Sports 4 Harsher ging penalties discussed in after hosting Early Opposing Views Bird Tournament February 9. 2000 Serving San ,..lase State University Since 1934 I rill, nir t /J :\ All deals off Monday ti1441.1Y48,y, "I always welcome new people," New rules set she said of the vendors, some of whom are repeat customers. According to San Jose State for vendors University table policies, individ- uals or organizations represent- ing credit card companies need to on campus have a letter authorizing the solicitation of applications on Erika Coron campus. The letter must be on DAILY SENIOR STAFF WRITER corporation letterhead with a pol- All off-campus groups trying to name and phone number, the market their products have been icy states. told they can't start advertising Some of these policies were and selling until Monday. overlooked by a few companies According to Leanne LoBue, this week. scheduling assistant for the Just outside the Student Union Student Union, vendors have on a corner across from the been told to wait because the Engineering building, stood a Student Union wants to be fair to man with a large brown card- sorority and fraternity rush and board box, filled with application recruitment. forms, massage gadgets and blue "We had a lot of problems last water bottles he called guzzlers. year," LoBue said, referring to the "If you fill it out (the applica- credit card companies that came tion), you get a free gift," said on campus. Ruben, who was offering CitiBank applications but would not reveal his last name. The applications had to be Rules for Vendors filled out right on the spot and Quick Hits returned to him. Then the appli- cant would get a free gift. le Only four credit card companies "We just come to the campus will be allowed on campus at one and do what we have to do," time, per day. Ruben said after confirming he had not received any permission Dr. Steven White (left) explains to Gary Console and have from campus administrators to be Krishna Vinta how to MCredit card companies to on campus giving out applica- a letter authorizing solicitation. tions. determine enzymatic properties. The microbiology lab gives Monday was his fourth day the students experience in determining fundamental charac- Need permission from cam- there and it seemed to be paying gets $1.30 per administrations to hand out off. Ruben, who teristics of enzymes, which is important in further microbiolo- pus application, said he had made applications about $900 in just three days. gy research. Student Union Terry Gregory, To determine the characteristics of an enzyme, small There were complaints because manager, said commercial vendors of the way some of the companies come and try to sneak in. amounts of the enzyme have to be mixed with a chemical students, LoBue "They know it's such a prime acted toward fall, said. She said she felt they weren't location," Gregory said. Last agent. The experiment is done at room students. Starting they kicked two marketing compa- benefiting the temperature. this semester, only tbur credit nies off campus because of their card companies will be allowed on rude behavior, Gregory said. at one time per day, "I have a hard time trying to Photos by campus Hanif LoBue said. focus," biology major Sebastian Widmann / Some of the other companies Mohebi said of the marketing advertising their products are groups. "It's kind of a distraction Spartan Daily banks, jewelry vendors, the San everything gets 'my attention." Jose Mercury News as well as stu- dent groups, LoBue said. See Vendors, page 6 'Feel like makin' love to you' A.S. deadlines for future March dates Free prophylactics "I think it's a fun leaders set for idea. It gives peo- Andi Anderson offered during DAILY STAFF WRITER AS. Awards and ple something to Upcoming deadlines for schol- Scholarships Condom Week arships and nominations have be aware of." students scrambling to the The Scholarships: Erin Mayes Associated Students office to pick The Executive Council DAILY STAFF WRITER up forms. Scholarship for 10 recipients is Nomination forms for the offered to students with a 3.0 It's that time again. annual A.S. 55 awards are due grade point average or higher, Valentine's Day is Monday and Linda Bui back in the A.S. office by March who are involved in community San Jose State University's Peer 10, while the scholarship applica- work and have completed 15 student Health Education program and tions are expected in the units at SJSU. Condom Co-op volunteers are out Financial Aid office by March 2 or and in force, selling paraphernalia Deadline: March 15 15, depending on the scholarship The Board of Directors for the romantically inclined. for which student the