)4 SERVING SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1934 thre spt SPARTAN DAILY tl e s ip 1 ( )1..L'N1i, WWW.THESPARTANDAILY.COM when 122, NUMBER 69 I IN I ). \1 I 2(H) he y got ad AV Landmark ruling turns 50 Greek council seri CS n t IC 'Brown v. Board ofEducation' remembered by SJSUprofessors, city council members inducted at SJSU uill By Dan King announced. Williams went to study electrical Ferguson') that segregation in public pica Daily Staff Writer "The Brown ruling handed down engineering, a profession he said facilities through wi th 'separate but equal' By Elizabeth Nguyen in electrical engineering and the vice options we didn't have before," he was essentially closed to all African accommodations for black citizens Daily Ste. Writer president of the United Sorority and Today is the 50th anniversary of said. "We knew we now had options Americans prior to Brown. would satisfy 'St the equal protection Fraternity Council, said although Cr t "Brown v. Board of Education," which beyond being a teacher or a doctor. I The Brown ruling, announced on clause in the 14th eve ry Amendment," states SUNNYVALE Student the council was established in the Judge Robert Bork calls "The greatest lived only 72 miles from the Univer- May 17, 1954 by the Earl Warren former NAACP lawyer Derrick Bell ) all er representatives from 14 multi- fall of 2003, the council was not case of the 20th century" in his book sity of Alabama, but I knew growing Supreme Court, overruled the concept in his new book, "Silent Covenants: cultural sororities and formally recognized by SJSU until The fraternities Tempting of America." up I couldn't go there regardless of of "separate but equal" that had stood Brown v. Board of Education and came together on Friday evening Friday night at its first Greek Unity ingl cd San Jose City Councilman Forrest how hard I tried. We paid our taxes, since the court's 1896 decision in the Unfulfilled Hopes for Racial to receive recognition by San Jose Formal and Council Induction at cen :et Williams was in the 11th grade in we were good citizens, but still it was "Plessy v. Ferguson." State University as a new Greek the Ramada Inn. Alabama when the Brown ruling was closed to us." "The court decided (in 'Plessy v. see BROWN. page 4 Miller council. Frevert, who is a member of Sigma Lambda Beta, a historically le, but Sixty students from different cultural organizations, as well as Latino fraternity, said the council different Greek councils and faculty induction is one of the most members from SJSU came to the significant events of the year. event to support the induction of "It's pretty big," he said. "We've the United Sorority and Fraternity been planning this event for two Eyesight a hurdle for student Council and to receive academic and a half months." earn to and "chapter of the year" awards, a The new council governs the representative of the council ed to said. Carlos Frevert, a junior majoring see GREEK. page.? n, but -0 lead flowed e," said Union disparaged in't ray 1 of the by Business faculty's Ils and hustled yelling 'no confidence' voters .d crew yarn Tap of By Tony Burchyns contracts for some professors and not of his Daily Managing Editor doing enough to prevent increasing ith the class sizes. Supplying criticisms including, The College of Business had a single, "It's worse than a communist student-to-faculty ratio of 26.82 in I int en- government," three faculty members 2002-03 the highest on campus, P leads 5tate5man7' from the College of Business last according to university numbers. The ids said Nel)i week lambasted the faculty union university's average was 18.74. ntment business that represents them and some "I feel widespread dissatisfaction r." ditty 23,000 California State University of how the CFA is operating," said A f employees. Howard Combs, chair of the market- The dissatisfied instructors were ing department. Dianiond talking about why two votes of no Combs also criticized the faculty R053 confidence were recently delivered association's mandatory-fee structure, tb to the California Faculty Association which requires all CSU employees ,15,Vett,151tIg). by the departments of marketing and even those who might disagree management information systems at with the union's politicking in San Jose State University. Sacramento to pay dues. The union's chapter president Hill, the union chapter president for SJSU had no trouble Friday for SJSU, said Friday that it's not te%t: deflecting the criticisms, saying the her fault if faculty members from