PARTAN Published lor San lase State University since I 9.1I I lioralay, November 21, 1991 A.S. criticized PUT AWAY for funding withdrawal By Crista E. Hardie being extremely arrogant by going Daily adr writer against what the major feeling on this campus is of, 'That's not what we The Associated Students may voted for, that's not what we want," have gotten more than it bargained said Alan Salma.ssian of KSJS. for when the council chambers were Launder said the AS. fees and the opened to campus groups to discuss IRA fees are independent of each the future of IRA and A.S. funds. other and should have remained sep- A.S. President Nicole Launder arate from the beginning. and Director of California State Executive Order 429, issued by Affairs Jon Fleischman attempted to the chancellor in 1983, states that smooth ruffled feathers Wednesday "The Associated Students are not afternoon as representatives from expected to provide support for several IRA funded programs voiced instructionally related activities on a anger over the A.S. decision to with- regular basis ... It is understood, draw funds from IRA programs. however, that the Associated In the past, approximately 30 per- Students may, at their discretion, sup- cent of A.S. money has gone into port individual instructionally related funding IRA programs, in addition to Projects." the money IRA fees raised. Launder said the A.S. funds are Last May the students voted to intended for specific service oriented increase IRA fees to $20. Since those groups, such as the re-entry program, fees have brought in more revenue Cal-MEChA, alternative transporta- than ever before, the A.S. passed a tion and approximately 200 student resolution to withdraw their 30 per- organizations. These are services that cent to use in the other areas it tradi- are not usually part of the educational iJny Guueir hilly staff photograi4it r tionally has funded. function of the university. A lot of people are not very happy IRA money was intended to help Spartan middle blocker Leslie Page rockets the ball past smash Tuesday night at the Event Center. It was the with that decision. out programs which enhance the Fresno State's middle hitter Kiel Murray with a right-handed Spartan's final home game of the season. See story, page 4. "It seems to me that the AS. is See IRA, Back Page Hangout not up to safety code Presidential job description drafted By Darcie D. Johnson The first option. SKI, entails replac- resembled a prop on which cats sharp- Iii John Vieira they discussed a few changes that before being finalized. Daily staff wnter ing existing walls with fire -proof en their claws. It was torn down fol- ....it staff wine, needed to be made. There will be an open forum walls. This plan is estimated to cost lowing a fire and replaced with lounge "He captured the essence of the held Dec. 4 from II am. to 1 p.m. The fire code strikes again. $11,200. furniture. It has since become a fairly The Presidential Search university very well," said Bobbye on campus so students, staff and In the midst of plans to improve The second option, SK2, recom- popular place for students, according Advisory Committee decided on the Gorcnberg, committee member and faculty will be able to give their the Student Union's center atrium to mends building a wall with a door in Whitney. qualifications for the new president chairwoman of the Academic input, according to Gorenberg. meet new fire codes, the Student it. This plan costs an estimated In the summer of 1990, the state of SJSU Tuesday afternoon. Senate. "We need a president that Union Board of Directors is faced $2,600. Rob Kolar, chairman of the fire marshall inspected the Student In order to understand the needs Changes to the draft included doesn't sec the university as a step- with the redesigning of the "cat House Committee, told SUBOD that Union and concluded that its ability to and personality of the university, rewording it to say the president ping stone to a prestigious universi- scratch" area, which also does not the House Committee recommends get smoke out of the center atrium Charles B. Neff, vice president or should be a strong fiscal leader, be ty," said Political Science Professor meet the updated code. SK2 primarily because of the cost. was not sufficient. Now the building is the Presidential Search Consultation prepared to function in a collective Roy Young. "A president needs to "This is a small part of a much A motion was passed in Thesday's waiting for several projects o correct Service, talked to 131 students, fac- bargaining environment, be able to place the students at the highest pri- larger project," said Ron Barrett, exec- regular SUBOD meeting to ensure the problem, according to Barrett. ulty and staff on and off campus work with students and alumni, and ority-- utive director of the union. that if SK 2 is approved the "cat "Changes are going to cost us a lot Monday and Tuesday. Neff then he unsolved with Division IA athlet- The draft copy will be made Architecture firm Allan M. Walter scratch" area will remain primarily for of money arid a lot of time," Barrett presented the COMIrlitlee with a draft ics. available to students, staff and facul- and Associates of San Jose, who have student use and will not be taken for said. copy of the president's job descrip- Because of the number of ty sometime before the open forum. been hired by SUBOD to plan the faculty office space or a meeting The cost of the additional work tion. absences the meeting was informal The committee plans to go over retrofitting of the atrium, informed room. will be added to the $391,0(X) total Members of the committee were so the decisions made need to be applicants' resumes in January and SUBOD's House Committee last "It is unfortunate that open space is expected expense. The project is cur- pleased with the Neff's draft but shown to other committee members hold interviews in February. week that the cat scratch area on the going to be eliminated merely because rently in its second phase. The board third floor does not meet the updated of the fire code," SUBOD member spent $17,000 in the first step to find code. Yogi Chugh said. what options they had in the The cat scratch room lacks one- The board members also discussed retrofitting. hour fire walls, which arc designed to expanding the adjacent music listen- SUBOD allocated $34,000 on Oct resist intense heat up to one hour. The ing room. They then put the discus- 22 for the current phase to draw up Off-campus tight filed as a hate crime walls should be in all areas facing the sion on hold until the architect could plans of what will be changed. The atrium to contain the spread of fire, respond to how feasible the idea construction phase, which is the final Its Fraci Di.os lit The UPD report said that the suspects were shouting, according to Blair Whitney, chairman would be. step, is estimated to cost $340,000. , stall r "Hey white boy, what up? Do you wiuma start some st?" of SUBOD. The area is known as the cat Construction is expected to start dur- Page said that the four suspects continued to harass Page Walter and Associates proposed scratch area because in the '70s a car- ing the Summer of 1902, according to A early Monday morning trip to 7-Eleven for four resi- and his friends as they continued to walk down the side- two options to fix the deficiencies. peted crawl-area filled the space that Whitney. dence hall residents ended with a sore mouth for one of the walk. students and another hate crime report, according to "We kept saying, 'It's nothing'," Page said. University Police. Page then noticed that the beating suspect and a friend Peter Page, an undeclared freshman, suffered minor started following him, and when Page turned around, he injuries as a result of harassment from four adult 'Inebriated' bus driver teaches males was hit in the mouth. who had approached Page and three other Moulder Hall residents. "I was thrown to the ground not expect ng the punch," The suspect and three other men had parked their Page said. unwary about drunk-driving Suzuki Samurai near the 7-11 at Sixth and San Fernando After the incident, Page and his friends went into Joe streets when the confrontation began. West Hall and called UPD. Lt. Shannon Maloney said that By Emma Burgess nation. Camarillo began to voice her to be upset by the phony driver, were "When they got out of the car, the first thing was that the incident is listed as a hate crime from the comments Dady staff writer concerns to the driver. She and also more outspoken than the others. they started talking mess with my friend who was wearing that were made. Bafluelos were two of the seven soci- On one of the first buses the sociology a bandana," Page said. In a follow up investigation, some names were taken, When SJSU student Marcia Lepler ology students in on the skit. students took over, students were rho; were look iii' It a fight: he said. but the one suspect of the beating has not been identified. stepped onto the South Campus shut- Lepler joined in. She said, "I think almost totally unresponsive.