student Campus Condom Week was should be aware of the risks Scholarships are offered to stu- intends to apply. dents started in 1978 by students at the involved. The A.S. 55 Awards honors 55 with a financial need. A 2.5 University of California, Berkeley "It's a good idea," Electronic San Jose State University stu- grade point average is required. and has expanded to become an Engineering major Marth Zemed dents. The recipients must be Deadline: March 2. annual event with more than 350 said. "It kind of goes with nominated by a student organiza- The A.S. 55 Awards: universities participating. Valentine's (Day)." tion of which they are a member Honor 55 SJSU students who Interested students can pur- Few seemed to think Campus Students nominated for the must be nominated by student would encourage chase condoms, Valentine grab Condom Week award must be active leaders on organizations of which bags, specialty mugs, gift baskets, sexual activity where it may not they are campus showing volunteerism members and be active leaders on glow-in-the-dark boxer shorts, have existed before. and contributions to the commu- candy, lotion, bubble bath, candles David Girmay, a management campus showing volunteensm and nity. contributions and more. information systems student, said "It is one of the best things we to the community. SJSU's HIV/AIDS committee that perhaps if Campus Condom can do for our future leaders, said will be giving away free condoms as Week were aimed ct a younger Alfonso de Alba, director of A.S. hip must also have completed 16 well. Literature on condoms, safe audience, it would influence some Two scholarships are offered units at SJSU and plan to be a sex, sexually transmitted diseases students to become sexually active, by the associated students, the continuing, full-time student dur- and HIV will also be available. but that college students are Executive Council Scholarship ing the 2000-2001 academic year. "I think it's a fun idea," biology mature enough to decide for them- and the Board of Directors The Executive Council major Linde Bui said. "It gives peo- selves. Sebastian Widmann / Spartan Daily Scholarship. There will be 10 Scholarship is not based on finan- ple something to be aware of" "Maybe if it was high school or Junior Paul Yu, a management information systems major, looks at an recipients for each of the scholar- cial need. It is simply rewarded to Bui said using Valentine's Day to something," Girmay said. example of the wide variety of condoms at the Condom Week stand ships. those individuals in need of some encourage safe sex is a Rod idea. According to 1998's Statistical The Executive Council financial assistance. sponsored by the Student Health Center in front of the Student Union Biology major Laura McGregor Abstract, only 11 percent of women Scholarship is offered to students The application for the helped staff the booth yesterday, between the ages of 20-24 were not with a 3.0 grade point average or Executive Council Scholarships is located in front of the Student sexually active in 1996. 7.7 percent had five, 11.5 percent 1995, according to the Statistical higher. The students must be March 15. Union from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Twenty-one percent had only had six to nine, and 13.9 percent Abstract. involved in community work and The Board of Directors She said Condom Week is a good one sexual partner, 13.4 percent had 10 or more. Almost 11 percent were not have leadership experience. A stu- idea because college students are had two sexual partners, 11.5 per- Women ages 15 to 24 used vary- dent who applies for this scholar- generally sexually active and cent had three, 9 percent had four, ing methods of contraception in See Condoms, page 6 See A.S., page 6 .ƒ=11ƒ11 San Jose State University February 9. 2000 triton banged by the law Gangs getting an: OPPOSING VIEWS as ani ea( Eli air fitr;jtitimi**0.4:.;.)110:14,0:7i.ilills.iilq. po( z 1Z thi lar oni tai nit bai Proposition 21 uses state Harsher punishments hit boi funds to discriminate against will deter juvenile delinquents a g wh gang members from committing crimes he tio punishments stop criminals from commit- -year-old girl is abducted. She is Tough A10 tingn crimes, or at least that's what the propo- beaten, brutally raped, sodomized my ents of Proposition 21 would like and left for dead in a field. hit voters to believe. The perpetrator? A 15-year-old boy, bu However, if this was true, our out for a "little fun." hit country would be crime free. Shots ring out in a parking lot. We have the death penalty. The bullets rip through a car, Punishment doesn't get much killing a mother, father and their tougher than death.