. Accidents may be caused by driver wearing a seatbelt, Bishop said. Espinoza is that they speak harassment against him were in retal- "What we do ask fatigue, said Detective Phillip In California, a statewide campaign his own discrimination English in work environments and Kearney of the University Police to increase use of seatbelts began 'Nov. iation for around co-workers," Luna said. "It's a charges against the university. Department 17 and will last through Nov. 30. ago, a sexual harassment matter of respect for co-workers and "I saw accidents where people fell During the campaign, which is in its Two years leads." suit was filed against Espinoza by lead asleep on Pacheco Pass," Kearney said. second year, police will more actively Sarah Portales. Another She said all prospective employees "People would start to doze and weave issue citations to drivers and passen- custodian are interviewed in English. custodian, Haydee Ramirez, was later into the guard rail, which would wake gers who fail to buckle up, according associate director of facil- "They are asked basic questions them up. Then they would overreact to a press release from the CHP. called in by about the job, so everyone coming to ities Bob Andrews to talk about and crash." Citations during the 2002 campaign charges, work for us does speak English, Driving can be stressful and create increased 343 percent from the same Portales' though it may be limited," Luna said. ire Ramirez said she found out later that more fatigue than people realize, he period in 2001, according to the press misled in the interview. Most job standards are from the said. release. she had been California State University chancel- "I had discovered that he (Andrews) Moving from a crowded highway to a A similar campaign is active in other the declaration that I had lor's office, Luna said.