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air SPARTAN DAILY Vol. 97, No. (>4 lor S,m law State University since 1934 Tuesday, December 3, 1991 Memo sparks harassment charge By Tony Marek from uninvited "touching" of women, passed out at a Nov. 20 staff meeting, Los Angeles at the 1991 Big West oiniy staff wnter a "promise not to peek" when women was intended to "initiate continuing Conference media day on Nov. 13. 'I thought the attempt to climb up the corporate lad- discussion regarding a very important Marilyn Moniz-Kahoohanohano, A "male code of conduct" prank der, as well as a commitment not to subject." University of Hawaii assistant athletic memo itself memo distributed within the SJSU "bother" women with stories about But Brennan has come under fire director and senior women's adminis- athletic department by Athletic Monday night football. for distributing the memo which has trator, passed out photocopies of the was a form of Director Tom Brennan has led to A formal investigation into the alle- met with a strong reaction within the memo at the meeting. charges of sexual harassment in a gation is underway, according to Lidia athletic department and across cam- She said she purchased the item at sexual complaint filed by four women in the La Garda Rios, director of the Equal pus. It has also generated local media a card shop and felt it would shed a department. Employment Opponunity/Aflirmative attention including coverage by the humorous light on what she describes harassment.' The document, billed as an "agree- Action Office. La Garda Rios declined Mercury News, the San Francisco as the serious problem of sexual ment to refrain from sexual harass- to comment beyond confirmation that Chronicle, the Sacramento Bee and harassment. ment" and apparently intended as a the investigation is under way. local television news channels. "We found this humorous thing we Wiggsy Sivertsen humorous satire, outlines a 10-item list Brennan could not be reached tor Ironically, the memo was originally thought the guys would enjoy," she Faculty adviser for the Women's of rules of behavior for men in the comment on Monday but was quoted distributed by a woman. Brennan said. Resource Center work environment. in Thursday's edition of the San Jose obtained his copy of the memo at an The list includes pledges to refrain Mercury News as saying the memo, athletic directors' council meeting in See MEMO, Page 4 Torn Brennan UPD calls CHRISTMAS COMES TO DOWNTOWN PARK two fires on campus suspicious, accidental By Robert Drueckhammer Daily staff writer Two small fires that were started over the Thanksgiving weekend did no damage to SJSU buildings, but at least one is labelled as "suspicious" on University Police Department logs. The first fire, which was confined to a trash can, started at about 1:08 a.m. on Thanksgiving day. The fire, called "acciden- tal" by Dick Staley, UPD spokesman, was extinguished by the time officers arrived. Staley suspected that it was started by a cigarette or other burning object thrown in the can. The second fire, which bunted a small amount of brush on the west side of Dwight Bentel Hall, is labeled "suspicious" by UPD officers. This fire started at about 11:20 a.m. on Photographs by Nov. 30 and was extinguished by officer Bach rran. It was reported to UPD by James Walsh, Jeanette Glicksman dean of social sciences. Even though the fiecas listed as suspicious on logs, however, Staley said it is not looked at as arson. Avove left: Volunteer Martin Nick (left) sets the railroad track in place with day.with elves as passengers. Nick is the grandfather of the wife of Tont "If it were arson, it would Nay arson on the the assistance of parks department employee Dave Quimz for the annual 'Dalton who is the designer/builder of this year's park display. The park logs. I don't think anyone was trying to burn Christmas in the Park display in downtown's Plaza Park. The train will cir- will open to the public on Saturday and the decorations will remain until down Dwight Bentel Hall by starting some cumnavigate the park's colorful and festive displays 20 hours every January 2. The Christmas in the Park parade will be held on Sunday. bushes on fire," Staley said. He added, however, that he thinks it was "unlikely that it was spontaneous combustion." Seminar promotes global awareness Fire safety improvements By Traci Deguchi World," SJSU geography protessors and stu- X'Parnmallii worraPnY and enaronmen Daily oaf! writer dents will discuss topics from Southern Me \i,:o tal studies professor David Schwarz will he giv- underway at Duncan Hall rain forests to the vineyards of Hungary. ing a welcome at the presentation and is also Where was Kuwait before the war? Coordinator of SJSU's Geography participating in Geography Awareness Week in By Angela Hill Hall to be used for storage." What