Records Office Tries to Clear up Grades Building R to Be Leveled Next

Spartan Daily Volume 76, Number 23 Serving the San Jose State Community Since 1934 Friday, February 27, 1981 Errors not recorded Records office tries to clear up grades by Jeff Davis in their grade rosters in time, the mailed late because of the hurry-up The Records Office has spent grade recording process was processing. the better part of this semester rushed. Students who found trying to clear up grade errors made errors on their grade reports are in report cards sent to some 200 to "There were errors made at now showing up at the Records 400 students. every stage of the processing," Office trying to set Tuthill said. their permanent records straight. According to Jack Tuthill, Jerry Houseman, associate director of records, In addition to the grade errors, deputy director of admissions because 31 instructors failed to turn some 2,200 grade reports were and records, said eventually all the grades will be corrected by the Records Office, whether or not the students clear them up themselves. The total number of errors will Nursing never be known, because the reduces Records Office "doesn't keep a record" of grade mistakes, Tuthill GPA requirements; said. "We handle it right there at the window, and that's the end of it," he photo by Larty Brazil said. Bill Shireman of UC-Berkeley asks the A.S. Board of Directors to support the formation of a public no longer The Office of Admissions and interest research group at SJSU. The group will advocate student rights and do political research and impacted Records is concerned that faculty lobbying. members don't fully understand by Richard de ve impacted, the number of applicants what goes into grade processing, The Nursing Department still exceeds the number of students Houseman said. lowered its GPA standard this it can take, although the number of "If I can't take a vacation and semester from 2.75 to 2.0. applicants does not exceed the you as a student I can't take a Student service group gets enrollment limit during the first vacation, then the instructors The department had required month. the 2.75 GPA for its students while it shouldn't take a vacation before was on an "impacted" status, which student grades are in," Tuthill said. Therefore, it will not be any tentative OK by A.S. board means the program receives more easier for potential students to get applicants in the first month than it To avoid problems of this nature into the program, Bower said. can accept. in the future, the Admissions and by Jeffrey R. Smith and lobbying, according to Bill so the group could request money Records Office is beginning an Creation of a Shireman, an employee of a public through A.S. special allocations this Bower explained that at one public interest "Our GPA requirements are orientation program for faculty research group to interest research group at UC- year. time there were nine times as many serve SJSU now in line with the rest of the members, informing them of grade students was informally Berkeley. However, board member students applying for admission into approved university, and we hAve finally processing operations. by the Associated Shireman said it would take at Ranjan Charan said he didn't want the school, which she called the Students board of gotten rid of the 'impaction' label," directors at its least $30,000 to establish an efficient the group to apply for $30,000 to best in the state." meeting Wednesday. Department Chairwoman Fay Houseman said he has contacted The group would provide service at SJSU. $40,000 from the special allocations the chairmans of major depart- Bower said. Maryann Minor, director of general student services such as a Board member Jim Rowen committee. ments on campus and "they are consumer hotline and help filling out suggested Shireman attempt to get The special allocations general The school has been impacted education and training at O'Connor going to cooperate in the program." tax forms. It would also watch out the research group recognized by fund balance for the rest of the since 1969. Hospital in San Jose, said anyone who comes out of the SJSU nursing "It's been a real bear," Tuthill for student interests by doing the office of Student Programs and semester now stands at $25,509. Although the school is no longer program is "highly valued." concurred. political research, investigations Services as a student organization, Shireman told the board there are nine groups of this type or. California university campuses and 170 nationwide. The groups are non-partisan New library requires structure's space with policy directed by students, professionally staffed and funded by an optional student fee collected with registration fees. Shireman said his immediate plans are to start gathering Building R to be leveled next week signatures in support of the project next week and to get the project by Barbara Wyman department head had leaned against exactly how many campus groups floors and walls as examples. present standards would cost an proposal on this year's student Demolition of Building R, one of the wall in his office and "prac- the building has housed during its "And the roof leaks like crazy," estimated $267,000, according to the ballot. SJSU's oldest temporary buildings, tically fell all the way through." lifetime. But Administration of he said. study. Because AS. elections will be has been set for next week. In another incident, Lease said, Justice, Journalism, Veteran held March 30-31, Shireman said he Building R is next to the new a piano which was to be used for a Studies and Student Services all Various doors, toilet facilities, The exact date for the faces a tight timetable. He hopes to library site and "We need the room recital was moved to the second spent some time in the building. drinking fountains and ...airway demolition will be set when a final gather signatures from at least 25 to help us complete the library," floor but had to be moved again Last summer, the building was handrails would have to be fixed if contract is reached with the firm percent of the student body. said J. Handel Evans, associate when one of its legs poked through evacuated and condemned. A study the building were to be used again. that will do the labor. Charan said an optional student A fire alarm executive vice president at SJSU. the floor. last year found the building did not system, an University Administrators fee is the best way to raise money for elevator, insulation, weather Evans said in the next two Associated Students later spent meet present building standards in should know by the beginning of the the group. stripping and earthquake months interior fitting crews should about five years in building R. The 14 ways. resistant week how much the demolition will At UC-Berkeley, students check building elements were also start arriving to work on lighting Student Representatives moved to The building's general condition cost, according to Susan Lantow, on their registration form whether missing. and heating systems. the Student Union in 1969. is below state standards, according facilities analyst for the associate they want to pay the regular $255 fee "They'll need room to park their No record was available of to the plan. Evans cited creaking To bring the building up to executive vice president. per quarter or the regular fee plus $2 trucks and to put equipment," he for the public service interest group. said. Shireman said 25 to 35 percent of When the construction is Berkeley students choose to pay the finished, the vacant lot will be fee and he expects no fewer than 20 "reverted to green open space," he percent of SJSU students would said. choose to pay $3 per semester for the The demolition is part of a 5- group. year plan by the university to phase Shireman said it would be out all temporary structures. useless to try to fund the group Building R first came to SJSU as through the A.S. revenue-sharing a gift from the city of San Jose in procedure instituted this year which 1870. It was used as a State Normal allows students to designate $2 of School to provide training for future their yearly $20 A.S. activity fee to teachers. the campus group of their choice. Ken Watson, SJSU Instructional Because less than 10 percent of Resources Center technician, students usually vote in A.S. elec- remembered attending grade school tions, only about $3,000 of revenue- 55 years ago. Watson in the building sharing money would be created, said he remembered his music class which is "not enough" to fund the and his homeroom, but "that's about program, according to Shireman. it. Two service programs which -That was a long time ago and would be set up immediately by the all I know is we'd go into class and propsoed SJSU group are a con- sit down," he said. sumer hotline and a renter Richard Whitlock, associate assistance program. dean of health professions at SJSU, laughed about the "low toilet seats" Shireman said the Berkeley which were still in the building when office of the group saved students he and the Undergraduate Studies $450,000 by simply informing were housed in the building in the fraternity and sorority members 1970s. and other student renters that they "That was a pretty common were eligible for the state rebate of joke around our department," he $60 paid to all renters who apply.

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