departments' complaints belonged to academic departments not actively a minority that does not fully com- involved in the union are upset with prehend the day-to-day, month-to- how the union sets policy. She also said the mandatory dues Photos by Carien Veldpape , Daily Staff month and year-to-year operations of the faculty association. collected by the faculty association go ABOVE: With the help of special software that makes fonts bigger, "These are people who do not toward collective bargaining for labor visually impaired people are able to read documents. Candy Stout uses come to our meetings," said Patricia contracts and grievance issues not computers with this software at the Adapted Technology Center and at Hill, an associate professor of his- political activities. home. tory and the president of the SJSU Faculty members who want to hr. chapter of the California Faculty full-fledged members of the union LEFT: Stout is on her way to class and greeted a couple of her class- Association. can elect to pay a small amount of mates. In total, SJSU has more than 60 extra dues to pay for lobbying and By Carien Veldpape studying social science for two years academic departments and roughly other political activities, she said. By her estimate, between 700 and Daily Staff Photographer at San Jose State University. 1,600 employees. The faculty union Stout said she still has a couple of negotiates labor contracts with the 735 of SJSU's roughly 1,600 profes- state and lobbies for political alli- sors, lecturers, librarians and coachr, A woman walks confidently with years to go before she will be finishing up, but she's determined to continue ances in Sacramento. elect to pay full dues. her cane in her right hand. She's Full dues equal about 1 percent of the red with a second study. "After I finish so- On Thursday and Friday, the holding it out in front of her, from the College of Business an employee's salary, she said. on the white, cial science, I want to get my master's critics band very noticeable accused the union of not doing Combs saw the glass as half and the tip bent at the end. The heavy degree in psychology," she said. "I love to work with people," she said in her enough to establish a CSU-wide pay empty. backpack doesn't seem to slow her high-price housing "When over one-half of the stud- soft-spoken voice. "It will take quite scale to counter down. Candy Stout, a women's like the Bay Area. faculty chooses not to join when most way to class. The some time, though, before I will get markets ies major, is on her Other alleged failings included impaired 5l1/111.111 hi.. been visually see VISUAL. page 4 not negotiating fair-market-value set CFA, page ? Library hours extended Mission Ale House to for SJSU students take over Falafel House By John Kim at the end of regular hours, but on By Claudia Plascencia in traumatized. 1 se never had Daily Staff Writer Friday and Sunday, the entire build- Daily Staff Writer anything like this food here," said ing will be cleared of all occupants, Ashley LaMore, a 12w student at U.C. University officials have an- and only those with Tower cards will Patrons of Falafel House, located Hastings in San Francisco. extended hours for the Dr. be allowed to re-enter. on 93 E. Santa Clara St. in downtown LaMore said she usually goes to nounced but Friday King Jr. joint Library "We're doing that on Friday San Jose, will have to find a new place Falafel House late at night Martin Luther around 11 p.m. she decided to make during finals week. All floors will be and Sunday and not the other days to meet and eat because as of May 21 because if we cleared the whole this Mediterranean restaurant will be it her dinner. open for quiet study. walked like five blocks to get hours will building at 10 o'clock, by the time closed for business. "We The extended here, and it's cold," LaMore said. begin Wednesday. May 19, and everybody got in it would be time Khaled Lazkani, one of three part- for them to leave again," said Ward. Mike Wayne, a patron of the continue through Tuesday, May 25. ners of the restaurant that opened in restaurant, was having dinner with The extended hours will be 10 p.m. "But for Friday and Sunday we're 1998, said they don't feel good about looking at a much larger time so we LaMore Friday night and was also Susan D. Reno / Daily Stall to midnight, with the exception of leaving but they are venturing out to would be want to make sure only students are surprised to hear that it Rafic Soubra, left Friday, May 21, and Sunday, May start a construction business.