Cot SPA TANR DA I LY Vol. 98, No. 51 Published for San lose State University since 1934 Monday, April 6, 1992 Layering wins in A.S. runoff By Marcia Lepkr in the run-off election. Maly staff saner Throughout the campaign, Layering has been confi- Executive committee results dent about his ability to be president and has been espe- Todd Layering, 21, a senior electrical engineering cially certain of election victory since the general election major, will be at the helm of Associated Students for the last week. He had come within 27 votes of winning. 1992-93 academic year. "I know what the results will be," he said several days Earning 1,255 votes in the Associated Students' run- before the run-off election. "You can go ahead and write off election against Don Cecil Wednesday and Thursday, the story now?' Layering was declared the winner after earning the And although Layering planned to go home at 8:45 majority of the 2,142 total votes cast. The list of winners p.m. Thursday evening to "take a nap," he ended up was posted by the AS. Election Board at 12:20 a.m. Fri- hanging around the Student Union until 11 p.m. waiting day. for election results. Cecil received 695 votes. Friday morning he called into the A.S. office from On the A.S. executive committee with Layering will home at 8:30 am. and learned of his victory. be Dianne Avelar, vice president-elect and Shannon When asked Friday afternoon about his victory, Thomas Roberts, controller-elect Current A.S. President Layering, with a hint of a smile, said the polls reflected Dianne Avelar Shannon Thomas Roberts Nicole Launder will be next year's director of California his wider appeal and broader student base. Vice president Controller state affairs. "I expected the votes to be closer," he said. "I tried to None of the five candidates running on the Students bring out 300-400 new votes to make up for fewer people For a complete list of runoff results, see Page 4 United for Accessible Education platform was elected to Nathan D. Souu Daily staff photographer office. Five out of the 10 declared SUAE candidates were See RESULTS, Page 4 Layering votes in the runoff Wednesday Student Union ID cards board may get DAY OF THE IGUANA not available more student for Monterey Satellite campus representation shortchanged By Monika Jung By Vibha Bansal Daily staff writer Daily staff writer Some SJSU students on the Mon- Blair Whitney wants more student terey County campus have been representation in the Student Union denied entrance to university events as Board of Directors. well as access to library facilities at In an open meeting Tuesday at the San Jose main campus. This is 3:30 pm., he will propose his newest because of SJSU's failure to issue stu- idea: adding a new student to the dent body cards to students who board. attend the satellite campus. Currently, the Student Union Ed Chambers, assnriate executive board, which makes decisions regard- vice president in Admissions and ing things like student access to Stu- Records, says because in the past only dent Union rooms, the Event Center two or three people would show up and Aquatics Facility, consists 01 10 for ID photos on the Monterey cam- students and eight representatives pus, an alternative to the ID card was from faculty and administration. implemented. But "considering the students pay Students were told to place their 100 percent of the fees and costs, they semester stickers on their driver's deserve more control and representa- license and use this as their SJSU stu- tion," said Whitney, chairman of the dent body card, but these cards have board. not been readily accepted on the San Terry McCarthy, the president of Jose campus. the Student Union board four years ago, made a similar proposition three Same fees, no cards years before this one, but failed to get Students pay the same fee for the it passed, according to Whitney. ID card and in return should receive After the Student Union fees were the same services, according to increased to pay for the Aquatics Miguel Avila, Associated Students Facility, Whitney said, McCarthy director of intercultural affairs, off- wanted to add three more students to campus. the Student Union board. But the pro- Avila said that when registering for posal, passed by the board, was SJSU, every student is charged $3 for vetoed by then-university president, the bright -pink card and SI for the Gail Fullerton. sticker to place on the card. "This campus is a dictatorship," "It's not fair," Avila said. "The stu- Whitney said, referring to the presi- dents in Monterey are still paying S3 dent's absolute veto power over the but they are not receiving a card." board's decisions. Liz Schneider, vice president of the During the last board meeting, Marcus J. Sanclwr Daily staff photographer Associated Students on the Monterey members rejected a proposal to For broadcast journalism student Marc Norland and his pet give Binky a friendly kiss in front of the Event Center, says campus, said not many students in the restrict the position of chairman to iguana "Binky," a sunny day means getting the chance to his cold-blooded lizard doesn't take rainy days too well. past have shown up to take pictures students. As of now, students or facul- for the ID cards because not many ty can occupy the spot. walk around campus together. Norland, who stopped to Iguanas are typically found in arid regions. people knew about it. She says more James Bryant, chairman of the students would have their pictures department of human performance taken for cards if Admissions and and a member of the board, said he Records would advertise more. voted against the measure because "In the three years I have been "when you have a choice making here. I have never seen any kind of policies, you want to be as flexible as Nuclear power in future energy plans advertising about when and where to possible." go to get an ID card issued with a pic- If the position is restricted to a stu- ture," Schneider said. dent, the board is likely to eventually end up cornering itself in a difficult topics of the talk. ly compressed, scaled in banels and buried at moni- Photos needed Energy specialist position, he said. Mozzor discussed the proposed high-level nucle- tored sites, he said. According to Schneider, 58 percent Besides, he said, for the six years ar disposal sites in the Southwest desert. Because it When asked if it was economical to monitor the of the students who attend the Mon- that he has served on the board, only favors resource mix is remote, geologically stable and has no ground waste for hundreds of years. M071011* said yes. He terey campus are women ranging students have taken the position, "and water leakage, it can be used to store the waste said the tests were easy to make and required little from 35 to 55 years old. She said with one exception, all student chairs By Christal Niederer indefinitely, he said. equipment or labor. because most of these students are have been excellent." Daily staff writer Because the high-level waste, made of spent fuel He admitted there is a risk of radiation contami- working mothers, they take classes at Bryant declined to name the rods, is a glass-like substance, it should not leak. nation, but the industry's degree of confidence is so night, not in the day. exception. Nuclear energy needs to be a part of our energy Mozzor said. much higher than their perception of risk that they "There needs to be a time at night With all the committee work that mix, according to health physicist Matty Mozzor, The amount of high-level waste [mm all electric- will continue the program. when the photographer comes to this faculty members are required to do, who was on campus Thursday to discuss future ity-producing nuclear reactors in the country for the Ile described the redundant safety features in a campus to take the pictures," Schnei- they usually aren't eager to take up energy options. last 30 years is only enough to fill a football field nuclear power plant. The engineers design them with der said. additional burdens anyway, he said. M012.0f is a member of Energy America, a pro- three-feet high, Mozzor said. a worst-case scenario in mind, and about three sepa- Chambers said the temporary cards But writing the restriction into the gram composed of electrical utility industry experts Low-level waste, which is generally protective rate safety systems are designed to automatically were implemented because hardly bylaws may eventually cause unnec- who tour the country discussing energy needs with clothing or other equipment that has been contami- shut down the plant if anything goes wrong. anyone was taking advantage of the local citizens. nated with radiation, is easier to dispose of because it photographer being on the Monterey See BOARD, Page 4 Nuclear safety and waste disposal were the hot contains less radioactivity, Mozzor said. It's general- See ENERGY, Page 4 campus. Ile did agree however, that the Monterey campus has expanded in population in the past year and it might be beneficial to everyone if Panelists search for teaching options amid budget crisis another program was implemented. INSIDE Gerald Brody, interim vice presi- By Moos. Savarnejad There are three ways that quality dent for student affairs, said if it is Daily staff writer teaching can go on in this university, decided to implement the student 'The only good thing about this said Dan Walker, associate dean in the SPORTS: body card again in Monterey, it vould Friday's Institute for Teaching and biology department.