Sports Cuts; Sting Lingers
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INSIDE: SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT Goose egg some New juice Page 3 Cut me hunt slack The SJSU women's The Slackers deliver Women’s expo Page 6 soccer team tries to East Coast ska with bounce back from their own upbeat scoreless weekend flavor and style *Crime watch Page 8 Page 4 Page 5 SPARTAN DAILY Serving San Jose State University Since 1934 Volume 109, No. 17 TUESDAY September 23, 1997 Sports cuts; A 'mountain of memories sting lingers By Christine M. Liu" Staff Writer See related editorial on page 2 Five months after the contro- Hubbell fiefs "betrayed" by the versial decision to eliminate university. San Jose State University "I feel miffed in that the men's gymnastics and tennis board gave us no warning on and reinstate men's cross coun- this," Hubbell said. "I've worked try, the campus is still reeling. in the department for 15 years "There is an odor of some- I don't understand wh.s. they thing fishy going on here," fir- didn't tell us two months beffire mer SJSU men's gymnastics the decision." coach Ted According to Thin Brennan, Edwards director of at the deci- said. sion was a matter of "priorities" Instead and that the coaches had ample of seeing time to prepare for the conse- the teams quences of the decision. practicing "Decisions like this are never during easy or pleasant," Brennan fall and said. "But we asked ourselves preparing how can we best utilize our lim- for the ited resource's. I can understand U pcoming these men's strong feelings, hut season, we had begun to look at this the cam- fed Edwards possibility about a year, a year- pus is and-a-half, before ttur decision slowing learning about the pro- was made." gram cuts. SJSU was the last California In May, Edwards was gearing State lJniversity to idler men's up for another season of men' s gymnastics. Edwards said. gymnastics. Being the coach of Men's tennis, on the other hand, San Jose State University's is still offered at several CSI's, Robert Sern-a ,, team, one of the few men's gym- including San Diego Suite Ruth Y. Hashimoto, a Heart Mountain internment victim, previewed the Heart Mountain photography exhibit commissioned by nastics teams left, Edwards was University, Sonoma State magazine. The exhibit, which has never been seen by the public, runs through March 15 at Santa Clara University's de Saisset busy recruiting new players, University and San Eranciscii Museum. Admission is free and museum hours are Tuesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m For full story see page 5. planning practices and devising State University, Hubbell said. fund-raising strategies. Cal State-Northridge faced a Edwards' plans came to an similar predicament this year abrupt halt when President According to the school's Robert Caret approved the Athletics Department, a deci- Homeless alliance reaches out Athletics Board decision to can- sion in June to cut men's base- cel both men's gymnastics and ball, volleyball, soccer and SJSU Sociology Club -Our mission is to unite the homeless "They have needs and I'd like to flush out tennis and reinstate men's cross swimming was met with much joins and to enniurage the non -homeless to get their needs arid help,- Wells said country May 12. criticism. A loan of $5S6,000 downtown ministry in an involved,- said Scott Wagers, the With the exception ot Wagers arid N.incy "I'm having a difficult time was taken out in order to rein- Community Homeless Alliance Ministry Nichols. outreach coordinator tor the trying to understand why the state the four sports on Aug. 4. effort to involve students program director and minister Community Homeless Alliance Ministry, board did what they did," But beyond the emotions fidt and to create a forum Wagers is the. founder of the all most of the volunteers are homeless or have Edwards said. "We always by Edwards, Hubbell and oth- which he started when he was a student at been in the past. seemed to have a nice little ers, questions arise over why By Shaydn Enthi pour 5.151' in 1991. Then, it was called the The alliance. meets every Tuesday it 11 crowd at meets, were successful and how the programs at SJSU Staff Writer Student Homeless Alliance. a.m, for a meeting zend a meal Members in fund raising and only took up were cut in May. Will Wells wants to revive the student come together to discuss legal isisoes and 1 percent of the Athletics According to officials in the The Community. Homeless Alliance alliance. The first thing he wants to do is fair rights regarding the homeless Department's budget." Athletics Department, the Ministry and San Jose State I niversity create it thrum for both the homeless and 'topics currently being di,cii,,ed Nyithin Along with Edwards, former Sociology Club are m the process iif trynig students, so if they have any grievance's the group include local homeless shelter.:, h0f0010,44. they can disco,, SJSU men's tennis coach John See Sports cuts, page 8 to get students inviilved veith the them. See ('HAM, inqte 6 Moss Landing blesses, breaks ground By Shnyda r to need additinnal money to fin- land before the program and the l'IontereA It is \ipioriiiin Stall.Writir ish the construction there will he one after the Research instil he Is "They FEN1A paid $12 ind- dance." said Ann 'Marie' Sayers, excited to cirllih1110 f twit lihratA, After years of wanting, mi ium," said Gary Greene, Nhiss a member of the party' Siticu hilth ph. I.