41 ek SPARTAN DAIIX 97, No s.? Published for San lose State University since 1934 Tuesday, November 12, 1991 Safety questions plague Duncan Hall building also named as fire hazard Fire Marshal's It% 1ngela lull they don't know who owns the materi- rooms' doors so that "only FD&O warning calls lily stall NflICI als. people can get in. State fire inspectors have done all "No one really knows who has all for cleaning up Hidden fire dangers have lurked in they can do write up deficiency the keys," he said. Duncan Hall and the University Police reports and notify campus authorities Some of the mechanical workers motor rooms Deparunent building for more than a but with a reduced staff, follow-ups say they've been complaining about year and SJSU officials have known are difficult. the mess for a year and a half. about them all along. Yet nothing has Hank Hendrickson, SJSU director "(FD&O) have been through the By Angela Hill changed. of operations design and construction, buildings," Eugene Ludwico, SJSU Duly staff wnter It's a bureaucratic stalemate. said that in cases like this, quickness building service engineer for three Even though everyone seems to be of action depends on the risks years, said. A yellowed February 1991 Spartan playing his designated role, this easily- involved. "We've showed them, we've talked Daily lies on the floor in one ot cleaned-up problem, a problem cited "We have to weigh the risks," he to them. They say they'll do some- Duncan Hall's 12 mechanical room, by the California State Fire Marshal's said. "If it's a minimal risk, we have to thing but nothing happens. We don't crammed up against an electrical boy office in January and again in do what we've done in Duncan Hall know who that material belongs to so Old boxes of paper towels, piece, October's inspection, hasn't gone let it sit until we figure out what to we can't get rid of it." of crates, plastic bottles, janitorial sup away. do with it." According to the fire marshal's plies and paper debris are piled around Debris, old boxes and janitorial Hendrickson admits FD&O has office, it's the responsibility of the uni- and even on the electric motors which supplies are strewn in each of Duncan been working on a solution for several versity officials to clear up items noted turn the giant fans for Duncan Hall's Hall's mechanical rooms on top of and months. as deficiencies. ventilation system. around motors and electrical boxes When asked why the items can't "We don't issue citations or fines The date on the newspaper tells just arty Gutierre, !,!, which run the building's ventilation just be disposed of, he said, "We have on state-owned buildings," Jim Palisi, how long these risky conditions have Boxes of paper towels crowd a ventilation fan in a machine room system. to look at what's really there, if it's a supervisor in the fire marshal's been ignored. If a spark from a motor ignited the really combustible and who it belongs office, said. "This is the kind of thing where, if debris, smoke would be blown to. And now that the state budget has there really is a disaster, people ask throughout the building. "Because there's a lack of space, caused cutbacks in deputies and why there wasn't anything done about Budget compromises .fire safety In the basement of the UPD build- the departments and custodians store inspectors, annual inspections required it," Eugene Ludwico. SIM) building ing, a paper shredder, paper debris and stuff there unauthorized. I don't really by law will still be made, but follow- service engineer, said. By Angela I lilt SJSU, safety on campus may be an pieces of carpeting lie right next to know what's in there," he said. up is difficult. Even though there are separate ven- Daily staff wrzi,r open question. boilers for the heating system. He also said he's recently made "I don't know what more I could tilation fans in each of the two "As of Nov. I, we just lost 20 Why doesn't somebody move it? It personal inspections of every mechan- do other than go over there and hold mechanical rooms on every floor iit The budget strikes students again deputies statewide," Jim Palisi. super- seems to come down to who's sup- ical room on campus. their hand," Linda Pappas said. Pappas Duncan Flail. if something caught fire even in indirect ways such as by visor of plan review in the fire mar- posed to do it. "We think we have a solution to is the state inspector who did the in any one 01 the rooms, smoke would cutbacks in the California