Shuttle Service Relieves Traffic Around Campus

A tale An impressive university night of 2 teams 85-year-old Spartan-Cardinal rivalry reviewed Comedian Rich Little to perform for campus benefit PAGE 5 PAGE 6 1&3 ALTAN 'iac/LUILf\ Volume 85, No 10 Serving the San Jose State University Community Since 1934 Thursday, Sept collier 12,1985 SAA hires Ruff and ready Shuttle service two new relieves traffic staffers around campus By Phil Loomis Daily staff writer In the midst of an internal reor- ganization, two new employees have 250 use Park and Ride bus daily been hired to help staff the Student ID Denver LeNe111(11 people a day. We won't even ci insider Affirmative Action program at SJSU. Daily stall writer shutting it down unless those num- Betty Preciado has taken over as The Park and Hide Shuttle Bus bers drop to about So. director of the Upward Bound Pro- Service, implemented last year, has "I think that one of the draws of gram, and Nellie Mallander is the eased traffic congestion to an extent the shuttle is that it's free. It now new SAA retention coordinator. at SJSU, said Keith Opalewski, staff costs 75 cents to park in one of the ga- Betty J. Sundberg, interim direc- analyst for the. office of traffic man- rages." tor of outreach and recruitment, said agement However, he said there are Tii use the service, commuters last month that an organizational re- still many more spaces available for may park between 7:30 a.m. and 2:30 shuffling within the SAA program students to park in. p.m. Monday through Thursday in implemented to maximize , So far, the opening of the West has been Ito' 500-space, security patrolled lot their resources without duplicating v Garage has not had a significant ef- at Vine Street and I-280. A free shut- their efforts. fect on the number of people using tle takes students with SJSU identifi- According to Consuelo Rodri- the service, Opalewski said. cation cards to Fourth and San Anto- guez, associate dean of University "It's actually too early I() tell how nio streets every 15 minutes. Outreach, Mallander will report to the opening of the new garage is Some students seem to appre- Cynthia Margolin. associate dean for going to affect this service." he said. ciate the service. advisement and retention, and Pre- "We don't anticipate stopping the "I have an II a.m, class on Tues- ciado will work under Sundberg. service unless the number of peoples days and Thursdays." said Deborah Margolin and Sundberg will then using it drastically changes. Right Simons, a senior majoring in psyched - , now we're getting ;Ilion! 200 to 250 meet with Rodriguez who will makes continued OU hack page SAA and educational equity policy recommendations to Associate Aca- .. demic Vice President Leon Dorosz. Urban life studied Preciado was hired to replace Luz Navarrette, who retired last April. Rodriguez said. Mallander will take the place of Carolina Flores, to aid development who is leaving the position to go to Sacramento, where she will be an ad- By Phil Loomi. tions to our societ y vocate of minority issues in relation i ' Daily staff wrapi "San Jose is in highly dispersed to education. happy 1 ,‘ Abe women in our area city, with rapidly growing suburbs," " I feel that I have given a lot to with the way they live? Do they pre- Hothblatt said. "We want to find out the program. It's got a good infras- fer to live near downtown, or are the how rewarding life is for people liv- tructure and now it's ready for a new suburbs the place to be? ing in the suburban lifestyle we have staff, Flores said. The Urban and Regional Plan- here." ning department would like to know. "The experience in the retention And for about ten years now they With this in mind, a question- program gave me an understanding have been working on the answers. naire focusing (in faur basic areas on how impossible for a minority pro- was developed grams, alone, to solve the problems According to Don Rot hblall, of retention and recruitment," Flores 1 P chairman of the department, they, to- We want lo know how reward- said. gether with the Women's Studies pro- ing the living environment is," in Rothblati said, "as well as the qual- It takes" commitment" from the gram, have been surveying women to determine whether they ity of public services, such as parks administration and specifically from 1 this area and schools, and we want i0 look at admissions and records. she said. P are satisfied with their current stan- ' dards of living, or would like to see the social patterns and psychological Her new job as policy advocate :1 things improved. well-being of the people" for Mexican American Legal