about the Baltic states? Awareness Week activities, graduate student another way. Daily staff wnter "It should make everyone in the t'uikiv For many people, pointing out some geo- Marcia Holstrom, has put together the first on - Schwarz said that he helps students study feel safer that some of the debris has been graphical locations on a map may not be just a campus Geography Awareness Week activity in geography in the academic decathlon at Lincoln Corrections of tire code violations have removed, but it's not a final solution until we stretch ot the memory, but an impossibility. the past three or four years. ligh School in San Jose. begun in Duncan Hall's mechanical rooms, get the doors rckeyed," he said. Parts of the world, through photos and "Usually the geography and environmental As far as public knowledge of geography but a final solution may still be in the future. The rekcying will not begin until January, hands-on exhibits, will be brought into studies departments do more with local the goes, Schwarz said "environmental concerns Once piled on and around motors and however. Guadalupe Room in the Student Union on schools," Holstrom said. have fostered interest." electrical switch boxes, paper debris, card- "Nothing happens fast around here, but it Wednesday as a celebration of National Holstrom has seen most of the slides which board boxes and custodial supplies have been does happen eventually," Hendrickson said. Holstrom added that "global awareness is Geography Awareness Week from Dec.I will be presented Wednesday and is impressed moved, according to Eugene Ludwico, SJSU He hopes to change locks in critical. We can't live in isolation." mechanical through the seventh. with the photography. building service engineer. rooms and electrical closets across campus. In a slide presentation and discussion panel 'The work the professors have done is beau- The presentation will begin at 2 p.m. in the "People from (Facilities Development and "We're working on rckeying 30 to 35 called "Images of a Planet --- Portraits of Our tiful," Holstrom said. Student I Inion Guadalupe Room. Operations) did remove the cardboard boxes, rooms now. We've had storage problems in but the custodial supplies are still in the sixth the Engineering Building, the Art Building floor room," Ludwico said. and Wahlquist Central as well," Hendrickson Although corrections have been made, the said. University recycling program violations, which were logged by the In these buildings, INSIDE workers have stored C'alifornia State Fire Marshal more than a ladders and equipment in the mechanical year ago, could recur unless locks are rooms, according to Hendrickson. seeks student contributions changed on the mechanical rooms' doors, The campus-wide rekcying of mechanical FEAT U RES according to Hank Hendrickson, director of rooms will not be completed soon. By Kim Carter on Eighth Street. operations and design at FD&O. "Eventually, which means within two 1)atly staff wnter The money that is collected will go back into the 1 !Aping Mother "People from the departments and custodi- years, I hope to have all the rooms and electri- H.O.P.E. committee to plan incentive and education Nature: SJSU students ans store things there," he said. "It's hard to cal closets so that only people from Facilities The university recycling problem is not as desper- al programs," Quinn said. restore land at Big Basin stop it. We've been given a room in Duncan can get in," Hendrickson said. ate in the student residence halls as elsewhere on Although the two-week-old II.O.P.E. program is campus. SJSU students are pitching in to support on a roll with lots of participation, SJSI I !acuity are State Park in Santa Cruz Help Our Planet Earth, HOPE., an aluminum and still knee-deep in paper. Mountains. glass recycling project. Students Affiliation for Environmental Respect, Page 8 Campus magazine hits the HOPE., a residential community recycling com- an independent organization that collects paper prod- stands mittee, has sponsored recent meetings intended to ucts on campus, is having a hard time collecting Dedc Reis Alkire said the issue will also otter some- educate students on recycling. recycled paper products from faculty offices due to Daily staff wnter thing for students who will be staying in the "A lot of students are into it," said Lisa Quinn, co- lack of student volunteers. area this winter break. An introduction to chair of HOPE. "Students are trying to participate On Nov. 18, S.A.F.E.R. hosted a final meeting to The award -winning Access magazine of trails and parks within minutes of downtown as much as they can." get support from the student body. SJM I will be coining out with its tall semester San Jose will lx' outlined are located "If anybody is interested they better come out Two bins aluminum and glass WORM NEWS Publication Wednesday.