- reall% struction is set to begin iin Landing director "At the in it "Ilonnring ancestors who are good resoill new filar-me laboratory 111 Moss us .0 a $21) million project ,o v,e here is IflipOrtallt. Our descen- lioughly 11;Ini 1.1(lilt 111,111 Landing for the California %sent out to rinse !Mak from dants are still here By law, NTS ;Ifld OH' ,(111.01, State. University system Valli., foundations that support Moss Landing must pay :Meri- have ofaiiined .111 .1%11.10' ,0 Iii "This priaect has tiiken tar I hings like this" t tilIl lo us and they are doing so grants each. genii ating osir' too long," said 'film kins, ut The latior:itor first opened in a respectful way It's an $32 million tor tiii,eari hiand the. Monterey Count% in 190i ;Ind is optiliallid inC0f1 honor to he affiliated with educat ton Supervisors, :it Froliie, s mind 0Inctlinn with them laboratia re,earchers breaking. "Moss I .erotnrig seven California The school have. made significant Marine Laboratory ha, .1 long St t "The whole idea of is currently findings. mit s int standing commitmerit to cum Moss Landing is to located in Loeb. prodi..--,o .it !manly sere ice r s fl if , Salinas Moss Landing found in The tentative thin, for the II a y 55 a r if . set dreams and the approximate- the krill and "alp populations in opening of the flua laborator if N1iinterey Hay, ly 12 miles the Antarctic and last sear Ken construction begins this fall. is Sacra rn e fl I 0, facility is a dream." from the Johnson and Kenneth Coale, 14 to ih month,: it !nay he. San Francisco. ocean, which professors at \loss 1 ,inding. delayed until the spring S:10 Jose mid makes it dif- conducted experiment, the because ui the protected rainfall SI:011,1;10, Sin Robert Caret ticult to go effects ot hment on this a inter J(1,0 S1310 SJSU president from the the productie its it %eaters near The. laboratory has operated University is shore to the the Galapagos Islands in Salinas since 11is9 when the lire' lead cam laboratories "Our 4t lldi.111, conic Mit of old N1iiss Landing laboratory pos. us huh takes care of the lab with samples to study. this place and become influen- was 4100110;0d III t hi, Lorna iiratury's budget and grants "This is where the school tial." said tiregiir Caillet. Privta Earthquake The ortgimil The program Ilprfll'd Wail in belongs." said Seaberry Moss Landing proles,or site. %as unsafe tor recimstriai Origin id Hunisen American 'Williams, a graduate student at "Moss Landing 1, a us inner tion so a rica site. 00 Ilolil 111111, Nat use' song by Linda Yamitne Moss Landing. "They have been Vnte,rprise: -.Aid Hobert used ;Is a bon al for Rumsen trom the Concurring Native' there i Salinas, for eight years ('ant, Sari .11,1` Siatl' slimy Indians, a.i purchased. acciod American Parties, ;111 issuiciui- iend it has made some classes ITniversity preside tit 'We gi int SJSU President Robert Caret spoke at the Moss Landing Marine mg to Moss Landing displays hon (If local residents It ended difficult, hut they have dealt unite hundred, it ,todents Lab dedication. Caret explained that as a consortium campus, San The l'eiter al Emergency with i Native American dance with it well." idea cif Moss I :ending is Jose State played a key role in biological research in Northern Management Agency. knov.ii as hy the Concurring Native Even many of the neighbors Iii set dreams and the facility r: California When complete. the Moss Landing Marine Lab will be FENIA. has helped hind part of American PartleS can't wait for the new facility a dream " one of the leading marine research stations in the world. the project, but the lab is going "There wits a blessing of the Dave Coleman, a librarian at OPINION Tuesday, September 23, 1997 Page 2 SPARTAN DAILY 'Deadbeat dads' must assume more parental responsibility their Government statistics show 85 percent of all youths about time that nom received at least a portion of why custodial par- accountable Ibr just how devastating an effect sitting in prisons grew up in ICs-teppedthe plate and the amount they were owed ents did not receive actions.