Defense II 1 / Ilk* ,I. The results of such a study, he Eight neighborhoods in the San and Education Fund will give her an ///' , ... ' opportunity to participate in social said, will greatly aid people who have Jose metropolitan area are being sur- 1 i''' .. ’:Iii ' / .. I ' Hispanics in higher edu- .0 \ influences in creating urban environ- veyed; four in San Jose, two in Los change for me It ' 1 cation, Flores said. fir . a , ments. and will tell builders and de- Gatos and two in Cupertino. Rothb- $ .... v ' velopers if people enjoy what they do. latt said. Navarette, who came to the SJSU , 4 v a 4 .101, Alr This will help the decision makers to Upward Bound Program from Pro- %Ilk ii The study thus far has concen- guide more wholesome development. women, he said, as ject 50 at University of Santa Clara, Him ( tit I.titilie Daily staff ohotooraobe, trated solely on retired to raise her four young chil- "We need le) realize that all per- women lend to know more about the dren. It cost $5,000 to train tiltadm%, the ner%- herd proudly displays his badge as he cent of our national population lives housing environment than men. master be- "It Project 50 is an SCU program est member of the University K-9 Pa- awaits the command of his in urban areas," Rothblatt said. At this point, 1125 interviews have important for individu- that begins to counsel junior high stu- trol. At rest but alert, the German shep- fore his Tuesday night rounds. is extremely been completed in the area. The in- into our environ- dents with college potential. als to gain insight terviewers, as well as the subjects, continued on back page ment; how it works. how to make it easier to get on in and make contribu- continued on hack path. Dorm directors chosen Hy Eugene A. Castillo Most have masters degrees or degrees Chicano library moves up in Wahlquist Daily staff writer from some type of graduate program." Three new resident hall directors have Brown said. By Laura cronin been selected from over more than applica- Before coming to SJSU the R.D.s were in Daily staff writer tions to head Royce. Markham and Washburn related positions. Kathy Kester was in a simi- The new Chicano Library Resource dormitories. lar position at the University of Illinois. Deb- Center has moved, and while it has three Housing Director Willie Brown con- bie Morales was a head resident at Chico times more space than the old location, ducted a nation wide search to find qualified State, and Tim Haenny was manager for a there is more space than books. The library people to head the dormitory positions. The racketball health club. was moved from the first to the third floor R.D.s that were picked are considered full- of Wahlquist North on Aug. II and has been time professional staff salary employees. "Tim decided he wanted to get hack into officially open since the first day of classes. student personnel work," Brown said. "He collec- The three new R.D.s are Kathy Kester; The Chicano Center provides a has a master's in counseling from California monographs, Royce Hall, Debbie Morales; Washburn, and tion of theses, dissertations, at San Luis Obispo.' Tim Haenny; Markham. Polytechnic microfilm resources and reference assis- tance. But Chicano studies enrollment is The R.D.s are responsible for paying for Each of them has similar educational down, and the dropout rate for Chicano their apartment, but they are allowed to eat backgrounds. youth is high. according to Assistant Direc- the dinning commons. in tor Lupe Solis. Because of the lack of pro- Dear readers: "They do get a meal card," Brown said grams, it is difficult to obtain dissertations Today we are giving you "But I don't know if that is a gift or not." and build a collection, she said. a sneak preview of the Enter- continued on hack page Nevertheless, among the moving boxes tainer on page five. The Spar- is a donation from Bob Freimark Frei - at tan Daily will include its eight - mark taught Chicano studies and culture Unconscious man for 15 years. Six of his paintings will page tabloid Entertainer sec- SJSU be unveiled at a grand opening of the center tion once a week beginning taken to hospital tentatively scheduled for Oct. 9. next Thursday. A man a is disci , ered laying The focus of the library is on the Chi- Also included in today's unconscious Wednesday morning in the first cano experience. It is a nationwide involve- issue is a special sports page floor men's room of Duncan Hall. He was ment with a specialization on the South- on the history of the football taken by ambulance to nearby San Jose Hos- west.

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