PA RTA N DA IX a Vol 97, No 19 Published for San lose State University since 1934 Friday, September 27, 1991 Fullerton says goodbye to SJSU President cleans out office, prepares to ficult to pass on. She can talk for hours about how the campus used to hand over keys as Evans takes over look in the past, and how things have changed. She can talk about the 'While I'm By Robert Drueckhammer On this last day at SJSU, campus' future; its budget crisis, its Itch staff *mar Fullerton will hold several meetings master plan for construction and its very excited with groups representing the cam- wants and needs. She can talk about SJSU president Gail Fullerton pus, and finish packing up her the San Carlos Street closure, and about the may be leaving at the end of the things. what the benefits of that would be. week for her retirement, but she sure But once that is finished today, But she can't follow those ideas future, it's doesn't expect to leave without she will turn in her Tower Hall keys through, and while she won't direct- going away in style. sometime before 5 p.m. and fly ly admit it, it's obvious that it upsets sort of like Fullerton, who held a retirement away to Brussels for an educational her. graduation dinner Thursday night, will finish conference that begins this weekend. "I wanted to see those projects cleaning up her office for SISU's But leaving isn't going to be easy through, but it really was time for I know interim president, J. Handel Evans, for her after being employed at me to move on.... If there's one today. SJSU for 28 years. While the thing I'll do, however, it's go to the the sign-out Sitting on her desk are stacks of thought of leaving hasn't fully hit ribbon-cutting ceremony when they papers that need to be sorted out into her yet, she said it will most likely eventually get San Carlos Street process will things she must complete before come when she is on the airplane, closed and have it turned into a leaving SJSU and things that Evans leaving SJSU for the final time. pedestrian mall," Fullerton said. be difficult' can do after she leaves. A portrait of "While I'm very excited about When Fullerton gets back from Fullerton still stands against the wall the future, it's sort of like graduation her conference in Belgium, she Gall Fullerton in her office, waiting to be brought I know the sign-out process will plans to retire in Humbolt County. `)I nt into the Tower Hall conference room be difficult," Fullerton said. She says she doesn't have any spe- I zslic lt Salzmann 1)atIN itaft pt,trapiter to hang with the other portraits of Fullerton has a lot of knowledge cific plans, but does want to try to President Gail Fullerton retires today after 28 years at SJSU. past presidents. of the SJSU campus that will be dif- write "just a few" books. Burglary, car thefts on the rise at SJSU By Robert Drueckhammer Duly staff wnter Car burglaries and thefts continue to soar at SJSU while police officials try to gather evidence on a suspected car-theft ring and prevent further thefts at the same time. So far this semester, at least seven cars have been stolen from SJSU parking garages. Last year, only six cars were stolen during the entire school year. Dick Staley, spokesman for the University Police Department, says the department recently reinstated a car theft prevention program that was originally started last year to deter would-be car thieves. With that program, student cadets along with UPD officers stake out parking lots in search of people doing suspicious things to vehicles. But that program hasn't worked as well this year. Staley says that the people involved this time are "professional" car thieves, and that the individ- uals involved have been able to do things like dis- able car alarms. In what was thought to have been the end of the spree, four juveniles and two adults were arrested at Mission College in Santa Clara on Sept. 14 for car thefts that occurred on that community college campus. Those individuals were also considered sus- tim Flerger Spc, ale Daily pects in other college auto thefts and burglaries, ROO SOf0 lit Security Contractor Services moves a section of fence in front of Dwight Bentel Halt where renovation is almost complete but only Mission College has charged them with crimes so far. At SJSU, there have been six car burglaries since the arrests. The two adults involved, Charles and Nancy Luu of San Francisco, were arrested with four 16- Renovated Bentel Hall ready for use and 17-year-old juveniles from that city. Because the suspects are from so far away, both Staley and Big move planned for the summer of 1 9$9 , little more than a shell. "I don't know ers. It "gives us a little extra flexibility," West Valley-Mission Community College District Journalism and mass communications how it will be looking," he said. "But I he said, adding that not all broadcasting journalism and will move back into the building next can't imagine it won't be better than stations have computer yet. See THEFTS, Back Page mass semester, vacating Wahlquist Library this." Built as a training school, the exterior communications dept. North. The broadcasting staff of both TV and of the building followed the architectural Administration will move into radio news have been cramped into a style of Tower Hall. while the interior By Nicholas D. Smith Wahlquist after that time and the admin- small room in Wahlquist Library North contained innovations of the tune such as INSIDE Daily staff wntcr nitration building will bw razed to make since the move in 1989. windows in classroom doors 90 students way for a new addition to the library, "It'll be nice to have more room," could observe teachers without disturb- Dwight Bentel Hall, the 80-year-old according to the SJSU master plan, the Letts said. ing classes. building noted for its vaulted entrances is long term plan foe the university. The building has been home to the an From July 1960 to August 1961, the SPORTS nearly ready to be reoccupied. There will be a lot more space in the department, the education department 17,478 square foot building was qnovat- Records are deceiving: The Named for Dwight Bente!, longtime new facility, radio news adviser Tom and the journalism department_ ed and modernized. The only surviving Spartans play winless Utah State head of the SJSU journalism department Letts said. Letts said the broadcasting may dou- features are the vaulted entrances on the and founder of the Spartan Daily, the Letts said he hasn't been in the build- Me as a wnting lab if plans pan out to north and south sides, as well as the Saturday, but don't expect a building has been under renovation since ing since he toured it in May when it was have a room with 20 Macintosh comput- auditorium on the first floor. blowout. Page 4 SPORTS New beginnings: With a mostly Emergency communication club Night escort service designed freshman team, Spartan soccer looks to build for the future. prepared for future catastrophes to prevent campus crime, Page 5 By Barbara Doheny been out in the field,- King said. ease fears of night violence Daily staff antes The emergency operauon.s center will coordi- nate information on injuries, hazards and dam- By John Vieira She said the escort was there FEATURES When the big one has, your life may depend age, directing relief efforts and emergency per- Daily staff santet faster than she expected -- she Crowning Glory: 'The Fisher on a small hand of science and engineering stu- sonnel. had to wait longer for the escorts King' treats audiences to an inge- dents. During a disaster, administrators from depart- Night escorts are available, at her previous college, Cal State nious approach to movie -making. When buildings start to move, when fires ments including health and safety, food services, not to show you a night around Northridge break out, when people arc injured and don't housing and facilities will gather at the EOC the town, but to provide you a According to Richard Staley, Page 6 know where to go, five or six students will command post in the faculty dining room. safe trip within the campus. UPD spokesman, the night scramble into position at the campus' emergency They will serve as point men tor communica- Graduate student Paul Koch escort program is used 35 to 50 operations center. tion between the EOC and the rest of campus, got out of her night class at 9:45 times a day. The service has FEATURES SJSU's Amateur Radio Club will keep the using a telephone system that aSSUIlles campus p.m. "It was my first day and I been around for more than a Like, totally: Blonde jokes have campus EOC connected to emergency help and phone lines will still he operational. didn't know the campus very decade and is designed to calm information around the state. A some giggling, others peeved. Check quickly assembled radio post will keep SJS well," Koch said. She called the people's fears of campus crime "It's a good way to make a hobby useful," locked into a county -wide emergency communi- University Police Department to "There were very serious out the latest vogue knee-slappers.