Traditional Card Turn-In Moves to Student Union
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... Traditional card turn-in moves to Student Union By LIZ VENEGAS lour shows the entrance and exit for will have ludo so at the Cashier's office on A long-standing tradition at San lose students turning in their packets. Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fees and State University will soon be broken as The last day for packet turn-in is materials will not be accepted after Feb. students will turn in their packets in the Thursday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. for 16. Loma Priela Ballroom in the Student students taking day and evening classes Beginning this semester. ass fee will be Union instead of Morris Dailey and tor the payment of late registration charged for every check returned by the Auditorium. lees. bank. There will also be a $5 late regis- The days to turn in packets will be next Only students who have classes tration fee charged. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 8 begining alter 4 p.m. Monday. Tuesday. Non-paying students, disabled a.m. to 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. for Wednesday or Thursday will not have to students and students with registration regular packets of day and evening pay a late tee on Thursday packet turn-in. and lee problems should go to the classes. Other students may turn-in their University Cashier's office. Admin. 102. Students should enter by the northwest materials but will have to pay a $5 fee. Fees for non-resident and foreign stairway outside the S.U. and exit by the Students who do not turn-in their student tuition will be $37 per unit and southwest stairway. A diagram on page packets or pay tees during those lour days should not exceed $555. This tuition is in addition to the regular tuition fees. Youngest board member Student joins housing board By MARTIN WEYBRET tinanced jointly by the federal, state and doesn't expect to overwhelm the housing The newest, and youngest, member of county governments. Recent budget cuts board. "But, maybe I can be influential. If the Santa Clara Housing Authority Board by the Nixon administration, Sepulveda there are any students who need help, is not going to be discouraged by said, would not harm the authority. please contact me," he said. experience. He said the board has raceived as- The new board member will serve for Paul Sepulveda, a San lose State surances from the Department for two years without salary. Academically. University student, is not only far Housing and Urban Development that he hopes to receives master's degree with younger than any of his four other funds will continue. But, the authority an emphasio in public administration. colleagues, he is also the board's only will not be able to serve more people than After graduation? He concedes he has Chinese New Year, the Year of the Ox, was ushered in by a Chicano. at present. political aspirations but stresses, "I can mini-celebration at the Valley Fair shopping center last week. Sepulveda was sworn into his new Welfare recipients, migrant workers also accept reality." He says he doesn't Year of the Ox The typical Chinese dragon lead the procession accompanied by position during semester break after and people on fixed incomes are now the have the money or the experience to be the Chung Ngai Dance group. Ceremonial fireworks chased away being appointed by Dominic L. Cortese, major groups using county housing. successful. But his experience on State evil spirits. County Supervisor representing the San Sepulveda wants the board to continue its Senator Alfred Alquist's staff, his cam- : : : : : : : : : lose-Gilroy area. efforts for these people, but he expressed paign efforts for George McGovern. and The 24-year-old political science major concern that most students, because they now his appointment to the housing board feels he is especially suited for the job have no identifiable income, are may help him on his way. because his mother lived in San lose ineligible. Wednesday, February 7, 1973 Housing Authority facilities during much He is aware his efforts may be in vain. of his youth. Besides being the only Chicano on the Sepulveda points out the county board, he is also a newcomer with much to authority is much smaller than the San learn. lose unit and is responsibln for about 780 The possibility that some landlords family dwellings in the unincorporated may be abusing the program bothers him. areas of Santa Clara County. In addition, He said he will support stricter en- approximately 140 units are under forcement of authority rules if there are construction. violations. artau Daily The county housing program is Because of a lack of experience he Serving California State University at San Jose Since 1934 District vote urged by petitioners; seeking SJSU support during reg week By GAIL SHIOMOTO Dr. George Castro. a chemist at IBM and reach into the interests of the community, According to Paul Martinez, a 22-year- Spartan Daily or the San lose Mercury, he A broad -based group of San Jose State a member of the President's Advisory said Castro. old volunteer worker, the committee has said. University students and professors. Council at SJSU, charged that basic flaws At present all council members are collected about 10,000 signatures. He The committee hopes to place the homeowners, and working people are can- and inadequacies exist in the present nominated and elected "by the city at noted, however, that the exact total is amendment proposition on the April 10 vassing the university, circulating system of electing officials. large," according to Section 401 of the much, higher because many of the election ballot. To do so, at least 22,500 petitions and gathering signatures from When officials are elected at large. ideas Charter of the City of San Jose. petitions being circulated throughout the signatures must be filed with the city registered voters. which are of interest to a particular com- However, the committee's proposed city have not yet been turned in. clerk by Feb. 9, 1973. said Martinez. The Entitled the Citizens Committee for munity are often pushed aside he said. amendment enables only the Mayor as a During SISU's three-day registration, committee is trying to get 26,000 Councilmanic Districting, the volunteer "The elected officials hold that they must council member to be elected by the entire over 4.000 signatures were collected. said signatures. group is challenging sections of the vote according to the majority opinion, city. The remaining 12 members must be Martinez. He discovered that "many of the lb passed, the amendment will go into current San lose City Charter. According whereas a person elected from a nominated and elected by their respective people were very receptive to the idea of effect Jan. 1, 1975. It will not affect the up- to its members, the committee seeks to in- particular district would be concerned districts. districting and were pretty well informed coming council election. sure "equal representation" in the city about it." Headquarters are located at 120 N. about that community's interests," said In addition, each member except the council by proposing an amendment Explanations about the amendment Fourth St. and 2174 Alum Rock Ave. Castro. Mayor must have been a resident of the which would increase the number of provisions were often unnecessary Persons interested in helping the com- In addition, Castro contended that district he represents for one year. council members from seven 10 13 persons because many students had read and mittee can call either 293-2800 or 251- voting at large often prevents the election Amendment provisions for dividing the and divide the city into 12 districts. learned about districting in articles in the 9109. Paul Sepulveda of minority people. He said districting city into 12 districts takes into con- minority participation" "would increase sideration not only equal population, but elections. in city also "ethnic, socioeconomic, cultural, his- Last, Castro stated the size of the city torical or other patterns." stated the com- 1,038 for parking and the diversity of community interests mittee members. Packet fill-in cards prevents the candidate to go into issues. With one-half million people living in the For the amendment to be voted on in a city, election campaigns necessitate the general election, signatures from 15 per candidate have a minimum of $20,000. cent of the city's registered electors are re- questioned by many With districting, a candidate is dealing quired on the petition, Harry Kevorkian, with a smaller area of people and less division chief attorney for the City At- Bike lot reopens By BARBARA FRENCH foreign students, males outnumbered money is needed to run a campaign. This torney's Office said. This would total "Not until you start looking at people as females by approximately 3,56010 2,500. would permit the candidate to speak and about 22.500 signatures. The Seventh Street bike lot will resume people. instead of races will racism stop." However. Black females outnumbered operation tomorrow. Feb. 8, according to to replace the ropes. Alpha Phi Omega, a A student, antagonized by the vast Black males by 79. Rudi Leonardi, A.S. vice president. campus fraternity, has offered its as- amount of fill-ins required for regis- Biological science was preferred as an A.S. Council voted to give the lot sistance in the building of the structure. tration, took it upon himself to voice his undergraduate major by 84 Asian Cease-fire lecture $1.038, half the total amount necessary to The plan still has to be worked out with opinion on categorization with the above Americans.