State Fire shal's office, said. Officials in facilities development Duncan Hall, but I don't want to dis- October inspection of SJSt be sucked into the whole system, Marshal's office. SJSU is under the coastal counties and operations say they don't have cuss the solution because the decision "(FD&O) always say 'Well, where according to Geonie Raven, refrigera- With fewer deputies to follow up jurisdiction which serves 16 counties. space for the items. hasn't yet been made on certain space are we going to put this star' and I tion mechanic at SJSI I for 13 years. on annual inspections and ensure com- "We went from 125 deputies and Mechanical workers for the cam- allocations," he said. tell them I don't care just get rid of pliance to fire codes and with slow sworn staff to 105 and there's another pus who maintain building equipment FD&O has also looked into rekey- it. They Away, is they don't have response to these recommendations by say they can't do anything because ing the locks on the titechzittlial room," she said See DU \( Mier' See FIRE, Page 3 VETERANS STORM SAN JOSE di. %%mai, I ink, hid 1,11,4ogrvhcr Nicole Petersen, 2, waits next to her mother, Teresa Orozco, who r Da6 ,taft g,).j sr, is playing the flute with the San Jose Municipal Band during during a dramatic pause in the testi% ities Monday's eteran’s I my parade downtown on Santa (lam Street. SJSU ROTC students demonstrate strategic fighting technique for a rapt crowd Veteran's Day parade brings thousands out to honor fallen and forgotten Burnett has seen many parades pass year," Burnett said. taugues rushed out \ tour on By Traci Deguchi See related POW-MI.1 slurs and ).11IN, si through downtown San Jose, and at Earlier in the parade, groups Iron) Hits is ..11,1 15 each side of the tank. Ow) tcll to the the annual Veteran's Day parade, he the Islam Brigade, Desert Stonn vet- aerospace engineering major Sonn photos on page S ground and laced the crowd with More than 100.000 people lined stood by himself on the sidewalk erans and Korean War Veterans Cruz, who had just arrived Iron his their guns. downtown streets and crowded Plaia instead of riding along with the rest Association stepped along the noon class. Kids were tickled h% the mock Park Monday to observe the festivi- of his division. crowded streets, most dressed in '"I'he parade brings the containi. other large military vehicles made attack, and as the procession ended, ties honoring a rad of every comm. "It's real good weather for a their formal uniforms and patriotic ty together. Everyone's more patriot- their way down the street. grinding the crowd began to disperse. with . history - war veterans. parade," Burnett said. "The turnout is colors. ic this year especially. after Desert and pounding in an impressive show some ol them drilling tifito Plata Inc of the observers, veteran pretty good." Children spent their day off from Storm," he said. One tank, which caught tlie sur- Park. I lethal Burnett, stood stoically at the As the 77 -year-old Sa111,1 Clara school waving American flags and Cruz and fellow SJ St I student. pnw of man', onlookers, dnwe taster With informational stands from curb of 4th and East Santa Clara resident discussed the days he served siuing on the street curbsides in the Chen. an 18-year-old civil engi- than the others Just as it came Yr ;thin the Army, Marines and the National streets Monday afternoon, watching from Alaska to the Philippines. he traditional parade style. All groups neering major stood discussing the a lew feet oi hating the tank in front League of POW-MIA families, the a slow procession of marching bands waved at the throngs 01 people were given a salute by police ()dicers automobiles, but then their conversa- (it it, it stopped. park kept spectators interested as live and waving youngsters. marching by and fellow military personnel as they tion was suddenly diverted Suddenly, from the back of the entertainment continued the festivi- An army Velerall of World War II, "Some 01 Mese guys come every proceeded by horses, cal s and on Approximately 10 to .N11.,,a,and motionless tank, eight people in ties into the late aftennwin CSU Chancellor Munitz says SJSU well on First Amendment, pornography square INSIDE off in debate scheduled for Wednesda its way to finding presidential replacement A debate on pomograph( %%ill he Some oh the topics ol debate held Wednesday as pan ol a series (il include whether pornography is a By Robert I trneekbammer 1..%ans.